Friday, 29 November 2013
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Food City- Salute
At Food City, we honor those people that serve and protect our country, and we know that without the men and women who watch out for us, we would not have any of the luxuries we do. We are the land of the free because of the brave and we salute you!
H/T Shelly
PSA Video: Knockout 'Game' Self-Defense...from TPC
With the Knockout 'game' yet another sign of society in steep decline, this video shows techniques that can be used in trying to protect yourself from these acts of random and vicious violence!
Watch at The Political Commentator here.
News..............
Israel, the Pilgrims and the Maccabees
Last survivor of Navy crew that rescued Kennedy dies
Pub Ordered To Take Down “Thank A Veteran” Sign
The Mucky Glory of a Free Press
Couple Says Lesbian Waitress Lied About No Tip, Collected Thousands in Discrimination ‘Scam’
Scottish Nationalists reveal vision for independent air force
Once-paralyzed hockey player walks again
Boy With Cancer, 7, Loses Health Insurance Because Of Obamacare
Russian Officials Puzzled About US GPS Stations in Russia
An outbreak of lawlessness
Islamic Front endorses jihad, says 'the Muhajireen are our brothers'
NFL Bans Super Bowl Gun Commercial
The Obamas: Nine Types of Pie for Thanksgiving
5 Questions on China’s Air Defense Identification Zone
Argentina issue threats over Falkland Islands oil exploration
Improvised weapons fired near US base in Japan
Mafia 'fed rival to pigs while he was still alive'
China sends warplanes to new air defence zone
Iran Deal a Failure, Says Israel's Ex-National Security Chief.......................from Dan Friedman
[Obama is still sending edicts to Israel, the latest being “on Iran, shut up!” One can only hope that this former “Security Chief” was dispatched to give Israel’s official reply.df]
Times of Israel, November 28, 2013
Yaakov Amidror, PM's former top adviser, says if Geneva gamble fails, only military option will remain; Obama reportedly tells Netanyahu ‘to take a breather from his clamorous criticism’
Fifty States of Gray: New Proposal To Reorganize the U.S. Map
Cartographer Neil Freeman proposes to reorganize the America map fairly based on population and electoral votes. Is this a proposal for electoral parity, or will it further empower blue voters in urban areas? Find out.
Video: Two minutes and you will understand Iran*...from TPC
Two minute video that chronicles the hatred that Iran has had and continues to have for the United States, Israel and everything West!
A video that Barack Obama and his crackerjack national security team probably should have watched before heading off to Geneva!
Watch at The Political Commentator here.
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Thursday, 28 November 2013
Busty Thanksgiving!
Wishing everyone at fabulous Thanksgiving.
You're going to love these bazongas!
Now go take care of your loved ones!
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Obamacare
By Alan Caruba
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is an extraordinary logistical achievement when you consider how many bands are involved, how long it must take to make the remarkable floats and, of course, the famed balloons. I marveled, too, at the remarkable timing of the parade in which each unit occupied a specific amount of time on camera, either as a band executing a choreography or just marching by.
An America that can produce an extravaganza like the parade should be able to demonstrate comparable skills in other areas of activity and, in fact, it does. Despite the occasional delays because of weather conditions, thousands of flights take off and arrive on time every day. Trains get where they’re going. Things that are scheduled fulfil their schedules with admirable skills.
Amazon.com is a miracle of merchandizing. You can purchase anything from the site and be fully confident that you will receive an email confirming the purchase and telling you when it will arrive. Thanks to UPS and Fedex, millions of packages move around the nation. Even the U.S. Postal Service does a good job.
I am confident, too, that the various products I want to purchase at my local supermarket will be on the shelf when I arrive and will be restocked with a precision that goes largely unnoticed.
Even the government seems to do a reliable job of mailing out hundreds of thousands of Social Security checks each month and I am sure there are examples of other ways it demonstrates competence, but….
Obamacare has demonstrated what a socialist power-grab looks like when those seeking to take over one sixth of the nation’s economy attempt to implement a program whose ultimate purpose is to give the government control over your health and, indeed, whether you live or die.
Its technical failures immediately manifested themselves and the stories of people with serious illnesses who have lost their health insurance coverage are already daily news items.
This isn’t just a case of government over-reach, it is Communism and, while Americans have learned to live with less intrusive and even “safety net” programs instituted from the 1930s to the 1960s, they instinctively know that Obamacare constitutes a catastrophic change in their relationship with the government.
A nation based on a document, one of whose purposes was to limit the size of the central government—the Constitution-- is still largely populated with people who prefer as little government involvement in their lives as possible. That view runs from the local motor vehicle agency to Congress.
When government at all levels begins to rival private commerce in terms of the number of people it employs and ends up with more pension and other debt than it can pay, we get cities like Detroit or Stockton, California. We end up with bankruptcies and defaults that tell us that the interests of the government employees have taken precedence over those who pay their salaries and other benefits.
In the private sector, if a business does not compete effectively or provides a product or service that has been overtaken by new technology, it is allowed and even expected to fail. Government, however, is forever.
I doubt that Obamacare will be forever though there is a risk of that if too many people do not tell their Congressmen and women they want it repealed.
Ours is a participatory democracy. Obamacare is going to need a lot of push-back. We are going to need a Congress cleaned of those spineless Democratic Party apparatchiks who voted for a bill they had not read. They must be replaced and the year ahead will be one in which the Tea Party movement and Republican Party are going to devote themselves to that effort.
America has had its first brush with its first Marxist President and the evil of his ideology is beginning to hit home. He has become the greatest threat to our future and one who has put our right to privacy, our belief in the freedom of religion, and our national security at high risk. He has put liberal shibboleths on full display.
We are citizens who are equal before the law. We are not citizens who are in all other respects equal. The liberal paradise does not exist, never has, and never will.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade should remind us of our capability to stage such extraordinary events and return home to enjoy a traditional dinner surrounded by family and friends. We do not return to a government feeding station with a chit in our hand to receive the exact same amount of food as everyone else.
Obamacare is a government health clinic and, if you do not pay a fine or do not pay the many taxes hidden within it, you will not be allowed to get it line. You will be told to go home and die.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
"Isolation," the Jewish Briar Patch..................from Dan Friedman
["Roast me! Hang me! Do whatever you please," said Brer Rabbit. "Only please, Brer Fox, please don't throw me into the briar patch." df]
Rabbi Lazer Brody blog, 27 November 2013
Obama Obamacare talking points for Thanksgiving dinner!...from TPC
This will come as a surprise to no one! The Obama administration provides talking points for the Thanksgiving dinner table to refute your family telling you Obamacare sucks!
Read at The Political Commentator here.
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An Obama Thanksgiving Top 10 List!...from TPC
This article combines what has been voted one of the most disturbing Thanksgiving graphics with a Top 10 list of reasons why the liberals at your table voted for Barack Obama...Twice!
The New Meme: "Obamabomb".....................from Dan Friedman
The president who promised us that his health care legislation would allow us to keep our insurance plans and doctors now insists that his agreement with Iran will not allow it to keep a nuclear-weapons program...they are both lies.
News..................
CDR Salamander: So, which States are doing best ...
Dizzying Benghazigate Developments
Much of Venezuela's Russian arms inventories said to be faulty
Standoff: U.S. sends two B-52s through disputed airspace claimed by China
Besieged town in disputed territories turns to Kurds for security
Surprise: Iran deal not actually a deal yet
How China Plans to Use the Su-35
The President Who No Longer Feels Your Pain
'Swampsgiving': Nutria rats are a Thanksgiving delicacy in the Atchafalaya Swamp
CDR Salamander: Easy solution if you just tilt your head a bit
Business Owner Jailed for “Loitering” On His Own Property
Black Mob Violence: New Denials... and New Violence
Peace for Our Time
Masking Totalitarianism
Colorado Obamacare enrollment 'barely half the state's worst-case projection'
White House to skip big PR push for ObamaCare enrollment in December - for fear that traffic will overwhelm the website
Is the Obama White House photo policy reminiscent of Soviet propaganda?
4th Brigade Combat Team marks its last Thanksgiving as a unit
FBI Stats Again Belie Islamophobia Myth
Iran Deal and Munich: A Fair Comparison?
Drone on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum
'This is Iron Bowl': Montgomery man releases song about the spirit of the Iron Bowl rivalry
Majority of Americans say president a bad manager and not trustworthy, but still a likeable guy
The War on Human Nature
Air Force Grinch strikes
Remember the debt ceiling? We're about to hit our head again
Vatican embassy move draws fire from former US envoys
Millions Gouged on Good Plans Because of Obamacare
Obama's Munich Moment
First Sinai-based Al Qaeda cell to infiltrate the West Bank eliminated in Hebron hills
Egypt's Latest Fatwas from Salafis and Brotherhood
Land Grab: Foreign Firms Drive Cambodians from Farms
John and Joe's Iranian Adventure! (Cartoon)...from TPC
The cartoon in this article first depicts John Kerry and Joe Biden as the political buffoons that they are.
More importantly, however, it makes a strong connection between the Iranian nuclear deal just made and the deal struck by Neville Chamberlain with Adolf Hitler!
Part & Parcel.......................from Dan Friedman
The “knockout game.” Something tells me it was in Obama’s Trojan horse when the nag first pranced into the Oval Office in 2008.
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Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Schadenfreude
By Alan Caruba
On Thanksgiving 2013, it may seem that the nation has little to be thankful for, but if you pull back from the headlines and other news, it is clear that Obama’s presidency is seriously damaged and will remain so until and after he is gone. That’s worth celebrating.
I must confess I am luxuriating in the knowledge of Obama’s present misery. I am enjoying it as someone who predicted he would fail—and fail spectacularly—and yet I know, despite his present unhappiness, he has no idea why it is happening.
The German word for taking pleasure in another’s failure or ill fortune is “schadenfreude.” Since this is generally regarded as unseemly, one usually keeps it to himself, but there is no need for that in Obama’s case. A small legion of conservative pundits has been warning about the consequences of Obamacare since Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010.
The bill is so badly flawed that, even with three years to prepare for its rollout, the administration made a mess of that. Those who know more about it than I predict that it will simply implode for lack of people—mostly the young and healthy—who will not participate in the exchanges. The horror stories will begin to mount as we learn of those who lost their insurance coverage, were unable to pay huge, increased premiums, and die as a result.
In October, Daniel Henniger, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, described it this way: “Let us try to understand what is happening now with the Obama presidency. On display to everyone watching this week is not merely the failure of a federal website or a software program or Ms. Sebelius’s management skills. This is the failure of the very idea of progressive government. Not liberal government. Progressive government.”
That’s an important difference. Henniger is talking about communism because “progressive” is the term that has been adopted to disguise communism. In the 1950s, when I was growing up, communism was called communism because people knew the Soviet Union was communist and that it was the enemy, It is still the enemy, most particularly of freedom and, beyond that, of free market capitalism that facilitates better lives for those who live in nations that exercise it.
The problem for America has been the way it has moved to the left since the dawn of the last century, adopting all manner of “entitlement” programs, but both Social Security and Medicare will be insolvent soon unless they are reformed to reflect the changing demographics of a growing, aging population. The move to the left increased the size and scope of the federal government in ways the Founders would never have imagined or wanted.
Our present miseries are rooted in the failure of communism aka progressive government. In perfect synch with the failure of his “signature” legislation is its living embodiment, the failed presidency of Barack Obama. He is an example of those people who, despite their limited skills, continue to be hired for jobs higher up on the ladder until their failures are catastrophic.
This is now commonly called “the Peter Principle”, formulated by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in a 1969 book of the same name. They postulated that the members of an organization where promotion is based on achievement, success, and merit will eventually be promoted to positions beyond their abilities; what they identified as “their level of incompetence.”
It’s worth noting that Obama’s college records have been sealed, so we only know that he attended Occidental College from the fall of 1979 through the spring of 1981. He then transferred to Columbia University. He graduated in 1983, spent about a year in Chicago as a “community organizer” before attending Harvard Law School. There is no need to examine his “career” after that except to note that he surrounded himself with radical friends and made his way up the Chicago political ladder until becoming a junior Senator from Illinois, He served from
January 2005 until he was elected President in 2008. None of this demonstrates much preparation to be President and none of this suggests a level of competence for the job.
In 2012, a Washington Times editorial noted that “Since Mr. Obama took office, the opinion of the United States generally has declined in every country surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, according to a report released in June.” Especially in Middle Eastern nations, his favorability ratings were below what they were when he took office. The Times concluded that “There’s a reason Mr. Obama has not been a strong leader internationally. He never set out to be one because he never believed in the exceptional mission of the United States…He would rather bow to foreign leaders than stand up for America.”
In sum, Obama has displayed a talent for campaigning for office, but has proven to lack all the attributes necessary to act effectively in office. This wouldn’t be a problem if he had remained an obscure junior Senator from Illinois, but has failed to solve the problems that come with any presidency.
Fouad Adjami, a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, recently noted that “Valerie Jarrett, the president’s most trusted, probably most powerful, aide, once said in admiration that Mr. Obama has been bored his whole life. The implication was that he is above things, a man alone, and anointed. Perhaps this moment—a presidency coming apart, the incompetent social engineering of an entire healthcare system—will now claim Mr. Obama’s attention.”
It has taken notice of the debacle. He began by lying about it and has progressed to lying about his lies. With three years to go, we are witnessing and being victimized by the election of a man who, in the parlance of Washington, D.C., has been “failing up” his whole life. He is the ultimate example of an “empty suit.”
Democrats up for election and re-election in 2014 will not want to be seen on the same stage with Obama. Those in Congress are already voting for any kind of band-aide to “fix” Obamacare, but no one is fooled by that. It can’t be fixed. It can only be repealed.
I am surprised that it took this long for the voters to realize the mistake they made, but America has a Constitution that enables them to overcome such errors and the economy is robust enough to resist much of the damage he has inflicted on it. We’ve had presidents in the past that were not up to the job. They were replaced. The nation moved on. It will do so again.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
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