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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Going to Mars; from launch to landing!
THIS IS A CLASSIC; GREAT ANIMATION
Made in the USA
Hat tip to Jack Hamner, Tunnel Dweller's former supervisor at Atlas Space Launch Complex, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
Why Is Obama Still Likable?
Bruce Thornton "If a significant number of Americans are telling pollsters that they find someone so out of touch with their political beliefs “likable,” just because they’re afraid of appearing “racist” by criticizing a black man, then the race card remains a powerful trump. Whether it’s powerful enough to return a manifest failure to the White House remains to be seen."
Obama's lap dog press
The Journalist’s Creed "The Journalist’s Creed was written by the first dean of the Missouri School of Journalism, Walter Williams. One century later, his declaration remains one of the clearest statements of the principles, values and standards of journalists throughout the world."
American Thinker; Journalists, not "Contrast what is asked in accusatory fashion of Romney with that which is asked of Obama. What is your favorite color? If you could have just one super power, what would it be? Obama speaks on his own volition in platitudes and banalities, and is prompted by his journalist "lap dogs" to speak of the absurd and meaningless. Fully protected. "....
Five Facts the Media Are Distorting About Romney's Response to Embassy Attacks "But do note that Romney stayed to answer journalists’ questions, while Obama refused, ducking out to attend a fundraiser in Las Vegas. Romney is effectively the leader of the free world today, the man whose principled reaction to events expressed what ought to be--and used to be--the minimum Americans expect of their president.
"That we still cherish and enjoy our free press is no thanks to Obama--or the media that protect him."
Michelle Malkin: Reporters Plotting Questions for Romney Are Obama's 'Tools' and 'Stenographers'
"Readers are also advised that the NPR correspondent involved in this disgraceful episode is the same one that on Monday refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance or stand for the National Anthem at a Romney campaign event.
"NPR must be so proud of its employee."
Obama and his media handle that 3 am phone call from Libya
Reports: Ambassador Stevens Qaddafi'd? "Yesterday I read reports that the Libyan doctor who pronounced Ambassador Stevens dead said he "Had bleeding in his stomach." Today there are unconfirmed reports that he was treated in a similar manner as was Gadhafi." (Which involved a sharp stick)
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"Regardless of how Ambassador Stevens was murdered the left needs to stop making love to the Islamists and make a little war on those responsible. Because the results of the current policy are pretty much self evident."
Pundit and Pundette; Obama's "tough day" "Though already well beyond redemption, our media lapdogs outdid themselves yesterday, covering themselves in their own shame as they played dead to the real, burning questions while working tirelessly to turn Obama's opponent into a fool or a knave for responding to events as Americans once expected presidents to respond."
Obama Admits He Lost Egypt as American Ally Quoting Hot Air's Ed Morrissey:
Sorry your feelings were hurt, you stalwarts of religious tolerance. Will the press say to Mr. Obama, "You weren't asked back then, but could you give us some specific examples of the words and deeds by which Islam has demonstrated its religious tolerance"?
Obama Refused To Meet With Netanyahu During The Same Exact Period He Offered To Meet With Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President… "The invitation to Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, a group with a violent past, could raise concerns among lawmakers who have questioned continued U.S. support for Egypt."
Death of Ambassador Stevens Is America’s Shame, Hillary’s and Obama’s
"Furthermore, the level of naiveté this illuminates is extraordinary and makes a mockery of the media’s self-serving meme that Mitt Romney is a beginner in global affairs while President Obama is somehow now expert. As if."
Haaretz; The murder of the US ambassador to Libya is a wake-up call for Obama
"But with the American presidential election only two months away, the murder of four American diplomats could be a game changer so far as Mr Obama's re-election prospects are concerned."
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"Regardless of how Ambassador Stevens was murdered the left needs to stop making love to the Islamists and make a little war on those responsible. Because the results of the current policy are pretty much self evident."
Pundit and Pundette; Obama's "tough day" "Though already well beyond redemption, our media lapdogs outdid themselves yesterday, covering themselves in their own shame as they played dead to the real, burning questions while working tirelessly to turn Obama's opponent into a fool or a knave for responding to events as Americans once expected presidents to respond."
"Who lost Egypt? Barack Obama. His administration waited eight whole days when those demonstrations erupted to demand Mubarak’s ouster, and then insisted on immediate elections — even though the only opposition organized well enough at that point in time for elections was the radical Muslim Brotherhood. In both Egypt and even more in Libya — where Obama applied military force to dislodge and topple Moammar Qaddafi — the White House left power vacuums that allowed the most radical elements to seize control. Critics of Obama’s policies in both regards warned of this very outcome eighteen months ago, to no avail."Neal Boortz; Free Speech "Let’s look at American academia for a second here. We have University of Pennsylvania professor Anthea Butler..... Butler believes that Sam Bacile should be in jail! Can you believe this? These proggies are taking on the traits of the very societies that are killing Americans: oppression of the minority, lack of protected freedoms, and disregard for the rule of law."
Sorry your feelings were hurt, you stalwarts of religious tolerance. Will the press say to Mr. Obama, "You weren't asked back then, but could you give us some specific examples of the words and deeds by which Islam has demonstrated its religious tolerance"?
Obama Refused To Meet With Netanyahu During The Same Exact Period He Offered To Meet With Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President… "The invitation to Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, a group with a violent past, could raise concerns among lawmakers who have questioned continued U.S. support for Egypt."
Death of Ambassador Stevens Is America’s Shame, Hillary’s and Obama’s
"Furthermore, the level of naiveté this illuminates is extraordinary and makes a mockery of the media’s self-serving meme that Mitt Romney is a beginner in global affairs while President Obama is somehow now expert. As if."
Haaretz; The murder of the US ambassador to Libya is a wake-up call for Obama
"But with the American presidential election only two months away, the murder of four American diplomats could be a game changer so far as Mr Obama's re-election prospects are concerned."
Today's Democrats who are teaching your children
Che-cago teachers strike riddled with radicals having a blast "EAGnews chronicles the general carnival-like atmosphere in the streets of Chicago as the teachers continue to betray the students."
Vulgar Rapper's Mom on Chicago Board of Education "A radical, cop-hating, misogynistic rapper's mom has influenced the Chicago school system in her various capacities as teacher, principal and now Board member. This speaks volumes as to why the schools in her city are representational of the ills found in public schools across the nation."
Obama’s Terror Touchdown Dance is Over
Jonathan S. Tobin "Would it be considered in bad taste to ask why, if the Obama administration’s counter-terrorism policy is such a raging success, such a person is still on the loose? Equally interesting is the answer to the question of how it is that in Libya, a country where American influence is supposed to be currently strong, this administration found itself surprised by the appearance of armed foes. Though Democrats spent the last week furiously patting themselves on the back for having such a tough and successful leader at the helm, it appears that not only is the country just as unpopular in the Middle East as it was when George W. Bush was president, but that the security situation there may be rapidly unraveling. Though no one in Washington is allowed to say the phrase “war on terror” anymore, it appears that Islamists have no trouble in continuing their war on America."
A great power cowers in fear. Again.
No time for U.S. passivity "The next test will be whether — and how quickly — Egypt and Libya move to apprehend the criminals and or terrorists responsible for these acts and hold them accountable for their heinous actions.
"If they aren’t willing to bring the attackers to justice, we should be willing to do so to serve as a lesson to them and others. These outrageous acts can’t stand."
Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Yemen
PROTESTS RAGE IN BANGLADESH: "WE WON'T ACCEPT MOCKING OF PROPHET MOHAMMED"
" "America should apologize immediately and arrest the people who've made the film," Shah Ahmadullah Ashraf, head of Bangladesh Khalefat Andolon, a small Islamic party that organized the rally, told the crowd."
The Holder DOJ, known to Obama as "my Justice Department", just might. Defending American interests and principles has been bad for your health and finances since January, 2009.
Is Obama channeling Jimmy Carter? "Carter criticized Reagan’s views on foreign policy during his speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1980, slamming Reagan for living in a “fantasy world” and noting his inability to understand the “complex global changes” in foreign policy
.“It’s a make believe world. A world of good guys and bad guys, where some politicians shoot first and ask questions later,” Carter said, “No hard choices. No sacrifice. No tough decisions. It sounds too good to be true – and it is. The path of fantasy leads to irresponsibility. The path of reality leads to hope and peace.”
"If they aren’t willing to bring the attackers to justice, we should be willing to do so to serve as a lesson to them and others. These outrageous acts can’t stand."
PROTESTS RAGE IN BANGLADESH: "WE WON'T ACCEPT MOCKING OF PROPHET MOHAMMED"
" "America should apologize immediately and arrest the people who've made the film," Shah Ahmadullah Ashraf, head of Bangladesh Khalefat Andolon, a small Islamic party that organized the rally, told the crowd."
The Holder DOJ, known to Obama as "my Justice Department", just might. Defending American interests and principles has been bad for your health and finances since January, 2009.
Is Obama channeling Jimmy Carter? "Carter criticized Reagan’s views on foreign policy during his speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1980, slamming Reagan for living in a “fantasy world” and noting his inability to understand the “complex global changes” in foreign policy
.“It’s a make believe world. A world of good guys and bad guys, where some politicians shoot first and ask questions later,” Carter said, “No hard choices. No sacrifice. No tough decisions. It sounds too good to be true – and it is. The path of fantasy leads to irresponsibility. The path of reality leads to hope and peace.”
Branco Cartoon – Sorry About the Free Speech
Conservative Daily News
Can you explain that Obama "likability" thing to me again?
"But, the current take away is that yet again, the Obama administration has shown itself to be wholly disorganized, as shown with the initial communications from the Cairo Embassy via Twitter. To suggest that the President is beyond his depth is probably an understatement. Cairo and Benghazi do not exist in a vacuum, and Obama has done a great deal of harm to this nation’s diplomatic relations with the only true ally in the region – Israel. And that in itself is yet another story illustrating the amateurish foreign policy management in this administration."
The apology by the US Embassy in Cairo:
"Hurt their feelings"? For Barack Obama, Muslims can do no wrong "As he belittles and lectures the Israeli government, vilifies the Catholic church and other Christian organizations as “anti-woman” for seeking religious freedom in the kind of insurance they offer, and as his party (apparently with his knowledge) removes God from their platform, this president believes it his Constitutional obligation to varnish the image of Islam. What’s more, he apparently considers it his duty to ignore offenses committed in the name of Islam against Christians and Jews around the world, and to apologize to Muslims as they storm our embassy for their “hurt feelings.” "
Remembering 9/11 … At Least for a Day
Andrew C. McCarthy "On the matter of evil, it is good to remember that it exists. Evil is not a misunderstanding, a cultural gulf, or a natural reaction to political policies adopted in pursuit of American interests or Israeli self-defense. That brings us to the second observation: the fact that national security concerns are absent from the 2012 campaign, even with tens of thousands of Americans at arms in distant hellholes, even with tens of millions of Americans enduring the increasingly overbearing government that has been the cost of heightened vigilance in an era when barbarism is met with political correctness."
McCarthy does not spare Republicans in this, either:
"The Republicans are no better. They want no part of dealing with Islamic supremacist ideology. To see it, diagnose it, and understand it as, say, Reagan did with Soviet communism, would — they’ve decided — result in their being slandered as “at war with Islam.” "
The Monumental Difference Between Pearl Harbor and September 11th "Pearl Harbor has been resolved. September 11th has not and may never be in our lifetimes and beyond."
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"September 11th has precipitated no such thing. From the beginning we were unsure how to name our adversary (or unwilling to) and how to deal with him or her. That has only become worse. Now we live in a time when we can’t even call the perpetrator of the Ft. Hood massacre a jihadist even though he was taking his marching orders from a man we killed because he was a jihadist."
McCarthy does not spare Republicans in this, either:
"The Republicans are no better. They want no part of dealing with Islamic supremacist ideology. To see it, diagnose it, and understand it as, say, Reagan did with Soviet communism, would — they’ve decided — result in their being slandered as “at war with Islam.” "
The Monumental Difference Between Pearl Harbor and September 11th "Pearl Harbor has been resolved. September 11th has not and may never be in our lifetimes and beyond."
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"September 11th has precipitated no such thing. From the beginning we were unsure how to name our adversary (or unwilling to) and how to deal with him or her. That has only become worse. Now we live in a time when we can’t even call the perpetrator of the Ft. Hood massacre a jihadist even though he was taking his marching orders from a man we killed because he was a jihadist."
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Report: Obama skipped intel briefings in the week leading up to Cairo and Benghazi attacks
American Thinker "In an exclusive report, Wynton Hall writes in Big Peace that there is no record of President Obama attending his daily intelligence briefing, known as the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB). Readers may check for themselves the official record:
Obama Discusses Iran Nuclear Threat With Netanyahu in Phone Call
"The Israeli government was told Obama’s schedule didn’t allow time for a meeting with Netanyahu, according to an Israeli official."
Haaretz of Israel; White House declines Netanyahu request to meet with Obama
"The White House's response marks a new low in relations between Netanyahu and Obama, underscored by the fact that this is the first time Netanyahu will visit the U.S. as prime minister without meeting Obama; PM to meet with Clinton."
No Time For Netanyahu, But Obama To Attend Jay-Z, Beyonce Fundraiser
President Barack Obama will be visiting one of his biggest fans soon - late night talker David Letterman.
"The president will chat with the "Late Show" host during a trip to New York City next week, according to the National Journal. Letterman's nightly monologues mostly spare the president from satirical ribbing, saving his most cutting remarks for the Romneys ... or even former President George W. Bush.
"The news comes on the same day Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he couldn't meet with him due to a scheduling conflict.
"The interview will be the second Obama has had with Letterman since the comic made a crude, demeaning joke about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's daughter."
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"This is not exactly unusual for the Golfer-in-chief:
Drudge finds a theme here:According to a recent study by the Government Accountability Institute, Mr. Obama has only attended 43.8 percent of his Presidential Daily Briefs in the first 1,225 days of his Administration.
Obama Discusses Iran Nuclear Threat With Netanyahu in Phone Call
"The Israeli government was told Obama’s schedule didn’t allow time for a meeting with Netanyahu, according to an Israeli official."
Haaretz of Israel; White House declines Netanyahu request to meet with Obama
"The White House's response marks a new low in relations between Netanyahu and Obama, underscored by the fact that this is the first time Netanyahu will visit the U.S. as prime minister without meeting Obama; PM to meet with Clinton."
No Time For Netanyahu, But Obama To Attend Jay-Z, Beyonce Fundraiser
"The president will chat with the "Late Show" host during a trip to New York City next week, according to the National Journal. Letterman's nightly monologues mostly spare the president from satirical ribbing, saving his most cutting remarks for the Romneys ... or even former President George W. Bush.
"The news comes on the same day Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he couldn't meet with him due to a scheduling conflict.
"The interview will be the second Obama has had with Letterman since the comic made a crude, demeaning joke about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's daughter."
Ann Coulter; "LIBYA COMMEMORATES 9/11"
Human Events Of the Libyan uprising, "Obama said: “We must stand alongside those who believe in the same core principles that have guided us through many storms … our support for a set of universal rights, including the freedom for people to express themselves and choose their leaders; our support for the governments that are ultimately responsive to the aspirations of the people.”
You have to read it to believe it.
"The Libyan mob was the equivalent of our founding fathers! (If you overlook the part about it being a murderous Islamic mob.)"
Meanwhile, Coulter adds, Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden unit, had wiser advice to offer the administration:
" “The people we are fighting for in Libya, the backbone of that movement, are former mujahedeen from around the world.” We are “enabling people who may not be formally aligned with al-Qaida but who want the same things to grasp ever closer to power.”
"Scheuer said the media had taken “a few English-speaking Arabs who are pro-democracy and a few Facebook pages out of the Middle East and extrapolated that to a region-wide love of secular democracy,” adding, “It is as insane a situation as I’ve ever encountered in my life.”
"No wonder Obama’s running for re-election on his foreign policy expertise!"
MSNBC, if you can believe that.
Why Obama didn't write these people off as hicks who cling to their guns and religion is anybody's guess.
USA Today reports, the...
...“deadly embassy attacks were days in the making,” cites an expert who says “the protest was planned by Salafists well before news circulated of an objectionable video ridiculing Islam’s prophet, Mohammed”Think Progress, the pro-Obama, leftist site, posted this in November 2011: Obama’s Foreign Policy Successes
You have to read it to believe it.
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