Now that things in Iraq have calmed down, the only violent and dangerous hell-holes/quagmires in the Middle East are Gaza and southern Lebanon.
GEE: I WONDER WHY?
COULD IT BE JIHADISM?
Yes.
Hamas is back doing what they love most after killing Jews: killing Fatah.
Hizballah is merely in hibernation.
The only way we end the quagmire is to drain the swamp.
And the way to drain the swamp is not with more aid.
It's by rubbing out jihadists.
MORE HERE.
UPDATE: The IDF has returned many criminals/FATAH-thugs who fled Hamas. (MORE HERE.)
WHAT WILL HAMAS DO WITH THEM? WILL THE RED CROSS PROTEST?
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Saturday, August 02, 2008
VEEP TRYOUTS ON THIS SUNDAY'S TALK SHOWS
LAT:
AND I THINK OBAMA WILL PICK RICHARDSON OR REED OR NELSON. UNLESS HE DECIDES HE CAN HANDLE BOTH JOBS HIMSELF!
Ticket notice: Sunday talk shows -- Ridge, Pelosi, LiebermanI THINK RIDGE AND ROMNEY AND GRAHAM ARE THE FRONT-RUNNERS FOR MCCAIN.
ABC "This Week": Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif./Obama supporter); former Gov. Tom Ridge (R-Pa./McCain supporter). Round table with David Gergen (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) and Donna Brazile, Jake Tapper and George Will of ABC News.
CBS "Face the Nation": Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin (Obama supporter), former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina (McCain supporter) and David Brooks of the New York Times.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a John McCain backer, prepares to talk
CNN "Late Edition": Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo./Obama supporter) and Rob Portman (former White House budget director/McCain supporter); Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni; Army Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling, commander, Multi-National Division-North; Nancy Pfotenhauer (McCain economic advisor) and Laura Tyson (Obama economic advisor); Jim Glassman, undersecretary of State for public diplomacy.
"Fox News Sunday": Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C./McCain supporter) and former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D./Obama supporter).
NBC "Meet the Press": Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass./Obama supporter/Democratic presidential candidate 2004) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn./McCain supporter/Democratic vice presidential candidate 2000). Round table with Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd of NBC News, Judy Woodruff of PBS' "NewsHour" and GOP strategist Mike Murphy.
AND I THINK OBAMA WILL PICK RICHARDSON OR REED OR NELSON. UNLESS HE DECIDES HE CAN HANDLE BOTH JOBS HIMSELF!
DOOM AND GLOOM AGW ALARMISTS WRONG AGAIN: AUSTRALIA'S WINTER HAS BEEN COLDER AND WETTER
THE LEFT-WING ECO-NUTSIES ARE WRONG AGAIN: THEY PROMISED MORE HEAT AND DROUGHT DOWN UNDER, BUT AUSTRALIA HAS GOTTEN COLD AND WET:
THE WHOLE BIG AGW SCAM WAS DESIGNED BY THE LEFT TO RAISE TAXES.
MUCH of southeast Queensland shivered in freezing temperatures overnight - but cloud banks over Brisbane ensured the city was spared the worst of the weather.BOTTOM-LINE: DON'T EVER BELIEVE ANYTHING A LEFTIST TELLS YOU: THEY'RE WRONG ABOUT ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND METEOROLOGY.
In Brisbane's CBD the mercury fell to 7.2 degrees Celsius, while the airport weather station recorded 5.4 degrees and in the west Amberley hit just 1.4 degrees.
Oakey and Applethorpe both recorded sub-zero temperatures - of -0.3 and -2.1 respectively - but the mercury stayed on the right side of zero in Warwick (0.1), Roma (0.2), and Charleville (0.3).
... Brisbane dams are now holding more water than any time in the past three years, with the average storage level just below 41 per cent.
That level is expected to climb higher after last week's rain, which continued to feed the Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams.
"Unexpectedly the three dams are continuing to get inflows," an SEQWater spokesman said.
"But we do not think the level will get much above 41 per cent."
When the average passed 40 per cent last week it triggered a relaxation of tough level 6 water restrictions.
Southeast Queensland residents can now wash cars and houses and water gardens for 30 minutes at weekends.
Personal daily consumption can increase from 140 to 170 litres but authorities expect people will continue to use much less.
Since January, Wivenhoe has registered 486mm of rain while Brisbane has received 721mm.
THE WHOLE BIG AGW SCAM WAS DESIGNED BY THE LEFT TO RAISE TAXES.
NYTimes covering up Obama's inarticulate bumbling
SAY ANYTHING:
P2P IN THE COMMENTS:I read the opening line of this New York Times article (which seeks to thoroughly spin Obama’s having stuck his foot in his mouth with the race card bit) and had to chuckle:
Senator Barack Obama is a man of few rhetorical stumbles, but this week a few of his words opened a racial door his campaign would prefer not to step through.
Few rhetorical stumbles? Who is this journalist trying to kid? Here’s a run-down of Obama’s rhetorical genius (which is by no means exhaustive of the genre) just in case there’s anyone out there who doesn’t think this guy is the liberal version of Dan Quayle.
CUIL: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS HOT AIR BY FIVE DAYS!
WHAT'S AT HOT AIR TODAY...
WE POSTED ON FIVE DAYS AGO!
WE POSTED ON FIVE DAYS AGO!
- REGULAR READERS KNOW THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
- SPREAD THE WOPRD.
- BLOGROLL US.
A history lesson from Cuba
History has its lessons. A Fourth of July letter to the editor of the Washington Times-Dispatch became something of an internet sensation, forwarded via email and read aloud in a YouTube video. The writer, Manuel Alvarez Jr. of Sandy Hook, describes himself as a refugee from Castro and recalls what it was like back then:
Nobody is saying anything about Obama being like Fidel. Nobody even has to mention Obama. The point is that blindly placing your faith in an eloquent guy who offers promises of transformative change and sets hearts on fire is a bad bet in most cases. Where are all the successful examples of leaders who quickly swept to power based on a cult of personality and vague promises of tranformative change?
Source
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
The election-year rhetoric has made me think a lot about Cuba and what transpired there. In the late 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and they were right. So when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at least receptive.
When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and denounced the old system, the press fell in love with him. They never questioned who his friends were or what he really believed in. When he said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said "Praise the Lord." And when the young leader said, "I will be for change and I'll bring you change," everyone yelled, "Viva Fidel!"
Nobody is saying anything about Obama being like Fidel. Nobody even has to mention Obama. The point is that blindly placing your faith in an eloquent guy who offers promises of transformative change and sets hearts on fire is a bad bet in most cases. Where are all the successful examples of leaders who quickly swept to power based on a cult of personality and vague promises of tranformative change?
Source
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
Leftist hate is OK
An interesting report from NYC
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
"What I don't tolerate, and what I believe the Constitution doesn't protect, is speech designed to provoke hate or violence against groups of people. Period. So, when I saw bright-green posters declaring, "DIE YUPPIE SCUM DIE," I recognized the hate speech.
Substitute "Yuppie" with "Jew," and you see what I mean. About 70 years ago, Hitler rallied his National Socialists against the Jews - mainly because the Jews could be easily singled out, but also because they were successful, and it was easy to convince the Germans that the reason for all of their feelings of loss or oppression were caused by the "rich Jews." It's nice to sneak hate in through the back door, isn't it?
So, in protest of these signs - calling for the death of total strangers, for no other reason than that they're perceived to be richer than us, and therefore the cause of all of our misery - I began taking them down.
After about 12 posters, I was approached by Jerry The Peddler, an East Village fixture, political activist, organizer and general hustler for the antiwar movement. He asked what I thought I was doing, and I showed him the poster and explained that it was hate speech and shouldn't be tolerated. He acknowledged that I was right - it was hate speech, and, he added, "I hate Yuppies." I told him he had no right to call for their death, as I reached to take down another of his hate-filled posters. He grabbed my left hand - technically an assault - and bent my finger back. "I'll break your fingers, so that you'll never play guitar again, and if I see anymore of these posters down.I'll kill you," he said. You know the look of hate, and he had it in his eyes.
This is the true antiwar movement. These are the peace activists that you see when you turn on your TV and see a report about a protest or riot in New York City: "Support the antiwar movement - or we'll kill you."
It doesn't matter to them that I've defended their right to express their views for the last 30 years; because I "question" their motives, they've decided that I have no right to exist.
More here
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
THE DEMOCRATS' ANTI-DRILLING CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST - JUST AS I PREDICTED IN DECEMBER 2007
TAB, 12/01/07:
AS A RESULT, NOW ENERGY THE ISSUE WE WILL WIN ON.
AND WE SAID SO: NINE MONTHS AGO.
EXPANDING ENERGY SUPPLIES IS NOW NUMBER ONE BECAUSE WE DEFEATED MCCAIN KENNEDY AND BUSH HAS BEGUN TO ENFORCE THE LAWS AND THE BORDER.
- THIS [ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION] IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THE 2008 ELECTION - AND IT BREAKS WELL FOR CONSERVATIVES.
- THE SECOND BIGGEST ISSUE IS ENERGY COSTS, AND INCREASING ENERGY SUPPLIES. WHICH ALSO BREAKS WELL FOR THE GOP.
AS A RESULT, NOW ENERGY THE ISSUE WE WILL WIN ON.
AND WE SAID SO: NINE MONTHS AGO.
- THE GOP COULD TAKE BACK THE CONGRESS ON THIS ISSUE.
- AND LOWER OUR TAXES AND OUR ENERGY BILLS.
- LIKE THAT?
Friday, August 01, 2008
TO BALANCE THE TICKET, ALL OBAMA HAS TO DO IS PICK HIMSELF AS VEEP!
IT'S THE PERFECT SOLUTION!
His black half can be POTUS, his white VEEP.
His anti-NAFTA half can be VEEP and his pro can be POTUS.
His anti-gun half can be POTUS and his pro-gun half VEEP.
His anti Rev Wright half can be POTUS, and his pro-black theology half can be VEEP.
His pro-Israel half can be POTUS and his anti-Israel half can be VEEP.
AND SO ON:
I CAN HEAR HIM NOW: "I'M THE ONE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!"
"OBAMA-OBAMA 08!"
His black half can be POTUS, his white VEEP.
His anti-NAFTA half can be VEEP and his pro can be POTUS.
His anti-gun half can be POTUS and his pro-gun half VEEP.
His anti Rev Wright half can be POTUS, and his pro-black theology half can be VEEP.
His pro-Israel half can be POTUS and his anti-Israel half can be VEEP.
AND SO ON:
Obama has been flip-flopping so much on so many issues this is the only pick which makes sense. It's the only ticket that covers ALL THE BASES and yet gives Obama the most loyal VEEP possible!
PRESIDENT FLIP, MEET VICE PRESIDENT FLOP
BONUS: Don't you have the feeling that deep down, Obama thinks that not only is he the best qualified person in the whole wide world to be POTUS, but that he feels he has more than enough experience and talent to fill both positions at the same time!I CAN HEAR HIM NOW: "I'M THE ONE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!"
"OBAMA-OBAMA 08!"
WHY WON'T THE MEDIA ASK OBAMA ABOUT FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS?
IN THE FIRST VOLUME OF HIS MEMOIRS, 34 YEAR OLD PRIVATE CITIZEN BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA JUNIOR CITED HIM AS ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT MENTORS.
FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS.
A MAJOR LEADER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, USA.
FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS.
A MAJOR LEADER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, USA.
- WHY HASN'T ONE SINGLE SOLITARY MEMBER OF THE MSM ASKED OBAMA OR HIS CAMPAIGN A SINGLE SOLITARY QUESTION ABOUT THIS FACT?
- COULD IT BE THEY KNOW IT WILL HURT OBAMA?
- YES.
- PROOF: WHEN YOU WORD-SEARCH "FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS" IN GOOGLE-NEWS ALL YOU GET 14 HITS - FROM BLOGGERS.
- THE LEFT-WING DOMINATED MSM IS IN THE TANK FOR LEFTIST OBAMA.
WHO WOULD YOU PICK AS VICE PRESIDENT, IF YOU WERE YOUR PARTY'S NOMINEE FOR THE PRESIDENCY?
WHO WOULD YOU PICK AS VICE PRESIDENT, IF YOU WERE YOUR PARTY'S NOMINEE FOR THE PRESIDENCY?
Would you pick a first term Senator with ties to the corrupt Chicago Machine, whose biggest personal donor for the last decade is a convicted criminal, and who attended a racist church for twenty years, who has problems telling the truth, and who has problems remaining committed to principles and old allies, who used a lot of drugs as a teenager, and who has no military experience, no managerial experience, and no business experience?
Or would you pick McCain?
TELL THE TRUTH!
I mean: EVEN JOHN KERRY TRIED TO PICK MCCAIN!
I feel that NO ONE would really pick Obama.
Many of you might pick Biden or Richardson or Romney or Ridge, etc etc etc...
BUT NO ONE, NOT ONE OF YOU OUT THERE, WOULD REALLY HONESTLY TRUTHFULLY EVER PICK OBAMA.
There's no reason to.
Illinois is already in the bag for the Dems - so he brings nothing geographically.
Blacks are already in the bag for the Dems so he brings nothing demographically.
He doesn't bring international expertise, budgetary expertise, science expertise - well... er um Obama doesn't really bring ANY expertise.
If Obama is so resolutely UNHELPFUL as a Vice president, then why make him president?
It makes no sense.
BOTTOM-LINE: OBAMA IS UNFIT TO BE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
Would you pick a first term Senator with ties to the corrupt Chicago Machine, whose biggest personal donor for the last decade is a convicted criminal, and who attended a racist church for twenty years, who has problems telling the truth, and who has problems remaining committed to principles and old allies, who used a lot of drugs as a teenager, and who has no military experience, no managerial experience, and no business experience?
Or would you pick McCain?
TELL THE TRUTH!
I mean: EVEN JOHN KERRY TRIED TO PICK MCCAIN!
I feel that NO ONE would really pick Obama.
Many of you might pick Biden or Richardson or Romney or Ridge, etc etc etc...
BUT NO ONE, NOT ONE OF YOU OUT THERE, WOULD REALLY HONESTLY TRUTHFULLY EVER PICK OBAMA.
There's no reason to.
Illinois is already in the bag for the Dems - so he brings nothing geographically.
Blacks are already in the bag for the Dems so he brings nothing demographically.
He doesn't bring international expertise, budgetary expertise, science expertise - well... er um Obama doesn't really bring ANY expertise.
If Obama is so resolutely UNHELPFUL as a Vice president, then why make him president?
It makes no sense.
BOTTOM-LINE: OBAMA IS UNFIT TO BE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
THE 2008 ELECTION: WHAT'S RACE GOT TO DO WITH IT? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
ON THE ONE HAND WE HAVE THE WHITE MCCAIN: three decades of service to the nation: in uniform, in combat, in war-time, in a POW camp - TORTURED; in the House and n the Senate - with his name DIRECTLY associated with the biggest BI-PARTISAN "reform" bills of his era. A man who never failed to speak out clearly and unambiguously - regardless of the political fallout.
ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE THE HALF-WHITE OBAMA: who worked as a 'community organizer" in Chicago without distinction, and then served in the Illinois state legislature without distinction and then served for one year in the US Senate without distinction before deciding to run for the presidency.
AND NOTE THIS CONTRAST:
THE WHITE PRONE-TO-SUNBURN MCCAIN HAS HAD ZERO - as in $0.00 - EARMARKS SINCE HE WAS A SENATOR, 20 YEARS - AND HAS ACTUALLY FOUGHT PORK BARREL SPENDING.
THE HALF-KENYAN MOCHA-SKINNED OBAMA HAS HAS $740 million - that's $740,000,000 since being a Senator - IN ER UM... JUST FOUR YEARS.
NOW...
ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE THE HALF-WHITE OBAMA: who worked as a 'community organizer" in Chicago without distinction, and then served in the Illinois state legislature without distinction and then served for one year in the US Senate without distinction before deciding to run for the presidency.
AND NOTE THIS CONTRAST:
THE WHITE PRONE-TO-SUNBURN MCCAIN HAS HAD ZERO - as in $0.00 - EARMARKS SINCE HE WAS A SENATOR, 20 YEARS - AND HAS ACTUALLY FOUGHT PORK BARREL SPENDING.THE HALF-KENYAN MOCHA-SKINNED OBAMA HAS HAS $740 million - that's $740,000,000 since being a Senator - IN ER UM... JUST FOUR YEARS.
NOW...
- THERE'S ABSO-EFFIN-LUTELY NOTHING INTERESTING OR RELEVANT ABOUT MCCAIN'S LACK OF SKIN PIGMENTATION OR OBAMA'S AMPLE SKIN PIGMENTATION. IT'S A MEANINGLESS CONTRAST.
- AND THE INCLUSION OF RACIALIST TERMS IN THE ABOVE PROVES IT.
- THERE ARE VERY REAL AND IMPORTANT PERSONAL AND POLITICAL CONTRASTS BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN - AND THEY COULD NOT BE MORE RELEVANT OR STARK:
- ONE MAN IS READY, HAS THE CHARACTER TO LEAD AND IS WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST.
- THE OTHER IS A SWEET-TALKING INEXPERIENCED AND MENDACIOUS SHAM WHO IS UNTRUSTWORTHY.
- REMEMBER:
- THEIR AGE, SKIN-TONE, ETHNICITY, AND HEIGHT ARE IRRELEVANT.
- NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THEM EXCEPT FOR OBAMA.
- WHICH IS MORE PROOF HE IS UNFIT FOR OFFICE: HE'D SACRIFICE OUR NATIONAL RACE RELATIONS FOR HIS PERSONAL POLITICAL VICTORY.
The Obama lie-of-the-day: CLAIMS HE HATES RAP BUT ALSO BRAGS HIS 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LOVES A FILTHY SNOOP DOG SONG
UPDATED: LINKS FIXED:
TODAY'S LIE: OBAMA CLAIMS HE HATES RAP-MUSIC'S BAD INFLUENCE ON KIDS,
BUT RECENTLY HE BRAGGED HOW HIS 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LOVES AN ABOLSUTELY FILTHY SNOOP RAP SONG.
GATEWAY HAS THE DETAILS. AND THE SHOCKING VIDEO.
BOTTOM-LINE: OBAMA CANNOT GO 24 HOURS WITHOUT TELLING A LIE.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
TODAY'S LIE: OBAMA CLAIMS HE HATES RAP-MUSIC'S BAD INFLUENCE ON KIDS,
BUT RECENTLY HE BRAGGED HOW HIS 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LOVES AN ABOLSUTELY FILTHY SNOOP RAP SONG.
GATEWAY HAS THE DETAILS. AND THE SHOCKING VIDEO.
BOTTOM-LINE: OBAMA CANNOT GO 24 HOURS WITHOUT TELLING A LIE.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
Sidewalk abortion activists save lives and give great joy
Commentary below by Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life. I have great respect for the good father's views even though, as an atheist, I do not share them entirely. I am slightly surprised by his predestinarian views, however. I did not think that Calvinism had any part in Roman doctrine. What he reports brings tears of joy to my eyes, however. Those who save the lives of babies do the holiest work imaginable, in my view
"God chose us in Christ, before the world began, to be holy and blameless in his sight" (See Ephesians 1:5). On Saturday, July 12, I had the joy of baptizing three babies, chosen by God from all eternity to live. A cause of particular joy and celebration was that two of these babies were rescued from abortion. Their mothers had gone to an abortion mill in Allentown, PA, but sidewalk counselors intervened and helped them to find the strength to say "No" to abortion and "Yes" to life.
The Church was filled with pro-life advocates, including the sidewalk counselors who intervened, and all were immersed in the joy of the victory of life. Once this ceremony was scheduled, I announced it nationally, not only so that as many people as possible could come, but also so that the whole pro-life movement could be encouraged by this celebration of victory.
Yadira, one of the mothers who turned away from abortion had already gone into the facility. But a few moments later she found the strength to come out, because she looked at an image on a brochure that one of the sidewalk counselors gave her. That image showed an aborted child. It revealed the reality of what abortion does to a baby, and Yadira knew she could not do that to her baby.
And so her baby Shaelyn, along with baby Brandon, also rescued from abortion, were blessed, anointed, and bathed in the waters that make an end of sin and a beginning of eternal life. These babies, once marked for abortion and inscribed in a scroll of death, now have their names inscribed in the Book of Life.
During the ceremony, I preached about how the Church and the pro-life movement say to these mothers and fathers, "I am with you." We come to their side, rescuing them from despair and giving them the strength to do what is right. We help them to see through the lies of the devil. In fact, in the baptism ceremony, everyone renews the vows of their own baptism. The question resounded through the Church: "Do you reject Satan?" "I do!" the response thundered back. "And all his works?" "I do!" "And all his empty promises?" "I do!" Jesus taught that the works of the devil are lies and murder. Abortion continues because of the lie, the empty promise, that freedom can be found by killing a baby.
We renounced this lie together, and we baptized the babies together. There is no such thing as a private baptism. The Church's ritual calls for baptism to be celebrated as a communal event. The whole Church welcomes the lives that God has chosen from all eternity. His choice is more important than ours, and comes before ours. We choose life because God has already chosen to entrust us to the care of each other. On July 12, we joyfully affirmed God's choice for Shaelyn and Brandon.
Source
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
"God chose us in Christ, before the world began, to be holy and blameless in his sight" (See Ephesians 1:5). On Saturday, July 12, I had the joy of baptizing three babies, chosen by God from all eternity to live. A cause of particular joy and celebration was that two of these babies were rescued from abortion. Their mothers had gone to an abortion mill in Allentown, PA, but sidewalk counselors intervened and helped them to find the strength to say "No" to abortion and "Yes" to life.
The Church was filled with pro-life advocates, including the sidewalk counselors who intervened, and all were immersed in the joy of the victory of life. Once this ceremony was scheduled, I announced it nationally, not only so that as many people as possible could come, but also so that the whole pro-life movement could be encouraged by this celebration of victory.
Yadira, one of the mothers who turned away from abortion had already gone into the facility. But a few moments later she found the strength to come out, because she looked at an image on a brochure that one of the sidewalk counselors gave her. That image showed an aborted child. It revealed the reality of what abortion does to a baby, and Yadira knew she could not do that to her baby.
And so her baby Shaelyn, along with baby Brandon, also rescued from abortion, were blessed, anointed, and bathed in the waters that make an end of sin and a beginning of eternal life. These babies, once marked for abortion and inscribed in a scroll of death, now have their names inscribed in the Book of Life.
During the ceremony, I preached about how the Church and the pro-life movement say to these mothers and fathers, "I am with you." We come to their side, rescuing them from despair and giving them the strength to do what is right. We help them to see through the lies of the devil. In fact, in the baptism ceremony, everyone renews the vows of their own baptism. The question resounded through the Church: "Do you reject Satan?" "I do!" the response thundered back. "And all his works?" "I do!" "And all his empty promises?" "I do!" Jesus taught that the works of the devil are lies and murder. Abortion continues because of the lie, the empty promise, that freedom can be found by killing a baby.
We renounced this lie together, and we baptized the babies together. There is no such thing as a private baptism. The Church's ritual calls for baptism to be celebrated as a communal event. The whole Church welcomes the lives that God has chosen from all eternity. His choice is more important than ours, and comes before ours. We choose life because God has already chosen to entrust us to the care of each other. On July 12, we joyfully affirmed God's choice for Shaelyn and Brandon.
Source
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
Leftism is powered by hate, not facts or ideas
An email from a reader:
I was recently in a small "debate" with a leftist college professor in some forum. And generally, I find that when they are challenged they only respond with a stream of invective and insults, or try to shame you over something silly. For example, he triumphantly expressed: "The US always supported Saddam when it was in our interests!"
I noted, "Well, of course! Should we have opposed him if what he was doing was in our interests?" He had no answer for this.
And then I did what I've found to be the ultimate provocation of a leftist. I suggested that Leftism isn't really a political ideology that it is really just a collection of personality pathologies, that multiculturalism is a sham that even they don't believe in, and that the entire American left had absolutely no positive vision for where they wanted to take the US. I should note that I delivered this in a much less direct way and as politely as possible.
He called me a bunch of very colorful things, such as "f*ckface" in response.
I then asked him to name one US leftist intellectual who had articulated a positive vision for the US and wrote a serious book about our future, our liabilities and assets, strengths and weaknesses.
He called me f*ckface again. I kept asking. He refused to name any, but insisted that I was "full of sh*t."
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
I was recently in a small "debate" with a leftist college professor in some forum. And generally, I find that when they are challenged they only respond with a stream of invective and insults, or try to shame you over something silly. For example, he triumphantly expressed: "The US always supported Saddam when it was in our interests!"
I noted, "Well, of course! Should we have opposed him if what he was doing was in our interests?" He had no answer for this.
And then I did what I've found to be the ultimate provocation of a leftist. I suggested that Leftism isn't really a political ideology that it is really just a collection of personality pathologies, that multiculturalism is a sham that even they don't believe in, and that the entire American left had absolutely no positive vision for where they wanted to take the US. I should note that I delivered this in a much less direct way and as politely as possible.
He called me a bunch of very colorful things, such as "f*ckface" in response.
I then asked him to name one US leftist intellectual who had articulated a positive vision for the US and wrote a serious book about our future, our liabilities and assets, strengths and weaknesses.
He called me f*ckface again. I kept asking. He refused to name any, but insisted that I was "full of sh*t."
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
Thursday, July 31, 2008
E = GOP2 - (or how to wallop the Dems!)
GREAT GOP AD IDEA FROM HOT AIR:
The Democrats are part of the problem.
But you can be part of the solution.
Vote GOP.
E = GOP2 MEANS: ENERGY EQUALS GOP SQUARED: TAKING BACK BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
We have enough oil to satisfy American needs for at least the next 100 years,
but Democrats won’t let you have it.
They’d rather you pay $10 per gallon at the pump
and watch food prices increase 250%
rather than agree to drilling.
If you don’t want $10 per gallon gas, vote Republican.
But you can be part of the solution.
Vote GOP.
E = GOP2 MEANS: ENERGY EQUALS GOP SQUARED: TAKING BACK BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
GERMANY ALLOWING DEALS WITH IRAN
I'm not really surprised by this:
The Foreign Ministry will express its concerns and seek clarification from the highest levels of the German government about a decision by Germany's Export Control Office (BAFA) to approve a €100 million deal for building plants to liquefy natural gas in Iran, the ministry said Thursday in a statement. The story was first reported exclusively in Wednesday's Jerusalem Post.So they're defending the deal so far? Ick. I'm sorry, but this does violate sanctions against Iran, and shows that Germany is no better today than before. This of course is the same country that still criminalizes homeschooling, and are even willing to take away parents' custody of their children if they refuse to obey this foul law. They have not improved at all.
"The ministry has expressed its disappointment at reports that the German government gave its approval to a German company to sign on the deal with the Iranian gas company," the statement said.
"The German government's decision is against the spirit of sanctions that the UN Security Council has placed on Iran," the statement continued.
"It is worrying that precisely Germany, which is a member of the EU 3 - that includes France, Britain and Germany - is presenting a position that harms international attempts for significantly strengthening sanction against Iran's nuclear program."
Government sources said they expected more of Germany because of that country's unique relationship with Israel.
Meanwhile, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights group, has called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to block the deal between German energy company Steiner (SPG Steiner-Prematechnik-Gastec GmbH) and the Iranian government, wherein Steiner would construct three gas liquefaction plants in Iran.
According to the Wiesenthal Center, Steiner's construction of the plants - which would have a capacity of 10,000 barrels a day - would place an obstacle in front of the sanctions Germany imposed on Iran earlier this month.
"This deal helps Iran in this sensitive sector and makes a mockery of the international community's efforts to isolate a nuclearizing Iranian regime," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, an associate dean of the center.
"Unless the Chancellor overrules the Export Control Office's decision, Germany will strengthen Teheran and further embolden a regime whose president repeatedly calls for the destruction of the Jewish State."
The German government contends that the deal does not violate the sanctions, as it is a legal agreement as opposed to a political one. The deal passed a twelve-month inspection process by the Export Control Office before being approved.
Cooper added that the government's approval of the deal stood in contrast to Merkel's speech to the Knesset in March, when she said that "Germany will push for further sanctions" on Iran and that "this historic responsibility is part of my country's fundamental policy. It means that for me, as a German chancellor, Israel's security is non-negotiable."
MORE ON OLMERT'S RESIGNATION
Here's more on Ehud Olmert's resignation, and there's plenty more around the blogosphere now in discussion. Soccerdad's got more on the subject.
In this report, it's told that the police may urge an indictment of Olmert over the "Olmertours" and Talansky affairs. If they do, that'll be one more good thing, and yet one more that Olmert deserves.
In this report, it's told that the police may urge an indictment of Olmert over the "Olmertours" and Talansky affairs. If they do, that'll be one more good thing, and yet one more that Olmert deserves.
Why Obama waffles so much
A small but pointed excerpt from "One Cosmos":
The other day, I heard a brilliant analysis of Obama by Rush Limbaugh. He was pointing out that the reason he is reduced to such a stuttering prick (to quote Tommy DeVito) when off the teleprompter, is that he is a deeply divided person, either consciously or unconsciously (and undoubtedly both, in my opinion). He is the polar opposite of, say, Ronald Reagan, who always knew what he thought and could answer any question, for it was simply a matter of returning to first principles and applying them to the problem. Very scientific, if you will.
But one of the intrinsic problems in being a liberal is that you can never reveal your first principles, because if you explicitly articulate them, people will be repelled at what a contemptuous and supercilious asshat you are. Therefore, you must always couch them in terms of "compassion," or "helping the little guy," or "healing the planet," or "unity," or some other such blather. So in that regard, Obama is dealing with a more general problem that is intrinsic to liberalism, which is How to Fool the Idiots. One must be very cautious, because even the idiots are only so stupid. Thus Obama's constant verbal ticks: "uh, uh, uh, let me, uh, say this, uh, uh, I've been completely, uh, consistent about this, blah blah blah."
Being that liberalism is the political embodiment of multiplicity (or of an oppressive "bad unity" to try to heal it), it should not be surprising that its adherents are so intrinsically inconsistent. It's not so much that they are dishonest, but that the whole ideology is dishonest -- it is a lie from the ground up. Which is also why, the worse your character (or the less your intelligence), the better you will fare as a liberal politician, because you will be able to lie with great ease and even fool yourself.
Anyway, in Rush's analysis, he was pointing out that Obama is running several campaigns simultaneously, and that it is obviously a struggle for him to keep them all straight in his head, thus the great difficulty in being consistent and giving straight answers. Because of this, he is always one gaffe away from a major meltdown. For example, he's running one campaign for blacks, but an entirely different one for whites. (I won't even review the whole list, because it would take too much time, and I've already made my point; here is a list of the various irreconcilable positions which Obama must hopelessly try keep straight in his mind.)
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Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
The other day, I heard a brilliant analysis of Obama by Rush Limbaugh. He was pointing out that the reason he is reduced to such a stuttering prick (to quote Tommy DeVito) when off the teleprompter, is that he is a deeply divided person, either consciously or unconsciously (and undoubtedly both, in my opinion). He is the polar opposite of, say, Ronald Reagan, who always knew what he thought and could answer any question, for it was simply a matter of returning to first principles and applying them to the problem. Very scientific, if you will.
But one of the intrinsic problems in being a liberal is that you can never reveal your first principles, because if you explicitly articulate them, people will be repelled at what a contemptuous and supercilious asshat you are. Therefore, you must always couch them in terms of "compassion," or "helping the little guy," or "healing the planet," or "unity," or some other such blather. So in that regard, Obama is dealing with a more general problem that is intrinsic to liberalism, which is How to Fool the Idiots. One must be very cautious, because even the idiots are only so stupid. Thus Obama's constant verbal ticks: "uh, uh, uh, let me, uh, say this, uh, uh, I've been completely, uh, consistent about this, blah blah blah."
Being that liberalism is the political embodiment of multiplicity (or of an oppressive "bad unity" to try to heal it), it should not be surprising that its adherents are so intrinsically inconsistent. It's not so much that they are dishonest, but that the whole ideology is dishonest -- it is a lie from the ground up. Which is also why, the worse your character (or the less your intelligence), the better you will fare as a liberal politician, because you will be able to lie with great ease and even fool yourself.
Anyway, in Rush's analysis, he was pointing out that Obama is running several campaigns simultaneously, and that it is obviously a struggle for him to keep them all straight in his head, thus the great difficulty in being consistent and giving straight answers. Because of this, he is always one gaffe away from a major meltdown. For example, he's running one campaign for blacks, but an entirely different one for whites. (I won't even review the whole list, because it would take too much time, and I've already made my point; here is a list of the various irreconcilable positions which Obama must hopelessly try keep straight in his mind.)
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Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
Fake Christian group endorses Obama
Mara Vanderslice is a frenetic far-Leftist who worked for the Kerry campaign in 2004 -- also then trying to con Christians into voting Democrat. Background on her here
A new political group that claims to be a Christian organization has endorsed pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama. The Matthew 25 Network plans to run ads for Obama on Christian radio stations and in newspapers and magazines that appeal to Christians. The object is to try to pry away evangelical voters from supporting John McCain, who has already received the endorsement of a number of evangelical and Catholic groups and leaders.
Mara Vanderslice, the head of the political action committee, told the Wall St. Journal the group plans to spend $500,000 in advertising for Obama between now and the November elections.
Ads will appear in publications like the National Catholic Reporter and Relevant Magazine and a one-minute radio ad will play on Christian stations in battleground states like Ohio, Michigan, and Colorado. The radio ad campaign will eventually expand to Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, and North Carolina. "You know it's an election year when certain people start grabbing headlines by attacking the faith of presidential candidates, with all these stones being cast at Barack Obama it can be hard to know what to believe," the ad says. It includes a clip of an Obama speech where the candidate says "I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the role of faith in people's lives." The group is named after the Bible verse that quotes Jesus saying, "I tell you the truth, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
However, the group appears uninterested in protecting the "least of these" -- unborn children -- and one advocate for the organization admitted to the Journal that he hopes to move the debate away from abortion.
Bart Campolo, an urban minister, said he's "uncomfortable" with evangelicals marching in "lock-step" with the Republican Party because of its pro-life candidates for president. He said the Matthew 25 Network is trying to move evangelical voters away from pro-life issues. "What I'm excited about at this stage of the game, it seems like the evangelical community is waking up to the deeper and broader approach," he said, according to the newspaper.
Proving its pro-abortion credentials, two leading abortion advocates in Congress, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, are involved in the group. DeLauro is a former staff member for NARAL, a leading pro-abortion group that, like Obama, supports unlimited abortions paid for at taxpayer expense and vigorously opposed the partial-birth abortion ban.
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Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
A new political group that claims to be a Christian organization has endorsed pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama. The Matthew 25 Network plans to run ads for Obama on Christian radio stations and in newspapers and magazines that appeal to Christians. The object is to try to pry away evangelical voters from supporting John McCain, who has already received the endorsement of a number of evangelical and Catholic groups and leaders.
Mara Vanderslice, the head of the political action committee, told the Wall St. Journal the group plans to spend $500,000 in advertising for Obama between now and the November elections.
Ads will appear in publications like the National Catholic Reporter and Relevant Magazine and a one-minute radio ad will play on Christian stations in battleground states like Ohio, Michigan, and Colorado. The radio ad campaign will eventually expand to Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, and North Carolina. "You know it's an election year when certain people start grabbing headlines by attacking the faith of presidential candidates, with all these stones being cast at Barack Obama it can be hard to know what to believe," the ad says. It includes a clip of an Obama speech where the candidate says "I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the role of faith in people's lives." The group is named after the Bible verse that quotes Jesus saying, "I tell you the truth, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
However, the group appears uninterested in protecting the "least of these" -- unborn children -- and one advocate for the organization admitted to the Journal that he hopes to move the debate away from abortion.
Bart Campolo, an urban minister, said he's "uncomfortable" with evangelicals marching in "lock-step" with the Republican Party because of its pro-life candidates for president. He said the Matthew 25 Network is trying to move evangelical voters away from pro-life issues. "What I'm excited about at this stage of the game, it seems like the evangelical community is waking up to the deeper and broader approach," he said, according to the newspaper.
Proving its pro-abortion credentials, two leading abortion advocates in Congress, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, are involved in the group. DeLauro is a former staff member for NARAL, a leading pro-abortion group that, like Obama, supports unlimited abortions paid for at taxpayer expense and vigorously opposed the partial-birth abortion ban.
Source
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
Is John McCain Stupid?
[RELIAPUNDIT ADDS AN UPDATE: NEW VIEW OF OBAMA AS MO' STUPIDER HERE.]
On Sunday, he said on national television that to solve Social Security "everything's on the table," which of course means raising payroll taxes. On July 7 in Denver he said: "Senator Obama will raise your taxes. I won't." This isn't a flip-flop. It's a sex-change operation.
He got back to the subject Tuesday in Reno, Nev. Reporters asked about the Sunday tax comments. Mr. McCain replied, "The worst thing you could do is raise people's payroll taxes, my God!" Then he was asked about working with Democrats to fix Social Security, and he repeated, "everything has to be on the table." But how can . . .? Oh never mind.
The one thing -- arguably the only thing -- the McCain candidacy has going for it is a sense among voters that they don't know what Barack Obama stands for or believes. Why then would Mr. McCain give voters reason to wonder the same thing about himself? You're supposed to sow doubt about the other guy, not do it to yourself.
Yes, Sen. McCain must somehow appeal to independents and blue-collar Hillary Democrats. A degree of pandering to the center is inevitable. But this stuff isn't pandering; it's simply stupid. Al Gore's own climate allies separated themselves from his preposterous free-of-oil-in-10-years whopper. Sen. McCain saying off-handedly that it's "doable" is, in a word, thoughtless.
Speaker Pelosi heads a House with a 9% approval. To let her off the hook before the election reflects similar loss of thought.
The forces arrayed against Sen. McCain's candidacy are formidable: an unpopular president, the near impossibility of extending Republican White House rule for three terms, the GOP trailing in races at every level, a listless fundraising base, doubtful sentiments about the war, a flailing economy.
The generic Democratic presidential candidate should win handily. Barack Obama, though vulnerable at the margin, is a very strong candidate. This will be a turnout election. To win, Mr. McCain needs every Republican vote he can hold.
Why make it harder than it has to be? Given such statements on Social Security taxes, Al Gore and the "inspirational" Speaker Pelosi, is there a reason why Rush Limbaugh should not spend August teeing off on Mr. McCain?
Why as well shouldn't the Obama camp exploit all of this? If Sen. Obama's "inexperience" is Mr. McCain's ace in the hole, why not trump that by asking, "Does Sen. McCain know his own mind?"
In this sports-crazed country, everyone has learned a lot about what it takes to win. They've heard and seen it proven repeatedly that to achieve greatness, to win the big one, an athlete has to be ready to "put in the work." John McCain isn't doing that, yet. He's competing as if he expects the other side to lose it for him. Sen. McCain is a famously undisciplined politician. Someone in the McCain circle had better do some straight talking to the candidate. He's not some 19-year-old tennis player who's going to win the U.S. presidential Open on raw talent and the other guy's errors. He's not that good.
There is a reason the American people the past 100 years elevated only two sitting senators into the White House -- JFK and Warren Harding. It's because they believe most senators, adept at compulsive compromise, have no political compass and will sell them out. Now voters have to do what they prefer not to. Yes, Sen. McCain has honor and country. Another month of illogical, impolitic remarks and Sen. McCain will erase even that. Absent a coherent message for voters, he will be one-on-one with Barack Obama in the fall. He will lose.
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And if you want CERTAINTY that McCain has lost his marbles, read this. It is too painful for me to reproduce
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
On Sunday, he said on national television that to solve Social Security "everything's on the table," which of course means raising payroll taxes. On July 7 in Denver he said: "Senator Obama will raise your taxes. I won't." This isn't a flip-flop. It's a sex-change operation.
He got back to the subject Tuesday in Reno, Nev. Reporters asked about the Sunday tax comments. Mr. McCain replied, "The worst thing you could do is raise people's payroll taxes, my God!" Then he was asked about working with Democrats to fix Social Security, and he repeated, "everything has to be on the table." But how can . . .? Oh never mind.
The one thing -- arguably the only thing -- the McCain candidacy has going for it is a sense among voters that they don't know what Barack Obama stands for or believes. Why then would Mr. McCain give voters reason to wonder the same thing about himself? You're supposed to sow doubt about the other guy, not do it to yourself.
Yes, Sen. McCain must somehow appeal to independents and blue-collar Hillary Democrats. A degree of pandering to the center is inevitable. But this stuff isn't pandering; it's simply stupid. Al Gore's own climate allies separated themselves from his preposterous free-of-oil-in-10-years whopper. Sen. McCain saying off-handedly that it's "doable" is, in a word, thoughtless.
Speaker Pelosi heads a House with a 9% approval. To let her off the hook before the election reflects similar loss of thought.
The forces arrayed against Sen. McCain's candidacy are formidable: an unpopular president, the near impossibility of extending Republican White House rule for three terms, the GOP trailing in races at every level, a listless fundraising base, doubtful sentiments about the war, a flailing economy.
The generic Democratic presidential candidate should win handily. Barack Obama, though vulnerable at the margin, is a very strong candidate. This will be a turnout election. To win, Mr. McCain needs every Republican vote he can hold.
Why make it harder than it has to be? Given such statements on Social Security taxes, Al Gore and the "inspirational" Speaker Pelosi, is there a reason why Rush Limbaugh should not spend August teeing off on Mr. McCain?
Why as well shouldn't the Obama camp exploit all of this? If Sen. Obama's "inexperience" is Mr. McCain's ace in the hole, why not trump that by asking, "Does Sen. McCain know his own mind?"
In this sports-crazed country, everyone has learned a lot about what it takes to win. They've heard and seen it proven repeatedly that to achieve greatness, to win the big one, an athlete has to be ready to "put in the work." John McCain isn't doing that, yet. He's competing as if he expects the other side to lose it for him. Sen. McCain is a famously undisciplined politician. Someone in the McCain circle had better do some straight talking to the candidate. He's not some 19-year-old tennis player who's going to win the U.S. presidential Open on raw talent and the other guy's errors. He's not that good.
There is a reason the American people the past 100 years elevated only two sitting senators into the White House -- JFK and Warren Harding. It's because they believe most senators, adept at compulsive compromise, have no political compass and will sell them out. Now voters have to do what they prefer not to. Yes, Sen. McCain has honor and country. Another month of illogical, impolitic remarks and Sen. McCain will erase even that. Absent a coherent message for voters, he will be one-on-one with Barack Obama in the fall. He will lose.
Source
And if you want CERTAINTY that McCain has lost his marbles, read this. It is too painful for me to reproduce
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
OFF SHORE DRILLING IS MAKING BRAZIL RICH
OFF SHORE DRILLING IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR BRAZILIANS.
NYTIMES: IT'S CAUSING A BOOM WHICH IS HELPING ALL PARTS OF THEIOR ECONOMY.EVEN THE POOR:
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
NYTIMES: IT'S CAUSING A BOOM WHICH IS HELPING ALL PARTS OF THEIOR ECONOMY.EVEN THE POOR:
PELOSI AND OBAMA FEEL THAT AMERICANS DON'T DESERVE TO REAP THE SAME RICHES OFF OUR COASTS.
Douglas Engle for The New York TimesRecent oil discoveries off the coast of Rio de Janeiro State have led to a construction boom in the port town of Angra dos Reis.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
OBAMA'S DEMOCRAT PARTY IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S DEMOCRAT PARTY: DUMPING INCUMBENT JEW FOR BLACK WOMAN
POLITICO:
Democratic insiders say House Democratic leaders have refused a request from Tennessee Rep. Stephen I. Cohen — a white man in a majority-black district — for money to fend off a primary challenge from a black woman.
But they gave Cohen a consolation prize this week: a quick voice vote on his resolution apologizing to African-Americans for the “fundamental injustice” of slavery and racial segregation.
Cohen faces an Aug. 7 primary challenge from Nikki Tinker, a corporate lawyer who has received a $5,000 contribution from the Congressional Black Caucus PAC run by Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), as well as fundraising support from Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio).
According to Democratic insiders, Cohen has appealed to party leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), for help in holding on against Tinker. Cohen was told that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee would not get involved in his race, the insiders said.
- I HAVE BEEN A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT SINCE 1974.
- THE PARTY USED TO BE GOOD FOR JEWS AND ISRAEL, BUT NOW IT IS BAD.
- NOW IT IS THE HOME OF ANTISEMITISM.
- MORAN, MCDERMOTT AND OTHER LEADING DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN CONSISTENTLY VOTE AGAINST PRO-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS.
- ANTISEMITISM IS BEHIND THE LEFT'S HATRED OF "NEOCONS".
- IT'S CODE FOR LIKUD/ZIONISTS/JEWS.
- IT'S WHY THEY LIKE THE BOOK, THE ISRAEL LOBBY.
- THEY BLAME JEWS FOR THE IRAQ WAR.
- SO YOU THINK OBAMA AND THESE DEMS WILL SUPPORT ISRAEL AFTER ISRAEL SAVES THE WORLD BY PREEMPTIVELY ATTACKING IRAN?!
- NO EFFIN WAY.
- REMEMBER: A MAJORITY OF THE BLACK CAUCUS CONSISTENTLY VOTES AGAINST RESOLUTIONS SUPOPRTING ISRAEL .
- NO GOOD JEW SHOULD VOTE FOR OBAMA.
- HIS DECADES LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH KHALIDI PROVES IT.
- THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP HAS CODDLED SYRIA AND SEEK TO APPEASE IRAN, TOO.
- THE ONLY REASON THIS CONGRESSMAN IS BEING CHALLENGED IS BECAUSE HE IS A JEW AND HIS OPPONENT IS BLACK.
- AND THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IS BEHIND IT.
- AND A VOTE FOR OBAMA IS A VOTE AGAINST ISRAEL.
OBAMA: TOO YOUNG; TOO INEXPERIENCED; TOO IMMATURE
True good judgment is the product of a good mind tempered by solid values and tested by TIME.
Does this look like a man with good judgment?
Not to me.
He looks like he's barely ready to be a Congressman.
And I don't want to her anyone cry RACISM!
That's BS. Colin Powell would've won the GOP nomination in 2000 easily.
It's about Obama's CHARACTER.
Or lack of it.
Wright proves it. As does Obama's inability to admit he was wrong about the surge.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
Does this look like a man with good judgment?
Not to me.He looks like he's barely ready to be a Congressman.
And I don't want to her anyone cry RACISM!
That's BS. Colin Powell would've won the GOP nomination in 2000 easily.
It's about Obama's CHARACTER.
Or lack of it.
Wright proves it. As does Obama's inability to admit he was wrong about the surge.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
TONIGHT ON KFNX TALK-RADIO
[Image courtesy of Stogie]
Tonight, July 31, at 8:00 P.M. Phoenix time, WC and I will host "Voices of Freedom," a one-hour weekly show on KFNX 1100. See this time-zone chart (Refresh the page!) if you are in a different time zone than Phoenix, Arizona; click directly on the word "PHOENIX" to get a world map of time zones.
Tonight's guest is Nonie Darwish. Formerly a Muslim and now a Christian, she is the author of Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror and the founder of Arabs for Israel.
Tune in if you can! In addition to AM air time at the scheduled hour, KFNX offers live streaming at the station's web site.
VOICES OF FREEDOM: THE SHOW THAT MAKES JIHADISTS CRY.
Web site for VOICES OF FREEDOM
Tonight, July 31, at 8:00 P.M. Phoenix time, WC and I will host "Voices of Freedom," a one-hour weekly show on KFNX 1100. See this time-zone chart (Refresh the page!) if you are in a different time zone than Phoenix, Arizona; click directly on the word "PHOENIX" to get a world map of time zones.Tonight's guest is Nonie Darwish. Formerly a Muslim and now a Christian, she is the author of Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror and the founder of Arabs for Israel.
Tune in if you can! In addition to AM air time at the scheduled hour, KFNX offers live streaming at the station's web site.
VOICES OF FREEDOM: THE SHOW THAT MAKES JIHADISTS CRY.
Web site for VOICES OF FREEDOM
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
OBAMA AND INFLATION - EGOS AND TIRES
Obama mistakenly argues we can save more gas than we can get by drilling merely by better inflating our tires and better tuning our cars.
This is an old left-wing canard.
CHINA DIDN'T SOLVE THEIR FOOD SHORTAGE BY RATIONING; THEY SOLVED IT BY UNLEASHING THE FREEMARKET. Ditto India, South Korea and Ireland: freemarkets transformed their economies. The energy markets in the USA must be LIBERATED from government restraints. The global markets will respond: energy will be more plentiful and therefore cheaper.
I suggest we get Obama to let a little air out of his head. He can spare some: he has an over-inflated ego.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
This is an old left-wing canard.
CHINA DIDN'T SOLVE THEIR FOOD SHORTAGE BY RATIONING; THEY SOLVED IT BY UNLEASHING THE FREEMARKET. Ditto India, South Korea and Ireland: freemarkets transformed their economies. The energy markets in the USA must be LIBERATED from government restraints. The global markets will respond: energy will be more plentiful and therefore cheaper.
I suggest we get Obama to let a little air out of his head. He can spare some: he has an over-inflated ego.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
What Barack Obama hid from his readers
Barack Obama likes to talk about something he calls "economic justice." 
And "restoring fairness to the economy."*
Why would Obama promote divisiveness and class envy?
In his book "Dreams From My Father", Obama reveals his childhood mentor was a man he cryptically refers to only as "Frank."
"Frank" was infamous communist Frank Marshall Davis, who fled Chicago after the FBI and Congress began investigating him.
Obama followed in Davis' footsteps, becoming a "community organizer" in Chicago... with disastrous results.
His boss was a man named Gerald Kellman, whose identity Obama also tries to disguise in his book. Kellman and Saul "The Red" Alinsky were infamous Chicago socialists; Alinsky authored "Rules for Radicals" and advocated the overthrow of the U.S. government.
And though his own book is dedicated to his memory, Obama also omits his father's feverish communist leanings.
Barack Hussein Obama Sr. challenged Kenya's pro-Western government for being insufficiently socialist. "Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100% of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed," Obama Sr. wrote. 
Among Obama's first campaign sponsors were William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn; both are unrepentant terrorists and self-admitted communists who believe that the U.S. government must be toppled.
Though he's written two books about his life, Obama's hid his father's background and his own career-long affiliations with radical socialists and communists. All were striving together for "economic justice" and class warfare as unreconstructed Communists.Vote accordingly in 2008.
* Perhaps Obama learned these falsehoods from Jeremiah Wright, his racist spiritual adviser who also believes the economy is a "zero sum" proposition.
Major hat tip: Investor's Business Daily.
How Obama would fix our Dependency on Foreign Oil
It almost has to be seen to be believed (via Hot Air):
They will do ANYTHING to avoid exploring our own resources. A smart person would clue in that the Republicans have the Dems over a barrel here. But it is really up to the President to make it stick (and McCain needs to take a united stand along with the REST of his party... or they are all going to be watching the Socialists destroy our economy next year).
Call your Senators, Congressperson, and The White House. Tell Congress they can have their summer vacation once a bill for offshore, ANWR, and Western Shale exploration is signed--and not before. And yes, if the Dems continue to block a vote on drilling, not only should the President veto the Government budget for the remainder of the year; he should also call a special session of Congress to address the problem--next week.
RELIAPUNDIT ADDS: This may well become the MOST critical quote and important soundbite of the entire campaign. Most Americans want more exploration - by at least 2-1! McCain needs to make a TV ad with this clip and show it EVERYWHERE/ALL THE TIME - contrasting it with his own position which is in synch with most Americans. HE MUST DO THIS FAST: Obama could flip-flop - and probably will, so it's best if it's seen as a response to McCain's attack. REPEAT: This gaffe is as big as any ever before uttered by a candidate; it's as big as Kerry's "I was for it before I was against it" and Dukakis in the tank.
They will do ANYTHING to avoid exploring our own resources. A smart person would clue in that the Republicans have the Dems over a barrel here. But it is really up to the President to make it stick (and McCain needs to take a united stand along with the REST of his party... or they are all going to be watching the Socialists destroy our economy next year).
Call your Senators, Congressperson, and The White House. Tell Congress they can have their summer vacation once a bill for offshore, ANWR, and Western Shale exploration is signed--and not before. And yes, if the Dems continue to block a vote on drilling, not only should the President veto the Government budget for the remainder of the year; he should also call a special session of Congress to address the problem--next week.
RELIAPUNDIT ADDS: This may well become the MOST critical quote and important soundbite of the entire campaign. Most Americans want more exploration - by at least 2-1! McCain needs to make a TV ad with this clip and show it EVERYWHERE/ALL THE TIME - contrasting it with his own position which is in synch with most Americans. HE MUST DO THIS FAST: Obama could flip-flop - and probably will, so it's best if it's seen as a response to McCain's attack. REPEAT: This gaffe is as big as any ever before uttered by a candidate; it's as big as Kerry's "I was for it before I was against it" and Dukakis in the tank.
A MOUNTING SPECULATION
What announcement does Ehud Olmert intend to make in the evening? Well, as it tells here (via Hot Air Headlines):
Update: I've gotten to see the speech on television, and he's announced that no, he will not run in the upcoming primary, and will step down when a new leader is chosen.
Of course, as Yogi Berra said, "it ain't over till it's over."
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold a special press conference on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Israel time, the Prime Minister's Office announced.But they're not working, now are they? Few are impressed with him, and that's how it's been for some time now. He'll be doing the right thing by resigning, but only time will tell if he actually does, or is just making another attempt to borrow time.
No further details were given as to the nature of the gathering.
Israeli media sources speculated Olmert was planning to announce either that he will not run in the Kadima primary election in September, or that he will step down right away.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who is currently in Washington, initially announced that she will be holding an unscheduled press conference two and a half hours after Olmert's, but about an hour before Olmert's was set the begin, she announced she will not be holding it.
Kadima's election committee decided on Tuesday to set an August 24 deadline to join the race, which it scheduled for September 17, giving Olmert less than a month to decide whether to join the leadership race or become "a lame duck."
A source close to Olmert denied a report that he would make a decision over the weekend and announce it next week. But another Olmert associate said the prime minister's attacks against the state prosecution last weekend and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on Monday were part of a last-ditch effort to revitalize himself politically, and if they did not work, he was ready to throw in the towel.
Update: I've gotten to see the speech on television, and he's announced that no, he will not run in the upcoming primary, and will step down when a new leader is chosen.
Of course, as Yogi Berra said, "it ain't over till it's over."
McDonald's is digging in its heels in support of homosexuality
As I pointed out a couple of weeks ago, McDonalds has this year gone political. They have been leaning over backwards to support the homosexual agenda -- homosexual marriage etc. Christian groups have objected to that and called for a boycott of McDonald's -- but McDonald's is unmoved:
McDonald's can of course argue in favor of whatever they like but Christian groups can also then argue against McDonald's and ask Christian people to boycott them. Burger King must be rubbing their hands with glee.
But claiming that objections to homosexuality are "hate" rather than loyalty to Bible teachings is really going out on a limb. As a conservative commentator says:
You would think McDonald's to be in too much trouble from the food freaks and obesity warriors to insult the majority of Middle America as well.
I rather hope that enough people feel insulted for it to show up in McDonald's bottom line. The executives responsible for this nonsense might then be fired.
The latest reports however are that McDonald's are not budging -- and neither are the Christian groups. As well as asking for a boycott, some groups are now picketing McDonald's branches.
I have always defended McDonald's from the food freaks who claim that McDonald's food is "unhealthy" but I think in future I will leave McDonald's to fight their own battles.
Predictably, the media are ignoring the Christian campaign. Claims that McDonald's food is unhealthy always get plenty of coverage, however.
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"McDonald's, however, has been unapologetic about its pro-gay stance, asserting that organizers of the boycott are motivated by a hateful agenda against homosexuals. "Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman told The Washington Post.
Source
McDonald's can of course argue in favor of whatever they like but Christian groups can also then argue against McDonald's and ask Christian people to boycott them. Burger King must be rubbing their hands with glee.
But claiming that objections to homosexuality are "hate" rather than loyalty to Bible teachings is really going out on a limb. As a conservative commentator says:
"However, when McDonald's steps up to the mic to address the media, a veritable rainbow of true colors is revealed. While referring to customers with traditional family values, spokesman Bill Whitman regurgitated this little McNugget to the Washington Post: "Hatred has no place in our culture."
Nice job, Bill. I'm sure the hundreds of millions of customers you've just smacked down with this little insult are itchin' for a Happy Meal now.
Get it? If you happen to support the historical definition of marriage - which is, and has always been male-female - then you're a drooling, inbred hatemonger.
Source
You would think McDonald's to be in too much trouble from the food freaks and obesity warriors to insult the majority of Middle America as well.
I rather hope that enough people feel insulted for it to show up in McDonald's bottom line. The executives responsible for this nonsense might then be fired.
The latest reports however are that McDonald's are not budging -- and neither are the Christian groups. As well as asking for a boycott, some groups are now picketing McDonald's branches.
I have always defended McDonald's from the food freaks who claim that McDonald's food is "unhealthy" but I think in future I will leave McDonald's to fight their own battles.
Predictably, the media are ignoring the Christian campaign. Claims that McDonald's food is unhealthy always get plenty of coverage, however.
Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
Spanking 'causes mental illness'
What rubbish! More likely the lack of it causes psychological problems. But the study noted below allows no causal inferences either way. It says that children who are smacked more are more badly behaved. It does not seemed to have entered the addled heads of the do-gooders who wrote the report that maybe the kids who are smacked more are smacked BECAUSE they are badly behaved. Ignoring the obvious is no problem if you have ideological blinkers on
Smacking and yelling at children is causing a rise in mental health problems, with three-year-olds suffering from depression and anxiety. At least one in seven children are affected by a mental illness. Some psychologists are reporting a 60 per cent increase in the number of youngsters displaying anxiety and social issues.
A study from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found that harsh discipline and parental stress is increasing the risk of mental health troubles in young children. Stressed parents lashing out at their kids are behind the growing problem. Study author and child psychologist Dr Jordana Bayer said constant smacking and yelling at a child was fuelling abusive behaviour. "We are not talking about a parent who smacks just once," she said. "Remember when parents smack or hit their child, they might learn to do that as well. When parents are stressed, it's more challenging to be relaxed and respond to their children in ways they would like to respond to them."
Researchers have been following more than 700 toddlers, aged between seven months and three years, to reveal the risks of parenting practices. Children subjected to physical punishment are more likely to kick, hit and bite others and become socially withdrawn. Parents who continue to smack their abusive children could be setting them on a path of alcohol and drug abuse, crime, unemployment and suicide.
Dr Kimberley O'Brien, of the Quirky Kids Clinic at Woollahra, Sydney, said stressed parents were placing too much pressure on their children. "We have seen a 60 per cent increase in demand for our child anxiety classes in the past six months," she said.
Mental health has become one of the nation's biggest health issues. Psychologists are seeing toddlers biting their nails, while older children are wetting the bed and pulling out their eyelashes as a result of anxiety. Despite a push by experts to ban smacking, some adults are still using the "traditional" method to discipline children. Childhood Foundation CEO Joe Tucci said hitting youngsters had become outdated.
Source
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Smacking and yelling at children is causing a rise in mental health problems, with three-year-olds suffering from depression and anxiety. At least one in seven children are affected by a mental illness. Some psychologists are reporting a 60 per cent increase in the number of youngsters displaying anxiety and social issues.
A study from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found that harsh discipline and parental stress is increasing the risk of mental health troubles in young children. Stressed parents lashing out at their kids are behind the growing problem. Study author and child psychologist Dr Jordana Bayer said constant smacking and yelling at a child was fuelling abusive behaviour. "We are not talking about a parent who smacks just once," she said. "Remember when parents smack or hit their child, they might learn to do that as well. When parents are stressed, it's more challenging to be relaxed and respond to their children in ways they would like to respond to them."
Researchers have been following more than 700 toddlers, aged between seven months and three years, to reveal the risks of parenting practices. Children subjected to physical punishment are more likely to kick, hit and bite others and become socially withdrawn. Parents who continue to smack their abusive children could be setting them on a path of alcohol and drug abuse, crime, unemployment and suicide.
Dr Kimberley O'Brien, of the Quirky Kids Clinic at Woollahra, Sydney, said stressed parents were placing too much pressure on their children. "We have seen a 60 per cent increase in demand for our child anxiety classes in the past six months," she said.
Mental health has become one of the nation's biggest health issues. Psychologists are seeing toddlers biting their nails, while older children are wetting the bed and pulling out their eyelashes as a result of anxiety. Despite a push by experts to ban smacking, some adults are still using the "traditional" method to discipline children. Childhood Foundation CEO Joe Tucci said hitting youngsters had become outdated.
Source
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
THE ULTIMATE LEFT-WING "COMMON GOOD": Pelosi would sacrifice the USA to "save the planet"
PELOSI, HERE:
MORE HERE.
With fewer than 20 legislative days before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, the entire appropriations process has largely ground to a halt because of the ham-handed fighting that followed Republican attempts to lift the moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration.
And after promising fairness and open debate, Pelosi has resorted to hard-nosed parliamentary devices that effectively bar any chance for Republicans to offer policy alternatives.
“I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet,” she says impatiently when questioned. “I will not have this debate trivialized by their excuse for their failed policy.”
“I respect the office that I hold,” she says. “And when you win the election, you win the majority, and what is the power of the speaker? To set the agenda, the power of recognition, and I am not giving the gavel away to anyone.”
THIS ALSO IS WHY THE EUROLEFT LOVES PELOSI AND OBAMA: THE EUROLEFT'D SACRIFICE YOU AND ME - AND THE USA, TOO.
- EITHER ON THE ALTAR OF AGW OR SOAKING THE RICH.
- THE DESIRE TO BRING THE USA DOWN A NOTCH, IS SOMETHING THE LEFT HAS IN COMMON WITH BINLADEN: THAY ALL WANT THE USA "CHASTISED".
MORE HERE.
OBAMA FAVORS REPARATIONS TO TODAY'S BLACKS FOR SLAVERY
NO ONE IN OBAMA'S AFRICAN FAMILY WAS EVER A SLAVE.
ONE WHITE ANCESTOR WAS A SLAVE-OWNER.
MAYBE THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE FAVORS REPARATIONS:
ONE WHITE ANCESTOR WAS A SLAVE-OWNER.
MAYBE THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE FAVORS REPARATIONS:
"I think the reparation we need right here in South Carolina is investment, for example in our schools. I did a town hall meeting in Florence, South Carolina, in an area called the corridor of shame. They've got buildings that students are trying to learn in that were built right after the Civil War. And we've got teachers who are not trained to teach the subjects they're teaching and high dropout rates. We've got to understand that there are corridors of shame all across the country. And if we make the investments and understand that those are our children, that's the kind of reparation that are really going to make a difference in America right now."OBAMA USED THE TERM REPARATION TWICE.
- HE DID NOT SAY, "LET'S STUDY IT."
- HE SAID REPARATIONS.
- I'M A FOURTH GENERATION AMERICAN WHO FORBEARS HAD ZIPPO TO DO WITH SLAVERY.
- THEY THEMSELVES CAME HERE TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION.
- FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AWAY MY HARD-EARNED MONEY TO GIVE OT TO FOLKS ALMOST AS REMOVED FROM SLAVERY AS ME IS SOCIALIST THIEVERY!
- IF THE USA GOV'T AND TODAY'S USA CITIZENRY OWES BLACKS REPARATIONS THAN EGYPT AND PERSIA SHOULD BELONG TO JEWS!
- IMHO: THE BLOOD SPILLED BY THE UNION MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY.
WHO OVERCAME MORE AND WHO HAS ACHIEVED MORE, CLARENCE THOMAS OR BARACK OBAMA?
CLARENCE BY A MILLION MILES.
*******UPDATE: A MONTH LATER AND THE WSJ AGREEES:
- CLARENCE HAS A TOUGHER CHILDHOOD, WITH MORE RACISM IN HIS OWN LIFE AND THE LIVES OF ALL HIS FAMILY MEMBERS.
- OBAMA HAD A CUSHY LIFE SMOKING DOPE WHILE BEING CODDLED BY HIS TYPICAL WHITE GRANDMOTHER.
- OBAMA ISN'T FIT TO WIPE CLARENCE'S ASS. (OR THAT'S ALL HE'S FIT FOR!)
- READ AND COMPARE THOMAS'S MEMOIR TO OBAMA'S TWO: YOU WILL AGREE.
- I DEFY ANYONE WHO HAS READ THEM ALL TO ARGUE OTHERWISE.
- AND I MEAN CITE ONE THING TOUGHER WHICH OBAMA CONFRONTED, OR ONE THING GREATER HE EVER ACCOMPLISHED.
- JUST ONE. EXCLUDING BEATING HILLARY ROTTEN CLINTON.
- PLUS, THOMAS NEVER TOSSED HIS LITERARY AGENT UNDER A BUS - AS OBAMA DID. (JUST GOOGLE JANE DYSTEL.)
- AND READ THIS BOOK REVIEWING THOMAS'S SCOTUS DECISIONS: IT SHOWS HIM TO BE BRILLIANT AND PRINCIPLED - FAR FROM THE CARICATURE OF THE LEFT.
*******UPDATE: A MONTH LATER AND THE WSJ AGREEES:
By the time he was nominated, Clarence Thomas had worked in the Missouri Attorney General's office, served as an Assistant Secretary of Education, run the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sat for a year on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's second most prominent court. Since his "elevation" to the High Court in 1991, he has also shown himself to be a principled and scholarly jurist.OBAMA IS SCUM.
Meanwhile, as he bids to be America's Commander in Chief, Mr. Obama isn't yet four years out of the Illinois state Senate, has never held a hearing of note of his U.S. Senate subcommittee, and had an unremarkable record as both a "community organizer" and law school lecturer. Justice Thomas's judicial credentials compare favorably to Mr. Obama's Presidential résumé by any measure. And when it comes to rising from difficult circumstances, Justice Thomas's rural Georgian upbringing makes Mr. Obama's story look like easy street.
OBAMA THE RED IS FOR "ECONOMIC JUSTICE"...
"ECONOMIC JUSTICE" IS LEFTSPEAK FOR A GOVERNMENT WHICH TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM THOSE WHO EARN IT, AND GIVES IT TO WHOMEVER THEY DAMN PLEASE.
FOR THE COMMON GOOD, OF COURSE.
IBD HAS MORE.
FOR THE COMMON GOOD, OF COURSE.
IBD HAS MORE.
WHY DIDN'T OBAMA SIGN HIS PRAYER NOTE?
HIS CAMPAIGN HAD THE BALLS TO LEAK IT.
WHY DIDN'T OBAMA HAVE THE BALLS TO SIGN IT?
COULD IT BE THAT HE REALLY WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT?
YOU KNOW: LEAVING HIS NAME OFF WAS A FREUDIAN SLIP.
I THINK SO.
THE NOTE AND THE VISIT TO THE WALL ARE A RUSE.
WHY DIDN'T OBAMA HAVE THE BALLS TO SIGN IT?
"Obama signed the Yad Vashem message.
The note from the Western Wall was unsigned."
COULD IT BE THAT HE REALLY WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT?
YOU KNOW: LEAVING HIS NAME OFF WAS A FREUDIAN SLIP.
I THINK SO.
THE NOTE AND THE VISIT TO THE WALL ARE A RUSE.
NO DECADES LONG PAL OF EDWARD SAID AND RASHID KHALIDI CAN POSSIBLY BE A FRIEND OF ISRAEL'S.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
MELTING GREENLAND?
The NYT article below is so wrong on so many counts that it is difficult to know where to start in deconstructing it. It has basically swallowed Al Gore's poop whole and yet shows no sign of indigestion. Monckton tells me that he has a comprehensive demolition of it coming out in Science & Public Policy so I will at this stage just append a few desultory comments at the foot of the article
Greenland's ice sheet represents one of global warming's most disturbing threats. The vast expanses of glaciers - massed, on average, 1.6 miles deep - contain enough water to raise sea levels worldwide by 23 feet. Should they melt or otherwise slip into the ocean, they would flood coastal capitals, submerge tropical islands and generally redraw the world's atlases. The infusion of fresh water could slow or shut down the ocean's currents, plunging Europe into bitter winter.
Yet for the residents of the frozen island, the early stages of climate change promise more good, in at least one important sense, than bad. A Danish protectorate since 1721, Greenland has long sought to cut its ties with its colonizer. But while proponents of complete independence face little opposition at home or in Copenhagen, they haven't been able to overcome one crucial calculation: the country depends on Danish assistance for more than 40 percent of its gross domestic product. "The independence wish has always been there," says Aleqa Hammond, Greenland's minister for finance and foreign affairs. "The reason we have never realized it is because of the economics."
Climate change has the power to unsettle boundaries and shake up geopolitics, usually for the worse. In June, the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati announced that rising sea levels were making its lands uninhabitable and asked for help in evacuating its population. Bangladesh, low-lying, crowded and desperately impoverished, is watching the waves as well; a one-yard rise would flood a seventh of its territory. But while most of the world sees only peril in the island's meltwater, Greenland's independence movement has explicitly tied its fortunes to the warming of the globe.
The island's ice cover has already begun to disappear. "Changes in the ocean eat the ice sheet from underneath," says Sarah Das, a glaciologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. "Warmer water causes the glaciers to calve and melt back more quickly." Hunters who use the frozen surface of the winter ocean for hunting and travel have found themselves idle when the ice fails to form. The whales, seals and birds they hunt have begun to shift their migratory patterns. "The traditional culture will be hard hit," says Jesper Madsen, director of the department of Arctic environment at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. "But from an overall perspective, it will have a positive effect." Greenland's fishermen are applauding the return of warm-water cod. Shops in the island's capital have suddenly begun to offer locally produced potatoes and broccoli - crops unimaginable a few years earlier.
But the real promise lies in what may be found under the ice. Near the town of Uummannaq, about halfway up Greenland's coast, retreating glaciers have uncovered pockets of lead and zinc. Gold and diamond prospectors have flooded the island's south. Alcoa is preparing to build a large aluminum smelter. The island's minerals are becoming more accessible even as global commodity prices are soaring. And with more than 80 percent of the land currently iced over, the hope is that the island has just begun to reveal its riches.
Offshore, where the Arctic Ocean is rapidly thawing, expectations are even higher. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that Greenland's northeastern waters could contain 31 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and gas. On the other side of the island, the waters separating it from Canada could yield billions of barrels more. And while Greenland is still considered an oil exploration frontier, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Canada's Husky Energy and Cairn Energy and Sweden's PA Resources are aleady ramping up exploration.
Source
The claims above show that the author needs to learn some history, climatology, geology, glaciology and oceanography. No such problems happened 1,000 years ago when the Vikings farmed coastal parts of Greenland that are now under ice. Why was the place given the name "Greenland" in the first place?
The bulk of the Ice Sheet sits in a depression in the ground so it cannot "slip" into the ocean. Complete melting of the ice sheet would require global temperature to rise by more than 3 degrees C and to stay that high for thousands of years. Decades have passed since climatologists disproved the urban myth that the Gulf Stream keeps Europe warm: the jet streams produce that warming. The ocean circulation is powered by winds that get their energy from the Sun so they cannot "shut down" unless the Sun disappears.
The scientific studies of up to a year ago that refute the idea of a Greenland melt
The IPCC and various independent sources give estimates of sea-level rise based on recent Greenland rates of melting ranging from zero to little more than ONE INCH over the current century. Only the Gory brain and the NYT talk of 23 feet.
If there is glacial shrinkage in Greenland it is more likely due to global cooling than global warming. It's just basic physics but Greenies ignore that: Since the temp of most glaciated areas is well below 0 degrees Celsius, the major determinant of glacial mass is precipitation. And what drives precipitation? Sea surface temperature! Warm seas give off more evaporation -- and hence precipitation -- and cool seas give off less. So lesser glacial mass and hence lesser precipitation implies global COOLING! And since the world has in fact been cooling for nearly two years now, some glacial shrinkage could be expected as a result of that.
(For more postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, DISSECTING LEFTISM, GREENIE WATCH, OBAMA WATCH, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH, GUN WATCH, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL, IMMIGRATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL, FOOD & HEALTH SKEPTIC, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS, EYE ON BRITAIN and Paralipomena . My Home Pages are here or here or here. Email me (John Ray) here.)
Greenland's ice sheet represents one of global warming's most disturbing threats. The vast expanses of glaciers - massed, on average, 1.6 miles deep - contain enough water to raise sea levels worldwide by 23 feet. Should they melt or otherwise slip into the ocean, they would flood coastal capitals, submerge tropical islands and generally redraw the world's atlases. The infusion of fresh water could slow or shut down the ocean's currents, plunging Europe into bitter winter.
Yet for the residents of the frozen island, the early stages of climate change promise more good, in at least one important sense, than bad. A Danish protectorate since 1721, Greenland has long sought to cut its ties with its colonizer. But while proponents of complete independence face little opposition at home or in Copenhagen, they haven't been able to overcome one crucial calculation: the country depends on Danish assistance for more than 40 percent of its gross domestic product. "The independence wish has always been there," says Aleqa Hammond, Greenland's minister for finance and foreign affairs. "The reason we have never realized it is because of the economics."
Climate change has the power to unsettle boundaries and shake up geopolitics, usually for the worse. In June, the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati announced that rising sea levels were making its lands uninhabitable and asked for help in evacuating its population. Bangladesh, low-lying, crowded and desperately impoverished, is watching the waves as well; a one-yard rise would flood a seventh of its territory. But while most of the world sees only peril in the island's meltwater, Greenland's independence movement has explicitly tied its fortunes to the warming of the globe.
The island's ice cover has already begun to disappear. "Changes in the ocean eat the ice sheet from underneath," says Sarah Das, a glaciologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. "Warmer water causes the glaciers to calve and melt back more quickly." Hunters who use the frozen surface of the winter ocean for hunting and travel have found themselves idle when the ice fails to form. The whales, seals and birds they hunt have begun to shift their migratory patterns. "The traditional culture will be hard hit," says Jesper Madsen, director of the department of Arctic environment at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. "But from an overall perspective, it will have a positive effect." Greenland's fishermen are applauding the return of warm-water cod. Shops in the island's capital have suddenly begun to offer locally produced potatoes and broccoli - crops unimaginable a few years earlier.
But the real promise lies in what may be found under the ice. Near the town of Uummannaq, about halfway up Greenland's coast, retreating glaciers have uncovered pockets of lead and zinc. Gold and diamond prospectors have flooded the island's south. Alcoa is preparing to build a large aluminum smelter. The island's minerals are becoming more accessible even as global commodity prices are soaring. And with more than 80 percent of the land currently iced over, the hope is that the island has just begun to reveal its riches.
Offshore, where the Arctic Ocean is rapidly thawing, expectations are even higher. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that Greenland's northeastern waters could contain 31 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and gas. On the other side of the island, the waters separating it from Canada could yield billions of barrels more. And while Greenland is still considered an oil exploration frontier, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Canada's Husky Energy and Cairn Energy and Sweden's PA Resources are aleady ramping up exploration.
Source
The claims above show that the author needs to learn some history, climatology, geology, glaciology and oceanography. No such problems happened 1,000 years ago when the Vikings farmed coastal parts of Greenland that are now under ice. Why was the place given the name "Greenland" in the first place?
The bulk of the Ice Sheet sits in a depression in the ground so it cannot "slip" into the ocean. Complete melting of the ice sheet would require global temperature to rise by more than 3 degrees C and to stay that high for thousands of years. Decades have passed since climatologists disproved the urban myth that the Gulf Stream keeps Europe warm: the jet streams produce that warming. The ocean circulation is powered by winds that get their energy from the Sun so they cannot "shut down" unless the Sun disappears.
The scientific studies of up to a year ago that refute the idea of a Greenland melt
The IPCC and various independent sources give estimates of sea-level rise based on recent Greenland rates of melting ranging from zero to little more than ONE INCH over the current century. Only the Gory brain and the NYT talk of 23 feet.
If there is glacial shrinkage in Greenland it is more likely due to global cooling than global warming. It's just basic physics but Greenies ignore that: Since the temp of most glaciated areas is well below 0 degrees Celsius, the major determinant of glacial mass is precipitation. And what drives precipitation? Sea surface temperature! Warm seas give off more evaporation -- and hence precipitation -- and cool seas give off less. So lesser glacial mass and hence lesser precipitation implies global COOLING! And since the world has in fact been cooling for nearly two years now, some glacial shrinkage could be expected as a result of that.
(For more postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, DISSECTING LEFTISM, GREENIE WATCH, OBAMA WATCH, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH, GUN WATCH, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL, IMMIGRATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL, FOOD & HEALTH SKEPTIC, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS, EYE ON BRITAIN and Paralipomena . My Home Pages are here or here or here. Email me (John Ray) here.)