Focus Is on Obama as Tensions Soar Across Mideast

New York Times   "Mr. Obama, who is set to address Americans — and, more significantly, Muslims around the world — from the State Department on Thursday morning, may yet have something surprising up his sleeve. One administration official said that there remained debate about whether Mr. Obama would formally endorse Israel’s pre-1967 borders as the starting point for negotiations over a Palestinian state, a move that would send an oratorical signal that the United States expected Israel to make concessions. "

Boy Scouts and the ACLU: A War of Worldviews

Byron Barlowe  "The original Boy Scouts began in England in 1907. The Prime Minister said the new movement was “potentially ‘the greatest moral force the world has ever known’.” Yet surprisingly, there are those who would gut the movement of its culture-shaping distinctives."
Byron Barlowe is a research associate and Web coordinator with Probe Ministries. He earned a B.S. in Communications at Appalachian State University in gorgeous Boone, N.C. Byron served 20 years with Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC), eight years as editor and Webmaster of a major scholarly publishing site, Leadership University (LeaderU.com).

Are We Facing an Iranian Missile Crisis? The Dereliction of our Media



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 Ron Radosh   "The Iranian-Venezuelan deal evidently also includes housing of Hezbollah cells and Quds forces in the new facilities, ready to expand their activity in Latin American in conjunction with drug cartels in the region, including those causing so much trouble now in Mexico. As Kahili puts it so well:"

The radicals ruling Iran are emboldened by the confusion of the Obama administration in confronting Iran’s nuclear program. The Iranian regime feels that America has exhausted all of its options with is negotiation and sanctions approach and therefore no longer poses a serious threat to Iran’s nuclear drive.

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"Clearly, the time for the United States to make known its firm opposition to Iranian missiles in Venezuela is now, not a few years hence when they are already operational. But first, our country must be informed that Iran and Venezuela have such plans in mind. That means all our news outlets must join Die Welt in reports of their own."

Ronald Radosh is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at The Hudson Institute, and a Prof. Emeritus of History at the City University of New York. He is the author or co-author of 14 books

Opinion: Iran is Building a Secret Missile Installation in Venezuela  "Venezuela is said to have significant reserves, something that Iran is desperately in need of for the continuation of their nuclear bomb project. Other activities include housing of the Quds forces, along with Hezbollah cells in these facilities, so they can expand their activities throughout Latin America and form collaborations with drug cartels in Mexico and then enter America."  It appears we have become the Britain of the 1930's.

A Fallen Hero vs. the Mullahs  "Can the legacy of a West Point graduate derail Iran’s nuclear ambitions?"....

"Pam Baragona is the sister of Rocky Baragona, and her family has honored him by investigating Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport (KGL) to the hilt — “walking the halls of Congress for seven years” to seek accountability. What they recently uncovered was that KGL, fattened beyond imagination by U.S. taxpayers, was working with a militant regime that is hardcore anti-American."

Ann Coulter: To Liberals, Every Woman Looks Like a Hotel Maid

Townhall  "Karl Marx kept a female slave from the time she was 8 years old, eventually using her not only as a servant but as his mistress, never acknowledging his child with her or paying her at all. She waited on him hand and foot while he explained to the world that profit is the stolen surplus value of the laborer. Like so many liberal icons, Marx seldom bathed and left his wife and children in poverty.

"As Schlafly says, no wonder liberal women think men are pigs: Their men are pigs."

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Israel; Liberal Jews embrace reincarnation: The 'peace process' never dies

Israel Matzav "Be it the murder of infants in their bed, or Abbas’s fabrication of history in the New York Times on Tuesday, every Arab assault on Israel is just another reason both sides need to try harder to reach an “agreement.” Goldberg adheres closely to this liberal protocol. He begins on a promising note by devoting about the first 65% of his essay gently exposing the “contradictions” in Abbas’s vicious lie. But that formality is just a tease in the run-up to the standard-issue liberal sales pitch, which in Goldberg’s iteration goes something like this:"...

When [Palestinian Arabs] Say They Want A Right Of Return, This Is What They Mean
"A return to their good old days in 1929 (almost 20 years before the creation of Israel), when they massacred Jews in Hebron and destroyed an 800-year old Jewish community."....
"Remember, when a Jew now builds in Hebron, it is an "illegitimate" settlement."  (Video and sound)
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Remembering the First Blow Against al Qaeda

Karl Rove  "The passengers on Flight 93 were not trained in the art of war like the skilled operators of SEAL Team 6. The uniforms of the pilots and attendants were not like those of the chopper crews who dropped from the dark sky above Abbottabad. But in a powerful way, the people on Flight 93 too were warriors.
"At 9:58 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Todd Beamer asked his fellow passengers and crew, "Are you guys ready? Okay. Let's roll!" They then stormed the cockpit."...

Herman Cain Talks About His Growing Popularity, Race

Nealz Nuze   "Herman Cain says, “The fact that I grew up in the segregated South and realize that we have gotten passed that is why I don’t harbor any anger toward this country, because one of the greatest things about America, even from its founding, is its ability to change.” He goes on to say, “People who want to focus on what was wrong with America are the ones who aren’t going to go very far in America.”"

"Raising Cain" may be just what the lethargic, lacklustre GOP presidential field needs to get more motivated.  "But Cain, unlike Trump, also knows the language of contemporary conservatism – taxes, the deficit, and what he compellingly calls "the threat to the American Dream" from three great "ations" – "regulation", "legislation" and, of course, "taxation". And like Tea Party movement darling and rising GOP star Marco Rubio, Cain also likes to extol America's presumed "exceptionalism", its privileged place in world history as a beacon of hope, freedom and prosperity."

Top Ten Reasons to Support Herman Cain for President  " I mean that it would be the kind of doggone honest and refreshing campaign the country needs.  It would be the opposite of the stale McCain run.  Cain does not speak Washington drivel, and he's not afraid to take a strong position."

Which is the racist party now?  "Leftist Blogger Dismisses Black Conservative, CPAC Speaker Herman Cain As 'Minstrel'"
"The far-left's racially-tinged paranoia and hatred of black conservatives rears its ugly head from time to time, often without the notice let alone disapproval of the liberal mainstream media.
"Herman Cain is just the latest target."

As you know, I find ...black conservatives fascinating not because of what they believe, but rather because of how they entertain and perform for their White Conservative masters.  Chauncey DeVega

You sure you really like Ron Paul?

iOwnTheWorld.com  "Asked if he would have authorized the raid that took out bin Laden."

I don’t think it was necessary, no. It absolutely was not necessary… I think respect for the rule of law and world law and international law. What if he’d been in a hotel in London? We wanted to keep it secret, so would we have sent the airplane, you know the helicopters into London, because they were afraid the information would get out?

How about a National Obamacare Waiver?

Heritage  "If you knew a dangerous virus was about to hit America and that you could beg the government for a vaccine, you’d probably do it, wouldn’t you? That’s just what states and businesses alike are doing right now in preparation for Obamacare. But rather than seeking a vaccine, they’re asking for waivers from the law’s onerous requirements."

House Hearing Reveals the Truth About the Obamacare Waivers

  "...HHS bureaucrats know exactly what company’s application they are reviewing and whether they are union plans. This has arguably led to the disproportional acceptance of waiver application from large corporations and unions. Haislmaier further emphasized that the use of a waiver process has led to a system that is based not on “the rule of law” but rather on “the rule of ‘who you know.’”"

Nearly 20 percent of new Obamacare waivers are gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi’s district    "Before hanging up on [The Daily Caller], Tru Spa’s owner said new government health care regulations, both the federal-level Obamacare and new local laws in Northern California, have “devastated” the business. “It’s been bad for us,” he said, without divulging his name, referring to the new health care restrictions.
"But, the spa owner wouldn’t talk about it or the reason his company sought a waiver. He hung up after saying, “I’ve got clients on the other line, good-bye.”"

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Notice in this article how many times the Daily Caller gets this response from Pelosi's constituents.

 

Michelle Malkin: Waivers for Favors  "It is far more pathetic to have cheered, as Pelosi did on the one-year anniversary of Obamacare, the law’s onerous benefits limits from which thousands of her own constituents have now been exempted."

Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law  "“When we started charging $25 a month,” Ms. Knox said, “many employees dropped coverage.” Of the home’s 200 employees, only 87 have elected it, she said, adding, “I don’t know how we could possibly absorb the additional cost of providing coverage for the other employees.” "

Sources: Raiders knew mission a one-shot deal

Navy Times  "Those who planned the secret mission to get Osama bin Laden in Pakistan knew it was a one-shot deal, and it nearly went terribly wrong.
"The U.S. deliberately hid the operation from Pakistan, and predicted that national outrage over the breach of Pakistani sovereignty would make it impossible to try again if the raid on bin Laden’s suspected redoubt came up dry.

"Once the raiders reached their target, things started to go awry almost immediately, officials briefed on the operation said."  Kimberly Dozier - The Associated Press

Hat tip to Clark Best, Tillamook County, Oregon. Mr. Best, a former Navy man, also added the comment below:

"Read the article written by the Associated Press. It is slightly biased to the left. For one thing, note the term "raiders" used to describe SEAL COMMANDOS instead of the proper description -- "commandos!!" Raiders has a negative, connotation to it, implying that we INVADED on a whim, like pirates, Pakistan just because we wanted to or could. And I do NOT believe that Obama did not ask WHO actually shot the bastard when he met with SEAL Team SIX!! Just more BS from the AP -- as usual."

Here's one to go with our two-for-one special:

America Needs Better Villains than Porn-Addicted Jihadists  "Our previous enemies could have destroyed our country, but our current ones mean we have a longer wait to get to our terminals at the airport."

Frank J. Fleming writes political humor at IMAO.us and always makes sure his byline is handled according to Islamic traditions.

I realize Islamists are dead serious, but don't you get a perverse (pardon my choice of words) pleasure out of being able to laugh at them a bit? Who was it that said, "Lord, help me make my enemies look ridiculous"?

Tell Me What They’re Reading and I’ll Tell You Who Will Win

Barry Rubin  "There’s an interesting point about pre-World War One Europe that applies very well to today’s international situation as well. In The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman pointed out the difference between what the British and Germans were reading on the eve of the war.
"In 1909, Norman Angell, a British member of parliament, wrote a pamphlet, “The Great Illusion,” that became a best-seller. It argued that since war had become so terrible and governments were rational and would understand this, another major international war was impossible.
"But in Germany they were reading Friedrich von Bernhardi’s Germany and the Next War, where he argues that “war is a biological necessity” based on the law of nature, the struggle for existence.
"Germany was preparing for war; Britain was pacifist. The same process repeated itself before World War Two. And the same process was again repeated in the brief time before the end of World War Two and the Cold War."

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Newt Gingrich

Haley Rips Gingrich Over Budget Comments  "Said Haley: "What he said was absolutely unfortunate. Here you've got Representative Ryan trying to bring common sense to this world of insanity, and Newt absolutely cut him off at the knees. When you have a conservative fighting for real change, the last thing we need is a presidential candidate cutting him off at the knees." "


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Newt’s Done! So, Apparently, Is The GOP!  "So, we can look for the GOP to really go after the US Senate in an attempt to box-in Obama after 2012. However, Obama will rule by executive order right up ‘til we have a constitutional crisis. I mean, the country has to reign in a president’s ability to rule by fiat, through executive orders, by-passing the Congress, which is purportedly, the people’s voice. There can be no doubt Obama is abusing that privilege and it must be stopped."  Freedom Fighter's Journal

Ground to Dust in 24 Hours  "The criticism from so many different quarters suggests the degree to which Representative Paul Ryan, in only a matter of months, has shifted the political and philosophical debate within conservatism. Although he himself is quite a large figure in the history of the modern GOP, Gingrich thought it would be a good idea to launch a withering attack on the Ryan plan—and for his pains he found himself ground to dust in fewer than 24 hours. Other Republican presidential candidates must have taken notice."

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Charles Krauthammer: Newt Gingrich Is "Done"

Hume Slams Gingrich's Hypocrisy: "Provocative Thinker" But "Promiscuous Talker"

Thank you, Newt! Newt's Political Suicide, Paul Ryan's Rise  "By showing his hand and his face in attempting to discredit Paul Ryan, he discredited himself." Atlas Shrugs



Newt responds, says conservatives are taking him out of context; Update: Newt’s statement  "Gingrich says that conservatives have taken his remarks out of context, although he admits that the “social engineering” may have been a little too strong. He tells Gallagher that his response was to David Gregory’s question about whether Republicans should force a Medicare reform over public opposition, saying it would be the same “social engineering” mistake Democrats made with ObamaCare:" Video included.



Newt Gingrich Tells PJTV Paul Ryan’s Path to Prosperity Is ‘A Very Bold Budget’  "On Sunday, Newt attacked Paul Ryan’s Path to Prosperity as “too big a jump.” He also said, “I don’t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering.”

"But in Iowa, at the Conservative Principles Conference in March, Newt was praising the plan. He told PJTV’s Tony Katz that the Ryan plan offered “a very bold budget that includes entitlement reforms, it includes very significant cuts in government spending.”"



Gingrich to House GOP: Drop Dead  "Yet now he is trashing Mr. Ryan for thinking far more deeply about health care, and in a far more principled fashion, than Mr. Gingrich ever has. The episode reveals the Georgian's weakness as a candidate, and especially as a potential President—to wit, his odd combination of partisan, divisive rhetoric and poll-driven policy timidity."

 Some Other Gingrich Flip-Flops: Libya, Dede Scozzafava, and Cap and Trade  "But in 2007 Gingrich favored "mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system." In 2008, he even produced a video with Nancy Pelosi on the urgent need to stop global warming: (Video)

"The good news for Gingrich is that almost the entire 2012 field has flip-flopped on cap and trade. The bad news is that he can't say the same about his flip-flops on Medicare reform, Dede Scozzafava, and the Libyan war."