Unintended Consequences. By Thomas Sowell
Excerpt: Individuals and groups of all sorts have always
differed from one another in many ways, throughout centuries of history and in
countries around the world. Left to themselves, people tend to sort themselves
out into communities of like-minded neighbors.
This has been so obvious that only the intelligentsia could
misconstrue it -- and only ideologues could devote themselves to crusading
against people's efforts to live and associate with other people who share
their values and habits.
Surprise!
Surprise? By Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
Surprise is a principle of competitiveness and of survival. Athletics -
trick plays; business - new products; nature - food chain; and armed conflict -
strategy and tactics to defeat a superior force; first come to mind.
"Secret weapons" is common vernacular and a good summary.
Democrats Suddenly
Realize What They Miscalculated About the World: Everything. By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
As we await Congress's decision on authorizing the use of U.S. military force in Syria, Democrats
are suddenly realizing that their foreign-policy brain-trust completely
misjudged the world. Being nicer to countries like Russia will not make them nicer to
you. The United Nations is not an effective tool for resolving crises. Some
foreign leaders are beyond persuasion and diplomacy. There is no
"international community" ready to work together to solve problems,
and there probably never will be. You can pin this on Hillary Clinton, John
Kerry, Susan Rice, but most of all,
the buck stops with the president. Those of us who scoffed a bit at a state
senator ascending to the presidency within four years on a wave of media hype
and adoration are not quite so shocked by this current mess. We never bought
into this notion that getting greater cooperation from our allies, and less
hostility from our enemies, was just a matter of
giving this crew the wheel and letting them practice, as Hillary Clinton arrogantly declared it, "smart power." (These people
can't even label a foreign-policy approach without reminding us of how highly
they think of themselves.) They looked out at the world at the end of the Bush
years, and didn't see tough decisions, unsolvable problems, unstable
institutions, restless populations, technology enabling the impulse to
destabilize existing institutions, evil men hungry for more power, and
difficult trade-offs. No, our problems and challengers were just a matter of
the previous hands running U.S.
foreign policy not being smart enough.
Very Interesting: What If We Never Run Out of Oil? By
Charles C. Mann
Excerpt: “When will the world’s supply of oil be exhausted?”
the MIT economist Morris Adelman has written. “The best one-word answer:
never.” … U.S.-style energy independence, or something like it, may become a
reality in much of Asia and West Africa, parts of Europe, most of the Americas. The
results in other nations would be turbulent.
‘Peaceful’ Brotherhood Protesters Cut Officer’s Tongue.
By Raymond Ibrahim
Excerpt: While Western media, following Al Jazeera’s lead,
were demonizing the Egyptian military for breaking up the Muslim Brotherhood’s
“sit in” camps where Brotherhood supporters were “holding
vigil,” they failed to mention that these Brotherhood supporters were
also torturing, raping, and mass murdering people in the name
of Islam and/or Brotherhood.
South Caroline Tea
Partiers Draft Resolution To Replace Lindsey Graham
Excerpt: South
Carolina Tea Party groups have drafted a resolution
containing a 29-point case to replace Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) with a Senator
who is more conservative, Breitbart News has learned. Local Tea Party leaders
provided the document, a resolution that can be passed by local and state GOP
committees, to Breitbart News. It argues that Graham’s activities in the U.S.
Senate are a violation of the principles of the South Carolina Republican Party
platform.
Election integrity is
a voting right too
Excerpt: In the latest chapter of the Obama administration’s
assault on the rule of law, the attorney general is again using the Voting
Rights Act as a tool to excite the Democratic Party’s base. Justified by his
claim of racism, Eric Holder has brought yet another lawsuit against one of the
sovereign states, this time Texas, and the state’s recently adopted requirement
that those who wish to vote in Texas must – wait for it — prove they are who
they say they are.
Excellent: The Legacy of Liberalism.
By John Goodman
Excerpt: The 50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King’s
march on Washington
is causing a lot of people in my generation to reminisce. In doing so, it is
hard not to be struck by two puzzling facts: (a) the fall of racial barriers to
success almost everywhere and (b) the lack of economic progress in the black
community as a whole, relative to whites. On the one hand, it would seem that a
black in America can achieve
almost anything, even being elected president of the United States. On the other hand,
if we compare the economic condition of blacks and whites as a whole, you would
be tempted to conclude that almost no progress has been made. … On balance,
liberalism has been an obstacle to black progress, not a help.
A work of art: Crayola turning markers into fuel
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/02/work-art-crayola-turning-markers-into-fuel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fnational+%28Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text%29#ixzz2dm7XVPXM
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/02/work-art-crayola-turning-markers-into-fuel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fnational+%28Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text%29#ixzz2dm7XVPXM
Excerpt: Crayola has found a way to turn dried up markers into clean
fuel capable of being used in boilers, ships and even cars. The company makes up to 700 million markers a year and
has partnered with New York clean energy company JBI to create the
Colorcycle initiative
Citing Obamacare,
40,000 Longshoremen Quit the AFL-CIO
Excerpt: In what is being reported as a surprise move, the
40,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
announced that they have formally ended their association with the AFL-CIO, one
of the nation's largest private sector unions. The Longshoremen citied
Obamacare and immigration reform as two important causes of their
disaffiliation. (They wanted more, of course. ~Bob.)
MA Supreme Court To
Consider Throwing Out Pledge Of Allegiance
Excerpt: On September 4, the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts will hear a case in which the right of schools to recite the
Pledge of Allegiance has been challenged. The suit was brought by an anonymous atheist
couple, backed by the American Humanist Association, because the pledge
includes the phrase "under God." The suit claims that the phrase is a
violation of students' rights. This is not the first time that the phrase,
which was added in 1954, has been fought in court; there have been
repeated attempts, with one reaching the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004.
Feds forced churches
to get baptism permits
Excerpt: For as far back as anyone can remember, Missouri
Baptists have gathered on river banks for Sunday afternoon baptisms.
Drug Agents Use Vast
Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.’s
Excerpt: For at least six years, law enforcement officials
working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas,
to an enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of
Americans’ phone calls — parallel to but covering a far longer time than
the National
Security Agency’s hotly disputed collection of phone call logs.
Nuclear agency
violating law at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, court says
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is
"flouting the law" by not conducting a licensing review of the
proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a federal appeals court
said Tuesday. The ruling was a victory of sorts for those who want the
proposed dump to open but may have little practical impact in the long-running
dispute over Yucca Mountain. The Obama administration and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hope to kill the project. (More
ignoring of laws they don’t like by Regime with “the mark.” Reid doesn’t want
that trash in his back yard. –Barb)
Michelle Obama thinks US is ready for first female president
http://thehill.com/capital-living/317231-michelle-obama-us-ready-for-first-female-president
http://thehill.com/capital-living/317231-michelle-obama-us-ready-for-first-female-president
Excerpt: Michelle Obama said the U.S. is ready for its first
female president, but she stopped short of endorsing Hillary Clinton for the
job. "Yes, I think the country is ready for it. It’s just a question of
who’s the best person out there," the first lady told Parade magazine in an interview published Thursday.
IG: IRS ‘Hindered’
Efforts to Stop Illegals from Misusing Social Security Numbers
Excerpt: An audit report published this month by the inspector
general for the Social Security Administration says that the Internal Revenue
Service's reluctance to penalize employers who consistently file W-2s on which
the Social Security Number and name do not match has "hindered" the
SSA’s efforts to stop “unauthorized noncitizens” from using Social Security
Numbers that are fake or belong to someone else. The audit report looked at “inaccurate wage reporting”—or
the filing of W-2 forms on which the name and the Social Security Number do not
match. The SSA has long said these no-match W-2s are frequently filed on behalf
of illegal aliens.
Egypt Arrests Al-Qaeda Head in Sinai
Excerpt: Egyptian authorities accuse Ibrahim of
masterminding the 2005 attack on the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, which killed some 88 people. He is also
accused of planning the August 2012
attack which killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in Rafiah, and is
believed to have personally executed soldiers in an attack earlier this
month in which 25 soldiers were killed….Since Morsi was ousted,
Muslim Brotherhood-linked Gaza terrorists have been infiltrating the Sinai to
attack Egyptian army outposts.
Top Muslim
Brotherhood Imam Who Vowed to be Master of the World, Arrested in Women's
Clothes. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: Safwat Hegazy, top Muslim Brotherhood Imam, who
last year said, “Yes, we will be masters of the world, one of these days” has
been forced to postpone his dreams of ruling the world through
a Caliphate, when he was arrested by Egyptian authorities while hiding in women’s
clothes. He was going to be a king of the world, but he had to
settle for being a queen of the desert.
Op-Ed: Al-Jazeera America is the Muslim
Brotherhood Channel
Excerpt: Entranced, media critics have greeted the rollout
of "AJA" as that of just another news company, not the propaganda arm
of monied Qatari despots. But no matter how many American journalists
"anchor"Al-JazeeraAmerica's news desks, a 24/7 Muslim
Brotherhood channel is now beaming into living rooms across the country. There
is no changing the fact that Al-Jazeera's leading personality is the
Muslim Brotherhood cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
A Nation of
Working-Class Drop-Outs. By Gavin McInnes
Excerpt: If we got over this myth that everyone needs
infinite academia, we would have less unemployment, more manufacturing, a
stronger economy, less student debt, and less school tax. The economy would be
stronger and we would all be happier. Ironically, in an effort not to hurt
anyone’s feelings, we developed a system where everyone has to go to college,
even the stupid people, until we all feel like shit. When everybody’s
special, nobody is.
Obama Grants Amnesty
to Illegal Immigrants without Congress. By Jessica Zuckerman
Excerpt: Congress hasn’t passed immigration legislation, but
that hasn’t stopped President Obama from issuing directives
that grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. Last week, the Obama Administration
issued the latest in a line of policy directives granting amnesty by
default. This latest directive instructs Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) officials not to enforce immigration laws in cases
where an illegal alien is the primary provider for any minor child—regardless
of the child’s immigration status—or the parent or guardian of a child
who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
A Much Less Special
Relationship. By Roger Cohen
Excerpt: That is right: The British, like other Europeans,
are weary of war, and more mistrusting than before of the United States of
Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, post-9/11 bellicosity, mass surveillance and the
banking crisis. A U.S.
hangover permeated the House of Commons. So did the memory of the more than 600
British dead in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Attempt mass
expulsion: Interior Ministry plans to deport asylum-seekers from Eritrea and Sudan,
but at the same time Israel
is importing hundreds of foreign workers.
Excerpt: The announcement's wording can lead one to think,
mistakenly, that Israel
is helping these migrants on their way to a coveted destination. In this case
it's Uganda, which has
reached an agreement with Israel
to accept the transfer of the immigrants to its custody. The agreement's terms
have been kept in the dark and the fate of those who are transferred there is
also unclear.
Excerpt: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday
that he supports a U.S.
military strike against Syria
in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack last month.
China-Vietnam
Relations at a Turning Point: Can Vietnam
continue to shrug off U.S.
warning? By Nguyen Dan Que
Excerpt: By 2012, 2-way trade between Vietnam and the U.S.
reached $25 billion in favor of Vietnam,
and 15,000 Vietnamese students were permitted into the States. Additionally, a
fresh and dynamic young middle class has been emerging in [Vietnamese] society
along with the flourishing Internet age. Instead of reforming the out-of-date
political system to further socio-economic development, the Politburo of the
Vietnamese Communist Party, fearing loss of power, have mixed socialism with
capitalism in what they call a “socialist-oriented market economy.
"Illegals
Turning Our Hometowns Into Cesspools"
Excerpt: The choice is yours. Write your Senators and
Congressman and the President and tell them you oppose illegal immigration in
any form. Stand strong against it...or be prepared to live in a cesspool.
"English
Owners" sign provokes outrage...in England. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: Apparently “English” is the only obscenity left in the new Cool Britain.Perhaps it should be referred to as the “E___” word. A
chip shop boss has insisted he’s not racist after putting up a banner boasting
that the business now had ‘English owners.’
President of the
Islamic Forum of Canada
Explains How Gays Benefit from Being Stoned to Death. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: Islamophobes think that Muslims stone people to
death just for kicks. Perish the thought. (Also perish whoever the stones are
being thrown at.)
A
Brief Introduction to Britain's
'Unite Against Facism' By Paul Austin Murphy
Excerpt: The vice chairman of
UAF is the well-known British politician Ken Livingstone. He is now a keen
supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood's Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. 'Red Ken', as he was
called by the British public in the 1980s, used to focus on various and many
'identity groups', such as lesbians and gays, until he realized that many of
his new-found Muslim friends wanted to kill some of these people. [I liked Red
Ken in the 80s because he made the London
buses really cheap. He keeps newts for pets. Kate]
California Police Subdue Sword-Wielding Muslem Shouting,
"Allahu Akbar!"
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/08/california_police_subdue_sword-wielding_muslim_shouting_allahu_akbar.html#ixzz2dZQPQeFf
Excerpt: You wouldn't know it from reading the Los Angeles Times account of the incident (which omitted all mention of "Allahu Akbar" or Islam), nor from glancing at the headline the Huffington Post chose ("Montasir Ishag, California Man, Charged Deputies With Sword In Meth-Addled Bi-Polar Episode: Police"), but a religiously motivated attack by a Muslim took place this week, to almost no public notice. But Pamela Geller andFront Page Magazine were not so shy.
Excerpt: You wouldn't know it from reading the Los Angeles Times account of the incident (which omitted all mention of "Allahu Akbar" or Islam), nor from glancing at the headline the Huffington Post chose ("Montasir Ishag, California Man, Charged Deputies With Sword In Meth-Addled Bi-Polar Episode: Police"), but a religiously motivated attack by a Muslim took place this week, to almost no public notice. But Pamela Geller andFront Page Magazine were not so shy.
Massive Yosemite blaze may have been sparked by illegal
marijuana growers
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/31/progress-made-against-yosemite-wildfire-but-smoke-spreads/?test=latestnews#ixzz2dZNjTeQY
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/31/progress-made-against-yosemite-wildfire-but-smoke-spreads/?test=latestnews#ixzz2dZNjTeQY
The massive forest fire that has scorched 333 square miles in and
around Yosemite National Park may
have been sparked by illegal marijuana growers, according to one fire official
in Tuolumne County. The
San Jose Mercury News reports that Todd McNeal, chief of the Twain Harte Fire
Department, told a community meeting that it was "highly suspect that
there might have been some sort of illicit grove, a marijuana-grow-type
thing." McNeal, who has 23 years of experience with Forest Service,
the National Park Service and other agencies, said at the Aug. 23 meeting that
investigators know the fire is human caused since there was know (sic, s.b.
“no”) lightening in the area.
Britain's UKIP party isn't a gang of grumpy old
Tories. By Michael Heaver
Excerpt: Those who have never voted before or haven't voted
for a number of years are increasingly throwing their lot in with the Kippers,
creating a potent swelling of natural Ukip voters. The party no longer consists
only of defectors looking to dig the "big parties" in the ribs. That
gives it a political resilience that will survive assassination attempts in the
comment pages of several newspapers.
Wapo editorial: Maybe
we should just let teachers rape students. By Jazz Shaw
Excerpt: Earlier this week we
talked about the shocking case out in Montana where a 49 year old
school teacher, Stacey Rambold, received a thirty day jail sentence for raping
a 14 year old student who later killed herself. Just yesterday I was commenting
to a friend on how I was surprised that the story hasn’t been receiving even
more national attention than it has. Apparently I spoke too soon, because at
least one editorial columnist at the Washington Post – Betsy Karasik –
certainly had something to say on the subject.
If you still believe
in "climate change," read this. By James Delingpole
Excerpt: By way of further confirmation, you might care to
read this superb recent essay from Dr Richard Lindzen, which you can
reach via Watts Up With That?. He argues that mainstream climate science is
currently akin to Lysenkoism and that its adherents have more in common with
religious zealots than scrupulous seekers-after-truth. [Dr Lindzen:] “Global
climate alarmism has been costly to society, and it has the potential to be
vastly more costly...."
New Shooters are
Young, Women and Living in Urban Areas. By Katie Pavlich
Excerpt: Shooting sports have become even more popular in
recent years and according to a new study by the National Shooting Sports Foundation,
new participants are younger, women and living in urban areas. The demographics
of new shooters show they are . . . Younger: 66 percent of new shooters
fall into the 18-to-34-year-old category compared to 31 percent in the same age
category for established shooters. (The cross-reference here is that the real
growth in the gun business is handguns. NSSF has been on a long-term campaign
to recruit women and youth shooters, and this seems to be paying off. It’s also
reasonable to surmise that the growth in sales of handguns to women is related
to the message that “when seconds count, the police are minutes away”. There
are enough word-of-mouth stories, combined with news accounts of unarmed women
being victimized, that many woman are saying, “That’s not going to be me.” I
think it would be a great research project to get breakdowns by gender for all
the concealed carry permits that are issued. Wish I had time…Steve)
Tue, this: 12 Unspoken Rules For Being A Liberal. By John Hawkins
Excerpt: There may be no official rule book for being a
liberal, but that doesn't mean there aren't rules. There are actually quite a
few rules liberals go by and the more politically active liberals become, the
more rigidly they tend to stick to their own code of behavior. These rules,
most of which are unspoken, are passed along culturally on the Left and
viciously enforced.
Evict the Rich, White
Liberals. By Kevin Williamson [In response to Allison Benedikt's, "If you
send your kid to private school, you are a bad person]
Excerpt: That the main trend in socioeconomic migration over
the last few centuries or so seems to have escaped her here is not my
particular concern, but it should be pointed out that the enemies of private
education generally fail to consider the extent to which that rich-guy
clustering provides advantages beyond high-quality schools. The development of
social and professional networks, prestige, learning high-status habits and
manners, etc., all are enormously important perks associated with living among
the well-to-do. (I believe it was WFB who observed that a sufficiently
motivated student could get a Yale-quality education practically anywhere, but
that’s not what Yale is for.)
Obama’s greatest
accomplishment — the weakening of the presidency
Excerpt: Bowing to overwhelming public opinion, President
Obama has decided to bring the case for a new war before Congress. He made the
announcement amidst a news dump, but it could well be an historic moment whose
memory outlasts Obamacare. Here are a few reasons why, listed in no particular
order.
MO. Man Tries To
Stick Up Clerk Who Also Happens To Be A Four-Deployment Iraq War Vet — Guess Who It Doesn’t
End Well For
Tweet from Mademoiselle Antoine @MsVictoriaA
I want a president that gives a damn and elimated Welfare
programs, food stamps, and funded more private school, charter school
homeschool (She is a black conservative. ~Bob)
Surprise: White House Considers Awarding Obamacare
Subsidies, Intended For The Uninsured, To Labor Unions
Excerpt: Workers with employer-sponsored coverage don’t
qualify for subsidized coverage on Obamacare’s insurance exchanges. Those
subsidies are designed for low-income people who aren’t offered
coverage from their employers, and have to shop for insurance on their own. But
the labor union leaders want those subsidies to also apply to their members
with employer-sponsored coverage, even though they already get those benefits
tax-free due to the employer tax exclusion for health insurance.
Parents demand
teachers supporting molester colleague get fired. By Ed Morrisey
Excerpt: Imagine you are a parent who receives a visit from
the state police, informing you that a trusted teacher at the local school
molested your child — and took pictures of it. After a painful investigation
and trial, the teacher finally gets convicted, and you figure the community
will rally around you to demand a stiff sentence for the man who violated the
public trust. However, when you arrive at the courtroom, you see several other
teachers sitting in support of the teacher, and arguing for the lightest
possible sentence.
Syria
Okay, we bomb Syria, Assad falls and al Qaeda
seizes the WMDs. Obama’s plan B is? And if they step up their ethnic cleansing
of Christians and Alawites? ~Bob
Most in U.S. oppose Syria strike, Post-ABC poll finds
Excerpt: Nearly six in 10 oppose missile strikes in light of
the U.S. government’s
determination that Syria
used chemical weapons against its own people. Democrats and Republicans alike
oppose strikes by double digit margins, and there is deep opposition among
every political and demographic group in the survey. Political independents are
among the most clearly opposed, with 66 percent saying they are against
military action.
Still Nothing Here to
See. By Mark Steyn
Excerpt: The above [headlines] were all plucked from the
United States Navy newsletter. When the first one showed up in my in-box, I
thought it might contain under-reported tales of derring-do off the Horn of
Africa battling Somali pirates. But instead it's one diversity-awareness story
after another: "Senior Navy Leader Receives Most Diverse Engineer of the Year
Award"; "Appointment Of First Somali Pirate to Joint Chiefs Of Staff
Shows Diversity Is Rising, Says Top Pentagon Official".
An ccidental War:
Perfuntory and ineffetual warmaking in Syria is worse than nothing. By
Mark Steyn
Excerpt: But the object of war, in Liddell Hart’s famous
distillation, is not to destroy the enemy’s tanks (or Russian helicopters) but
his will. And on that front America
loses, always. The “unmatched” superpower cannot impose its will on Kabul kleptocrats, Pashtun goatherds, Egyptian generals,
or Benghazi
militia.
Christians
may be bombed, for that is convention. Muslims may not be gassed, for that is
taboo. By Archbishop Cranmer
Excerpt: Yes, even before the heinous use of chemical
weapons captivated the world's attention, Syria's Christians
were 'being chased out in large numbers'. But Her Majesty's Government was not
overly concerned about that. And by 'chased out', the Archbishop meant
systematically slaughtered - one by one; cleansed utterly from the region by
warring factions of Islamists.
Less is More.
Excerpt: The BBC (and the rest of course) has been
giving this story a far greater significance than it merits….and has led them
to draw all sorts of conclusions that seem all too conveniently in line with
their own politics….claiming this is highly damaging for Cameron whilst
Miliband has risen Phoenix like from the ashes of his more usual political
roastings.
WH confident on
winning Hill support on Syria but uses 'flood the zone' to get votes
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/01/kerry-confident-congress-will-back-syria-attrack-but-lawmakers-express/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29#ixzz2dhTLsgcB
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A senior administration officials told Fox News that the
president, Vice President Joe Biden and Chief of Staff Denis McDonough made
phone calls on Sunday to senators and House members urging them to
vote in favor of the authorization of military force in Syria. The official called the
lobbying effort a "flood the zone" strategy, in an apparent
acknowledgement of just how hard winning Capitol Hill approval will be.
Everything the Media
is Missing on Syria
Excerpt: The Asad government continues to insist that it did
not use chemical weapons in the attack on 21 August. It approved an extension
of the UN inspection team's visit and requested that it investigate three gas
attacks against Syrian soldiers since 21 August. Lebanon's Daily
Star reported on 26 August that at least four Hizballah fighters are
receiving treatment in Beirut after coming into
contact with chemical agents in Syria,
a security source said.
Excerpt: Back in the anti-war 60's Muhammad Ali, in
declaring he would not accept the military draft, said of the Vietnam War
"them Cong ain't done nothing to me!", meaning he had no dog to hunt
in that war. I feel the same way about Syria.
Photos: Obama-Backed
Syrian Rebels Ransack Christian Village.
By Paul Joseph Watson
http://www.infowars.com/photos-obama-backed-syrian-rebels-ransack-christian-village/
http://www.infowars.com/photos-obama-backed-syrian-rebels-ransack-christian-village/
Excerpt: Images obtained exclusively by Infowars show the
aftermath of an alleged massacre of a Christian
village in Syria
during which men, women and children were slaughtered and churches desecrated
by Obama-backed FSA rebels. (Two things I believe are true about Syria. 1. There
are no good guys there. 2. You cannot believe anything any of them tell us.
~Bob.)
Amateur Hour: Charles
Krauthammer slams Obama's sudden decision to delay Syria strike. By Jeff Poor
Excerpt: But [Obama] has done no preparation. What they
should have done — I mean, this is sort of amateur hour. When there were the
first attacks six months ago or if you like, when we had the current attacks,
he should have immediately have called in the Congress the way the prime
minister of Britain had called in the parliament, had a debate and got a
resolution and then went out and told the world we are going do x or
we are not going to do x.
Barack Obama an
embarrassing amateur on the world stage. By Nile
Gardiner
Excerpt: The absence of Britain in any American-led
military action significantly weakens Obama’s position on the world stage, and
dramatically undercuts the Obama administration. The vote reflected not only a
lack of confidence in the Commons in the prime minister’s Syria strategy, it also demonstrated a striking
lack of confidence in Barack Obama and US leadership. In marked
contrast to Obama, President Bush invested a great deal of time and effort in
cultivating ties with key US allies, especially Britain.
Report: Obama
Discussed Attack Delay With Netanyahu
Excerpt: U.S. President Barack H. Obama informed Prime Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu in advance that he would let Congress decide on the
appropriate action the U.S. would
take in Syria.
Reports in Israeli media quoted senior Israeli officials as saying the
Obama called Netanyahu on Saturday, some four hours before he appeared on
national TV in the US to
announce that he was holding back on taking action against Syria until
Congress discussed what the appropriate actions should be. (Oh gee, I heard he
told everybody the attack would be Sat between 3-4 PM….party pooper. I
think stretching it out for Armageddon on 09/11. I mean, Iran making more uranium at a
frantic pace and N Korean expanding its launch pads….with no one really
noticing or giving a damn. More attention paid to Miley and a new dog. –Barb)
PA Daily: US
behind Syria Massacres:
PA journalists whose salaries are paid from US aid,
blame the US for
encouraging Syrian carnage
Excerpt: The Palestinian Authority (PA) blamed the United States Sunday for the killing
in Syria,
reports Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). The PA's official daily wrote that
“Events of mass killings do not upset [America] because they themselves
have used killing as a means and a strategy to attain global domination.
Arab States Call for
Action in Syria
Excerpt: Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said
condemnation of Syria over
the poison gas attack, which U.S. officials say killed
1,429 people, was not enough. He said opposing international action on the
grounds that it was "foreign intervention" was no longer acceptable.
"Any opposition to any international action would only encourage Damascus to move
forward with committing its crimes and using all weapons of mass
destruction," said Faisal, according to Reuters. (The Saudis want
the US to
attack Syria…So, who
runs the US?
Canisters of chemical weapons I saw on internet (prior post) were labeled as
Saudi….supposedly given to rebels who “mishandled.” Let them attack their
brother Muslims. The proof, you see, is this phone call….like that video a year
ago…just this bit…we can edit it umpteen times with talking points until it is
assbackward…..blink, blink, blink, blink. Sign of sincerity, you know. Guess
what’s almost here? 09/11. –Barb)
A website that ran a story alleging that the chemical
weapons responsible for 1,429 deaths came from the Saudis to rebels who
mishandled them has anti-U.S. and anti-Saudi links, as well as ties to the
Occupy movement. MintPress was started last year in Minneapolis by
Mnar Muhawesh, a St. Cloud State college graduate with
Palestinian immigrant parents who hired a start-up slate of experienced
correspondents with funds from mysterious unnamed investors. (Who knows which
is what? Agree with Palin. Let them deal with it and let their Allah sort them
out. –Barb)
Members of US military didn’t join to fight for
Al Qaeda
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=201108#more-201108
Excerpt: Member of the U.S. military didn’t join so they fight caught alongside Al Qaeda in Syria’s civil war. Anonymous military members sent The Angel Clark Show pictures of them (with sunglasses) holding pieces of paper expressing their displeasure with fighting along with Al Qaeda in Syria’s Civil War. Military member are prohibited from making political statements, which is why these two want to remain anonymous. (When I joined the Marine Corps in 1966, I knew that I would soon be in Vietnam and that I would likely be in combat. I also knew who and what I would be fighting against and for. Communism/Marxism/Socialism same-same - was the enemy then and it's still the main enemy today. We have several other enemies today. One is radical Islam. Unfortunately we have a Marxist president that supports our enemies. --MM)
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=201108#more-201108
Excerpt: Member of the U.S. military didn’t join so they fight caught alongside Al Qaeda in Syria’s civil war. Anonymous military members sent The Angel Clark Show pictures of them (with sunglasses) holding pieces of paper expressing their displeasure with fighting along with Al Qaeda in Syria’s Civil War. Military member are prohibited from making political statements, which is why these two want to remain anonymous. (When I joined the Marine Corps in 1966, I knew that I would soon be in Vietnam and that I would likely be in combat. I also knew who and what I would be fighting against and for. Communism/Marxism/Socialism same-same - was the enemy then and it's still the main enemy today. We have several other enemies today. One is radical Islam. Unfortunately we have a Marxist president that supports our enemies. --MM)
Excerpt: If our attitude is that Obama screwed up, but that
now the least-screwed-up remedy is to attack Syria, then we are indeed in bad
shape.
Verify chemical
weapons use before unleashing the dogs of war
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/29/verify-chemical-weapons-use-before-unleashing-the-dogs-of-war/
Excerpt: According to the transcript of the original Unit 8200 report, the major “hotly denied firing any of his missiles” and invited the general staff to come and verify that all his weapons were present. The report contains a note at the end that the major was interrogated by Syrian intelligence for three days, then returned to command of his unit. “All of his weapons were accounted for,” the report stated.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/29/verify-chemical-weapons-use-before-unleashing-the-dogs-of-war/
Excerpt: According to the transcript of the original Unit 8200 report, the major “hotly denied firing any of his missiles” and invited the general staff to come and verify that all his weapons were present. The report contains a note at the end that the major was interrogated by Syrian intelligence for three days, then returned to command of his unit. “All of his weapons were accounted for,” the report stated.
Obama’s Plan to Blame Syria on Congress. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: Obama’s belated agreement to take the Syrian
strikes before Congress, while asserting that he will not be bound by whatever
Congress decides, buys him a convenient exit strategy. The Congress trap will
let Obama opt out of an attack that he is ambivalent about while blaming Republicans
for destroying American credibility.
MSNBC—still “Fact Free”: In Syria
debate, little mention of rebels. By Aliyah Frumin
Excerpt:
In Syria,
the religious dynamic is particularly acute as Assad–a secular Alawite,
part of
the Shiite branch of Islam–is under attack mostly from religious Sunni
groups
with varied interests and outside support. It is unknown which groups,
if any,
may be affiliated politically with elements in Saudi
Arabia or the Gulf
states. If the U.S. administration knows more
about the rebels, it isn’t sharing much with the public. (In fact, Assad
is an
Alawite, which is a sect of Twelver Shia, not a secular Sunni. And he is
receiving support -- not being attacked by -- his longtime Shia allies
Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. It isn't clear if Ms. Frumin
also is trying to lump the Saudis in with this Shia alliance supposedly
attacking Assad, but the Saudis are most decidedly Sunni. And they are
heavily
funding and arming the Sunni Islamists trying to bring down the Assad
regime. -- Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt)
Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: Obama and Kerry may have gained France, whose loss
under Bush occasioned much agonizing from the Democrats, but they lost the
United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland the Ukraine and the
Czech Republic; all members of Bush’s Coalition of the Willing in Iraq.
Marine website shows
pro-Assad message after being tampered with by Syrian hackers
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/02/marine-website-apparently-hacked-by-syrian-group/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29#ixzz2dnFLZLIA
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/02/marine-website-apparently-hacked-by-syrian-group/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29#ixzz2dnFLZLIA
Excerpt: A recruiting website for the Marines was tampered
with and redirected to show a pro-Assad message Monday, but a spokesman
says no information was put at risk. Capt. Eric Flanagan tells Fox
News the website was not hacked, but temporarily redirected. He said
he could not confirm who was responsible, but the site was redirected to a
message from the Syrian Electronic Army.
Allen West to
Congress: Don’t let Obama make you the scapegoat for Syria strikes [AUDIO]
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/02/allen-west-to-congress-dont-let-obama-make-you-the-scapegoat-for-syria-strikes-audio/#ixzz2dn9DK76H
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/02/allen-west-to-congress-dont-let-obama-make-you-the-scapegoat-for-syria-strikes-audio/#ixzz2dn9DK76H
Excerpt: On Laura Ingraham’s radio show on Monday, West
said this was a symptom of Obama not wanting to deal with those consequences
and looking for someone to share the blame, should action in Syria go
wrong. He pointed to Obama’s actions against Libya which he didn’t seek
congressional approval to back up that claim. “I think what you just saw play
out was a president who has a history of voting ‘present,’ and all of a sudden
he got out ahead of himself, and he realized that, ‘If I take an action on my
own, I’m going to own this,’” West said.
McCain: Congress'
Rejecting Use of Force in Syria Would
be Catastrophic
http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/mccain-congress-syria-catastrophic/2013/09/02/id/523411?promo_code=11550-1&utm_source=11550Breitbart&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1#ixzz2dm8SeGTH
http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/mccain-congress-syria-catastrophic/2013/09/02/id/523411?promo_code=11550-1&utm_source=11550Breitbart&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1#ixzz2dm8SeGTH
Excerpt: Sen. John McCain said Monday that he and
Sen. Lindsey Graham had "a candid exchange" with President Barack
Obama on Syria, and warned that "the consequences would be
catastrophic" if Congress voted against a military strike against
President Bashar al-Assad for his use of chemical weapons. "The consequences
would be catastrophic because it would undermine the credibility of the United States of America and the
credibility of the President of the United States. None of us want
that."… "A degrading strike limited in scope could have a
beneficial effect to the battlefield momentum," Graham added.
US Aid To Syrian
Opposition Tops $1 Billion Mark
excerpt: According to USAID (United States Agency For
International Development), the federal agency in charge of distributing the
vast majority of foreign aid monies to other countries, United States taxpayers have
paid for over one billion dollars in foreign aid packages to help support the
“Syrian Humanitarian Response." Despite the threat of continued chemical
attacks against the Syrian people that has served as the focal point of
rallying cries for advocates of US military intervention (including the Obama
administration), The Daily Beast reported that gas masks were not among the items
purchased with the American billion-dollar aid package.
UK: Syria Commons Vote: Our ill-informed MPs
are too careless with the facts to dictate foreign policy. By Richard Spencer
Excerpt: Kate Hoey, for example, widely respected for
standing up to her party over everything from the Gulf War to hunting, was
among a number who trotted out the "fact" that Carla del Ponte, a
member of the UN commission on Syria,
had "pointed out" that the rebels had used poison gas. This is the
danger of MPs deciding their positions on a shallow reading of newspaper
columnists with whom they agree, Twitter and other social media – all of which
have been reposting this line obsessively for the last ten days in support of
the tenuous idea that the East Ghouta attack
was the work of the opposition.
Britain
cannot afford a rift with America
over Syria.
By Con Coughlin
Excerpt: The suggestion that British military officers are being excluded from the
Pentagon's planning for an attack on Syria is arguably the most serious
consequence of last week's disastrous parliamentary vote on the Syrian crisis. While
our politicians continue to haggle over who was responsible for the
Government's humiliating defeat, the real impact of the vote is now being felt
by the British military and intelligence agencies, which arguably have the
closest working relationship with the U.S. of any Whitehall body. What those
who voted against the Government during last week's debate have failed to
realise is that maintaining a good relationship with the U.S. is vital
to our own national security.
Syria: Cameron must call another vote. By Janet
Daley
Excerpt: It is absolutely critical that Parliament be
allowed a chance to make this right. Especially now that the hopelessly
dithering US
president has shown how readily his nerve can be made to fail. Please Mr
Cameron, be the statesman that you are capable of being. Give Parliament
another vote and another chance to restore the West's belief in Britain's
rectitude.
Tweet from Joseph @Johoff23
If I were an Aspirin factory janitor in Syria I'd take
some sick time.
Tweet from David Burge @iowahawkblog
After Obama's masterful handling of this Syria problem, that Afghanistan withdrawal is gonna go
totally smooth.
Tweet from Randall Hoven @RandallHoven
We intervened in Iraq, and 100,000 civilians died.
We didn't intervene in Syria,
and 100,000 civilians died. #AlwaysOurFault
Tweet from Ali A. Akbar @ali
If we hit Assad and it looks like he's going to fall... we
better light that entire country up. Cannot risk weapons transfer. #Syria
Dem Congresswoman:
Only Reason I’d Vote for Syria
Attack Is Loyalty to Obama
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/09/03/democratic-congresswoman-only-reason-i-d-vote-syrian-attack-loyalty-o#ixzz2drX8u7XO
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/09/03/democratic-congresswoman-only-reason-i-d-vote-syrian-attack-loyalty-o#ixzz2drX8u7XO
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