Thursday, March 31, 2011

Obama's M.A.

It's a fine, fine illustration of bad Photoshop by yours truly, but it illustrates a point... a point made by the Bam himself

Quote...

"Now, just as there are those who have argued against intervention in Libya, there are others who have suggested that we broaden our military mission beyond the task of protecting the Libyan people, and do whatever it takes to bring down Gadhafi and usher in a new government...

"In just one month, the United States has worked with our international partners to mobilize a broad coalition, secure an international mandate to protect civilians, stop an advancing army, prevent a massacre, and establish a no-fly zone with our allies and partners."


Mission Accomplished.


And now, to the above bit of mocker... er satire... add scathing review.

The president’s speech
Being a leader is about more than reading off a teleprompter
--Washington Times Editorial, Monday, March 28, 2011

When King George VI gave his Sept. 3, 1939, war message to the people of the British Empire, it was a time of great moment. It was a “grave hour,” he began, “perhaps the most fateful in our history.” The king said that “for the second time in the lives of most of us, we are at war.” That, however, was back when war was war. Now it is just kinetic military activity.

The king’s speech, so recently dramatized in an Oscar-winning film starring Colin Firth, was significant because though George VI suffered a speech impediment, his message was of the highest importance. President Obama, by contrast, has always been given ludicrously high marks for his abilities as an orator but seldom has anything substantive to say.

Mr. Obama waited nine days after U.S. forces began to engage in hostilities in Libya to make a major address to the nation. He initially avoided making more than perfunctory remarks because U.S. involvement in the nonwar was supposed to be brief and limited. But as the kinetic became more frenetic, and Mr. Obama didn’t see the favorable bump in public opinion most presidents enjoy after unleashing military force, he was compelled to address the issue head on. Unbeknownst to the novice commander in chief, Mr. Obama faces a mass of contradictions that makes this conflict a hard sell.
  • Mr. Obama has started a war that is not a war.

  • Mr. Obama is using military force, but his secretary of defense says there is no vital American interest involved.

  • Mr. Obama sold the country and the United Nations on a no-fly zone, but coalition forces are targeting Libyan ground troops.

  • Mr. Obama’s mandate was to protect civilian lives, but he is actively siding with the rebellion.

  • Mr. Obama has praised the “legitimate aspirations of the Libyan people,” but many of the rebels are Islamist radicals and even members of al Qaeda.

  • Mr. Obama has gone to war to prevent a “bloodbath” in Libya but only offers empty words to innocent Syrians being gunned down by the Assad dictatorship.

  • Mr. Obama has said the United States is not seeking to force regime change but believes that Moammar Gadhafi “has to go.”

  • Mr. Obama said there would be no “boots on the ground” in Libya but reports are emerging that some boots have landed.

  • Mr. Obama said the operation would be handed over to NATO but the United States will still be doing the heavy lifting.

  • Mr. Obama said Operation Odyssey Dawn would be limited to “days, not weeks,” but now it is projected to go on for months, or longer.

  • Mr. Obama denounced his predecessor President George W. Bush for unilateralism but the O Force has gone to war with no congressional authorization, fewer coalition partners and weaker support from the Arab world.
All of these contradictions were of the president’s making and are the product of trying to preserve an exalted image that now only a few members of the White House inner circle still believe. The Nobel Prize-winning man of peace who expanded America’s wars; the champion of Muslims who only helps them when it’s convenient; and the great global leader who continually emphasizes America’s declining influence: What a long strange odyssey the Obama presidency has become.


Ouch! Bad marks for the boy king.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Because it Illustrates a Point We've Been Making...

...from the beginning.

The following headline lifted from 'Rush in a Hurry' show notes, March 29, 2011

Barack Obama, King of the World, is Undoing American Sovereignty
He went to the UN, not the US Congress, for approval on bombing Libya.

The weakest, most dangerous president in living memory.

This does illustrate beautifully the reasons for my, and I dare say, Mark and Marshall's disdain for president Barack H. Obama. There are other things we may disagree on as to which is worse, or not as bad as we thought might be the case, but the simple truth is our disdain is based upon his ideology, his pre-campaign activities, and actions since becoming president. And little, if nothing more.

Dick Morris today illustrates just how naive the man-child is:

Obama On The Hook
by Dick Morris & Eileen McGann

With each of his policies, Obama takes a gamble. If they work, he's OK. If they don't, he's on the hook for the outcome. Consider the extent of his exposure:

  • His involvement in Libya makes him responsible if Gaddafi stays in power and slaughters his own people and/or renews his connections with international terrorism. Obama will be equally responsible should Gaddafi be toppled and an Iraqi-style civil war erupts between his deposed supporters and the new government. As General Powell said "you break it, you own it."

  • His support for the rebellion in Egypt and his action in forcing Mubarak from power makes him responsible should the Muslim Brotherhood take over the nation and use it as a basis for promoting terrorism and battling Israel, undoing the Camp David accords.

  • Obama's anti-oil drilling policies make him vulnerable should oil prices resume their upward march, particularly so if the Saudi monarchy is toppled and prices surge. In that event, he will be subject to blame for encouraging the wave or revolutions on the one hand and neglecting our domestic energy resources on the other.

  • Attorney General Eric Holder's weakening of our domestic anti-terror efforts and his curbs on investigatory tactics make Obama responsible for any major terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

  • Should the economy enter a double dip recession, it will be Obama's recession. No longer will the public blame Bush, but they will realize that it is Obama's policies which have led to disaster.
That's all a lot for a president to have on his plate. But Obama keeps helping himself to more responsibility without clear exit strategies and with only a hope and a prayer standing between him and disaster. He is now so dependent on the actions of other players -- Egyptian Muslims, Libyan rebels, Saudi insurgents, domestic terrorists, and global economic forces -- that he is no longer in control of his own destiny.

He is now truly the hostage of events. Not a good place for a president facing re-election to be.

Obama is in deep doo-doo. As bad as that is in and of itself, consider also that he's in way over his head; he's way out at the back fence, it's night, and there are landmines of poop scattered all the way to the porch. And the only thing that can save his brogans from getting covered in poop is the light from his own halo.

I hate to say it-- and if I'm to be honest I have to say it --but I hope he makes it to the back step unscathed. For all our sakes. The last thing we need is the most powerful man in the world tracking s--t though the house.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Nine Day After The Bombs Begin Falling...

...the anointed one finally deigns to speak to the American people.

Here, truly, is a war for oil. Not for the U.S., no... but for Europe. We're blasting Qadaffi so Europe can keep the spice flowing.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

When a "No-Fly Zone" is not a NO-FLY Zone...

...and is instead a "war."

Obama's so-called no-fly zone has never, at any time since its beginning, been a mission to keep Qadaffi's air-strikes against civilian targets in check. Instead we are bombing airfields, communications complexes, ground-based armor.... America does not need another war.

Obama fails on this one. We're not patrolling the skies; keeping the Libyan air-force from decimating civilians. What we're doing is actively attacking ground targets in similar fashion to the build up to the invasion of Iraq.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Wisconsin Wins Battle...



...War Still To Be Decided

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Stilling a Heartbeat is Murder.

Whether by Gun or by Scalpel should make no difference. Using the excuse that the procedure is legal misses the point. Stoning is legal in Iran; does that make it right? An Iranian woman raped by a stranger (or any man for that matter) can be stoned for adultery, while the perpetrator(s) goes unpunished. I see no difference in the crime that is abortion in America. The perpetrators go unpunished while the innocent are murdered for the crime of being inconvenient.

But there is hope for these littlest of victims, at least in Ohio-- a slim hope, but hope nonetheless. Some in America haven't given up the fight.


An Ohio House committee has received testimony from the youngest people ever to do so.

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 3/3/2011

State lawmakers in Ohio are considering the "Heartbeat Bill," which would prohibit aborting of babies who have a detectable heartbeat, which is medically evident as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Janet Porter of Faith2Action, who is regarded as the architect of the bill, explains the unique testimony that committee members heard on Wednesday -- from the womb.

"We had an unborn child -- we actually had two of them. They not only were seen but they were also heard," Porter shares. "...We were able to zoom in on their beating hearts and with the aid of an ultrasound we could hear them as well -- and I'm hoping that it will move the hearts of legislators to pass the Heartbeat Bill."

Janet Porter, the ministry leader and pro-life activist believes the audible testimony of the unborn babies, both only a few weeks in the womb, changed some hearts among committee members.

"I believe we saw some people who were surprised at just how clearly the sound of that heartbeat is and how you could see it so clearly, especially in the 15-week unborn baby," she shares. "It was interesting that the ultrasound could also make it in color so that the heart appeared orange and it was beating -- and it really jumped off the screen."

Porter also tells OneNewsNow that some 50 of 99 Ohio House members have signed on to the bill. If passed by both chambers and signed into law, the bill will be the most protective of life in the nation.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

From Business Insider

Here's The Only Chart You Need To See
To Understand Why The US Is Screwed



















Here's the link to the story.

And here it is, a link to the companion story: Your Short Course On Why The US Is Screwed, which explains exactly why it is we're screwed.

Judging by what I saw, there doesn't appear to be a way out of this one... Certainly not with Obama at the helm, or any Republican for that matter without balls enough to drastically cut our budget. Including, and especially, entitlements.

Democrats and Republicans both... but especially Democrats... are going to have to man up. We can't continue on this path of fiscal recklessness. We are swiftly ceasing to be a great nation. Some may think that's a good thing, but weak nations don't remain free for very long. They get invaded.