Well done, Mr. President

Obama Slaps New Sanctions on Buyers of Iran Oil  "President Barack Obama is pushing forward with new sanctions designed to cripple Iran’s oil exports. The president said Friday there is enough oil on world markets to allow him to take the step without harming U.S. allies

"President Obama’s move authorizes U.S. sanctions on foreign banks that continue to purchase oil from Iran.

"It is aimed at further isolating from world markets Iran’s central bank, which handles most of the proceeds from the country’s oil sales.

"Friday’s announcement from the White House is part of a campaign by the United States and its allies to increase pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program."

The Jerusalem Post: Turkey says it's cutting Iran oil purchases by 10%  "The United States exempted Japan and 10 EU nations from sanctions because they have significantly cut purchases of Iranian crude oil, but left Iran's top customers China and India exposed to the possibility of such steps."

Jerusalem Post cartoon

The State Department's Jerusalem syndrome (Update with Obama's own words about Jerusalem being Israel's capital)

Caroline Glick   "I went to the US Consulate this week to take care of certain family business. It was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. I think it is ironic that two days after my extremely unpleasant experience at the consulate, State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland refused to say what the capital of Israel is. It was ironic because anyone who visits the consulate knows that the US's position on Jerusalem is in perfect alignment with that of Israel's worst enemies."

Ms. Glick quotes these words by Yisrael Medad from the Begin Center:

But to the politics:  A rather disturbing pattern of behavior has emerged from the US Consulate-General in Jerusalem over the past years that would point to a need for Congressional review and oversight.

 Except for matters of passports, visas and birth registration, all other activities whether social, educational, scientific, sports, etc. are blatantly discriminatory in that no Jewish American citizen, who lives in the area supervised by the Consulate, can benefit from or take part in.  They are intended for Arabs solely.  

" I think it would be a helpful for the House Foreign Relations Committee to hold hearings on the manner in which the US Consulate in Jerusalem is run. Jewish US citizen residents of Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria should be brought in to give testimony."


Update: Breitbart: FLASHBACK 2008: OBAMA 'JERUSALEM WILL REMAIN CAPITAL OF ISRAEL'  
He begins with "let me be clear", which is Obamese for "I really, really, reeeeally mean it at this moment".

Be a Wilberforce; don't let the race pimps make us become callous to real slavery and racism that exists

I see no trace of help in these cases from the Sharpton's, Jackson's and the CBC. They are too busy with their high-image demagoguery to handle the real cases, but that may be a good thing; if Sharpton and/or Jackson showed up to publicize these cases, they would immediately become trivialized suspect in the eyes of people who know these race-hustlers.
Better to let real cases of racism and slavery be pursued by others who are not held in contempt by so many.


Breakpoint   " In 2005, I had the privilege of attending the award ceremony in Washington, D.C., honoring Gary A. Haugen. Gary is the founder of International Justice Mission, a Christian human rights advocacy group. With support from a stable of lawyers, investigators, and government liaisons, Gary travels around the world to help victims of human trafficking, slavery, and sexual exploitation.
....“William Wilberforce and a vibrant movement of Christian abolitionists,” Gary Haugen writes, “didn’t miss their opportunity in 1807.” His challenge: what can we do, in 2012, to not miss ours?” Gary suggests four things:....


Domestic workers and agricultural workers are especially vulnerable


Modern day slavery   "It started one day in the early '90s, when a white van stopped him in front of the Fruit Stand grocery store in Hastings and asked if he needed work. He did. But as soon as he met Evans he knew he had found trouble. Evans was mean in a way that made Goodman feel suddenly aware of how far out of town they were. There was no phone. Chain link and barbed wired surrounded the property. The crew leaders looked hardened, "like they just come out of prison." The field workers called them henchmen. One of them gave him a pair of bloodstained work boots.

" "He said ‘These belong to the last guy who ran. If I catch you trying to get down that road, you’re going to answer to me too.' " "

When will their supporters tire of these people? (Updated)

Why isn't the left sick of this man enough to reject him and his rants?


Al Sharpton: Civil disobedience will escalate if Zimmerman remains free  "The civil rights activist and syndicated television show host said he will elaborate on this plan Saturday.

" "I will speak about how the National Action Network will move to the next level if Zimmerman isn't arrested," Sharpton said, who founded the organization. He added that it was the Martin family and lawyers who first asked him to get involved and nationalize this story.

"The Rev. Jesse Jackson is also expected to participate in the event."

Civil rights leaders condemn Sharpton's call for escalated civil disobedience   "Turner Clayton, the Seminole County chapter president of the NAACP, reacted immediately to Sharpton's warning, saying, "We hope that the citizens of Sanford will govern themselves accordingly. We are not calling for any sanctions, against any business or anyone else. And, of course, what Rev. Sharpton does, that's strictly the [National] Action Network.  We can't condone that part of the conversation, if that's what he said." "

Paul Shanklin hat tip to Rush Limbaugh

Update: SHARPTON EXPLAINS HOW HE MANIPULATES MEDIA ON RACE CASES

"If only someone had warned NBC News that they were giving a prime-time platform to a vitriolic, race-hustling charlatan. Oh wait--we did. Even some journalists on the left did. Recently uncovered video from over twenty years ago has Al Sharpton, in his own words, bragging about his ability to manipulate the media to draw attention to his race-hustling agenda. And he's playing out his blueprint to a T in Florida today.    

"In the video seen below, Sharpton brags about his ability to manipulate the media through his grandstanding, demonstrations and marches. He pats himself on the back over being able to convert a “one day story” into an international sensation by giving the media what they want: drama, contention, provocative images and charges of racism."

Ann Kane: Obama Stoking Racial Warfare Flames?  "A week ago, Obama brought his children into his politics; except this time he talked about an imaginary son looking like the slain Trayvon Martin. Pulls at the heartstrings, doesn't it? But it also heightens racial tensions in an already volatile social atmosphere."

Examiner.com: Crazy Sheila Jackson Lee says Zimmerman broke his own nose   ..."The Houston Democrat has represented Texas’s 18th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 1995. And legendary oddball public statements have presented journalists and political commentators with a veritable gold mine of bizarre malapropisms.  She is truly a gift that keeps on giving.  
"But earlier this week, Rep. Jackson Lee succeeded in lowering the bar of civil political discourse even further than her meanest critics could have predicted." 

Navy Seals reveal truth about raid against Osama Bin Laden

news.com.au:How we killed 'Bert' Laden: Navy Seals reveal truth about raid against Osama Bin Laden    "He said the men were angry with President Barack Obama for announcing Bin Laden’s death on TV just hours after they completed the mission on May 1.

"There isn't a politician in the world who could resist trying to take credit for getting Bin Laden but it devalued the 'intel' and gave time for every other Al-Qaeda leader to scurry to another bolthole," he said.

"The men who did this and their valorous act deserve better. It's a pretty shabby way to treat these guys." "


Bin Laden Raid Was Captured On SEAL Team Helmet Cameras  Only animation here after you wait through 30 seconds of a commercial. I Bin Lookin'.

The White House faced criticism Friday that it had failed to safeguard secrets about the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound and that the leaks could jeopardize future operations.   "The leaks in the Obama administration are “out of control,” said Michael Scheuer, a former CIA officer who once worked in the unit that tracked bin Laden.

" “The information about the stealth helicopters, the information about the CIA safe house, the details about bin Laden’s habits, his planning, his contacts. All of that compromised further operations,” he said.

The leaks will “make further operations harder, more difficult, probably more bloody.”

"Fears that the leaks may have gone too far have triggered a round of finger pointing in Washington, with some blaming the White House and others suspecting members of Congress and their aides."

Is Obama Signaling a Second Administration Even MORE Anti-Israel?

Yid With Lid   ...."This narrative should be titled, What Israel Would Face in a Second Obama Administration.
"The first story was widely reported...President Obama's open mike gaffe. On Monday at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, President Obama whispered to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev that he would have “more flexibility” to deal with controversial issues such as missile defense after the 2012 elections, and that incoming Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to give him “space.” "

"Tuesday saw Ari Fleischer former George Bush press secretary debate Obama's deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter about the gaffe.  Fleischer asked Cutter if can she assure us that the president has made no other statements like that to, say, Arab leaders or Palestinian leaders, ‘Give me space and after the election I’ll have more flexibility to deal with Israel?’ Can you assure us he’s not done that?”

"Cutter gave a long-winded answer that had nothing to do with the question. " 

"Is this Obama's pre-election foreshadowing of what he will do once he has the flexibility of not having to run again? Is Obama sabotaging Israel under the radar today and waiting to do even worse more blatantly later?  Is the subtle shift in the US position on Jerusalem a signal of the pressure Obama wil deliver in a second Obama administration?"

American Crossroads rips President Flexible in this new video.


 Jonathan S. Tobin:  Administration Iran Leakfest Means Obama’s Tough Stance is Just Talk  " "The leaking demonstrates just how unhappy the Washington foreign and defense policy establishment is about the way the president’s re-election campaign has led him to commit himself to action on Iran. Lest there be any doubt about the purpose of these disclosures, the officials tell the Times their hope is these stories as well as the recent leak about a Pentagon war simulation that was specifically crafted to feed speculation about possible U.S. casualties in the event of a conflict with Iran are designed to “provide the president with some political cover.” "

http://www.usnews.com/cartoons/barack-obama-cartoons

I Used to Love Her but I Had To Kill Her

Mike Adams  "My argument will be simple: I believe that Anna was no more or less of a person as an adult than she was as an unborn child. Therefore, it would have been permissible to kill her at either stage of development so long as that killing was motivated by compassion for the victim of rape."

Bing
This is a nice photo; the bad ones are here.

Noonan: Obama increasingly comes across as devious and dishonest. Krauthammer on Obama's "flexibility" doctrine

Peggy Noonan: Not-So-Smooth Operator
"Something's happening to President Obama's relationship with those who are inclined not to like his policies. They are now inclined not to like him. His supporters would say, "Nothing new there," but actually I think there is. I'm referring to the broad, stable, nonradical, non-birther right. Among them the level of dislike for the president has ratcheted up sharply the past few months."
...."All these things have hardened lines of opposition, and left opponents with an aversion that will not go away. 

"I am not saying that the president has a terrible relationship with the American people. I'm only saying he's made his relationship with those who oppose him worse.

...."Really, he cannot win the coming election. But the Republicans, still, can lose it. At this point in the column we usually sigh."

Brutal week for Obama, the worst of his presidency  "Somehow, Mr. Obama managed to embarrass himself abroad, humiliate himself here at home, see his credentials for being elected so severely undermined that it raises startling questions about whether he should have been elected in the first place — let alone be re-elected later this year."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/03/29/97932

Charles Krauthammer: Obama’s Flexibility Doctrine  "You don’t often hear an American president secretly (he thinks) assuring foreign leaders that concessions are coming their way, but that they must wait because he’s seeking reelection and he dare not tell his own people."

...".Let’s do the accounting. In addition to canceling the Polish/Czech missile-defense system, Obama gave the Russians accession to the World Trade Organization, a START treaty that they need and we don’t (their weapons are obsolete and deteriorating rapidly), and a scandalously blind eye to their violations of human rights and dismantling of democracy. Obama even gave Putin a congratulatory call for winning his phony election."

Liberal, tolerant celebrities stand up for honor and integrity

Roseanne Barr Joins Twitter Vigilante Crew; Star tweeted address of George Zimmerman's parents   "But while Barr deleted her original posting, the Zimmermans’s address remains in messages in her Twitter stream. Barr’s original tweet was a retweet of a post by a new Twitter user who appears devoted to disseminating the Zimmermans’s address and phone number, as well as contact information for Joseph Oliver, who has made numerous TV appearances in support of Zimmerman, a friend and former coworker.

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/03/29/97924

"Still, the entertainer left open the possibility that she would again circulate the Seminole County address of Zimmerman’s parents. “If Zimmerman isn’t arrested I’ll rt his address again.” She added, “maybe go 2 his house myself.” "

Elderly Couple In Fear Over Spike Lee Tweet  "With Twitter and Facebook continuing to explode with posts purporting to contain the address of George Zimmerman, property records and interviews reveal that the home is actually the longtime residence of a married Florida couple, both in their 70s, who have no connection to the man who killed Trayvon Martin and are now living in fear due to erroneous reports about their connection to the shooter."

The original Smoking Gun post showed the entire page, but we chose not to contribute to that. It is out there everywhere, however.

Twitter Hall Of Shame :  "UPDATE, 9:40 p.m.: Lee just apologized for his retweet. “I Deeply Apologize To The McClain Family For Retweeting Their Address. It Was A Mistake. Please Leave The McClain’s In Peace. Justice In Court.” But he still has not deleted the tweet with the McClains’ address.

"UPDATE, March 29: Lee “agreed to compensate the McClains for their loss and for the disruption into their lives. He’s taken full responsibility.” "

More here at AFRO

Elaine and David McClain.

Number of Americans Who Say Zimmerman Should Be Arrested Drops From 73% To 48% In Less Than a Week…

Quoting WPA Opinion Research:

The initial media coverage of this incident clearly biased the way Americans view the issue. Those who have seen the most information about the incident have the most antagonistic attitudes toward George Zimmerman. 

ObamaCare in the courtroom

http://terrellaftermath.com/

ACLJ: ObamaCare is the Issue - Not the Supreme Court   "What's both interesting and troubling is the fact that some on the Left are attempting to put the Supreme Court itself 'on trial' for ObamaCare. At least one liberal group contends if the Justices reject ObamaCare including the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase health insurance under penalty of law, this will play into the hands of President Obama's re-election campaign which would use this loss as a rallying point to challenge an activist judiciary."

If Obamacare Is Overturned, Can Democrats Recover?  " "If the whole thing goes down, I think it's pretty tough for the president," said Howard Dean, the physician and former Democratic National Committee chairman. "I think he's probably going to win reelection anyway, but does he want to start all over again?" On the heels of a court rejection, he said, "I don't think [health care reform] could come back. Not the whole thing." (Dean, however, believes the mandate isn't necessary and could be removed from the law without consequence.) "

"The Judicial Watch letter also references is the lack of cooperation by the DOJ in responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests previously submitted by Judicial Watch for records pertaining to Justice Kagan and the PPACA."


Judicial Watch Asks Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to Directly Address Obamacare Recusal Controversy  "Justice Kagan has said that she was not “substantially” involved in the DOJ discussions regarding Obamacare’s constitutional or litigation issues.  The White House, despite repeated inquiries, has refused to confirm to Judicial Watch that Justice Kagan was “walled off” from Obamacare defense discussions while at the Department of Justice (DOJ)


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                                                                               Caricatures by DonkeyHotey

The state of free speech on campus

Daily Caller  "Once again, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE, where I work), has sorted through the hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation that severely restrict the First Amendment rights of their students, and is ready to present a “dirty dozen” of colleges that have attacked freedom of speech with such zeal that we cannot help but (dis)honor them. While it was difficult to choose from such a wide talent pool, certain schools took our breath away with their dazzling performances. So here, in no particular order, are the winners of this year’s 12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: "...

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: CHRISTIAN CAMPUS GROUPS CAN’T REQUIRE LEADERS TO HAVE SPECIFIC BELIEFS   "Currently, four campus groups violate this policy, as they require their leaders to maintain Christian messages. Club heads argue, though, that leaders responsible for planning Bible studies should actually believe in the material they are preaching. The campus groups in question are the Christian Legal Society, Beta Upsilon Chi, Graduate Student Fellowship and Fellowship of Christian Athletes."

Parents of murdered British students criticise Barack Obama

UK Telegraph    "The parents of two British students murdered in Florida have criticised President Barack Obama for his lack of compassion over their sons' deaths."
....The 17 year old, who shot the men as they begged for their lives, will die in prison.

....

The powerfully built teen even looked bored as emotional DVD presentations about the dead men prepared by their grieving parents were shown in court.

....Later speaking after Tyson was jailed Davies and Hallett lashed out at Mr Obama saying the deaths of their friends was "not worthy of ten minutes of his time."

Davies said:"We would like to publicly express our dissatisfaction at the lack of any public or private message of support or condolence from any American governing body or indeed, President Obama himself."Mr Kouzaris has written to President Obama on three separate occasions and is yet to even receive the courtesy of a reply."It would perhaps appear that Mr Obama sees no political value in facilitating such a request or that the lives of two British tourists are not worthy of ten minutes of his time."

"The rebuke follows Mr Obama's personal intervention into the shooting in Florida of a young black teenager by a white-Hispanic neighbourhood watch captain."

Shawn Tyson, Florida Teenager, Gets Life Sentence For Killing British Tourists James Cooper and James Kouzaris  "In a case that generated blaring tabloid headlines in the U.K. press, a Florida teen is facing life in prison without parole for murdering two young British tourists who got lost and wandered into a housing project where their convicted killer lived."

More from the British press here.


"Their expectation that the president “feel their pain” is understandable but also unreasonable."  "The senseless murder of Cooper and Kouzaris were true tragedies and their families have received justice as Shawn Tyson will never again be free. Their expectation that the president “feel their pain” is understandable but also unreasonable. Had the president not taken every opportunity he could to isolate politically advantageous local cases and elevate them to national prominence, the Cooper and Kouzaris families would have had to limit their expectations.

"But the President invited this present condition – he should have employed more foresight from the start of his term. Unfortunately for grieving families like those of Cooper and Kouzaris, they now have a legitimate complaint."

PJ Tatler: Britain Waits For Obama to Comment Movingly and Eloquently on Gun Murders of White Tourists by Black Youth   "I’m confident that Mr. Obama will want to comment on this case. Because if he didn’t, some observers might jump to the conclusion that the leader of the free world was little more than a shameless, race-baiting opportunist who was more interested in firing up one of his core constituencies head of November’s election than in seeing justice done.

"And that would come as an awful disappointment to his many adoring fans here in Britain – none more adoring than Prime Minister Cameron himself."