Democrat government: America's Can't-Do State: California's Man-Made Drought Continues

This is not the Democrat Party of FDR and Harry Truman.

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The Carlsbad, Calif., desalination plant, America's largest, took 18 years to complete but just three years to build.

. . . "But California has become a can't-do state.

"The Carlsbad desalination plant was proposed in 1998 and took almost 18 years to build. But only three of those years were actually spent building. The rest were wasted on politics and the usual Golden State regulatory and bureaucratic tangle. One of the plant's investors told a California writer that the duplicative state approval process alone delayed the project by at least a decade and added about 10% to total costs.

" 'It took longer to get approvals for this one desalination plant than it did to design, approve and complete most of the 60-year-old State Water Project — California's enormous system of dams, aqueducts and pumping stations that brings northern California water to the more arid Southland," writes Steven Greenhut, a San Diego Union-Tribune columnist and a contributor to Watchdog.org.

"The delays — primarily engineered by environmentalists — were so lengthy and difficult to overcome that the future of desalination plants in California, beginning its fourth year of drought, is grim." . . .

Drive the length of the Oregon coast on 101 and you will see many beautiful bridges, nearly all built under the administration of Democrat President Roosevelt. This is no longer the Democrat party of Will Rogers and my ancestors. TD

Trump is right: Bill Clinton’s sordid sexual history is fair game

Donald Trump 2008: Clinton Sex Scandal ‘Totally Unimportant’
True enough, but Hillary is taking her stand as being the protector of women, the voice of abused women who she says are not being heard.
Sort of like if Mr. Trump claimed he was being the advocate of faithfulness and commitment in marriage.  TD

http://patriotretort.com/fair-game/

"Well, Bill Clinton has a penchant for something. He had a successful presidency — with an ugly blot. “Sexism” isn’t the precise word for his predatory behavior toward women or his inexcusable relationship with a 22-year-old intern. Yet in the larger scheme of things, Bill Clinton’s conduct toward women is far worse than any of the offensive things that Trump has said." . . .

WaPo   . . . "“I think he has to answer for what he says, and I assume that others will make the larger point about his language,” Clinton told t he Des Moines Register. “It’s not the first time he’s demonstrated a penchant for sexism.”

"True, but Clinton’s attempt at outsourced outrage has the air of a basketball player flopping on the floor for the benefit of the ref. Nothing would make the Clinton campaign happier than some good old-fashioned male chauvinist piggery directed her way — all the better to rile up female voters who seem surprisingly nonchalant about the prospect of electing the first female president."

"We’ve seen this playbook before. During her first Senate race in 2000, when Clinton’s Republican opponent, Rick Lazio, invaded her personal space in a debate. During the 2008 presidential campaign, when Clinton surrogates complained that male opponents were “piling on” the then-front-runner, and the campaign posted a video on its website called “The Politics of Pile On.' ”

D.C. NPR Family Another Victim of Black Violence and Denial

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"If Lori Kaplan depended only on her employers at NPR for news, she was probably surprised at the black mob violence that almost killed her white husband."

Colin Flaherty  . . . "Kaplan is the Senior Director of Audience Research at NPR in downtown Washington, D.C. That is where she regularly meets her husband at the end of his evening commute on the Metro Red Line.

"That is what she was recently doing when she received a text message from him: An “idiot gang” was acting belligerently in his train car, so he was going to move.

"That was the last she heard from him until he got off the train: bloody, beaten, and dazed. With a broken jaw and missing teeth.

"The Washington Post writer who covers commuting -- not crime -- picked up the story: " . . .

. . . "The attackers of Kaplan’s husband were black -- as are virtually all of the violent predators on the Washington Metro. A fact the Post and NPR keep trying to ignore and wish away, even as they devote more and more space to Black Lives Matter and the omnipresence of white racism.

"The reporter was upholding a longstanding tradition at the Post -- which at NPR is an ironclad rule -- not to report on the epidemic of black on white crime and black mob violence in Washington or anywhere else.

"Or only to dismiss it as some kind of right wing talking point, if somehow race does sneak into the coverage.

"At NPR they take this exclusion to the extreme: Virtually every story on race -- and there are many -- is told from the perspective of relentless black victimization at the hands of perpetual white racism." . . .

If African Americans are taking to the streets, what does that say about half a century of liberal race politics?
. . . "Get a clue, liberals. We are in the current mess because of you. Let me count the ways." . . .

Donald, Hillary, and Bill's women

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Aaron Klein . . . "Clinton has sought to portray her campaign as one that is fighting for women’s rights.  On several occasions, she has tweeted about sex assault survivors’ right to be believed, and awkwardly starred in a campaign ad in which she insisted that one must always side with women who accuse men of sexual assault – a strange position given that her husband was repeatedly accused of precisely that crime.

“ 'You have the right to be heard. You have the right to be believed. We’re with you,” Clinton said in the video, which she addressed to “every survivor of sexual assault.”

"Since Hillary first announced her candidacy in April, my weekend talk radio program has become a support center of sorts in which Bill’s female accusers tell their newly relevant stories; a safe-space for these women to sound off about the way they were allegedly treated by both Bill and Hillary. The theme that emerges is of an out-of-control, entitled husband, and a wife who was actively involved in covering up his behavior, many times by allegedly targeting the female victims themselves." . . .

Rape Accuser Juanita Broaddrick to ‘Evil’ Hillary: ‘Shame on you!’ Broaddrick responded: “Aaron, the only thing that I would like to say is I hope that someday these two people, these people that I feel like are so evil, will be brought to justice. … You know, if I can help in that, I will. But these are not good people for America,” she said of Bill and Hillary.

Kathleen Willey: Hillary ‘wrote the book on terrorizing women’  . . . "Willey refuses to watch as Hillary’s campaign accuses Republican candidates like Trump of waging a so-called war on women.  In August, Willey announced the launch of a new anti-Hillary website called A Scandal a Day.  A section of the site asks women who may have been sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton to come forward."

Gennifer Flowers: “A joke that she would run on women’s issues”. . . "I accept my responsibility. … But she’s never accepted her responsibility at being an enabler. She’s been an enabler that has encouraged him to go out and do whatever he does with women." ”

"Donald Trump To Hillary Clinton: ‘Be Careful’ When Playing ‘War On Women Card’"  . . . "Trump’s political director, Michael Glassner, seemed to confirm that the Trump campaign will write off the “schlonged” controversy as Clinton playing “politically correct” gender politics, going so far as to reference former President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinski, according to CBS." . . .

The mainstream media is having a lot of fun reporting that Hillary is this year’s Gallup “Most Admired Woman” for a “record 20th time.”


WaPo: In his escalating attacks on Hillary Clinton this month, Donald Trump has made one thing clear: He's not afraid to go, well, anywhere.  . . . "And we all have to fight fairly, and we have to fight, you know, for the good of the country, for the good of the people, for the good of everybody. But we have to fight fairly, and she's playing the woman's card, and it's like: 'Give me a break.'"

Star Wars: The Liberal Menace

The meltdown of Syria. The rise of ISIS. The worst refugee crisis of our time. Homegrown terror in the United States.

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 . . . "And when in London he said, “With my election and the early decisions that we’ve made…you’re starting to see some restoration of America’s standing in the world,” he was touting his departure from Bush-era policy.What Bush wrought he would undo. And he has undone much." . . .

Abe Greenwald  . . . "It is no longer in dispute that the president has been overtaken by events. While he alternately scolds and reassures, ISIS fights on, gaining power and claiming lives.

"But Obama has not been blindsided; he has chosen policies that have emboldened ISIS and has rejected other options at every turn. In fact, his words in Turkey were patently false. Obama doesn’t need an introduction to those who would have done things differently; he knows them well. They include two of his secretaries of defense, his former under secretary of defense, his former secretary of state, his former head of the CIA, his former Army chief of staff, the last commanding general of forces in Iraq, his former ambassador to Syria, his former deputy national-security adviser, and, yes, even his former joint chiefs chairman—among others." . . .

. . . "Unlike the Iraq War, the Syrian horror is entirely a creature of the Obama years. And here we have a much longer record of the ideas Obama rejected, the policies he chose, and the increasingly malignant repercussions of those choices."

 Full article here.

Why Humility Is Important To Truth-Telling

The Hayride  "Here’s a fascinating discussion on the topic of modesty, and its relationship to speaking truth, and particularly difficult or controversial truth, in the public sphere.

"Bill Whittle, who jokes that he’s the most modest guy in the world and has the awards to prove it, says that he came about his own humility through 25 years of professional and career struggles – there are few things which can beat modesty into your psyche like having your electricity shut off because you can’t pay the bill.

"But what Whittle says is important to him is that coming about one’s opinions through humility allows one to allow the truth – rather than his own arrogant impositions upon it – to guide one’s thinking. And in that, he’s correct. We see all the time the downfall of people who attempt to define reality through the power of their own will; the real world always has other ideas."

Lets hope Bill Clinton is not like your abuelo

Trump says Bill Clinton has a 'terrible record of women abuse' - and rival Republicans say ex-president is 'fair game' in race for White House . . . "On Sunday and again Monday morning, the billionaire attacked Hillary for Bill Clinton's 'terrible history of women abuse'

" 'If Hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong!' he tweeted on Monday morning. " . . .

Um, maybe this is not going to go the way Mr. Trump hopes it will.

“Back to the Future” screenwriter Bob Gale revealed. . . that Biff — Marty McFly’s arch nemesis — was indeed inspired by Trump.

This may be an uphill battle for Trump  

Carly Fiorina: 'Bill Clinton's fair game'  . . . "The former secretary of state will play the "woman card," Fiorina said, adding that the way to go after it "is to attack her track record."

"As for the notion that people want to vote for Clinton because she would be the first woman to be president, Fiorina offered her own approach.

“ 'Look, how about an honest woman? How about a competent woman? How about a qualified woman? But I’m never going to ask for people’s support because I’m a woman," she said. "I’m going to ask for their support because I’m the most qualified candidate to beat Hillary Clinton and to do the job."

"She also criticized Trump's past support for liberal policy ideas." . . .

IN FINAL YEAR, OBAMA SEEKS TO STAVE OFF LAME-DUCK STATUS

Julie Pace, AP  . . . "Of course, Obama's legacy will be determined far more by the outcome of the presidential campaign than his 2016 legislative agenda. Since many of his most prominent moves have been the result of executive actions, a Republican president could largely wipe them away, while a Democrat is more likely to keep them in place and perhaps even expand on them.

"White House aides say the president is eager to campaign for the party's nominee, as well as Democrats in other races. He chafed at being kept on the sidelines in the 2014 midterms, and advisers used Democrats' sweeping losses in that campaign as an I-told-you-so moment for party officials.

"This time, Obama isn't waiting for an invitation from the Democratic nominee to make his campaign plans.

" 'I will have a Democratic successor, and I will campaign very hard to make that happen," he said."

"#BlackVotesMatter"; Abuela Hillary ‘Wishing Everyone The Best This Kwanzaa’, It Goes Over With A Thud…

Via Weasel Zippers

"Now Kwanzaa is a holiday made up by an FBI informant with Marxist and Black Nationalist intent that has no real connection to any actual African holidays. But hey, that didn’t stop Hillary, our Abuela and panderer-in-chief.

"How did this go over with Black Lives Matter? Not so well, since it was ‘appropriation’ and ‘trifling’ (leaving aside that the Kwanzaa ‘kinara’ was itself an ‘appropriation’ of the idea of the Menorah)."

Many more responses here

Charles Broccoli‏@hotterthanjuly

I see. #BlackVotesMatter @HillaryClinton

Trump fires back, hitting Bill Clinton’s ‘penchant for sexism’

Comically Incorrect

The Hill  "Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump late Saturday blasted the announcement that former President Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton.

"The real estate mogul said the former president has a “penchant for sexism” in a tweet.

Donald J. TrumpVerified account‏@realDonaldTrump

Hillary Clinton has announced that she is letting her husband out to campaign but HE'S DEMONSTRATED A PENCHANT FOR SEXISM, so inappropriate!

Trump later warned Clinton to "be careful as you play the war on women or women being degraded card."

Trump’s campaign also claimed that the Democratic front-runner bullied women to hide her husband’s “sexist secrets."

UK Daily Mail: Three-times married Trump takes aim at Bill Clinton's infidelities as he fights dirty with Hillary over her claims he's sexist

. . . "His spokesman Katrina Pierson, told CNN: 'Hillary Clinton has some nerve to talk about the war on women and the bigotry toward women when she has a serious problem in her husband.

" 'I can think of quite a few women who have been bullied by Hillary Clinton to hide her husband's misogynist, sexist secrets.'

"Of course, Trump's private life is also less-than-straightforward.

"The three-time married businessman's first marriage, to Ivana in 1977, ended after allegations of an affair with actress Marla Maples appeared in the tabloids.

"Trump and Ivana split in 1992 and within just one year, the billionaire wed Maples. Once again the marriage didn't last and they divorced in 1995. He is currently married to Slovenian supermodel Melania Knauss." . . .

Jim Webb Rips Hillary For ‘Inept Leadership’ In Libya

Yeah, third-party, Jim! Go for it!

Thomas Lifson: Democrat Jim Webb mulls independent run for president
. . . "I would much rather see a Bernie Sanders independent run, which is possible given the animosity developing over DNC favoritism towards Hillary. Sanders would draw away support from Clinton’s left flank, meaning voters who have no likelihood of voting for the GOP nominee.
"Web[b] is a different story entirely.
"Webb could well draw away anti-Hillary votes from the GOP nominee. While his stinging criticism of her will help diminish her vote total, there could be people who otherwise would vote for, say, Donald Trump or Marco Rubio that would instead vote for Webb."

Daily Caller   "Former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb criticized Hillary Clinton’s leadership in Libya, calling it “inept” and a “failure as Secretary of State.”

“Hillary Clinton should be called to account for her inept leadership that brought about the chaos in Libya, and the power vacuums that resulted in the rest of the region,” Webb wrote Saturday on Facebook.. . . “Clinton talked at this last DNC debate about her failure as Secretary of State as if she was successful,” Webb wrote in the post. “While she held that office, the U.S. spent about $2 billion backing the Libyan uprising against Qadaffi. The uprising, which was part of the Arab Spring, led directly to Qaddafi being removed from power and killed by rebel forces in 2011. Now some 2,000 ISIS terrorists have established a foothold in Libya.”

“For a Secretary of State (and a Presidential administration) this is foreign policy leadership at its worst,” he stated."  Hat tip to Weasel Zippers

If he declared an outsider presidential bid, the former Democratic candidate could have an outsize effect on the race.   . . . "In a tight race, even a small base of support could make him a factor. Ralph Nader, for instance, famously won only small percentages of the vote in many states in the 2000 presidential election, yet that arguably helped tip the Electoral College vote to then-Texas Governor George W. Bush, denying Democratic Vice President Al Gore, the winner of the popular vote, the presidency." . . . 
All you conservatives who say you will not vote next November, now you have your candidate. In Heaven's name, vote! If you hate the Republican candidate, at least vote to cancel a Hillary vote! TD

Yes, Hillary And Democrats, George W. Bush Did Call It ‘Radical Islam’

Weasel Zippers  "We reported yesterday how the Democrats, and specifically Hillary Clinton, have been trying to use George W. Bush to excuse their failure to use the term ‘radical Islam’. George W. did at points say that Islam was a religion of peace and did make the point of saying we should not blame all for the actions of some.

However, he had no problem using the term radical Islam and making the connection of the terrorists to Islam as this video from his State of the Union address shows.

"Of course, it is rather ironic that they try to justify their failure to address the actual problem by using their favorite whipping boy in their defense."