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Breakfast Scramble

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble

What ever happened to Separation of Church and State?

The White House on Friday announced a “summit on entrepreneurship” to build economic ties with the Islamic world, part of President Barack Obama’s outreach to Muslims.

The White House said it has invited participants from more than 40 countries over five continents for the April 26-27 conference in Washington.

Source:  Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit [1]

I imagine the outcry if the Obama administration attempted to hold a conference between say the White House and the Mormon world.   I guess that high wall of separation thing only applies to republican administrations.

How that swamp draining going Mrs. Pelosi? From Laurie Kellman And Larry Margasak, RCP [2]:

Democrats mired in swamp they vowed to drain

A rash of ethics lapses has given Democrats an election-year headache: how to convince skeptical voters that they’re any cleaner than Republicans they accused of fostering a “culture of corruption” in 2006.

More Swamp, Perry Bacon Jr.,Washington Post [3]:

Congressional Democrats reclaimed control of Congress in 2006 by pledging to “drain the swamp” after Republican ethics scandals rocked Capitol Hill. Now, a series of controversies involving Democratic members has robbed the party of its claim to hold the higher moral ground — and could threaten its hold on power in this fall’s elections.

More Debt, By Lori Montgomery, Washington Post [4]

:President Obama’s proposed budget would add more than $9.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, congressional budget analysts said Friday. Proposed tax cuts for the middle class account for nearly a third of that shortfall.

The 10-year outlook released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is somewhat gloomier than White House projections, which found that Obama’s budget request would produce deficits that would add about $8.5 trillion to the national debt by 2020.

A fool and her fingers are soon parted,Rachel Monahan, NY Daily News [5]:

Wisconsin woman feeds bear at zoo, gets fingers bitten off

[…]

Wisconsin woman feeds bear at zoo, gets fingers bitten At a Wisconsin zoo Friday, a 47-year-old grandmother ignored warning signs, putting her hand through fencing to feed an Asiatic black bear, police said.

Points:

  • The cages are meant to protect the patrons, not the exhibits.
  • They are called wild animals.
  • Walt Disney movies are fiction.
  • Animals shouild not be thought of as fur covered humans, but rather as potential tasty meals.
  • That said, I’ll pass on bear.

Is this racist?

CARACAS (Reuters [6]) – Venezuela’s President Hugo mocked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday as a “blond” version of her predecessor, and said a row with Spain over alleged links with rebel groups was over.

Without regard to my question, Chavez is wrong.  Condoleezza is smart.