Power

I love the way Obama uses power, he is not ashamed to use it.

Via Instapundit

HOWARD KURTZ: The Prez, the Press, the Pressure. “In the days before President Obama’s last news conference, as the networks weighed whether to give up a chunk of their precious prime time, Rahm Emanuel went straight to the top. Rather than calling ABC, the White House chief of staff phoned Bob Iger, chief executive of parent company Disney. Instead of contacting NBC, Emanuel went to Jeffrey Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric. He also spoke with Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS, the company spun off from Viacom. . . Tensions have been building behind the scenes. Some television executives say the Bush administration informally floated possible news conference dates in advance, while Obama officials basically notify the networks of their plans.”

Quotes of the Day

“I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is ``needed'' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents "interests,'' I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.”
Barry Goldwater

quotes of the day

What is the difference between a Marxist and an anti-Marxist? A Marxist reads the books of Karl Marx. An anti-Marxist understands them. -Ronald Reagan

“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson

Armed CG Helo's

Here the SF Examiner looks at the new armed MH-65C CG Helicopters.

Link: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Coast-Guard-adds-machine-guns-to-helicopters38843302.html

M240B machine gun

• Belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated, fully automatic machine guns
• 4-feet long and 27.6 pounds
• Fire 7.62 mm bullets up to 2.5 miles
• Can fire 200 rounds per minute in 10- to 13-second bursts with 2 to 3 seconds between bursts
• A heat shield protects the gunner’s hand from the hot barrel