The Obama Administration’s 8 Most Naïve Statements About Russia

National Review Online 

 

"The Obama administration’s Russia policy is in disarray. The 2009 “reset” exists now only as a joke. Russia continues to back Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, and it has violated Ukraine’s sovereignty by placing troops in Crimea.

As Russia acts apparently with little fear of Western retaliation and with disregard for American dissatisfaction, here is a look back on the eight most naïve statements Obama and administration officials have made about Russia."  Full article.

Imagine using the terms "IRS" and "humor" in the same sentence.

 

Islamic Jihad and the Doctrine of Abrogation

Raymond Ibrahim

 

"While other scriptures contain contradictions, the Koran is the only holy book whose commentators have evolved a doctrine to account for the very visible shifts which occur from one injunction to another. No careful reader will remain unaware of the many contradictory verses in the Koran, most specifically the way in which peaceful and tolerant verses lie almost side by side with violent and intolerant ones. ...To get out of this quandary, the commentators developed the doctrine of abrogation, which essentially maintains that verses revealed later in Muhammad’s career take precedence over earlier ones whenever there is a discrepancy.

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"But why the contradiction in the first place? The standard view is that in the early years of Islam, since Muhammad and his community were far outnumbered by their infidel competitors while living next to them in Mecca, a message of peace and coexistence was in order. However, after the Muslims migrated to Medina in 622 and grew in military strength, verses inciting them to go on the offensive were slowly “revealed”—in principle, sent down from Allah—always commensurate with Islam’s growing capabilities."

 

Explaining how Muslims are good citizens until they form a majority. At that point they seem to me to become as conquerors. TD

Legal Insurrection   "It’s difficult to say, but I vote ever-so-slightly for “true.” My opinion of John Kerry is very low, but I think more of him than I do of Obama.

"The following seems quite characteristic of the president:" ...

 

... "Such behavior would certainly be consistent with Obama’s arrogance, his go-it-alone sense of self, and his disregard for the ideas of others except for a few extremely trusted advisors. He has alienated even many of his friends and supporters—certainly quite a few of the Democrats in Congress—on a personal level by having very little to do with them, not asking their advice, and not even letting them know what he’s planning before he does it.

 

"It’s well-known that Obama thinks he’s smarter than anyone around him, and it isn’t even a point of view he tries to hide." Full article

 

The author,Neo-neocon: "Previously a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England, surrounded by liberals on all sides, I’ve found myself slowly but surely leaving the fold and becoming that dread thing: a neocon. My friends and family don’t want to hear about my inexplicable conversion, so I started this blog to tell the tale of my political change and provide a forum for others." ...More at the link.  About the apple.

Political Populism, Not Economics, Behind Minimum Wage Proposal

Richard Larsen  "Sleight of hand and illusion have their role in the entertainment world, but when the same tactics are employed in the real world, the stakes are much greater, and the intent more dubious. David Copperfield has met his match in fabricated magic and illusionary tactics. For as any illusionist knows, in order to avoid letting the spectator see what’s really going on, you distract the spectator’s attention. And none are better at that than those leading the country today."...

 

"There is another inconvenient truth that the advocates of raising the minimum wage need to address. Our de facto open border policy has depressed wages. Approximately a million low-skilled workers illegally come into the country every year, driving down wages, especially at the lower end of the spectrum. Harvard economist George Borjas has documented how our immigration policies have reduced American wages by $402 billion a year, while increasing profits for employers by $437 billion a year."

Associated Press award winning columnist Richard Larsen is President of Larsen Financial, a brokerage and financial planning firm in Pocatello, Idaho and is a graduate of Idaho State University with degrees in Political Science and History and coursework completed toward a Master’s in Public Administration.  He can be reached at rlarsenen@cableone.net .

Remember those War on Women guys yelling "Iron My Shirt" at Hillary in 2008?

http://legalinsurrection.com/tag/a-f-branco/

2008: Hillary Clinton ‘Iron My Shirt’ Stunt 

 

"AllahPundit then tracked these guys through MySpace and other far reaches of the internets and figured out that these clowns work for the “Toucher and Rich Show” in Boston, which apparently does this kind of thing with some regularity. SeeDubya has found instances going back to 2003."

Newsbusters backed this up in 2008.

 

Watch for the "War On Women" meme all this next year. 

Canadian commentator Rex Murphy: Putin and Obama

"Rex compares Vladimir Putin to Barack Obama and wonders whether either leader measures up?"

Rex Murphy (born March 1947) is a Canadian commentator and author, primarily on Canadian political and social matters.

Hat tip to Amanda Zurawski Kaffenberger at Chicks On The Right

Surviving Obama

Twitter suspends American Orthodox Jew for tweeting

anti-Obama cartoon about Israel

 

 Caroline Glick  "Bloomberg columnist Jeffrey Goldberg (pictured here with the President) minced few words in discussing the interview that US President Barack Obama gave him on the eve of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s latest visit to Washington."

 

"Speaking with journalist Charlie Rose, Goldberg equated Obama’s threat to stop supporting Israel in international forums to the talk of a mafia don. Obama told Goldberg that if Israel doesn’t cut a deal with the Palestinians soon, “our ability to manage the international fallout is going to be limited.” He added, “And that has consequences.”

 

"That statement, Goldberg noted, was a “veiled threat” and “almost up there with, ‘Nice little Jewish state you’ve got there. Hate to see something happen to it.’” Goldberg saw the interview as Obama’s way of showing that he is beginning to abandon the pretense of supporting Israel, now that he no longer faces reelection. In Goldberg’s words, “It’s not that the gloves are coming off. It’s more that the mask of diplomatic language is coming off a little bit.' ”

Full article

 

As we previously posted here: Only Americans (and our allies) Fear Obama

Victory! Senate Rejects Obama’s Choice of Cop-Killer’s Advocate As Head of DoJ’s Civil Rights Division

Atlas Shrugs  "The fact that Obama chose Debo Adegbile for this post in the first place shows how much of a subversive hater of  American values the

Faulkner, his widow, and Mumia

egotist in the White House really is. Mumia Abu-Jamal murdered a policeman in cold blood. He has been a cause celebre among the left, and they have tried numerous times to get him freed, but he is still in prison because the evidence is so overwhelming that he is guilty. And Obama wanted an advocate for this murderer to be head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. It shows how much he values our nation’s police officers."

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"In a statement released following the vote, Obama blasted the senators who voted against Adegbile’s nomination, saying they “denied the American people an outstanding public servant.' ”

 

Explaining the Mumia Abu-Jamal Controversy   "Mr. Abu-Jamal is imprisoned for a 1981 shooting that left officer Daniel Faulkner dead. At traffic stop involving Mr. Abu-Jamal’s brother, police said, Mr. Abu-Jamal shot Mr. Faulkner several times, killing him.

 

"A revolver registered to Mr. Abu-Jamal was found at the scene. Mr. Abu-Jamal, a radio reporter and former Black Panther, also was a supporter of MOVE, a black separatist organization that clashed repeatedly with Philadelphia police.

 

"A jury convicted Mr. Abu-Jamal in the fatal shooting, and he later was sentenced to death. The case has drawn international attention as supporters argued he was innocent and that racism led to Mr. Abu-Jamal’s conviction."

 

How Mumia Abu-Jamal doomed Debo Adegbile in the Senate  "Following a morning vote on President Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, vulnerable Democrats who voted for Debo Adegbile's confirmation were already in the line of fire."

(Updated) Remember all the reporting of the Issa-Cummings kerfuffle is to make you forget the IRS hearings

Cartoon update by Tony Branco

 

Democrats Unleash the IRS Tyrant   ... "The Democrat answer to the voter’s revolt is the IRS.  From now on, the IRS will openly suppress the conservative vote. 

" 'The White House is working to make permanent the IRS targeting of opposition groups before the 2014 election.  According to Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal, “Treasury appears to have reverse-engineered the carefully tailored rule—combing through the list of previously targeted tea party groups, compiling a list of their main activities and then restricting those functions.' ” ...

 

Texas's Ted Cruz offered an amendment to prohibit IRS employees from deliberately targeting individuals or groups based on political views. It was unanimously rejected by every member of the Democratic majority.

 

The IRS Outrage  "Behind the Obama administration's sham inquiry."

"The choice of Bosserman to lead the IRS investigation made headlines in January when it was revealed that the career DOJ lawyer had contributed thousands of dollars to Obama’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee. That obviously raised red flags with Republicans—Rep. Darrell Issa called it a “startling conflict of interest”—but perhaps the more important question was, why Bosserman?

 

“ 'It’s very odd,” one source familiar with the congressional investigation said of Bosserman’s selection for the job. “Out of 10,000 attorneys at the Department of Justice, why was she chosen?' ”

Legal Insurrection

 

Mona Charen; For Democrats, anyone who disagrees is a racist — even other Democrats.   "There is still some real racism in America. It is found among all racial groups, but is no less ugly for that. The false accusation of racism is just as despicable. Republicans have let Democrats get away with slander for too long."

 

Lerner Pleads 5th AGAIN--All Hell Breaks Loose!!   "...Lerner swears (again) to tell the whole truth and nothing but it, but as she's questioned about her IRS-led probe into conservative organizations, she pleads the fifth. Issa shuts down the hearing while Elijah Cummings (D-MD) tries to defend Lerner. Issa shuts off his mic and leaves the room. Cummings gets his mic back on and continues his defense of Lerner proclaiming that there was "no conspiring against conservative organizations" by Lerner's IRS. As Cummings spoke, Lerner appears breathless."  Watch it all here. 

The scorched earth tyranny of Obamacare

 

Another Illegal Obamacare Edict?    "President Obama is planning to break the law, once again, in an effort to protect vulnerable Democrats in the Senate. According to news reports, “the White House will announce a new directive allowing insurers to continue offering health plans that do not meet Obamacare’s minimum coverage requirements.” In the absence of this “directive,” health insurance companies would have to cancel millions of health policies just a few weeks before November’s congressional elections. Obama’s edict would theoretically forestall, until after those crucial midterms, a tsunami of voter outrage that would inevitably drown the reelection prospects of many Democrats."

Obamacare and the politics of deception   "American liberals see their work as a heroic struggle — both noble and arduous — because, in the words of The New Republic’s John Judis, “since the country’s founding, Americans have always had an abiding distrust of the federal government.” There have been occasional breakthroughs — in the 1930s and, more briefly, the 1960s and after Obama’s election in 2008 — but the default setting is the public’s robust skepticism of government."

 

 

Should Republicans have demanded Pelosi's resignation for this?

First this: Dems Want Issa Stripped Of Chair For Disrespect
All to make us forget Lois Lerner taking the 5th about turning the IRS on us. And the press is the willing enabler of this corruption.

Now, on to this:
2 Flashbacks: Dems Cut Off Lights, Lock Out GOP  

(All emphases in the original)

August 01, 2008

"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House… They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m…"

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"Democratic aides were furious at the GOP stunt [sic], and reporters were kicked out of the Speaker’s Lobby, the space next to the House floor where they normally interview lawmakers. “You’re not covering this, are you?” complaing [sic] one senior Democratic aide. Another called the Republicans “morons” for staying on the floor."

 

"And from the 2009 archives of a highly amused Washington Post:

"Partisan anger in House brings lockout of committee Republicans

"By Ben Pershing | Friday, October 23, 2009

… Democrats on a House committee changed the locks on a hearing room door in retaliation for an embarrassing video posted online by panel Republicans…" 

 

So much for a wise governing body. TD