Al Gore, pride of the environmental left

Current TV staffers rip (fracking) Al Gore for (fracking) sale to (bleep-bleep-bleeping) Al Jazeera 
" “Of course Al didn’t show up,” said one high placed Current staffer. “He has no credibility. He’s supposed to be the face of clean energy and just sold [the channel] to very big oil, the emir of Qatar! Current never even took big oil advertising—and Al Gore, that bulls---ter sells to the emir?”

"The displeasure with Gore among the staff was thick enough to cut with a scimitar." ....

tobytoons

 NY Times; Al Jazeera Seeks a U.S. Voice Where Gore Failed

 "A decade ago, Al Jazeera’s flagship Arabic-language channel was reviled by American politicians for showing videotapes from Al Qaeda members and sympathizers. Now the news operation is buying an American channel, having convinced Mr. Gore and the other owners of Current that it has the journalistic muscle and the money to compete head-to-head with CNN and other news channels in the United States."

 

Hmmm. Odd. I went to Mother Jones Magazine, a left, left, left publication and found nothing on Gore's selling Current TV. The most recent post in the magazine was January 11, 2012, so this was a current issue. I typed in "Al Gore sells Current TV" and then just "Al Gore" but there was nothing on the subject. And they do most definitely have coverage of environmental issues.
(When there is time, maybe we can go back to the late 90's, type in "Monica Lewinsky" and see if they covered that.)

Krauthammer; The meaning of Hagel

Charles Krauthammer

“This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”

— Barack Obama to the Russians

 

"So what’s going on? Message-sending. Obama won reelection. He no longer has to trim, to appear more moderate than his true instincts. He has the “flexibility” to be authentically Obama.
Hence the Hagel choice: Under the guise of centrist bipartisanship, it allows the president to leave the constrained first-term Obama behind and follow his natural Hagel-like foreign policy inclinations. On three pressing issues, in particular:" Read more...

 But at the end, Mr. Krauthammer interprets for us the import of what this last election will mean for the US role in the world. If that all makes you happy as far as foreign policy goes, consider also what it will mean for this nation economically. We have yet to see the effects of that, but they will come.

"The rest of the world can see coming the Pentagon downsizing — and the inevitable, commensurate decline of U.S. power. Pacific Rim countries will have to rethink reliance on the counterbalance of the U.S. Navy and consider acquiescence to Chinese regional hegemony. Arab countries will understand that the current rapid decline of post-Kissinger U.S. dominance in the region is not cyclical but intended to become permanent.
"....Hagel matters only because of what his nomination says about Obama.
".... Before Election Day, Obama could only whisper it to his friend Dmitry. Now, with Hagel, he’s told the world.
(Emphases added. TD)

Did We Vote for American Retreat?  "I don't remember voting in November on whether the United States should resign as global hegemon and step down from being the only superpower. Do you remember that being on the ballot?"

Well, Obama and Democrats did praise those in the streets defecating on the American flag, did they not? Well, didn't they?

2013: Welcome to Very, Very Scary Times

Victor Davis Hanson  "On the One Hand"…
"These should not be foreboding years. The US is in the midst of a veritable energy revolution. There is a godsend of new gas and oil discoveries that will help to curtail our fiscal and foreign policy vulnerabilities — an energy bonanza despite, not because of, the present administration."

....
"Free at Last from Constitutional Chains"....
"But I thought it was the Constitution, not the anti-Constitution or egalitarian good will, that separated us from Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, Tojo’s Japan, Stalin’s Soviet Union, Mao’s China, and most of the miserable places that one sees abroad today, from Cuba to North Korea, which all had and have one thing in common — the embrace of some sort of national, republican, or democratic “socialism” guiding their efforts and plastered about in their sick mottoes."
....
"Give Real Freedom a Chance"
"I am sure that history offers all sorts of examples where people without evil documents like our Constitution protected free speech and religious worship — out of “respect.” Ask Socrates, Jesus, six million Jews, 20 million Russians, or those with eyeglasses during the days of the Khmer Rouge. Apparently, what stops such carnage is not the rule of constitutional law, but good progressive minds who care for others and show respect. I’ll try that rhetoric on the next thief who for the fourth time will steal the copper wire conduit from my pump."

Obanomics in pictures

Thanks to Townhall

 

 

Obama gets Nobel Peace Prize, Clinton made Father of the Year! It's good to be a Democrat the Media Loves

Hope n' Change

...."Frankly, Hope n' Change Cartoons suspects that the "National Father's Day Council" isn't really using their heads when they make a selection as stupid as this one (or, in 2007, when they chose Democrat John Edwards, who created an out of wedlock child while screwing around on his cancer-stricken wife).
"In fact, we're rather suspicious that there is no "National Father's Day Council," and that it's really just a cover story for a bunch of guys who go out whoring once a week and don't want their wives or their children to find out."  The father of the year's past girlfriends

While Bill is adored today, Monica is a pariah

"The source claims Monica has more or less given up on finding love.
"'Monica still feels like she's the punchline to a dirty joke,' the source said.
"'The publicity over her affair with Clinton ruined her chances of ever finding a decent guy. "
...."An eyewitness told the Enquirer that gawkers at other tables were making jokes at her expense, while she looked emotionless."

Lawyer: Banning Assault Weapons A Feel-Good Gesture 'Unless You’re Prepared to Confiscate'

CNS News  "“Unless you’re prepared to confiscate all of the assault weapons and prevent their sales in the future then it’s a gesture to ban assault weapons,” he said. “It probably will make people feel good but I don’t think it will solve that much in the way of elimination of wrongful violence.”
" “We would surely eliminate some kinds of mass deaths. Whether the shooters who go into schools and attack unarmed children ... would not do it because they don’t have an assault weapon but they happen to have two or three loaded handguns with them -- I rather doubt,” he continued.
" “But unless we're prepared to confiscate the existing assault weapons, it may make people feel good, and make it symbolic, to ban assault weapons. And I might vote for it but I really wouldn’t think it's going to make much difference in terms of saving lives -- which is what I’m really concerned about.” " Via Lucianne

Four Months After Benghazi Attack, Where Are the Killers?

The Daily Beast  "Ever since an armed mob torched a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, President Obama has vowed to bring the killers of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans to justice. Yet four months after the assault, U.S. counterterrorism and intelligence officials tell The Daily Beast that the hunt for those responsible remains stymied by poor cooperation by North African governments."

 

"One source of frustration for U.S. intelligence community: the president’s decision to make the Benghazi probe a criminal investigation. While the CIA has an ever-changing list of suspects it dubs the “Benghazi attack network,” the drones and Special Operations teams that are used to hunt al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan and Yemen are not being used to track down Stevens’s(sp) killers. Instead the investigation is being led by the FBI, which relies on cooperation from local and national police in Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt." Via Lucianne
Obama treats his fellow countrymen and our allies with more disrespect than he does our enemies.

MSNBC's Race Issues

MSNBC obsesses over perceived racism by Republicans, but look how they treat black conservatives
"MSNBC is arguably the most race obsessed cable news network on television and they beat a single drum constantly. In their narrow view, all white conservatives are racists, the Tea Party is a terrorist organization and the Republican Party is as white as the snows of January.
"This leads me to wonder why MSNBC also does everything it can to demonize black conservatives."

MSNBC Contributor Taylor Again Attacks Black Conservatives As 'Dangerous' to Minorities   "Appearing on the January 10 Martin Bashir program to discuss concerns being expressed by many in Washington -- predominantly on the Left -- that President Obama's second-term Cabinet will be less diverse in terms of race and gender than his first term, MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor took the opportunity to attack minority and women appointees of the George W. Bush Cabinet as self-hating minorities."

I'm sure that MSNBC will trash these people if they have not done so already: 
NBRA Chairman Frances Rice   
First Blacks in Congress – All Republicans (Complete List)   
Historical Black Republican leaders - Photos    
Black Republican Leaders Today - Photos  
NBRA History Test   
"Obama's Plan to Enslave Blacks - A cartoon created for the [National Black Republican Association] by Brett Noel provides a chilling look at the future of black Americans under a Barack Obama Administration as "Socialist Slaves" dependent on government handouts on the Democratic Party's economic plantation.  As a corrupt Chicago "Community Organizer" for 20 years, Obama produced unlivable slums and wants to repeat his failure for the rest of America."

Did you hear about the Maher-Trump kerfuffle?

Bill Maher Offers Donald Trump $5 Million If He Can Prove He's Not An Orangutan  "You might remember a "New Rules" segment Maher did on "Real Time" last year where he insisted that Trump is the spawn of his mother and an orangutan. Well, now Maher is offering $5 million to the charity of his choice if he can prove otherwise, an obvious jab at Trump's similarly ludicrous offer to President Obama."

So Trump did release his birth certificate:

Naturally, an artsy-craftsy lib source cries, "forgery".

Fox News' Megyn Kelly gives us the story and a debate on the issue: 

Donald Trump: I Will Sue Bill Maher If He Does Not Pay Up $5M   "Donald Trump plans to sue Bill Maher if the HBO host does not pay the $5 million he wagered when asking the real estate mogul to release his birth certificate.
"Earlier this week, while appearing on The Tonight Show, Maher made the offer of $5 million to charity of Trump releases his birth certificate and proves that he was not the “spawn” of his mother having sex with an orangutan.
"A day later, Trump released his birth certificate and demanded Maher honor the wager and pay up soon.
"Extra’s A.J. Calloway caught up with Trump, who said, “[Maher] made the offer, I accepted his offer, and he owes me $5 million, which I am going to give to charity. If doesn’t pay the money we will probably sue him.” (video)

JD Underground  First point of a discussion thread:

"What are everyone’s thoughts on The Donald supposedly accepting Bill Maher's offer to prove he is "not the spawn of his Mother having sex with an orangutan?" It appears Trump had his lawyer write Maher a letter with his birth certificate, and the list of charities he would like the $5,000,000 donated.
Could Trumps possibly win a breach of contract suit? At first glance, I said no because of the statute of frauds issue, but then I got to thinking that the Leno clip could be used to satisfy the writing requirement. Anyone familiar with New York contract law?
 This is the type of lawsuit that ends up in Contracts case books.  artvandelay 

Tucson School District To Reintroduce Racist “Raza Studies”…

Weasel Zippers

  

"The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board is reversing itself by voting to drop an objection to providing so-called “culturally relevant” courses for core credit beginning next school year.
"The courses would focus on experiences, culture and history of Mexican-Americans and African-Americans.
"The governing board had objected to offering the courses as part of anti-desegregation plan.
"However, the board reversed its position in a 3-2 vote Tuesday as two newly elected board members supported the change.
"The district previously eliminated Mexican-American Studies courses after state officials ruled that the courses’ content violated a law against curriculum that engendered racial or ethnic disharmony."

More here from the TUSD site

Governing Board members

Hagel and Brennan; the choice of Obama

http://terrellaftermath.com/

The American Action Forum; Obama’s Controversial Defense Choice  "Under different circumstances, Hagel might have sailed to confirmation.  A decorated Vietnam veteran with decades of foreign policy experience, Hagel carries an impressive résumé.  Politically, he should have been able to count on support not just from Team Obama, but also from his fellow Republicans.  And being a former Senator should have made him a shoe-in, since the Senate tends to support its alumni regardless of party.  Hillary Clinton was confirmed on a 94-2 vote, and John Kerry appears likely to face little opposition to replace her.
"Instead, President Obama’s choice of Hagel sets up perhaps the most contested cabinet fight of Obama’s second term."

Jonah Goldberg; Hagel: A Petty Pick  "The coming nomination fight will undoubtedly focus on the strength of the case against Hagel. But the real indictment of Obama’s pick is the weakness of the case for Hagel — and the pettiness of the pick in the first place."

How about this?...."
Legal Insurrection; The problem is not Chuck Hagel in isolation, it’s what the nomination of Hagel says about where Obama wants our defense and foreign policy to go.
"But what I’m finding out is deeply troubling — including David Brooks’ excellent post highlighted in my post Hagel the perfect foil to manage military’s decline over Republican objections.
"Hagel seems like the perfect smash-mouth Obama nominee, someone who, like his possibly future boss, is more interested in smashing Republicans and dividing the opposition than strengthening our international standing."  (Emphasis mine, TD)

CIA Nominee Brennan Dismisses Radical Islam, Calls [Jerusalem] Al-Quds, Whitewashes Hizballah "... John Brennan, who is currently President Obama’s chief security adviser for counter-terrorism, has been a leading figure in the failure of the Obama Administration to name the enemy – radical Islam – waging war on the U.S.; has called Jerusalem by its Arabic name, Al-Quds, has whitewashed the Lebanese terrorist group, Hizballah; and been implicated in serious intelligence failures:" Read more...

Is there a White House pattern here? Egyptian Report: Muslim Brotherhood Members In White House Administration

Counter-Terrorism Chief John Brennan calls Jerusalem “Al-Quds”  "During a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, John Brennan described violent extremists as victims of “political, economic and social forces,” but said that those plotting attacks on the United States should not be described in “religious terms.” "

CIA Nominee John Brennan Has Touted Hezbollah’s ‘Moderate Elements’ " After a visit to Lebanon the following April, Brennan raised eyebrows when he was quoted as speaking about Hezbollah having “moderate elements” which the U.S. should try to “build up.” "
...."then-deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage suggested that Hezbollah could be regarded as a more dangerous threat than Osama bin Laden’s network, telling a U.S. Institute of Peace function, “Hezbollah may be the A-team of terrorists and maybe al-Qaeda is actually the B-team.” "

Obama voters already arriving for inauguration

Lucianne