Global Pulmonary
Fibrosis Awareness Day
September 7, 2013
Bubble Watch
Excerpt: The global financial crisis destroyed over
one-fifth of accumulated American wealth in just one year: 2008. That huge loss
was on top of a far more modest but still significant 1.62 percent wealth loss
in 2007. Both the U.S.
stock market bubble burst in 2000 and the housing bubble implosion of 2008
contributed to the current situation, reinforcing the need for a Federal
Reserve "bubble watch" program. If we could recognize patterns that
lead to these bubbles, we could see them coming and adjust policy to protect
wealth accumulation and the economy as a whole, says John H. Makin, a resident
scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Why Organized Labor
Is Organizing Against Obamacare
Excerpt: But Obama is getting blasted these days from an
unexpected quarter: Major labor groups instrumental in helping the president
win a critical second term are charging that Obamacare is undercutting existing
union-sponsored health insurance programs and even encouraging employers to cut workers’ hours. This is the latest bizarre
wrinkle in the unfolding political drama over Obama’s signature program for
extending health insurance coverage to millions of uninsured Americans.
"McWages"
and the Middle Class
Excerpt: Phil Hickey, chairman of the National Restaurant
Association, says his first job was at age 14 washing dishes at a Big Boy
restaurant in his hometown of Detroit.
He says it was a job that gave him a strong work ethic and taught valuable
skills that helped him move from the kitchen to eventually owning nine of his
own restaurants. This experience is not uncommon. The first job held by nearly
one in three Americans is in the restaurant industry. In addition to teaching
personal responsibility, teamwork, discipline and accountability, these
positions provide workers with opportunities for successful careers. Many of
them advance from their entry-level, minimum-wage positions. Nine out of 10
salaried restaurant employees start off in hourly positions.
The Obama Recovery: Unemployment rate falls to 7.3
percent as people stop searching
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/09/unemployment-rate-falls-to-7-3-percent-as-people-stop-searching-93677.html
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/09/unemployment-rate-falls-to-7-3-percent-as-people-stop-searching-93677.html
Excerpt: But it fell because more Americans stopped looking
for work and were no longer counted as unemployed. The proportion of Americans
working or looking for work fell to its lowest level in 35 years.
Tweet from David Burge @iowahawkblog
Job report: the Taco Bell that had 28 40-hour workers now
has 30 28-hour workers.
Tweets from Ken Gardner @kesgardner
We have 3
million more long-term unemployed after 5 years of Obama "recovery"
than we had during the 2008 recession. Obama's America. -- If our labor
participation rate was at the same rate as January 2009, our unemployment rate
would be 10.8%. That's how bad things are.
Still getting
comments on “I’m Tired” over four years later
One old jarhead (1956-1962) to another old jarhead, Semper Fi.
Well done and well said. Thank you for your insight. This old jarhead at 75 has
been trying tell people exactly what you have said, just not as eloquently. My
only goal (on this subject) is to live long enough to tell them "I told
you so". I also am not enjoying seeing the crooked politicians, illegal
aliens and the 'refused to be educated' destroy what my father (WWI) and I as
well as the millions before us have worked so hard to maintain since the
signing of our declaration independence. Semper Fi, Bob From BC.
Hate-filled
anti-Republican prof still earning full salary, also insulted Christians and
athletes
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/update-hate-filled-anti-republican-prof-still-earning-full-salary-also-insulted-christians-and-athletes/
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/update-hate-filled-anti-republican-prof-still-earning-full-salary-also-insulted-christians-and-athletes/
Excerpt: The professor who called Republicans racists and
rapists may have been relieved of his teaching duties for the rest of the
semester, but he will still be paid in full by Michigan State
University. … “He
had said before, ‘You have every right to disagree with me, but it may be
reflected in your grade,’” she recalled.
What If I Told You
that “Flat Earth” Was A Myth of Secularism? By Wes Walker
http://clashdaily.com/2013/09/told-flat-earth-myth-secularism/
http://clashdaily.com/2013/09/told-flat-earth-myth-secularism/
Excerpt: It’s taught in school textbooks, it’s a favorite
citation of New Atheism, and it’s been referenced by no less than the President
himself — Medieval Europe believed the Earth was Flat. And so it’s fact! – Except
that they believed no such thing. The popular view taught in schools is that
scientists came along and rescued us all from the Medieval Church’s
anti-scientific views that the World was Flat. The only flaw in that story is
that nobody ACTUALLY believed it was flat, and hadn’t believed it was flat in a
very, very long time — as far back as Greek Antiquity.
True, this: Was Mitt Romney
Right About Everything? By McKay Coppins
Excerpt: From his widely mocked warnings about a hostile
Russia to his adamant opposition to the increasingly unpopular implementation
of Obamacare, the ex-candidate’s canon of campaign rhetoric now offers cause
for vindication — and remorse — to Romney’s friends, supporters, and former
advisers. … In the most actively cited example of the Republican nominee’s
foresight, Romneyites point to the candidate’s hardline rhetoric last year
against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his administration.
Indian diarist
Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan
Excerpt: An Indian woman, who wrote a popular memoir about
her escape from the Taliban, has been shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected militants,
police say. (Good liberals will ignore this, because they know it is
burka-wearing women being persecuted, not those who refuse. ~Bob.)
Director Oliver Stone
says Obama is a 'snake'
It takes liberals a very long time to figure things out, if
ever. –JJ. Makes Stone a Racist! That’s what they call us if we oppose
Obama. ~Bob.
Coconut detained
in Maldives over
vote-rigging claims: Police take 'suspicious fruit' into their possession after
claims it could have been used in black magic during elections
A coconut has been detained by Maldivian police on suspicion
of vote-rigging in a key presidential election. The coconut, described as
"young", was found near a school that will be used as a polling
station on Saturday on the remote Kaafu atoll, one of the hundreds of
islands that comprise the Indian Ocean archipelago
state. Though the population of the Maldives is Sunni Muslim,
continuing belief in magic is widespread in rural areas. (Saw something
similar on a “Haunted Collector” episode on another island. Folks were having
strange things happen in woods and in their newly purchased home on an island. They
unearthed coconuts—or dislodged—but then brought in the equivalent of a voodoo
priest, who unearthed the coconut shell entirely, explaining (through a
translator) that they are used because they resemble skulls and then he pulled
out hair and a decaying chicken tongue. He had them wrap the coconuts in cotton
to bind the spell and wade out in the ocean to release it…..The disturbances
have ceased, per the program, since the priest’s intervention. Gee, here in the
US, we just worry about electronic vote rigging and DOI wanting anyone to vote,
any number of times, with no accountability for fairness of elections lest we
be racist. –Barb. Watch for the DNC to buy coconut futures, just in case it
works. ~Bob.)
Reports: NSA
subverted privacy tools
The National Security Agency (NSA) has successfully cracked
many of the tools that people use to protect the privacy of their online
communications, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden. For years, the
agency has waged a secret campaign to undermine security measures and privacy tools to ensure that it has expansive access to
communications for its intelligence operations, The New York Times, The Guardian and ProPublica reported on Thursday.
Police: Man Commits
Robbery While Wearing Electronic Monitor For Armed Robbery
Police say a Charlotte man
robbed another man at gunpoint while wearing a court-ordered electronic monitoring
device stemming from a previous armed robbery charge.
Congressional
committee demanding answers from IRS over veteran targeting
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/congressional-committee-demanding-answers-from-irs-over-veteran-targeting/#ixzz2e4qrNuHn
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/congressional-committee-demanding-answers-from-irs-over-veteran-targeting/#ixzz2e4qrNuHn
Excerpt: A congressional committee is currently reviewing
the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) response to lawmakers’ concerns following
new revelations that the scandal-plagued agency is targeting the veterans
organization the American Legion. The House Committee on Veterans Affairs
last week requested that the IRS respond to complaints about its
“unduly burdensome and completely unwarranted” requirements for American Legion
posts. The Committee gave the IRS a September 3 deadline to respond to
complaints.
Syria-ously? Obama
pushes gay rights in Russia
while lobbying Putin on Syria
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/syria-ously-obama-pushes-gay-rights-in-russia-while-lobbying-putin-on-syria/#ixzz2e4qDb88s
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/syria-ously-obama-pushes-gay-rights-in-russia-while-lobbying-putin-on-syria/#ixzz2e4qDb88s
Excerpt: President Barack Obama is rhetorically waving the
gay-rights flag on his visit to Russia![]()
, even as he is working to soften or
bypass opposition from Russia’s
president to a strike on Syria…. Obama
may be too vain to acknowledge the failure of his [Russia diplomatic]
reset policy, but he’s vain enough to poke a finger in Putin’s eye,” said
Michael Rubin, an expert on the Middle East at
the American Enterprise Institute. “If Obama can score domestic political
points with his core Democratic constituency, why not?” said Rubin.
Bin Laden's
former doctor believed to be leading jihadists in Egypt's
Sinai Peninsula
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/05/bin-laden-former-doctor-believed-to-leading-jihadists-in-egypt-sinai-pennsula/?test=latestnews#ixzz2e4nR0F1Z
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/05/bin-laden-former-doctor-believed-to-leading-jihadists-in-egypt-sinai-pennsula/?test=latestnews#ixzz2e4nR0F1Z
Excerpt: According to reports in the Long War Journal![]()
, sources have told several
Egyptian media outlets that Ramzi Mowafi has been leading a group responsible
for numerous attacks in the lawless Sinai Peninsula over the past two years.
Reports say that Mowafi – who is believed to also be an explosives expert – was
spotted in the Sinai in August 2011 providing military training to a number of
people.
Immigration: The Most
Important Public Educaton Issue No One Talks About. By Mike Antonucci
Excerpt: Children from other countries can fill the gaps
left by the low U.S.
birth rate, but immigration numbers are a product not just of economic and
family decisions, but political ones as well.
Tweet from John Nolte @NolteNC
Probably a good time to start a pool predicting Obama's next
pivot to the economy.
Germany's Energy Poverty: How Electricity
Became a Luxury Good
Excerpt: German consumers already pay the highest
electricity prices in Europe. But because the
government is failing to get the costs of its
new energy
policy under control, rising prices are already on the horizon. Electricity is
becoming a luxury good in Germany,
and one of the country's most important future-oriented projects is acutely at
risk.
Tweet from Jerome Hudson @JeromeEHudson
Not holding a sitting president responsible for any of his
failures because he’s black is a different kind of racism. (Hudson is black. ~Bob.)
Creative Destruction:
Obamacare versus artists, writers, musicians, actors, et al.
Excerpt: Nancy Pelosi waxed rhapsodic in 2010 as she
imagined the benefits of Obamacare: “Think of an economy where people could be
an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their
day job in order to have health insurance.” Well, that was the economy we used
to have.
The Scariest Jobs
Chart Ever
ObamaEd is Coming to
a School Near You
Excerpt: Do you know what the Common Core Curriculum is?
Whether you have children or not, unless you live in Alaska,
Texas, Nebraska
or Virginia,
it behooves you to become familiar with it before it kicks in, full-bore, in
2014. Forty five states have adopted the entire Common Core Curriculum.
Feds Spending $2.2
Million to Study Lesbian Obesity
Excerpt: The study, being led by S. Bryn Austin, an
associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, sets out to find the
biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese
and why gay males are not. (Lesbian friend told me that gay males have big
body-image issues, lesbians not so much. I’m guessing they don’t have to care
what men think and thus eat what they want. ~Bob)
Disabled Woman Stops
Home Invader with Concealed-Carry Handgun
Excerpt: A 64-year old disabled Middletown, Ohio
woman named Mabel Fletcher used a concealed-carry handgun to stop a home
invader who entered her house just after midnight Wednesday.
America's Greatest Days Lie Ahead. By Daniel Hannan
Excerpt: When I talk of the peculiar inheritance of the
English-speaking peoples, some critics hear nothing but English chauvinism.
Bennett and Lotus, by contrast, have only one Anglo grandparent between them.
What they are writing about is plainly a cultural rather than an ethnic
patrimony. (Wish I thought so. ~Bob.)
11 surprisingly apt
lessons from Machiavelli's The
Prince
A professor at U-Mass had us read it as the start of modern
political thought. ~Bob
Nigerian Islamists
gun down 5 Christians after they declare their faith
Excerpt: Islamists gunned down five people in a roadside
ambush near Nigeria’s
central city of Jos, only killing them after they declared their Christian
faith, church representatives said Monday.
This County had 124%
More Registered Voters than Eligible Voters – Counting Dead People and Felons
http://joemiller.us/2013/09/this-county-had-124-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-voters-counting-dead-people-and-felons/
http://joemiller.us/2013/09/this-county-had-124-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-voters-counting-dead-people-and-felons/
Genocide in North Korea: Prison Camp Larger than London.
Excerpt: Meanwhile, in the statist utopia of North Korea, "Thousands of North Korean prisoners may
have died after a notorious prison camp larger than the size of London was closed at the
end of last year, a new report from a human rights group says. The
Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HNRK) says Kim Jong
Un consolidated the country’s prison camps after the death of his
father in 2011, according to The Telegraph."
Wanting to avoid
getting mugged, raped or killed is racist.
Excerpt: Don’t you dare steer your family away from the
parts of town where they would be likely to be subjected to violence. That would be racist: 'A new app originally named “ghetto tracker” is
causing all kinds of controversy. In less than 24 hours, this brand new app
created enough backlash to prompt an immediate name change.'
Syria
Remember when Obama said that Afghanistan was a war of necessity,
not of choice, a war we had to win? Good times. ~Bob
U.S.
intercepts Iranian order for attack on U.S.
interests in Iraq:
report
Excerpt: The United States has intercepted an order from an
Iranian official instructing militants in Iraq to
attack U.S. interests in Baghdad in the event the Obama administration launches a
military strike in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported on
Thursday. (Attack our embassy? That darn video! ~Bob.)
Iran threatens
brutal attacks on Americans, Obama family if US hits Syria
Excerpt: As Congress debates whether to support President
Obama’s call for a limited strike against Syria for the alleged use of chemical
weapons, Iran is vowing to back Bashar al-Assad’s regime
to the hilt and threatening to unleash terrorism should the U.S. strike. … And
in an unprecedented statement, a former Iranian official has warned
of mass abductions and brutal killings of American citizens around the
world and the rape and killing of one of Obama’s daughters should the United States attack Syria.
FYI,
Mr. President,
America Helps
Good Guys! By Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
It's not about Syria's
president.
Biden During 2012
Campaign: Romney ‘Ready To Go To War In Syria’
Excerpt: Two months before the 2012 presidential election,
Vice President Biden warned on the campaign trail that Mitt Romney wanted to go
to war with Syria.
(He warned me if I voted for Romney we’d attack Syria. But did I listen? Nooo. All
my fault. ~Bob.)
Woman informing
Kerry, McCain’s opinions on Syria
also an advocate for Syrian rebels
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/woman-informing-kerry-mccains-opinions-on-syria-also-an-advocate-for-syrian-rebels/
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/05/woman-informing-kerry-mccains-opinions-on-syria-also-an-advocate-for-syrian-rebels/
Excerpt: The woman whose opinion lawmakers are relying on to
go to war in Syria
is also a paid advocate for the war-torn country’s rebels. … “Contrary to many
media accounts, the war in Syria
is not being waged entirely, or even predominantly, by dangerous Islamists and
al-Qaida die-hards,” O’Bagy wrote for the Journal on Aug. 30.
Kerry Portrait of Syria Rebels at Odds with
Intelligence Reports
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/kerry-rebels-intelligence-reports/2013/09/05/id/523987#ixzz2e2Fn3o3A
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/kerry-rebels-intelligence-reports/2013/09/05/id/523987#ixzz2e2Fn3o3A
Excerpt: Secretary of State John Kerry's public assertions
that moderate Syrian opposition groups are growing in influence appear to be at
odds with estimates by U.S.
and European intelligence sources and nongovernmental experts, who say Islamic
extremists remain by far the fiercest and best-organized rebel elements.
McCaul 'stunned' at Kerry's estimate of jihadists among
Syrian rebels
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320315-mccaul-stunned-at-kerrys-estimate-of-jihadists-among-syrian-rebels#ixzz2e6nbZIRD
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320315-mccaul-stunned-at-kerrys-estimate-of-jihadists-among-syrian-rebels#ixzz2e6nbZIRD
Excerpt:
McCaul says he's learned in various briefings that the number of jihadists
migrating to Syria to
take on the government there is closer to 50 percent. The chairman said he was "quite frankly
stunned" when that number was disputed at a House Foreign Affairs
committee hearing Wednesday afternoon.
Excerpt: In short, the man behind the source for the notion
that Syria’s
rebellion is moderate is, himself, an Islamist among Islamists, according to
FrontPage. One member of the SETF’s Board of Trustees/Board of Directors, Dr. Jihad Qaddour, was also a trustee of the Muslim
American Society, which is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood. Another, Bassam
Estwani, appears to have been the Imam of the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic
Center, also known as Al-Qaeda leader Anwar Al-Awlaki’s former mosque.
Did Vladimir Putin Bait a Trap for the United States in Damascus? By David Samuels
Excerpt: The prize Putin is seeking for obliterating the
American "red line" is not victory in Syria—since his client Assad is
clearly winning anyway. The point of the attack is to publically expose Obama's
deep ambivalence about the use of force to stop Iran. If Obama's red line against
the use of chemical weapons in Syria can fall so easily, after the public
deaths of more than 1,000 innocent people, including hundreds of children who
died foaming at the mouth, how many cruise missiles might Iran's putative
acquisition of nuclear weapons capacity cost? (I don't know how much stock
to put in this assessment by David Samuels in Tablet magazine,
but it sure is thought-provoking. -- Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt)
World leaders at G20
summit uncertain about who launched Syria chemical weapons attack
Excerpt: World leaders are venting over Syria’s civil
war but look no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to
stop it.
Pentagon Is Ordered
to Expand Potential Targets in Syria
With a Focus on Forces
Excerpt: President Obama has directed the
Pentagon to develop an expanded list of potential targets in Syria in response
to intelligence suggesting that the government of President Bashar al-Assad has
been moving troops and equipment used to employ chemical weapons while Congress
debates whether to authorize military action.
Closing Europe trip,
Obama renews call for global support on Syria, but few signs of progress
Excerpt: China’s
a firm no. The European Union is skeptical about whether any military action
can be effective. Even Pope Francis weighed in, urging leaders gathered here to
abandon what he called a “futile mission.”
Pope Francis appeals
to world leaders to avoid 'futile' Syria strike
As world leaders
gathered Thursday for a G-20 summit in Russia, Pope Francis urged them to pursue a
negotiated end to Syria’s civil war and abandon the “futile
pursuit of a military solution.” (The Pope opposed Obama? Racist!
~Bob.)
Syrian government
sends reinforcements to Christian village attacked by rebel fighters
Excerpt: Opposition fighters led by an al-Qaida-linked rebel
faction attacked the mountainside sanctuary of Maaloula on Wednesday, and
briefly entered the village a day later before pulling out in the evening. The
assault has spotlighted fears among Syria’s religious minorities about
the prominent role of Islamic extremists in the rebel ranks fighting to
overthrow President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Excerpt: More information on
yesterday’s al-Qaeda led attack on the Christian
Village of Maaloula near Damascus,Syria.
Not only did they firebomb the village, and threaten to slaughter all Christians once the U.S. helps “liberate” Syria,
but they also fired missiles and mortars at two ancient churches, St. Alias
Church and St. Grace Church, while spraying the entrances of the churches with
bullets. (Mr. McCain, this does not mean “God bless.” –Barb)
Voters Explode On
John McCain At Phoenix
Town Hall: ‘We Didn’t
Send You To Make War For Us’
Excerpt: A number of Sen. John McCain’s constituents are not
happy with the Arizona Republican’s support of President Barack Obama’s plan to
take military action against Syria.
Voters made that much perfectly clear when they confronted him at a town hall
in Phoenix on
Thursday. “We didn’t send you to make war for us. We
sent you to stop the war,” one man said to applause, CNN reports.
McCain wants to
expand Obama's battlefield authority
Excerpt: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), an influential Senate
voice on national security matters, will offer an amendment to the Syria use-of-force
resolution that would significantly expand President Obama’s authority to
strike at Syrian President Bashar Assad. McCain wants to give Obama
authority to launch a military intervention aggressive enough to degrade
Assad’s ability to trigger chemical weapons and “change battlefield momentum”
drastically enough to ensure Assad’s departure from power.
Obama on Verge of
Historic Rebuke Over Syria
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-syria-vote-house/2013/09/05/id/524077?s=al&promo_code=14C73-1
Excerpt: President Barack Obama appears to be dangerously
close to what would be an historic rebuke at the hands of Congress, if the
current whip-count projections on the authorization to attack Syria continue to hold. Pundits on
both sides of the aisle say losing the high-stakes bid for congressional
authorization would make Obama an instant lame-duck, and might well endanger
his entire second-term agenda.
Excerpt: WaPo’s blog The Fix has been updating their whip count on
the Syria resolution
all day and at this point, it looks like the president is heading for a
disastrous fall. In fact, it’s no contest. As of Thursday evening,
204 House members — including 54 Democrats — have come out publicly against
taking military action against Syria or are leaning that way. Two hundred
seventeen votes are needed for passage.
Interfax: 4 Russian
naval ships headed toward Syria
in eastern Mediterranean
Excerpt: Interfax reported that another landing ship had
left the Black Sea port of Sevastopol on Friday morning and was to pick up a
“special cargo” in Novorossiysk before sailing
toward the eastern Mediterranean.
Interesting History: Syria’s Christians Risk
Eradication. By Philip Jenkins
Excerpt: Most puzzling of all, though, is why the United States
seems so determined to eradicate Christianity in one of its oldest heartlands,
at such an agonizingly sensitive historical moment. Syria has always been a complex
place religiously. Although the country has a substantial Sunni Muslim
majority, it also has large minority communities—Christians, Alawites, and
others—who together make up over a quarter of the population. Those communities
have survived very successfully in Syria for centuries, but the
present revolution is a threat to their continued existence. … Philip Jenkins
is Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University
and serves as Co-Director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion in
the Institute for Studies of Religion.
Excerpt: “We are not presenting to the American people the
same shoddy intelligence that was presented to the American people back in Iraq,” he said. “We will not put
American boots on the ground. We will not take over a civil war in which the United States clearly has no interest being directly
involved.”
Syria poses new economic risks. By Ben White
Excerpt: Should votes in the Senate or House to support
strikes fail, an already difficult fall legislative calendar could crumble into
total partisan chaos, dramatically increasing threats of a government shutdown
or a far more damaging debt default. And an intervention in Syria,
especially if it goes badly, could have unpredictable consequences for an
economy still struggling to gain significant traction.
Russia
gave UN 100-page report in July blaming Syrian rebels for Aleppo sarin attack.
Excerpt: Russia
says a deadly March sarin attack in an Aleppo
suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar
Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the
United Nations. (Do you really think, if the Syrian
rebels win and get control of the nerve gas, they won’t use it? Against us?
~Bob)
Pelosi’s Dance With Assad. By Majid Rafizadeh
Excerpt: Pelosi seemed to enjoy a good relationship with
Assad, when she rejected President George W. Bush’s recommendation to not meet
with Syria’s
dictator. In 2007, Pelosi ignored the Bush administration’s foreign policies
and met with one of the most authoritarian leaders of the world— one who has
ruled Syria
by killings, torture and oppression. Later, though, Pelosi praised Assad by
stating, “We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to
peace.”
Obama
Arrives Alone For Putin G20 Syria Dinner
Excerpt: World leaders arrived Thursday for a dinner hosted by Russian
President Vladimir Putin where they would discuss the crisis in Syria,
with US President Barack Obama showing up
alone and well after the main group. (Couldn’t seem to get out of the sand trap
on 13. ~Bob.)
Special Ops Vet Group
Wants Truth About Benghazi Before Syria Strike
A group of special operations veterans is demanding House
Speaker John Boehner form a Select Committee to uncover the truth behind
the Benghazi attacks.
The group said that Americans and the world will not be able to trust the Obama
administration on Syria until
it tells the truth about what happened in Benghazi.
White House considering using military to train Syria rebels
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/05/white-house-considering-using-military-to-train-syria-rebels/#ixzz2e4me1i6B
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/05/white-house-considering-using-military-to-train-syria-rebels/#ixzz2e4me1i6B
Excerpt:
The Obama administration is considering sending American military trainers
to Syria to work
with the rebel fighters in an expansion of the CIA's training program already
underway in Jordan.
U.S. official tells Fox
News the prospect of sending trainers to Syria is
being “kicked around” at the White House, but is part of the administration’s
broader Syria policy
and would not be tied to a potential military operation. The official stressed
that one of the major obstacles in launching this type of operation is that
they are having serious problems vetting which are the trustworthy groups
in Syria.
(”What’s it matter?” –Barb)
Dempsey outlines Syria options, including deployment of
‘thousands’ of ground forces
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/22/house-intelligence-committee-signs-off-with-reservations-on-administration-call/#ixzz2e4lvpPE5
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/22/house-intelligence-committee-signs-off-with-reservations-on-administration-call/#ixzz2e4lvpPE5
Excerpt: Dempsey's letter, released Monday, went
far beyond arming the opposition in outlining potential options. He sent the
letter after taking heat at last week's confirmation hearing from Sen. John
McCain, R-Ariz., who pressed Dempsey for his advice on Syria while suggesting the administration
had not done enough -- McCain threatened to place a hold on Dempsey's nomination
until he got answers. (Can we just send McCain back to AZ to
retire and play iPhone poker? –Barb)
Kerry: Bombing Syria
Would Not be an "Act of War"...Per Se
http://lastresistance.com/3149/kerry-bombing-syria-act-warper-se/
http://lastresistance.com/3149/kerry-bombing-syria-act-warper-se/
Excerpt: Kerry says that he and the President are not asking
Congress for permission to go to war. They’re just wanting to execute a
“limited action.” A surgical strike. With cruise missiles. But that is not war
in the “classic sense” of the word. I guess it depends on what the definition
of “is” is. (So Pearl Harbor was what? ~Bob.)
'Barbarians are
Barbaric' By Willaim Kristol
Excerpt: Huns will be Huns. Those who act mercifully toward
Huns bear direct responsibility for the fact that nuclear weapons are being
built in Iran, chemical
weapons are being used in Syria
and doomsday weapons threaten the future of the Middle
East. Those who underestimate the inherent danger of the Huns bear
direct responsibility for the deaths of today’s victims, the Syrians, and tomorrow’s
victims, the Israelis, Europeans and Americans.
On the record:
Hillary backs Obama on Syria.
Excerpt: As someone (can’t remember who) said on Twitter,
imagine if Hillary were still SoS and had to sell this shinolapile on TV today
instead of Kerry. Good lord. She quit just in time.
Clear-Cut
Stupidity on Syria. Everyone’s on the hook for Obama’s “red
line” comments. Except Obama. By Jonah Goldberg
Excerpt: ‘The genius of you Americans,” the Arab-nationalist
and one-time president of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, once explained, “is that
you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make
us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are
missing.” … But now, faced with the prospect of going it alone, he’s in effect
telling Congress, “Hey, it’s not like I need your company, but you’d be crazy
not to go to war with me.”
Tweet from Larry Elder @larryelder
A "moderate" forces Christians into converting to
Islam. An "extremist" kills them without offering the choice. Welcome
to Syria.
Senators backing war in Syria are flush with defense
industry cash. By Eric Boehm
Excerpt: According to an analysis
by MapLight, which tracks lobbying and campaign contributions in Congress,
senators who voted in favor of the resolution received, on average, 83 percent
more money from defense contractors and other defense interests than senators
who voted against the resolution.
Tweet from John Ekdahl, Jr. @JohnEkdahl
My military. Your credibility. The world’s red line.
Tweet from Stubbornly Me. @lybr3
If American troops, & their fams, didn’t have to back up
Obama's false courage, I'd find it a lot funnier watching him lie & try 2
act tough. (From a black guy. ~Bob.)
Tweet from Jake Tapper @jaketapper
CNN's @brikeilarcnn
notes the more House/Senate Dems hear in intel briefings the less likely they
seem to support action v Syria
Terrorist links led U.S.
military to cut ties with Syrian opposition leader
Excerpt: When the main Syrian opposition group speaks, it is
often through a longtime U.S.
resident whose ties to Islamist extremists were detailed in a 2010 Dallas
Morning News report.
U.S.-Backed Syrian
Rebel Commander: ‘Israel
Is An Enemy Country;’ Assad and Hizballah 'Israeli Collaborators’
Excerpt: Brigadier General Salim Idris, who Sen. John McCain
has called a "fine leader" and who leads the Supreme Military Council
of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is supported by the Obama administration,
told Al Jazeera in a May 8 video interview that “Israel is an enemy country”
and that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese terrorist group
Hizballah are "Israeli collaborators." - See more at:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/us-backed-syrian-rebel-commander-israel-enemy-country-assad-and#sthash.qCM24Pnn.dpuf
Tweet from Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_
If there was a video game for being president, convincing
Republicans to blow people up in the Middle East
would be the tutorial mission.
Tweet from Ken Gardner @kesgardner
GALLUP: by 51-36, Americans
oppose a military strike against Syria. Going to war without broad
public support is always a bad idea.
Not one of 'bad
guys,' but Syrian rebel group proclaims 'anti-American' bent
Excerpt: As debate grows over the extremism of some armed
factions battling to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, an
incendiary illustration on the Facebook page of one such group leaves little
doubt where its leaders envision the uprising ending – with masked Islamic
fighters marching through Washington,
D.C., as the U.S. Capitol burns
in the background.
Barack Obama is
heading for a humiliating defeat over Syria. This will be a massive blow
to his presidency. By Nile Gardiner
Excerpt: Politico has an eye-opening piece today revealing the extent to which
the White House is staring defeat in the face over Syria. According to the influential
Washington-based publication, President Obama doesn’t have the votes in
the House of Representatives to secure a win, with large-scale opposition among
Republicans, and lukewarm backing among Democrats: "If the House voted
today on a resolution to attack Syria, President Barack Obama would lose — and
lose big."
PHOTOS: Viral
Facebook Page: 'I didn't join the Navy to fight for Al Qaeda in a Syrian civil
war. By Soopermexican.com
Excerpt: Between now and the vote for authorization, there
are going to be a lot of voices for and against, but none would move our wills
as much as those who will be asked to perform the strike, the U.S. Military.
My Labour Day Rant
Against Obama's Syrian Strike: "Go to Hell, Muslim World!" By
Soopermexican.com
Excerpt: You know what world, we're sick & tired of
spending our American lives & our money to have you hate and despise us.
Attack Syria
YOURSELVES!
VIDEO: Syrian Rebels
Shell Ancient
Christian Village.
Excerpt: Some of the shells appear to hit the Mar Sarkis
monastery.
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