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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
KUDLOW APPLAUDS PALIN'S MOVE FROM LOCAL GUV AND PART-TIMER ON THE NATIONAL STAGE TO A FULL-TIME NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR CONSERVATISM
WHO ELSE BESIDES PALIN CAN GET 20,000 AT A RALLY IN ANY CD IN TE USA?
NOBODY.
SHE'S A STAR.
WSJ: Iran Opposition Finds New Ways to Protest; FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT BANISADR SAYS FRAUD WAS ORDERED BY KHAMENEI
IT AIN'T OVER:
RTWT.
M&G: Khamenei ordered Iran election fraud, says ex-president
IT AIN'T OVER.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE POTUS SUPPORTED THE REBELLION.
IT'S SHAMEFUL AND SICKENING THAT OBAMA DOESN'T.
The three top leaders of Iran's opposition joined forces on Tuesday and their supporters began a three-day national strike, signaling a resurrection of protests even as Iran's president announced to the nation that the postelection turmoil was over.
Opposition candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, joined by former President Mohamad Khatami, met to plot strategy and issued their first-ever joint statement, calling for an end to the government's arrests and what they called "savage, shocking attacks" on their advisers and supporters.
Meanwhile, hundreds of opposition supporters quietly flocked to mosques or retreated to their homes to begin an unusual form of three-day strike boycotting workplaces, banks and the baazar.
In a novel attempt to outflank government restrictions, opposition supporters alerted one another to take advantage of an Islamic tradition rarely practiced in Iran called Etekaf. It calls for a retreat from worldly activities during these three days in the month of Rajab in the Islamic calendar.
The strikes come just ahead of a protest planned for Thursday to commemorate 18 Tir, the 1999 student uprisings that led to dozens of students getting killed. "By staying away from workplace, the brave people of Iran can show they will never accept this illegitimate government," wrote an Iranian columnist in Iran on a news Web site.
RTWT.
M&G: Khamenei ordered Iran election fraud, says ex-president
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is personally behind the alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential election, former Iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr claimed in Vienna late on Monday.
"Khamenei ordered the fraud in the presidential elections and the ensuing crackdown on protestors," Banisadr said at a symposium marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of three Kurdish opposition leaders in Vienna.
"The regime is edging closer to the abyss and is holding on to power solely by means of violence and terror," said Banisadr, who was Iran's first elected president following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The regime wanted to keep the population in a permanent state of uncertainty and fear and so systematic terror was institutionally organised and controlled by the regime and Khamenei, he added.
"They don't want Iranians to be able to even think about protests in their own homes."
Intellectuals and students were the main targets since they were regarded as the driving force behind the resistance, Banisadr continued. "Reformers and liberal pragmatists are to be wiped out."
IT AIN'T OVER.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE POTUS SUPPORTED THE REBELLION.
IT'S SHAMEFUL AND SICKENING THAT OBAMA DOESN'T.
OBAMA URGES CHINA TO STOP UNREST BY SENDING ALL UIGHURS TO BERMUDA
Why not send them all to Bermuda? You don't even have to tell the British!
Or Palau.
Heh.
SERIOUSLY: Muslims in China have the same "issues" as Muslims in Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Gaza, Egypt, Turkey, Chechnya and London. (ABBREVIATED LIST!)
What's the common denominator?
We really must deal with it.
And that shouldn't mean appeasing them. ANYWHERE.
Or Palau.
Heh.
SERIOUSLY: Muslims in China have the same "issues" as Muslims in Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Gaza, Egypt, Turkey, Chechnya and London. (ABBREVIATED LIST!)
What's the common denominator?
We really must deal with it.
And that shouldn't mean appeasing them. ANYWHERE.
The Swedish Model Is Failing
Sweden is often held up as the model of the Socialist state that works.
Not really true.
Sweden still sets hearts racing across Europe. The "Swedish model" might bring up thoughts of a nubile blonde rather than a strong social state, but it is in the latter incarnation that my home country stirs the passions of left-leaning Europeans. Whatever Sweden does must be right, or so reason progressive politicians and Guardian journalists – not to mention scores of Swedes. But beyond this blue-eyed vision lurks a darker reality. Sweden's conservative coalition government has stood still as the financial crisis has engulfed the country. Jobs, social services and healthcare are eroding. The Sweden Democrats – the equivalent of the BNP – are on the rise. The social state is failing. The Swedish dream is no more.Take healthcare. Swedes do not enjoy free public care: it costs to see a GP. That is, if you manage to see one. Queues are long and scandals rack the system. Psychiatric care, the source of many such scandals, has a near-medieval penchant for authoritarianism with few European equivalents. People are locked up for months for not taking medicine, given no therapy, and spat out of the system into despair and destitution. The mentally ill die in wards and in outpatient isolation. And they do not even have charities to turn to because state-run healthcare is supposed to work: this is Sweden, after all.
Those who do enjoy Sweden's second-rate public services are lucky. Undocumented migrants, who lack a "personal number", are barred from day-to-day healthcare. Foreigners do not fit easily into a social system built on the postwar notion of the folkhem, or people's home, whose rightful inhabitants are the native Swedes. Despite the xenophobic right's lack of electoral success, Sweden is divided between those inside the system and those outside it – including the asylum seekers now deported en masse to Iraq. But migrants should be happy to be here. This is Sweden, after all.
Video: ObamaKare
(Hat tip to Bloviating Zeppelin)
And this is what BHO and this Congress want to force down the throats of the American people?
And this is what BHO and this Congress want to force down the throats of the American people?
MOUSAVI CALLS IRAN A POLICE STATE
HERE.
IT AIN'T OVER.
TOO BAD OUR PRESIDENT SUPPORTS THE IRANIAN REGIME AND NOT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.
SICKENING. SHAMEFUL.
BUT NOT SURPRISING.
OBAMA IS LEFT-WING SCUM.
IT AIN'T OVER.
TOO BAD OUR PRESIDENT SUPPORTS THE IRANIAN REGIME AND NOT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.
SICKENING. SHAMEFUL.
BUT NOT SURPRISING.
OBAMA IS LEFT-WING SCUM.
LATEST SATELLITE INFO PROVES THERE IS NO GLOBAL WARMING
AND NYC HAD IT'S COLDEST JUNE IN 50 YEARS.
SO DID NEW ZEALAND.
YET CO2 HAS STEADILY GONE UP.
THEREFORE, CO2 CANNOT BE A DRIVER OF GLOBAL TEMP.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
THOSE WHO SAY IT IS ARE LYING AND THEIR ARGUMENTS ARE A HOAX.
AGW DUE IS THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC HOAX SINCE THE PILTDOWN MAN.
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY WORSE:
IT'S A HOAX DELIBERATELY DRIVEN BY POSTMODERNISTS WHO HAVE LONG DESIRED TO PUT SOCIALIST SHACKLES ON INDUSTRY, THE FREE MARKETPLACE AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
DON'T BE DUPED.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
Monday, July 06, 2009
THE TIMING OF PORKULUS SPENDING PROVES OBAMA PUT POLITICS FIRST
WHY IS THE USA'S "STIMULUS" SPENDING MOSTLY GOING TO COME NEXT YEAR, WHILE FRANCE'S WILL BE SPENT ALL THIS YEAR?
BECAUSE NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR.
DON'T BE DUPED.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
BECAUSE NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR.
- THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT IN CHICAGOLAND, FOLKS: THEY WILL SCREW THE ECONOMY AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THE UNEMPLOYED THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO GET VOTES NEXT YEAR.
- THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRAT PORK IS ALL ABOUT, FOLKS: GETTING VOTES AND REWARDING THE MACHINE.
- THEY COULDN'T REALLY GIVE A CRAP ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
- BUT THEY SAID IT WAS FOR PROJECTS WHICH WERE SHOVEL READY!? YEAH: FOR SHOVELLING BS.
DON'T BE DUPED.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
GOLDMAN SUCKS - AS IN THE AIR OUT OF BUBBLES?
SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE IN OZ: IT SUCKS THERE TOO
Patient's shock at hospital waiting list in Australia
AN UNWELL woman with a family history of bowel cancer said she was shocked to learn she had at least an eight-month wait for a colonoscopy.
Maureen Watts, 63, says she has been waiting to hear back from Royal Darwin Hospital since mid-February about when she could be booked in for the procedure.
But last week, she said, she rang to check again on when they could fit her in, and that it was then she was told there was no theatre spare.
"(She) told me they're renovating or refurbishing the hospital and that they don't have a theatre ... until September," she said.
"(And then) there was a big backlog of people that they have to go through.
"I asked what can I do about it, and she said 'well, really, nothing - neither can I'."
Ms Watts - whose mother and both grandfathers all had bowel cancer - said she had been feeling unwell before seeing a RDH doctor in February, who agreed she should have a colonoscopy as well as an endoscopy.
RDH media officer Kasey Brunt said the hospital was investigating the case.
IN THE USA SHE'D HAVE GOTTEN A DOZEN TESTS IN A FEW WEEKS.
WHICH DO YOU PREFER? WHICH KIND OF SYSTEM DO YOU WANT YOUR GRANDKIDS TO HAVE?
BLOGOSPHERE BIGGIES: Philippines the forgotten front...well, er... um: NOT HERE!
They say it's the forgotten front and linking by the dozen to Yon.
But we've been covering the jihad Philippines for years.
For years.
We have blogged 130 posts on the Philippines - most 102 on many aspects of the war there; (77) specifically on the jihad there. Others on related issues.
Most recently on 6/28.
All these bigtime hotshot bloggers - from Instapundit to Hot Air and NRO and NEWSBUSTERS and DEFENSETECH - they should all do what you do: read The Astute Bloggers everyday.
They'd be better informed than they are.
CLARIFICATION: I have nothing against them all linking to the GREAT Yon - a courageous and objective reporter.
I object to them calling the Philippines a forgotten front. We consistently covered it and we linked to news items from around the world on it. We atb TAB didn't forget it. They did. They are projecting their own weakness. We take exception to that.
But we've been covering the jihad Philippines for years.
For years.
We have blogged 130 posts on the Philippines - most 102 on many aspects of the war there; (77) specifically on the jihad there. Others on related issues.
Most recently on 6/28.
All these bigtime hotshot bloggers - from Instapundit to Hot Air and NRO and NEWSBUSTERS and DEFENSETECH - they should all do what you do: read The Astute Bloggers everyday.
They'd be better informed than they are.
CLARIFICATION: I have nothing against them all linking to the GREAT Yon - a courageous and objective reporter.
I object to them calling the Philippines a forgotten front. We consistently covered it and we linked to news items from around the world on it. We atb TAB didn't forget it. They did. They are projecting their own weakness. We take exception to that.
THE TRUTH IS OUT: AGW AND CARBON TAXES ARE REALLY JUST ABOUT CLASS WARFARE
VIA DRUDGE:
REUTERS:
THE WHOLE ENTIRE AGW/ANTI-CARBON HOAX WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS; IT WAS REALLY ALWAYS ABOUT ATTACKING CAPITALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM AND THE FREE MARKET.
CO2 TAXES - WHETHER THEY ARE TARGETED AGAINST RICH COUNTRIES OR SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES OR RICH INDIVIDUALS - ARE JUST A TROJAN HORSE FOR SOCIALISM.
DON'T BE DUPED.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
REUTERS:
To fairly divide the climate change fight between rich and poor, a new study suggests basing targets for emission cuts on the number of wealthy people, who are also the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, in a country. Since about half the planet's climate-warming emissions come from less than a billion of its people, it makes sense to follow these rich folks when setting national targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions, the authors wrote on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
... Rich people's lives tend to give off more greenhouse gases because they drive more fossil-fueled vehicles, travel frequently by air and live in big houses that take more fuel to heat and cool. By focusing on rich people everywhere, rather than rich countries and poor ones, the system of setting carbon-cutting targets based on the number of wealthy individuals in various countries would ease developing countries into any new climate change framework, Chakravarty said by telephone.
THE WHOLE ENTIRE AGW/ANTI-CARBON HOAX WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS; IT WAS REALLY ALWAYS ABOUT ATTACKING CAPITALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM AND THE FREE MARKET.
CO2 TAXES - WHETHER THEY ARE TARGETED AGAINST RICH COUNTRIES OR SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES OR RICH INDIVIDUALS - ARE JUST A TROJAN HORSE FOR SOCIALISM.
DON'T BE DUPED.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
WHY DO OBAMA AND THE SAUDIS WANT ISRAEL TO ATTACK IRAN?
WHY ARE BOTH BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND KING ABDULLAH SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDF DOING IT?
SIMPLE:
- THEY GET RID OF IRAN'S NUKE PROGRAM AND THEY GET TO BLAME AND PUNISH ISRAEL AFTER THEY DO IT.
- IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR OBAMA AND THE SAUDIS. (MAYBE EVEN A BIGGER WIN IF THE SAUDIS DOUBLECROSS ISRAEL AND FIRE ON THE IAF WHILE THEY'RE OVER SAUDI ARABIA!)
I TRUST OBAMA AND THE HOUSE OF SAUD ABOUT AS FAR AS I CAN THROW AN ELEPHANT.
THE BBC BURIES THE TRUTH IN THE LAST 2 LINES OF A BASICALLY PRO-ZELAYA ARTICLE
BBC BURIES TRUTH IN THE LAST 2 LINES OF A BASICALLY PRO-ZELAYA ARTICLE:
THE TRUTH IS THAT ZELAYA BROKE THE CONSTITUTION ANS WAS LEGALLY DEPOSED AND THAT THE LEGAL HONDURAN GOVERNMENT HAS THE SUPPORT OF MOST OF HONDURAS.
THE TRUTH IS THAT LEFTISTS WORLDWIDE - INCLUDING OBAMA - ARE AGITATING FOR THE RETURN OF THEIR COMRADE.
[THE OPENING IS AN EXAMPLE OF VERY BIASED REPORTING:]
Elected president Manuel Zelaya was overthrown a week ago.
[THE END IS MORE HONEST:] ...BBC correspondent Stephen Gibbs, who is in Honduras, says there is no evidence of disunity in the military, and a substantial proportion of the Honduran population do not want Mr Zelaya to return.
He says that, despite near universal support internationally, Mr Zelaya faces some major challenges if he is to be reinstated.
THE TRUTH IS THAT ZELAYA BROKE THE CONSTITUTION ANS WAS LEGALLY DEPOSED AND THAT THE LEGAL HONDURAN GOVERNMENT HAS THE SUPPORT OF MOST OF HONDURAS.
THE TRUTH IS THAT LEFTISTS WORLDWIDE - INCLUDING OBAMA - ARE AGITATING FOR THE RETURN OF THEIR COMRADE.
KRUGMAN ROLLS OUT THE "EUROPEANS SPEND LESS IN HEALTHCARE" CANARD
KRUGMAN:
THAT'S WHY PRIVATE CARE IS BOOMING IN NATIONS WHERE THE STATE IS THE NATIONAL PROVIDER.
AS FAR AS LIFE-SPAN AND MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY STATS, THE USA IS BETTER - ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HERE IN THE USA OUR DOCTORS INTERVENE IN MUCH MORE DIFFICULT CASES.
AND ALSO, A LOT OF OUR PREMATURE DEATHS ARE DEATHS CAUSED BY LIFESTYLE AND NOT HEALTHCARE DECISIONS/MANAGEMENT/COSTS. (WE ARE AS A NATION TOO FAT!)
AND OUR LIFESPAN STATS ARE LOWER BECAUSE WE COUNT PREEMIES AND THE EUROPEANS DON'T COUNT BABIES BORN BEFORE TERM IF THEY DIE.
BOTTOM-LINE: IF STATE-CONTROLLED CARE WAS BETTER THEN RUSSIA WOULD STILL BE THE USSR AND PRIVATE CARE IN EUROPE WOULD NOT BE A GROWING INDUSTRY.
Let me start by pointing out something serious health economists have known all along: on general principles, universal health insurance should be eminently affordable.THEY SPEND LESS BECAUSE HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED(EITHER ON PURPOSE OR BECAUSE THERE ARE SHORTAGES) AND AS A RESULT THEY GET LESS CARE, FEWER TESTS, LESS MEDS, ETC.
After all, every other advanced country offers universal coverage, while spending much less on health care than we do.
THAT'S WHY PRIVATE CARE IS BOOMING IN NATIONS WHERE THE STATE IS THE NATIONAL PROVIDER.
AS FAR AS LIFE-SPAN AND MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY STATS, THE USA IS BETTER - ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HERE IN THE USA OUR DOCTORS INTERVENE IN MUCH MORE DIFFICULT CASES.
AND ALSO, A LOT OF OUR PREMATURE DEATHS ARE DEATHS CAUSED BY LIFESTYLE AND NOT HEALTHCARE DECISIONS/MANAGEMENT/COSTS. (WE ARE AS A NATION TOO FAT!)
AND OUR LIFESPAN STATS ARE LOWER BECAUSE WE COUNT PREEMIES AND THE EUROPEANS DON'T COUNT BABIES BORN BEFORE TERM IF THEY DIE.
BOTTOM-LINE: IF STATE-CONTROLLED CARE WAS BETTER THEN RUSSIA WOULD STILL BE THE USSR AND PRIVATE CARE IN EUROPE WOULD NOT BE A GROWING INDUSTRY.
CARBON COPS BEGIN PATROLLING BRITAIN
LT:
The boys in green are coming as the Environment Agency sets up a squad to police companies generating excessive CO2 emissions.
The agency is creating a unit of about 50 auditors and inspectors, complete with warrant cards and the power to search company premises to enforce the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), which comes into effect next year.
THIS IS WHAT THE LEFTIES DO BEST: PASS LAWS AND TAXES AND THEM USE THE COERCIVE POWER OF THE STATE TO COLLECT THE MONEY OR CRUSH THEIR OPPONENTS.
IT'S HAPPENING IN THE UK NOW, AND IT WILL HAPPEN HERE IF OBAMA GETS HIS WAY.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
FRANCE SPENDS ITS STIMULUS WHILE OBAMA'S PORKULUS GATHERS DUST
NYTIMES: FRANCE'S STIMULUS IS BEING SPENT WHILE OBAMA'S PORKULUS IS NOT:
WHY WOULDN'T OBAMA WANT TO SPEND IT FAST?
SIMPLE:
OBAMA USED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS TO PASS A BOONDOGGLE FOR THE MACHINE, NOT A STIMULUS.
AND HE'S BUSY FIRING IG'S AND GETTING CONGRESS TO REWRITE LAST YEAR'S IG-PROTECTION ACT TO MAKE THE IG'S ALL REPORT TO OBAMA SO THAT WHEN HE DOES DOLE OUT OUR MONEY TO HIS CRONIES NO ONE INDEPENDENT IS THERE TO INVESTIGATE.
All told, Paris has set aside 100 million euros in stimulus funds earmarked for what the French like to call their cultural patrimony. It is a French twist on how to overcome the global downturn, spending borrowed money avidly to beautify the nation even as it also races ahead of the United States in more classic Keynesian ways: fixing potholes, upgrading railroads and pursuing other “shovel ready” projects.
“America is six months behind; it has wasted a lot of time,” said Patrick Devedjian, the minister in charge of the French relance, or stimulus. By the time Washington gets around to doling out most of its money, Mr. Devedjian sniffed, “the crisis could be over.”
Gallic pride aside, Mr. Devedjian has a point. While he plans to spend 75 percent of France’s stimulus money this year, the White House is giving itself until fall 2010 to lay out that big a share of the American expenditure. And many experts predict that Washington will fall short of that goal.
WHY WOULDN'T OBAMA WANT TO SPEND IT FAST?
SIMPLE:
OBAMA USED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS TO PASS A BOONDOGGLE FOR THE MACHINE, NOT A STIMULUS.
AND HE'S BUSY FIRING IG'S AND GETTING CONGRESS TO REWRITE LAST YEAR'S IG-PROTECTION ACT TO MAKE THE IG'S ALL REPORT TO OBAMA SO THAT WHEN HE DOES DOLE OUT OUR MONEY TO HIS CRONIES NO ONE INDEPENDENT IS THERE TO INVESTIGATE.
Senator Casey's Office at Work for America
When you call Senator Casey's DC office with a dissenting opinion or asking a question about the Russian agreement signed today in Russia by Obama you get hung up on. Try it. 202-224-6324 The consititutional law student answering the phones says he knows more than us normal citizens. Boy, they breed those elitists young in DC!
G8 TOUGHER ON BENIGN CO2 THAN IRANIAN REGIME AND NOKO'S
The G8 leaders are set this week to deliver their strongest statement so far on global warming.
They are likely to agree that the world ought to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050 - with rich nations reducing them by 80%.
The group will probably also say that any human-induced temperature rise should be held to 2C - a level considered to be a danger threshold.
The US has previously objected to such a clause.
But it looks as though the G8 will fall short of agreeing the short-term targets scientists say are essential to ensure that the 2C threshold is not breached.
IT'S SICKENING.
The Kenyan in Moscow
Will it be more of this?
Hussein Soetoro chose the Independence Day weekend to journey to Moscow and finish the strategic arms negotiations with Russia.
As Jake Tapper reported, the administration has already announced that a plan to implement the renegotiated Treaty in advance of the Senate's ratification.
And he will begin dismantling our Nation's defenses before the Senate can slow him down. Soetoro is so intent on weakening America that he fears the reaction of even a Senate his Party dominates.
Belmont Club notes the President's overtly stated pretense that Medvedev represents something other than Putin's faithful puppet, and he understands why:
You don't think so? Then explain this away:
He knows it is treason.
And that is why, as usual, he is relying on extra-Constitutional actions and his personal authority as glamour boy of the media in order to do it.
It is high time that the CIA reveal the documentary proof that he was, as his relatives insisted all along, born in Kenya and hence ineligible for the Presidency. That proof certainly exists, or the Obama Campaign would not have been at such pains to conceal it. Revealing the evidence now may be the last best hope for America and the world. With a nuclear Iran under Putin's protective wing, Chavezism running riot in Latin America, the economy in free fall, and the quiet jihad making steady gains across Western Europe, this moment may be our last chance to avoid years and years of tribulation.
Hussein Soetoro chose the Independence Day weekend to journey to Moscow and finish the strategic arms negotiations with Russia.
As Jake Tapper reported, the administration has already announced that a plan to implement the renegotiated Treaty in advance of the Senate's ratification.
With the clock running out on a new US-Russian arms treaty before the previous Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, expires on December 5, a senior White House official said Sunday said that the difficulty of the task might mean temporarily bypassing the Senate’s constitutional role in ratifying treaties by enforcing certain aspects of a new deal on an executive levels and a “provisional basis” until the Senate ratifies the treaty."The most ideal situation would be to finish it in time that it could be submitted to the Senate so that it can be ratified," said White House Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Security and Arms Control Gary Samore. "If we're not able to do that, we'll have to look at arrangements to continue some of the inspection provisions, keep them enforced in a provisional basis, while the Senate considers the treaty."
What's the rush?
What will require such immediate implementation?
And he will begin dismantling our Nation's defenses before the Senate can slow him down. Soetoro is so intent on weakening America that he fears the reaction of even a Senate his Party dominates.
Belmont Club notes the President's overtly stated pretense that Medvedev represents something other than Putin's faithful puppet, and he understands why:
For Barack Obama to sell any agreement he reaches with the Russians, he must portray today’s Russia as being led by “new men”, reasonable men, men perceived to be unlike Vladimir Putin. In this way he can say that ‘new page’ has been turned; and America is now dealing with ‘people we can trust’. Obama probably knows that Medvedev only represents “a more accommodating face of Russia … only because Mr Putin wants him to”. But it suits his book to present Medvedev’s face or at the very least to portray Russia as a battlefield between “moderates and neo-conservatives”. The wool being pulled over isn’t over the President’s eyes but someone else’s.As part and parcel of his Gramscian leftist agenda, the Obamessiah is preparing to surrender to the rump of the Soviet Union. He is hell bent on weakening America, knowing that when the bastion of freedom falters, leftist tyranny can spread unchecked throughout the world.
You don't think so? Then explain this away:
President Obama told Russia’s ITAR-TASS/ROSSIYA TV that his “goal is that both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles in a way that doesn't leave either country with an advantage, but reduces tensions and the expense of maintaining such high nuclear stockpiles when they're not necessary for our defense and our deterrence."Tell me why a President who wants to give up America's military superiority over a dangerous, adventurous tyrant is not guilty of treason.
He knows it is treason.
And that is why, as usual, he is relying on extra-Constitutional actions and his personal authority as glamour boy of the media in order to do it.
It is high time that the CIA reveal the documentary proof that he was, as his relatives insisted all along, born in Kenya and hence ineligible for the Presidency. That proof certainly exists, or the Obama Campaign would not have been at such pains to conceal it. Revealing the evidence now may be the last best hope for America and the world. With a nuclear Iran under Putin's protective wing, Chavezism running riot in Latin America, the economy in free fall, and the quiet jihad making steady gains across Western Europe, this moment may be our last chance to avoid years and years of tribulation.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
MORE PROOF THAT SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE SUCKS: NHS HAS THOUSANDS OF SURGICAL ERRORS EACH YEAR
DM:
THEY'VE BEEN DOING NATIONAL SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE OVER IN THE UK FOR 60 YEARS, AND IT STILL SUCKS.
YET OBAMA STILL WANTS TO BRING IT HERE.
DON'T BE DUPED.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
Eleven people are seriously harmed during NHS surgery every day, it emerged yesterday.
The number of major errors has risen by 28 per cent in five years, with more than 4,000 patients hurt in 2007/08.
Mistakes include objects such as scalpels and coils being left inside patients, organs being punctured, and the wrong dosage of drugs being given.
A total of 722 objects were left inside patients during surgery last year.
... 'This has undoubtedly, in a number of well documented cases, been a contributory factor in making services unsafe,' the report said.
The MPs added that many mistakes were not reported by the NHS – raising the possibility that the recorded number of medical mishaps is just the tip of the iceberg.
The latest figures were uncovered by the Liberal Democrats in a parliamentary answer.
... Health spokesman Norman Lamb said: 'These figures raise serious concerns and call into question the Government's claim to be making patient safety a priority.
'There really is no excuse for leaving objects inside people. Far too many avoidable mistakes are still being made.
'Many doctors and nurses are under enormous amounts of pressure to meet Government targets.
'We have to ensure that patient safety isn't being compromised to satisfy the whims of Whitehall.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING NATIONAL SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE OVER IN THE UK FOR 60 YEARS, AND IT STILL SUCKS.
YET OBAMA STILL WANTS TO BRING IT HERE.
DON'T BE DUPED.
DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.
THE HEIGHT OF IMMORALITY: OBAMA AND BIDEN REITERATE THAT THEY WILL NEGOTIATE WITH THE CURRENT IRANIAN REGIME
NYTIMES:
THIS SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE REGIME - IT GIVES THEM A GREEN LIGHT ON MORE VIOLENT CRACKDOWN AGAINST THE REBELLION.
IT IS IMMORAL - AND BAD NEGOTIATING.
OBAMA IS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER - AND IN RECORD TIME.
President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in separate interviews this weekend, said that the accelerating crackdown on opposition leaders in Iran in recent days would not deter them from seeking to engage the country’s top leadership in direct negotiations.
In an interview with The New York Times, a day before his scheduled departure for Moscow on Sunday, Mr. Obama acknowledged the arrests and intimidation of Iran’s opposition leaders, but insisted, as he has throughout the Iranian crisis, that the repression would not close the door on negotiations with the Iranian government.
“We’ve got some fixed national security interests in Iran not developing nuclear weapons, in not exporting terrorism, and we have offered a pathway for Iran to rejoining the international community,” Mr. Obama said.
Mr. Biden echoed the same themes in an interview conducted in Iraq and broadcast Sunday on the ABC News program “This Week.”
THIS SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE REGIME - IT GIVES THEM A GREEN LIGHT ON MORE VIOLENT CRACKDOWN AGAINST THE REBELLION.
IT IS IMMORAL - AND BAD NEGOTIATING.
OBAMA IS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER - AND IN RECORD TIME.
PALIN AND THE TEA PARTIES: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS INSTAPUNDIT
Eight+ hours after we posted on PALIN AND THE TEA PARTIES, Glenn Reynolds has one of his longest posts EVAH on the same subject - PALIN and the TEA PARTY movement, only Glenn attacked the subject from a different angle: that Palin might co-opt the Tea Party movement and make it a Third Party.
WE DISAGREE.
We think she will galvanize the movement and make it an influential libertarian wing of the GOP.
WE DISAGREE.
We think she will galvanize the movement and make it an influential libertarian wing of the GOP.
Conservative Christian Branded ‘The Obsolete Man’ in Classic 1961 Episode of ‘The Twilight Zone’
Burgess Meredith, the late actor who played “The Penguin” in the original “Batman” television series, plays the role of a conservative Christian branded as “The Obsolete Man” in a same-name episode of The Twilight Zone television series I watched on the SciFi Channel this afternoon. While watching the classic episode, which aired for the first time June 2, 1961, I couldn’t help but notice the many similarities between characters portraying representatives of an all-powerful, Godless government (a.k.a., “The State”) and the liberals who make up the current administration of President Barack Obama. Hmmm? The State oppressing a conservative Christian? Talk about life imitating art.
Click here to watch the episode, shown in three parts, and see if you agree.NEDA Was a Christian
via Atlas
From Pamela Geller --This reproduced picture run across world media, her cross is cropped out. What deceit.
That Neda was a Christian is ample proof that everyone in Iran who took to the streets was marching for liberty and one man one vote.
How vile to imply that millions marched for the inside politicking of Islamic cleric rule.
Her religion flies in the face of every cold blooded pundit who has attempted to dismiss this historic movement as simply more sharia in shades of green.
Photo hat tip Robert via PI)
THE VIDEO MULLAHS FEAR THE MOST
A HOT CHICK AND BIG BAD GUNS HERE.
WHEN THEY SEE THIS VIDEO, THOSE GOAT-LOVING MISOGYNIST DIAPERHEADS WILL CRAP IN THEIR PANTS.
OR THEIR HEADS WILL EXPLODE.
(SAME THING.)
WHEN THEY SEE THIS VIDEO, THOSE GOAT-LOVING MISOGYNIST DIAPERHEADS WILL CRAP IN THEIR PANTS.
OR THEIR HEADS WILL EXPLODE.
(SAME THING.)
A WISE MAN'S PREDICTION: Palin will start speaking at Tea Party Rallies around the country
UPDATED BELOW!
A WISE MAN'S PREDICTION:
Palin will start speaking at Tea Party Rallies around the country.
She will become the leader of the conservative/libertarian coalition by doing so.
GLENN HAS AN AWESOME ROUND UP OF THE TEA PARTIES YESTERDAY:
YUP: IT'S A GROWING MOVEMENT.
UPDATE: 8+ hours after we posted this Glenn Reynolds has opne of his longest posts EVAH on the same subject - PALIN and the TEA PARTY movement, only Glenn attacked the subject from a different angle: that Palin might co-opt the Tea Party movement and make it a Third Party.
WE DISAGREE.
We think she will galvanize the movement and make it an influential libertarian wing of the GOP.
NEW JERSEY: Thousands take part in ‘tea party’ protest against high taxes in Morristown.
TEXAS: Sen. Cornyn booed at Capitol “tea party”. “‘You’re the problem,’ a crowd member hollered.”
Also, Thousands attend America’s Tea Party protest at Southfork Ranch.
NEVADA: Fourth of July Marked with Tea Party in Reno: “The tea party, in which ‘tea’ stands for ‘taxed enough already,’ was one of five held in Nevada on Saturday and was organized locally by Republican Debbie Landis. Landis estimated 3,000 people participated through the course of the day.”
MASSACHUSETTS: Pride, concern share stage at Quincy Tea Party Freedom Celebration.
Also, ‘Tea Party’ crowd fills center of Hanoverton.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Tea Party protesters rally against big government, massive spending.
INDIANA: Hundreds show up in rain for second local tea party.
IDAHO: T.E.A. Party In Idaho Falls.
ARKANSAS: TEA Party Packs Bomber Stadium.
MICHIGAN: Genesee TEA Party holds Independence Day tax protest, plans campaign against Hurley millage.
MINNESOTA: Tea Party calls for less government, people’s rights.
FLORIDA: Apopka TEA Party Has Big Turnout.
NEW MEXICO: TEA Party Rally Focuses On Nation’s Values.
CONNECTICUT: Norwich tea party protest draws 500.
This is just what was at the top of Google News under “tea party” this morning. Nothing systematic about it. But as Michael Silence notes below, it’s a widely distributed phenomenon.
YUP: IT'S A GROWING MOVEMENT.
UPDATE: 8+ hours after we posted this Glenn Reynolds has opne of his longest posts EVAH on the same subject - PALIN and the TEA PARTY movement, only Glenn attacked the subject from a different angle: that Palin might co-opt the Tea Party movement and make it a Third Party.
WE DISAGREE.
We think she will galvanize the movement and make it an influential libertarian wing of the GOP.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
BREAKING: SAUDIS GREENLIGHT IDF ATTACK ON IRAN
SAUDIS GREENLIGHT THE ATTACK TO DESTROY IRAN'S NUKE ASSETS:
GOOD.
TOO BAD THE USA WON'T DO IT. TOO BAD AND SHAMEFUL.
MY POINT: WE BEAT THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME. REGULAR READERS KNOW THIS. SPREAD THE WORD; BLOGROLL US; BOOKMARK US.
Saudi Arabia has indicated to Israel that it would not protest use of its airspace by Israeli fighter jets in the event the government resolves to launch a military assault against Iran, according to a report which appeared in the British Sunday Times.
According to The Sunday Times, Mossad chief Meir Dagan held secret meetings with Saudi officials who gave their tacit approval to Israel's use of the kingdom's airspace.
"The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia," The Sunday Times quoted a diplomatic source as saying last week.
The report also quoted John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as saying that it would be "entirely logical" for Israeli warplanes to fly over Saudi Arabia en route to bombing nuclear targets in Iran.
Though any Israeli attack would be roundly condemned by Mideast leaders at the UN, Bolton said Arab leaders have privately expressed trepidation at the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran.
"None of them would say anything about it publicly but they would certainly acquiesce in an overflight if the Israelis didn't trumpet it as a big success," Bolton told The Sunday Times.
GOOD.
TOO BAD THE USA WON'T DO IT. TOO BAD AND SHAMEFUL.
- UPDATE: 10 HOURS LATER AND INSTAPUNDIT LINKS TO THE SAME STORY.
- UPDATE # 2: 12 HOURS LATER AND JONAH GOLDBERG LINKS TO THE STORY.
- UPDATE #3: 13 HOURS LATER AND POWER LINE NOTICES THE STORY.
- UDAPTE #4: 14 HOURS LATER AND HOT AIR LINKS TO THE STORY.
- UPDATE #5: 14.5 HOURS LATER AND MEMEORANDUM NOTICES THE STORY.
MY POINT: WE BEAT THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME. REGULAR READERS KNOW THIS. SPREAD THE WORD; BLOGROLL US; BOOKMARK US.
UK: Report condemns "Sharia courts"
From the Solicitor's Journal:
30 June 2009
The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) and an estimated 85 "Sharia courts" have been condemned in a report for think-tank Civitas for issuing rulings which are contrary to "UK legal norms and human rights legislation."
In a report on Sharia law, Denis MacEoin, former lecturer in Arabic and Islamic studies at Newcastle University, said: “The fact that so many Sharia rulings in Britain relate to cases concerning divorce and custody of children is of particular concern, as women are not equal in Sharia law and Sharia contains no specific commitment to the best interests of the child that is fundamental to family law in the UK.”
David Green, director of Civitas, said Sharia courts, including the MAT, should be excluded from recognition under the Arbitration Act 1996.
“The reality is that for many Muslims, Sharia courts are in practice part of an institutionalised atmosphere of intimidation, backed by the ultimate sanction of a death threat,” Green said, in an introduction to the book.
“The underlying problem is that Sharia law reflects male-dominated Asian and Arabic cultures. It cannot therefore be accepted as a legally valid basis even for settling private disagreements in a country like ours, where our law embodies the equal legal status of everyone, regardless of race, gender or religion.
Our system is based on moral and legal equality or it is nothing.”
MAJOR MULLAH GROUP CALLS ELECTION ILLEGITIMATE
MAJOR MULLAH GROUP CALLS ELECTION ILLEGITIMATE:
IT AIN'T OVER YET!
THERE'S ONE MAJOR MULLAH WHO HASN'T YET COME OUT FORCEFULLY AGAINST THE IRANIAN REGIME, WHOSE SUPPORT FOR THE REBELLION WOULD BE CRITICAL FOR THE REBELLION: BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
HEH.
OKAY: HE'S NOT A MULLAH... YET.
BUT HIS UNMITIGATED SUPPORT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE REBELLION.
WHY IS HE HOLDING BACK?
IT'S EITHER STUPID OR IMMORAL.
OBAMA AIN'T DUMB, SO I GUESS HE'S IMMORAL.
UPDATE: THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS THAT OBAMA IS TO THE RIGHT OF HALF THE MULLAHS IN IRAN!
(UPDATE: ONE HOUR LATER AND INSTAPUNDIT POSTS A LINK.)
The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.
The statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final. The government has tried to paint the opposition and its top presidential candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, as criminals and traitors, a strategy that now becomes more difficult — if not impossible.
“This crack in the clerical establishment and the fact they are siding with the people and Moussavi in my view is the most historic crack in the 30 years of the Islamic republic,” said Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University. “Remember they are going against an election verified and sanctified by Khamenei.”
IT AIN'T OVER YET!
THERE'S ONE MAJOR MULLAH WHO HASN'T YET COME OUT FORCEFULLY AGAINST THE IRANIAN REGIME, WHOSE SUPPORT FOR THE REBELLION WOULD BE CRITICAL FOR THE REBELLION: BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
HEH.
OKAY: HE'S NOT A MULLAH... YET.
BUT HIS UNMITIGATED SUPPORT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE REBELLION.
WHY IS HE HOLDING BACK?
IT'S EITHER STUPID OR IMMORAL.
OBAMA AIN'T DUMB, SO I GUESS HE'S IMMORAL.
UPDATE: THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS THAT OBAMA IS TO THE RIGHT OF HALF THE MULLAHS IN IRAN!
(UPDATE: ONE HOUR LATER AND INSTAPUNDIT POSTS A LINK.)
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN: O.A.S. KICKS OUT HONDURAS AND LIFTS BAN ON CUBA
THE FOLKS AT THE OAS ARE EITHER IGNORANT & INSANE, OR EVIL.
I LEAN TOWARD EVIL: THE LEADERS OF THESE NATIONS ARE NOT DUMB; THEY ARE CONSISTENT: SUPPORTING THE BAD GUYS AND HURTING THE GOOD GUYS.
THAT MAKES THEM EVIL IN MY BOOK.
I LEAN TOWARD EVIL: THE LEADERS OF THESE NATIONS ARE NOT DUMB; THEY ARE CONSISTENT: SUPPORTING THE BAD GUYS AND HURTING THE GOOD GUYS.
THAT MAKES THEM EVIL IN MY BOOK.
Iranian tyrants getting more forced confessions from leaders of rebellion
Sickening. (More here.)
EXCERPT:
What's even MORE sickening?
Obama hasn't sufficiently supported the rebellion and won't take further steps to support the rebellion.
Obama is turning his back on our nation's central values - a central value of democracy and of our foreign policy for over a hundred years: self-determination for all nations and peoples.
Obama is evil.
EXCERPT:
Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the government with a “velvet” revolution. Such confessions, almost always extracted under duress, are part of an effort to recast the civil unrest set off by Iran’s disputed presidential election as a conspiracy orchestrated by foreign nations, human rights groups say.
What's even MORE sickening?
Obama hasn't sufficiently supported the rebellion and won't take further steps to support the rebellion.
Obama is turning his back on our nation's central values - a central value of democracy and of our foreign policy for over a hundred years: self-determination for all nations and peoples.
Obama is evil.
TRIAL OF HIZBALLAH AND AL QAEDA TERRORISTS TO BEGIN IN AZERBAIJAN
ARMENIAN NEWS:
AND SINCE IRAN BACKS HIZBALLAH IT MAKES IRAN AN ACTIVE ALLY OF AL QAEDA.
ACCORDING TO AN ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED BY THE PREVIOUS POTUS, THIS IS SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR A USA ATTACK ON IRAN.
THE AUMF 9/18/01:
THIS MAKES THEM JUST AS CULPABLE - IF NOT MORE SO:
Two Lebanese and four Azerbaijanis have gone on trial on terrorism charges in Baku for planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan's capital.AL QAEDA AND HIZBALLAH ARE ALLIES IN GLOBAL JIHAD -
Karaki Ali Muhammad, Ali Najmeddin, Vidadi Rasulov, Mushvig Amanov, Afghan Babashov and Javad Mammadov are accused of treason and spying.
The suspects are reported to be "connected to" the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah and the Al-Qaeda network.
The two Lebanese were under orders to recruit Azerbaijani citizens and devise a plan to attack the Israeli and U.S. embassies, as well as the strategic Gabala missile-detection radar station in the north of the country. They are also believed to have connections with Iran's powerful ideological army the Revolutionary Guards.
AND SINCE IRAN BACKS HIZBALLAH IT MAKES IRAN AN ACTIVE ALLY OF AL QAEDA.
ACCORDING TO AN ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED BY THE PREVIOUS POTUS, THIS IS SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR A USA ATTACK ON IRAN.
THE AUMF 9/18/01:
IRAN'S AID FOR HIZBALLAH AND HIZABALLAH'S AID FOR AL QAEDA MIGHT HAVE COME AFTER 9/11/01.
Authorization for Use of Military Force
September 18, 2001
Public Law 107-40 [S. J. RES. 23]
107th CONGRESS
JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
Whereas, on September 11, 2001, acts of treacherous violence were committed against the United States and its citizens; and
Whereas, such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United States exercise its rights to self-defense and to protect United States citizens both at home and abroad; and
Whereas, in light of the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by these grave acts of violence; and
Whereas, such acts continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States; and
Whereas, the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This joint resolution may be cited as the `Authorization for Use of Military Force'.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) IN GENERAL- That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.
(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements-
(1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION- Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS- Nothing in this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.
Approved September 18, 2001.
THIS MAKES THEM JUST AS CULPABLE - IF NOT MORE SO:
- THE CURRENT IRANIAN REGIME HAS CHOSEN TO FORGE AN ALLIANCE WITH THE PERPETRATORS OF 9/11 (WITH AL QAEDA VIA HIZBALLAH),
- AND THESE PARTIES HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE FURTHER ATTACKS ON THE USA;
- (AN ATTACK ON A USA EMBASSY IN AZERBAIJAN IS AN ATTACK ON THE USA).
McCAIN ON INDEPENDENCE DAY AND IRAN
THIS SPEECH ALONE PROVES HOW AWFUL OBAMA IS AND HOW MUCH BETTER - INFINITELY BETTER - MCCAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN.
THESE ARE THE WORDS OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENT SHOULD BE SAYING.
(INSTEAD, ALL OBAMA HAS OFFERED IS EQUIVOCATION, FALSE EQUIVALENCES, APPEASEMENT AND AS A RESULT SHAME.)
EXCERPT:
UPDATE: WHAT DID OBAMA TALK ABOUT ON THE FOURTH? SOCIALISM.
THESE ARE THE WORDS OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENT SHOULD BE SAYING.
(INSTEAD, ALL OBAMA HAS OFFERED IS EQUIVOCATION, FALSE EQUIVALENCES, APPEASEMENT AND AS A RESULT SHAME.)
EXCERPT:
... Our wealth and power, unequaled by any nation before or since, are not the cause of our greatness. Our ideals have made us great. We are strong and prosperous because we are free, not the other way around. We have marched, in fits and starts, toward the right side of history and have ascended to a most exalted station in the affairs of mankind – ‘leader of the free world.’ It’s a great tribute to us, but also a great responsibility.
We share a kinship of ideals with every man and woman on earth who struggles for their God-given rights. The world must never doubt where we stand in the liberation struggles of our time. We stand with those who risk the anger of tyrants and their lives for the proposition that just government is derived from the consent of the governed; that all people are entitled to equal justice under the law.
Today, we stand with the millions of Iranians who brave batons, imprisonment and gunfire to have their voices heard and their votes counted. They do not ask us to arm them or come to their assistance with anything other than public declarations of solidarity, and public denunciations of the tyrants who oppress them. We have a moral obligation to do so.
There are those among us who warn that a strong and unequivocal declaration of moral support for Iranians would be used by the cruel regime in power there to convince their subject people that the United States is behind the civil unrest they have attempted to hide from the world. But the regime will make that claim no matter what we say or do. Do they really believe Iranians don’t know why they’re protesting and who is oppressing them? Do they think Iranians whose votes were discarded, whose voices have been ignored, whose lives have been threatened by the regime they wish to be rid of will think America has put them in that position; that the CIA caused a brave and idealistic young woman to step out of her car to join their protest, only to be instantly murdered by the henchmen of the regime?
Iranians know the truth. They know who is oppressing them and why. It’s a government that governs without their consent, which beats them, imprisons them and threatens their lives to preserve its own hold on power, and not to resist some imagined foreign enemy.
They are not fools, these brave and determined Iranians. They are on the right side of history, and the cynics among us, who think them fools, are on the wrong side. Liberty and justice will someday be theirs. Let us hope they will have reason to remember then, who their friends were in their struggle for freedom.
This is John McCain, wishing you a happy and meaningful Fourth of July.
WATCH THE WHOLE THING:
UPDATE: WHAT DID OBAMA TALK ABOUT ON THE FOURTH? SOCIALISM.
PALIN ABSOLUTELY DOMINATES THE NEWS CYCLE
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE:
ONE NEWS ITEM TAKING UP THE ENTIRE MEMEORANDUM FRONT PAGE!
THIS PROVES THAT SARAH PALIN IS TRULY AWESOME -
(UPDATE: and it explains why many other politicians don't all like her: she sucks all the air out of the room!):
MAYBE NOW, MAYBE NOT UNTIL 2020.
ONE NEWS ITEM TAKING UP THE ENTIRE MEMEORANDUM FRONT PAGE!
THIS PROVES THAT SARAH PALIN IS TRULY AWESOME -
(UPDATE: and it explains why many other politicians don't all like her: she sucks all the air out of the room!):
SHE'S A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
Top Items:KTUU-TV:
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EXCLUSIVE: PALIN RESIGNATION ‘DAMAGE CONTROL’ FOR COMING ‘ICEBERG SCANDAL’ ... MORE: EMBEZZLEMENT INDICTMENTS COMING? — [See update below for exclusive source details from Alaska...FURTHER UPDATE now added below: AK sources say ‘embezzlement’ scandal related to Palin's house, federal indictments may be in offing.Palin Will Run In '12 On More Retardation Platform — In Sarah Palin's resignation announcement she complained about the treatment of her son Trig who always teaches her life lessons. She said that the “world needs more Trigs, not fewer.” That's a presidential campaign promise we can all get behind.Kristol: A Contrarian Take — If Palin wants to run in 2012, why not do exactly what she announced today? It's an enormous gamble - but it could be a shrewd one. — After all, she's freeing herself from the duties of the governorship. Now she can do her book, give speeches …Discussion: Ezra Klein, The New Republic, Balloon Juice, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Talking Points Memo and Winds of Change.NETDid a Scandal Sink the U.S.S. Palin? — Blogs and Stories — The suddenness of Sarah Palin's resignation raises questions about whether a coming scandal caused her to leave office. Max Blumenthal looks at one possibility. — Plus: Read more of The Daily Beast's coverage of Palin's resignation and the GOP implosion.Discussion: Firedoglake, TalkLeft, Blogs and Stories, D-Day, The Huffington Post, American Power, Glenn Thrush's Blog, Liberal Values and DownWithTyranny!
Did an embezzlement scandal force Sarah Palin to resign? — Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal. The gist of the rumor is that an Alaska building company called …
Sarah Palin, You Owe The Media An Apology — “I told you so” moments are pretty sweet — and thanks to Sarah Palin, now I've got one. Ten months to the day after her speech at the Republican National Convention, I would like for this woman to eat her words:Discussion: The Other McCain, No Sheeples Here!, American Street, Politics Daily, Sister Toldjah and Pajamas MediaFirst Signs What Happened — Okay, we're getting our first indication of what happened. It seems like a colossal sulk on Palin's part, or perhaps better to say an effort on her part to ingeniously combine anti-liberal media bias agitation with Christianist politics by portraying herself as having been crucified by the liberal media.
Full Text Of Palin's Resignation Speech — The Governor's website posted this transcript on Friday, July 3.
GOP Official Who Emailed With Palin Moments Before Decision, Explains Her Move — The head of the Republican Governor's Association said on Friday that in emails sent to him moments before she announced her resignation as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin discussed expanding the role she played in the Republican Party.
HuffPoster: 'Palin Will Run In ‘12 On More Retardation Platform’ — This is about as disgusting as Palin Derangement Syndrome can get. — A blog just published at the Huffington Post is disgracefully titled “Palin Will Run In '12 On More Retardation Platform.”Surreality Only Beginning — As David noted below, many commentators have taken little more than an hour to proceed from slack-jawed bewilderment to belief that Sarah Palin's unexplained resignation may be a political masterstroke. — For the moment there's no clear evidence of or explanation …Discussion: No More Mister Nice BlogPalin won't run for re-election in Alaska, source says — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is expected to announce Friday that she will not seek a second term, a Republican source close to Palin tells CNN. — Palin has scheduled a 3 p.m. ET news conference at her home in Wasilla.
Palin Resigning Governor's Job; Future Unclear — Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska abruptly announced on Friday that she was quitting at the end of the month, shocking Republicans across the country and leaving both parties uncertain about whether she was leaving national politics or laying the groundwork for a presidential run.ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES — AP: Diprivan Found at Michael Jackson's Home; Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Steps Down — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: And, if you're just joining us …Discussion: Washington Monthly
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But I'm doing what's best for Alaska"Discussion: The Corner, Fausta's Blog, CBS News, Pundit & Pundette, YID With LID, The Anchoress, GayPatriot, Ben Smith's Blog, Nice Deb and The Sundries Shack
Palin resigning as Alaska governor on July 26Discussion: Daily Pundit, The New Ledger, Hot Air, Classical Values, Associated Press, Gawker and RealClearPolitics Video Log
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Analysis: Once Again, the Enigma That Is Sarah Palin Plays It by Her Rules
DNC reacts: Palin decision ‘continues a pattern of bizarre behavior’Discussion: The Other McCain
Palin to resign as Alaska governorDiscussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money, Hot Air, Crooks and Liars, The Moderate Voice, Macsmind, Wizbang and Comments from Left FieldCutting bait — With respect to many of the Palinologists below, I think they're getting way too hepatomantic over the entrails. As a political move for anything other than the 2010 Senate race, today's announcement is a disaster. And I'm not sure it's a plus for the Senate - and …Discussion: BizzyBlog
MAYBE NOW, MAYBE NOT UNTIL 2020.
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