Alan Caruba: Why Vote?

Warning Signs

 

"Every election is “the most important” for the simple reason that it has the potential of making our lives better or worse.

"What makes elections scary is that votes are cast by people who often have paid little attention to the events, issues, policies or the candidates involved. Casting a vote requires knowing something about the times in which one lives and the persons promising to make them better." ...Full Article

 

SNL Sketch Skewers Unwavering Black Support for Obama

The American Culture   "The most recent episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live included an extraordinarily pithy and somewhat bold sketch about support for President Obama among black Americans. The sketch depicts a talk show called “How’s He Doing?” The “he” in the imaginary show’s title is President Obama, and the premise of the sketch is how he’s doing is very, very badly as president but still enjoying unwavering approval among blacks. Host Kenan Thompson opens the putative PBS show by describing it as “the show where the black voter takes a frank, honest look at President Obama and ask, ‘How’s he doing?’” In …continue reading"
 

One World Trade Center Opens in Lower Manhattan

Bloomberg News

World Trade Center Reborn: Infographic

5 Coolest Features of One World Trade Center    ... "Take a tour of One WTC with us and check out some of the coolest features from one of the most-watched construction projects in history."
5. The Bomb-proof Base  ... "The solution was elegantly simple: create a bunkerlike base that could withstand the force of a 1,500-pound (680-kilogram) truck bomb and cover it in prismatic glass that would please the eye and disguise the superstrong blast walls." ...
4. Strong, Speedy and Selective Elevators ... " iCrete also will reinforce the elevator shafts running through the center of the building like spinal columns. The concrete surrounding the shafts is 3 feet (1 meter) thick in some areas and so dense that jackhammers simply bounce off it." ...
3. The Safety Specs  ... "And what if disaster occurs? The building's state-of-the-art communications cables will alert the authorities, and occupants will move to tenant collection points on each floor and await firefighters, who will be able to reach them via a dedicated emergency-services stairwell." ....
2. The Glass Gown Outside ..." The special glass will be highly blast resistant, which only adds to the tower's strength."...
1. The Antenna ...More at the link...

 

Barack Obama Brings Out A Tiny Crowd In Philly

Independent Sentinel

 

"Philly is the city where President Obama received 100% of the vote in 59 districts in 2012. How things have changed! The Greek columns are gone and the black curtain has fallen.

"Mr. Obama campaigned in Philadelphia on Sunday but couldn’t fill a college basketball arena of rather modest size. It was half empty so they covered the empty seats with a black curtain.

"Check out the black curtain:"
 

Video: Texas Tech Students Don’t Know Who Won the American Civil War

And these people vote! Or, shall we say, the Democrats court them to vote Democrat?

College Insurrection  "This will make you want to tear your hair out.

"Not only do almost all of these students know nothing about the American Civil War, they also have no idea who is currently the Vice President of the United States.

"How can you even get into college without knowing these things?"
 

Wasserman-Schultz, DNC hire army of lawyers to challenge election results

Examiner.com

 

"The Democratic National Committee (DNC), led by its hard hitting and verbose chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, has hundreds of attorneys on retainer in order to fight the results of Tuesday's elections if things don't go their way, according a number of news stories on Sunday.

"Voter identification laws appear to be the primary point of contention, with Republicans supporting the law and the Democrats opposing them. The DNC continues to use its "get out the vote" tactics while making allegations that the GOP is trying to "disenfranchise" minority voters, some of whom were proven to have been bused in from other districts or even states.

" 'These verbal tactics are beginning to become shopworn and bring to mind the words attributed to the father of Communism, Karl Marx: 'Accuse other of what you do.'   If anything, it's the Republican National Committee officials who should hire a million lawyers and private detectives to launch investigations into alleged voting irregularities," said former police detective and corporate fraud investigator. " ...

HopeN'Change

Quiz for Democrats: who is this man?

Hat tip to Edward Wagner

Why Democrats must be opposed everywhere. EVERYWHERE!

Barack Bulworth Obama  ... "After all, he personalizes politics as no other politician ever has: a toxic combination of his ego and his narcissism.  He was the person who said that while he may not be on the ballot, his policies were.  Earlier in his presidency he had reassured a wavering Democratic Congressman that merely by having Obama in his corner will shield him from repercussions for voting for Obamacare (“this time you’ve got me”)

... "He will flex his power as never before, to impose his agenda on America and fulfill his promise to “fundamentally transform America.”

"What can we expect to see in the 26 more months to come in his second term?  The mind boggles.

Race and Reaction  "The Democrats have committed themselves to flushing generations of progress on race down the toilet. That is, flushing the progress whites willingly made toward perceiving and treating all persons as equals. It’s not so clear that any other groups even got the memo that equality and peaceful coexistence were the supposed goals of racial “justice”. Indeed, one now wonders if we got different memos entirely. "

The media go to extreme lengths to bury all stories that reflect poorly on Obama and his party.

 Top 10 Reasons to Vote Democrat

• #10. I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry 
whatever I want. I’ve decided to marry my German Shepherd.
• #9. I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon at 15% isn’t.
• #8. I vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
• #7. I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
• #6. I vote Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves. I am also thankful that we have a 911 service that gets police to your home in order to identify your body after a home invasion.
• #5. I vote Democrat because I’m not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive and comfy.
• #4. I vote Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away Social Security from those who paid into it.
• #3. I vote Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrat Party sees fit.
• #2. I vote Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
• And, the #1 reason I vote Democrat is…….. because I think it’s better to pay $billions$ for oil to people who hate us, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher, or fish here in America. We don’t care about the beetles, gophers, or fish in those other countries.
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If you don't like Republicans, at least vote for them to cancel a Democrat vote. This will tell you why:

Obama always pointing the finger of blame at someone else  "We are witnessing the total collapse of a bad idea. Obamaism, a quasi-socialist commitment to a more powerful government at home and an abdication of American leadership around the world, is being exposed as a historic calamity. It is fueling domestic fear and global disorder and may well lead to a world war.

"If there is a smidgen of a silver lining, it is that the unraveling, complete with Obama’s shameless attempts to duck responsibility, is playing out on the eve of the midterm elections. Fortunately, voters seem ready to respond by giving Republicans control of both houses of Congress.

"I second that emotion, and not just because Obama is a failure. For all his narcissism, he didn’t make this mess alone.

"He was aided and abetted by every Democrat in Congress. They marched in lockstep with his cockamamie policies, from ObamaCare to open borders. They protected corrupt leaders in numerous federal agencies, from the IRS to the General Services Administration. They stymied efforts to find the truth about Benghazi and the Fast and Furious gunrunning debacle.

"They ceded their constitutional obligations and allowed Obama to crash the system of checks and balances. The vast majority stood silent while he gutted the military and abandoned our allies, including Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and courted Iran, the most menacing nation on Earth.

"With painfully few exceptions, Democrats put their loyalty to him above their duty to America.

"And now they must be punished. All of them." ...   (emphasis added, TD)

[Six] Years Later, Obama Again Blames Bush   ... "Now, well into his second term, Obama has become a caricature of himself. In fact, if Saturday Night Live were to do a spoof on the Blame Bush phenomenon, it would look a lot like Obama’s actual statements." ...

 

March 29, 2011: “I inherited a big debt.”
August 8, 2011: “Look, we do have a serious problem in terms of debt and deficit, and much of it I inherited when I showed up.”
February 23, 2012: “We’ve made sure to do everything we can to dig ourselves out of this incredible hole I inherited.”
March 4, 2012: “When I took office, the efforts to apply pressure on Iran were in tatters.”
March 14, 2012: “When I came into office, there had been drift in the Afghanistan strategy, in part because we had spent a lot of time focusing on Iraq instead.” And so on, and so on...

It’s time to beat the Jew haters

Caroline Glick

 

... "In recent years it has become apparent that university campuses have become breeding grounds for anti-Semitism. The incidents described by the Jewish students who attended the AEPi convention indicate that the anti-Israel propaganda taught in the classrooms is increasingly being translated into anti-Jewish violence outside of them.

"The major American Jewish organizations were incompetent to contend with anti-Israel incitement as it became a major force in university classrooms some 15 years ago. Jewish students found themselves with few communal resources to rely on when they suddenly and unexpectedly found themselves at the front lines of the anti-Semitic battle against Jewish rights."
...
"Politicians who support or, when asked, fail to condemn these groups, individuals and their actions as racist and bigoted should be called out for their behavior. Police departments like the Oakland police department that do nothing to stop rioters from preventing the lawful, unfettered operation of a major US port should be subjected to public and legal scrutiny."

Canada had Lone Wolf under surveillance

 

Blackfive   "The Canadians were watching their "lone wolf" killer before he killed CPL Cirrillo. But nothing came of it, what is the problem? My compatriot at Center for Security Policy Kyle Shideler takes a look at why watching isn't enough.

October 22nd’s terror attack by Michael (aka Abdullah) Zehaf-Bibeau brings into focus an important question for Western counterterrorism efforts, as reports are now indicating that Zehaf-Bibeau, reportedly a Muslim convert, or having recently become religious, had been under Canadian law enforcement scrutiny prior to the attack, over fears that he may head abroad to join the Islamic State. This exact same set of circumstances also existed for Martin Couture Rouleau, who killed one Canadian soldier, and wounded another, in a hit and run terror attack on October 21st. Nor are the Canadians the only ones who have had all the proper intelligence on suspects, and literally surveilled them all the up until the moment they began their deadly assault. A look at the past several years brings to mind multiple examples. The FBI was made aware of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev , and even interviewed him, well before he engaged in his jihad. British MI-5 had likewise been made aware of Michael Adebolajo, when he was arrested by Kenyan authorities allegedly for trying to join the jihad in Somalia. Adebolajo (together with a partner) would go on to engage in the beheading of British Army drummer Lee Rigby, in an attack very nearly copied by Rouleau.

 The memorial honors Canadian soldiers who died in battles such as the disaster at Dieppe, in France on 19 August, 1942.

 

The latest in news and satire on the release of Marine Sgt. Tahmooressi from Mexican jail

If you see this first article anywhere, it is only satire. However it is believable because it is so believable, right down to the use of the personal pronoun "my". TD



"Obama Takes Major Credit For Marine’s Release From Mexican Prison"  " Barack Obama took credit today for Mexico’s release of US Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, ignoring charges that his administration was slow to act in securing the former marine’s freedom. The President praised the Mexican government’s decision to drop the case against Tahmooressi, taken into custody last March 31 after accidentally crossing into Tijuana with three weapons in the back of his truck, an event the marine called an innocent mistake. “I thank the individuals assisting my negotiating team in our efforts to bring closure to this case,” said the President, speaking from the Rose Garden. “All Americans should join the Tahmooressi family in celebrating his new found freedom,” he added. Tahmooressi was confined for 214 days "

Rohrabacher: Obama was ‘AWOL’ in efforts to free Tahmooressi  "A group of politicians’ efforts to secure the release of Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi from a Mexican jail paid off Friday night. California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher says President Obama was “AWOL” throughout the process...

 

..."The Republican Congressman told The Washington Times on Saturday that he and California Republican Rep. Ed Royce, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Salmon took it upon themselves to fight for Mr. Tahmooressi when President Obama did not."

...Mr. Royce did say that the president did not seem to put as much effort into securing Mr. Tahmooressi’s release as he had for the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
...
"Knowing that officials were listening in, he also detailed legislation that his office is drafting that would cut remittances from Mexican workers in the U.S. to their families back in Mexico, estimating that it would stop billions of dollars from going across the border." ...  Full article.

Not satire: Inspiring: Vietnam Veterans Refusing To Be Ignored By Obama In Order To Save Tahmooressi

 

... "The two carried with them the simple message that, with a bit of motivation, Obama could ensure Tahmooressi’s release with just one phone call." ...

 

Some notice this happened just before the election.