real estate decline foreclosures Obama stimulus plan Brainless Barry’s newest escape from reality is to propose that when a home is foreclosed, the defaulting borrower must be permitted to stay in the home simply by paying rent sort of equal to the current market rent for “similar” homes. First, we must understand that, because in most  places home values have declined anywhere between 30% and 60% below the peak, the price to rent has also declined.

Obama assails health insurance companies BELGRADE, Mont. ? President Barack Obama says Americans are being held hostage by health insurance companies that deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions or cancel coverage when people get sick. The president kicked off his four-state push for a health care overhaul with a joke: He said Montana has bears, moose and [...]

Meanwhile in Bizarro World we see what happens when a man encounters police without a chip on his shoulder: You’re Bob Dylan? NJ police want to see some ID Aug 14, 8:49 PM (ET) By WAYNE PARRY Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood. Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium in nearby Lakewood.

Sonja Schmidt’s “Left Exposed” takes a deeper look at President Obama’s lifelong friends and discovers that, with friends like his, you not only don’t need enemies, you might actually be one. http…

Huff Po claims to be in possession of a memo documenting a secret deal between the Obama administration and the pharmaceutical lobby.  Obviously, this angered the left. Critics on Capitol Hill and online responded with outrage at the reports that Obama had gone behind their backs and sold the reform movement short. Furthermore, the deal seemed to be a betrayal of several promises made by then-Sen.

The numbers incidate bowling has become a very lucrative sport. It may be no surprise the popularizationof bowling fueled advances in bowling shoes and bowling balls. So many bowlers have become celebrities in their own right, including Bowling pro champions everyone admires like Norm Duke, among the all-time bowling money leaders. Other pop culture names in bowling include “The Dude” and President Barack Obama. Witnessing the steep developments in bowling nationwide and improvements in reactive bowling balls, the game is very competitive.

AP – Trying to lower the temperature of the health care fight, President Barack Obama on Friday denounced news media emphasis on angry protesters at town hall meetings. More

President Barack Obama just signed a disaster declaration for Kentucky. Federal aid will now supplement recovery efforts in the area struck by storms and flooding on August 4th. Funding is also now available to individuals affected in Jefferson County. From the press release: Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.

Barack Obama had to bus in his supporters for the town hall rally in New Hampshire yesterday. This, after the empty-headed Nancy Pelosi shrieks about Republicans waving placards with swastikas on them and wails about anti-Obama people being bussed in. Who is writing this absurd script? Michael Moore?What Really Happened in Portsmouth:

At least, there isn’t one that makes any sense to me. Over a year ago, I attempted to join a conservative website called “Red State.” I was shouted out of there because I am, in fact,a northeastern conservative more in line with what we used to call a “Rockefeller Republican” and I was a strong supporter of people like Pete DuPont and George H. W. Bush. I was a Tom Clancy Republican, really, if you want to be precious about it.