Obama’s National Security ‘Not Top 10′ of 2011

PJ Media  Substantive reasons why this current president is in the same league with the Ron Paul foreign policy from the indications visible at this moment. In the article linked, each item below is discussed in more detail.
1) President Obama claims Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood lacks major support (February 6)
2) Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood is a “largely secular” group (February 10)

3) Osama bin Laden buried by U.S. military in accordance with Islamic traditions (May 2)
4) Pentagon overrules field commanders, grants Private Naser Jason Abdo conscientious objector status just weeks before his arrest for planning terror attack on fellow soldiers (May)
5) Prominent Muslim-American lobbyist Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai arrested as Pakistani intelligence agent (July 20)
6) Obama backs overthrow of Gaddafi, installs al-Qaeda-friendly, Shariah-compliant regime in Libya (March-present)
7) Hillary Clinton backs plan by Islamic countries to criminalize “defamation of Islam” (July-present)
8) White House blocks appointment of moderate Muslim leader Zuhdi Jasser to State Department post (October)
9) DOD official refuses to acknowledge the threat of radical Islam during hearing on terror threats to the U.S. military (December 10)


10) Vice President Joe Biden says Taliban is not our enemy just days before Taliban take credit for killing four U.S. soldiers (December 18)

Obama's Keystone pipeline blunder

Michael Barone  "How misguided was Barack Obama’s decision to refuse to approve the Keystone XL pipeline?

"How misguided was Custer’s decision to ride into Little Big Horn?"

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"Perhaps only someone who has chosen to live in university neighborhoods all his adult life could have so overestimated the appeal of environmental restriction groups' arguments and failed to understand the common sense of the great majority of ordinary Americans."

An Indignant George Stephanopoulos Huffs to Santorum: 'How Can You Say' Obama Is Weak?

Newsbusters  "Santorum responded by insisting that, in the example of killing Osama bin Laden, Obama simply followed a course set by George W. Bush. Stephanopoulos sputtered, "How can you say he sided with our enemies on almost every foreign conflict?" "

The Graduate: Why Should Everyone Else Pay for Other People’s Dumb (and Hedonistic) Career Choices

Barry Rubin  "Here’s the secret: He cannot make a living because the market for people with degrees in linguistics and in Oriental philosophy is limited. He should have known that. Someone should have told him that. The calculation of practicality should have been made. It wasn’t.

"As I said, this individual does not want handouts and he has not taken student loans. Many others have. A large proportion of the Occupy Wall Street-and-other-places movement seems to consist of those who have made similar “career” (or non-career) decisions but want others to pay for their pastimes and mistakes.

"There are at least three important lessons here of the greatest importance."...More...

What is it that they want? OWS protestors disrupt Romney rally

American Thinker  "What is it that they want? Do they want Romney impoverished - taking away his wealth and punishing him for his success? Why violate his free speech rights? What does that prove?

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2011/12/30/95081

"It is becoming clear that as the OWS movement goes along, they don't have a clue about how to achieve any of their goals except to take from those who have more and give to those who have less. The concept of creating more for everyone escapes them as does a basic sense of propriety and good manners."

Ten most ridiculous lawsuits of 2011

marx-brothers.org

Hot Air  "While these lawsuits vary from the outrageous to the humorous, abusive litigation is hardly a laughing matter. ILR’s annual poll of ridiculous lawsuits helps to remind us that abusive lawsuits affect real people and real businesses, and can have harmful results to lives, jobs, and even our economic growth."
Source.

Brian Walsh on One Nation Under Arrest on Stossel  "Brian Walsh discusses overcriminalization and the Heritage book, One Nation Under Arrest; and John Stossel interviews some of the victims of overcriminalization from the book."

Hat tip to Overcriminalized.com

Dick Morris: Obama is running from his record, but he can’t hide it

The Hill  "In his “60 Minutes” interview, President Obama offered a keen insight into his 2012 reelection strategy. It takes some decoding, but his underlying strategic goals emerge. He said:

“The question next year is going to be — and then this is how a democracy is supposed to work — do they see a more compelling vision coming out from the other side? Do they think that cutting taxes further, including on the wealthy, cutting taxes on corporations, of gutting regulations — do we think that that is going to be somehow more successful? And if the American people think that that’s a recipe for success and a majority are persuaded by that, then I’m going to lose.”

"Three relevant points emerge from an analysis of his comment:"....

Morris, a former adviser to Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and President Clinton, is the author of Outrage, Fleeced, 
Catastrophe and 2010: Take Back America — A Battle Plan.

http://conservativedailynews.com/2012/01/excessive-self-regard/

George Will: Obama needn’t lose for GOP to win  "Imagine what a horror 2011 was for progressives as Americans began to comprehend their stunning abundance of fossil fuels — beyond their two centuries’ supply of coal. Progressives responded with attempts to impede development of the vast proven reserves of natural gas and oil here and in Canada. They bent the willowy Obama to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to carry oil from Canadian tar sands; they raised environmental objections to new techniques for extracting gas and “tight” oil from shale formations."