Defense Secretary Slips Up, Reveals Obama Admin LED IRAN Straight to Our Sailors

"This shows just how derelict the Obama administration was in its duty. Not only did they apologize to the Iranians, they actively delivered our sailors into the clutches of their military."

Conservative Tribune  

"It doesn’t matter if “the 3 a.m. phone call” comes in the middle of the day. Not only will the Obama administration not answer it, but they’ll aid our enemies instead.

"First came the fact that President Barack Obama refused to address the arrest of 10 of our sailors by the Iranian military after their boats had mechanical trouble at sea. Then came news that the Obama administration had offered the Iranians an apology for the release of the sailors.

"Now comes the disturbing revelation, apparently delivered by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, that the Obama administration tipped off the Iranians that our soldiers were lost at sea and requested their aid.

" The news came from Rep. Louie Gohmert, R­ Texas, during an interview on The Blaze’s Dana Loesch shortly after Iran’s arrest of the sailors had come to light.

“I understand that (Secretary of State) John Kerry has indicated, look, when he got word, he and Ash Carter called the Iranians to help take care of our Navy guys, because they had some mechanical problems,” Gohmert said.

"I’ll give you a second to pick your jaw off the floor. “When our Navy ships have problems, we don’t call Iran. We call the rest of the Navy. We can call the Air Force, the Army, the Marines, Coast Guard. We don’t call Iran,” Gohmert said. " . . .   Hat tip to Gerald Thomas, Eugene, OR

Why so many Americans go the extra mile in honoring America's flag and her veterans

Deep down, with posts like this, wouldn't you say many of us are giving the middle finger to disciples of all groups aligned with people like Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayres, and all those who deface our flag to show contempt for this nation and her defenders? The Tunnel Dweller, former Corporal, USMC, 1957-61

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Well, it all goes with this:

2009: Obama's Christmas tree graced by Chairman Mao, transvestite   

"The face of China’s Mao Zedong, blamed for the deaths of 50 to 80 million of his countrymen, graces an ornament on the White House Christmas tree for President Obama’s first holiday season in residence.

"According to BigGovernment.com, the tree also features an ornament adding Obama to Mount Rushmore.

"The images, such as the “transvestite” character “Hedda Lettuce,” are attributed to the work of Simon Doonan, creative director of Barney’s New York, whose previous projects have included Margaret Thatcher as a dominatrix and Dan Quayle as a ventriloquist’s dummy, according to the New York Times.

“ 'Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements,” Big Government’s report asked. “These photos of ornaments on the White House Christmas tree in the Blue Room were taken just days ago. Of course, Mao has his place in the White House.' ” . . .American veterans who stood guard against Nazism and Communism deserve much better than this.

World War II Veterans Cross Memorial Barricades Despite Shutdown
Only the petulant, vindictive Barack Obama would do this and be covered for it by the press.  ABC reported:

 . . . "Though the memorial was technically closed due to the government shutdown that went into effect early this morning, they managed to enter the memorial and tour the site . . ."

But it was Barack Obama who instructed his Park Service through his Department of the Interior to spend great sums closing off open air monuments that could have easily and freely been visited, shutdown or not. Dare I suppose it was one of his voters who did this act below?

Veteran Memorials In Three States Vandalized Ahead of Memorial Day

Veterans are mourned by most of us; to this president, they are nothing more than a photo-op.

The Clintons: New York’s Sixth Crime Family

"Everything Bill and Hillary touch ends up in a police report."

National Review  

"The list of New York’s legendary crime families — the Bonannos, Colombos, Gambinos, Genoveses, and Luccheses — requires this addition: The Clintons. 

"Hardly a day passes without Hillary, Bill, or one of their gang landing in hot water. The Clintons’ inner circle teems with people embroiled in scandal, under investigation, or heading into or out of jail. 

"In a report that surfaced Wednesday, the State Department inspector general pulverized Hillary’s claims that her outlaw e-mail server was perfectly legal. The report said that Hillary “did not comply with the Department’s policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act.” 

"When staffers warned that her private server was vulnerable to hackers, they were ordered “never to speak of the Secretary’s personal e-mail system again.' ” . . . 

"They say that criminals always return to the scene of the crime. Voters must decide if they will send the Clinton crime family back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."

 Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor and a contributing editor with National Review Online.

Why Both Clintons Are Such Unapologetic Liars

" 'Clinton" should become a verb"

National Review  . . . "It’s kind of interesting when you think about it. Since the Clintons respect only power, the only power they respect is that of the law. Which is why the only times they can be counted upon to tell the truth is when the law absolutely requires it — or may require it down the road. Of course, as lawyers, they are artists at telling only the minimum amount of the truth absolutely required of them. The flipside is that because they are lawyers, when they resort to legalistic language, it’s a tell that they’re lying." . . .

Vladimir's dream

"A new poll shows that Hillary Clinton is only six points ahead of Bernie Sanders. Today a very confident Hillary said, 'Oh, please. Like I'm going to lose the Democratic nomination to a left-wing senator nobody's ever heard of?'" –Conan O"Brien

The October surprise to end all October surprises  
 Filed under "Hey, it could happen".

"There may be more than one surprise in the works this year, given the dismal remaining candidates in the U.S. presidential race.  But the true game-changer could come from an unexpected source: Vlad Putin, the chief mourner of the passing of the Soviet Union.

"In Putin's scheme for a world where Russia is again a superpower, there has to be one favorite among the current finalists still in the race.  Deep down, Bernie may well be his soul mate, but Putin knows there is little he can do to move Comrade Bernie up in the delegate count, and he could do considerable harm by openly endorsing him.

"He knows Hillary, and the best he can expect from her victory is same-old, same-old – too slow and clumsy to get out of his way in re-establishing Russian dominance of Europe and beyond.  After all, Putin is getting up in years.  Before he replaced Hillary's reset button to work as his toilet-flusher as a reminder of her naiveté, he used it as a map-pointer to shift his troops to Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.

"To Putin, Donald Trump is a surprise and not necessarily the negative buffoon he was expecting.  What is not to like if he will dismantle NATO as promised? " . . .

"No Survivors" - The Twenty-Second Anniversary of Eagle Flight

Blackfive   

"They came to save us, and to give us dignity. Their sacrifice will remain in the minds of our children for the rest of their lives. We will teach their names to our children, and keep their names in our books of history as heroes who gave their lives for freedom." - Kurd Sheik Ahmet at the April 17th, 1994 memorial service in Zakhu, Iraq.

"Today, is the 22nd anniversary of a dark day in our military history...while the inquiry results were weak, this was one incident in which many lessons were learned that later saved American and allied lives (true IFF came from this), and continued the long trek to freedom for one of the most deserving groups of human beings on this planet.

"Let's start at what isn't quite the beginning but as good as any place to start this story...

"In April, 1991, as part of U.N. Resolution 688, the National Command Authority commanded the US Armed Forces to conduct Operation Provide Comfort.  On the 8th of April 1991, the 1st Battalion (FWD) of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from Bad Tolz, Germany, deployed to conduct humanitarian relief operations for over a half million Kurdish refugees.  Soon the 2nd and 3rd Battalions arrived from the states.

"From the 10th Group's history page (emphasis is mine):" . . .

Dear LGBT Community, Resistance to Your Community Has Nothing To Do With Being “Phobic”

Phobic:  

1. 1a :  having an intolerance or aversion for <photophobic><Anglophobic>b :  exhibiting a phobia for <claustrophobic>
2. 2:  lacking affinity for <hydrophobic>

RedState  "I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the accusation thrown at me.

“ 'You’re homophobic!” says the gay, or lesbian.

“ 'You’re transphobic!” says the transgendered.

"This assumption usually comes smack dab in the middle – or if they’re lazy, at the beginning – of an argument against the latest in the long line of you-will-be-made-to-care attempts at bringing the culture at large to heel. Sometimes, the accusation is thrown out – not to silence an opponent in an argument – but to no-platform someone who they feel needs to be silenced before he or she even opens their mouth.

"When it was announced that I would be writing for the popular website, The Escapist, leftists and social justice warriors poured over my every public utterance to find something damning, and settled on a tweet I had said in the past about transgenderism. The internet exploded, and numerous sites, and message boards got the word out about how The Escapist was hiring on the most transphobic man since Hitler. Go ahead and google it. There’s even an entire NeoGaf page dedicated to me.

"But how accurate is the label of homophobic, or transphobic when thrown at others, and the public at large when they, like me, resist the agenda?" . . .

Obama, the foreign-policy guru

‘We have to destroy her story’: How Hillary enabled Bill

Rich Lowry

. . . "Hillary Clinton’s self-image as a feminist champion has always been at odds with her political partnership with a serial womanizer whose electoral career has depended on discrediting and smearing the women with whom he’s had dalliances.

"Hillary tends to get a pass, because the 1990s were a long time ago, the media often scold anyone who brings up the scandals and most politicians think it’s bad form to talk about someone else’s marriage. Unconstrained by all these boundaries, Trump is hitting her with his characteristic abandon.

"Hillary’s defenders say this is tantamount to blaming her for Bill’s infidelities. Of course, she’s not responsible for his wanderings. But as a fully vested member of Bill’s political operation, Hillary had as much interest in forcefully rebutting all allegations of sexual misconduct as he did." . . .

What to Do When Your Grown Child Doesn't Hold Your Political Views

Julie Prince

"What happens when your children end up holding political views that are different from your own? Just because you may influence them with your views when they are young doesn't always mean they will follow suit and adopt your ideology when they are grown. Children enjoy rebelling at times ... it's like ... what they do! Trust me, I have been there with my own daughter, but I promise, it does get better!

"I have been a conservative constitutionalist all of my life and my daughter started out very liberal. Now that she is almost 19 and has her first job, she identifies as a proud libertarian. Funny how paying taxes really opens your eyes! As the saying goes, "If you're not a liberal by the time you're 20, you have no heart. If you're still a liberal by the time you're 40, you have no head."

"You may have to experience this like I had to, and it can be frustrating! Here are a few pieces of advice that may help:" . . .

Ex-State Dept Advisor: Clinton’s ‘Sloppy Communications’ May Have Blown Counter-Terrorism Ops

Weasel Zippers   

"She refused to take care with any communications she had, not just emails…"

Via Law Newz:

Buried amid news coverage of the damning State Department Inspector General’s report is another explosive story that is certain to cause even more headaches for Hillary Clinton. A retired military advisor to the State Department has come out with claims that Clinton’s “sloppy communications with her senior staff” may have compromised counterterrorism operations in the Philippines.
Bill Johnson, the former State Department’s advisor to the Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC), made these explosive allegations in an article published late on Wednesday by Newsweek. The report states “secret plans to eliminate the leader of a Filipino Islamist separatist group and intercept Chinese-made weapons components being smuggled into Iraq were repeatedly foiled.”
“I had several missions that went inexplicably wrong, with the targets one step ahead of us,” Johnson told Newsweek.
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Bernie Sanders, confronted with socialism's failures, cannot defend his economic policies

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Thomas Lifson   "Edgar Portela of Newsbusters reports:

When asked to explain the failure of socialist governments in Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil, Sanders completely clammed up, saying he has an opinion on the subject, but was unwilling to share it, as he is “focused on my campaign.”

Sanders, Radio Hosts Get Into Testy Exchange Over Whether A Left Wing Agenda Can Work When Government Is So Bad  . . . "The hosts noted that Sanders platform is far left, dotted with items like free college and universal health care. But they’re main question was how is this going to work, let alone garnering more support for these programs, when you hear stories about the inexcusable waiting times (and appalling care) at Veterans Affairs, along with the pervasive failure over at the Transportation Security Administration. Some of these security lines have resulted in travelers waiting hours to be screened prior to boarding. Airlines are not happy with the deteriorating situation. Recently, a top official dealing with was removed from his position as head of security for the TSA, though he had collected $90,000 in bonuses despite no improvements with the security line situation.