WE THE PEOPLE have spoken!
Hat tip to Don Gilbert, Hillsboro, Oregon
Sunday, August 5, 2012
What Obama Has in Store for Us
John Fund at NRO "D’Souza, a bestselling author and the president of King’s College in New York, emigrated from India as a boy, and he says he understands something of how Obama’s exotic upbringing in Hawaii and Indonesia might have shaped his view of America. But D’Souza, a conservative, sees America as a land of tolerance and opportunity. He believes Obama “adopted his [anti-colonialist] father’s position that capitalism and free markets are code words for economic plunder. Obama grew to perceive the rich as an oppressive class, a kind of neocolonial power within America.” That may be stretching things just a bit, but remember, it was the president himself who just told small-business owners they can’t take credit for their own success.
.... "But the film scores points by highlighting Obama’s bizarre reluctance to develop North American oil and gas reserves while encouraging developing nations to develop theirs.
"No one can really claim they know exactly what makes the president tick. But 2016: Obama’s America leaves enough clues on the table to make us wonder if we would be taking an even bigger risk in reelecting him than we took in 2008. After all, we’ve never observed the actions of a Barack Obama who knows he will never have to face an electorate again."
Talk about gaffes
"In 1995, the US Congress officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and legislated that the American embassy be moved there. But every six months since, a succession of American presidents have invoked a national security clause to postpone implementation of that legislation, fearing an Arab and Muslim backlash.
"Both Israel and the Palestinians believe Romney may reverse that policy."
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NRO; Romney’s Truth Telling; Palestinians would profit from recognizing the success of Israeli culture. "Even before they came here, even before they were Americans, emigrants from England were used to an active civic life, trial by jury, freedom of speech and the press, individual rights and their assertion. “They carried these free institutions and virile mores with them to America,” Tocqueville writes, “and these characteristics sustained them against the encroachments of the state.” They made themselves, as a result, wealthy and free." Rich Lowry
Urban Legend: Is President Obama honoring Jane Fonda as one of the women of the century?
Conservatives must make sure that only Harry Reid and his Democrats are known for making up lies and phony rumors. Don't pass stories like these on until you have checked them against sites such as this one. TD
Fact Check.org No. That was done 11 years ago by Barbara Walters of ABC News.
"It is simply false that the president is planning to honor Jane Fonda as one of the "100 women of the century," as this chain e-mail claims.
Fact Check.org No. That was done 11 years ago by Barbara Walters of ABC News.
"It is simply false that the president is planning to honor Jane Fonda as one of the "100 women of the century," as this chain e-mail claims.
"Fonda was one of many women featured in a Barbara Walters special for ABC News called "A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women," which looked at the "most inspiring, intriguing and entertaining" women of the 20th century. It was actually based on a list of the "100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century" selected by a panel for Ladies’ Home Journal.
"The program hosted by Walters aired on April 30, 1999, nearly 10 years prior to Obama becoming president. Versions of this e-mail — without references to Obama, of course — began circulating soon after Walters’ special aired. They make some false claims about Fonda."
But this does not mean that she is not among the likes of Bill Ayres and the others of the 60's left who flaunted the "peace" sign (so popular in school fashions today) as they spat on our returning troops and called them "baby killers". (By the way, have any of those people applied that term to Palestinian terrorists?)
But a couple were true; as you will read in this article.
$465 for Amnesty: Obama to Make Illegals Legal Before Election Day
From We the People
"And now, in a climate where Americans and Mexicans who are here legally alike can’t find jobs, Obama has moved into the second phase of his cynical power grab by granting what can only be defined as amnesty for a measly $465:
"The Department of Homeland Security today announced details of the application and approval process for the DREAM Act-like program, outlining specific eligibility requirements and a $465 fee. It will begin Aug. 15."
"The ABC's of Journalism's Eroding Integrity" and other stories about the media (UPDATED!)
...."The kind of reporting that has become the hallmark of ABC News is an insult to everyone.
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"The ABC News product increasingly ceases to be journalism. It is sensationalism. It is reprehensible. It’s time to let ABC News feel the sting of public disapproval." Full Article... (Emphasis added)
Caruba's piece naturally leads us to these other related stories:
ABC Sees 'Outrageous and Apparently Unfounded' Charge By Reid, Revisits Romney's Taxes "But Reid is really just trying to goad Romney into releasing more tax returns. He's only released last year's return and an estimate of this year's, showing he paid a tax rate of about 13.9 percent. Last week, David Muir asked him about that."
NPR Abandons News Format, Becomes Super PAC for Obama "....the president--who maintains that Republican rival Mitt Romney may be a “felon”--launched a series of new and false attacks on Romney’s proposed tax cuts. Shapiro repeated three of the Obama campaign's lies about taxes and the General Motors bailout."
Sen. Coburn Calls Out MSNBC Panel For Tea Party Remarks Forget it, Senator; MSNBC is beyond embarrassment, but "Law & Order" promoted them till the end.
Steve Hayes Chides CNN’s Candy Crowley for Considering Harry Reid ‘Honorable’ We love it when Hayes is present on the Fox News Special Report panel.
FLASH UPDATE!
Harry Reid Having Affair With Transgendered Puerto Rican? (PHOTO)
"Big Hairy News Exclusive – Married Senator Harry Reid (Retard-NV) has reportedly been involved in a steamy affair with a "transgendered Puerto Rican woman for over six years!
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"This organization received a phone call Monday night from an individual claiming to be a close relative of the Senate Majority Leader. The caller said Reid met the woman in a Nevada brothel, and later set her up with a home in Sparks, Nevada where the two could tryst in private.
...."While we cannot verify the identity of the caller or the validity of her accusations, at our request she did send a photo of the couple (below) to verify her claims."....
We ask Harry to come forward and prove this did not happen.Saturday, August 4, 2012
Word is out that Harry Reid is a sleazy demagogue and the burden is on him to prove he is not
IT'S THE MEDIA'S JOB TO STOP HARRY REID "As journalists, we could not make allegations like these without backing them with substance, so we must demand the same of Reid. Not just a halfhearted appeal of Reid to back his words with substance, but hit him hard when he deflects. The media should go "junk yard dog" on this and not let up until Reid proves his charges. Blast him at every turn and demand answers. Shout out questions at news conferences until he answers, or is shamed into backing up.
"Instead, for the most part, the Activist Old Media has used this issue to cause Romney to back up and answer questions."
Why Harry Reid keeps attacking Mitt Romney with Obama's blessing "“I have paid taxes every year, and a lot of taxes, so Harry is wrong,” Romney said at a news conference. “Harry Reid has to put up or shut up. Harry, who are your sources?” "
McConnell: Reid’s accusations against Romney ‘beneath the dignity of his office’"“I’m telling you authoritatively speaking on the behalf of the governor that those charges are untrue, they are baseless, and there is nothing to back them up,” Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said."
ABC, NBC Fail to Lunge at Harry Reid's 'Explosive Accusation' That Romney Hasn't Paid Taxes "By contrast, all three networks covered Rep. Joe Wilson's 2009 "you lie" shout at President Obama at the State of the Union within 24 hours and were unanimously scandalized at the "stunning moment" in the House chamber, as then-anchor Charles Gibson labeled it on ABC's World News. Both ABC and CBS trumpeted Wilson's outburst as the "shout heard 'round the world.""
Great gay kiss-off lays a gigantic egg
NY Post "From Georgia to California, protests drew yawns, not saliva."Even in Atlanta, the home of Chick-fil-A, only two dozen kissers showed up. And there was a similar lack of necking in Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and San Francisco.
"At NYU, 20 people weren’t allowed in the dorm that hosts the city’s only Chick-fil-A. Just three pairs of guys kissed on the street.
"In Jersey, I only found eight kissers — and two weren’t even bi!"
Small dictators lurk inside far too many Democrats. "If you dislike that comment, you will hate this one: “I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian . . . it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix.”"Such divisive, bigoted words surely were spat like venom by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy, right?
"Wrong.
"President Barack Obama uttered the first statement on October 27, 2010. Candidate Obama made the second remark to Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., on August 17, 2008." "
Then the dictatorial tendencies reveal themselves in this quote:
“We don’t want you here,” city-council speaker Christine Quinn (D., New York City) snapped. Also, on official stationery, she wrote New York University president John Sexton and pressed him to expel Gotham’s only Chick-fil-A outlet.“I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick‐fil‐A establishment that exists on your campus,” Quinn wrote on July 28. She added: “I appreciate your university’s long history of celebrating diversity. I urge you to join with me in ensuring that our city does not become a place where those who do not share our commitment, have any place to espouse those views [emphasis added].”
"Such coercion should terrify every American."
Are Liberals Going To Do To Chick-Fil-A What Nazis Did To Jewish Businesses?
It is always tacky to compare your political opposition to Hitler and the Nazis and I get tired of seeing it done. Let's just say this article shows us how people with dictatorial philosophies try to use government intimidation to purge classes of people they dislike from society.
The recent news that Chick-Fil-A’s CEO opposes gay marriage has got Liberals in a typical rage. The Left brings up their usual talking points on this: how close minded, intolerant, bigoted and “homophobic” such a view is and how it must be silenced. Even a top 5 list has emerged of the companies Liberals hate the most.The blog, Blue Collar Philosophy continues:" It may not be Chick-Fil-A this time but at some point may you see Christian businesses being forced to close since they believe things that violate Liberal dogma on issues like homosexuality and gay marriage.".... The writer then lays this at the feet of Barack Obama, whose supporters have a history of demagoguery.
Lloyd Marcus; My Black Dad and Chick-fil-A
Lloyd Marcus writes this column with regret that more blacks are not taking part in conservative causes: ..." I called Dad to ask if he participated in Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. He said no, he had not heard about it. Then, he added, "All I know is Chick-fil-A discriminates against gays.""Folks, I was outraged. Struggling to keep my composure, I passionately said, "Dad, that is a lie! You have got to stop getting your news from the mainstream media!"
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...."I informed Dad that that Democratic Party no longer exists. In short, spoiled-brat old hippies run the Democratic Party today."A majority of the Democratic Party leadership comprises far-left liberals who hate America and believe that man can fix every problem. God is an imaginary being clung to by ignorant, bitter, and racist middle Americans. These Democrats believe they are intellectually superior -- and thus far better-qualified to manage our lives." Hat tip to Margi Hawks, St. Louis.
Yet another result of journalistic malpractice, which naturally leads us to this next post:
Media finally find something to cover at Chick-fil-A "So what happened on Friday, the day the GLBTG activists called upon members to hold public displays of affection outside the family themed fast food chain? Well at least the media turned out in droves. Chick-fil-A Kiss-In: LAPD called to Hollywood store over media mob " "...".Of course that would assume they are still in the mass media business of reporting the events of the day in a form that bears some semblance to reality. They aren't anymore. The[y] have become arbiters of acceptable taste, fashonistas of the body politic, groupies ready to service the current hot liberal politician. In this role they naturally treat such déclassé movements as the Tea Party as nonexistent even as they flock to cater to the clique who shares their vision."
Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?
"Inside some of those papers, the coverage is still relatively scant. The L.A. Times has a news story, while the New York Times has an op-ed from the gay dean at the Georgia Tech business school encouraging Americans to let Chick-fil-A "fly free." The Washington Post ran a photograph, but no story.
For God's Sake Mr. President...Man up!
D.L. Hammack; "Cast your vote knowing that this unprepared and unqualified individual is going to, sooner or later, run out of excuses as to why our lives are so miserable. That sound you hear is the hopes and dreams of Americans being sucked down the drain of opportunity. Perhaps it's time for each of us to man up?"
Government as far as the eye can see
"Got paperclips out on your desk? Lock them away for safe keeping lest a little person come along and swallow them.
"In the kitchen preparing lunch right about now? I recommend pureeing the carrots instead of cutting them into pieces that could accidently be swallowed by a young person, causing choking hazard.
"Bottle of shampoo sitting out on your bathtub? Toxic drink. Store [it] away. Pens and pencils on your desk? Tools of impalement. Put them away.
"You don't have young children in your home? It doesn't matter. The government is thinking about it for you anyway - thinking about the infinite (and I do mean infinite) ways they can protect us from harm.
"The latest case in point: Buckyballs."....
FIRESTORM UPDATE: RESPONDING TO READERS’ QUESTIONS ON GAY MARRIAGE VS. BIBLICAL MARRIAGE
Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog " One reader named Eva is furious with me for defending “traditional” marriage and “Biblical” marriage because she writes: “If we are talking biblical marriage, then I’d have to marry any man who raped me.” She asks: “Where does the NT say that gay marriage is strictly forbidden. Chapter and verse, pls.”
Here is just a small portion of Mr. Rosenberg's answer: "All this to say: According to the Bible, marriage is an institution that God Himself created to be holy and beautiful. In the book of Genesis, we learn that God created Eve to love and support and bless Adam so they could be together as one in marriage. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.” (Genesis 2:24-25)"....
"Another reader is furious with me because he believes I’m singling out gay marriage as a problem and that I’m ignorning the problem of heterosexual sin in our society."
...."It’s not just the pandemic of homosexuality that is bringing America to the brink of collapse and judgment by God. We also face pandemics of adultery. Pre-marital sex. Fornication. All forms of sexual immorality. Pornography and lust. Rape. Sexual abuse. Physical abuse. Emotional abuse. Marital affairs. Divorce. Abortion. And it’s not just in the culture at large. These sins are rampant in the church, too. "....
"Another reader is furious with me because he believes I’m singling out gay marriage as a problem and that I’m ignorning the problem of heterosexual sin in our society."
...."It’s not just the pandemic of homosexuality that is bringing America to the brink of collapse and judgment by God. We also face pandemics of adultery. Pre-marital sex. Fornication. All forms of sexual immorality. Pornography and lust. Rape. Sexual abuse. Physical abuse. Emotional abuse. Marital affairs. Divorce. Abortion. And it’s not just in the culture at large. These sins are rampant in the church, too. "....
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