Cartoonists on the speech tonight

Townhall has these:   This first one is about the speech because I say it is.

Under Investigation by DOJ for Using Banned Wood, Gibson Guitar CEO Will Attend Obama's Job Speech

Reason  "...One of the major twists in the story? Juskiewicz is on the record as saying the DOJ told him that if they outsourced labor, there wouldn't be any issue:"
Send your factory overseas and we won't bother you!

CHRIS DANIEL: Mr. Juszkiewicz, did an agent of the US government suggest to you that your problems would go away if you used Madagascar labor instead of American labor?
HENRY JUSZKIEWICZ: They actually wrote that in a pleading.
CHRIS DANIEL: Excuse me?
HENRY JUSKIEWICZ: They actually wrote that it a pleading.
CHRIS DANIEL: That your problems would go away if you used Madagascar labor instead of our labor?
HENRY JUSKIEWICZ: Yes

Gateway Pundit "Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz told reporters today that the federal raid on the popular American guitar maker will cost the company $10,000,000. Juszkiewicz also said that he will attend Obama’s big spending jobs speech tomorrow in Washington DC.
Attorney General Eric Holder said the raid on the Gibson was not political. Of course not."

Great idea: Fill the entire chamber with a vast cross-section of Obamanomics victims. "GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is taking Nashville-based Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, via the Memphis Daily News:"

"Rep. Blackburn’s idea is terrific, proactive, and powerful.

"Every Republican in attendance should have a guest entrepreneur or small businessman with them to provide powerful testimony about the Obama Jobs Death Toll and the stifling, selective enforcement of Obama land grabs, power grabs, and regulatory grabs."

Gibson donates to Republicans  ..."while one of his leading competitors “is a long-time Democratic supporter, with $35,400 in contributions to Democratic candidates and the DNC over the past couple of election cycles.” "  Hey, I'm just sayin'.

Newt Gingrich Goes After Debate Moderator John Harris for Biased Questioning

Newsbusters  "While NBC representative Brian Williams had more than his share of sneering biased questions, it was Williams's co-moderator, Politico editor John F. Harris who laid on the snark in his attempts to bait and attack the candidates.
"Such unbalanced questioning is par-for-the-course for Republicans competing at the national level. More often than not, they take it in stride. Tonight, though, Newt Gingrich was having none of it as he went full-on after Harris's attempts to insert Gingrich into a non-existent debate about an individual mandate to purchase insurance at the national level that Republicans simply are not having."

Tennessee Football and prayer true story

SodaHead.com   Corroborated by Snopes.

"It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games, to say a prayer and play the National Anthem, to honor God and Country."
Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am told that saying a Prayer is a violation of Federal Case Law. As I understand the law at this time, I can use this public facility to approve of sexual perversion and call it "an alternate life style," and if someone is offended, that's OK.
I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity, by dispensing condoms and calling it, "safe sex." If someone is offended, that's OK.
I can even use this public facility to present the merits of killing an unborn baby as a "viable! means of birth control." If someone is offended, no problem...
I can designate a school day as "Earth Day" and involve students in activities to worship religiously and praise the goddess "Mother Earth" and call it "ecology.."
I can use literature, videos and presentations in the classroom that depicts people with strong, traditional Christian convictions as "simple minded" and "ignorant" and call it "enlightenment.."
However, if anyone uses this facility to honor GOD and to ask HIM to Bless this event with safety and good sportsmanship, then Federal Case Law is violated.
This appears to be inconsistent at best, and at worst, diabolical.
Apparently, we are to be tolerant of everything and anyone, except GOD and HIS Commandments.

More here.
Hat tip to Charlene Black, California

Tolerant Liberals Craft ‘Kill the Tea Partiers’ Video Game

Dakota Voice.  "You really have to love that “new tone” the Left considers so important, don’t you?"
Yes, you’ve seen the “tolerant” Left lead by example and model this “new tone” for us many times since:

• Former Democrat Rep. Paul Kanjorski from PA told us shortly before the 2010 election that Florida’s Republican governor should be “put against the wall and shot”
• The death threats and hateful language spewed by Leftists against Sarah Palin
• Death threats against a Tea Party member by one of the victims of the flag-burning, pot-smoking “Tea Party conservative”
• Tolerant liberals calling for the lynching, enslaving, stringing up, torture, hanging and murder of judges and business owners, including some potential victims they classified by ethnicity (but it’s Tea Party people that are racist, right?)
• Death threats from “tolerant” Leftists against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin legislators when they moved to end the union gravy train last winter, including one from a unionized teacher
• Calls from “tolerant” Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa to “take out” Tea Party “SOBs”
• Or take your pick from any of dozens of displays of Leftist “tolerance” and “new tone” over the past few months

"The next time someone on the Left tries to tell you that Tea Party patriots and other conservatives are violent hate-mongers, just remember a few of these things and be sure to let them know who the real corrosive agents in America are–them."

Hat tip to Harley Standlee, Placerville, Ca

Council on Foreign Relations: Afghanistan, Libya and Obama

Afghan Concerns over U.S. Staying Power
Council on Foreign Relations  Interviewer: Jayshree Bajoria, Senior Staff Writer
Interviewee: Taj Ayubi, Minister-Counselor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai
...."Given the economic realities in the United States, are there concerns in the Afghan government and among the public that the United States might abandon them following the withdrawal in 2014? "

"Yes, there is concern and fear in the Afghan public. In the last three months, since the talks about the strategic partnership have been delayed a bit, so many businesses and people have just put a hold on their businesses and there is a little slump in real estate sales in Afghanistan. Once those [strategic partnership agreement] issues are resolved, things will pick up again. I don't think that people have too many concerns that the United States will abandon them, because the United States has been giving assurances, over and over again." 

And who in the US is giving these assurances? It would have to be a Democrat, which means...

feminist.org/afghan

The Elimination of Women's Rights  "Upon seizing power, the Taliban regime instituted a system of gender apartheid effectively thrusting the women of Afghanistan into a state of virtual house arrest. Under Taliban rule women were stripped of all human rights - their work, visibility, opportunity for education, voice, healthcare, and mobility. "....
"Following the Soviets' withdrawal in 1989, factions of the mujahideen fell into a civil war and in 1994, the Taliban emerged as a dominant force." ....


Max Boot: Did Libya Vindicate 'Leading From Behind?'  "The Obama administration worked with European and Arab allies (particularly the Qataris) to help the Transitional National Council prepare for this eventuality. If the council succeeds, it will ensure Unified Protector's standing as a model military intervention.
"But if it fails, and Libya devolves into anarchy or despotism, this operation will likely be remembered as a tactical triumph that didn't translate into strategic success. The outcome still hangs in the balance."

But it's not my fault.



Mike Ramirez, Townhall



The Republican debates

Knowing Brian Williams and NBC, expect the Republicans to be grilled as suspects tonight. Watch for the gotcha questions that NBC hopes will make it into Obama commercials in 2012.
Consider also which NBC personalities will be "analysts" tonight: Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Lawrence O’Donnell.  Fox never has analysts with as much vitriol as these three.
Fully expect this to be MSNBC's effort to destroy Republicans as a force of opposition to Barack Obama. TD

Boortz on the debate:  "At any rate --- let’s get serious and down to the business at hand here – saving our country from the ravages of unbridled liberalism and the un-American philosophy of Barack Obama. Time to concentrate on reality and leave some of these fringe candidates behind."

 Perry continues to shake up GOP field, lead polls "Legitimately, it's a Romney-Perry race," Rollins said. "I think [Bachmann]'s the third candidate at this point in time, which is way different and better than we thought when we started this thing. She's very much in this thing."

GOP Debate Moderator Has Long History of Admiring Obama and Badgering Republicans from the Left   "Ever since its emergence, Williams has undercut the Tea Party, its champions within the GOP, and its cause of fiscal conservatism. At the same time, Williams has heralded its chief opponent Barack Obama."

The Media Tells Us What We Think of Our Candidates  "Basically the media is saying, “We don’t know what the field is yet, but we know Republicans don’t like it.” What they are really saying is that they don’t like it."

GOP Needs a Stronger Front-Runner than Candidate X  "Political reporters always like to anoint one candidate as the front-runner. But there hasn't been a real front-runner in the Republican race so far."  From American Enterprise Institute

Remember tonight that NBC/ MSNBC loathes the TEA Party, conservatives and Republicans in general and will do all in their power to make this evening be as easy on Obama as possible. TD

Leftist cesspool California is model for Obama’s America

The Washington Times  (All emphases added) "Hate the Tea Party? Party it up in Maxine Waters’ hellish district! Hate wealthy people and believe in high taxes? Lavishly dine at Nancy Pelosi’s Napa Valley winery!"
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calwatchdog



"Decades of Democratic misrule, special interests, and horrendous legislation have set the Golden State up for disaster. Additionally, the Left Coast haven’s embrace of alternative lifestyles and secularism has brought more harm than good.

"America led by Obama, much as California once and again led by Jerry Brown, has fallen into a dismal state. This is partly because both men share the same leftist vision for California and America."

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"In addition to their ardent leftist and Marxist belief systems, both President Obama and Governor Brown are viewed as pop culture icons by their ilk."
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" At present, California is beyond repair.
"The entire political landscape must be changed. Citizens must lead the charge to reform both parties, reduce spending, cut unnecessary programs, and create a business-friendly environment.
"Previously, the entire country looked to California for guidance and inspiration. Now, California must look to other states in 2012 and beyond.
"Obama’s likely defeat in 2012 can and must propel California’s rebirth."

Tapper grills Carney: Why isn’t it fair to blame Obama for Hoffa’s remarks?

Hot Air  "By comparison, not only is Hoffa not sorry for what he said, the best Carney can do by way of repudiation on Obama’s behalf is to say that no one speaks for The One (except him). Will that standard also apply to the Republican nominee next year? Of course not, but don’t expect any reporter there to challenge Carney on it later when the Democrats’ smear campaign against him/her gets going — except Tapper himself, of course. In fact, the new head of the DNC, who was one of the most adamant proponents of the “new tone” after the Tucson shooting, spent an entire segment on Fox News this morning deflecting questions about Hoffa rather than denouncing him. How soon things change."

Biden equates Tea Party, GOP with 'Barbarians'  "By the left's own definition, Hoffa, Biden, and Carson should all be taken to task for "hate speech." The fact that they won't be isn't surprising. But it does reveal the opposition to be nauseating, deluded hypocrites without the courage of their own convictions."

Gretchen Carlson And Wasserman-Shultz Spar Over Hoffa’s ‘Take Them Out’ Remark"Cut to this morning’s appearance by the DNC chair on Fox and Friends. When challenged to rebuke Hoffa’s comments, Wasserman-Shultz punted, refusing to speak about the comments directly, staying focused on the economic woes that her constituents and most American’s are currently facing. This line of defense seemed to exasperate Carlson, who, when challenged by the DNC about violent Tea Party rhetoric, defended her fair and balanced approach by her central position on the Fox and Friends “curvy couch.”"

Christopher Hitchens; Simply Evil: A decade after 9/11, it remains the best description and most essential fact about al-Qaida.

Slate  "But what I learned in a highly indelible manner from the events and arguments of September 2001 was this: Never, ever ignore the obvious either. To the government and most of the people of the United States, it seemed that the country on 9/11 had been attacked in a particularly odious way ... by a particularly odious group ... that was sworn to a medieval cult of death, a racist hatred of Jews, a religious frenzy against Hindus, Christians, Shia Muslims, and "unbelievers," and the restoration of a long-vanished and despotic empire."

NYPD video of towers collapsing; Raw, unedited and very poorly shot. Just released.

Muslims Dance & Celebrate 9-11-01-Flash Back Video

Victor Davis Hanson: What’s Off the Table in 2012?

Victor Davis Hanson  "There is much talk about what some are perceiving as the fringe religiosity of Republican candidates such as Michele Bachman and Rick Perry. But the media established the precedent four years ago that no candidate can be held responsible for his church. Barack Obama’s pastor of more than 20 years, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was an unapologetic racist, an anti-Semite, and a raving conspiracy theorist whose parishioners gave him standing ovations for his hate-filled “G*d damn America” rants."
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"Obama will be forced to argue, as did incumbent Herbert Hoover in 1932, that after four years his borrow/print/spend remedies still have not kicked in. And so he will claim that he needs eight years, not four, for Keynesian economics to finally work. Good luck with that silly argument."




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