World on Fire – The Obama National Security Legacy

Nice Deb

 “If your legacy is a World on Fire, you have failed,” says a new video released by Center For Security Policy.

American silliness; 8/11/2025

Black Lives Matter activist calls Bernie Sanders supporters 'white racists
 "At a Bernie Sanders event. Not exactly the brightest bulbs in the box..."   Joe Newby

 Third Degree Bernie

 

. . . " The crowd, albeit annoyed and whining, actually did exactly what Johnson told them to do because white liberals would rather burst into flames than challenge a black person, even one who's disrupting a public event. Which is why, following the period of silence, Johnson launched into a seemingly endless tirade against racism and other perceived injustices."   
Well, this behavior did pay off:

Bernie Sanders Unveils Plan To Appease The Black Lives Matter Movement
The bullies win again.

Two, TWO Women warn Megyn Kelly: Back off Trump!  "Suffice it to say there are at least two women who support Donald Trump for president.
"A duo of black women — hosting a YouTube “show” called “The Viewers View” — eviscerated Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly for her questions related to Trump’s statements on Twitter concerning women." . . .  Video  Drudge made this his top post? Really? 

Prince: ‘Record Contracts Are Just Like — I’m Gonna Say the Word – Slavery’ 
. . . "Purple One justified his line of reasoning by saying that the typical record contract offers an artist almost no control over how their music gets used. . . "

Emma Watson Has Filmed A Video Calling For Equality In The Fashion Industry

$15 Minimum Wage Causes Seattle Restaurants To Suffer Worse Job Loss Since Great Recession

Feminists Outraged Over Billboards Featuring Nerdy White Guys Trying To Look Sexy… 

 

Hillary No Longer Portrays Herself As A Coal Miner’s Great Granddaughter… 
 "In her 2008 bid for the White House, Hillary Clinton cast herself as a blue-collar Democrat who was unabashedly pro-coal, a stance that helped her beat opponent Barack Obama easily in primaries in states that produced or were reliant on coal.
"Eight years later,. . . the great-granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner is now talking about the coal industry in the past tense."

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE HOAX THAT COSTS US $4 BILLION A DAY

“ 'It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” Upton Sinclair."

When a petulant, vindictive president speaks, this is what you hear

 

An evil and ugly speech  . . . "It is an evil and ugly and dishonest speech — not from beginning to end, but at key points, with premeditation and intent to do harm. I challenge readers to find its like by any president in our history. It represents a nadir in presidential oratory and rhetoric. It warrants the closest attention." . . .

"Obama has jammed this deal down the throats of the American people. With the mechanics of the Corker bill in place and Obama’s Democratic adherents reliably in line behind him, Congress will present no serious obstacle to the deal. Obama’s Jew-baiting is the gratuitous act of an extraordinarily vindictive and, to give him the benefit of the doubt, misguided man. It should be nevertheless be recognized for what it is.
"Obama’s real problem is not with Israel or Jews, but rather with the American people."

 President Obama stands by comments linking Republicans to Iranian hard-liners 
"Obama said he was talking to the Democrats who were unsure of their vote “all the time.' ”

George Will On Fox News Sunday: Obama's Comments On Iran Deal "Extraordinarily Unpresidential"   Video here.

Obama and the Iranian Revolution Guard Corps
. . . "Just because the sanctions regime allowed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) more control over the Iranian economy does not mean that the lifting of sanctions will lessen the Revolutionary Guards’ economic power." . . .

Is Obama’s Smear Campaign to Defend the Iran Deal Backfiring?

 The basic idea is simple: to oppose the president’s Iran deal means you want war with Iran, you’re an Israeli agent, you are in the pay of Jewish donors, and you are abandoning the best interests of the United States. So Dan Pfeiffer, senior political adviser to Obama until this winter, tweeted that Senator Charles Schumer — who announced his opposition to the Iran deal last week — should not be Democratic leader in the Senate because he “wants War with Iran.”

RedState comments:    . . . "The criticism of Republicans is about what America can expect from a man who was elected to be a divider instead of a uniter. His followers expect the road to Hell to be paved with dead Republicans and this issue is just one more opportunity to serve up the read meat to rabid ideological pit bulls." . . .

 Ugliness: Iran deal supporters call Schumer a greedy, disloyal Jew   "Ever since the White House leaked Thursday night that Sen. Chuck Schumer would be coming out against the Iran deal, the progressive movement has foamed at the mouth with vitriol directed Schumer’s way.
"Much of it is just the plain old progressive vitriol of the MoveOn.org, Daily Kos and netroots types. Schumer is a warmonger, wants war, loves war, and so on."

Brutal new ad featuring wounded vet: Why are we making nuclear deals with a country that tried to kill me?
"Hawks have tried to persuade them. Now it’s time to shame them. Via Iowahawk, according to one estimate, the deaths of more than 500 U.S. troops in Iraq can be directly linked to Iran."

Don’t get spun by Internet rumors.

FactCheck.org

 Take a look at your inbox. All those chain emails riddled with suspicious political claims. And what about social media? Odds are, those claims are bogus. Learn how to spot the "Key Characteristics of Bogusness."

"Just because you read it on somebody’s blog or in an email from a friend or relative doesn’t mean it’s true. It’s probably not, as we advised in our special report “That Chain E-mail Your Friend Sent to You Is (Likely) Bogus. Seriously,” on March 18, 2008.

"On this page, we feature a list of the false or misleading viral rumors we’re asked about most often, and a brief summary of the facts. But click on the links to read the full articles. There is a lot more detail in each answer. If you’re looking for articles about other viral claims, please use our search function."

Examples:
" Is Jade Helm 15 a government attempt to create martial law in the U.S.?
"No. It’s a joint military training exercise lasting for two months this summer.
May 11, 2015"
. . . 
 "Has President Obama canceled the May 6 National Day of Prayer?
"No. This widely circulated falsehood echoes similar claims made last year when the president issued a pro-prayer-day proclamation but didn’t hold White House services as President Bush had done."

"Is the ACLU suing to have cross-shaped headstones removed from military cemeteries?
"The ACLU has filed no such suit, and it hasn’t sued to “end prayer from the military” either.
July 5, 2009"

More at the link. This subject is discussed at length as well:

 ‘He Lied’ About Bill Ayers? McCain cranks out some false and misleading attacks on Obama's connection to a 1960s radical. 
 . . . "McCain says in an Internet ad that the two "ran a radical ‘education’ foundation" in Chicago. But the supposedly "radical" group was supported by a Republican governor and included on its board prominent local civic leaders, including one former Nixon administration official who has given $1,500 to McCain’s campaign this year. Education Week says the group’s work "reflected mainstream thinking" among school reformers. The group was the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, started by a $49 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation, which was established by the publisher Walter Annenberg, a prominent Republican whose widow, Leonore, is a contributor to the McCain campaign." . . .

Vetting Carly

When one becomes enamored with a political candidate, that is when it is most important to consider their cons. Obama voters did not -and do not - vet intelligently so we wound up with this petulant man controlling our lives. Before setting ourselves on fire for Ms. Fiorina, lets consider opinions of her as a total person, if only to be wiser than Obama-Hillary voters have been. TD

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Carly Fiorina: Islamic Civilization was “Greatest in the World”  "Lots of people are losing their minds over Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, but apart from her terrible record at Hewlett Packard, the 60-year-old seems to believe the Islamic Ottoman Empire civilization was the greatest in the world. "

Carly: a Flawed Candidate  . . . "Well, Boehner's "tactics", which ended up being employed, was to fully fund ObamaCare, which is what we still have today. Carly was clearly against putting up a fight to defund ObamaCare. What kind of a fighter will she be for limited government as President? Not very much of one, based on the evidence.
"Carly supporters, please tell me why these comments are irrelevant and/or why views such as these only have a statute of limitations of two years."

Refuted by a commenter:  "As a Matter of Fact Carly DID Get That Phone Call "
. . . "One of her more memorable lines, perhaps the one most often repeated, came in response to a question about Donald Trump: “I didn’t get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race. Did any of you get a phone call from Bill Clinton? I didn’t. Maybe it’s because I hadn’t given money to the foundation, or donated to his wife’s Senate campaign.”

. . . 

"There’s just one small problem: Carly Fiorina not only received a call from Bill Clinton (or someone working for him), she answered that call and appeared on stage with both Bill and Hillary when she spoke at an event sponsored by the Clinton Global Initiative in June of last year.

Diane Tavarez Strain from Bonsall, California commented:

"Did you actually watch it? She's against the minimum wage, she's for fracking, she wants more entrepreneurialship, says the Gov shouldn't be involved, calls out Clinton on Dodd-Frank, calls everyone out on Crony-capitalism. The only thing I saw was she said the Clinton Foundation was helping minorities in start up businesses, which is how they were selling themselves at the time. She was NOT there representing Clinton, but was part of a panel on Meet the Press." "Watch the whole damn thing!!"

So Fiorina was not there to advocate CGI; she was on a panel discussing it.  This report is on her appearance with the panel.

Fiorina blames income inequity on Obama's "crony capitalism" policies
. . . " But other panelists, including Republican and longtime business executive Carly Fiorina, disagreed on that solution. She blamed "crony capitalism" - supported by the financial policies of President Barack Obama's administration — for persistent income inequality in the United States. "The rich are getting richer," she said, "and the poor are getting poorer." . . .

#BlackLivesMatter SUPPORTER: Has Shot 8 Black People In The Head

Clash Daily   "Black lives matter, but not all of them? This is straight up demonic.

HOUSTON, Texas – Eight people were found dead inside a home in north Houston Saturday night. Police officers entered the home after receiving a call asking them to perform a welfare check on the residents. Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputies entered the home after seeing a dead child lying on the floor when looking through the windows of the home.

David Ray Conley III, 49, was charged with multiple counts of capital murder, in the deaths of six children and two adults.
 "David Ray Conley III, 49, had recently moved out of the family home and came back to find the locks were changed, he told police.
"So he shot them all in the head.
"Today Conley III was arrested for mass murder."


"David Ray Conley III is a black lives matter supporter.
"He posted this last week.
Via GotNews

Has the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Michelle Obama will be the new face on the $10 bill? No, No, a thousand times NO. Um, at least not now.

 Expect to find this urban legend in your email any day now

Snopes  "Claim:    Michelle Obama has been chosen by the U.S. Treasury Department to be the new face of the $10 bill."
Fact Check doesn't mention this at all

 

"There is no truth to this item, as Fox News The FB Page (although designed to look like an official Facebook page for the Fox News Channel) is one of many online purveyors of fake news stories.

"Although the above-quoted story is false, the U.S. Treasury Department did announce that a woman would be featured on a newly redesigned $10 bill. The person to be so honored has not yet been selected, but Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said that that person would be “a woman who has contributed to and represents the values of American democracy.”

"Another publication has similarly falsely suggested the new face on the $10 bill will be that of Hillary Clinton:" Read more

"The law prohibits portraits of living persons from appearing on Government Securities. Therefore, the portraits on our currency notes are of deceased persons whose places in history the American people know well."

However Bill Clinton did appear on this currency:

The torches and pitchforks are out for Megyn Kelly

Petition to Ban Megyn Kelly from Hosting Future Debates Goes Viral  "I’m not surprised in the least. I was offended as well by Kelly’s conduct at the debates. Not only did she vehemently attack Donald Trump and try to set him up to be taken out, she set the candidate’s at each other’s throats. The ‘esteemed’ panel also knocked Ted Cruz for having the temerity to call Mitch McConnell out as the liar that he is. Shame on them. Who’s calling the shots here? I bet it is Carl Rove and the Bush team. Bet on it. Everyone should sign the petition requesting that Megyn Kelly not host future debates for Fox News. She was biased, vicious and manipulative. I’m very, very disappointed in her."

Read more 

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 Look who's No.1 in NBC poll after GOP debate  "A brand-new scientific poll taken in the wake of Thursday’s Republican debates and Donald Trump’s war of words with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly shows the billionaire developer increasing his lead at the top position, with GOP establishment candidates such as Jeb Bush and Chris Christie in a downward spiral.

Independent Sentinel : We Took a Different Look at the Debates Because We Hate the Media 
. . . "People just want fairness. Even many non-Trump supporters were unhappy about the way Trump was handled.
"It probably took away from the candidates because everyone was waiting for more sparks to fly or stewing over the opening questions.
"It wasn’t boring, I’ll give them that.
"Actually, listening to the questions individually in the clips below might change your mind somewhat.
"Each of these candidates is intelligent, knowledgeable, and deserves credit for being willing to serve the country and put themselves out there to be ridiculed and reviled – some are more worthy than others but that is for you to decide." . . . Videos at the link.

'It wasn't an attack': Defiant Megyn Kelly maintains she was 'fair' with 'nervous' Donald Trump in the lead up to 'bloodgate' 

 . . . "Kelly, the only female moderator on the panel, also revealed that she told her male colleagues, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, before the debate not to defend her, should Trump attack. 

" 'I'm a big girl, I can handle it,' she said.

" 'My job is not to feel passionately about these candidates.

" 'My job is to go out there and ask probing questions that are hopefully smart and that help the people learn something about this person.

" '(Baier and Wallace) are both gentlemen and I didn't want them to in any way feel they needed to somehow come to my rescue.

" 'I didn't want them to feel if anybody started to attack me that I would be wondering where my compadres are.

" 'I'm a big girl. I can take it.' 

Do Trump supporters care what part of Megyn Kelly's body he was thinking of?
. . . "How do you feel about his comments?  Does your judgment of Trump depend on what part of Kelly's body  he was really referring to?  Do you think his sometimes offensive style will be a turn-off to voters in the general election...or just the breath of fresh air to get elected?"

Jonah Goldberg: Asking Trump Whether He’d Support the GOP Nominee Was Anything but ‘Unfair’ . . . "Donald Trump is the frontrunner in the polls for that nomination and he has, several times in recent weeks, suggested he might take his marbles and go if he’s not the nominee. But it was unfair to ask him about it?" . . .

NYT: This Wasn’t a Debate, It Was an Inquisition  . . . "They took each of the 10 Republicans onstage to task. They held each of them to account. They made each address the most prominent blemishes on his record, the most profound apprehensions that voters feel about him, the greatest vulnerability that he has.

"It was riveting. It was admirable. It compels me to write a cluster of words I never imagined writing: hooray for Fox News."

Salon:  Fox News’ vicious Republican power grab: Why Megyn Kelly vs. Donald Trump was just the beginning    "There were many on Twitter who seemed surprised that the moderators were asking such tough questions of the candidates. But they shouldn’t have been. Just because Fox News may be soft on Republicans when comparing them to Democrats doesn’t mean its journalists will simply roll over for them when it’s an intra-family affair."

Obama and the 'Amen Corner'; With accusations of warmongering, the president feeds anti-Semitism.

Elliott Abrams    "This week President Obama sealed his legacy as the most divisive president in modern times, who will leave behind both worsened race relations and a set of arguments about Iran that will surely feed anti-Semitism. 

"That race relations have worsened under Obama is crystal clear, as even publications like The New York Times have acknowledged. A Times/CBS poll conducted in July revealed that “nearly six in 10 Americans, including heavy majorities of both whites and blacks, think race relations are generally bad, and that nearly four in 10 think the situation is getting worse. By comparison, two-thirds of Americans surveyed shortly after President Obama took office said they believed that race relations were generally good.” And Americans did link the downturn to the president: “almost half of those questioned said the Obama presidency had had no effect on bringing the races together, while about a third said it had driven them further apart.”

 

"Think of that: a third of the American people, over a hundred million Americans, hold the president responsible for worsening race relations in the country. Why would that be? It’s reasonable to say the Mr. Obama’s close relationship with people who make a living from bitter race relations, such as Al Sharpton, plays a part. And so does Mr. Obama’s repeated insertion of himself into divisive racial situations even before the facts were fully known—starting with the famous case of the Harvard professor, Skip Gates, arrested in 2009." . . .

Pat Buchanan doesn't help much, He called Capitol Hill “Israeli occupied territory.” Cartoons added.

WHILE #BlackLivesMatter CROWD PROTESTS SANDERS: Obama Flees To Whitey Whiteville  . . .  "White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama realized he could spend Friday night on the island after all and “get started on his vacation first thing (Saturday) morning” so he decided to go for it."

Bernie Sanders' Politics of National Socialism

National Review Online . . . "He is a national socialist in the mode of Hugo Chávez. He isn’t driven by racial hatred; he’s driven by political hatred. And that’s bad enough.
“This is not about me,” Bernie is fond of saying. Instead, he insists, it’s about building a grassroots movement that will be in a permanent state of “political revolution” — his words — against the people he identifies as class enemies: Kochs, Waltons, Republicans, bankers, Wall Street, Them – the numerically inferior Them. His views are totalitarian inasmuch as there is no aspect of life that he believes to be beyond the reach of the state, and they are deeply illiberal inasmuch as he is willing to jettison a great deal of American liberalism — including freedom of speech — if doing so means that he can stifle his enemies’ ability to participate in the political process. He rejects John F. Kennedy’s insistence that “a rising tide lifts all boats” — and he is willing to sink as many boats as is necessary in his crusade against the reality that some people make more money than others."

Related:  Bernie Sanders’ Fossil Socialism 

. . . "It’s an old left-winger’s dream: a larger government, a more equal — and in all likelihood poorer — country. But whether the country is poorer doesn’t matter to Sanders, because his critique of capitalism is fundamentally moral." . . .Read more

About Bernie Sanders and Socialism

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders backs Obama's agreement with Iran
. . .  “ 'This agreement is obviously not all that many of us would have liked but it beats the alternative – a war with Iran that could go on for years,” Sanders said in his statement. “If Iran does not live up to the agreement, sanctions may be reapplied. If Iran moves toward a nuclear weapon, all available options remain on the table. I think it is incumbent upon us, however, to give the negotiated agreement a chance to succeed.' ” . . .

 Socialist Bernie Sanders begins to lay out his potential presidential platform
. . . "In Sanders’ socialist America, the tax rate on America’s wealthy “will be more than it is right now,” though Sanders refused to specify exactly how much higher."Read more

 

 A Bernie Sanders Presidency Is ALL About Socialism   "However, many economists and lawmakers have taken issue with the idea of basing a modern tax increase, especially as high as 90 percent, on policies issued in the past. e are many more economic factors that must be considered with such a impactful policy stance.
. . .  “Before Congress decides it can raise the top rate without any adverse effects, policy makers need to get the relevant facts about how taxes affect the economy.”
"Nevertheless, Sanders has made wealth retribution a significant part of his political career, often making private sector companies the enemy of his crusade."
"For instance, a congressional joint committee report from 2012 argued there are many more economic factors that must be considered with such a impactful policy stance."

Bernie Sanders, Socialist.  Yahoo Answers: What is Democratic Socialism in simple terms?   "Best Answer:  The Socialist ideology is a theory , fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and which holds forth beliefs that have no basis in reality. Under socialism, incentives either play a minimal role or are ignored totally. A centrally planned economy without market prices or profits, where property is owned by the state, is a system without an effective incentive mechanism to direct economic activity. By failing to emphasize incentives, socialism is a theory inconsistent with human nature and is therefore doomed to fail. Socialism is based on the theory that incentives don't matter!. . .

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"...Winston Churchill

What  Are Socialism And Capitalism In Simple Terms?

"In a recent online edition of Pravda, Stanislav Mishin wrote, "It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.' "

When both systems fail.
"When socialism fails it can leave a residue of totalitarian governance or merely implode into a a social democracy that limps along after receding dreams of utopia. We in America need to ask ourselves if we want to become another Europe? If so why?
"When capitalism fails it will self-correct, if it is left alone, because it is based on the native desire of the human spirit to survive and even thrive. Its failures can and will be painful, but pain has a purpose. Capitalism can only completely fail when it is arbitrarily replaced by another system of economics. This is what is happening in America now. We are financing the loss of our own liberties for the safety of servitude. Is this trade worth it?"

Bernie Sanders is now effectively a hostage of #BlackLivesMatter   " Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A large, well attended Bernie Sanders rally was shut down entirely by a handful of Black Lives Matter protesters." . . . "They have learned that Sanders has a weak team and no stomach for a confrontation and can be bullied into silence as they advance their agenda. Sanders had a huge crowd at the first event who were obviously there to see and hear him and were disgruntled when he was denied the chance to speak. Yet he let them down and ran away from a confrontation with a few agitators. This is a leader? This is what inspires a nation to follow you into the future?"
 Ann Althouse has more to say about this
Do all our candidates fear these people?

 Still, Bernie Sanders isn't awarded much chance by the DNC:
 The DNC Paves the Way for a Clinton Coronation

Jon Stewart, Patron Saint of Liberal Smugness

 Mr. Stewart later acknowledged that Mr. Yoo had bested him, which didn’t happen very often. In that sense, the interview was an outlier. But it wasn’t a coincidence. Mr. Stewart had gone in lazy, relying on a caricature, and seemingly unprepared for the thoughtful conservative sitting in his guest chair.

NY Times   "It shows how gifted Jon Stewart is that his best moment happened on someone else’s show. He appeared in 2004 on “Crossfire,” a CNN yelling program, and asked the hosts to take seriously their responsibility to public understanding by having useful conversations instead of shouting matches.

"It was Mr. Stewart’s finest hour. He made an earnest pitch for civility in a place where there really was none. Which makes it too bad that in his 16 years of hosting “The Daily Show,” he never lived up to his own responsibility. His prodigious talents — he was smart and funny, and even more of both when he was mad — perfectly positioned him to purge a particular smugness from our discourse. Instead, he embodied it. I loved watching him, and hated it too. " . . .

"Liberals turn out to be just as prone to their own forms of intolerance, ignorance and bias. But the beliefs are comforting to many. They give their bearers a sense of intellectual and even moral superiority. And they affect behavior. . . . "This sense of superiority is hardly the only cause of our polarized public discourse, but it sure doesn’t help."

And polarized it is, indeed. In fact I feel an intense dislike between both sides that is manifested in many comments and tweets on current events. TD