Stuff Bush Didn't Do, Illustrated; President Barack Obama's Complete List of Historic Firsts

 

      Doug Ross Journal

President Barack Obama's Complete List of Historic Firsts 
. . .  • First President to Barricade Open-Air Government Monuments During a Partial Government Shutdown (Source: Rep. Steve Stockman) . . .

The Modern University Is Failing Students in Every Respect

From cost to employment prospects, the state of American higher education is dismal for students.

Victor Davis Hanson

 . . . "Second, campuses encouraged edgy speech and raucous expression — and exposure to all sorts of weird ideas and mostly unpopular thoughts. College talk was never envisioned as boring, politically correct megaphones echoing orthodox pieties.

. . .

" There are far too many special studies courses and trendy majors — and far too few liberal-arts surveys of literature, history, art, music, math, and science that for centuries were the sole hallowed methods of instilling knowledge.

"Administrators should decide whether they see students as mature, independent adults who handle life’s vicissitudes with courage and without need for restrictions on free expression. Or should students remain perennial weepy adolescents, requiring constant sheltering, solicitousness, and self-esteem building?

"Diversity might be better redefined in its most ancient and idealistic sense as differences in opinion and thought rather than just variety in appearance, race, gender, or religion." . . .

Rand stands up to liberal media attack; left said he was picking on a girl

Rand Paul comes out swinging...at interviewers  "In a round of interviews yesterday, Rand Paul took on questions he found unfair, and got into an argument with Savannah Guthrie of the Today show. The predictable result was return fire from talking head pundits, unhappy over his refusal to play the game on the ground rules the media likes to set.  In the words of T. Beckett Adams of the Washington Examiner, it was a “media pile-on.”

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., became the target of media criticism Wednesday after he accused NBC News' Savannah Guthrie during an interview of "editorializing" her questions. . . .

Megyn Kelly to Male Reporters: ‘Butt Out’—Women ‘Don’t Need Your Help’ Handling Rand Paul  . . . “I, as a female reporter, will say to Chuck Todd and the Guardian: We don’t need your help,” Kelly said. “You are entitled to push back on the interviewer just as much as you would if it were a man, so these male commentators can butt out. We can give as good as we get.” “To me, it’s ironic that the people trying to step in and ‘protect’ these female interviewers are themselves being sexist while they’re suggesting you were being sexist because you didn’t kowtow and you weren’t polite enough to your female interviewers,” she added.

According to Their Male Defenders, Female Interviewers Can’t Handle Rand Paul
 . . .  "After  Paul got into a testy exchange over abortion yesterday with Philip Elliott, a reporter from the Associated Press, no one ran to poor Philip’s defense.

"But Philip is a MAN who can handle a Rand Paul without having MEN parachute in to protect his precious little snowflake status.
"Sadly, even women in the mainstream media seem to be admitting they are the weaker sex. Todd was talking to Andrea Mitchell, who claims to be a feminist. She did not, though, reach across the desk and slap Todd. She agreed with him."  . . .

 

Rand: The Press Should Ask Dems if it’s OK to Kill Babies in the Womb     . . . "When a reporter asked Paul about a recent Associated Press report that suggested he had avoided answering questions about abortion, he responded in frustration, suggesting the media ask Democrats this question instead:

"Why don't you ask the DNC, 'Is it OK to kill a seven-pound baby in the uterus?'" 

"You go back and you ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz if she's okay with killing a seven-pound baby that is just not yet born yet. Ask her when life begins, and you ask Debbie when she's willing to protect life," he said. "When you get an answer from Debbie, come back to me."

" He didn't have to wait long. 

"Here's an answer," she said in an emailed statement. "I support letting women and their doctors make this decision without government getting involved. Period. End of story. Now your turn, Senator Paul."

"CNN's Wolf Blitzer read Wasserman Schultz's statement to Paul later that afternoon, to which Paul offered a translation:

"Sounds like her answer is yes, that she's okay with killing a seven-pound baby."

 

Assessment of Obama true; we just don't know who actually said it

 

Snopes  "The following statement was attributed to Czech politician Václav Klaus, who served as the second President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013"

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their President."

"Origins:   An item circulated in November 2012 supposedly reproduced an article critical of those who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, supposedly published in "the Prague newspaper, Prager Zeitungon." That mention appeared to be a misspelled reference to Prager Zeitung ("Prague Newspaper"), a German language weekly newspaper from the Czech Republic which is also circulated
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

"However, the version of this item circulated online provided no other contextual information (such as a publication date or headline) to help track down if and when it was actually published in Prager Zeitung. A search of that newspaper's web site at that time pulled up only one article that mentioned Barack Obama, and that article included only an incidental reference about the level of security provided to a U.S. president. " . . .

http://comicallyincorrect.com/

Last IOC in Marine infantry experiment drops female officers

 

Marine Times  "The two-and-a-half year period in which the Marine Corps' Infantry Officer Course became gender-integrated for research will end without a single female graduate.

"The final iteration of IOC to accept female Marines on a volunteer basis began April 2 with two female participants. One was a volunteer and one was a member of the newly integrated ground intelligence track.

"Both were dropped that same day during the grueling initial Combat Endurance Test, said Capt. Maureen Krebs, a spokeswoman for Headquarters Marine Corps. Nine of the 90 men who began the course were also cut."
. . .
"In an effort to achieve their goal of 100 female volunteers cycling through IOC, the Marine Corps opened the course to female company-grade officers in October 2014, making hundreds more Marines eligible for the course. The Corps also began requiring that volunteers get a first-class score on the male version of the service's Physical Fitness Test in an effort to better prepare them for the rigors of IOC." . . .

Obama and his "cult of personality"

Bishop E.W. Jackson, President of Ministers Taking A Stand, is accusing the President of turning the black church into a cult of personality serving him rather than God.

Bishop E.W. Jackson, President of Ministers Taking A Stand, is accusing the President of turning the black church into a cult of personality serving him rather than God. This comes on the heels of the President's remarks at an Easter Prayer Breakfast held in the White House. Mr. Obama said he is "concerned" about Christians speaking "unlovingly." This was an apparent reference to Christian support for the Indiana law protecting business owners from having to serve same-sex ceremonies.
Says Bishop Jackson, "Black Christians are Bible believing people. That faith brought us through slavery, segregation and the civil rights struggle. The black church has had unswerving faith in God and the truth of the Bible. This President has done more to undermine that than any figure in the history of the black community."
In the background of the President's remarks at the Easter Prayer Breakfast, ministers could be heard saying Amen as he once again slammed Christianity. "When supposed ministers of the gospel say 'Amen' to a politician's criticisms of Christianity and support for same sex marriage," says the Bishop, "it suggests their allegiance is to him rather than to Jesus. Mr. Obama is trying to fundamentally transform Christianity in the same way he promised to fundamentally transform America."
Bishop Jackson also pointed out, "The President never acknowledged the murder of 150 Christian students in Kenya by Islamic terrorists, nor has he ever uttered a word of criticism of Islam. Even in his famous Cairo speech in Egypt, he declared that America is not a Christian nation. It is odd behavior for a Christian."
Jackson says, "Pastors should be declaring the truth and holding politicians accountable, not catering to them, even if it's the first black President. Those who 'amen' anything the President says are like the false prophets condemned in the Bible for telling the King what he wanted to hear instead of telling him what 'thus saith the Lord.'"

E.W. Jackson is a Marine Corps Veteran, graduate of Harvard Law School, retired Attorney, President of STAND [Staying True to America's National Destiny - parent body of MINISTERS TAKING A STAND], Bishop over THE CALLED CHURCH and Senior Fellow for Family Research Council

How Obama Has Kept His ‘Cult of Personality’

If you listen to what the president says in public appearances, it’s as if he hasn’t been the incumbent for nearly four years. He repeats promises that have already been broken, and speaks of his ideas for the country as if they are new, and haven’t already resulted in failure. - See more at: http://bernardgoldberg.com/how-obama-has-kept-his-cult-of-personality/#sthash.02wi12O0.dpuf

But when you strip away his cult of personality, you’re forced to recognize the reality that our nation is in deep decline, and may very well be broken beyond repair if drastic changes aren’t made very soon. - See more at: http://bernardgoldberg.com/how-obama-has-kept-his-cult-of-personality/#sthash.02wi12O0.dpuf

If you listen to what the president says in public appearances, it’s as if he hasn’t been the incumbent for nearly four years. He repeats promises that have already been broken, and speaks of his ideas for the country as if they are new, and haven’t already resulted in failure. - See more at: http://bernardgoldberg.com/how-obama-has-kept-his-cult-of-personality/#sthash.02wi12O0.dpuf

Rev. E.W. Jackson's Twitter page

From Sept, 2011: Parks says, [Democrats] “are ashamed of their past and do not want Blacks to look under the hood of their history.”     "Republicans laid the foundation for civil rights by passing legislation and instituting programs that Democrats’ were adamantly opposed to, such as:

 1.      The Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 to abolish slavery.

 2.      The Civil Rights Act of 1866 to give Negroes citizenship and protect freed men from Black Codes and other repressive legislation.

 3.      The First Reconstruction Act of 1867 to provide more efficient Government of the Rebel- or Democrat-controlled states.

 4.      The Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 to make all persons born in the United States citizens. Part of this Amendment specifically states “No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; or deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

 5.      The Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 to give the right to vote to every citizen.

 6.      The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to stop Klan terrorists to terrorized black voters, Republicans, white teachers who taught blacks, and Abolitionists.

 7.      The Civil Rights Act of 1875 to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights and to prohibit racial discrimination in places of public accommodation.

 8.      Freedmen’s Bureau was a social program established by Republicans to feed, protect, and educate the former slaves.

 9.      The 1957 Civil Rights Act and the 1960 Civil Rights Act were signed into law by President Eisenhower who also established the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in 1958, a commission that was rejected by Truman during his administration.

 10. The 1964 Civil Rights Act which key Republicans pushed law through while key Southern Democrats like Al Gore Sr. debated against its passage. More Republicans (in percentages) voted for this law than Democrats.”

And how'd that work out? 

 

The Closing of the Campus Mind

 Schools of social work are silencing conservatives.

The Weekly Standard
 "I can’t have you participate in class anymore.”

 

"I was on my way out of class when my social welfare and policy professor casually called me over to tell me this. The friendliness of her tone did not match her words, and I attempted a shocked, confused apology. It was my first semester at the Hunter College School of Social Work, and I was as yet unfamiliar with the consistent, underlying threat that characterized much of the school’s policy and atmosphere. This professor was simply more open and direct than most.

"I asked if I had said or done anything inappropriate or disrespectful, and she was quick to assure me that it was not my behavior that was the problem. No: It was my opinions. Or, as she put it, “I have to give over this information as is.”

"I spent the rest of that semester mostly quiet, frustrated, and missing my undergraduate days, when my professors encouraged intellectual diversity and give-and-take. " . . . 

Devorah Goldman

Memories Pizza Will Reopen Today

Downtrend

 

"Here’s a story of triumph.

"Anyone who’s been paying even limited attention to national news for the past couple of weeks knows about the Indiana religious freedom law and the subsequent fallout that ensued. Among the temper tantrums from the left over the law, none was more hateful and pig-ignorant than the invective directed against Memories Pizza in Walkerton after the owner’s daughter said that her store wouldn’t cater a gay wedding.

"Because of the outcry, Memories Pizza closed down for a while. However, the owner got the last laugh when a GoFundMe campaign raised more than $800,000 for the pizza parlor. Conservatives know how to support the oppressed.

"Today, Memories Pizza will officially reopen.

 . It’s a story of good overcoming evil, of freedom trumping bigotry.". . .

CAN THE LEFT COME UP WITH ONE TRUE STORY?

Ann Coulter

Yesterday, up on the stair,
I saw a rape that wasn't there,
It wasn't there again today!
Oh why, oh why did it go away ...

. . .  "You know who else Rolling Stone's story kind of did a disservice to? I think, personally -- as long as we're ranking victims -- a very close second to the woman who lied about being raped, as well as all the unnamed college rape victims who might have their claims taken less seriously in the future, are THE INNOCENT FRATERNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE FALSELY ACCUSED OF A VIOLENT GANG RAPE.

"The UVA fake rape is even worse than the Duke lacrosse team fake rape. The accused fraternity hadn't even courted danger by hiring a stripper. They were going about their lives, minding their own business, when, out of the blue, Rolling Stone, the president of their university, and a fiendish coed decided to accuse them of a monstrous crime.
. . .
"Again, isn't someone missing from all that delicate "balancing"? I'm thinking of: the men falsely accused of rape. Colleges might want to consider adopting a concept that's been around since the second century: "innocent until proved guilty."

Ann Coulter notes the difficulty of white, straight coeds 'to acquire victim cool' 

"Sorry this column is late. I got raped again on the way home. Twice. I should clarify – by “raped,” I mean that two seductive Barry White songs came on the radio, which, according to the University of Virginia, constitutes rape."

"TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!" Dec, 2014

Alan Caruba: Using the Global Warming Hoax to Destroy America

Warning Signs

 

"When President Obama announced on March 31 that he intends to ensure that the U.S. will slash its “greenhouse gas emissions” 26% below 2005 emissions levels by 2025 in order to keep pledges made to fulfill the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, he failed to mention that such levels would be comparable to what they were in our Civil War era, 150 years ago.

"He also failed to mention that the U.S. has made no such pledges as regards the 1992 “Kyoto Treaty” which was resoundingly rejected by the U.S. Senate when then Vice President Al Gore brought it back from the U.N. conference.

"There is no need, globally or nationally, to reduce such emissions. It would be a crime against humanity, especially for the millions that would be denied electrical power or would see its cost rise exponentially. “The President has no credible evidence to back up his claims,” said H. Sterling Burnett, a Research Fellow with the free market think tank, The Heartland Institute. “Obama’s climate actions are likely to cause far more harm to people, especially the poor, than any purported threats from global warming.' ” . . .

OBAMA DECRIES: ‘Less-Than-Loving Expressions by Christians’…Says Squat About Islam’s Atrocities

 Clash Daily  "Obama says Christians are just so unloving at the Easter Prayer breakfast…but for some reason, he doesn’t say anything about the Muslims that killed 147 Christians in Kenya during Easter holy week."

President Obama used an Easter breakfast at the White House Tuesday to call out what he viewed as unbecoming comments by fellow members of the Christian community.
“On Easter, I do reflect on the fact that as a Christian, I’m supposed to love, and I have to say that sometimes when I listen to less-than-loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned,” the president said to a gathering of Christian leaders. “But that’s a topic for another day.”
Obama appeared to go off script in that exchange. He did not allude to whom he was referring.

Read more: Washington Examiner

 Obama criticizes 'less than loving Christians' at Easter prayer breakfast   "As the Washington Times points out, the latest Obama signal of religious relativism came after his administration had issued a statement on the Kenyan massacre at a Christian college without once mentioning the religion of the victims – or the attackers.

Addressing an ecumenical gathering at the White House of cardinals, ministers, pastors and the lay faithful, Mr. Obama was talking about the Apostle John’s call to love “with actions and in truth” rather than with words. The president then briefly gave in to temptation, and deviated from his prepared remarks.

. . . The president's perversity – a perversity echoed by many on the left – wouldn't be so bad if he bashed Muslims for committing far worse sins in the name of their faith.  Calling someone names is not the same as cutting off his head to glorify Allah.  Until Obama acknowledges the difference, his criticism of Christianity will be seen as gratuitous slaps to mollify Muslims, and not serious commentary."

OBAMA ISSUES DIRE PREDICTION FOR SAUDIS

Klein Online  "In his sit-down interview with the New York Times over the weekend, President Obama issued a dire, largely unreported prediction about the future of Saudi Arabia and other Sunni allies of the United States. “I think the biggest threats that they face may not be coming from Iran invading,” said Obama. “It’s going to [...]"


 Obama’s long-held dream of nuclear disarmament

 

. . . "This is a young man who doesn’t seem to like America a whole lot and didn’t think all that much of humanity in general either. There is no question that he believes he knows better, and has purer and more noble instincts, than those in charge. That’s not an unusual point of view for a young man, of course. But Obama seems to have managed to carry a similar attitude right up to the present.

"The NY Times picked up on the attitude:" . . .
 ' ' '
It’s also instructive to remember this:

…President Obama erred in 2013 with his decision to scrap — in response to Russian objections — a planned system in Europe to defend against missile threats from the Middle East. Obama won no good will from the Russians, even as he forfeited an important opportunity to strengthen U.S. allies against future threats. Missile defense allows strong nations to defend themselves against weaker enemies without resorting to terrorist tactics or fighting bloody wars. This is a win-win, except for terrorists like Hamas and national rulers bent on aggression against neighbors.

But the dream dies hard, doesn’t it?

From Blackfive: Inspection Insanity  " Obama is out trying to pitch his lipsticked-up pig of a nuke deal and managed to compare this stage of the process to signing a contract to buy a house and then you just need to do the inspections and VOILA!. Except, no deal was signed, the Iranians are saying they didn't agree to all the things O is crowing about and then you have the actual inspections. How do you think that will go? You're right, about as good as the North Korea deal. Nukes for all Obama's pals."