The Stakes in Ukraine

President Obama failed to support those in Iran who opposed that Islamist government, so why would he support the people of the Ukraine? Their government wants to turn its back on alliances with the western democracies
and ally once more with the former Soviet Union and I blame the weakness they see in the West, particularly America.
This cowardly administration is undoing all the finest US foreign policy achievements of the 20th Century.
To quote a song title, "When will America become America?*"  I do not see it under Democrats, particularly Obama. TD
*However this song is about a much different topic than standing by our allies.

In Kiev today, as in Central Europe in 1989, the stakes are freedom and truth.

"Ukraine’s suffering at the hands of a thuggish government and its agents is a powerful reminder that freedom is never free. And that is why it is imperative that the West, led by the United States, support the demands for political and economic reform in Ukraine, and for the reform of Ukraine’s public culture, that are being pressed by those brave men and women who have challenged the power of the powerful with the power of truth."

 

From the Los Angeles Times; Ukraine's drama, Obama's weakness  
... "President Obama's inattention to national security distinguishes him from his predecessors, Republican and Democrat alike, since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"Unlike them, his first thought every morning seems to be not the international threats facing the United States and its allies; rather, as he said in the 2008 campaign, his aim is to "fundamentally transform" America." ...  More here.

Priorities for U.S. Policy toward Ukraine in the Obama Administration
" 'In essence," Miller clarified, "in exchange for giving up the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, Ukraine received a solemn commitment from the U.S. that it would support Ukraine against the outside threat of or actual use of political, military, or economic force.' "
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" 'The future is in the hands of the people of Ukraine," he said, "but we should be ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with a democratic Ukraine as we have in the past.' "

Exactly what do you see in this president's track record to make you feel he will stand up to despots to help out any oppressed people against anyone?

Twenty-nine significant changes made to ObamaCare. So far

 

The Galen Institute  "By our count at the Galen Institute, more than 29 significant changes already have been made to ObamaCare: at least 12 that President Obama has made unilaterally, 15 that Congress has passed and the president has signed, and 2 by the Supreme Court. But even this large number of changes hasn’t stopped the cascade of failures we are seeing today in the implementation of the law."  Full article

More commentary on the ACA from this source.

 The Galen Institute, Inc., is a not-for-profit, free-market research organization devoted exclusively to health policy. It was founded in 1995 by Grace-Marie Turner to promote a more informed public debate over individual freedom, consumer choice, competition, and diversity in the health sector.

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http://www.wnd.com/category/opinion/cartoons/

 

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Below: Zappatrust 

Ann Coulter on Words with fiends

Human Events

  "Whenever liberals are in a tight spot, they adopt the scorched-earth policy of argumentation. With no answer, they start demanding that you define words: What do you mean “liberal”? What do you mean “democracy”? What do you mean “patriotism”?

" 'They retreat from argument, burning the English language as they go."
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"A 78-year-old woman is punched by a young black male for no reason, and the Times’ central point is: “Perp says it’s not a ‘game.’”
"Similarly, in Philadelphia magazine, Stephen Silver said of two recent knockout attacks in Philadelphia that he wasn’t counting either one as “confirmed cases of the Knockout Game” on the grounds that the puncher said he “was not participating in the Game.”
"Until the assailants admit they’re playing a game, liberals say the Knockout Game is a “hoax.”
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"While we’re on the subject, I can’t think of a single instance in which someone has admitted to committing a “hate crime,” but liberals are always calling things “hate crimes.' ”  Emphasis mine, TD
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And lastly, is this point by Ms. Coulter I loved reading:

...(Say, was the wanton violence by Democratic Party offshoot the Ku Klux Klan a “trend” or more of a “fad”?)

 MSM Ignores 'Knockout' Game  Radio talk show host Larry Elder: “The 'knockout game' – and the media underreporting of it – combines the breakdown of the family with the media's condescending determination to serve as a public relations bureau for blacks. The 'game' is a dare in which a young man – all the perps appear to be male people of color, mostly blacks – tries to literally knock out an innocent bystander with one blow. Both National Public Radio and The New York Times say these reports of the 'knockout game' being widespread are overblown and do not represent a trend. Really? … "From a distance, the media can spot some lone idiot holding up an offensive sign at a tea party rally. But when it comes to black perp/white victim crime, there is a very different attitude.”

 Here is a feel-good story for you! Knockout Game Goes Right: Unlikely Target Gives Thug REALLY Ugly Beatdown
"When a would-be knockout game star and his accomplice run down a Vegas shopping mall to punch a random woman in the face, the attacker finds out quickly what happens if you pick on the wrong person.
"You wind up being humiliated on social media. The targeted woman doesn’t go down when the swing goes awry, and she begins waylaying on him. The boyfriend flies in with a Bruce Lee-style tiger knee to the face, and the rest is Internet history."

 

But...“This incident does not suggest it would be related to any random incident like a ‘knockout’ type game,” he said, noting it “remains under investigation.”

 

Oh, well, as long as the knock-out gamers out there see this video.

Here Are The 30 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken

worldtruth.tv   "These 30 powerful photos are famous and poignant, they will forever be cemented in history. The images that were captured are so intense, they are impossible to be forgotten. They said a picture is worth a thousand words… but it’s impossible to say just how many words these are worth. Prepare to be left speechless."

Here are TD's main choices:

16. Embracing couple in the rubble of a collapsed factory

 

23. Christians protect Muslims during prayer in the midst of the 2011 uprisings in Cairo, Egypt

 

29. Inside an Auschwitz gas chamber

A long flight back home for Barack? Just guessing. I don't know. I can't say.

American Thinker   "Check out the pictures below.  Did an irate Michelle make misbehaving Barry switch seats at Mandela's funeral?"

 

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(Above) Notice Michelle's body language; her knees are pointed away from Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Michelle's back is to her.

Another apology tour including some bowing?

Updates from here on:
Experts snap at memorial selfies
"Nothing good can come of bringing an iPhone to a memorial service.

"That’s the consensus of etiquette experts who said Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s selfie at Nelson Mandela’s memorial was no time for a picture-perfect moment, but differed over whether it amounted to a serious protocol violation."

Obama and selfies; Did you think Rush Limbaugh wouldn't have an opinion?   "The Biggest Selfie Boo-Boo Since Weiner"

The Sydney, Australia, Morning Herald covered the episode this way: "US President Barack Obama may have moved the masses attending Nelson Mandela’s memorial service with his stirring eulogy, but it was his grinning "selfie" with the Danish and British premiers that set social networks abuzz."
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But keep in mind: "The event was a memorial service and not a funeral for Mandela, who died last week aged 95, and the mood was one of joy and hope as mourners sang, danced and chanted their way into the stadium."

 

Of Course: Photographer Who Took POTUS Selfie Photo Ashamed He Broke News    “ 'That’s kind of a bummer.” Let’s translate that from MSM to English: I broke news — I’m a successful wire service photog! But I broke news that made Mr. Obama look bad. I’ll never hear the end of this from my peers standing around the Monsieur Coffee machine in the AFP break room in their Paris HQ. I am a failure of a photographer. I’ll never be stupid enough to break news again. Mon Dieu! Where did it all go wrong?"

 

If the above seems petty, it is because many of us remember this:

 

And we remember the total lack of grace Mr. Obama has returned to President Bush in the years since. 

The Tunnel Dweller, writing from down where we can observe the character of today's Democrat party. This is most definitely NOT my father's or my Democrat Party (Except for shaking off it's Jim Crow roots).

UPDATED: When do we finally stop the harassment of little boys by school administrators?

Legal Insurrection   "We need a K-12 Insurrection."

 

The "war on little boys in elementary schools continues unabated.
Little children are being punished with suspensions, expulsions, and permanent damage to school records based on standards of conduct carried into elementary schools from the adult world. Typically, but not exclusively, the insanity is directed at little boys for alleged violation of zero tolerance gun and sexual harassment policies."

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"The Principal is defending the punishment:

District superintendent Robin Gooldy told The Associated Press on Tuesday the boy was suspended because of a policy against unwanted touching.
“The focus needs to be on his behavior. We usually try to get the student to stop, but if it continues, we need to take action and it sometimes rises to the level of suspension,” he said.
He said officials have not heard from the girl’s parents, and no legal action is anticipated because it was only a violation of school policy.

"Something needs to be done about out of control school administrators."

 

LI lists these related prior posts:

• 10-year old Johnny Jones suspended for shooting imaginary arrow
• The zero-tolerance war on kindergarteners
• 12-year old RI student suspended for small keychain “gun”
• Maryland school offers counseling for students troubled by “pastry gun” incident
• 6-year old brings Quarter-sized toy gun on bus, threatened with detention and suspension
• Second Grader Suspended for Pointing Pencil Like a Gun
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• UPDATE below

He looked lovingly into our eyes and we knew we'd follow him no matter what...

Hat tip to Alan Caruba

This audio is dedicated to you lovers of big government (who are not likely to be visiting this site)  Via Neal Boortz

Walk of Shame 

Legal Insurrection

Alan Caruba: Obama's Moment of Truth---About His Lies

Warning Signs

 

Mr. Caruba makes a number of salient points in this excellent column which you are implored to read. But for reasons of my own, I have chosen to excerpt this one:

 

"Obama is the fulfillment of a long effort by the former Soviet Union, begun in the 1920s, to transform our society from one whose values and policies led the world in the effort to oppose communism even as it and European allies embraced socialist programs that are now threatening theirs and our economic stability. “Social justice” is the term adopted and exercised through “political correctness”, a philosophy that paints the U.S. as a heartless, rapacious, racist, capitalist nation more to be hated than admired.

Political correctness played a major role in the election of a virtually unknown first term Senator from Illinois because Americans wanted to demonstrate to the world that a black man could be elected President.

Rebrand ObamaCare all you want: A bad product is still bad

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Canada Free Press   "Even though a recent Rasmussen Reports telephone survey ... shows that 81 percent of voters believe ObamaCare should be repealed or changed, the president and the Democrats are clinging to their health care “titanic” full speed ahead! And instead of the working-class consumer choosing to use the product because they like it, the president and the Democrats are insisting on using the force of law – that only they knew what was in it – to shove this bad medicine down our throats anyway for ailments most of us do not have.
 

"In addition to the false advertising and scare tactics, the president is asking others to help him “spread the word” in his rebranding initiative:"
More here.

 

Urban legend: Obama's wedding ring

Claim:   Barack Obama's wedding ring bears an Arabic inscription reading “There is no god but Allah.”

Snopes says this is false:  Lord of the Ring

"This claim about Barack Obama's ring (shown in more detail here) looks to be an artifact of someone who has never actually seen the ring in question trying mightily to find a hidden message where none exists, however. All of the images used to illustrate the claim are either blurry, low-resolution close-ups or shots taken from too distant a perspective to clearly show the details of the gold band. Isolating the ring from a much higher-resolution photograph of President Obama's hand taken by photographer Miguel Villagran during a 5 June 2009 news conference in Dresden, Germany, shows the ring to bear what looks like nothing more than a plain loop-like pattern, with the top section matching the bottom:"

From About.com/ Urban Legends; Hi-Res Image of Barack Obama's Wedding Ring

"As you can see in the viral illustration at right, someone has worked very diligently to make it appear as though certain Arabic characters match certain lines and shadows on the face of Obama's ring. But, as you can also see, the alleged correspondence isn't just forced, it's utterly reliant on the defects of the fuzzy, low-resolution images used."

 

From The Christian Post: Barack Obama's 'Islamic' Wedding Ring Claim Proven False?  "According to About.com Urban Legends, Obama's ring bears an abstract design instead of an Arabic script initially spoken about by WND and the publication's sources. While the shahada, or Muslim profession of faith's phrase in its entirety states "There is no god but God and Muhammad is the prophet of God," some believed that the president's ring only contained the first part of the statement.
"However, Snopes.com, a website discussing urban legends, also seemed to debunk the rumors that the ring contained any Arabic writing at all."

We appreciate those who keep us abreast of rumors and legends floating around that damage the trust people have in conservative sources.
Hat to to Harley Standlee of Placerville, CA for this one.

The character of this President and, by extension, of the electorate who voted for him twice

Walter E. Williams Slams Obama: 'Incompetent,' 'Beyond Learning'  Video.

Über-Classy: Obama Uses Mandela Speech To Attack Republicans…

Speaking at such an historic event overseas, Obama should have made damn sure to steer clear of any hint of partisanship and moral judgement(sp) against his political opponents. But he can’t help himself.

Because Obama’s central animating principle as president is not leading the nation; it’s his vision of social justice. He doesn’t view himself as Republicans’ president too, but as the man bearing the progressive banner against their immoral, discriminatory ideology of hate.

NBC's Chuck Todd: White House Restricting Photo Access a "Version of Propaganda"

Brit Hume: We Are Riding With Obama Along His "Learning Curve"

... "The inefficiency and sluggishness of the federal bureaucracy is known to every politician and citizen who has had experience with it. But the president seems to have glided through his brief term in the Senate in his four plus years in the White House without noticing until now. Supremely self-confident intelligent people who lack experience often learn lessons the hard way because they don't know enough to know how much they don't know." ...