Chonday This man was so good at his craft that he could even tap dance in skates. From the movie “It's Always Fair Weather” by MGM, 1955
Hat tip to Val Brose; Santa Maria, CA
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Obama Vetoes Keystone XL: ‘This Act of Congress Conflicts with Executive Branch Procedures’
PJ Media "President Obama just vetoed legislation dropped on his desk to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
“ 'Through this bill, the United States Congress attempts to circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining whether or not building and operating a cross-border pipeline serves the national interest,” Obama said in his statement to the Senate.
“ 'The Presidential power to veto legislation is one I take seriously. But I also take seriously my responsibility to the American people,” he continued. “And because this act of Congress conflicts with established executive branch procedures and cuts short thorough consideration of issues that could bear on our national interest — including our security, safety, and environment — it has earned my veto.”
"The veto comes as no surprise, though this morning congressional Republicans were rallying pressure on the administration through social media.
"House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) called the veto “a national embarrassment.”. . .
It's a risky option, and almost certain to fail — Republicans appear short of the two-thirds majorities they would need to overrule the president, particularly in the House.
‘Zionazi’: BDS Supporters Hate on Oscars Star Lady Gaga
PJ Tatler The video plays now, but as for later you may have to go to the link to see it.
" If you weathered the Academy Awards last night, you may have been pleasantly jolted out of your seat by Lady Gaga’s pitch-perfect tribute for the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music.
"After Gaga belted out her medley of the musical’s numbers in an uncharacteristically conservative chiffon gown, none other than Julie Andrews came out to give her blessing to the tribute and to give Gaga a big hug.
... Read the tweets at the link.... Such as this one:
" If you weathered the Academy Awards last night, you may have been pleasantly jolted out of your seat by Lady Gaga’s pitch-perfect tribute for the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music.
"After Gaga belted out her medley of the musical’s numbers in an uncharacteristically conservative chiffon gown, none other than Julie Andrews came out to give her blessing to the tribute and to give Gaga a big hug.
"Then came the haters:" . . .
"Despite intense pressure from the BDS movement to boycott Israel, Lady Gaga performed in Tel Aviv last September. “Put your hands up and cheer for yourselves,” she told the crowd. “You are strong, you are brave, you are confident, and I f*cking love you, Israel.”
"Afterward, she stressed that “the world view of Israel is just not reality.”
“ 'It’s in a beautiful place, the people are in good spirits. I had a very emotional show with those fans. It was wonderful.' ”
And I has written this woman off as so much shallow pap, but after all this it is hard not to respect her much more. TD
Mitch McConnell is folding like a cheap suit
Red State
"Often we are told about the importance of doing the hard right as opposed to the easy wrong. The Senate GOP, however, is confronted with the option of doing the easy right or the hard wrong. Guess which one Mitch McConnell is opting for.
"The issue facing Congress on the Department of Homeland Security budget is not trivial. What is at stake is nothing less than the issue of separation of powers. The Constitution, despite being more than ahundred years old and hard to understand, gives Congress and Congress alone power to regulate immigration and naturalization. What Obama is doing is not a coincidence. He arrogated to himself the power to decide when Congress was actually in session. The EPA, FCC, and other federal agencies have worked overtime cutting into the authority of Congress.
"The Department of Homeland Security runs out of funding in just a few days. " . . .
Why the Outrage at Rudy?
Thomas Sowell . . . "Anyone who simply looks at the factual evidence as to whether Obama loves America, or does not, will find remarkably little to suggest love and a large amount of evidence, over a long period of years, showing his constant close association with people fiercely hostile to this country. Jeremiah Wright was just one in a long series of such people.
"Barack Obama’s campaign promise to “fundamentally change the United States of America” hardly suggests love. Nor did his international speaking tour in 2009, telling foreign audiences that America was to blame for problems on the world stage. President Obama’s record in the White House has been more of the same.
"Among his earliest acts were offending our oldest and closest allies, Britain and Israel, and betraying the country’s previous commitments to provide anti-missile defenses to Poland and the Czech Republic. Obama’s refusal to let Ukraine have weapons with which to defend itself from Russian invasion was consistent with this pattern, and consistent with his whispered statement — picked up by a microphone that was still on — to tell “Vladimir” that, after the 2012 election was over, he would be able to “have more ‘flexibility.’”
Garner’s daughter on Sharpton: ‘He’s all about the money’
"Erica Snipes tees off on the reverend as interested primarily in money during a conversation secretly recorded by controversial conservative activist James O’Keefe’s group, Project Veritas.
"One of O’Keefe’s investigators with a hidden camera posed as a Garner supporter during a protest last month at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island." . . .
Monday, February 23, 2015
The Media’s Embarrassing Scott Walker Spectacle
The farcical game of the one-sided “gotcha” question "On Saturday afternoon, two of the Washington Post’s crack political correspondents accosted Governor Scott Walker in the lobby of a JW Marriott hotel and asked him whether he believed that President Obama is “a Christian.” As is always the way with silly questions, this inquiry elicited a silly answer. And, as it was foretold, that silly answer provoked a maelstrom inside the bubble. "Had Walker been asked, “To which religion does President Obama claim he adheres?” he might well have responded without making headlines. But he wasn’t. Instead, he was prompted to weigh in on a question that he could not possibly answer: namely, whether the president is, in any meaningful sense, what he claims to be. “Told that Obama has frequently spoken publicly about his Christian faith,” Dan Balz and Robert Costa wrote excitedly, “Walker maintained that he was not aware of the president’s religion.” And the critics screamed bloody murder."
. . .
" . . . Rather, they wanted a specific response, and they were determined to crucify their man if he didn’t give it to them. That, I’m afraid, is not journalism; it’s entertainment. Their goal wasn’t “asking questions”; it was enforcing a catechism. "
"Halperin attributed the positive coverage in part to the historic nature of Obama’s candidacy. But he also noted that only a few hands had gone up in the crowded room when the audience had been asked how many had voted for George W. Bush. “I find it curious that far more time and media energy has been spent on Sarah Palin’s time in Wasilla, Alaska’s, city government in the last eight weeks than in looking at Barack Obama’s dozen years in Chicago politics and government over the last 18 months of his candidacy,” he noted dryly. And Ms. Palin was only running for vice president."And we all know how free Chicago’s government is from corruption and juicy stories."
MSM, forget about Scott Walker's refusal to comment on Guliani's remarks. Instead ask the Democrats these questions:
First the context: Walker fundraises off 'gotcha' questions . . . "Over the weekend, Walker drew further scrutiny when he refused to say whether he thought Obama was a Christian. He also decided to punt on questions about evolution during a recent trip to London.
Three Questions All Democrats Must Answer
"Joe Biden touching women, Elizabeth Warren being Native American and Bill Clinton hanging out with a pedophile"
"Walker is considering a run for the White House in 2016.
"Some are questioning whether Walker's moves have been beneficial — but his campaign is looking to frame it as a moral stand."
Three Questions All Democrats Must Answer
"Joe Biden touching women, Elizabeth Warren being Native American and Bill Clinton hanging out with a pedophile"
"If you think the mainstream media is not out to elect Hillary Clinton in 2016 every bit as much as it was for Obama in 2008 and 2012, then you need your head examined.
"The multi-day and ongoing demand that Scott Walker verify that Obama is Christian and loves America is a good example.
"Why is it that Republican candidates and politicians are required to verify the bona fides of Democrats?
"Here are three questions I have yet to hear Obama or any Democrat asked:
1. Should Joe Biden stop touching women without consent?
2. Is Elizabeth Warren Native American?
3. Is it okay that Bill Clinton participated in vacations with a pedophile?
What's the brouhaha over Obama flashing a "Muslim gang sign"?
Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign "Is President Obama a Muslim? A lot has been written about this, but if photographs speak louder than words, then a photo taken at last August’s U.S.-African Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C. might shed considerable light.
"It shows Barack Hussein Obama flashing the one-finger affirmation of Islamic faith to dozens of African delegates.
. . . "The reaction of Togo president Faure Gnassingbe, at the top row second to the left, is less approving. Through his face you can read the mind of this Sorbonne- and George Washington University educated leader. His mind is screaming, “You gotta be kidding!”
. . . "Maybe it was Obama’s idea of a joke, but that is unlikely. The finger in the air was a position statement brazenly stated. His entire administration has been a promotion of Islam at home and abroad, and just cataloging the evidence would fill a book. He has made this country cozy for Islam, from ordering NASA to make Muslims feel good about themselves to calling ISIS beheading victim Peter Kassig by the Muslim name that he had adopted in the vain hope of saving his life." . . .
"Here's a one-finger sign for you too. America"
Snopes.com's dishonest attempt at debunking 'Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign'
"Snopes.com has attempted to debunk the article “Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign,” by F.W. Burleigh, with a dishonest entry. It makes two points, both of which are refuted by evidence in the article it purports to debunk. "
What does this president advocate? . . . "He gives the previously aborted thumbs-up sign and says something that is indistinct, but you don't have to have the training that deaf people are given to be able to read Obama’s lips. As he flashes his upright thumb, his lips say, “Allahu Akbar.”
. . . "The African delegates who saw his reaction to the cry of Allahu Akbar understood what he was communicating through his finger gesture, and many were clearly disturbed. Americans should be disturbed, too, because, perhaps more clearly than ever, Obama has revealed his allegiance to a dangerous cult – dangerous because it was the creation of an extremely dangerous man."
I do not think Obama is a Muslim but do think he fears them. I see him as the terrified schoolboy who gives his lunch money to the campus bully so he will be left alone. Much the same as Obama gave away Eastern Europe defense armaments to console the Russians. TD
"Snopes.com has attempted to debunk the article “Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign,” by F.W. Burleigh, with a dishonest entry. It makes two points, both of which are refuted by evidence in the article it purports to debunk. "
What does this president advocate? . . . "He gives the previously aborted thumbs-up sign and says something that is indistinct, but you don't have to have the training that deaf people are given to be able to read Obama’s lips. As he flashes his upright thumb, his lips say, “Allahu Akbar.”
. . . "The African delegates who saw his reaction to the cry of Allahu Akbar understood what he was communicating through his finger gesture, and many were clearly disturbed. Americans should be disturbed, too, because, perhaps more clearly than ever, Obama has revealed his allegiance to a dangerous cult – dangerous because it was the creation of an extremely dangerous man."
I do not think Obama is a Muslim but do think he fears them. I see him as the terrified schoolboy who gives his lunch money to the campus bully so he will be left alone. Much the same as Obama gave away Eastern Europe defense armaments to console the Russians. TD
Sunday, February 22, 2015
On Obama's opinion of America
Because charismatic leadership has some drawbacks. The most obvious being that since power flows from the person himself then when Rudy Giuliani publicly questioned Obama’s patriotism he was attacking the wellsprings of the administration." . . . Giuliani’s question about “loving America” is another way of asking if you know who you are working for. Past presidents did not delude themselves into thinking they graced America. They understood they were but weak human vessels who bore the burning, almost incandescent glory of a great nation, were given their moment in history to shine — and like the organizer Obama didn’t want to be — the time to fade away. "
Serious vs. clueless: dissecting the Giuliani flap " 'Look," the former mayor told the Daily News, "this man was brought up basically in a white family, so whatever he learned or didn't learn, I attribute this more to the influence of communism and socialism" than to his race.
" '[Furthermore] I don't [see] this President as being particularly a product of African-American society or something like that. He isn't" the form.
"More precisely, Giuliani says of Obama, "Think of his background.... The ideas that are troubling to me are those [coming from] communists with whom he was associated with through family connections." . . .
. . . "On July 3, 2008 -- the day before Independence Day -- Barack Obama said that adding $4 trillion in debt was irresponsible and "unpatriotic."
Obama: "The problem is, is that the way Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion for the first 42 presidents - #43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome, so that we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back -- $30,000 for every man, woman and child. That's irresponsible. It's unpatriotic."
It Doesn’t Matter One Bit What Obama Thinks ‘True Islam’ Is
Andrew C. McCarthy
"In Egypt, the president is Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a pious Muslim. Having grown up in the world’s center of sharia scholarship and closely studied the subject, he has courageously proclaimed that Islam desperately needs a “religious revolution.”
"In the United States, the president is Barack Obama, a non-Muslim. His childhood experience of Islam, which ended when he was just ten, occurred in Indonesia — the world’s most populous Muslim country, but a non-Arabic one where the teaching and practice of Islam is very different from what it is in the Middle East.
"While Sisi sees a dangerous flaw in Islam, Obama believes America needs to be “fundamentally transformed” but Islam is fine as is. You see the problem, no?" . . .Read more . . .
There may well be a civil war going on within Islam, but it will be Muslims, not American politicians, who settle it.
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| Abdel Fattah al-Sisi |
"In Egypt, the president is Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a pious Muslim. Having grown up in the world’s center of sharia scholarship and closely studied the subject, he has courageously proclaimed that Islam desperately needs a “religious revolution.”
"In the United States, the president is Barack Obama, a non-Muslim. His childhood experience of Islam, which ended when he was just ten, occurred in Indonesia — the world’s most populous Muslim country, but a non-Arabic one where the teaching and practice of Islam is very different from what it is in the Middle East.
"While Sisi sees a dangerous flaw in Islam, Obama believes America needs to be “fundamentally transformed” but Islam is fine as is. You see the problem, no?" . . .Read more . . .
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