Obama’s Bluster Pulpit

The president’s saber-rattling in the Middle East makes America look weak and puts the world in danger

Victor Davis Hanson
"Most presidents are more resolute than Jimmy Carter and less firm than Reagan. George W. Bush, for example, meant what he said about the unpopular surge of troops into Iraq, which eventually quelled the violence of 2007-08. Yet in July 2003, when he taunted jihadists with, “Bring ’em on” at the start of the Iraqi insurgency, such braggadocio was not always followed by firm consequences. For example, the April 2004 abrupt pullback from the siege of Fallujah only fuelled greater violence.

"Unfortunately, after nearly five years in office, both President Obama’s foreign rivals and his domestic critics bet that his often saber-rattling rhetoric is mostly show. The more animated it sounds, the more observers assume that presidential tough talk will yield to American indecisiveness."

From an Egyptian in Alexandria

The Daily Bret Hat tip to Rush Limbaugh who weighs in on this subject as few others can. Printed as is with no corrections or edits.

"In a Nutshell...
 A lot of my dear American friends sill ask me what on earth really happened in egypt, for their benefit, and anyone else on earth genuinely trying to make heads or tails of us "crazy Egyptians" ; here's exactly what happened in egypt over the past 12 months, but expressed in 'American" terms...
 There are no exaggerations or lies, these events all took place:
 On June 30th 2012, democratically elected Barack Obama wins the election with 51.7%, takes the oath, and is sworn in as president of the United States.
 First five months of his term go relatively smoothly, where he makes almost no decisions (except for some dubious presidential pardons to a dozen convicted terrorists, including some convicted for their part in the assassination of a former US President).

 Suddenly, on November 21st 2012, president Obama issues a presidential decree giving himself sweeping powers, to the extent that his future decrees become un-contestable in any court, in effect his decisions henceforth are akin to the word of God.
 His laws a new Bible...

Nationwide protests erupt as a result of this decree and 1.5 million people organize a sit-in at the White House to peacefully request he rescind it.
 Some of Obama's democratic party supporters attack the peaceful sit-in outside the White House with guns & shoot 5 peaceful protesters dead
 A few weeks later president Obama dissolves the US Supreme Court and labels them all "traitors to America"

 One short week later, he fires the United States District Attorney and personally appoints a Democrat to replace him.
 A month later he annuls the US Constitution and forms a 'constitutional committee' to draft a new constitution (committee includes no Republicans or Independents, no Moslems or Jews, and only a handful of women.. And is composed primarily of Democrats & religious preachers)
 In a referendum not supervised by any judicial branch, this constitution narrowly wins, and President Obama ratifies it the very next morning (despite it having only gotten the approval of 18% of all Americans).
 Within a month he invites top global terrorists, known jihadists and Al Qaeda members from all over the world, to a rally in Yankee stadium, where he cuts ties with and declares war on, Canada.

 Throughout this whole time, the US economy is sinking, the stock market collapsing, foreign investment has all but stopped, tourism has died, and electricity, fuel, and water shortages are a daily occurrence.
 Unemployment has almost doubled, and the US$ dollar has lost 20% of its value globally.
 Oh, and president Obama also outlines his new plans to lease the entire Silicon Valley area to China for 50 years (with full administrative control)...
 Democratically elected president Barack Obama has done all the above in his FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE!!!
 Ultimately, on June 30th, 2013...
 110 million Americans take to the streets in 50 States peacefully and politely demanding -for 4 straight days- that democratically elected Obama leave immediately, and not continue his remaining 3 years....
 That's it in a nutshell
 Who would you say had "legitimacy" in this case if it had been America?
 "Democratically elected Barrack Obama", or the 110 million Americans who fired him ... ?"

Michelle Obama Mother's Day tribute

Hey, this is not from Rush Limbaugh; this is from non-partisan Jib Jab

Hat tip to http://hopenchangecartoons.blogspot.com/

Morning Bell: Obamacare’s Dirty Dozen Implementation Failures

Heritage  "Last week, the Obama Administration attempted to spin its announcement of a one-year delay in Obamacare’s employer mandate as an effort to implement the law “in a careful, thoughtful manner.” Don’t be fooled. Even Democrats have admitted the law has turned into a massive “train wreck,” with delays, glitches, and problems aplenty. Here are a dozen more Obamacare implementation failures."
....

"As these examples demonstrate, it’s not just the employer mandate that’s flawed—it’s the entire law. Recognizing these myriad, massive failures, Congress should hold the line and refuse to spend a single dime on Obamacare implementation."

Obama administration Voter ID hypocrisy

M. L. Pershern  "In light of the recent presidential pander-cation to Africa, it was timely to find the following link, from a simpatico, in my e-mail inbox: White House Pays $53 Million for Voter ID in Kenya While Opposing Same in US."

Quoting a White House document:

In Kenya, the $53 million Yes Youth Can program empowers nearly one million Kenyan youth to use their voices for advocacy in national and local policy-making, while also creating economic opportunities.  In advance of Kenya’s March 2013 general elections, Yes Youth Can’s “My ID My Life” campaign helped 500,000 youth obtain National identification cards, a prerequisite to voter registration, and carried out a successful nationwide campaign with Kenyan civic organizations to elicit peace pledges from all presidential aspirants.

Obama's State Department credibility takes a hit

Psaki's pants on fire  The State Department's new spokeswoman Jen Psaki has sacrificed her own, the State Department, and Secretary of State John Kerry's credibility with her readily proven lying about his whereabouts as the coup in Egypt unfolded. Jennifer Epstein at Politico:....

"Diplomats are supposed to be able to lie, but they have to do it with style and finesse, over matters easily checked. The credibility of all concerned has taken a nosedive, just as the State Department faces very delicate tasks in Egypt."   

Right: "But the State Department said Kerry was not aboard a boat on Wednesday and has spent the day working the phones on Egypt. "Since his plane touched down in Washington at 4 a.m."

The State Department's New Mouthpiece, "Jen Psaki, has a history of serving as Barack Obama's mouthpiece. People will yearn for the days of Victoria Nuland -- who actually had a long bipartisan and impressive career. She has been replaced by a hack.
"Obama's second term even more than his first term has been marked by political hacks being rewarded with plum government jobs. This is true over at the State Department, as well, where Jen Psaki has been given the high profile position as its spokeswoman." 

Historical Photos Colorized And Brought Back To Life

So Bad, So Good  "Yet pausing occasionally to sit back and soak in our history can prove invaluable  A glimpse into our past, provides powerful reminder of just how far we’ve come as a society and also, how some things never truly change. Recently we’ve taken you back down memory lane into Life In 19th Century New York, shown you the Childhood Photos Of The World’s Most Brutal Dictators and even put together this unique list of 30 Must-See Photographs From Our Past - but today we’re doing something different."

Lewis Powell, part of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy, 1863

 

Rescued inmates at Nazi concentration camp Wobbelin, 1945

Forget what Hollywood wants you to think of fracking

Fracking is another of Hollywood's villains and one more example of why the liberal media cannot be taken at their word.
Shale Gas Is Fracking Green

"Ask a green what he or she thinks about fracking, and you’re likely to get an earful of criticism about methane leaks, poisoned groundwater, and climate change disaster. But a new report from the ecologically minded Breakthrough Institute (BI) makes the case that shale gas actually has a net environmental benefit. Nevermind the boosts to our energy security, and economy that fracking provides; the controversial drilling process is worth embracing on green merits alone."

Hollywood, hypocrisy and Matt Damon's anti-fracking film  "Successful business people? Villains, of course. Environmentalists? Heroes, naturally. And few industries are maligned by entertainment media more than oil and gas, whistleblower characters, excepted." ....
"Now, it’s the business of natural gas. A process called fracking that has come under fire from the left, and naturally it has also become the target of Hollywood writers and celebrities, on and off the screen."

TNT’s ‘Rizzoli and Isles’ Demonizes Fracking  "The plot featured an ex-Blackwater agent, masquerading as a yoga guru, who kills a vegan student and a professor in order to hide his drilling for natural gas from shale. This episode was a triple decker for left-wing stereotypes."
....

The clear anti-fracking statements throughout the show are not new for Hollywood, and they leave out important facts. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin recently concluded that “there is no evidence” of polluted drinking water caused by fracking. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson even told the Ithaca Journal, “We have absolutely no indication now that drinking water is at risk.”

 

How's the Obama Muslim outreach working out?

Anti-Americanism flares in Egypt as protests rage over Morsi's ouster "As rival camps of Egyptians protest for and against the toppling of President Mohamed Morsi, there is a rare point of agreement: America is to blame."

...."It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't quagmire in which the U.S. appears to have alienated both sides, underscoring waning American influence and credibility as it attempts to navigate the turmoil."

This next remark reflects what Iranians as well must feel about Obama's failure to speak on their behalf:

After that, activists used a variety of foul language to describe Patterson and called for her to be kicked out of the country. Anti-Morsi protesters say such criticism is justified because the U.S. failed to speak out more aggressively when Morsi was accused of cracking down on political opponents, journalists and judges.

"It's not only about elections," said Mohammed Farahat, 27, an advertising account manager. "Hitler was elected too. It bothers me that the U.S. presents itself as a peacemaker, but then they supports a fascist regime like Morsi's."

 

Obama Call for Muslim Brotherhood Role Overtaken in Egypt   "A crackdown on the Brotherhood by Egyptian authorities in the early 1950s contributed to its radicalization. After an army coup ousted Egypt’s monarchy in 1952, the Brotherhood was accused of trying to assassinate the president. The party was banned and thousands of its members were tortured, imprisoned and held for years."

Andy McCarthy: Elections Are Not Democracy; A lesson from Egypt.
"The latter is real — a culture of liberty that safeguards minority rights. Attaining it is a worthy aspiration, but one that requires years of patient, disciplined, and often unpopular work. The former is an illusion — the pretense that if a Muslim country holds popular elections and elects totalitarian Islamists, voila, it has a “democracy,” and progressives the world over will regard it as such."
....
"The neocons have also always been right that evil must be confronted and defeated. Yet that cannot happen unless evil is recognized as such. We must not rationalize Islamic supremacism and its sharia system as something they are not — as virtuous, or at least moderate — just because, given the choice, Islamic societies will vote for them. Egypt’s real democrats are trying to tell us that there are no moderate totalitarians. We would do well to listen."

http://en.kichka.com/

Much truth in his article, but its import is a little scary to me: Can what happen in Egypt happen here in America? Should it happen here what would trigger it? Who will lead the revolution?
"The Egyptian people were tired of a government that ran roughshod over their rights. They were tired of a government that spent more money than they took in. They were tired of a government that borrowed money from other nations that future generations of Egyptians will have to figure out how to pay back."
....
[Obama and Morsi] "were educated in America. They both were former College Professors(sp). They both have close associations with anti-American groups. The both have ties with radical groups and organizations that are hostile towards Israel. They both rose to power out of relative obscurity by promising some form of “hope and change”. They both have blamed their predecessors for their current failures."

 http://antiantiunderground.com/

Pity the poor group in society that becomes Hollywood's enemy; lucky is he who is Hollywood's friend

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/07/branco-cartoon-risky-business/

The Egyptian Uprising: Messages to the America People

Egyptian Uprising: Messages to America  

The Egyptian Uprising had the largest attendance of any event in human history. Throughout the crowd, there were clear messages to Americans.

The Lone Ranger just ain't what he used to be. (Updated)

Have you noticed who the latest villains are in the TV dramas lately? Not gangs, certainly not Islamic terrorists, not foreign spies; the evil people are those we work for, buy from and who have enriched our lives and economy. Walk around your home, or drive around your town and see the luxuries and needs that these abhorred bandits provide. They are the soft targets that nobody loves, but we cannot do without.
Now the Lone Ranger - from whom we boys of another generation learned honor, integrity, tolerance and fair play - is the latest with the identical list of  enemies; Hollywood's enemies that includes the TEA Party, conservatives, Christians, oil companies, capitalists, and pretty much everything that involves Caucasian non-Muslims.

Why do we have to pay big bucks for a movie or plan on an evening of television to be brow-beaten and indoctrinated by the shows we watch?
By wealthy Hollywood liberals no less?

The Johny Depp Lone Ranger movie, at least based on early box office results, is shaping up to be quite the bomb.
"What makes the Lone Ranger finally embrace the need for his mask, and hence the whole “secret identity” thing? In a nutshell, he realizes his fellow

white men are corrupt, and complicit in the mass murder of Tonto’s fellow Native Americans. If he takes the mask off, then he too will wind up becoming complicit. Yes, that’s right — in this film, the Lone Ranger’s mask is made of White Guilt. "And in fact, the only function the Native Americans in this film have, other than Tonto, is to die horribly so that the Lone Ranger will have a catalyst to make him Man Up."

And is it a spoiler to say that one of the film's heavies is a capitalist?

Tonto calls the Lone Ranger a "weak, pale-faced wet-brain".

Even the LA Times didn't like the show, but the PC didn't seem to register on their radar.  "...."The Lone Ranger" exists without a convincing sense of jeopardy or, more critically, any place for audiences to emotionally connect. That TV show may have been modesty itself in terms of production values, but we cared about its heroes in a way we do not here."

Crosswalk calls the movie a Wild, Wild Mess   "The final 30 minutes of The Lone Ranger....are nothing short of spectacular. Clever, well-paced and thoroughly exciting (the William Tell Overture provides the perfect musical backdrop, naturally), this last half-hour is exactly what one wants a summer movie to be.
"Trouble is, the audience has to sit through nearly two hours of utter tedium to get there...."