The hits just keep coming...

Gut punches, cheap shots, roundhouses, uppercuts, jabs...what do these have to do with this edition of The Bliss Index™? Not much...but they do seem apropos...

Who said the public healthcare option was dead? “Alive! It’s alive! IT’S ALIVE!”

Speaking of healthcare reform…there appears to be a move afoot to make sure tort reform isn’t in the mix. Hmmmm, I wonder who’s pulling those strings?

Ouch! According to a “CNN poll: 52% say Obama doesn't deserve reelection in 2012.” (Some might argue he didn’t deserve election the first time around.)


A little unhappy with the news...

If the White House gets a copy of The Wall Street Journal, they’d be wise to read and learn from this absolutely spot-on piece.

Remember when the cry was, “No nukes!”…? My, how times have changed.

Funny...didn't most of these people play music and raise money for the Obama campaign?

February 17, 2009: A date that will live in infamy.

Add Stimulus: Yeah, it ain’t really working – well, a lot of people aren’t working.

Now playing at an assassination near you: “You Don’t Mess With The Mossad.”


What looks like an ordinary couple on vacation is, in reality, part of a highly trained hit team about to exterminate vermin. (photo via BBC)

Finally, he’s right: “Nobody likes Chris Matthews.” (Heck, I don’t even think Matthews likes Matthews.)


Chris Matthews (bottom right), former speechwriter for Jimmy Carter...nuf said...

Crash!

With the economy in shambles, Afghanistan hotter than ever, Stimulus package job numbers inflated, Iran still futzing around with nukes, the health insurance reform bill still tugging at America’s soul, and Michael Bloomberg spending $102 million to be mayor of New York City, it’s no wonder everything feels like it’s out-of-sync and crashing down.

What surprises me isn’t that the White House party crashers met the president, it’s that they didn’t have to pay to do it, or that they aren’t from the SEIU’s leadership. (Video, via John Batchelor, here.)


Samantha Appleton/The White House
In a photo released by the White House, President Obama greeted Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, at his first state dinner on Tuesday. (h/t: NYT)

Crashing the Barricades? – Can you believe people actually lined-up overnight (or in some cases, earlier) to be among the first during early Black Friday hours…for the privilege of buying merchandise?


"When Black Friday comes..."

Dubai, a promise built on a foundation made of sand, began crashing down this week. Why is everyone so shocked?


"Enter Sandman..."

After Big Government detailed a story of investigators crashing San Diego’s ACORN dumpster and dredged-up damning documents, why wouldn’t California’s Attorney General address the matter in a straight-forward manner?


The Portrait of Dorian Brown...

Other notable recent crashes:

It’s really no wonder traditional, mainstream media/journalism is crashing … big-time. (They just don’t get it.) They really don’t.

Apparently, Joe Biden is rather prescient. Way back in 2008, he predicted this crash.

It appears the U.S. dollar is crashing…even lower. This time against the Yen.

It’s not the crash some feared but it’s not a heartwarming tale of immediate recovery that was hoped for, either: “The Federal Reserve has delivered a rather bleak forecast for the U.S. economy, not just in the short-term, but in the medium-term as well. The Fed is predicting that the unemployment rate will be in just below 10 percent at this time next year and in the 6.8 to 7.5 percent range at the end of 2012. In other words, while we may not see a jobless recovery, the Fed thinks we'll experience a slow motion one.” (h/t: Power Line)

Finally, I think Tiger Woods got it wrong today. It’s not “Drive for show and putt for crash.”

A case of bad driving?