Old Jarhead's Political
SitRep for December 3, 2012
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Will We Ever Get Our America
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/12/will_we_ever_get_our_america_back.html#ixzz2Dw50JBMQ
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/12/will_we_ever_get_our_america_back.html#ixzz2Dw50JBMQ
Excerpt: Ever watch one of those chase scenes in a cartoon
where the one in the lead heads over the cliff and lands in a devastating crash
at the bottom -- only to find whatever he was carrying (adding insult
to injury) comes tumbling down on top of him? Well, that's us. (Nothing stays the same, of course, but I
think America as the land that offered maximum freedom, maximum opportunity for
those willing to work for it, and maximum prosperity for the great mass of
people is gone forever, lost in statist, Keynesian utopian fantasies that will
lead to hardship, privation and bloodshed. ~Bob.)
Cliff Dwellers. By Clarice Feldman
Excerpt: We, unfortunately, are getting used to living
at the edge of a steep cliff, going about our everyday business
pretending the fatal drop to the abyss doesn't exist. Culturally, one needn't
be what's called a "social conservative" to be appalled
at excesses in Europe where Zurich is
creating outdoor booths to facilitate prostitution and Germany has
many "erotic zoos" where patrons pay for the right to engage in
bestiality with the penned-in farm animals.
Excerpt: The fighting at the main gate lasted for nearly two
hours before the Taliban were finally defeated. Nine Taliban fighters, three
Afghan security guards, and four civilians were killed in the attack, according
to The New York Times.
Obama admin: By the
way, we’re going to need insurers to pay to use our exchanges. By Erika Johnsen
Excerpt: I thought ObamaCare was going to be so awesomely
efficient and innovative, and know how to accomplish things so much better than
the free market, that all of the associated health care costs were going to
go down, insurance was going to get more affordable, and none of this was
going to have any adverse effects on the middle class, or something? Via
the NYT: The Obama administration said Friday that it would
charge insurance companies for the privilege of selling health insurance to
millions of Americans in new online markets run by the federal government.
Excerpt: Europe is not just
heading into another recession. The truth is that Europe
is heading into a full-blown depression. The economy of the EU is actually
larger than the U.S.
economy, and we are watching it melt down right in front of our eyes. Things
just continue to get worse in Europe, and yet somehow the authorities over in Europe just keep insisting that everything is going to be
“just fine”.
Bankrupt Calif.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/02/bankrupt-california-city-attorney-warns-of-public-safety-cuts-lock-your-doors-and-load-your-guns/#ixzz2Dvfw2fmt
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/02/bankrupt-california-city-attorney-warns-of-public-safety-cuts-lock-your-doors-and-load-your-guns/#ixzz2Dvfw2fmt
Excerpt: San
Bernardino is so bankrupt that the city’s
attorney is advising residents to “lock your doors and load your guns,” in the
face of budgetary cuts that have downsized the police force by 80 officers.
City Attorney Jim Penman made his comments to about 150 residents at a council
meeting assembled to address the uptick in crime, including the recent murder
of an elderly woman. Since 2011, the California city has seen a 50 percent
increase in murders.
Feds use Facebook ‘Likes’
in terrorism case against al-Qaida suspects
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/02/feds-use-facebook-likes-in-terrorism-case/#ixzz2Dvf1JaLl
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/02/feds-use-facebook-likes-in-terrorism-case/#ixzz2Dvf1JaLl
Excerpt: “Earlier this month, the
FBI’s Los Angeles field office revealed it had charged four men over alleged involvement
in an al-Qaida-inspired terror cell based in and around
California,” Slate reported Thursday. “One part of the complaint, headed
‘DEFENDANTS’ SOCIAL MEDIA,’ lists Islamist content the men had ‘liked,’
‘shared,’ commented on or posted on their Facebook pages,” said Slate. The use
of digital information by law enforcement — such as social networking, email
and cellphone communications — has become an area of growing concern for
digital privacy advocates fearing the erosion of civil liberties.
Hillary
Clinton: Israel
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/02/hillary-clinton-israel-has-lack-of-generosity-lack-of-empathy-for-palestinians/#ixzz2DvdxJm00
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/02/hillary-clinton-israel-has-lack-of-generosity-lack-of-empathy-for-palestinians/#ixzz2DvdxJm00
Excerpt: Speaking at a forumat the Saban Center for
Middle East Policy in Washington on
Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Israel is suspicious of
Palestinians and doesn’t care enough about their plight. “I’m not making
excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of
generosity, the lack of empathy that I think goes hand-in-hand with the
suspicion,” Clinton said, after praising the
country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for working with her in 2009 to
offer a moratorium on building new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank . (A wounded Arab terrorist who falls into
Israeli hands will be treated at a hospital. A wounded Jew who falls into Arab
terrorist hands will have his throat cut--along with his wife and children, if
they can get to them. And she dares talk about the Jews lack of empathy? I
could throw up, but I'm so used to this stuff from the left. ~Bob.)
Report: New Activity
at Syrian Chemical Weapon Sites. By Chana Ya'ar
Excerpt: Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said
repeatedly that he will not allow an existential risk to the Jewish
State. …One major concern is the possibility that part of the Syrian
arsenal may be transferred to Lebanon . "Could you
imagine Hizbullah – the people are conducting with Iran all
these terror attacks around the world – could you imagine them
having chemical weapons?” he asked the interviewer. "It would be like
Al Qaeda having chemical weapons,” he continued.
Comments from blog
readers
I was at a function last night and was speaking with an old
friend who is an oral surgeon. Two other folks, who are physicians, joined in
the discussion. All have noticed a spike in folks who have been “sponsored” by
their resident alien family members to enter Massachusetts
from a foreign country, proceed to wherever you sign up for Mass Health, get
their card and then proceed to whatever health care provider to have their
medical/dental needs seen to compliments of the taxpayers of Massachusetts . These guys stated that the
numbers are now shooting through the ceiling and they are pissed because they
know they are paying the tab. One health care provider was complaining that he
had to work six days this week to cover his increasing expenses and diminishing
reimbursement. Another, who has been a citizen for about eighteen years after
emigrating from a European country, (read Iron Curtain) is looking around for
another country to emigrate to again because he sees the handwriting on the
wall and fears another Communist type takeover and the consequential collapse of
a society that progresses via freedom/innovation and capitalism. He quipped
though that he is well acquainted with surviving in a Black Market
“cash/barter” underground economy. But this is what 51 % of the ignorant in
this country wanted. At some point they are going to choke on it, or more
accurately, we the 47% who pay taxes will choke on it first! Can you say we are
“screwed” with a capital S? --Tom
Constantine , US
Unfortunately Scott Brown would have lost with or without
conservative support. The Democratic Party, embarrassed that Brown won a few
years ago, steamrolled him. Elizabeth Warren portrayed Brown as being
anti-women. Although her attacks were groundless, like Obama's attacks on
Romney if one says something often enough people start to believe it. Brown won
most of the suburbs; Warren
won the cities. As I start looking towards retirement New Hampshire is awfully appealing. --Bob
Shannon
Excerpt: Americans are told that they face a "fiscal
cliff" if automatic federal spending cuts and tax increases occur at the
end of the year. I'm not in favor of jumping off a cliff, but the logic of the
supposed threat needs to be questioned. The fiscal-cliff narrative assumes that
spending cuts are bad for the economy. It follows, then, that more spending
(and therefore more government debt) are good for the economy.
Mum set for trial
after sending son named ‘jihad’ to nursery with ‘I am a bomb’ jumper
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4675971/Mum-set-for-trial-after-sending-son-to-nursery-with-bomb-jumper.html#ixzz2DwIiCfOH
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4675971/Mum-set-for-trial-after-sending-son-to-nursery-with-bomb-jumper.html#ixzz2DwIiCfOH
Didn't get the "Islam is a Religion of Peace"
memo. ~Bob
Obama White House
opposed new Iran
Excerpt: Remember the Obama of the debates? The one who
aggressively touted strong sanctions as the way to stop Iran 's nuclear
program? Well, that was just as much of an act to get votes as was his pose as
a Zionist. ... The White House announced its opposition to a new round of Iran sanctions that the Senate unanimously
approved Friday, in the latest instance of Congress pushing for more aggressive
punitive measures on Iran
than the administration deems prudent.
Pot peddlers 'forced
teens to become Muslim'
Excerpt: Police have arrested members of a gang of Eastern
European immigrants who used violence, intimidation and the promotion of Islam
to control marijuana trafficking operations in the Neuchâtel mountains,
cantonal justice authorities said on Thursday.
Quote
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith
questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. --Henry Brooks Adams
British coeds
reportedly offered more than $24G in sex-for-tuition scheme
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/30/british-coeds-reportedly-offered-more-than-24g-in-sex-for-tuition-scheme/?intcmp=trending
Excerpt: British students are reportedly being offered more than $24,000 annually for education costs in exchange for having sex with a stranger, an undercover investigation has found.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/30/british-coeds-reportedly-offered-more-than-24g-in-sex-for-tuition-scheme/?intcmp=trending
Excerpt: British students are reportedly being offered more than $24,000 annually for education costs in exchange for having sex with a stranger, an undercover investigation has found.
Obama
Slaps States That Don't Comply With Obamacare
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Obamacare-insurance-premiums-states/2012/12/01/id/466088
Excerpt: Residents of states that refuse to set up health insurance exchanges under Obamacare are set to be hit with higher premiums under new rules announced by the Health and Human Services Department.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Obamacare-insurance-premiums-states/2012/12/01/id/466088
Excerpt: Residents of states that refuse to set up health insurance exchanges under Obamacare are set to be hit with higher premiums under new rules announced by the Health and Human Services Department.
Obama
Acts Like His Tax Plan Is the Only Gig In Town
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/obama-acts-like-his-tax-plan-is-the-only-gig-in-town/
Excerpt: Yesterday Barack Obama made remarks in a visit to Rodon Group Manufacturing Facility in Hatfield Pennsylvania that demonstrate that he has no intention of making a deal with Republicans and thinks that his tax plan, commonly referred to as the ‘fiscal cliff,’ is the only solution to the problem.
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/obama-acts-like-his-tax-plan-is-the-only-gig-in-town/
Excerpt: Yesterday Barack Obama made remarks in a visit to Rodon Group Manufacturing Facility in Hatfield Pennsylvania that demonstrate that he has no intention of making a deal with Republicans and thinks that his tax plan, commonly referred to as the ‘fiscal cliff,’ is the only solution to the problem.
Worth Hearing: Peace in the Middle
East
Pat Condell tells the truth. Always worth hearing. ~Bob
‘Poverty’ like
we’ve never seen it. By Robert Rector
Excerpt: But poverty as the federal government defines it
differs greatly from these images. Only 2 percent of the official poor are
homeless. According to the government’s own data, the typical poor family lives
in a house or apartment that’s not only in good repair but is larger than the
homes of the average non-poor person in England ,
France or Germany . The
typical “poor” American experiences no material hardships, receives medical
care whenever needed, has an ample diet and wasn’t hungry for even a single day
the previous year.
Why Romney Lost
Romney said if he was elected, he'd put America back to
work. And 51% of the voters said. "To hell with that!" (Internet
joke. ~Bob.)
Excerpt: US
drones struck in South Waziristan for the second time in three days, killing a
Yemeni al Qaeda commander, according to reports from Pakistan . Two strikes have taken
place in Pakistan 's
tribal areas after an unusually long pause that lasted for 36 days.
Massive Anti-Obama
Rally Planned for Inauguration Day
Excerpt: Inspired by concerns of unemployment, the economy, Benghazi , and matters of
foreign policy; organizers are promoting a “Massive Anti-Obama Rally @ Obama’s
Inauguration Day.” (Bad, PR, I think, as the media will use this to club the
opposition. ~Bob.)
Boycott Obama
Supporters in Hollywood
Excerpt: The greater “Boycott Hollywood” effort is working
great! Support for Obama is way, way down this election year. Movie admission
ticket sales are in the worst slump in decades (See link below). Hollywood just cannot
understand why there is a sales slump.
Trillion-Dollar
Student Loan Industry to be Bailed Out by Taxpayers
Excerpt: The government is good at one thing. It knows how
to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, ‘See if it weren’t for
the government, you wouldn’t be able to walk.’
U.S Official Signals End To War Against Al-Qaeda
Excerpt: The United States must prepare for
a time when it no longer is at war with Al-Qaeda and when sweeping legal powers
ushered in after the September 11, 2001 attacks come to an end, the Pentagon's
top lawyer said. The address by Pentagon general counsel Jeh Johnson
marked the first time a senior US official publicly raised the possibility of
an end to the so-called "war on terror," launched by former president
George W. Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on New York and
Washington." At that point, we must be able to say to ourselves that our
efforts should no longer be considered an 'armed conflict' against al Qaeda and
its associated forces," he said. (We have seen the enemy…and they are
us. --Barb.)
‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Team Rejects Intel Leak Accusation, Report Says Otherwise
Excerpt: The writer and producer of "Zero Dark
Thirty" contends his film didn't benefit from classified information to
recreate the manhunt for Osama bin Laden. The group obtained information
detailing the exchange of information between the CIA and the film crew. Not
only did Boal and Bigelow receive preferential treatment over similar bin Laden
projects, Boal was allowed to "deep dive" into material related to the raid that
killed the terrorist mastermind: In an internal CIA
memo regarding Kathryn Bigelow’s visit to agency headquarters dated July
14, 2011, CIA spokesperson Marie Harf describes Boal’s contact with the agency
as a “deep dive.”
Susan Rice in 1986
book: Make white students learn black history
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/29/susan-rice-in-1986-book-make-white-students-learn-black-history/#ixzz2DpThCEID
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/29/susan-rice-in-1986-book-make-white-students-learn-black-history/#ixzz2DpThCEID
Excerpt: In a 1986 book by U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations Susan Rice, the future diplomat argued for the aggressive inclusion of
a black history curriculum in American schools, claiming that its omission had
“crippling effects” by “providing a child with no more than … a white
interpretation of reality.”
Worth Reading
Excerpt: 5) Human beings are born as selfish,
savage, feral little beasts not much different from wolves or tigers. The
reason they don't remain that way is because of the conditioning they learn
from their parents, their friends, their church, their entertainment, their
teachers and other factors. The worse we become at transmitting important
values to children, the more degenerate, sinful and crime-ridden our society
will become.
School Replaces Baby
Jesus with Frosty the Snowman
Excerpt: Frosty the Snowman is there — and so is Santa
Claus.
But the Baby Jesus is stuffed inside a closet at Cottondale Elementary School
— leaving many residents of this small town in the Florida panhandle outraged.
Egypt: New
constitution denies freedom of speech and equality of rights for women, omits
ban on slavery
Excerpt: Omissions of certain articles, such as bans on
slavery or promises to adhere to international rights treaties, were
equally worrying to critics of the new draft, who pulled out from the panel
before the vote.
Excerpt: Pro-palestinian "Allah-u-Akbar" Christmas
choir, Leftists demonstrating for "Global intifada", t-shirts promoting
sharia 'Only God can judge me', flags with machine guns and hand grenade and
red socialist flags -- and stoning of secular law's representatives. As usual:
No arrests...
The Republicans'
Other Internal Numbers Predicted Defeat
Except: If Mitt Romney really was surprised by his defeat on
Election Day, it might have been because he ignored the projections of one of
his longest-serving number-crunchers.
Worth Reading : America has become an Old
World country
Excerpt: So Europe got the
American president it wanted – the one who would present no threat to its own
delusions. The United States
is now officially one of us: an Old World
country complete with class hatred, ethnic Balkanisation, bourgeois guilt and a
paternalist ruling elite. And it is locked into the same death spiral of high
public spending and self-defeating wealth redistribution as we are. Welcome to
the future, and the beginning of what may turn out to be the terminal decline
of the West.
College
Approves BDSM Group
Excerpt:
It started last October with a meal in Currier dining hall with a handful of
friends who shared something in common: an affinity for kinky sex. More than a
year after the group first began informally meeting over meals to discuss
issues and topics relating to kinky sex, Harvard College Munch has
grown from seven to about 30 members and is one of 15 student organization that
will be approved by the Committee on Student Life this Friday. (…) Munch is
also now allowed to apply for DAPA food grants, making it easier to find a
convenient time and location to meet, instead of gathering in small dining
halls. (I can’t help wondering if they also have support groups for straight
hetero students. Maybe if they also qualify as minorities. And then we wonder
how we got into the position of providing food, cash, free phones, and other
stuff to almost randomly chosen groups at the taxpayer’s expense. Truly, I have
no problem with them organizing, but why is it at our expense? Ron P.)
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