Monday, February 25, 2013

The president without honor and his sycophantic enablers

Political Cartoons by Bob Gorrell
House GOP rips Obama as 'road show president' without a plan
"“The president proposed the sequester, yet he’s far more interested in holding campaign rallies than he is in urging Senate Democrats to actually pass a plan,” Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a brief Capitol news conference with the House GOP leadership team."
"Obama is scheduled to travel to Virginia on Tuesday to rally public support for his approach to replacing the $85 billion in sequestration cuts, but Republicans called on him to return to Washington and devise a plan with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
"“This is not the time for a road show president,” said Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the third-ranking House Republican."
Political Cartoons by Michael Ramirez
 
White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester’s effects   "Hundreds of teachers could lose their jobs in Ohio, home to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R), officials said, and thousands of children may not get necessary vaccines in conservative Georgia."
These are the same people who called Romney a felon and wife-murderer, who did opposition research on Joe the Plumber for daring to speak out as a citizen against Obama. There is neither shame nor trace of honor in Obama and Democrats, so do not look for truth.
The Democrats’ Permanent Campaign Continues  "The Democrats are sending out a blizzard of fundraising emails. They may be out of ideas, but they don’t think that matters as long as they can raise unprecedented amounts of money and use it to demonize their opponents. This morning I, along with millions of others, got this email from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee:"....



 Even with the above being obvious, Obama is pretty much off-limits to satirists   "The liberal inclinations of most comedians and comedy writers means that roughly half of the figures on the national scene can’t really be satirical targets. Any strong partisan or ideologue believes that the political scene is full of heroes and villains, and the satiric worldview doesn’t have room for heroes. The only way a satirist can salute people he perceives as heroic or noble or worthy of public esteem is by ignoring them."....
"...it took the likes of President Barack Obama to have enough contempt for America to make it explicit."

What Obama cost you "Joseph Farah breaks down spending numbers leading U.S. to bankruptcy"
 image7-Gallery: 60 sequester and economy cartoons
 

Louis Farrakhan: You know, when he talks about the Jewish lobby, Chuck Hagel sounds a little like me

Hot Air  "The cloture vote’s tomorrow. Confirmation seems a fait accompli. Is there no man in all the land who, through his sheer odiousness, can stop this train with an anti-endorsement — a sort of demonus ex machina?
"Perhaps there is, my friends. Perhaps there is."
"Exit question: When Farrakhan says Hagel (who, to remind you, voted to invade Iraq) will keep us out of “fighting somebody else’s wars,” is he making an exception for U.S. peacekeepers in the Palestinian territories? Because Hagel evidently thinks that’s a swell idea."

British antisemitism is alive and well

Before we bring you the story (via Bloviating Zeppelin) of George Galloway's rejection of Israel's very existence, let's first tell you who the man is, if we may:

George Galloway Out of Control  ...."To those unfamiliar with him, he is a British demagogue, of Scottish and Irish ancestry. He has been in the British parliament for decades where, in spite of condemnation for his extremism, the British have been forced to concede he may be their best orator.  The Spectator, in 2001, awared(sp) him the title of Debator(sp) of the Year."

Wikipedia tells us this about Galloway:  ...."Galloway is a campaigner supporting the Palestinian side of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict who advocates an anti-Zionist stance."

Now here is the main story about this man:
Bloviating Zeppelin  "Particularly from George Galloway, a member of Britain’s parliament and as Left as you can get in the UK.
"See below, as Mr Galloway walks away from a student debate at Oxford University, when he discovers a student is Israeli and states “I don’t debate with Israelis.” "

"Thank you, kind sir, for proving the British are in fine form with regard to being an entire race of GOWPs and for ensuring their antisemitism and their cultural and historical demise.  Can you imagine the reverse happening with someone to the Right of any aisle?"

And in the aftermath;
'George Galloway Humiliated Me', Says Israel Debate At Oxford Organiser Mahmood Naji
"Now, after Galloway's repeated complaints he was "deceived", debate organiser Naji has spoken out to set the record straight.
" "I was not intending on replying until I saw you once again attempt to, in my opinion, slander me on Press TV," Naji writes in his open letter. "
" "But let's look at the facts. Fortunately, all my correspondences with your secretary are saved in my inbox so we can refer to this record while scrutinising your allegation."
"In an email to Galloway's secretary, Naji said:

...."It is strange that someone who takes such a hard-line view on debating Israelis should omit to ask whether or not his Jewish, pro-Israeli opponent, who has debated in Israel, is in fact Israeli," he continues. "Your secretary did not go on to ask me about Eylon's nationality.
"As the organiser... Should I let you know if your opponent is a vegetarian in case you have a policy of not debating vegetarians? Am I misleading you if I do not tell you your opponent's shoe size?
"Think hard about the absurdity of your position. In none of the previous debates I had organised did it even occur to me to inform the debaters of their opponents' nationalities. This particular debate was no different."
Israel Matsav published Mr. Galloway's statement about the incident here:  "It's bitter, racist, moronic, anti-Semitic and disgusting. You'll need a shower after you read it.
" I am posting it only so that you won't click on his page to see it."

Mr. Galloway concludes his statement with these words:
....Apartheid Israel is a cancer at the heart of the middle-east. Only it's replacement by a bi-national democratic state from the Jordan River to the sea will cure this. That is what I am fighting for.
George Galloway MP
House of Commons
London

Hollywood ratifies Obama alliance

Thomas Lifson  "While anyone who pays attention knows that Hollywood has become source of funds, propaganda, and social ties for the progressive movement, the institutional body language was startling. It was a symbolic form of vassalage, signifying the switch of the entertainment industry from a mission of speaking truth to power (see Reagan and Bush presidencies) to one of support. We no longer tap shoulders with swords, we swoop in on the top award of the most prestigious event of the entire entertainment industry, and award it from the presidential palace."

"Loud Groans" Heard in Academy Awards Media Room When Michelle Obama Announced As Surprise Presenter

Weasel Zippers published these comments:
When Michelle Obama was introduced by Jack Nicholson most of the reporters in the media room groaned....loudly

The father of the sequester

Hope n' Change

"Simply put, the sequester was proposed by the White House in return for the ability to borrow more money than the debt limit legally allowed. And the sequester would be irrevocably triggered if Democrats didn't subsequently make intelligent spending cuts. Which, of course, they didn't and won't. Ever.
" While the administration of the actual sequester spending cuts will be handled badly, with the deliberate intention from the Whitehouse of causing maximum pain and publicity, the actual amount of spending being cut from the nation's budget is roughly equivalent to a mouse's fart in a hurricane.
" However, the real significance is that this may also be the first time that the GOP stands up to this pathological liar of a president and forces him to keep his word."