The spectre of 1932: How a loss of faith in politicians and democracy could make 2012 the most frightening year in living memory

Barack Obama cuts a similarly
impotent, indecisive and
isolationist  figure.

UK Daily Mail  " And while Left-wing intellectuals were drawn to the supposedly utopian promise of the Soviet leader Josef Stalin — who turned out to be a brutal tyrant — thousands of ordinary people flocked to the banners of the British Union of Fascists, founded in the autumn of 1932 by the former Labour maverick Sir Oswald Mosley."....


"Today, American voters looking for alternatives are confronted only with a bizarre gaggle of has-beens, inadequates and weirdos, otherwise known as the Republican presidential field. And to anybody who cares about the future of the Western world, the prospect of President Ron Paul or President Newt Gingrich is frankly spine-chilling."....

"The lesson of history is that tough times often reward the desperate and dangerous, from angry demagogues to anarchists and nationalists, from seething mobs to expansionist empires.

Our world is poised on the edge of perhaps the most important 12 months for more than half a century. If our leaders provide the right leadership, then we may, perhaps, muddle through towards slow growth and gradual recovery."

American Thinker: America's Greatness Will Defeat Obama  "The only thing standing between the United States and continued exceptionalism is the dreary delirium of Barack Obama, whose dismal socialist policies have been a spectacular disaster for the nation."....

"Four more years of this President will leave the nation miserable and divided, with high unemployment, a moribund economy and a bloated bureaucracy.  With another term, Barack Obama will continue his transformation of America into a land of perpetual trillion dollar deficits and a national debt measured in the tens of trillions of dollars.  We will be weak militarily, morally and economically.  Lesser nations, like those discussed here, would not survive 8 years of hope and change, but we will not be defeated.   

"The only thing standing between America and continued preeminence is Barack Obama.  The sooner we realize that, and rid the nation of the abomination of his presidency, the better."  "

Somehow I feel more pessimistic than this. I see schools promoting Obama and socialism, history books convicting this nation and its past, TV programs almost universally ridiculing Republicans and conservatives (There are some differences, you know). Add to that the childish adoration of a celebrity president who is inept and naive as a statesman and is an economic ignoramus; a socialistic demagogue who understands little about the virtues of capitalism.

Obama and his policies may be supported by a minority, but this minority is that segment of society which is disposed to burn cities and shut down all rebutting of their ideas. These are the people who disrupt all conservative speakers on campus and ridicule any non-liberal ideas; they are in our faces at every switch of TV channels.

Center-right electorate? I doubt it, but truly hope so, but cannot see how that can still be. TD

US Communist Leader: ‘Progressive Change Is Closer than We Think’  "Tyner draws clear right/left battle lines and the communist’s commitment to Party ‘friend’ President Barack Obama and to the Democratic Party cause"....

"Tyner then goes onto outline the Communist Party’s commitment to Democratic Party victories over several decades...."

Why the White House Approval Numbers Aren’t Lower

A Hollywood Republican  "Many rightfully question why the approval numbers for the current White House occupant, hereafter referred to as Occupy Oval Office, are not lower.  How could such a proven incompetent’s numbers remain higher than the low thirties?
The answer is simple if you know how to read the tea leaves.  Submitted for your review are some important facts:"

Opinions and commentary from Conservatives in the entertainment industry

A Comprehensive List of Famous Hollywood Conservatives  

Dave Barry: A slimy year without an oil spill

Tampa Bay online:  "As the year wore on, frustration finally boiled over in the form of the Occupy Various Random Spaces movement, wherein people who were sick and tired of a lot of stuff finally got off their butts and started working for meaningful change via direct action in the form of sitting around and forming multiple committees and drumming and not directly issuing any specific demands but definitely having a lot of strongly held views for and against a wide variety of things. Incredibly, even this did not bring about meaningful change. The economy remained wretched, especially unemployment, which got so bad that many Americans gave up even trying to work. Congress, for example.

Were there any positive developments in 2011? Yes:

• Osama bin Laden, Moammar Gadhafi and the New York Yankees all suffered major setbacks.

• Kim Kardashian finally found her lifetime soulmate for nearly two and a half months.

• Despite a prophecy by revered Christian radio lunatic Harold Camping, the world did not end on May 21.

"Come to think of it, that last development wasn't totally positive, not when we consider all the other things that happened in 2011. In case you've blotted it out, let's take one last look back, through squinted eyelids, at this train-wreck of a year, starting with ..."  Read on....

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Dave Barry Quotes: Among which are...

*I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
*Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.

Happy New Year, Israel! Muslim Brotherhood Plans to Cancel Israel Peace Pact

Gateway Pundit

“People will express their opinions on it. All parties can reconsider the treaty and Egyptians haven’t yet had their say,” he explained. “We won’t violate the treaty. We can put it for referendum among people or parliament,” Bayoumi said.

The ploy would ostensibly take the onus off the radical Muslim party, which Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, has said will respect the treaty.

However, Bayoumi’s statements to Al Hayat made it clear that the Brotherhood has no intention of recognizing Israel.    (Emphasis added)

Two weeks ago President Barack Obama told a Jewish group that his administration has done more than any other in support of Israel’s security.

Haaretz.com  has this: " "We weren't party to the peace treaty, it was signed away from the Egyptian people and thus the people must have its say," the Muslim Brotherhood official said.

Referring to the issue of recognizing Israel, al-Bayoumi said that the Muslim Brotherhood was not required to recognize Egypt's neighbor to the north, saying that Israel was an "occupying entity and we will not allow anyone of our members to meet with an Israeli."

From The Patriots Flag

" "I won't allow myself to meet with a criminal and there's no chance that we'll cooperate with Israel," the Egyptian official said."

The Muslim Brotherhood flag meaning:  The flag or the logo of the Muslim Brotherhood is made up of the sign of the Koran at its summit, two bended rapiers which cross in the middle, as well as the first world of the Koran placed at the very top, and on the very bottom their insignia.

The Muslim Brotherhood need to be on our political radar for our own safety in the United States of America.

Barack Obama's Resolutions for 2012

Voice of Lillpop  
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" * Ease Concerns about border security:
Action: Move southern border to Nicaragua

* Fix illegal immigration crisis.
Action: Pardon all 20 million illegal aliens now in America in time to register them as Democrats for the big election."

Happy New Year!

http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year.html

Media Abet Obama's Aloofness on Tough Issues

Real Clear Politics   "Over the past five months, the Republican presidential candidates participated in 13 debates where they fielded dozens of penetrating questions on every major issue facing the nation, and some not so major."....                    The View ladies discuss Obama in 2008

"Yet, during all that time, the man they hope to defeat next November has rarely been asked by news reporters about many of these issues. Since August, President Obama has held only one formal White House news conference. That came on Oct. 6, nearly three months ago. It lasted 74 minutes, shorter than any single Republican debate, and the president was asked 17 questions, most of them softballs on the economy and his latest legislative proposals to create jobs.

"No questions on immigration, no questions on Iran or Iraq or Afghanistan or Israel or North Korea -- global trouble spots the GOP candidates have been queried about repeatedly. Moreover, he was not asked about what spending cuts he would make to reduce the deficit, nothing about Medicare and Social Security reform or his health care law, all familiar questions for the Republicans seeking his job."

Alan Caruba: The 2012 Check List for America's Survival

Warning Signs  " Many people make resolutions to start the year, but I think a list of things that must be done to protect and preserve the Republic should be tallied."

1. President Obama must be defeated in 2012 and the obstructionist Democratic Party must lose power in the Senate to ensure both houses of Congress will be Republican and in a position to initiate real change.
2. The Environmental Protection Agency must be reined in with increased Congressional oversight and legislative limits on its rule-making capacity. Having fulfilled its 1970 mandate to clean the nation’s air and water, it should be scaled back to the maintenance of these functions.
3. Americans, despite the administration’s efforts to redefine and distract us, must keep clearly in mind the threat of Islam to the nation and the world. A Middle East in turmoil lays ahead for 2012.
4. To jump-start the economy, taxes and spending must be reduced across the board. A tax on consumption, rather than income would be a good start. Only 49% of Americans currently pay income taxes, the lowest in decades.
5. Obamacare must be repealed should the Supreme Court fail to rule that the Commerce Clause takes precedence over its requirement that Americans must purchase health insurance or be fined for not doing so.
6. A serious restructuring of Social Security and Medicare must be undertaken. Older Americans who have paid into the system—it is involuntary—must be ensured their benefits will be paid, but younger citizens should have the freedom and responsibility to structure their own retirement and health plans.

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19. The federal government should be restricted or significantly limited from the acquisition of more of the nation’s landmass.
20. Strenuous efforts must be undertaken to reduce the national debt and deficit. A devalued dollar impoverishes everyone.

"These are just a few changes which, if implemented, would go a long way to reducing the ills associated with a federal government grown too large, subject to crony capitalism, and corruption.
As John Adams said, "Let us disappoint the men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country." "

The US government wishes you a Happy New Year!

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/

When the "Occupiers" win

http://terrellaftermath.com/    

Obama among the top four, he says

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/michaelramirez/2011/12/23/94881

U.S. considers handing over prominent, "high-risk" Taliban member in "confidence building" measure for peace negotiations

Jihad Watch  "U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid," by Mark Hosenball, Missy Ryan and Warren Strobel for Reuters, December 29:

 The potential hand-over of Mohammed Fazl, a 'high-risk detainee' held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison since early 2002, has set off alarms on Capitol Hill and among some U.S. intelligence officials.

As a senior commander of the Taliban army, Fazl is alleged to be responsible for the killing of thousands of Afghanistan's minority Shi'ite Muslims between 1998 and 2001.  (Emphasis in the original)

 US mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in peace bid   ""I can tell you that the hair on the back of my neck went up when they walked in with this a month ago, and there's been very, very strong letters fired off to the administration," the official said on condition of anonymity..."


The Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspected of major human rights abuses as part of a remote bid to improve the prospects of a peace deal in Afghanistan, Reuters has learned.