Barack Obama -- April 16, 2009

April 16, 2009

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Obama once dressed as
a Somali elder. Now he has
to kill Somali pirates.

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Obama Flunks 3 A.M. Test	While Obama was speaking in Prague about nuclear disarmament, North Korea delivered the most tellingly timed comment on The Trip. The Pyongyang rogue regime -- proprietor of a nuclear arsenal -- defiantly launched an intercontinental multi-stage rocket in violation of an explicit U.N. Security Council resolution. Obama used strong words about the rocket launch: "Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something." Tragically, there were no actions to match Obama's words. This President prefers to use the United Nations, rather than U.S. power, to protect world peace. Ludicrously, the Security Council immediately convened in emergency session. Guess what? After hours of futile discussion, it adjourned without taking action. A week later, the Council issued a toothless statement "condemning" the launch. This characterizes the Obama approach to defending our national security. The aim is to continue blathering in multilateral forums, no matter how dysfunctional, rather than taking effective action. Pyongyang immediately showed its brazen contempt for the U.N. and Obama's diplomacy by announcing it is quitting the "Six-Party talks," expelling IAEA inspectors and restoring nuclear facilities it had agreed to disable. Obama flunked his first 3 A.M. test. More here . . .
Obama Fails To Use Best Radar	The Obama Administration denied permission for the U.S. Northern Command to use the Pentagon's most powerful sea-based radar to monitor North Korea's recent missile launch, precluding officials from collecting finely detailed launch data or testing the radar in a real-time crisis, current and former defense officials said. Jamie Graybeal, Northcom public affairs director, confirmed that Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, the Northcom commander, requested the radar's use, but referred all other questions to the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Mr. Gates' decision not to use the $900 million radar, known as SBX, was "based on the fact that there were numerous ground- and sea-based radars and sensors in the region to support the operational requirements for this launch." SBX, deployed in 2005, can track and identify warheads, decoys and debris in space with very high precision. Officials said the radar is so powerful it could detect a baseball hit out of a ballpark from more than 3,000 miles away, and that other radars used by the U.S. would not be able to provide the same level of detail about North Korea's missile capabilities.
Tea Parties	And, from Boston 01-20-13 "The End of an Error" Speaks for itself
Napolitano Stands By Controversial Report	Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she was briefed before the release of a controversial intelligence assessment and that she stands by the report, which lists returning veterans among terrorist risks to the U.S. But the top House Democrat with oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, Bennie Thompson, said in a letter to Ms. Napolitano that he was "dumbfounded" that such a report would be issued. "This report appears to raise significant issues involving the privacy and civil liberties of many Americans - including war veterans," said Rep. Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, in his letter sent Tuesday night. The letter was representative of a public furor over the nine-page document since its existence was reported on Tuesday. In her statement Wednesday, Ms. Napolitano defended the report, which says "rightwing extremism" may include groups opposed to abortion and immigration, as merely one among several threat assessments. Continue reading . . . Update: Members of both sides of the aisle in Congress are expressing outrage and seeking an investigation into a new Department of Homeland Security report on "extremism" that targets U.S. military veterans, opponents of abortion and supporters of other conservative causes. U.S. Rep Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., was horrified at what he described as a "shoddy, unsubstantiated" document that was delivered to law enforcement across the nation. "I am concerned at what appears to be a shoddy, unsubstantiated, and potentially politicized work product that has been disseminated to the Intelligence Community, and law enforcement as a finished intelligence product," he wrote to DHS chief Janet Napolitano. "The report appears at best sloppy and unprofessional and at worst a representation of political bias being passed off as intelligence analysis by DHS." According to the Washington Times, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said he was "dumbfounded" that the report was, in fact, released.
Obama's Environmental Plans Will Lead To Energy Chaos	Steve Milloy, founder of JunkScience.com, says that the U.S. is at "the point of no return" as Obama is set to implement environmental policies that will lead to "energy chaos" in this country. The most immediate effect, Milloy said, will be "for your electric bill to go up anywhere from 50 percent to 100 percent or more. But perhaps the most insidious part of that bill is that it will solidify control of energy policy and our economy by the greens. "Greens are these people who say they are all about the environment, but Milloy thinks that is the furthest thing they are about. They use the environment as a kind of shield behind which they advance their left-wing, socialist, totalitarian agenda. "You just look at everything these people want to do. It’s all about government control of our lives. Even if there was an environmental problem that I could agree with them on, their solution is always going to be more government control." "They don’t want us to drill for oil. They don’t want us to use natural gas. They don’t want us to refine gasoline. They don’t want us to use nuclear power. They certainly don’t want us using coal. People might think that’s because they’re for renewable energy like solar and wind. That’s not true either. Look at all the wind projects that are being stopped by the greens. In Georgia there’s a wind project being slowed down because of the alleged concern about the mating habits of whales. Last June the Bureau of Land Management placed a moratorium on solar projects on public lands because they were concerned about the impact on the critters. In Maryland, a very green state, the governor has placed a ban on windmills on public lands -- and of course the Kennedy's don't want that wind farm off Nantucket "So although the greens say they are for renewable energy, when you get right down to it they’re really not. They’re not for any energy solution. They’re just for sabotaging our economy, causing chaos, which brings in more government control, because a "wealthy green elite" stand to profit handsomely from green technologies.