Nice Deb: Our Weasel Of The Week!!

Nice Deb  "Fanfare, everyone!It’s time to present this week’s statuette of shame, The Golden Weasel!!

"Every Tuesday, the Council nominates some of the slimiest, most despicable characters in public life for some deed of evil, cowardice or corruption they’ve performed. Then we vote to single out one particular Weasel for special mention, to whom we award the statuette of shame, our special, 100% plastic Golden Weasel. This week’s nominees were all slime-worthy,but in the end the winner by a nose was….the envelope please…"  Ta Daaa:

"Obama Consigliere And Puppet master Valerie Jarrett!

"Virginia Right! : Valerie Jarrett for being the driver of hate behind Obama’s animosity towards Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"Western Journalism wrote:

The real questions are: Who is pushing this agenda? Who is pushing for Iran to go nuclear? And, who is so scared of Netanyahu briefing Congress and the American people on what Iran is up to?

"The answer is Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s Rasputin. This is where the anger from the White House is coming from.

"Most people know she was born in Iran. This in itself does not disqualify her from advising the president, but it does open her agenda to scrutiny. There have been reports that she has been secretly negotiating with Iran on the nuclear issue, but the White House has vehemently denied it.

" I, for one, don’t trust a thing this administration says." . . .

How Badly Will American Foreign Policy Fail Under an Unaccountable Cabal* Led by Valerie Jarrett?  "Tough decisions are seen to be made by President Obama who was scrutinized in the process of winning two national elections–yet, it would seem our undoubtedly distracted Commander-in-Chief and cabinet secretaries are only  junior partners to Valerie Jarrett who, to this day, never has been remotely vetted and sees issues primarily in terms of their domestic political relevance." 

*Cabal:  a group of people who work together in secret.

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From the Hoover Institution: Are We Smart Enough for Democracy?

Bruce Thornton

. . . "By the time of the Constitutional convention in 1787, this distrust of the masses had long been a staple of political philosophy. Roger Sherman, a lawyer and future Senator from Massachusetts, who opposed letting the people directly elect members of the House of Representatives, typified the antidemocratic sentiment of many delegates. He argued that the people “should have as little to do as may be about the government,” for “they want information and are constantly liable to be misled.”

"Most of the delegates in Philadelphia were not quite as wary as Sherman of giving the people too much direct power, but in the end they allowed them to elect directly only the House of Representatives. Such sentiments were also frequently heard in the state conventions that ratified the Constitution, where the antifederalists’ charge of a “democracy deficit” in the Constitution were met with protestations that the document was designed to protect, as John Dickinson of Delaware put it, “the worthy against the licentious,” the men of position, education, and property against the volatile, ignorant masses." . . .

OYVAYBLOG: The Ignorance of the Obama Voter

George Costanza was a better negotiator than Barack Obama

Ethel C. Fenig  "In a classic Seinfeld episode (well, okay, each episode of the show is a classic), Jerry Seinfeld's friend George Costanza turns down an offer from NBC for the proposed pilot of their show about nothing.  As George explains to the incredulous Jerry, this is all part of negotiating for a better deal." . . .


. . . "Well, we all know how that turned out; in his crazy way, George's stubbornness and willingness to say no, and his understanding of the culture of NBC, led to one of the greatest and most innovative shows on television.  
Now compare him to junior varsity negotiator President Barack Obama (D) and his vision for dealing with Iran, a country and culture he truly doesn't understand.  Obama seems to believe that by making nice to Iran, drawing them in to a web of alliances, and reducing what he thinks is their isolation, they'll be happy and sign and uphold agreements to behave.  According to Victor Davis Hanson, Obama believes:
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Full article here.
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However Obama's distorted vision and negotiating strategy have resulted in a diminished America while hundreds of thousands have died; on a, granted, smaller scale, the Seinfeld gang's realistic assessment of getting a deal with NBC revolutionized the traditional sitcom and brought happiness to millions while making them very, very wealthy.  If they negotiated with Iran, they would certainly do better than the present team now in place.

Obama's Defense of Islam Burned Along with the Jordanian Pilot

The scary realization is that American voters twice elected this feckless coward, showing the world that our nation is not to be a force that will stand up to evil in this world. We can't be the world's policeman? What if there are world criminals?  The oppressed in this world are on their own. TD

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American Thinker  "It is hardly a surprise that immediately after news came out that ISIS had burned a captured Jordanian pilot to death that Barack Hussein Obama absolved Islam of the crime.

"ISIS released a video on Tuesday of its execution-by-incineration of the pilot, who was captured in December after his plane crashed in ISIS controlled territory.  ISIS had been threatening to execute him if their zealots jailed in Jordan were not released.

"CNN immediately reported Obama’s reaction to the news of the horrific slaying: “Should, in fact, that video be authentic,” Obama stated, “it’s just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization, and I think it will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a global coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated.  And it also just indicates the degree to which whatever ideology they are operating off of, it’s bankrupt.' 

"Obama’s phraseology is an exercise in denial that Islam had anything to do with it.  By referring to ISIS as “this organization” and using a clunky circumlocution like “whatever ideology they are operating off of,” he has made it clear he believes that Islam has nothing to do with terror.  The cruel burning of the man was the action of a bankrupt “whatever.' ” . . .  . . .

If you still have eyes that can open, then open them Obama.  Take a good look into the mirror that ISIS is holding up.  It is holding it up to you and to the entire world.

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Can NBC News now have any credibility with Brian Williams as its face?

Well after all, this is NBC, home of Chris Matthews and Al Sharpton. How much integrity do you expect from NBC?

Baltimore Sun  Quoting the Daily Caller:  

"Williams and his camera crew were actually aboard a Chinook in a formation that was about an hour behind the three helicopters that came under fire, according to crew member interviews."

That Chinook took no fire and landed later beside the damaged helicopter due to an impending sandstorm from the Iraqi desert, according to Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Miller, who was the flight engineer on the aircraft that carried the journalists.

“ 'No, we never came under direct enemy fire to the aircraft,” he said Wednesday.

"The helicopters, along with the NBC crew, remained on the ground at a forward operating base west of Baghdad for two or three days, where they were surrounded by an Army unit with Bradley fighting vehicles and Abrams M-1 tanks." . . .

Big Journalism: NBC SHOCK: Brian Williams Forced to Recant Iraq War Lie Repeated for 12 Years

NBC’s Brian Williams Lied to Tim Russert About Helicopter Incident

WaPo: The Brian Williams scandal is an NBC News-wide scandal  . . . "Why did it take pushback from “some brave men and women in the air crews,” however? Do these folks have to fight our wars and fact-check NBC News?" . . .

When will Hollywood take on ISIS?

WND  "Marisa Martin argues Islamists have far better propaganda"

"Seventy years ago (most) Hollywood moguls were concerned with the country and their own survival. Almost every film through the war years was preceded by short “news reel” bits. Hundreds of full-length movies were produced in the 1940s with a good percentage war-related or supporting the efforts of the U.S. against Hitler and Hirohito. There was no escaping it, and America’s writers, actors and artists understood that. .

"A challenge to Steven Spielberg and other producers, writers and artists: Will you dare take on ISIS? If you don’t there may be a day you wish you had."

Frank Capra's WW2 series, "Why We Fight"
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They Raid by Night (1942) World War Two Film British Commandos raid Nazi Occupied Norway movie

Some blow-back on the ISIS horror

Arab World Unites in Anger After Burning of Jordanian Pilot
"There was one feeling that many of the Middle East’s fractious clerics, competing ethnic groups and warring sects could agree on Wednesday: a shared sense of revulsion at the Islamic State’s latest excess, its video showing a Jordanian pilot being burned alive inside a cage."
. . . Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb (right), the head of Cairo’s thousand-year-old Al Azhar institute and a leading Sunni scholar, was so angered that he called for the Islamic State’s extremists to be “killed, or crucified, or their hands and legs cut off.” . . .

Obama: "Whatever ideology they are operating under is “bankrupt.”

"He didn’t want to talk about the pilot being set afire. He wanted to “talk about how to make people healthier and make their lives better.” 

In contrast to our president: Jordan Chooses Sides  . . . "From a political perspective, the executions were necessary. The video of the execution was as brutal as it was scarring. It has circulated widely in Arabic chat forums and elsewhere online. Jordanians, who are already critical of their king, want action. To do anything but execute Sajida would be to hand the Islamic State (ISIS) a victory by effectively cowing to their demands that Jordan stand down. Frankly, she should have died years ago in order to bring justice for the families of her victims. The king demurred, however, effectively commuting her sentence in order to appease her supporters and, alas, in Jordan there are many. Her execution, however, underscores that King Abdullah II has recognized that in the battle against Islamist extremism, Jordan can no longer be neutral." . . . Michael Rubin in Commentary Magazine

Islam and Appeasement  . . . "Premature absolution of Islam is now the knee jerk response to all atrocity. Never mind that most terror groups are Muslim and proudly array themselves with all the predictable kit: incantations, black surah flags, the Koran, the Hadith, beards, and burkas -- all in the name of Mohammed. Somehow we are supposed to believe that none of this has anything to do with true Islam." . . .

Does ISIS risk blowback, or is there a plan?  . . . "Another possibility is that ISIS wants to appear as the biggest, baddest strong horse, and thereby appeal to the widespread desire among Arabs, and Muslims more generally, for revenge."

To desecrate the victim while alive is part and parcel of Islam in hope that people would convert through sheer fear or to repulse the enemy.

Another ISIS Atrocity . . . "Be under no illusions: At the strategic level, our current efforts are failing. Moreover, the fanatics are advancing westward. Shrouded in self-assumed holiness, the Islamic State believes it will achieve global dominion."
"The path we must take is hard but clear. Paying heed to the good life of Moaz al-Kasasbeh, we must finish his fight and rid the world of those who murdered him."   

It will not be led by the feckless Obama. He will dither and appease for the next two years and when out of office he will demagogue Conservatives for any struggles in the war. And he will do this in his shirtsleeves before the usual smiling, adoring sycophants

Biden's strong point: he's never boring

By Gary Varvel

"Joe Biden is a decent guy, but man, that guy can just talk and talk... It's an incredible thing to see." Barack Obama

Biden Considers Snubbing Netanyahu By Skipping His Address To Congress…

"Considering Biden’s very public seat during Netanyahu’s address this would drag our special relationship with Israel to yet another new low, which is exactly what Obama wants."

And the crowning glory of Bidenisms, discussed in the UK Telegraph:

For Joe Biden, his plagiarisation of a speech delivered by Neil Kinnock, then Labour leader, helped put pay to his own campaign to win the Democrats' presidential nomination more than 20 years ago.

"NEIL KINNOCK at Welsh Labour Party conference May 1987:

"Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? Was it because our predecessors were thick? Does anybody really think that they didn't get what we had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment? Of course not. It was because there was no platform upon which they could stand"

JOE BIDEN IN Sept 1987 during his first presidential campaign:

"Why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go a university? Why is it that my wife... is the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were not bright? ...Is it because they didn't work hard? My ancestors who worked in the coal mines of northeast Pennsylvania and would come after 12 hours and play football for four hours? It's because they didn't have a platform on which to stand."

The Ghosts of Auschwitz in the Middle East

Sultan Knish

"In exile in Argentina, the world’s most wanted man was writing a defense of the indefensible. He rejected “so-called Western culture” whose bible “expressly established that everything sacred came from the Jews.” Instead he looked to the “large circle of friends, many millions of people” whose good opinion of his crimes he wanted. These millions of people were not in Germany. They weren’t even in Argentina. His fellow Nazis had abandoned him after deciding that the murder of millions of Jews was indefensible and had to be denied instead of defended.

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"Eichmann knew he could expect a good verdict from a religion whose prophet had ordered the ethnic cleansing of Jews and which believes the end will “not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them. When a Jew hides behind a rock or a tree, it will say, ‘O Muslim, O servant of Allah! There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!’”
"There was Eichmann’s Hadith Holocaust with even the rocks and trees finding Jews for the Islamic SS."

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"Eichmann’s Nazis lost, but the Mufti’s Islamists continue their genocidal agenda. Mein Kampf may be banned in Germany, but it’s a bestseller in the Muslim world.

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"It was easier to appease the Nazis. It is easier to appease the Muslim world. The Jews were not seen as a canary in the coalmine; instead, like the Czechs and then the Poles and then everyone else, they were an obstacle to making a deal with the devil. Today it’s the Nigerian Christians, the Burmese Buddhists and a long list of others around the world including the Jews of Israel who stand in the way of peace.

"The Holocaust and the entire war happened because everyone wanted peace with Nazi Germany and refused to accept that Nazism was innately aggressive. 

"Eichmann envisioned Nazis and Muslims as victims[!]"

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"Auschwitz is what happens when we fail to take threats like that seriously because we want peace at any price. The price of peace was Auschwitz, it was millions dead, countries carved to pieces, peoples enslaved for years and others for generations. The price of peace was ignorance, apathy and then war.

"Eichmann found support for Auschwitz in the “surahs of your Koran.” So did the Jihadis who murdered Jews in Paris. If we forget that, then we forget the real lesson of Auschwitz."  Emphasis mine, TD

It was hard to stop posting such meaningful excerpts, but there is more:  Full article here.

See the depravity of the Ismalic State Graphic and sickening still shots. I cannot watch the video because I will never be able to unsee the images.

Why? Who can say why?

Steve Kelley

Harvard business professor on Religious Freedom

Orthodox Christian News  "You may feel that religious freedom is the result of democracy. Have you considered that the reverse may be true? Watch this short and powerful statement from Clay Christensen on the actual relationship between religion and democracy. Then think about the trends you see around you in Western culture, where many feel the influence of religion is waning. What might the future hold for democratic nations? . . .

Clay Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management faculty groups.

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Hat tip to Harley Standlee; Placerville, CA

Alan Caruba: "Terrorists and Our Idiot President"

Warning Signs  "You know something is terribly wrong when three former Secretaries of State, Henry Kissinger, George Schultz and Madeleine Albright tell a Senate Armed Services Committee that the President of the United States is an idiot with no idea how to conduct foreign affairs. Well, they didn’t say it in those words, but that was pretty much the message. That was January 29." . . .

. . . "Thanks to Barack Obama, the United States of America can no longer be seen as the world leader, opposing the forces that seek to impose control. Former allies, particularly in the Middle East, no longer have any confidence that we would come to their defense if they were attacked.

"Thanks to Barack Obama, our enemies have been emboldened and our allies confused, but it is not that confusing. He is an idiot who lacks any grasp of history’s lessons and he is a coward who cannot be expected to seriously respond to our own and our allies’ enemies."

And I personally know people who still gloat over Obama being elected twice (along with Obama himself)

Netanyahu - who thinks Obama weak and naive about Iran - feels compelled to put his political hide on the line in order to warn Congress and the American people of the Iranian threat.