The Old Jarhead’s
Political SitRep for November 24, 2012
Robert A. Hall
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I’m with family,
but found time to pull a few items for you.
Must see movie: Lincoln
Bonnie and I saw it on Thanksgiving. Don’t miss it. ~Bob
Thaddeus Stevens and the Buckshot War
If
you’ve seen the wonderful movie “Lincoln ,”
you know that Thaddeus Stevens was one of the leading characters. My column
about an incident in Steven’s earlier career was publishing in the Harrisburg Patriot in 1996. A bit of
history for you. ~Bob
Worth Reading
Excerpt: One of the brilliant themes of the 2012
Obama campaign was forcing Republicans, on principle, to systematically oppose
most of the things that the administration wanted them to oppose -- thereby
shielding itself from the unwelcome consequences of its own ideology while
winning political points. Now, in defeat, Republicans should agree to let the
chips lie where they fall: Tax only the truly rich; reward only the truly
deserving illegal immigrants; and exempt no one from Obamacare. Nothing could
be fairer or more equal than that. (This might work and has little downside
risk for us. If it goes well (yeah, right), we share the credit; if it fails (as
we expect), we can shout ‘WE TOLD YOU SO!” at the top of our lungs, and after
being burned, perhaps people will actually listen. A friend’s family has two
working parents, both Paramedics. Both work a lot of overtime. Under the $250K
definition of “millionaires,” they qualify. Even though they have little more
spendable cash then I have, and I’m on Social Security since I’m retired. Yes, one of them voted for Obama, the
other didn’t vote. --Ron P. I expect
people like your friends will decide to work fewer hours to get under the $250m
minimum, thus depriving people in need of their services. If you punish
behavior, you get less of it. ~Bob.)
Worth
reading: Thanks - Givings Courtesy of
Marines. By Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
Uniform days past, these days, like today, are devoted to occasionally writing
about Marines and things Marine. I do my best, always - for want of not
disappointing the young, middle-aged, old, and real old Marines I know.
(Thanks, Colonel—but you could have left out the crack about us “real old
Marines.” I knew I was real old years ago when I started meeting retired
Generals who were boot to me! ~Bob.)
Surprise: PA College
Slashes Instructors' Hours to Avoid Obamacare
Excerpt: Pennsylvania 's
Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) is slashing the hours of 400
adjunct instructors, support staff, and part-time instructors to dodge paying
for Obamacare.
The 'Balanced Approach' Is an Unbalanced Lie. By Joe Herring
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/the_balanced_approach_is_an_unbalanced_lie.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/the_balanced_approach_is_an_unbalanced_lie.html
Excerpt: Whether you accept the economic danger our nation
faces should we step off the edge of this rhetorical precipice, the fact
remains: we aren't arguing on an equal footing. The terms of the debate are
predicated on a fundamental lie. The terms generally understood to mean one
thing by the citizen make for something entirely different to the politician.
It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn. By Dr. Robert Owens
Excerpt: Honesty is always the best policy because when
you’re fooling yourself you’re not fooling anyone else. The recent election
should have been a wake-up call for everyone committed to the traditional
principles of our great Republic: constitutionally limited government, personal
liberty, and economic freedom. The weeping has lasted for a night, and now it
is time to be honest with ourselves to face the cold clear light of day and to
prayerfully find our way in this brave new world. Obviously the dismal election
results have captured the attention of everyone who hoped to avoid the triumph
of the Progressives and their utopian statist agenda.
Famous Muslim Leader
accept Lord Jesus Christ....Testimony
Better watch his back. Punishable by death under Shari’a
Law. ~Bob.
Time For Obama
Administration To “Grow Up!” They Are Trying To Punish Fox. By Greta Van Susteren
Excerpt: The Obama Administration is playing dirty. Trying
to put a price tag on access — either a news organization plays ball and
accepts what they dish out without challenge, or the news organization is excluded,
punished. (Folks, consider this: If Fox News were lying or making things up
about our easily offended White House resident, then the best thing they could
do in a news conference would be to show the rest of the reporters present just
how they are doing this. They could easily call them out for misrepresenting
them if the WH spokesperson told Fox one thing and Fox distorted what they
said. Inviting Fox News would nip that problem in the bud. But distortion of
Obama's statements by Fox is not the problem, is it? To be perfectly clear, if
the White House is being truthful, it behooves them to invite Fox to press
conferences and make them play straight. On the other hand, if the WH is saying
self-contradictory things or telling obvious lies, then the cheerleaders in the
press (mainstream media) are the only safe reporters to invite because they
won't mention the lies or contradictions in the WH statement. After all, one or
two of the slow-witted MSM reps may start to wake up to the truth. Can't have
that now, can we? I think we all know what is going on here. --Don Hank)
Romney Was Not the Problem, By Ann Coulter
http://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2012/11/22/romney_was_not_the_problem
http://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2012/11/22/romney_was_not_the_problem
Excerpt: Small minds always leap to the answers given the
last time around, which is probably why Maxine Waters keeps getting re-elected.
But the last time is not necessarily the same as this time. A terrorist attack
is not the same as the Cold War, a war in Afghanistan
is not the same as a war in Iraq ,
and Mitt Romney is not the same as John McCain or Bob Dole.
Democrats Vote the Mentally Disabled, By David Horowitz
Excerpt: Dan O’Keefe and others have taken videos of paid
Democratic operatives encouraging citizens to vote twice. O’Keefe was even able
to claim Attorney General Eric Holder’s own ballot at a district polling place
by claiming to be him, and then to vote in his place. … n the election that put
Al Franken in the Senate by a few hundred votes, more than a thousand felons
voted illegally because of the loose laws that govern the polling booth – laws
the Democrats want to make even looser.
Al-Qaeda’s Child Soldiers. By Frank Crimi
Excerpt: Al-Qaeda’s longstanding use of children to wage
jihad was on display in a recent video showing
boys as young as five training with assault rifles and handguns at a terrorist
training camp. (Growing up in the “Religion of Peace.” ~Bob.)
Jewish pupils
attacked outside school in Paris
Excerpt: The girl said she was waiting for a friend at Montreuil station when
she was approached by a group of five men who she described as “north African.”
The report said the five men, one of them wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional
Arab headdress, shoved her and told her to keep quiet or they would push her on
the rails when the Metro train comes “like they did in Gaza .”
Didn’t get the “Islam is a
Religion of Peace” memo. As usual, most victims of Allahmurder are fellow
Muslims. ~Bob. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan
claimed credit for a suicide attack in Rawalpindi that killed 12 people as
well as two bombings in Karachi that killed two more. The attacks in
both cities, which took place yesterday, targeted imambargahs, or congregation
halls for Shia worshippers.
Will Obama Allow
Americans to Practice Catholicism? No!
Excerpt: "Catholicism teaches that it is a sin to use,
provide, or otherwise support contraception. These words are not from the
Catholic Catechism or a sermon by a Catholic bishop. They are excerpted from
the preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland issued last
month temporarily stopping the Obama administration from forcing a family-owned
outdoor-power-equipment company to comply with an Obamacare regulation that
requires virtually all health care plans to provide women (but not men) with
co-pay-free coverage for sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing
drugs. (OK, what's really dumb about this is that the Obama Administration has
already granted well over 1000 exemptions from ObamaCare to various businesses
and organizations (e.g. unions), so clearly they aren't fanatically applying
the law to everyone. So why in the world pick on a religion, and a pretty large
one at that, when you know before you even start that it will bring out tremendous
opposition, based on freedom of conscience for those of that religion? Yes,
many Catholics don't observe the letter of that tenet of the Faith, but that is
not the point. The Church as an organization must act out its own precepts, and
individuals who interpret their role in the Faith as requiring their compliance
deserve protection. Some Jews eat pork products, many don't keep kosher, but
would the government force all Jews to eat pork? Would the government force
Muslim restaurants to serve pork? Or halal restaurants to serve non-halal meat?
This is deliberately picking a fight with the Catholic Church, but of course
it's a warning to all other religions as well. If the government succeeds in
imposing this on Catholics, what will stop them from other forms of attack on
other denominations? We've had one judge come down on the side of religious
freedom, now we need more of them in courts across the country to follow his
example. This will end up in front of the Supreme Court, it's only a matter of
time. And either they support the Church, or if not, then the answer will be
for all Catholic institutions to stop providing any health insurance, or maybe
for all the Catholic hospitals and nursing home to close their doors and dump
their load on the rest of the already overloaded system. Wouldn't that be
a mess? But I have a lot of hope that the Supremes will rule for the
Church, and that is a setback this Administration needs very badly. --Del )
Help! I regret having
drunken sex with my husband
If this wasn’t so pathetic it would be funny. American women
why men are now afraid of marriage etc. Little wonder with fruitcakes like
this. --Tom Constantine , US
Blacks who didn't get
the memo about post-racial USA
There have been so many shootings and break-ins in the York , Harrisburg , Lancaster area over the
last 6 months .... it's terrible. Just a few days ago a lady clerk at a Hess
Gas Station in Mechanicsburg was shot and killed by one of 4 blacks who
were involved in a robbery attempt. Fortunately by way of a tip the police have
them in custody.
(For years I have read emails from friends smugly saying
that Europe got what they asked for. As if
there were no good people there who ever resisted the destructive agenda of
the elites, and as if God would always protect us from our own stupidity.
Now we are in the same boat, headed for Niagara
Falls . We can no longer afford to be smug about any
country whose people have lost their sovereignty. Instead we need to understand
that it can happen to anyone, and join hands with freedom fighters everywhere
resisting our Western traitors. The Trayvon Martin story, supposedly about an
innocent black boy gunned down by a white supremacist fanatic, was a total
inversion of the truth, part of an effort to take your guns. Likewise, Fast and
Furious was a government scam to make it seems as if gun sales supports Mexican
cartels (and therefore must be banned), when in fact, it was
Obama-appointed Eric Holder's own Justice Department that was
selling the guns and wreaking the havoc--just like the Nazis' burning of the
Reichstag and blaming it on their opposition. The real story is
that government kills, not people and not guns. We saw that in the
Middle East when Christians and other minorities began to be exterminated after
each 'successful' Western intervention--Iraq ,
Egypt , Libya , Ivory Coast , etc. And now Syria appears
to be in their sights. If the Obama administration has its way, we will be
sitting ducks--sort of like Israel ,
now that it has caved in the Western powers. Here is a powerful video
illustrating how government policies harm innocent people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQoQTdVlxkA
Happy Thanksgiving! Keep your powder dry. --Don Hank
Obama Campaign Polls: How The Internal Data Got It Right,
By Mark Blumenthal
Excerpt: Summing up the lessons learned from a massive
investment in data and technology, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina has a blunt message for pollsters: "We spent a whole bunch of
time figuring out that American polling is broken."
My Body My Choice: A Woman’s Right to Bear Arms. By Nancy Keaton
Excerpt: In my experience, it seems that in many discussions
about gun owners, most people base their beliefs/fears/impressions/biases on a
stereotype of a drunken, rowdy, redneck man acting recklessly and
irresponsibly. Personally, I have yet to see these people, except in lame
movies and sitcoms.
Jesse Jackson Jr.
(D-Bud Lite) resigns from Congress
Excerpt: The once-promising
political career of Rep. Jesse Jackson
Jr. came to a crashing end Wednesday, when the Illinois
Democrat announced he would resign his seat in Congress immediately amid
treatment for mental illness, stories of marital infidelity and a pair of
federal investigations.
Obama Legitimizes Morsi’s Protection Racket. By David Goldman
Excerpt: Hamas fires 275 rockets at Israel and is rewarded with de
facto acceptance as a legitimate negotiating partner in the Middle East
peace process, as well as with a relaxation of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza coast. Israel is
prevented from exacting a price for Hamas’ actions sufficient to deter future
attacks or degrade Hamas’ capabilities. In one stroke, the Obama administration
has overturned thirty years of American policy, which rejected negotiations
with Hamas and other terrorist organizations.
Terrorism Arrests:
Mosque members, neighbors react
Excerpt: Atia, 55, of Pomona ,
said he regularly saw Gojali pray at the mosque with his parents and brother.
They never made extremist comments, he said. (Wouldn’t you think the mosque
would have taught him that “Islam is a Religion of Peace”? ~Bob.)
Savages of Hamas pass
out candy to celebrate Tel Aviv bus jihad murders
Excerpt: They celebrated on September 11, 2001, too.
Quotes
The most important service rendered by the press and the
magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
–Samuel Butler
Elections are advanced auctions of stolen property. –H.L.
Mencken
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. –Voltaire
Excerpt: Leading off Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor
Brian Williams wrung his hands over Israel
suffering fewer casualties than Gaza in the
ongoing Mideast conflict: "It is a lop-sided fight right now, the
estimated death toll is more than a hundred in Gaza , with three Israelis reported
dead. The fusillade of rockets from Gaza
into Israel
is being answered by air strikes, many from drones, many aimed at individuals
inside buildings, inside densely packed neighborhoods." (Rooting for the
underdog is OK if you like the Chicago Cubs, but hoping for more terrorist
successes is emblematic of a media that hates morality and western civilization.
–LG)
Hamas Violates
Cease-Fire; 70% of Israelis Oppose It, By Joel B. Pollak
Excerpt: Hamas has already violated the cease-fire
negotiated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egypt 's Muslim Brotherhood
government. According to sources within Israel ,
air raid sirens sounded in the city of Beer
Sheva as the cease-fire went into effect at 9 p.m.
local time, and rocket attacks were reported elsewhere across the south.
Soros legions target
Wal-Mart on Black Friday. By Matthew Boyle
Left-wing billionaire George Soros’ MoveOn.org has jumped
into the fight for a unionized Wal-Mart workforce. MoveOn.org has sent emails
to subscribers nationwide, urging them to descend on Wal-Mart stores on Black
Friday. The organization is encouraging people to strike against management
even if they aren’t Wal-Mart employees. (Like Soros ever helps Walmart
employees by shopping there. Let him buy a chain like K-Mart and compete offering
the wages and benefits he supports. ~Bob.)
LAX Airport Union
Protests on Thanksgiving Eve, Causing Missed Flights and Disrupting Travel
Excerpt: Fox News’ William La Jeunesse reported that the
Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, was kicked out by Aviation
Safeguards after 52 percent of the workers voted to decertify the union. That
company contracts with airlines for sky caps, cabin cleaners and security
workers. In protest, SEIU brought in 1,000 union workers to block the two
main entrances at LAX. SEIU claims the vote was illegal and that Aviation
Safeguards is not paying a living wage under city ordinance.
Excerpt: Eventually you run out of other people’s money to
pledge, and are forced to either pledge your own (and face that you’ll never
see it again) or tell the person with their hand out to stuff it. That day may be at
hand for Greece: (It’s not far off for us. ~Bob.)
Syrian rebels
murdering Christians with US-supplied arms
As if "Benghazi-gate" was not sufficiently
horrific, in a cruel twist of fate, American-backed Islamic insurgents in Syria are now
thought to be using their CIA-supplied weaponry to kill Christians. (It is not
only Barack. The Christians in Iraq
started leaving in droves under severe persecution right after we succeeded in
defeating Saddam Hussein. Our intervention in the Middle
East has been a net negative. Reagan was smart enough to pull out
right after the bombing of the barracks in Lebanon . His successors have not
shown that kind of wisdom. --Don Hank)
House Aims to Block UN Arms Trade Treaty Implementation:
Members are fearful that Obama's post-election amenability to the treaty puts
Americans' Second Amendment rights in danger.
Excerpt: After Obama’s re-election, he proved — shall we say
— more flexible. Mere hours after his victory, the UN General Assembly’s
disarmament committee seized the day and put forth a resolution calling for
resumption of the arms treaty talks. It passed with no objections, 18
abstentions, and 157 “yes” votes. The U.S. voted in favor of the
resolution. Negotiations begin again in March, and a deal could be reached just
months after that.
Excerpt: It is critical to step back and bear two things in
mind: (a) All of the players here, including Obama and Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton (both of whom the CBS report purports to absolve), are guilty
of conspiracy — in this case, to mislead Americans about the cause of the
attack and to aid the administration’s Islamist allies, whose objective is to
impose sharia blasphemy standards on our country (a project on which the Obama
administration has been colluding with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
since 2009).
HHS Releases Rules
Regarding Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage
Excerpt: The Obama administration is now setting the new rules for health insurance in the
country – and it’s difficult to imagine how insurance companies will manage to
survive. … Third, the insurance companies can only charge up to three times
more for older customer than younger customers, so all you strapping young youths
out there, get ready to financially cripple your ability to get ahead.
Documents: Govt. Took
684 Days To Issue Meningitis Warning
Excerpt: Newly released documents reveal that the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) took 684 days to issue its December 2006 meningitis
warning after discovering serious warning signs involving the
Massachusetts-based pharmacy—the New England Compounding Center (NECC)—that
sent thousands of fungus-laden batches of a steroid used to treat back pain. According
to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the meningitis outbreak claimed 34
lives and injured 490 individuals.
Obama pushed Israel to
accept Egyptian cease-fire agreement friendly to Hamas
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/21/obama-pushed-israel-to-accept-egyptian-ceasefire/#ixzz2Ctf7mCz9
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/21/obama-pushed-israel-to-accept-egyptian-ceasefire/#ixzz2Ctf7mCz9
Excerpt: President Barack Obama pressured Israel ’s prime
minister to adopt a cease-fire agreement with Hamas that was pushed by Hamas’
Egyptian ally, according to a White House statement released on Wednesday.
...And
then a Miracle Occurs. By James Lewis
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/and_then_a_miracle_occurs.html#ixzz2CtR0xNzR
Excerpt: I know a Holocaust survivor who believed that he and his wife survived when all the chances were against them. Ninety percent of Jews died in his part ofEurope . He
and his family survived. They had no reason to hope, but they did it anyway. And
then a miracle occurred.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/and_then_a_miracle_occurs.html#ixzz2CtR0xNzR
Excerpt: I know a Holocaust survivor who believed that he and his wife survived when all the chances were against them. Ninety percent of Jews died in his part of
Gazan missiles come
from Iran
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6827.htm
As if we didn't know. –LG
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6827.htm
As if we didn't know. –LG
Video: Code Talker
Joe Kellwood Sings the Marine Corps Hymn in Navajo
Al Nusrah Front
claims suicide attack at hospital, joint operation with Chechen fighters
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/11/al_nusrah_front_clai_8.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29#ixzz2D5vsGHWH
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/11/al_nusrah_front_clai_8.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29#ixzz2D5vsGHWH
Excerpt: The suicide attack was executed by "the knight
Abu 'Aun al Shamali," who used a car bomb "laden with 2 tons of
explosives." The statement was accompanied by pictures of the car bomb as
well as the explosion at the hospital. Al Nusrah then detonated a car bomb
parked outside the hospital and launched "an armed attack by a group of
mujahideen on what remained of the headquarters."
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