America's Big Fat Advantage (is visceral Hollywood's newest villain)

Victor Davis Hanson  " "Peak oil" and our "oil addiction" were supposed to have ensured that we ran out of either gas or the money to buy it. Now, suddenly, we have more gas and oil than ever before. But the key question is: Why do we?

"The oil and gas renaissance was brought on by horizontal drilling and fracking that opened up vast new reserves either previously unknown or considered unrecoverable. Both technological breakthroughs were American discoveries, largely brought on by entrepreneurial mavericks and engineers exploring on mostly private lands. Couldn't the Saudi, Venezuelan or Nigerian oil industry have discovered these new methods of resource recovery, given their nations' reliance on petroleum exportation?"
Go here to see the left's appeal to emotions against this technology.

Sergeant Peter Cimpoes - A Ranger You Should Know

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Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, First Corps Commander, presents Sgt. Peter Cimpoes with the

Silver Star Medal at 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment's award ceremony March 20,

 2013 at St. Martin University's Marcus Pavilion in Lacey, Wash.

 (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. David T. Chapman)

Sgt. Cimpoes received the award for his actions during a night combat operation in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2012. During a heavy firefight with enemy insurgents in a targeted compound, Sgt. Cimpoes climbed to the roof of a one story building in order to reach two wounded Rangers. Once Sgt. Cimpoes reached the roof, he selflessly exposed himself to enemy fire and engaged and killed three enemy insurgents, who were as close as five meters away, with direct fire and grenades. Sgt. Cimpoes then maintained his suppressive fire against two additional barricaded shooters allowing other Rangers to evacuate the wounded from the roof to a casualty collection point. His actions ultimately saved the lives of two of his fellow Rangers.

Rangers Lead The Way!

LA County AFL-CIO’s Politically-Correct Easter

Lowering the Boom

Maybe it’s something in the water, but lefties in California seem to be all lined up this year to not celebrate Easter:

MEDIA ADVISORY
LOS ANGELES, CA — Mar. 28, 2013 — Tomorrow, Friday, March 29, the Labor Community Services will distribute Spring baskets to kids at the Children’s Institute International. For nearly 20 years, Mr. Bunny has been bringing baskets of toys and candy to several children’s organizations. This year 500 baskets will be distributed.

 

Labor Community Services Spring baskets distribution counts with the support of dozens of volunteers from the unions supporting this program: AFGE 2452, ATU 1277, CWA 9003, Teamsters 986, IATSE 871, and UTU 1563.The Labor Community Services leads community social service programs in behalf of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and United Way.

Emphases in the original.
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Who's the sucker at the international table?

Congress Takes Action on Syria When President Obama Won't  "With the administration reluctant to take meaningful action to hasten Assad's exit, lawmakers on Capitol Hill recently introduced initiatives that will, if enacted, favorably influence the conflict for U.S. interests." 

Obama Bunny Steals Easter Eggs From Children

You may have seen enough of this video after the part where Obama leaves, but the video seems to me to have nailed it all right.  I especially loved those subtle wheel designs on Limousine One.   Hat tip to Tom Williams

Why Obama will probably kill the Keystone Pipeline

Human Events  "Here’s what most people do not realize: major oil pipelines extending 2,151 miles from the Canadian Tar Sands already have been completed and are in operation from Hardisty, Alberta, east through Saskatchewan and Manitoba and south through eastern North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas and then on to refineries in southern Illinois and central Oklahoma, carrying 590,000 barrels of oil each day.

"If they knew that, they would certainly wonder why there is an uproar about adding capacity for an additional 830,000 barrels a day through new pipelines from Hardisty through eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota, where it would pick up U.S. oil from the now famous Bakken Fields and then move further east through South Dakota and Nebraska to Steele City, Nebraska, where the existing pipeline travels on to Cushing, Oklahoma, and then continue it about 500 more miles to the Gulf Coast of Texas, where so many refineries are located.
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"But there still could be a happy ending for most of us: the railroad.... "The railroads are fully capable of building new track connecting the Dakotas with our Gulf Coast-unless Obama and his Hollywood friends decide this, too, would be an environmental hazard. Stay tuned."
Emphasis added.

 http://legalinsurrection.com/author/afbranco/

Obama's pastor spends Easter bashing religious right as bigots

Examiner.com  "When it comes to finding controversial pastors, President Obama sure knows how to pick them. While attending Easter services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington this morning, President Obama listened as Rev. Dr. Luis Leon spoke not of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but of the religious right as bigots who hate blacks, women, immigrants, and gays. The report came from the White House press pool and posted by TheBlaze.com.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk from the White House with their daughters Sasha Obama, second from left, and Malia Obama, right, on their way through Lafayette Park to St. John’s Episcopal Church for Easter services, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Washington. (AP)    From The Blaze

Yes, the Obamas did hear this sermon.

This is the ‘man’ who turned Easter into a leftist propaganda event, with Obama and family sitting in the front row:
Actually the Obamas were farther back than that, but who's counting?

Jesus Painting by David Garibaldi

American Thinker" David Garibaldi paints secular people primarily, but this is a nice "surprise" video in which he paints Jesus on the cross.
"Were you expecting such a 'twist' near the end? "

Hillary Clinton’s legacy of mismanagement abroad

Jennifer Rubin  "The mainstream media assume that, if Hillary Clinton wants the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, all she need do is give an imperial wave, accept the crown and then begin her effortless procession to the White House. Perhaps. The same was said before the 2008 election. Now Clinton has a foreign-policy record, which political reporters unschooled in the issues and too nervous to dissect accurately (she’s going to be president, don’t you know) would have us believe is positive. Rubbish.

"Here are her top 10 disasters:"  Full article here.

The above article is linked to by Alan Caruba in his commentary, Hillary's Burdens.  Mr. Caruba sums up his argument against a Hillary presidency with this assessment:

A Hillary presidency is likely to be an extension of the Obama presidency and that has not served the nation well. The huge national debt is beginning to penetrate the dull minds of liberals, the “sequester” has generated many news articles and reports about the government’s enormous waste of taxpayer dollars. Rising prices of everything are affecting Americans, no matter their political orientation. Foreign policy will be affected by events in the Middle East and elsewhere. None of this bodes well for a Hillary run for the presidency.

So Hillary, if she would run for the Democratic Party nomination, would do so with an enormous amount of political “baggage.”

If she is elected, do you really want your daughter to apply for that White House internship? Just asking.

On This Day in 1964, Democrats Filibustered the Civil Rights Act

The Gateway Pundit  "June 10, 1964, was a dramatic day in the United States Senate. For the first time in its history, cloture was invoked on a civil rights bill, ending a record-breaking filibuster by Democrats that had consumed fifty-seven working days. The hero of the hour was minority leader [Republican]Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen ...." (pictured)
You may not have known this, thanks to the shabby state of "journalism" today.
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"Michael Zak wrote about this in his book Back to Basics for the Republican Party and reminds us that Democrats, the party of Slavery, Secession, Segregation and the KKK… fought against equality."
Hat tip to Chip Jones at Conservative Bloggers on Facebook

Democrat voters back in the day. You say they have

 changed? See what they have said about Justice

Clarence Thomas and Dr. Ben Carson, to name just

two. Examples to follow:

 

The 'Uncle Tom-ing' of Ben Carson Begins

NBC News on Dr. Ben Carson: 'Blinded by the White'

NBC News Bashes Pro-Marriage Ben Carson, Employs Truther Touré 

White House Scrubs First Daughters Ski Trip Report

First Daughters' Spring Break Part II: Sun Valley  "Outrageous as it may seem to some, rather than respond appropriately to the criticism and back off from the extravagant vacations, Michelle and Barry chose instead to thumb their noses at America by flying Sasha and Malia from the Atlantis in the Bahamas to Sun Valley, Idaho to top off Easter week with a little skiing."

Big Government  "A local news affiliate in Idaho reported that the First Daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama, are on a Spring Break ski trip in Sun Valley, Idaho. The story quickly spread across the Internet when picked up by the highly trafficked Drudge Report website.

"But hours later, the story disappeared from the KMVT website without an update or correction.  Breitbart News confirmed that the White House requested that the post be removed."
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"In March of last year, the White House requested media outlets remove accurate reports that Malia Obama was on a trip in Mexico with over two dozen Secret Service agents."
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"While each of these trips require a significant Secret Service presence, the White House canceled public tours this month citing Secret Service staffing costs."   Via Drudge 
Emphasis in the original.

Eyewitness: First Daughters' Security 'Shut Down' Idaho Store  "The First Family does pay for the direct lodging costs of these vacations. The travel and security costs, however, are billed to the taxpayers. The White House is currently closed to students from around the country, allegedly because of sequester budget cuts affecting the Secret Service." Store pictured here:

Oops, sorry; wrong vacation picture. I apologize. Below is the one I meant to insert: 

What really happened in Jerusalem

Charles Krauthammer
“I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those [Palestinian] kids, they’d say, ‘I want these kids to succeed.’ ”
— Barack Obama, in Jerusalem,March 21

"Very true. But how does the other side feel about Israeli kids?

Mariam Farhat

"Consider that the most revered parent in Palestinian society is Mariam Farhat of Gaza. Her distinction? Three of her sons died in various stages of trying to kill Israelis — one in a suicide attack, shooting up and hurling grenades in a room full of Jewish students.
"She gloried in her “martyr” sons, wishing only that she had 100 boys like her schoolroom suicide attacker to “sacrifice . . . for the sake of God.” And for that she was venerated as “mother of the struggle,” elected to parliament and widely mourned upon her recent passing."
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Obama knows nothing of business but lays oppressive burdens upon businessmen; he knows nothing about fighting forces, yet uses them for his social engineering. Knowing nothing of the dangers Israel faces, Obama demands ridiculous concessions of our only civilized ally in that region.
Obama is, in fact, worse than nothing as Dr. Krauthammer lays out for us here.

In the Palestinian territories, streets, public squares, summer camps, high schools, even a kindergarten are named after suicide bombers and other mass murderers. So much for the notion that if only Israelis would care about Arab kids, peace would be possible. 

That hasn’t exactly been the problem. Israelis have wanted nothing more than peace and security for all the children. That’s why they accepted the 1947 U.N. partition of British Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state. Unfortunately — another asymmetry — the Arabs said no. To this day, the Palestinians have rejected every peace offer that leaves a Jewish state standing.

 

Foreign Policy Magazine; Let's hold the applause. Obama's trip to Israel was nothing new.  "As it stands now, in addition to Syria, Obama could be the president on whose watch two catastrophes befall the region. First, Iran could get the bomb, or he could go to war to stop it. Second, the window for a two-state solution to the Palestinian issue could slam shut."