Reading list on the Democrat convention

Neal Boortz says, Y'all Need to Cheer Me Up "But I did try to read [Obama's] speech.  It was agonizing.  Excuses and promises.  Nothing more.  Golly, this has been hard, but I promise to do better, though I can’t tell you how that’s going to happen.  
"It didn’t take but about 10 paragraphs of Obama’s speech before the glaring hypocrisy started to shine through."... 

Democratic platform abandons pro-Israel positions on borders, refugees, Hamas "The Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., adopted a platform that turns its back on three Israeli existential imperatives - on dealing with Palestinian terrorism, on achieving secure and recognized borders, and on preventing a flood of Palestinians from swamping the Jewish state."
This is not Harry Truman's Democrat Party.

Ten Things I Learned From the Democrat Convention  "A lot of breath was expended at the DNC appealing to young people, my generation, the Millennials -- the same lamentable group about to inherit more than $200 trillion in total unpaid debts. No self-respecting young person can vote for a party that stubbornly, categorically refuses to acknowledge the coming tidal wave.
"But, of course, many of them will. They always do."

The Charlatans of Charlotte   "The lies told about Ryan and Medicare were alone enough to disqualify the Dems for re-election."

Michael Barone; Magic of 2008 Eludes Obama After Flat Convention  "The delegates roared again and again at endorsements of access to contraceptives (actually, free contraceptives), same-sex marriage and non-deportation of young illegal immigrants who meet certain conditions. Requiring picture identification at the polls was described as similar to beating up blacks trying to vote 50 years ago."

Jay Cost; Did Obama Really Win the Summer?   "For starters, when we are talking about historical perspective, really the only poll that has been in constant, regular operation is the Gallup poll, where Romney and Obama were basically trading leads for months prior to the convention."
Jay Cost is a staff writer for THE WEEKLY STANDARD and the author of Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic, available now wherever books are sold. 

(Updated) For Parents to Teach Their Children That God Created the Earth Is Tantamount to Child Abuse

The American Culture;   "Bill Nye (a.k.a. PBS‘s “the Science Guy”) is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, this time on the Internet, with his YouTube video in which he all but calls parents (“grownups”) ignoramuses for teaching their children anything but evolution:"

Lets see if Mr. Nye explains how evolution can design a microscopic motor complete with bearings, rotor and stator 
"But the bottom line is that modern Darwinian theory -- as classically understood -- has come no where close to explaining the origin of this remarkably complex and sophisticated motor engine. " 
Hat tip to Tom Wright; Richardson, Texas, who is the source of the graphic illustrations below that compare the electric motor with the flagellum that propels "simple" bacteria. 

The electric motor is the product of thousands of years of accumulated human knowledge; the flagellum is the product of knowledge and skill that was present at creation.
I suppose my saying all this could be a felony before long. The Tunnel Dweller.

Man-made electric motor:

Motor - that was A) installed at creation or B) just evolved by itself - that propels bacteria:

Thank you to Jon Hodges of Richardson,TX. for sending this material used by Tom Wright.

Are Americans too ignorant to live in this country?

Dems Want To Ban Corporate Profits?  "I am coming to the conclusion that the majority of Americans are too damned ignorant to live in a free country.  Just watch this video and you'll understand why.  Go ahead .. click on it!  We've been playing around with it on the show today."
Neal Boortz

Daily Caller

This Mark Steyn column is highly related, regrettably; A Nation of Sandra Flukes  "For one thing, it’s a striking feature of the Age of Perfected Liberalism that modern liberals talk about sex 24/7 while simultaneously giving off the persistent whiff that the whole thing’s a bit of a chore. Hence, the need for government subsidy. And, in fairness to Miss Montez, she used sex to argue for liberalized government, whereas Miss Fluke uses liberalism to argue for sexualized government."

Conservative Cartoonist McCoy Goes After Sandra Fluke Again

Now that the U.S. Is an Islamic State…

ROBERT SPENCER; "Obama has dealt a huge setback to any effort to compel Pakistan to drop its blasphemy laws."

 "A bipartisan group of six senators recently wrote to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, asking that he free Rimsha Masih, the eleven-year-old girl who was being held on blasphemy charges and is still under serious threat of mob violence and resumed prosecution even though she has been released on bail. The letter is a welcome indication that the world is finally noticing Pakistan’s blasphemy laws — but working at cross purposes with those who are trying to get Pakistan to scrap these laws is none other than Barack Obama, who is now doing nothing less than effectively enforcing them upon the U.S. military. The senators wrote to the wrong President."

God and the Democrats

Cal Thomas; Why Put God Back in the Democrat Platform? 
"Clearly the Democrats were embarrassed, but it doesn't really matter. Do you think God is impressed by a political platform that includes abortion-on-demand and same-sex marriage, not to mention debt as far as the eye can see? Not having God in this platform would have been fine with me."

It's Bill! It's BILL! IT'S BILL!

Hat tip to Texas on the Potomac

Cartoonists sum up the DNC

Rain of Error  "What a week it's been for the Democratic Convention. The "War on Women" party staged a salute to Teddy "Ladykiller" Kennedy, then put a serial abuser of women (and likely rapist) named Bill Clinton onstage. So delightfully wonderful was Clinton's speech that a rhapsodic Chris Matthews gushed that if the former president were somehow transported to Mars (we like the idea so far...) that he'd know how to have sex with the Martians."

Alan Caruba; Maureen Dowd Falls Out of Love

Dowd ("MoDo")

Warning Signs  "...She is a very good writer which, in itself, is reason enough to read her, but more importantly she is a weather vane pointing the direction that liberals are taking on issues, individuals, and events."
.... " Despite her liberal credentials, she is far less easily duped than most.
...."“In his renomination acceptance speech here on Thursday night, he told us that America’s problems were tougher to solve than he had originally thought. And that’s why he has kindly agreed to give us more time. Because, after all, it’s our fault.”
"Dowd picked up on a theme of Obama’s speech that was  missed by just about every other political pundit I heard or read in the days since."  (Emphasis added)

Dowd's NY Times article here.

"It’s depressing to look back and remember what soaring hopes we had for ourselves only four years ago. Did we overdo it with the Greek columns? Sheesh, a million people showed up for our inauguration. Now we brag when we break 10,000."

Mentioning Wall Street columnist Kimberly Strassel, Caruba writes: "her related column was not one of disappointment, but rather a sharp analysis of the destruction Obama has brought upon the Democratic Party that just nominated him for a second term." Read on:

Strassel: The Party that Obama Un-Built"It took Mr. Obama two years to destroy this potential, with an agenda that forced his party to field vote after debilitating vote—stimulus, ObamaCare, spending, climate change. The public backlash, combined with the president's mismanagement of the economy, has reversed Democrats' electoral gains and left a party smaller than at any time since the mid-1990s."

September; This month in WW2

World at War

HOLOCAUST HISTORY;   INVASION OF POLAND, FALL 1939

German troops parade through Warsaw after the surrender
of Poland. Warsaw, Poland, September 28-30, 1939.

Timeline of WW2   1939 Timeline of WW2 - September - WW2 starts September 1, 1939

• 1 September 1939 - Germany invaded Poland
• 3 September - Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany
• September 4, 1939 - Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy
• September 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality
• September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany

In preparation for invading to the east, Hitler built the Westwall to hold back the French and British while Germany attacked Poland.

Your first 5 minutes at Marine Corps Recruit Depot - San Diego

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Thinking of joining the Corps? Be advised:  I cannot believe how many recruits thought the first day they got to Boot Camp, they would be issued dress blues and let out onto the streets.
Also here.
Familiar sounds on the "grinder";  Also here. Here; 
In a few weeks, the motley crew in the video above will resemble the men in this video:

McCain calls Iran situation a ‘train wreck’

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL   "Former presidential nominee slams Obama for delaying ‘tough decisions’ on Iran, criticizes lack of war talk at Republican Convention, says situation in Syria ‘cries out for American leadership’"

"“Here’s the conundrum. The president of the United States has repeatedly stated that Iranian nuclear weapons (are) unacceptable. Now we watch as they move inexorably down that path… Right now I don’t see any exit sign. That doesn’t mean I’m predicting that there will be this conflict, but at the same time I don’t know a way out.”

" “One thing I’m pretty confident of is that that decision would not be made by the president of the United States before the November election,” he added.  

"McCain is scathingly critical of the political process in America today, blaming outside money for driving down the level of political discourse in 2012."

Andrew McCarthy; There’s More Missing from the Democratic Platform Than God and Jerusalem

Andrew McCarthy, who put the Blind Sheik behind bars in the first World Trade Center bombing, was arguably the most important prosecutor in the War on Terror. He is among the most authoritative writers anywhere on the dangers of Jihad. His distinguished legal career and expertise on national security matters will be invaluable to PJ Media and our readers.

Given his background, it’s no surprise that Andy is very interested in law and national security. Andy’s training is as a trial lawyer, not a journalist, which allows him to break down complicated events and legal principles into a narrative that commonsense people can wrap their brains around.

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"Four years later, with Israel’s security situation dramatically — and not coincidentally — worse than it was when Obama was elected, Hamas and Hezbollah have been dropped from the platform. They have not changed, mind you. They continue, without a scintilla of apology, to deny Israel’s right to exist and seek its destruction. But they are this administration’s friends — or, at the very least, friends of its friends."

Want more? President Obama’s deputy national security adviser for homeland security, John Brennan refers to Jerusalem as "al-Quds"!  Yes, al-Quds. That would be Jerusalem — or, rather, what Islamists call Jerusalem.  From May, 2010.

I can’t help but note that Brennan’s insufferable remarks included the following: “In Saudi Arabia, I saw how our Saudi partners fulfilled their duty as custodians of the two holy mosques at Mecca and Medina.” As I discuss in The Grand Jihad (officially released next Tuesday), the main way they fulfill it is by banning non-Muslims from entering — so I’m wondering how Brennan managed to see how they do it.   Read the rest here.

 Jerusalem = al Quds