Older, but a "Must Read": Two Americas
Excerpt: The Democrats are right, there are two Americas .
The America that works, and
the America
that doesn’t. The America
that contributes, and the America
that doesn’t. It’s not the haves and the have nots, it’s the dos and the
don’ts.
Must Read: When Failure Is
Success: For Obama’s supporters, what matters is not what he
does, but what he says and represents. By Victor Davis
Hanson
Excerpt: Losing a job is freedom from job lock. A budget
deficit larger than in any previous administration is austerity. A mean
right-wing video caused the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi . Al-Qaeda was long ago washed up.
The Muslim Brotherhood is secular. Jihad is a personal journey. Shooting people
while screaming Allahu akbar! is workplace violence. Unaffordable
higher premiums and deductibles are the result of an Affordable Care Act.
Losing your doctor and your health-insurance plan prove you will never lose
your doctor and your health-insurance plan — period! Being a constitutional
lawyer means you know how to turn the IRS and the FCC on your enemies. Failure
is success; lies are truth.
Excerpt: By 1965, when Medicare was plugged in, the birth
rate had fallen back to 19.4. For the first time in ten years fewer than 4
million babies had been born in a country of 195 million. Medicare had been
added in the same year that saw the single biggest drop in birth rates since
the Great Depression. There could not have been a worse time for Medicare than
the end of the Baby Boom. Today in a nation of 317 million, 4.1 million babies
are being born each year for a birth rate of 13.0 per 1,000. 40.7% of those
births are to unmarried mothers so that it will be a long time, if ever, before
they pay back into the system, and most will never put back in as much as
they are taking out. (Yup. See: The
Coming Collapse of the American
Republic
Always Good: The 'Fairness' Fraud. By Thomas Sowell
Excerpt: It seems as if, everywhere you turn these days,
there are studies claiming to show that America has lost its upward
mobility for people born in the lower socioeconomic levels. But there is a
sharp difference between upward "mobility," defined as an opportunity
to rise, and mobility defined as actually having risen. That distinction is
seldom even mentioned in most of the studies. It is as if everybody is chomping
at the bit to get ahead, and the ones that don't rise have been stopped by
"barriers" created by "society."
Excerpt: Here is the sad truth: Even though the Affordable
Care Act (ObamaCare) is a Rube Goldberg contraption that no one can explain and
even though its rollout has been a complete disaster and even though the delay
of one provision after another makes it seem as though the entire enterprise is
coming apart…Even with all that, Barack Obama in his sleep can articulate a
clearer vision for health reform than Republicans and all their think tanks
combined — after spending four years thinking about it!!! Granted, the
president’s vision is often deceitful. When he says insurance companies will no
longer be able to cancel your insurance after you get sick, he neglects to say
that this has been federal law since the time of the Bill Clinton presidency.
But even if they insist on being honest, can’t Republicans come up with a
convincing message of their own? Let’s see if we can help them out.
Surprise: Obamacare to
Increase Healthcare Costs of 11 Million Small Business Workers. By Katie Pavlich
Excerpt: A new report shows at least 11 million small
business workers and their employers will see their health insurance costs
skyrocket thanks to Obamacare. More from the Washington
Post:
Excerpt: If President Obama—or anyone else—is expecting that
Medicaid will be Obamacare’s salvation, look elsewhere. The president said last
week that “We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health
care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion.” But even The
Washington Post’s “fact checker” gave President Obama four Pinocchios for that statement (and said the
enrollment numbers are iffy as well).
WaPoFact Checker:
Obama's claim that 7 million got 'access to health care for the first
time' because of his Medicaid expansion. By Glenn Kessler
Excerpt: The Fact Checker has written several times about the fuzziness of the
Medicaid numbers issued by the Obama administration. But it is like playing
whack-a-mole. Every time we rap someone for getting it wrong, the same
problem pops up someplace else.
ObamaCare and My Mother's
Cancer Medicine. By Stephen Blackwood
Excerpt: The news was dumbfounding. She used to have a
policy that covered the drug that kept her alive. Now she's on her own. (Just
one more story of the little "glitches" with the plan that was going
to make everything better for everyone, and at lower cost, too. Well.... not
exactly. --Del )
Surprise: Oh, Hey,
Healthcare.gov’s Cloud Cost More Than Five Times the Original Estimate.
By Jim Geraghty
Excerpt: The president promised
that Obamacare would bend the cost curve downward. The cost curve for running
the site is bending upward. Dramatically:
Dem Senate Candidate Sics Lawyers to Silence Cancer Patient
in Anti-Obamacare Ads. By Guy Benson
Excerpt: Democrat Congressman Gary Peters is running for US
Senate in Michigan ,
where he's facing a strong
Republican opponent in former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. Like
other Democrats across the America ,
Peters is worried sick about the political impact Obamacare -- a law for which
Peters voted in 2010. Unlike many others, however, he's taken the extraordinary
step of dispatching a team of lawyers to bully
Michigan broadcasters into refusing to air a television ad that's
critical of the healthcare overhaul.
Evidence of Job Loss.
From The Patriot Post
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may stubbornly insist
that ObamaCare
isn't destroying jobs, but the Advanced Medical Technology Association, an
industry trade group, says otherwise. Just the medical device tax "has
resulted in employment reductions of approximately 14,000 industry workers and
forgone hiring of 19,000 workers," the group says. "The total job impact
of the tax on industry employment was approximately 33,000." On top of
that, the indirect effect of the tax was to eliminate "as many as 165,000
jobs." Jobs are also being sent overseas, while companies cut back on
research and development, slow down investment and forego plans for new
facilities. But Sebelius says "there is absolutely no evidence" of
this, so move along.
Excerpt: There is a country in the Middle East where 10 percent of the
population is denied equal rights because of their race, where
black men are not allowed to hold many
government positions, where black women are put on trial for
witchcraft and where the custody of children is granted to the parent with the
most “racially superior” bloodline. This Apartheid
State is so enormously powerful that
it controls American foreign policy in the Middle East even as its princes and
princesses bring their slaves to the United
Kingdom and the United
States.
Ukraine arrest
warrant for fugitive Viktor Yanukovych
Excerpt: Ukraine
has issued an arrest warrant for fugitive ousted President Viktor Yanukovych,
the interior minister says.
Stain
- Upon Stars and Buttons and Badges and Medals and Emblem. By Andy Weddington
Excerpt: Shiny stars and buttons and badges and medals do
not a Marine general make. Nor does shiny metal make any Marine.
Piers Morgan and CNN
Plan End to His Prime-Time Show
Excerpt: There have been times
when the CNN host Piers Morgan didn’t
seem to like America
very much — and American audiences have been more than willing to return the
favor. Three years after taking over for Larry
King, Mr. Morgan has seen the ratings for “Piers Morgan Live” hit some new
lows, drawing a fraction of viewers compared with competitors at Fox News and
MSNBC. (Huh. Purveying Progressive Propaganda doesn't get you high ratings. Who
knew? ~Bob)
12
Reasons Why Everyone Hates Piers Morgan. By James Delingpole
Excerpt:
Today blogger Guido Fawkes tweeted his excitement about the news of Piers
Morgan's demise from his primetime slot on CNN. Lots of people are
evidently elated about this, and Guido took to his MediaGuido Twitter account
to recall a personal memory about his last conversation with the late founder
of this very parish, Andrew Breitbart. Here are twelve reasons why the
shade of Andrew Breitbart isn't the only one on cloud nine on this, the
happiest of days.
Excerpt: The divide between New Haven
The
Green Gulag. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt:
8,000 people die in the UK
It
is Islamophobic to note that all 10 nations with the death penalty for
homosexuality are Muslim.
Excerpt:
Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death.
Kerry
Kennedy's Defense to DUI, Fleeing Scene of Accident: She's a Kennedy and Her
"Human Rights Work" Would Suffer if She's Jailed.
http://weaselzippers.us/176299-kerry-kennedys-defense-to-dui-fleeing-scene-of-accident-shes-a-kennedy-and-her-human-rights-work-would-suffer-if-shes-jailed/
http://weaselzippers.us/176299-kerry-kennedys-defense-to-dui-fleeing-scene-of-accident-shes-a-kennedy-and-her-human-rights-work-would-suffer-if-shes-jailed/
Excerpt:
She is also the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo; she should be let go because of
that too. But, on the positive side, when she fled the scene, she didn’t leave
anyone to drown, like Uncle Ted did…Via NY Post.
A
Socialism Spill on Aisle 9. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt:
Weighing a can of food in your hands that you need but cannot afford
wonderfully focuses the mind on the real, but at the cocktail parties of the
Friends of the Working Class, everything is wonderfully unreal. Life is full of
possibilities, vacations, conferences and elections. There are no hard facts,
only ideas and slogans. Everything and everyone does what you want them to.
Excerpt: Hassan Abboud, a top official in the Islamic Front
and Ahrar al Sham, has posted a series of pictures of Abu Khalid al Suri on his
Twitter feed. Al Suri was Ayman al Zawahiri's chief representative in Syria
until he was killed by a suicide bomber this past weekend.
Egyptian Army Targets
Sinai Jihadists
Excerpt: The Egyptian army is conducting a wide military
operation in the Sinai to crack down on Islamic movements that use the area as
a launching pad for terrorist operations. As part of that campaign, soldiers
have exchanged fire with a man named Yousef Mohamad Hamads Hassan, who belongs
to "the extremely dangerous and takfiri group, Ansar Bait Al
Maqdis,"an army spokesman wrote on Facebook, according to the Egyptian daily Al Masry Alyoum.
MARINE:
Strict Rules Of Engagement Are Killing More Americans Than Enemy In This Lost
War. By Paul Szoldra
Excerpt:
When I deployed to Afghanistan
as an infantry squad leader in 2004, I had the utmost confidence in my
superiors, our mission to restore order to Afghanistan Del
Barack Obama's New America
Excerpt: We have watched numerous changes take place in this
country in the last 30 years – probably some of the most significant cultural,
economic, and constitutional transformations this nation has ever seen. In the
process we have witnessed the world respect for America diminish enormously, and
our respect for the laws and the standards.
Military Cuts to pre
WWII size
Excerpt: Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee, warned that the cuts would hurt military readiness. And he said the country is only in this
position because the Obama administration and Congress will not
seriously take on cuts to entitlements.
NYPD Surveillance
Upheld Despite AP Campaign. By Patrick Dunleavy
Excerpt: A federal judge in New Jersey dismissed a lawsuit last Thursday that was brought by
several Islamic activist organizations, including the Muslim Students
Association and the Muslim Foundation, against the New York City Police
Department. The plaintiffs accused the NYPD of violating their civil rights
through a program which including surveillance and intelligence gathering of
the Muslim community in New Jersey .
Excerpt: In a deadly attack on the heart of the Somali
government, multiple explosions and a firefight erupted on Friday near the
presidential palace in Mogadishu ,
killing 12 people, nine of them militants, officials said. The Shabab, the
militant Somali Islamist group, claimed responsibility.
Mohamed Morsi accused
of passing state secrets to Iran
Excerpt: Egypt 's
ex-president and Muslim Brotherhood figurehead could face capital punishment if
found guilty of espionage. (Wait--a president can't pass secrets to Iran ? Who knew?
~Bob)
Excerpt: So they came up with the Alien and Sedition Act
which promised to punish both recent legal immigrants as well as American
citizens themselves. And so the Federalist legislation called for deporting any
legal immigrant with less than fourteen years of American residence for any
remarks they expressed in opposition to Federalist law....or for any political
expression that might hold the Congress, or the President in contempt. And
American citizens who dared to criticize the government were subject to two
years in prison and a monetary fine that would have bankrupted the average
citizen. And, indeed, a significant number of citizens were rounded up and
thrown in prison for daring to oppose "big government". Fortunately
Thomas Jefferson was alive and fighting against these all-controlling tyrants. Jefferson , always fearful of the growth of government
power, mounted fierce opposition to this maniacal power grab. The acts proved
so unpopular that the Federalists lost thousands of party members who fled to Jefferson 's Republican party. American anger was such
that Jefferson and his Republicans were swept into office in the election of
1800 and Jefferson and the Congress promptly
ended the Alien and Sedition Act and restored the individual freedoms outlined
in the Bill of Rights. Sadly, Barack Hussein Obama, just two generations
removed from a Kenyan heritage, has chosen to, by executive order, implement
many of the deplorable aspects of the Alien and Sedition Act. So massive is his
ego that he cannot stand to have his decisions questioned, either by the
Judiciary, the Congress, or the American people.
Dearborn: Muslim
at city council meeting calls for Sharia patrols, restriction on free speech.
By Robert Spencer
Excerpt: The council members appear to have received this
man’s appeals with some impatience. However, make no mistake: there will be
many more incidents like this, with calls for the implementation of Sharia
morals police and Sharia restrictions on the freedom of speech growing louder
and more insistent. And then city councils and other governing bodies will be
forced either to articulate and implement a defense of Western principles of
free expression, or capitulate. Right now the latter looks much more likely.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Conservative may not have a lot of use for Black History
Month, but it does provide us with an occasion for something fruitful:
remembering when the Republican party was home to a fair number of legitimate
bad-asses — gun-toting, slavery-fighting, fearless men and women who led lives
of astounding personal courage and political consequence. ... “She drinks
whiskey, and she swears, and she is a Republican, which makes her a low, foul
creature.” That was one schoolgirl’s description of Mary Fields, a.k.a.
Stagecoach Mary, who is an obvious candidate for induction into the inaugural
class in the American Bad-Ass Hall of Fame.
Israeli warplanes
'strike eastern Lebanon
Excerpt: Israeli jets have carried out air strikes in
eastern Lebanon near the
border with Syria , Lebanon 's state
news agency says. Israel 's
military has not commented although an Israeli security source quoted by
Reuters said there had been "air force activity in the north".
Gutting our Military
Excerpt: The gutting of our military is based on a political
strategy not a military strategy. We no longer have a military strategy in this
dangerous world. While ObamaCare is devastating to so many Americans, gutting
our military has the potential of creating a national disaster that we my not
be able to overcome. Our military will now be the same size as the Turkish
military. China has 2
million in their military, and Russia
has 1.2 million. Out of our projected 440K force, we will have less than
100,000 combat troops on the ground. It is so naive to think the US
will not be involved in a major conflict. We are in big trouble. --GBH
(From a retired Marine MajGen. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angrily
condemned as fabricated an audio recording that appears to show him talking to his son about hiding large sums of money. He
said the recording, allegedly tapped and posted on social
media, was a "treacherous attack". (He must be from
Chicago. who knew? ~Bob)
Excerpt: Pakistan 's
military have launched air strikes against suspected militant hideouts in the
north-west, killing at least 30 people, officials say. Fighter jets bombed
targets in the North Waziristan tribal area on
Tuesday, officials said.
US presses Iraq on reports of Iran
Excerpt: The US
has said it is "seeking clarification" over a report that Iraq has signed a deal with Iran to buy arms in violation of a
UN embargo. State department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that if the $195m
(£117m) deal for weapons and ammunition was confirmed, it "would raise
serious concerns". (This might require deeper bowing and more apologies
from Obama. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Suspected Islamist militants from the Boko Haram
group in north-eastern Nigeria
have attacked a school and shot some students, the military has said. Dozens of
pupils are reported to have been killed. Police told Reuters that all the dead
were boys and that some of the bodies "were burned to ashes".
Ugandan 'homosexuals'
named in Red Pepper paper
Excerpt: A Ugandan tabloid has named the country's "200
top homosexuals", a day after President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a
bill toughening penalties for gay people. Red Pepper's list appeared under the
headline: "Exposed", raising concerns of a witch-hunt against gay
people. (Remember, Progressives, all cultures are equally valid. except, of
course, the middle class American culture that nurtured you and gave you
freedom and prosperity. ~Bob)
Ex-Guantánamo
detainee Moazzam Begg held in Birmingham
Excerpt: Begg, released from Guantánamo without charge,
arrested with two men and a woman on suspicion of Syria-related offences.
Homeowner shoots and
kills armed robbery suspect
Excerpt: A Detroit
woman surprises an armed robbery suspect in her home. He pointed a gun at her
head, but the woman was armed. Bullets started flying and the suspected ended
up dead. (Tisk, tisk. She should have called police--they would surely have
brought a rape test kit and body bag for her. ~Bob)
Video: 'I didn't have time to get scared':
Surveillance camera captures the moment mother opens fire on home invaders with
assault rifle
Excerpt: This is the dramatic moment a mother-of-two opened
fire with an assault rifle on intruders who tried to smash their way into her
home. The woman took action after three hooded individuals kicked down the door
of her Detroit
home on Monday night where she lives with her two young children. She
fired off rounds in a bid to deter the would-be burglars, later saying she
'didn't have time to get scared'. (what it is with these women who are willing
to use--shudder--guns rather than be robbed, raped and murdered in Progressive
Paradise Detroit? ~Bob)
Elections Decided By Rapists, Murderers and Pedophiles. By Floyd Brown
Excerpt: But Barack Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder,
has a different vision. You see, in America , felons have traditionally
returned to society with restricted rights. In some states, they lose the right
to vote. In many jurisdictions, they lose the right to sit on a jury. And more
widely, they’re prohibited from serving as law enforcement officers. These
restrictions are intended to protect society. But Holder is upset with this
tradition, and he wants to see it changed.
Cheney: Obama Would
Rather Fund Food Stamps Than the Military
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Chuck-Hagel-useful-idiot-military/2014/02/24/id/554514#ixzz2uNIaIPs5
Excerpt: The military cuts announced Monday by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will hurt future presidents' ability to protect the country, says former Vice President Dick Cheney. "I've obviously not been a strong supporter of Barack Obama, but this really is over the top. It does enormous long-term damage to our military," Cheney said Monday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Chuck-Hagel-useful-idiot-military/2014/02/24/id/554514#ixzz2uNIaIPs5
Excerpt: The military cuts announced Monday by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will hurt future presidents' ability to protect the country, says former Vice President Dick Cheney. "I've obviously not been a strong supporter of Barack Obama, but this really is over the top. It does enormous long-term damage to our military," Cheney said Monday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."
An Al Jazeera
Anchor's Bloody Call
Excerpt: A prominent Al Jazeera anchor with close ties to
the Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement praising the murders of police
officers and advocating attacks on journalists who stand with Egypt 's current
government. (Al Jazeera--Al Gore's
Fossil Fuel Fairy Godmother. ~Bob)
Susan Rice and the retreat of American power. By Richard Cohen
Excerpt: Susan Rice ought to stay off “Meet the Press.” The
last time she was on, she misrepresented what led to the deaths of four
Americans in Benghazi , Libya Syria policy.
Last time her misrepresentation was unintentional. This time it wasn’t. I
prefer it, though, when she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
Liberal Atheists Up
In Arms Because The Bible Is in Hotel Rooms
Excerpt: Annie Laurie Gaylor, of the Freedom From Religion
Foundation, is on a mission to do away with Christianity. It’s a step by step
process, and one of those steps is centered around a hotel at Iowa State University
Ares Armor Tactical
Store Threatened with Fines & Jail Time for AR-15 Sign
Excerpt: Ares
Armor is a small tactical company that operates a store in National City , California National City disapproved
of a sign displayed at the National
City store location and told the store, "Take
down the sign or go to jail. We do not approve of guns...or you."
Excerpt: We are not in the situation of the Ukraine, however
that turns out, but the events in that Eastern European country should
remind us all of the sad condition of our nation, how much we now need an
American Spring in the USA. Not a Spring like the Arab Spring, of course, which
was and is a nightmare beyond anyone’s wishes, but something more like the
original Prague Spring that remade the Czech Republic into the vibrant country
and society it is today. The Obama administration has been the culmination of
the advancement of state intrusion into our lives that began roughly a hundred
years ago and has reached such a point that the originality and the intentions
of our country are barely recognizable. (GOP should be portraying Hillary as an
Alinskyite as well. --Barb)
Trey Gowdy Blasts
‘Stunningly Arrogant’ Susan Rice: “I Get Tougher Questions In The Bojangles
Drive-Thru”
Excerpt: Trey Gowdy on Greta Monday night blasted
Susan Rice for her lack of regret over lying about the Benghazi attack
in which 4 Americans die/ Gowdy called her “stunningly arrogant” and said she
was continuing to peddle a “false narrative.” Rice blamed the misstatement on
faulty intelligence. But Gowdy wasn’t buying it.
Dr. Ben Carson’s
Prescription For America
Excerpt: Dr. Ben Carson, who garnered popularity and support
from American conservatives when he criticized President Obama during a 2013
National Prayer Breakfast speech, spoke to a packed house in Southeast Missouri on February 22nd. Though he
discussed a challenging childhood, an even more challenging career, a dishonest
media, and a corrupt Washington , D.C. , his rallying cry was for unity and courage in America ….
“Alinsky knew the power of unifying and having meaningful dialogue, which is
why he said never have a conversation with your enemy because in so doing you
humanize him, “and your job is to demonize him.”
Sebelius' cuts in
home health care funds could jeopardize hundreds of thousands of jobs
Excerpt: Discussing the impact of ObamaCare on jobs, she
said last week in Orlando ,
“There is absolutely no evidence and every economist will tell you this, that
there is any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act." But Sebelius
herself, using discretion granted her by the Affordable Care Act, cut the
maximum allowed by law from home health care funds. The cuts were deep enough
that officials offered a damaging prediction of the impact saying, it was
estimated that approximately 40 percent of providers would have negative
margins.
Harvard writer: Free
speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/23/harvard-writer-free-speech-threatens-liberalism-and-must-be-destroyed/#ixzz2uIyvZ0TC
http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/23/harvard-writer-free-speech-threatens-liberalism-and-must-be-destroyed/#ixzz2uIyvZ0TC
Excerpt: If this Harvard University
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