Recalling Obama's own words:

Excerpts: Obama's Nomination Victory Speech In St. Paul

• "We owe our country a better future. And for all those who dream of that future tonight, I say - let us begin the work together. Let us unite in common effort to chart a new course for America."....
• "It's not change when [McCain] offers four more years of Bush economic policies that have failed to create well-paying jobs, or insure our workers, or help Americans afford the skyrocketing cost of college - policies that have lowered the real incomes of the average American family, widened the gap between Wall Street and Main Street, and left our children with a mountain of debt."....
• "Change is realizing that meeting today's threats requires not just our firepower, but the power of our diplomacy - tough, direct diplomacy where the President of the United States isn't afraid to let any petty dictator know where America stands and what we stand for. We must once again have the courage and conviction to lead the free world."....
• "Change is building an economy that rewards not just wealth, but the work and workers who created it. It's understanding that the struggles facing working families can't be solved by spending billions of dollars on more tax breaks for big corporations and wealthy CEOs, but by giving a the middle-class a tax break, and investing in our crumbling infrastructure, and transforming how we use energy, and improving our schools, and renewing our commitment to science and innovation."....
• "But what you don't deserve is another election that's governed by fear, and innuendo, and division. What you won't hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon - that sees our opponents not as competitors to challenge, but enemies to demonize. Because we may call ourselves Democrats and Republicans, but we are Americans first. We are always Americans first. "
• "America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love."....
• "...this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal;"....

The Acceptance Speech at Mile High Stadium

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• "Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work."....
• "And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East."....
• "As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power."....
• "And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced."....
• "Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American. If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums."....
•  "But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy."....
• "And just as we keep our keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad. If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have."....
• "I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan."....
• "Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers."....

Heavy-handed, hubris, chutzpah dept: Obama Invents 'Office of the President-Elect'"Writer Larry Anderson referred to the “made-up little title” on the American Thinker Web site, and declared: “I nearly busted a gut ...

“Once again, [Obama] can’t wait to invest himself with the trappings of office.” "

Photo at right from Fox News: But the props are merely that. Under the Constitution, there is no such thing as the Office of the President-elect.

Obama administration will not add D-Day prayer to WW II memorial

American Thinker  "It's something akin to leaving the Gettysburg Address off the Lincoln Memorial.
"FDR's prayer, read over the radio and published in every newspaper in the country on June 6, 1944, united this country in a way it had never before and never since been brought together. Churches and synagogues were jammed as our men waded ashore in Normandy and the president asked the country to come together in prayer. It was one of the most important moments of the war, uniting the home front with the front lines in Europe in a uniquely American way.
"But the Bureau of Land Management doesn't quite see it that way."...Rick Moran

President Roosevelt's D-Day prayer:

My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far.
And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:
Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.
Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.
They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.
They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.
For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.
Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.
And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas -- whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.
Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.
Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.
And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.

Today, this would have sent Mr. Roosevelt to sensitivity training.

Jesse Jackson denies gay worker’s harassment, discrimination claims

Chicago Sun-Times:  Jesse Jackson denies gay worker’s harassment, discrimination claims

"Bennett claims he worked for PUSH starting in July 2007, and was both an organizer and Jackson’s travel assistant. In his complaint, Bennett — who also goes by the name “Aruba Tommy” — said he experienced discrimination almost immediately, including from a woman at PUSH who refused to work for him because of his sexual orientation, according to the complaint.

"Aruba" Tommy Bennett

"Bennett also claims he was forced to escort women for Jackson into hotel rooms — and later clean up the rooms.

"Bennett claims he received a letter in December 2009, in which he was told he was being laid off due to a “lack of funding.” But Bennett alleges someone else was then hired to replace him."

My Fox Chicago has this.

The Edge : Jesse Jackson Hit with Gay Harassment Complaint

Krauthammer: Who lost Iraq?

Charles Krauthammer  "Barack Obama was a principled opponent of the Iraq war from its beginning. But when he became president in January 2009, he was handed a war that was won. The surge had succeeded. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had been routed, driven to humiliating defeat by an Anbar Awakening of Sunnis fighting side-by-side with the infidel Americans. Even more remarkably, the Shiite militias had been taken down, with U.S. backing, by the forces of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. They crushed the Sadr militias from Basra to Sadr City.
"Al-Qaeda decimated. A Shiite prime minister taking a decisively nationalist line. Iraqi Sunnis ready to integrate into a new national government. U.S. casualties at their lowest ebb in the entire war. Elections approaching. Obama was left with but a single task: Negotiate a new status-of-forces agreement (SOFA) to reinforce these gains and create a strategic partnership with the Arab world’s only democracy.
"He blew it."....
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"He did not, failing at precisely what this administration so flatters itself for doing so well: diplomacy. After years of allegedly clumsy brutish force, Obama was to usher in an era of not hard power, not soft power, but smart power .
"Which turns out in Iraq to be . . . no power. Years from now, we will be asking not “Who lost Iraq?” — that already is clear — but “Why?” "

Sweet: Iran Sets Up Website Attacking Obama, Supporting #OWS

JAWA Report  "It reads like your typical radical Leftwist website: America is bad, America is evil, Chomsky is awesome, and the Jews control everything."

Radio Free Europe:  Iran's Basij Launches Website To Cover Occupy Wall Street Movement
"Iranian officials also appeared to be sympathetic to London rioters whose rights they said were being violated by the British police forces who confronted them. Officials had then expressed readiness to send a delegation to Britain to investigate "human rights abuses." "  Stupid leftists and their evil bedfellows.

Internet Haganah has this.  Is that the form of Michael Moore we see on the Iranian home page?



"And then there is the matter of the site being hosted on a server in Atlanta. Best as I can tell the Basij have contracted with a Persian outfit, who in turn have space on server or servers operted by some Qataris, whose servers are actually in the USA. They all hate us and want us to drop dead, but they want to avail themselves of our networks, servers, and services all the same. It's no wonder they like #ows."

Bozell Contrasts Media 'Avalanche' Over Anonymous Cain Allegations with Paltry Coverage of Clinton Sexual Harassment

Newsbusters  "NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on last night's Hannity, contrasting the "avalanche" of Cain coverage with the minimal coverage the networks gave to Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broaddrick's allegations of sexual harassment and, in the latter case, rape."
....
"Likewise, Kathleen Willey's allegation of Clinton groping her got just three network stories when the news broke. Broaddrick's serious allegation of rape also got just three network stories, Bozell reminded Hannity viewers. "

Remember when the Labor Union's rank and file loved America? Where are they now?

Union Chief: 'We Need More Militancy ... Blocking Bridges, Occupying Banks'  "United Steelworkers international president Leo Gerard has a message to the flea party whiny-whiners still camping out instead of sleeping in their parents' basements -- playtime is over.
"Just in case the Occupy movement fails -- in other words, when it fails -- Gerard is urging union members to fill that gaping void with "more militancy." "

In the May, 2011 Tunnel Wall, we posted this letter: International Association of Machinists issues marching orders to its membership  Ignore the fact that the word "roll" on page 2 should have been "role". Instead pay particular attention to page 2, item 2:

Neal Boortz: Unions usurped the Occupy movement  "Hate to break it to you, Mr. goonion big shot Leo Gerard, but maybe you better do your research before you go spouting falsehoods. House Republicans have passed 15 jobs bills that remain stuck in the Senate. Oops.

"And one more thing to keep your eye on with Obama’s Children. There is a new tactic to be aware of: doxing." ....More on that here .

Democrat Socialists, Marxists Neck Deep in “Occupy” Movement "...” reaching out to the local papers and labor unions”.

Photo of the Day: Obama (Literally) Embraces Anti-Israel, Pro-Iran Islamist on the World Stage

Big Peace  "That’s Islamist Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hugging it out with the President of the United States today at the G-20 summit in France." Obama shakes hands with America's friends, hugs Iran's ally.

"Our European allies, by contrast, received simple handshakes.
"Never mind the apparent breach of protocol–what does this demonstrate about Barack Obama’s worldview?
"At least he didn’t bow."

Islam Today: Turkey, Trying to Isolate Israel, Gets Cordial Treatment From Obama Administration   "In the CNN Turk interview, Davutoglu said it was too late for U.S. mediation between Turkey and Israel, and that Turkey would not relent on its insistence for an Israeli apology over the flotilla incident."

Daniel Pipes: Obama Hugs Erdoğan"Hillary Clinton's high-five in June with her Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoğlu, prompted me to write that she "should be ashamed of herself, horsing around like this with the representative of a hostile state."
"What to say in November with Barack Obama hugging his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?"

Atlas Shrugs expresses contempt for the Candidate of the US: Isn't this whole scene pretty standard for President Obama? The Europeans get a handshake and the Islamist Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gets a hug.  "Isn't this whole scene pretty standard for President Obama? The Europeans get a handshake and the Islamist Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gets a hug. And all the president seems to have in mind is campaign politics and his reelection effort."
Turkey has abandoned her friendship with Israel and has now declared hostility. This is just fine with Obama.
Does this man have a hatred for Israel, or just a fear of the Muslim world that makes him be a toady for them? I use the word "toady" because Obama reminds me of the little toady in "A Christmas Story" who was at the bidding of the big bully feared by all neighborhood kids.
This president is a foreign policy nincompoop and a threat to every facet of American interests, home and abroad.  This is who you get when America elects for its president the choice of rock stars and celebrities -people for whom Rev. Wright, Louis Farrakhan and domestic terrorists are preferable to any conservative.
If our nation truly is a right-of-center country, why is there not more outrage at this administration?

It would be wise to remember that in all the scope of the Bible from Genesis through the book of Revelation, Israel is the central nation in God's plan for world history and the fate of nations hinges on their relations with this small country. The very existence of Israel in their original land is testimony that God shapes history to keep promises He makes. TD

Alan Caruba: Herman Cain Flunks Foreign Policy

Warning Signs  "On Tuesday evening I watched an edition of Fox News Bret Beir’s Special Report where Herman Cain was “center chair” as the usual members of the panel got a chance to quiz him and, after he attempted to dispose of the charges of sexual harassment unleashed against him, syndicated columnist, Charles Krauthammer asked a question that dealt with foreign policy.
"What would Cain do if Iran was going to unleash an attack on the U.S.? Cain gave a rambling, unspecific answer except to say he’d order an Aegis destroyer into the Persian Gulf to let Iran know he was serious, mentioning something about the use by Iran of missiles. It was distressingly clear that Cain had no more idea what he would do than he had regarding other potential foreign policy questions."  Alan Caruba

As much as we like Herman Cain as a man, we must not do exactly as liberals did in 2008 with Obama. We must not let our support for Cain make us set him up for failure by placing him in a position he is not yet remotely qualified to handle.
American leadership in foreign policy has lost much respect among our allies. President Bush may have been disliked by some but respected by many. However Clinton and Obama were and are disrespected, being considered amateurs overseas; I fear Herman Cain will be as well.
Mr. Caruba brings up an issue that is of more concern to me than Cain's present difficulties; if he were a Democrat, all the current news would be a resume' enhancement (provided Cain was arrogant enough about the whole thing).  TD

Victor Davis Hanson: Liberal Indulgences

Victor Davis Hanson "Examine the burdens of modern liberal exemption and indulgence."...

Race:
 "Accusing either Cain of being an Uncle Tom sort or his supporters of being racists in backing a supposedly minstrel-like African-American (and that is what the successful entrepreneurial Cane is reduced to) is now a sort of standard left-wing narrative. There are no repercussions in such smears, no charges of racism. I assume that when Cain authentically drops his g’s, he is a sort of embarrassment to the liberal elite; when Obama does that in front of the Black Caucus, apparently we are to assume that this is some sort of wink-and-nod necessity for the former Harvard Law Review editor to do the necessary pandering to his “base.” Indulgences for racist stereotyping are purchased by loud proclamations of liberalism. Were Cornel West or Harry Belafonte a conservative, their rantings would long ago have been written off as false-consciousness racism."
Big Money:
Michael Moore’s wealth is usually pegged around $50 million. If half his fortune were liquid and conservatively put into a savings account at about 2% interest, Moore’s annual income would be about $500,000 per year. That income would easily put him into the now hated “1%,” a group which he and others have blasted as schemers who benefit from capitalism at the expense of the 99%.

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2011/11/01/93239

Mapping the #Occupy Hate and Violence Around the Country

Big Government   "Our team at the MacIver Institute for Public Policy in Wisconsin have put together this handy interactive map of the violence and hate of the #Occupy movement."

The Occupy movement is inherently violent  "Think Progress has posted a video of Occupy protesters valiantly trying to prevent anarchists from damaging a Whole Foods in Oakland yesterday. They claim the video demonstrates the movement's commitment to non-violence. But judging by that one guy's yellow helmet, it is clear some occupiers anticipated such an incident. If you know your march is going to involve fights over property damage, even if you try and stop it when it happens, you are still responsible for that property damage."....
"The Occupy movement is predicated on the idea of protesters (the 99%) asserting control over something that does not belong to them (Zuccotti Park, McPherson Square, Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza etc.)."

Reports from the Occupy movement

Drudge has these:

• Riot police fire projectiles, arrest dozens of Occupy Oakland protesters
• Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan said that he believes a small group of anarchists is responsible for vandalism that struck five businesses in Oakland Wednesday
• Bloomberg strikes tougher tone on Occupy Wall Street

From CNS: 'Peaceful' Occupy Protests Degenerate Into Chaos  "About 3,000 people converged on the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth-busiest harbor, in a nearly five-hour protest Wednesday, swarming the area and blocking exits and streets with illegally parked vehicles and hastily-erected, chain-link fences."
Academia's chickenssssss...are coming hommmme...to ROOST!

American Thinker: 'Stimulate' Oakland  "Maybe Obama should stop referring to these protests as "Occupy" movements and start calling them what he most likely thinks they are: "Stimulate Wall Street", "Stimulate Chicago", "Stimulate Oakland", etc. If Obama gets lucky, maybe before this is all over there will end up being a bridge somewhere that needs rebuilding."  More here.

The "99 Percent" are really the "35 Percent" but their cadres are growing   "By any objective standard, the 99 Percenters are not the brightest bunch, and they really represent the roughly 20 percent of Americans who are irrevocably dependent upon government subsidies and pay no income tax. Thus, this 20 percent has no vested interest in the cost of government and is predisposed to vote for the redistribution of others' incomes rather than work for their own. The underlying assumption is that it's easier to confiscate wealth than create it."....
"For his part, Obama has been clear in his collectivist rhetoric: "[T]he wealthiest Americans have made out like bandits. ... It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." "

From Infidel Bloggers Alliance:  NYPD Officer: Crime, Sexual Assault at #OccupyWallStreet ‘More Widespread Than Even They Think’
  "...however they’re protesting the wrong group. It wasn’t banks who caused the housing meltdown. It wasn’t banks who tanked the economy. It’s the politicians and the special interest money in politics that has destroyed this country. Banks are easy targets. When they set up this protest on the front lawn of the White House, or on the steps of the Capitol, then I’d support it."...

Bruce Thornton: Blame Our Failing Schools for Occupy Wall Street   "Having taught in a state university for thirty years, I’m not surprised by the ignorance on display among the Occupy Wall Street protestors. From kindergarten to university, for decades our schools have abandoned the teaching of basic facts and foundational thinking skills, and replaced both with leftish received wisdom and stale mythologies, all the while they have anxiously monitored and puffed up students’ self-esteem."