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Unfit for Command II

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:50:10 GMT

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Rather than use his touch-down trip to Baghdad to fact-find and consult with senior Iraqi and American officials, Sen. Obama made a concerted effort to push his post–Bush administration agenda, undermining — in word and deed — current diplomatic efforts in Iraq. Tuesday, the Obama campaign essentially confirmed the details of Taheri’s reporting.

Consider the circumstances of Sen. Obama’s trip to Iraq: Not only did he make his first trip to Iraq in over two years only after much prodding, he also laid out his Iraq plan before his visit. Only someone willing to solidify their plan before meeting with subject-matter experts would have the audacity to then pester and pressure those experts to pursue policies advantageous only to him.

Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

Taheri’s article is the latest crack in the facade of Sen. Obama and his fellow travelers, and signals their flip, naïve, and self-serving approach to strategic objectives on the battlefield.

Tags: politics, election, 2008, defeatism

Unfit for Command

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:45:16 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nypost.com

WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.

According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.

While in Iraq, Obama also tried to persuade the US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, to suggest a "realistic withdrawal date." They declined.

Obama has made many contradictory statements with regard to Iraq. His latest position is that US combat troops should be out by 2010. Yet his effort to delay an agreement would make that withdrawal deadline impossible to meet.

Obama has given Iraqis the impression that he doesn't want Iraq to appear anything like a success, let alone a victory, for America

Tags: politics, election, 2008, defeatism

Charlie the Dunce

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:03:40 GMT

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Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

Until Iraq. A year later, when the Iraq War was looming, Bush offered his major justification by enunciating a doctrine of pre-emptive war. This is the one Charlie Gibson thinks is the Bush doctrine.

It’s not. It’s the third in a series and was superseded by the fourth and current definition of the Bush doctrine, the most sweeping formulation of Bush foreign policy and the one that most distinctively defines it: the idea that the fundamental mission of American foreign policy is to spread democracy throughout the world. It was most dramatically enunciated in Bush’s second inaugural address: “The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.”

Tags: media bias, politics, election, 2008

Looking Forward to a Lengthy Collaboration

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:47:43 GMT

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Tags: politics, election, 2008

"God Damn America"

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:46:07 GMT

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Tags: politics, election, 2008

More Friends of Obama

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:41:06 GMT

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Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

Obama’s high-energy but low-content message of “change” and “hope.” He said that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and sitting Micigan governor Jennifer Granholm (D.) “both ran this sort of campaign — we were told to believe, to vote for change. They both made similar pitches — inexperienced politicians who frame themselves with great stump speeches.”

Kilpatrick agreed last week to step down as mayor of Detroit and accept a 120-day jail sentence on two felony

Obama offered now-embarrassing full-throated praise for Kilpatrick at the Detroit Economic Club, providing a convenient audio-visual link between the two men. “He is a leader not just here in Detroit, not just in Michigan, but all across the country,” an exuberant Obama said of Kilpatrick. “We know that he is going to be doing astounding things for many years to come. I am grateful to call him a friend and colleague, and I am looking forward to a lengthy collaboration.”

Tags: politics, election, 2008

Don’t Know Much About History

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:34:19 GMT

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Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

Relying on recent events to teach us historical truths is a perilous business. History needs room — lots of room — for perspective. Divining lessons from the experiences of the last few generations is like describing a Monet landscape with one’s nose touching the canvas. Those colors and dabs are pretty, but they just won’t make sense until you back up and experience them from a distance.

Tags: history, education, culture

Diversity

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:24:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.americanthinker.com

Hours after I slapped a McCain bumper sticker on my car, somebody tore it off in the parking lot of a local courthouse. No problem; I had bought a pack of ten and replaced it when I got home. I laughed when I thought that whoever had done it probably claims to support "diversity."

While driving in my neighborhood one afternoon, I was suddenly distracted by the sight of the driver behind me, threateningly close on my tail. She was screaming and was very clearly thrusting the finger at me. (You know, the rude one.) She alternated this gesture with making an "M" with her other fingers, and jabbing them as well.

Tags: politics, election, 2008

The Effect of Media Bias

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:11:53 GMT

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Clip Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

Pollster Scott Rasmussen finds that 68 percent believe "most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win" and that 51 percent -- more than support McCain -- believe the press is "trying to hurt" Sarah Palin. The press and the Democratic ticket are paying the price for decades of biased mainstream media coverage.

Tags: politics, election, 2008

Signs of Salvation

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.oddee.com

Tags: pics, humor

2020

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:48:20 GMT

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Clip Source: thepeoplescube.com

Here are some headlines we can expect to see in the year 2020 if our society continues its glorious march to the People's Revolution:

Rev. Jeremiah Wright receives Nobel Peace Prize for trendsetting work in race relations

San Francisco city ordinance: Public display of heterosexual affection (by US citizens) punishable by $1000 fine

Michael Moore sweeps Oscars with his film Bin Laden Mon Amour

Supreme Court approves quotas for mentally-retarded applicants to PhD programs in the humanities

Army announces new “fair trade” rules of engagement: Enemy must be given equal weapons before fight begins

Hamas nukes Copenhagen; UN condemns Israel

First group of infants successfully undergo lung-reduction surgery to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

First gay marriage ceremony between gorillas performed in Amsterdam

Development of squirrel-driven automobile engine halted by PETA protests

Last oil well in Texas goes dry; “A great moment for America” says Secretary of Energy

Tags: humor, spoof, parody, satire

Navy Invented Sex

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:12:28 GMT

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Clip Source: strategypage.com

A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service.

After a swig of beer the Marine says, 'Well, we had Iwo Jima.'

Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, 'We had the Battle of Midway.

'Not entirely true', responded the Marine. 'Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot killed at the Battle of Midway.'

The sailor responds, 'Point taken.'

The Marine then says, 'We Marines were born at Tunn Tavern!'

The sailor, nodding agreement, says, 'But we had John Paul Jones.'

The argument continued until the sailor comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says...... 'The Navy invented sex!'

The Marine replies, 'That is true, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women.'

Tags: humor, jokes

We Get To Hate Russia Again!

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:36 GMT

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Tags: red state update, clips, humor

Demotivation

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:34:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.theburningbiscuit.com

Tags: pics, humor

Olympics

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:23:50 GMT

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Clip Source: www.enterstageright.com

It all feels somewhat like this year's version of the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Berlin. Admittedly, Hitler didn't invade Czechoslovakia until three years after his Olympics.

The face of the 2008 Olympics varies from the sometimes disturbing, swarming and beehive-like orderliness of Beijing's opening ceremonies and then descends into the ominously goose-stepping precision of Red Chinese military flag-bearers. Initially the Olympics flag was born by adorably costumed children, but then handed-over to Red Chinese soldiers -- as if being a part of that provocative military style was the eventual fate for all Chinese children.

Just when the Free World is playing "hands-across-the-ping-pong-table" with the Red Chinese Giant, that other, formerly Communist and now neo-Soviet Russia is ready to re-instate the Cold War.

How much did -- and does -- China know of Russia's full, expansionist intentions?

Tags: totalitarianism, despotism, communism, marxism