Sunday, October 23, 2011

What Did The President Know...



deviantART  "Many Mexican politicians responded angrily when the existence of the program became known in March, with several saying it amounted to a breach of Mexican sovereignty. But much of that anger has subsided, possibly in the interest of not aggravating the bilateral relationship. For Mexico, the gun problem goes far beyond the Fast and Furious program. Of weapons used in crimes and traced, more than 75 percent come from the U.S.
""Yes it was bad and wrong, and you have to ask yourself, what were they thinking?" a senior official in Calderon's administration said, referring to Fast and Furious. "But, given the river of weapons that flows into Mexico from the U.S., do a few more make a big difference?"
"Still, Mexican leaders are under pressure to answer questions from their citizens, with very little to go on.
" "The evidence is over there (north of the border)," Morales said. "I can't put a pistol to their heads and say, 'Now give it to me or else.' I can't." "

Democrats Court the Wall Street Protesters

Karl Rove   The strategy risks alienating independents and blue-collar voters.
"Rushing to identify with Occupy Wall Street could well threaten Mr. Obama's re-election by putting off the very swing voters whom the president needs. It could further diminish the president's support from center-left business leaders, already sick of Mr. Obama's class warfare and faux populism. Appearing to condone the crude personal behavior of Occupy Wall Street protestors can also further erode Mr. Obama's standing with culturally conservative blue-collar voters.
"Before they go much further with this courtship, the president and other Democrats need to remember it's always dangerous to associate with people who are just plain kooky."
Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson
http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2011/10/20/92825

24 years ago today, Borking was born

Legal Insurrection  "24 years ago a new term was coined, “borking” or “to bork.” It is a tactic in which Democrats still revel, except when they feel they are on the receiving end at which point they cry foul."
....
   "I’ll take it one step further. The Bork fight, in some ways, was the beginning of the end of civil discourse in politics. For years afterward, conservatives seethed at the “systematic demonization” of Bork…. The anger between Democrats and Republicans, the unwillingness to work together, the profound mistrust — the line from Bork to today’s ugly politics is a straight one."

Ladies' Halloween costumes

Obama throws a decade of accomplishment in Iraq into the dumpster

What a terrible surrender of the leverage the US had with its presence in the Middle East as a counterweight to Iran. This pullout leaves Iran as the premier power in that area and one that has stated its murderous intentions toward Israel and the West, all to satisfy the leftist base of the Democrat Party.
The Democrats have a history of this going back a century and a half. They were not against slavery in the mid-1800's and were actively campaigning to stop the war and recognize the Confederacy as a separate slave-holding nation; all after thousands of men had died in trying to keep this nation united.
As it was with McGovern in the 1960's and on to the pro-Palestinian leftists today, this world will be a much more dangerous place when run to the satisfaction of "progressives".
We might as well have elected Bill Ayers or Rev. Wright to be our president. TD

US pullback to leave 30,000 Iranian Al Qods fighters sitting in Iraq  "The eight-year US military presence in Iraq ends therefore leaving Iran sitting pretty on its two key strategic goals:
1. The exit of American soldiers, whose presence in Iraq since the 2003 invasion was deemed in Tehran a continuous threat to its borders. US military involvement in Afghanistan is seen in the same light.
Qassem Soleimani
2. A weak Shiite-led government in place in Baghdad, heavily dependent on Tehran's will. Torn by strife among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, Iraq is in no state to obstruct Iran's hegemonic plans for the Persian Gulf and Syria.
"The Iranian regime's right hand for achieving those goals was – and is - Al Qods commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the man also accused by Washington of masterminding the assassination plot." More...
...."They will stand eyeball to eyeball with a like number of al Qods operatives defending the pro-Iranian Iraqi government. It is on this jarring note that America is about to end its war in Iraq."
Emphasis added.

William Kristol:  It’s time for the United States to speak to Iran in the language it understands
"So we can stop talking. Instead, we can follow the rat lines in Iraq and Afghanistan back to their sources, and destroy them. We can strike at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and weaken them. And we can hit the regime’s nuclear weapons program, and set it back. Lest the administration hesitate to act out of fear of lack of support at home, Congress should consider authorizing the use of force against Iranian entities that facilitate attacks on our troops, against IRGC and other regime elements that sponsor terror, and against the regime’s nuclear weapons program." The Foreign Policy Initiative.

Max Boot: The Iraq Withdrawal Is Nothing to Brag About  "And any such agreement would run into the same obstacle that has already scuttled the current U.S.-Iraq talks: President Obama appears more determined to gain credit for “ending the war” than for ensuring Iraq’s long-term future as a democratic American ally. Like Obama’s decision to downsize prematurely in Afghanistan, this is short-term thinking that could come back to haunt the United States–and its commander-in-chief, who is now taking upon himself the burden of blame should Iraq go off the rails."  Via Blackfive, which adds its own perspective.

Remember, however, that the Obama base is the Occupy Wall Street crowd and the socialist left. They neither know nor care what happens to peaceful people of the world; they only seek the approval of the murderers of innocents.
Obama's base drive up in their cars with the "Visualize World Peace" bumper stickers and rallies for those who would murder innocent families asleep in their beds or dining in restaurants.

From The Institute for the Study of War:  Retreating With Our Heads Held High  "And [Obama] promised: “make no mistake, [U.S. force levels in Afghanistan] will continue to go down.” Gone is any language about conditions, objectives, goals, American interests, or any of the fundamental principles that Americans have fought so hard to achieve in these wars and throughout our history. American strategy is simply to go home."

Political Cartoons by Glenn Foden
http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2011/10/22/92950
American Thinker: Obama's 'tide of war' idiocy  "The tide of war in the Middle East is most certainly not receding. It is exactly the opposite and this is in large part because of Obama's feckless foreign policy and refusal to stand up for American interests in the region and support American allies there. Because of American weakness and intransigence, a large-scale conflagration involving many players is inevitable and this has to be placed on Obama's shoulders."  Jerry Philipson

Liberate Wall Street: Infiltrate and Humiliate!

The People's Cube



Read the Liberators' Facebook statement:
As you all may have seen over the last number of weeks, the seditious Left is attempting to strike at the heart of Capitalism itself - Wall Street! We can no longer stand idly by while these radicals attempt to collapse our free market system. Using the left's own playbook - Rules For Radicals, we will "Infiltrate and Humiliate" the Marxist hoards(sic).
We will NOT reveal ourselves. We will NOT have a website. We will not have any visible leaders. Our goal is to humiliate and embarrass. We will sow the seeds of paranoia and doubt among the left. We will expose them for the fools they are. Our plan is simple: Infiltrate and Humiliate. 
Liberate Wall Street : "...a loose coalition of the willing to mock, satirize, and expose the leftist absurdities of the Wall Street Occupussies."

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Reflections on the Iranian Assassination Plot

STRATFOR  "While there is concern over security on the southern U.S. border, past plots involving foreign terrorist operatives traveling to the United States have either involved direct travel to the United States or travel from Canada. There is simply no empirical evidence to support the idea that the Mexican border is more likely to be used by terrorist operatives than other points of entry."  Read more: Reflections on the Iranian Assassination Plot
STRATFOR Reflections on the Iranian Assassination Plot is republished with permission of STRATFOR.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Seven Images That Will Make The Occupiers Cry

PJ Lifestyle  "The only thing the “Occupy Wall Street” gang has done in the past month is occupy space and news headlines. Whatever we’re being told about these “occupiers” by their sympathizers, when they get an opportunity to speak for themselves, it’s clear that their “minds” are fully occupied with stealing from the rich to give to themselves — and they want the government to do it for them.
"But….this Anti-Occupation Gang has inspired me to create a number of graphics in response to their antics."
From Freedom to...
...."These “occupiers” want the unearned in every aspect of their lives, but the one thing that they’ve truly earned is our contempt. They want what they want and we better give it to them….or else. This is their big idea. Whatever respect they might have tricked some into giving them is now buried under their anti-Americanism, anti-Capitalism, anti-Semitism, and, above all, anti-Occupation."
 Bosch Fawstin, who also created the work entitled "Against the World" that the TW uses for Israel-related stories.

It's all yours now, Iran!

From Powerline: Oh, This Is Good

Powerline
"So, we’ve been doing the Carter-Obama theme for quite a while here. But we’ve been completely trumped with this video."

Joe Biden, a cartoonist's dream subject

Biden and Reid’s “Jobs Bill” Farce

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The Foundry  "Biden was confronted on video by Human Events editor Jason Mattera and was asked: “And if the Republicans don’t pass this bill, then rape will continue to rise?” Biden angrily responded: “Murder will continue to rise, rape will continue to rise, all crimes will continue to rise.” White House press secretary Jay Carney gave President Obama’s blessing to this message in yesterday’s press briefing, even as The Washington Post’s “fact checker” gave Biden “four pinocchios,” calling the claim “absurd.”"


Jason Mattera :  All Huffy, Joe Biden Stands By Rape Reference to GOP