Maggie's Notebook "We’ve seen some very powerful NRA television ads recently. This one speaks to the hundreds of thousands who lose their rights because of their address, the elderly with gang-bangers walking up and down their halls. This woman says she marched behind Martin Luther King, Jr., and she knows her rights.". . .
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
I'm sick of hearing from people who are sick of hearing about Hillary's emails
His name is Moe, by the way.
Does Clinton have even the slightest inkling of the huge investment pharmaceutical companies have to make in the one drug in 5,000 that actually gets to market?
Mother Jones: The Benghazi Witch-Hunt Against Hillary Is Backfiring Just Like Bill Clinton's Impeachment
Inside Clinton's Benghazi hearing game plan "After getting pummeled by accusations of partisanship, Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee have settled on a plan for Thursday’s high-stakes showdown with Hillary Clinton: no cheap shots and stick to the facts — but don’t give an inch." . . .
Obama greets clock bomb kid at White House UPDATED
Obama Greets Muslim Boy Who Declares Americans Are Anti-Muslim ‘Racists’
. . . The boy hugged the dictator just six days before Obama greeted the boy at the White House. . . .
"Since then, the boy and his supporters have declared Americans to be “racist” and intolerant of individual Muslims because of routine American opposition to Islam’s theocratic, violent, supremacist and intolerant ideas.
Patriot Post The kid has picked up on the "white privilege" routine.
. . . ""Indeed, Ahmed said, “I’m pretty sure if I was a Caucasian male I wouldn’t have got arrested. … Pretty sure I would’ve been awarded the smartest kid in class if I was a Caucasian male.”
"Ahmed’s father is politically active and ran for office in Sudan a number of times, and the photo-op with Bashir was Ahmed’s 15 minutes of fame. The optics of an Obama-Ahmed visit didn’t look as good for Obama, though he did personally greet the boy Monday night. "
UPDATE: ‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar
"Since then, the boy and his supporters have declared Americans to be “racist” and intolerant of individual Muslims because of routine American opposition to Islam’s theocratic, violent, supremacist and intolerant ideas.
Patriot Post The kid has picked up on the "white privilege" routine.
. . . ""Indeed, Ahmed said, “I’m pretty sure if I was a Caucasian male I wouldn’t have got arrested. … Pretty sure I would’ve been awarded the smartest kid in class if I was a Caucasian male.”
"Ahmed’s father is politically active and ran for office in Sudan a number of times, and the photo-op with Bashir was Ahmed’s 15 minutes of fame. The optics of an Obama-Ahmed visit didn’t look as good for Obama, though he did personally greet the boy Monday night. "
UPDATE: ‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar
Arthur Miller-Communist
On the centenary of his birth, he remains the playwright who made anti-communism a hate crime.
. . . "It’s not that liberals have been pro-communist so much as they are anti–anti-communist. They dislike anti-communists more than they dislike communists. Their preferred demon isn’t Joe Stalin but Joe McCarthy. As James Burnham, the great ex-communist, put it, “for the left, the preferred enemy is always to the right.”
"But this does not suffice to describe Arthur Miller. Miller was not only anti-anti-communist; he was pro-communist. More than that, Arthur Miller had been a communist. And that’s something that students in their public schools and in our woeful universities had not and still will not learn as they are spoon-fed Miller’s left-wing morality plays. To the contrary, Miller’s most-lasting works have succeeded in portraying anti-communists as the lowest form of political troglodyte. Chief among those works, the playwright became a hero among the left for The Crucible, his political parable of the alleged excesses of anti-communism, which portrayed accused communists as innocent fighters for truth, justice, and the American way." . .
"B---- Sh-- on the pages of the New York Times"
Honest Reporting
"Nathan Thrall’s recent New York Times column is an error-filled diatribe that has no place on the pages of any legitimate newspaper. Worse than simply misleading readers, his bottom line is frightening. He claims that efforts to restore calm and prevent violence are actually not constructive:
But what does seem guaranteed is that most Palestinians will continue to believe that if the occupation is cost-free, there will be little incentive to end it.
"In other words, the path to peace lies in making the conflict more “costly” to Israelis rather than negotiating for peace. It is clear from the column (in which he cites the “success” of the previous Intifadas) that what Thrall means by “cost” is deadly violence against Israelis.
"But let’s first count the lies which he uses to come to his poisonous conclusion." . . .
Instapundit: "Democrats don't want a war hero for their president; they want a socialist"
Webb to withdraw from Democratic presidential race
. . . "Webb is said to be frustrated by the huge amounts of money needed to run for president, and has accused national Democrats of clearing the way for Hillary Clinton to be the party’s nominee.
"Last month, he said in an interview that the Democratic National Committee is about as useful to the candidates as “sticking your hand in a wood chipper.' ”
Monday, October 19, 2015
Climate Change is the usual scapegoat
RedState
"I think I have figured out why Democrats are so wedded to the climate change narrative, even when it doesn’t make sense or isn’t supported by the evidence. The reason is that they have figured out that, to their own scientifically illiterate voters, climate change works as a universally applicable scapegoat. Why bother informing yourself about literally any issue under the sun when you can just blame anything that is going wrong on climate change and know that at least liberal voters will believe it.
"The latest example of this is California Governor Jerry Brown, who is blaming the recent spate of wildfires on climate change. Wildfires in California have been an issue since as at least as long as I’ve been alive, so it seems that the connection is tenuous at best. And, indeed, even people who are committed believers in climate change were forced to note that, even under the assumption that climate change is real and man made, Brown’s comments were completely full of crap:
"The latest example of this is California Governor Jerry Brown, who is blaming the recent spate of wildfires on climate change. Wildfires in California have been an issue since as at least as long as I’ve been alive, so it seems that the connection is tenuous at best. And, indeed, even people who are committed believers in climate change were forced to note that, even under the assumption that climate change is real and man made, Brown’s comments were completely full of crap:
The ash of the Rocky fire was still hot when Gov. Jerry Brown strode to a bank of television cameras beside a blackened ridge and, flanked by firefighters, delivered a battle cry against climate change.. . .
The Stabbing Intifada
"The NY Post says it more succinctly, and adds a few more things, such as the latest incident of what one might call the Muhammed al Durah phenomenon, complete with the cooperation of our State Department:
…Wednesday…Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a speech that Israeli security forces “executed” an innocent 13-year-old boy, Ahmad Mansara, “in cold blood.”"What’s wrong with this picture? This:" . . . Read the full article here.
The story has fueled Palestinian anger for days. A photo of a bleeding Mansara, lying on the ground, filled social networks and gave birth to endless angry tweets. It also, apparently, informed official statements, including at the State Department, denouncing “excessive use of force” by Israel.
Here’s how the State Department has been complicit in furthering the Palestinian narrative:
Enter State Department spokesman John Kirby, who said Wednesday, “certainly, the status quo has not been observed, which has led to a lot of the violence.”Palestinian Kids Taught ‘How To Stab A Jew’
Come again? That factually challenged statement followed Secretary of State John Kerry, who has his own “narrative”: Israeli settlement expansion is responsible for the violence. (State later walked back Kerry’s statement.). . .
This woman truly thinks her supporters are unintelligent. Well, they do support her, don't they?
. . . "All of which raises serious questions about how and why Bernie gave Hillary the gift of public absolution for her sins (just before she'll be forced to testify on Benghazi this week) and yet be sincere about his presidential run?
"The answer, of course, is that he's not serious and never has been. He has been Hillary's co-conspirator from day one, in the race only to allow her radical Leftist ideology to seem "moderate" when compared to Sanders' raving, spit-flecked, anti-capitalist insanity.
"For quite awhile, Hope n' Change almost wanted to give Bernie credit for at least being sincere in his wacky beliefs - but all that changed when he deliberately threw the race to a woman who is the literal embodiment of all he claims to despise."
Hillary Forgets Who’s Been President for the Last Seven Years
"Hillary Clinton visited Alabama this weekend and while nearly all of the early media reports are about her absurd claim that Republicans are trying to disenfranchise black voters, it was her remarks about the economy that were truly stunning.
. . .
"Clinton conveniently leaves out the role Democrats played in the 2008 financial crisis when they forced banks to give home loans to unqualified borrowers. She also neglects to mention the massive debt accumulated by Obama." . . .
"The answer, of course, is that he's not serious and never has been. He has been Hillary's co-conspirator from day one, in the race only to allow her radical Leftist ideology to seem "moderate" when compared to Sanders' raving, spit-flecked, anti-capitalist insanity.
"For quite awhile, Hope n' Change almost wanted to give Bernie credit for at least being sincere in his wacky beliefs - but all that changed when he deliberately threw the race to a woman who is the literal embodiment of all he claims to despise."
Hillary Forgets Who’s Been President for the Last Seven Years
"Hillary Clinton visited Alabama this weekend and while nearly all of the early media reports are about her absurd claim that Republicans are trying to disenfranchise black voters, it was her remarks about the economy that were truly stunning.
. . .
"Clinton conveniently leaves out the role Democrats played in the 2008 financial crisis when they forced banks to give home loans to unqualified borrowers. She also neglects to mention the massive debt accumulated by Obama." . . .
'I will not be silenced,' Hillary shrieked . . . "And who, pray tell, is trying to “silence” her?
"That would be no one.
"The left, on the other hand, tries to silence dissenting voices routinely. They cannot handle dissent of any kind as evidenced by Clinton’s comments as well as the government’s move to identify “extremists” and bring the boom down on them – extremists being people who disagree with Obama.
"Just who is trying to silence whom?" . . .
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Senator Sanders, how will America pay for your giveaways?
Maher Challenges Sanders: How Will America Pay for Your Radical Agenda?
"Every once in a while, Bill Maher tip toes out of the progressive box and makes statements or asks questions that stun his audience and the media.
"Reacting to Bernie Sanders’ agenda and its estimated $18 trillion price tag, Maher challenged him by asking how America will pay for his radical agenda."
. . . "Considering that even Obama’s comparatively tame agenda can’t be paid for by taxing only the rich (the middle class is taking hit after hit), Sanders’ insistence that the top 1%—and maybe “little bit lower than that, but not much lower”—seems fanciful at best. Maher is right to call him on it.
"However, it should be noted that Maher begins this interview by telling Sanders: “I want to help your campaign. I want to see you get the nomination. I want to see you be president.” So while it may seem that Maher is opposed to Sanders’ proposals, he’s not. He just has the sense to realize that the idea that taxing the top 1% will pay for Sanders’ socialist wonderland is faulty and suggests that one way to “undemonize” socialism is to acknowledge that fact."
"Every once in a while, Bill Maher tip toes out of the progressive box and makes statements or asks questions that stun his audience and the media.
"Reacting to Bernie Sanders’ agenda and its estimated $18 trillion price tag, Maher challenged him by asking how America will pay for his radical agenda."
"However, it should be noted that Maher begins this interview by telling Sanders: “I want to help your campaign. I want to see you get the nomination. I want to see you be president.” So while it may seem that Maher is opposed to Sanders’ proposals, he’s not. He just has the sense to realize that the idea that taxing the top 1% will pay for Sanders’ socialist wonderland is faulty and suggests that one way to “undemonize” socialism is to acknowledge that fact."
Bernie is the candidate for the occupiers, meaning these people:
Do we want the candidate choice of these people running for President of the United States?
Barack Churchill, 1939
Victor Davis Hanson
"Certainly we do not need a disproportionate response to Herr Hitler that initiates a cycle of violence on both sides. We need to tamp down the rhetoric.”
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I have nothing to offer you, except blood, sweat, and arugula.
"Winston Churchill, well before he became Prime Minister in May 1940, was busy all through 1939 prompting the British government to prepare for war — and then, as First Lord of the Admiralty, helping to direct it once it broke out. But what if Churchill had been Barack Obama? What would Britain’s foremost opponent of appeasement have been like?
The Munich Agreement
"Obama-Churchill might have said something like the following in regards to the 1938 Munich Agreement.
“ 'We live in a complex world and at a challenging time. And none of these challenges lend themselves to quick or easy solutions, but all of them require British leadership. If we stay patient and determined, then we will, in fact, meet these challenges. The Munich Accord is a comprehensive government agreement. It is the first that actually constrains Nazi Germany from further aggression, and one whose provisions are transparent and enforceable. It is a sober and judicious way to preclude war and to bring Germany back into the family of nations and to become a credible regional power, while allowing the German people to express their legitimate aspirations.”
“ 'Obviously, the last twenty years of ostracizing Germany has not worked. So it’s time for some creative reset diplomacy, and a reengagement to get out of the rut of the last two decades. I don’t believe, as did former British officials, in snubbing supposed enemies, but rather in engaging and talking with them. Lots of you in the American newspaper business keep expecting us, like some American baseball team, to hit home runs. Well, we’re perfectly happy to hit singles and doubles like this agreement.' ”. . .
. . . “I’d also like to remind my fellow British subjects not to climb on their moral high horses. While Britain was forcibly colonizing the poor in Asia and Africa, and conducted genocide abroad, Germany in comparison had left a very small colonial imprint. It had no record of exploitation in the Americas and was not much of an overseas imperial nation. Its factories burn a lot less coal than do ours. So it might be wise for us to look inward a bit and calibrate the wages of our own imperialism. Germany does not rule India. It does not dictate to so-called dominions of subordinate states. It has no record of trafficking in and transporting slaves. There is no longer any such thing as a Germany monarchy.” . . .
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