When Democrats run foreign policy

Obama ‘Impatient’ and ‘Disengaged’  The New York Times and Hurriyet
on White House's incoherent and opaque Syria policy.
 "Perhaps with the prospect of cutting a deal with Iran, Obama is loath to upset Tehran by committing any resources to toppling an ally in whom they’ve invested money, manpower and weapons."...

Mark Steyn: American Ineffectualism  "On CBS, Bashar Assad called the U.S. government “a social-media administration.” He’s got a better writer than Obama, too. America is in danger of being the first great power to be laughed off the world stage. When the president’s an irrelevant narcissist and his secretary of state’s a vainglorious buffoon, Marco Rubio shouldn’t be telling the world don’t worry, the other party’s a joke, too."

Our Standing in the Middle East Hits Rock Bottom  "Saudi Arabia lives in perpetual fear of its neighbor across the Gulf, Iran... Despite all this, and despite a longstanding alliance with the United States, today the Saudis found it necessary to break off diplomatic relations with us, due to our confused and lackadaisical response to the Syrian Civil War."

Report: Obama Regime Purging Military of Commanders They Don’t Agree With…

Weasel Zippers   "So far this year alone nine top ranking military commanders have been fired by the Obama administration."

Full article at The Blaze:
“ 'Obama will not purge a civilian or political appointee because they have bought into Obama’s ideology,” Vallely said. “The White House protects their own. That’s why they stalled on the investigation into fast and furious, Benghazi and Obamacare. He’s intentionally weakening and gutting our military, Pentagon and reducing us as a superpower, and anyone in the ranks who disagrees or speaks out is being purged.' ”
"A Pentagon official who asked to remain nameless because they were not authorized to speak on the matter said even “young officers, down through the ranks have been told not to talk about Obama or the politics of the White House. They are purging everyone and if you want to keep your job — just keep your mouth shut.

One such: Gen. Carter Hamm, Army

Served as head of the United States African Command during the bloodshed in Benghazi, Libya when four American citizens, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens and two retired Navy Seals, were murdered by militants on Sept. 11, 2012. Senior military officials told TheBlaze Hamm was extremely critical of the Obama administration, including when reinforcements were not sent to help the U.S. citizens under attack in Benghazi. Hamm “resigned and retired” in April 2013.

Is this the proper American Muslim response to jihad in America?

By Pamela Geller at American Thinker   "They cite the Quran, chapter and verse.  Muslims worldwide continue the 1,400-year-old war to impose Islam across the world -- all citing the same Islamic texts and teachings.
"There is a problem in Islam.

"So what is the response of the Muslim community?

"On the same day that Hassan Abu Omar Ghannoum was arrested, the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California issued a statement: "We share the collective concern for the safety of our communities and security of our nation."  However, it went on to say: "We ask that law enforcement officials and members of the media refrain from assuming that the alleged criminal's wrongful conduct, if any, was a product of his self-proclaimed faith or associations with members of the southern California Muslim community.' "
....
"Why isn't the Muslim community trying to reform Islam?  Why aren't Muslim groups shutting down mosques that teach and preach jihad?...."  Via Lucianne

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Man in the White House

Robert Spencer  "When the State Department announced early in October that it was cutting hundreds of millions in military and other aid to Egypt, it was yet another manifestation of Barack Obama’s unstinting support for the Muslim Brotherhood, a support that has already thrown Egypt back into the Russian orbit. The aid cut was essentially giving the Egyptian people a choice between Muslim Brotherhood rule and economic collapse. Nothing else could have been expected from Obama, who has been a Brotherhood man from the beginning."  Via Lucianne. 

 

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The Arab News Reports: Faulty website shaming Obama/ Irony Alert!

Arab News   "US presidents are used to deference and barking orders, not wiping egg from their faces.
"So it was unpalatable for Barack Obama to go on television Monday and admit glaring failures in the rollout of the health care law that bears his name."
....
"The idea that government can work is also at the center of Obama’s political creed, and is a driving motivator of his ideological clash with Republicans. So any evidence to the contrary is inconvenient to say the least. But the faulty debut of the Healthcare.gov website is spurring questions over Obama’s
competence in implementing a law he wagered his presidency to pass three years ago, but which has yet to deliver a political payoff."

IRONY ALERT! Letterman writer: Obama 'too competent' to make jokes about

It's not because he's black and it's not because we're afraid. It's just that he's, just so far, just a little too damn competent and we ain't used to that. [multiple panelists say "yeah."] 

Ineptness of Obama leaves America staggering  "The ineptitude is painful to watch. The arrogance is truly suffocating. And the coolness that was once Mr. Obama’s hallmark has turned into brittle anger that he barely conceals."

Plano, Texas: Three [um, gentlemen] Caught On Tape Desecrating American Flag On A Veteran’s Porch

Weasel Zippers 

 

"Plano veteran Larry Lorance always has a flag flying at his home. And he’s fed up with having to replace it.

"Lorance’s front door flag was destroyed for the third time early Friday morning. He says his verbal response to the attack isn’t fit for publication; but, he thought ‘my gosh, they did it again.’

“ 'A lot of men and women gave their lives for this flag,” he said sternly, adding that, “as an American, and as a veteran, I was offended by that.”

"After the second flag was destroyed, Lorance installed a surveillance system and sure enough the culprits were captured on video. And he says the incident went beyond damage—he was appalled at the disrespect."

Full Article.

Tea-partier unloads on Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson for KKK email (UPDATED)

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WND   "Outspoken Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is facing considerable outrage after comparing the tea party to the Ku Klux Klan in a new fundraising email.
"In the final days of the government shutdown, Grayson told MSNBC’s Al Sharpton he believes the tea party is about as popular as the KKK. He is now circulating a fundraising email that shows a burning cross and two Klansmen in the background. The graphic uses the cross to begin spelling out “tea party,” and the caption reads, “Now You Know What the ‘T’ Stands For.”

"The following is an image of the email:


UPDATE: Armed Mommy asks us to photo bomb Grayson's Facebook page with this photo.

Jennifer Burke, national outreach director for TheTeaParty.net, which is the largest grassroots tea-party group in the nation addresses Grayson's remarks to Sharpton.  (Audio at the link)
“He’s taken the history of the Democratic Party – because they were the party of the KKK. They were the ones that were burning crosses and lynching black people and shooting them because they were the wrong color – he’s applying that horrible time in our history to a group of people who simply want constitutionally limited government and who want the government to respect the freedoms that the Constitution grants us in our God-given rights,” Burke told WND.
"Grayson is not backing down. The man who once said the GOP health-care plan was for people to die quickly and once called an opponent a member of the Taliban, doubled down when questioned about the fundraising message.
Read more.

What Real Estate Agents Say Vs. What They Actually Mean

Buzzfeed
"What they say - “You won’t believe the size of the closets!' ”

 

What they mean - “You won’t believe this is legally allowed to be called a closet!”

 

More here.

Saudi spy chief says outraged Riyadh to 'shift away from US' over Syria, Iran

Prince Bandar slams US for failure in dealing with Mideast; initiative follows Saudi decision to reject UNSC seat.

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Jerusalem Post  "Prince Bandar bin Sultan told European diplomats that Washington had failed to act effectively on the Syria crisis and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was growing closer to Tehran, and had failed to back Saudi support for Bahrain when it crushed an anti-government revolt in 2011, the source said.
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"The shift away from the US is a major one," the source close to Saudi policy said. "Saudi doesn't want to find itself any longer in a situation where it is dependent."

"The United States and Saudi Arabia have been allies since the kingdom was declared in 1932, giving Riyadh a powerful military protector and Washington secure oil supplies."

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Saudi Arabia "Outraged" At Obama's Peace Overtures With Syria, Iran

Saudis now feel that the Obama administration is disregarding Saudi concerns over Iran and Syria, and will respond accordingly in ignoring "U.S. interests, U.S. wishes, U.S. issues" in Syria, said Mustafa Alani, a veteran Saudi security analyst with the Geneva-based Gulf Research Center.

"They are going to be upset—we can live with that," Mr. Alani said Sunday of the Obama administration. "We are learning from our enemies now how to treat the United States." 

Emphases in the original. This world is a much more dangerous place now due to the policies - rather the absence thereof - of Barack Obama.

Shame on those clueless fifty million who voted for this man.  TD

 

Sticker Shock: Obamacare Increases Premiums in 42 States

"And at the current rate it would take nearly 50 years to sign up the 30 million projected to be enrolled within the next five."

 

PJ Media   "Heritage Foundation analyst Drew Gonshorowski’s research showed that for most states premiums are higher compared to what was previously available before the rollout of the exchanges. For example, in the state of Oklahoma premiums increased by 60 percent for 27 year olds. Meanwhile, premiums have gone up by 175 percent for similarly aged Americans living in Arkansas. In the state of Texas, increases are even greater as premiums doubled for 27 year olds.

"Gonshorowski’s analysis shows the hardest hit by the rate increases will be young adults. The ACA increases premiums for young people in at least 11 states by more than 100 percent. Many states double or nearly triple premiums for young adults. Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, and Vermont see some of the largest increases in premiums in the nation.
“A state that exhibits this clearly is Vermont, where the increase for 27 year olds is 144 percent and the increase for 50 year olds is still 60 percent, but far less,” he writes. “All states exhibit this relationship.' ”

Consumer Misreported

Weasel Zippers

"Someone got assaulted somewhere in a woodshed.
"Via ConsumerReports:"....


Obamacare opponents have misrepresented Consumer Reports' position

"Pundits opposed to the new health care law and some media outlets have tried to suggest that our coverage of the troubled HealthCare.gov site means that Consumer Reports has turned against the Affordable Care Act.  

"Not true. Consistent with our mission to inform and protect consumers, particularly in this complicated health care market, our advice remains the same: The best place to buy coverage on your own is through the Health Insurance Marketplace in your state. That guarantees you will get comprehensive coverage, and it's the only way you can lower the cost of your premiums and possibly even your deductibles and copayments."....

 Separate_Reality commented:   

"Don't forget the light bulb fiasco......a few years back, Consumer Reports backed those morons in Congress and pimped for the curly fluorescent bulbs. Both ideas were stupid and it only accomplished running every single light bulb manufacturer from the US to China, Mexico, and other nether regions."