It all seems rather mad, doesn't it? The decision to become involved militarily in the Libyan civil war couldn't take place within a less hospitable context. The U.S. is reeling from spending and deficits, we're already in two wars, our military has been stretched to the limit, we're restive at home, AND NO ONE, REALLY, SEES PRESIDENT OBAMA AS THE KIND OF LEADER YOU'D FOLLOW OVER THE TOP. "THIS WAY, MEN!" "NO, I THINK I'LL STAY IN MY TRENCH." People didn't hire him to start battles but to end them. They didn't expect him to open new fronts. Did he not know this?
He has no happy experience as a rallier of public opinion and a leader of great endeavors; the central initiative of his presidency, the one that gave shape to his leadership, health care, is still unpopular and the cause of continued agitation. When he devoted his entire first year to it, he seemed off point and out of touch. This was followed by the BP oil spill, which made him look snakebit. NOW HE SEEMS INCOMPETENT AND OUT OF HIS DEPTH IN FOREIGN AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. He is more observed than followed, or perhaps I should say you follow him with your eyes and not your heart. So it's funny he'd feel free to launch and lead a war, which is what this confused and uncertain military action may become.
WHAT WAS HE THINKING? WHAT IS HE THINKING?
Which gets me to Mr. Obama's speech, the one he hasn't given. I cannot for the life of me see how an American president can launch a serious military action without a full and formal national address in which HE EXPLAINS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHY HE IS DOING WHAT HE IS DOING, WHY IT IS RIGHT, AND WHY IT IS VERY MUCH IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST.....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704604704576221142167651286.html
Peggy Noonan always a good read hits the nail on the head here. The more we know about Obama, the more nervous we all get.
GE: Obama’s favorite and a zero tax payer
The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States.
ITS AMERICAN TAX BILL? NONE. IN FACT, G.E. CLAIMED A TAX BENEFIT OF $3.2 BILLION…..
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss
In case you wondered what crony capitalism was all about.
Obama's Achilles' Heel?
There are THREE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES OR FACTORS THAT WILL KEEP PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM FORGING A COALITION OF ALMOST-EVERYBODY, à la Reagan in 1984 or Johnson in 1964, in the 2012 election. THE FIRST IS THE CONTINUING WEAKNESS OF THE ECONOMY. Obviously, jobs remain a problem – and this weakness is also manifested in the rising cost of gasoline and food. The second is the president's health care bill. And the third is the budget deficit.
For a while, I had thought that the economy would be the president’s biggest problem, followed by health care and the deficit. But while the economy will still to be a drag on Obama (Wells Fargo predicts 8.2 percent unemployment by the end of 2012 while the consensus of Wall Street Journal economists puts it at 7.7 percent on Election Day – both estimates are higher than anything we've seen in a postwar election), I AM INCREASINGLY OF THE OPINION THAT THE BUDGET DEFICIT MIGHT BE THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM FOR THIS PRESIDENT IN HIS REELECTION BID.
This runs contrary to many statistical models of presidential elections, which will tell you that the structural forces that shape outcomes are the number of terms of his party in office, casualties in foreign wars, and the performance of the economy. However, I generally have a low opinion of these models, and I think they are quite poorly suited for dealing with the politics of deficits. Here are two reasons why:….
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/morning-jay-obamas-achilles-heel_555476.html
For you political junkies who are glued to what will happen in the 2012 election, this is a good read.
Critics: Iowa terror drill portrays immigration foes as killers
Foes of illegal immigration are up in arms over plans for a weekend disaster exercise in western Iowa with A FICTITIOUS SCENARIO IN WHICH YOUNG WHITE SUPREMACISTS SHOOT DOZENS OF PEOPLE AMID RISING TENSIONS INVOLVING RACIAL MINORITIES AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
The exercise is planned for Saturday at Treynor High School in Pottawattamie County and will involve more than 300 people, confirmed Doug Reed, the lead exercise planner for the county's emergency management agency. Some 30 to 40 "victims" will be transported to area hospitals. HE SAID A TERRORISM SCENARIO IS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS FOR THE EXERCISE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
The exercise scenario describes shootings occurring after rising tensions in the community because of an influx of minorities, Reed said. The newcomers, some who are American citizens and some who are illegal immigrants, were to have moved into a rural area from urban areas in search of more-affordable living. The newcomers are not welcomed by racial extremists, and controversy sweeps the community, he said.....
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110324/NEWS/110324009/Critics-Iowa-terror-drill-portrays-immigration-foes-as-killers?odyssey=tab
Once again liberals don’t seem to want to acknowledge the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
ACLU: The Real History
Indeed, few leftist organizations in existence today can compete with the ACLU in terms of DEMONSTRATED HOSTILITY TOWARD WHAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DESCRIBES AS "CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS" with which Americans are "endowed by their Creator."
Consider the doublespeak inherent throughout THE "PROGRESSIVE" GOLIATH'S FLOWERY SELF-REPRESENTATION:
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
NOW CONTRAST THAT DEPICTION WITH ACLU FOUNDER ROGER BALDWIN'S CANDID VISION:
I AM FOR SOCIALISM, DISARMAMENT, AND, ULTIMATELY, FOR ABOLISHING THE STATE ITSELF... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. COMMUNISM IS THE GOAL…..
http://townhall.com/columnists/mattbarber/2011/03/25/aclu_communism_is_the_goal/page/full/
If you thought the ACLU was a bunch of Communists, you may have been correct.
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