Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Decline Is in the Mind
Victor Davis Hanson "We, in turn, can easily outdistance any country should we remain the most free, law-abiding, and economically open society as in our past. A race-gender-ethnic-blind meritocracy, equal application of the law, low taxes, small government, and a transparent political and legal system are at the heart of that renewal. America could within a decade become a creditor nation again, with a trade balance and budget surplus, drawing in the world’s talent and capital in a way not possible in the more inflexible or less meritocratic China, Japan, or Germany. Again that is our choice, not a superimposed destiny from someone else."
Why Bob Woodward’s New Book Should Scare the Hell Out of All Americans
Big Government "The revelations about Obama’s naive views on terrorism and his lack of a firm commitment to the Afghan War was nothing really new, they simply confirmed many of the worst fears about our President and the War on Terror. But Obama’s priorities, hes desire to place politics before victory was both surprising and upsetting."Obama battles with advisers over Afghan exit plan detailed in Woodward book "Woodward quotes Petraeus as saying: "You have to recognize also that I don't think you win this war. I think you keep fighting. It's a little bit like Iraq, actually. . . . Yes, there has been enormous progress in Iraq. But there are still horrific attacks in Iraq, and you have to stay vigilant. You have to stay after it. This is the kind of fight we're in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids' lives." "
White House Reacts to (NYT Report About) Woodward Book "Pakistan was overwhelmed with concern that the United States would pull out of Afghanistan and the region as it had done before. Much later, Obama said, the report warned that Pakistan dreaded having a large Afghan army on its border that might be in an alliance with India. One of the U.S. objectives is to build that army, How do you explain the contradiction? Obama asked. What exactly was Pakistan worried about – too much or too little? ‘What am I to believe?’” "
White House Reacts to (NYT Report About) Woodward Book "Pakistan was overwhelmed with concern that the United States would pull out of Afghanistan and the region as it had done before. Much later, Obama said, the report warned that Pakistan dreaded having a large Afghan army on its border that might be in an alliance with India. One of the U.S. objectives is to build that army, How do you explain the contradiction? Obama asked. What exactly was Pakistan worried about – too much or too little? ‘What am I to believe?’” "
Matthews-Mitchell Admit: Military Doesn't Trust Obama's Political Advisers
Newsbusters "Of all the revelations in Bob Woodwards's new book, this could be the most devastating . On this evening's Hardball, Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell admited that the military people in the Obama administration don't trust Pres. Obama's political advisers. That raises grave concerns for America's security. In purely political terms, consider the implications given that among Americans, by far the most trusted institution is . . . the military."
Sucker Punch Squad: ‘Buried’ Script ‘Thrills’ with Message that Terrorists are Good, America is Bad
Big Hollywood "And the terrorist calls and speaks in a hilarious pidgin English that makes him sound like a New York cabbie trying to explain particle physics to a terrier. These exchanges are supposed to show us that the – well, don’t call him a terrorist! – okay, the Arab guy, is human too. Those evil Americans – 9/11 wasn’t the not-terrorist’s fault, yet the Americans came and destroyed everything! Oh, and apparently we Americans killed four of his kids. So he has no choice but to murder Americans and bury them alive – all the characters seem to agree on that point. "...
Republicans: We’ll Take the Pledge (Updated)
National Review "All year long, conservatives have been pressuring Republicans to release a Contract with America for 2010 — an updated version of the campaign platform that the party unveiled before its 1994 sweep of Congress. Thursday morning, Republican congressmen are responding to that pressure by making a “Pledge to America.” The inevitable question will be: Is the pledge as bold as the Contract?
"The answer is: The pledge is bolder. The Contract with America merely promised to hold votes on popular bills that had been bottled up during decades of Democratic control of the House. The pledge commits Republicans to working toward a broad conservative agenda that, if implemented, would make the federal government significantly smaller, Congress more accountable, and America more prosperous.
"The pledge divides its policy commitments into five parts."...
GOP unveils new agenda, “A Pledge to America”; Update: “Dreck”? "Five key elements: Jobs, spending, ObamaCare, national security, and the crowd-pleaser, reforming Congress. A taste of the last section:"...
Dems react to GOP agenda “Congressional Republicans are pledging to ship jobs overseas; blow a $700 billion hole in the deficit to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires; turn Social Security from a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble; once again, subject American families to the recklessness of Wall Street; and take away patients’ rights. Republicans want to return to the same failed economic policies that hurt millions of American and threatened our economy."
"The answer is: The pledge is bolder. The Contract with America merely promised to hold votes on popular bills that had been bottled up during decades of Democratic control of the House. The pledge commits Republicans to working toward a broad conservative agenda that, if implemented, would make the federal government significantly smaller, Congress more accountable, and America more prosperous.
"The pledge divides its policy commitments into five parts."...
GOP unveils new agenda, “A Pledge to America”; Update: “Dreck”? "Five key elements: Jobs, spending, ObamaCare, national security, and the crowd-pleaser, reforming Congress. A taste of the last section:"...
Dems react to GOP agenda “Congressional Republicans are pledging to ship jobs overseas; blow a $700 billion hole in the deficit to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires; turn Social Security from a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble; once again, subject American families to the recklessness of Wall Street; and take away patients’ rights. Republicans want to return to the same failed economic policies that hurt millions of American and threatened our economy."
America’s discontent may stem in part from suspecting that the administration thinks we’re stupid, fearful, cowardly racists.
Victor Davis Hanson "America’s discontent may stem in part from suspecting that the administration thinks we’re stupid, fearful, cowardly racists."
"When an attorney general, a first lady, and a president offer lectures to the American people about their purported unfounded fears, bad habits, and prejudices, like any sermonizer they invite reciprocal scrutiny, both about their own conduct and about the fairness of their critiques. As a result, a stone-throwing White House is becoming a shattered Glass House."
"When an attorney general, a first lady, and a president offer lectures to the American people about their purported unfounded fears, bad habits, and prejudices, like any sermonizer they invite reciprocal scrutiny, both about their own conduct and about the fairness of their critiques. As a result, a stone-throwing White House is becoming a shattered Glass House."
Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for Documents Detailing White House Involvement in Black Panther Case Dismissal
Judicial Watch “Any and all records of Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli concerning meetings with the White House on the Justice Department’s voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party. The time frame for this request is from January 20, 2009 to June 15, 2009.”
Top Obama DOJ Officials Involved in Decision to Drop Black Panther Case According to Evidence Obtained by Judicial Watch
Race and President Obama’s Justice Department "At its public meeting this Friday, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will be voting on its report to the president and congress concerning the DOJ’s enforcement of civil-rights laws. The report will detail all of the evidence gathered by the commission during the course of its year-long investigation. The report will make specific findings and recommendations. Perhaps then the president and the media will take the matter seriously."
Top Obama DOJ Officials Involved in Decision to Drop Black Panther Case According to Evidence Obtained by Judicial Watch
Race and President Obama’s Justice Department "At its public meeting this Friday, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will be voting on its report to the president and congress concerning the DOJ’s enforcement of civil-rights laws. The report will detail all of the evidence gathered by the commission during the course of its year-long investigation. The report will make specific findings and recommendations. Perhaps then the president and the media will take the matter seriously."
The Irresponsible Commander in Chief
Woodward Revelations Show Obama’s Weakness on National Security "Woodward’s book shows President Obama is deeply at odds with his military leadership over the way forward in Afghanistan. Unless a new page is turned in the Afghanistan war effort, these divisions will increasingly demoralize U.S. troops and deepen the American public’s confusion and frustration with the war."
Then this.
And here: Woodward Book Says Afghanistan Divided White House "As for Mr. Obama himself, the book describes a professorial president who assigned “homework” to advisers but bristled at what he saw as military commanders’ attempts to force him into a decision he was not yet comfortable with. Even after he agreed to send another 30,000 troops last winter, the Pentagon asked for another 4,500 “enablers” to support them.
"The president lost his poise, according to the book. “I’m done doing this!” he erupted."
The President and his Congress
It's Official - Obama Did Not End The Recession "But please note the date: June 2009. Just five months after Obama took office, and four months after the Stimulus Plan was passed but before Stimulus money was spent."
Islam's Encounters With America
WSJ "A survey by Elaph, the most respected electronic daily in the Arab world, gave a decided edge to those who objected to the building of this mosque—58% saw it as a project of folly.
"Elaph was at it again in the aftermath of Pastor Terry Jones's threat to burn copies of the Quran: It queried its readers as to whether America was a "tolerant" or a "bigoted" society. The split was 63% to 37% in favor of those who accepted the good faith and pluralism of this country."
Survey Shows Arabs More Opposed to GZ Mosque Than American Media "The truth is that the trajectory of Islam in America (and Europe for that matter) is at variance with the play of things in Islam's main habitat. A survey by Elaph, the most respected electronic daily in the Arab world, gave a decided edge to those who objected to the building of this mosque-58% saw it as a project of folly.
"Elaph was at it again in the aftermath of Pastor Terry Jones's threat to burn copies of the Quran: It queried its readers as to whether America was a "tolerant" or a "bigoted" society. The split was 63% to 37% in favor of those who accepted the good faith and pluralism of this country.
"So a larger proportion of Arabs believe in that notion than American journalists. That is a sad indictment of the press in this country."
"Elaph was at it again in the aftermath of Pastor Terry Jones's threat to burn copies of the Quran: It queried its readers as to whether America was a "tolerant" or a "bigoted" society. The split was 63% to 37% in favor of those who accepted the good faith and pluralism of this country."
Survey Shows Arabs More Opposed to GZ Mosque Than American Media "The truth is that the trajectory of Islam in America (and Europe for that matter) is at variance with the play of things in Islam's main habitat. A survey by Elaph, the most respected electronic daily in the Arab world, gave a decided edge to those who objected to the building of this mosque-58% saw it as a project of folly.
"Elaph was at it again in the aftermath of Pastor Terry Jones's threat to burn copies of the Quran: It queried its readers as to whether America was a "tolerant" or a "bigoted" society. The split was 63% to 37% in favor of those who accepted the good faith and pluralism of this country.
"So a larger proportion of Arabs believe in that notion than American journalists. That is a sad indictment of the press in this country."
Obama: "Mexicans" Were Here "Long Before America Was Even An Idea"
RealClearPolitics "Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land," President Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
"Mexico declared its independence on September 16, 1810. It was recognized on September 27, 1821.
"The United States of America declared its independence in 1776."
American history for dummies, by dummies "One could write a book on Obama's abuse of American history. He has committed obvious howlers when discussing the Kennedy-Khrushchev Vienna conference and when bloviating on the Nuremberg trial. Citing American history, Obama either doesn't know what he's talking about or seeks to exploit the ignorance of his audience. "
"Mexico declared its independence on September 16, 1810. It was recognized on September 27, 1821.
"The United States of America declared its independence in 1776."
American history for dummies, by dummies "One could write a book on Obama's abuse of American history. He has committed obvious howlers when discussing the Kennedy-Khrushchev Vienna conference and when bloviating on the Nuremberg trial. Citing American history, Obama either doesn't know what he's talking about or seeks to exploit the ignorance of his audience. "
What is Obama President of Again?
Heritage "On December 1, 2009, when President Barack Obama announced his new Afghanistan policy after months of delay, Denise Young of Kokomo, Ind., who has a 22-year-old son serving in the war, told The Wall Street Journal what she wanted to hear from the commander in chief: “That he is going to let the generals make the decisions. They have asked for more troops. They should get them. There is safety in numbers.” Today, we learned from a sneak preview of Bob Woodward’s new book, Obama’s War, that President Barack Obama completely failed Mrs. Young."
"The morning after President Obama announced his strategy we wrote:
"The morning after President Obama announced his strategy we wrote:
The announcement of a withdrawal date only provides a psychological advantage to the Taliban who will convince their recruits that the American will is lacking and thus they can just “wait us out.” Promising firm dates for troop pullouts is an entirely political move that has everything to do with placating the leftist base of the Democratic Party and nothing to do with the national security interests of the American people.
Why did Obama go to Church? To Listen to a Muslim Speak!
Chronicle Watch But what is widely not reported by the White House and the MSM is that on that particular Sunday in that particular church, Dr. Ziad Asali, M.D., a Muslim, founder and president of the American Task Force on Palestine, was the guest speaker. He was there to speak on the subject of “Prospects of the two-state solution in the Middle-East.” The church:
Obamas Forgo Secular Lifestyle for One Sunday "There’s no question that aggressive atheism — the kind that weeds prayer out of graduation ceremonies and mandates “sexual education” curricula that fly in the face of religious traditions — are taking their toll on America’s identity as a Godly people.
"It is undeniable that without a firm foundation of faith, our culture will falter — is faltering. Despite billboard campaigns about the inherent goodness of atheists, the fact is that God is the true source of morality. Without God, we’re left with an endless, pointless search for the values and virtues that lead us toward the truth." Marybeth Hicks is the author of Bringing up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-up-too-fast World (Penguin/Berkley, July 2008).
Obamas Forgo Secular Lifestyle for One Sunday "There’s no question that aggressive atheism — the kind that weeds prayer out of graduation ceremonies and mandates “sexual education” curricula that fly in the face of religious traditions — are taking their toll on America’s identity as a Godly people.
"It is undeniable that without a firm foundation of faith, our culture will falter — is faltering. Despite billboard campaigns about the inherent goodness of atheists, the fact is that God is the true source of morality. Without God, we’re left with an endless, pointless search for the values and virtues that lead us toward the truth." Marybeth Hicks is the author of Bringing up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-up-too-fast World (Penguin/Berkley, July 2008).
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