There’s a fly in my soup; Obama’s shameful ad hominem presidency.

Ad hominem;

1: appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect

2: marked by or being an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made. 

Charles Krauthammer  "In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor. Horrible customer service is when every patron in a restaurant finds a fly in his soup. But when the maitre d’ screens patrons for their politics and only conservatives find flies paddlewheeling through their consomme, the problem is not poor service. It is harassment and invidious discrimination."
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"It’s not unlawful to run an ad hominem presidency. It’s merely shameful. The great rhetorical specialty of this president has been his unrelenting attribution of bad faith to those who disagree with him. He acts on principle; they from the basest of instincts.
"Well then, why not harass them? Why not ask the content of their prayers? "Why not read their e-mail? Why not give them especially horrible customer service?
"Waiter! There’s a fly . . . "

Strassel: Conservatives Became Targets in 2008 

The White House insists President Obama is "outraged" by the "inappropriate" targeting and harassment of conservative groups. If true, it's a remarkable turnaround for a man who helped pioneer those tactics.

 "If the country wants to get to the bottom of the IRS scandal, it must first remember the context for this abuse. That context leads to this White House." 

The slain British soldier and his Royal Artillery Regiment

Woolwich Attack: British soldier butchered on London Street identified as Drummer Lee ‘Riggers’ Rigby

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers  Rigby pictured at left.

Rigby with son and wife, below

So Much for Land for Peace: The Deal the Palestinians Rejected, The History That Was Never Made

The Tower  "In a stunning development that calls into question the basic willingness of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accept any peace agreement with the Jewish state, TheTower.org has obtained a hand-drawn map created by Abbas documenting a 2008 peace proposal outlined to him by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert – which Abbas rebuffed – and has confirmed the existence and details of the settlement offer in an exclusive interview with Olmert.

The front of Abbas’s map

"Given the chaos sweeping the Middle East since the September 2008 offer was rejected by Abbas, and the security deterioration on multiple Israeli borders, Olmert’s offer contains elements likely to be seen as essentially incompatible with Israel’s fundamental security requirements."
...."The two men discussed Olmert’s proposal in great detail, poring over a large map Olmert unfurled showing the dramatic territorial concessions Israel was prepared to make. Abbas acknowledged the offer and returned to Ramallah."

Islam and The Murder at Woolwich

 American Thinker  "Just as we all expected! All the predictable things that could be said are being said. All the clichés about 'communities sticking together' and that these killers 'don't represent Islam" (even from David Cameron). And I heard a Sikh from London defend himself because he thought he may be the victim of revenge attacks."

Al-Shabaab To British PM David Cameron: London Terror Attack “Not A ‘Betrayal’ Of Islam But Rather A ‘Portrayal’ Of Islam”…
The headline refers to this article in PJ Media:
Cameron called the “shocking” attack “not just an attack on Britain” but “also a betrayal of Islam – and of the Muslim communities who are give so much to our country.”
“There is nothing in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act,” he said.
Al-Qaeada-linked Somali terror group Al-Shabaab disagreed with that in a series of tweets from its official media arm this morning.

Obama Administration Calls for the ‘Human Rights’ of Jihadi Murderers
"It’s well known that whenever jihadis attack and slaughter innocent people — especially Christians — the Obama administration tries to ignore or whitewash. Lesser known, however, is that whenever foriegn governments try to subdue the jihadis, the Obama administration objects and calls for the “human rights” of the terrorists."  Via Lucianne

DENMARK: Piglets removed from agricultural exhibit because Muslim kids were stoning them to death 
"In one case a piglet was killed after children of a different (aka Muslim) ethnic background than Danish had stabbed a piglet with a stick."

When Did We Vote to Become Mexico?

Ann Coulter  ...."To the contrary, it's result of an insane government policy. Teddy Kennedy's 1965 Immigration Act was designed to artificially inflate the number of immigrants from the Third World, while making it virtually impossible for anyone from the nations that historically provided our immigrants to come here.
"Pre-1965 immigrants were what made this country what it was for a reason: "They were the pre-welfare state immigrants. From around 1630 to 1966, immigrants sank or swam. About a third of them couldn't make it in America and went home -- and those are the ones who weren't rejected right off the boat for being sick, crippled or idiots."
 

Oklahoma Needs Help, Not Ideology

Real Clear Politics  "Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican who lives in the very neighborhood that was overwhelmed, was talking about a call he received from President Obama. Hearing Cole, I realized how strange it is these days for politicians to speak in human terms about someone in the other political party -- especially if that someone is named Barack Obama. "He was very kind," Cole said.
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"Imagine: a solid conservative Republican declaring that Obama did something "kind, thoughtful and gracious." This takes courage in the GOP these days. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie learned as much last fall. He was ostracized by large parts of the right (and pronounced unwelcome at March's Conservative Political Action Conference) because he praised Obama's response to Hurricane Sandy.
"I hope Cole escapes this fate."

 

Jay Leno Unloads on Obama in Devastating 'Tonight Show' Monologue

Big Hollywood  "President Barack Obama is a nightmare for political comedians. He's too cool, too smart, too ... good at this whole leadership thing." 

"That was the bill of goods comedians sold us five years ago, an excuse which prevented them from mocking Obama as they did every previous Commander in Chief.
"Jay Leno wasn't buying that pile of horse manure.
"Leno has consistently tweaked Obama in his Tonight Show monologues since the early days of the president's administration, the same way Leno handled President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton."
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"And wouldn't you know it, Leno's ratings are on the rise these days."

The ratings leader in his time slot, Leno positively crushed Letterman and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel in the just-released early May sweeps ratings.

 This Leno bit is from Newsbusters  "Jay Leno on Tuesday continued his humorous attacks on the current White House resident.
"The NBC Tonight Show host concluded a series of opening monologue jokes targeting the administration saying, “That's why President Obama holds press conferences: not to explain what's going on, to find out what's going on” "

Why atheists have no fixed moral points — and why that’s a problem (even if they’re really sweet people)

Bookworm Room  "The Phoenix New Times reports that Mendez, who is an atheist, changed the course of the event held prior to the House of Representatives’ afternoon session. He asked lawmakers to refrain from bowing their heads and instead to view their surroundings."
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"That’s all well and good — cute and “kum-bye-yah” — but it reveals that dangerous moral vacuum at atheism’s center.  Everyone in the room is a moral authority.
"Okay, then, I’m a moral authority too.  And by the way, my morality says that I get to take everything in your house and put it in mine.  The reason?  I don’t need to give you a reason.".... 

'It made him look like a butler': Retired general blasts President Obama for ordering U.S. Marine to break military rules by holding an umbrella

UK Daily Mail



That's these guys' job

"The President caused a stir when he summoned over two marines to keep him dry at a press conference in the Rose Garden.
"The marines held an umbrella over the President and the Turkish Prime Minister individually as Obama made jokes about the weather.
However, for some the move was not a laughing matter particularly as it is a breach of protocol for marines to hold umbrellas while in uniform. "Lt Gen McInerney told MailOnline that he found it particularly insulting how the President at one point his his hand under the marine’s arm ‘like he wasn’t doing a good job or something’."

Hat tip to Val Brose, Santa Maria, CA

IRS Tyrant Lois Lerner was former FEC Tyrant Terrorizing Conservative and Christian Groups while Refusing to Pursue Obama's Illegal and Foreign Contributions

Atlas Shrugs

Lois Lerner, IRS official and director of IRS's Exempt Organizations Division is at the center of the IRS scandal. Lerner was formerly head of the Enforcement Office at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) where there are reports of her politically motivated harassment of conservative groups, according to a May 20 report on "The Weekly Standard."

"Lerner brought her skulduggery and utter disregard for the law to her new job with the IRS. Another Obama socialist and lawbreaker on the warpath using the full authority and power of the US government to terrorize and bully American citizens. Has any other person so singlehandedly influenced not just one, but two elections? Obama always rewards his lieutenants. Think Jarrett, Axlerod, Emanuel, Holder, ad nauseum."

Obama's campaign contributions from Gaza

 

Teacher Admits She ‘Prayed Out Loud’ During Violent Tornado: ‘I Did the Teacher Thing that We’re Probably Not Supposed to Do’

The Blaze  "Considering her situation at the time of the invocation, it’s understandable why Crosswhite risked facing criticism and potential claims that she violated the separation of church and state. Her life — and the lives of the children she was protecting — hung in the balance.

"As the violent storm raged, the teacher found herself in a bathroom stall with six children. With the kids crying and appealing to her for protection, she openly addressed the Lord, saying, “God please don’t take these kids today.”

"Previously, The Blaze reported that Crosswhite had draped her body over the students inside of the stall, comforting them during their time of need. In addition to assuring the children that they would be fine, she also exhibited courage and bravery, telling reporters that, throughout the experience, she never thought she was going to die."

Islamic fanatics wielding meat cleavers butcher a British soldier, taking their war on the West to a new level of horror

UK Daily Mail  "Throughout the frenzied attack they shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ – Arabic for ‘God is great’ – then demanded horrified witnesses film them as they ranted over the  crumpled body.
The two black men in their 20s, waited calmly for armed police to arrive before charging at officers brandishing a rusty revolver, knives and meat cleavers." Read more..
 

"It is thought the two fundamentalists had spent weeks watching the barracks, which the Queen is due to visit next week, prior to the attack. The ambush and stabbing of a soldier close to an army barracks is an unprecedented Islamic attack on mainland Britain. It immediately prompted widespread revulsion. David Cameron said Britain ‘will not be cowed, will never buckle’ in the face of terrorism last night as he urged people to go about their lives as normal in defiance of the ‘absolutely sickening’ killing in London."

English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson said: “They’re chopping our soldiers’ heads off. This IS Islam. That’s what we’ve seen today. They’ve cut off one of our soldier’s heads in the streets of London.
 "British soldier wearing ‘Help for Heroes’  shirt hacked to death and beheaded in broad daylight by two Muslim savages shouting “Allahu Akbar” "

 

He was butchered with knives and meat cleavers after a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into him  "Mr. Mohammed Shafiq, Chief Executive of the Ramadhan Foundation comments: “I wish to condemn the evil and barbaric crime carried out today in Woolwich.

" "Our immediate thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims. From whatever angle you see today’s attack it was at every level evil.” "

Help for Heroes 'desperately saddened by sickening attack'   These shirts can be ordered here:  http://shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/