"This was the moment when the rise of the oceans
began to slow and our planet began to heal"
Barack Hussein Obama
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Delusional |
1 a:Implies an inability to distinguish
between what is real and what only seems to be real, often as the result
of a disordered state of mind.
2 a: something
that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated b: a persistent
false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside
the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the
contrary ; also : the abnormal state marked by such beliefs
Obama says
his decision to close the Guantanamo prison "will make us safer" and
ensure that the government is upholding legal guarantees under the U.S.
justice system. In an interview aired Monday on NBC's
"Today" show, Obama says his decision to close the military prison at
the U.S. naval base in Cuba was driven by his attempts to balance
"what's going to keep the American people safe" and
constitutionally guaranteed rights for those imprisoned.
Obama says he is confident the international community will
cooperate in accepting some of the militants currently being held at
Guantanamo.
Somebody ought
to remind this idiot that terrorists, captured on the battlefield or in
the commission of a terrorist act, have no constitutionally guaranteed
rights -- hell, they don't even have any rights under
Article 4 of the
Geneva Conventions. That the United States extends them these
rights is a tragic blunder.
Can you imagine Franklin Roosevelt
bestowing constitutional rights on the
Waffen-SS, or
Lyndon Johnson providing civilian lawyers for the
Viet Cong? |
Obama Expands Renditions |
For the last seven years, the Left has screeched hysterically over the
CIA practice of
rendition, in which agents turn detainees over to authorities in
their home country for interrogation. Never mind that the practice
started in the Clinton administration, and never mind that the other
options were Guantanamo Bay, release, or two caps in the back of the
head; they pilloried Bush over renditions as if he’d thought them up
himself. Hollywood even made a movie about how awful the process
is.
Obama exploited that outrage when he promised Hope and ChangeTM,
and the Left squealed with delight over the Brave New Obama World in
national security. Now they’ll have to squeal again as Obama has
had a sudden revelation. Now that HE occupies the Oval Office,
renditions are more necessary than ever. |
Let Them Eat Steak |
PowerLine blog
asks
if Obama an insensitive lout who serves
$100 per pound steaks to his elite guests and turns up the heat in
the White House high enough to
grow
orchids while a million of his countrymen are without power and
dozens are freezing to death? If not, why not?
Solely
because that is not the story the media want to tell. Many on the
web -- but no one in the mainstream media -- have commented on the fact
that Obama has not even pretended to do anything about the massive ice
storm that has disabled much of Kentucky and neighboring states.
It took days for FEMA to swing into action. Why is that not a
scandal? Days went by before Kentucky's governor called out the
National Guard. Why did no one blame Obama for failing to call out
the Guard sooner? Probably because he lacks the constitutional
power to do so; but the Constitution hasn't changed since 2005.
The
Anchoress has an excellent roundup.
Glenn Reynolds
has been on the story too. One of Glenn's readers writes:
What Katrina taught the media was that they could hurt Bush by lying.
What 2008 taught them was that they could help Obama by not reporting at
all. What will 2009 teach them? I shudder to think.
A
basic reality of our time is that our mass media are monolithic, and
what they choose to report (or not report) depends on what fits the
narrative they are pushing on the public. If our reporters and
editors wanted to portray Obama as clueless and out of touch with
ordinary Americans, he has given them ample opportunity to do so.
But because they are Democrats and he is a Democrat, they have no desire
to tell that story. So "let them eat steak" is not a theme you'll
be seeing on the evening news. |
Obama To Meet With Chavez |
Obama will have a face-to-face
meeting with his Venezuelan
counterpart and fellow socialist Hugo Chavez in April in Port of Spain,
Trinidad. The two leaders
will be among three dozen heads of government and state at the three day
Summit of the Americas.
This information was confirmed by Summit
Secretariat Communications Coordinator, Felipe Noguera.
Chavez
has been at loggerheads for months with former US President George W
Bush accusing him of being a warmonger. Two months ago he expelled the
US Ambassador to Venezuela. Since Obama took office on January 20,
however, Chavez has toned down his anti-US rhetoric, even saying he has
great expectations of the new US President.
Noguera confirmed
also that two cruise ships had already been booked to provide floating
hotel space to accommodate visitors for the Summit. |
H. R. 645 |
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., the former federal judge who was
impeached and
convicted by a Democratic Congress for lying to beat a bribery rap,
has
introduced to the House of Representatives a new bill,
H.R.
645, calling for the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish no
fewer than six national emergency centers for corralling civilians on
military installations.
The proposed bill, which has received
little mainstream media attention, appears designed to create the type
of detention center that those concerned about use of the military in
domestic affairs fear could be used as concentration camps for political
dissidents.
The bill also appears to expand the
president's emergency power, that would give the president the
authority to declare an emergency and take over the direction of all
federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments without
consulting Congress.
DHS has awarded a $385 million contract to
Houston-based KBR, Halliburton's former engineering and construction
subsidiary, to build temporary detention centers on an "as-needed" basis
in national emergency situations.
H.R. 645 has been referred to
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and to the
Committee on Armed Services. |
Lobbyists and Tax Cheats |
During his campaign, Obama
promised that lobbyists would not be welcome in his new Washington,
his Washington of change and hope.
Now that he occupies the
office?
Several high profile Obama appointees have had major tax
issues. One of these is Timothy Geithner, Obama’s new Secretary of
Treasury. But, late last week, it also came to light that Obama’s
choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Dsaschle,
seemed to have conveniently forgotten to claim a free car and driver as
income on his taxes and had somehow made this tax faux pas for years.
Now, Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay
employment taxes on household help, has withdrawn her candidacy to be
the first Chief Performance Officer for the federal government.
Although Killefer and her husband, an economics professor had a teenage
son and daughter, she had to have two nannies and a personal assistant
to run her life.
What frosts my butt is when these "public
servants" finally owe up to their tax evasion, they only end up paying
the tax. The usurious penalties and interest, that the rest of
have to pay, are forgiven.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took
his name out of consideration when his confirmation appeared headed
toward complications because of a grand jury investigation over how
state contracts were issued to political donors.
Eric Holder, Attorney General nominee, was registered to lobby until
2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt
telecommunications firm.
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture
nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of
the National Education Association.
William Lynn, Deputy Defense
Secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for
defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.
William Corr, Deputy Health and Human services secretary nominee, was
registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free
Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
David Hayes,
Deputy Interior Secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006
for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
Mark Patterson, Chief of Staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial
giant Goldman Sachs.
Ron Klain, Chief of Staff to Vice President
Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the
Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and
drug-maker ImClone.
Mona Sutphen, Deputy White House Chief of
Staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss
International in 2003.
Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council
Director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups,
including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for
Reproductive Rights.
Cecilia Munoz, White House Director of
Intergovernmental Affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for
the National Council of La Raza, a racist group.
Patrick Gaspard,
White House Political Affairs Director, was a lobbyist for the Service
Employees International Union. This one, of course, repays a debt.
Michael Strautmanis, Chief of Staff to the President’s Assistant for
Intergovernmental Relations, lobbied for the American Association of
Justice from 2001 until 2005.
Even MSNBC is on his case. (video) |
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