The state of, um, "journalism" today

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/10/branco-cartoon-liberation-theology/

 

As I said yesterday, that guy with the Confederate flag was either an idiot or a left-wing plant,LukeHandCool nails it with this comment:  

....Imagine if a Republican were in the White House and just a tiny, ragtag Cindy Sheehan group of a couple dozen people (2/3 of them reporters) had disgustedly deposited barricades outsids I wrote yesterday, that guy with the Confederate flag was eitheran idiot or a left-wing plante the White House … those TV cameras would zoom in like Hubble telescopes and pan forever.

But, alas, to the great masses of low-info voters watching the MSM news … absolutely nothing happened in DC yesterday.  

I'm sure that Confederate flag got plenty of coverage. Especially on the race-pimping MSNBC (Often promoted on "Law and Order").

I told you the guy with that Confederate flag was either an idiot or a leftist plant. Race-baiting MSNBC jumped right on it. And so did these guys:
DC Ralliers Fly Rebel Flag, Tell Obama ‘Put the Quran Down’ "Ralliers"?. One stupid or vindictive guy. One.

From the left-wing ThinkProgress: Veterans Slam Tea Party Politicians For Hijacking Protest Against War Memorial Closures   "Polls show most Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown, and both the GOP and the Tea Party’s popularity are at all-time lows."
But it is the Obama administration which closed down all sites and gave orders to make the shutdown hurt citizens.

 

Let's not forget to check in on ObamaCare

11,588,500 Words: Obamacare Regulations 30 Times as Long as the Actual Law    "Bureaucracies in the Obama Administration have thus far published approximately 11,588,500 words of final Obamacare regulations, while there are only 381,517 words in the Obamacare law itself.

"That means unelected federal officials have now written 30 words of regulations for each word in the law. "....

Cronyism, incompetence cited in failure of healthcare.gov site  ..."InfoWorld summed it up: "It was built by people who are apparently far more familiar with government cronyism than they are with IT."

"All but one of the 47 contractors who won contracts to carry out work on the Affordable Care Act worked for the government prior to its passage," the report reads."... 

...."Nominally a defense contractor, SAIC has been involved with many government projects with ghastly end results, such as New York City's fraud- and corruption-riddled $600 million CityTime payroll software boondoggle." Rick Moran

Politico says: It's time to fire Secretary Sebelius 
“If Apple launched a major new product that functioned as badly as ObamaCare’s online insurance marketplace, the tech world would be calling for [CEO] Tim Cook’s head.”
"That searing indictment of Obamacare didn’t come from a conservative. Those were the words of the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein — yes, liberal Ezra Klein —and Evan Soltas in a blog post on Oct. 4, just three days after the online Obamacare marketplace opened. They were right."

 Obamacare website troubles began long before launch  ..."But the public simply wants to understand what is going on in the meantime, as the clock ticks on the individual mandate.  As we’ve seen the responses from this administration, which repeatedly tells the public these are all just glitches due to the overwhelming demand for Obamacare – demand it claims was unexpected – it should be evident by now that no straightforward answers appear to be coming our way anytime soon."
The NY Times article cited here: From the Start, Signs of Trouble at Health Portal

 

Obamacare’s Secret Is Out  "Timing is everything. And just as Congress’s focus seems to be drifting from Obamacare’s ravages on the economy, Americans are learning the reason this law’s implementation was postponed until after the presidential election.

"That reason is becoming clear as person after person opens the mail. Insurance costs are going up. For many, not just going up—skyrocketing.
"Ross, a married father of three small boys in Florida, tells us his insurance will be going up $525 per month. “I feel completely helpless,” he says."....

Doolittle Raiders' last toast

Doolittle Raiders Set 'Final Toast' for November  "By tradition, the Raiders reunite each year and toast "those who have gone" from the original 80. They use special silver goblets with engraved names. For years, the plan was for the last two survivors to make the final toast. However, after Maj. Thomas Griffin of Cincinnati died in February at age 96, it was decided to have a final ceremony this year because of the survivors' advancing ages." View short trailer.

 

executedtoday.com

Historical overview of the raid  "The April 1942 air attack on Japan, launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet and led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, was the most daring operation yet undertaken by the United States in the young Pacific War. Though conceived as a diversion that would also boost American and allied morale, the raid generated strategic benefits that far outweighed its limited goals."

Website: The Doolittle Raid remembered "This website is intended to provide accurate information for persons interested in learning more about the men who took part in the Doolittle Raid as well as the equipment used and other related subjects. Various pages can be accessed from the navigation bar above."

POWs of the Doolittle raid  Crewmen of the raid are listed here as well.

One of the men imprisoned by the Japanese became a Christian during his prison stay and returned to Japan as a missionary. Still others returned to civilian life here in the United States. More.

Doolittle raid photos

The executed raiders and their headstones 

Newspapers report the Doolittle Raid

North American B-25H Mitchell   "The North American B-25H Mitchell is one of the most well-known bombers from World War II. Made famous in the Doolittle Raid on Japan; the first retaliatory strike after the U.S. entered WWII, the B-25 became a symbol of American airpower during the war."

 

Our vindictive president and his actions in this shutdown

Obama’s Confession of Indifference   "When terrible things happened on George W. Bush’s watch — Katrina, Abu Ghraib, etc. — the immediate liberal response was to insist that Bush had in fact ordered or wanted the terrible things to happen.
"Now we have a president openly admitting it — and no one seems to care."  Jonah Goldberg

Andrew C. McCarthy asks, We can fund al-Qaeda but we can’t fund the families of our war dead?   "Don’t you find it strange... that in a shutdown Obama has instigated in order to enforce the Obamacare law Americans don’t want...his administration says we can fund al-Qaeda but we can’t fund the families of our war dead?"

The List: Unnecessarily Shut Down by Obama to Inflict Public Pain

 

   "There are many other examples of this president's cold-hearted fanaticism and willingness to punish people for reasons that seem to have much more to with spite than what is and is not "essential." In fact, there are a number of examples where Obama seems to be spending more money and using more resources to close and block and inconvenience than to just leave it alone.
   "The media may or may not report on these individual occurrences, but what they will never do is provide the American people with the full context and scope of Obama's shrill pettiness.
   "Below is a list of illogical, unnecessary, and shockingly spiteful moves our government is making in the name of essential and non-essential."....

The vets marched off with some of the Barrycades and dumped them at the White House fence:

Feds Blocking Road to Open-Air Flight 93 Memorial

"The Flight 93 Memorial honors the 40 crew members and non-terrorist passengers who died on that flight, and recalls the sense of national unity Americans felt in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks."

Photo slide show of the March on Washington

Redskins change their name because of the embarrassment it causes

Hat tip to Lester Hussey at America's Conservative Voice

ObaPawns in the game

Rand Paul’s shaky world view

I found this while trying to size up Sen. Paul and his qualifications as a national leader. I fear his father's "be nice to the Iranians and they will be nice to us" foreign policy, and suspect the acorn yada, yada, yada.
Anyway, let's add this to our body of knowledge on the man before considering Rand Paul as a President.

Jennifer Rubin "Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is supposedly the titular head of the isolationist wing of the Republican Party. He has, among other things, suggested that containing a nuclear-armed Iran would be feasible, that we need fewer bases and overseas troops, that we should cut foreign aid and that we should not have intervened or remained in Iraq."
....
"But here’s the rub: His philosophical bent is not consistent with discrete policies he says he wants to pursue, which just happen to be near and dear to the hearts of Christian conservatives who turn out heavily in the GOP presidential primary and caucus contests."

The Wheelchair Rebellion: Pulling the Trigger on Revolution, Calling Down the Swarm

Grumpy Opinions  ...."But the revolution is real. It has started, or rather, shall I say, it has moved past words. It is now on the ground. And a wheelchair shall lead them."

...."Instead, but again, almost in character, for craven meanness, spite and malice, and faux-badassness, Obama has exceeded even my expectations, enough so, that I have to believe the president (or his advisers) are trying to incite violence, real street violence. Is violence, not pain, their end game? Instead of hearing “Ouch”, do they want to hear gunfire?
"What are they thinking? Your guess is as good as mine, but the president is not trying a bluff here. If it’s a bluff, it’s already been called. The vets-in-wheelchairs took care of that at the WWII Memorial.
"Obama doesn’t seem to be daring the American people to rise up. He’s seems to be inviting them to."

ObamaCare is a Gigantic Shell Game

 

Galen Institute   "Obamacare is a gigantic shell game. Americans were promised that the Affordable Care Act would lower health costs by $2,500 a year for the average family, provide coverage for tens of millions more Americans, and do all of this while reducing the federal budget deficit. It would be accomplished through 2,800 pages of legislation, tens of thousands of pages of regulatory directives and an interlocking network of new federal mandates. Many Americans were skeptical that this unprecedented effort at government re-engineering could succeed. Their skepticism is justified."

UPDATED: Holy war in Harlem: Pastors want Al Sharpton out

UPDATE: Brother of Crown Heights Riot Victim Slams Sharpton Advertisers  "Rosenbaum lashed out at the media and politicians who have legitimized Sharpton. “That is an absolute disgrace, regardless of who it is: business, media, or politician,” said Rosenbaum. “Now he’s the expert on race relations? He’s the expert on nothing, he’s set race relations back decades. What’s he ever done for anybody? Really, by substance, what has he ever done? For MSNBC to be employing him is a sad reflection on them.' ”
Emphasis added, TD


Sign the petition to tell race-baiter Sharpton's advertisers to stop supporting his MSNBC program. For whatever good this will do.

Then start by calling Mondelez International, the owner of Ritz Crackers, at (855)535-5648. Tweet them @RitzCrackers with hashtag #SharptonsCrackers. Tell them they shouldn’t be signing checks to those who divide America to line their own pockets.

Four prominent clergymen invited over 100 churches to unify in an attempt dethrone Reverend Al Sharpton. (Via Drudge)
NYDailyNews.com.

 

"Speak Out Say It Loud, headquartered at Mount Neboh Baptist Church  on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., is a new coalition of black ministers determined to create a unified African-American power base with citywide clout.
Mount Neboh pastor Johnnie Green, 51, said Sharpton has neglected black New York while pursuing national fame and acclaim.
“While (Sharpton) is jet-setting around the country, people are going to our churches saying they don’t have money to eat,” the Dallas native said. “People need somebody to fight for them.' ”  More here.

Let's hope that time will not turn these men into Al Sharpton clones.

Girls 'harassed' in school bathroom by transgender student told his rights trump their privacy

UK Daily Mail

Girls have complained about the transgender student's harassment of them in bathrooms

The girls have been threatened with removal from sports teams and hate crimes charges

Unequal: Florence (CO) High School has put the rights of a transgendered boy above those of girls he is harassing in female restrooms

"The rights of a transgendered Colorado high school student are being put ahead of girls the boy harasses in the girls bathroom.
"A male student at Florence (CO) High School who claims to be transgendered has caused controversy by harassing female students in the girls room, but will not face any discipline – this despite vocal protests from the girls’ parents.
" ‘The boy’s rights as a transgender trump their daughters’ privacy rights,’ the school has told concerned parents, according to CBN."....

More posts on the March on Washington

NBC Washington: Rally at World War II Memorial Ends at White House  Naturally, being NBC, there is little mention of the blame these people have given to Barack Obama for this shutdown.  But know this: Turns out, the orders to close off the memorials and to deny death benefits to the families of the Fallen came directly from...the budget office of the White House.

 

Park Service: Administration- NOT House Republicans- ordered WWII memorial closed  ..."A spokesperson from the National Park Service confirmed Wednesday morning that Washington D.C.’s World War II Memorial was ordered closed by the White House Office of Management and Budget."....

 

Barry-cades confirmed: Park Service says Obama admin ordered closure of World War II Memorial

 

‘We Are Marching to the White House’: ‘Million Vet March’ Descends on Washington, Barricades Torn Down 

From Legal Insurrection: Liberation of WWII Memorial;  "They're carrying the barricades!"

 

 

Beth @betbell3

Heap of "Barrycades" that were carried to the WhiteHouse by the Vets..

 

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Get that Confederate flag out of there!  The guy carrying it is either an idiot or an Obama supporter trying to discredit the entire protest. You can be sure MSNBC and the rest of the ObaPress will show film of this jerk.