The Progressive Legacy. By Robert A.
Hall
In case
you missed it, with the child/squirrel typo fixed, thanks to readers. Some
comments from readers: “My good sir, the world
would be a much better place with you as President.” –JJ. “If it means fewer
progressives, maybe we should support more abortions?” –TH. “Friends and
Relatives, While this article may appear long for an email, it is one of
the most concise and best articles describing Liberal (Progressive) theory thinking
and actions. If the first theoretical part is too remote for you, skip it and
look at the "Detailed Legacy half way down the article." –ME. “This is so good. Thank you for taking the time and
making the effort to produce it. It must take such patience. I am admittedly
not so well informed as you are, but as near as I can tell, in my humble
opinion, you have captured the essential nature of the problem.” –R. “A most
excellent read. I believe that Bob has captured the mind of the liberal
progressive very well, too
well perhaps. “ –WD.
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/092613-672687-obama-signs-more-climate-change-deals-while-rest-of-the-world-backs-off.htmExcerpt: Let's look at
temperature. In 1990, the IPCC issued an estimate that a doubling of
pre-industrial levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would lead to a rise
in the Earth's temperature of 9 degrees Fahrenheit. In 2001, the IPCC had to
change that prediction to just over 6 degrees. In 2007, we saw that same number
drop to approximately 5.4 degrees. Now, according to early reports, the IPCC's
latest estimate is only 2.4 degrees. (This latter
prediction, by the way, is in line with what a number of climate skeptics have
been saying for years.) Even the IPCC admits that this is hardly the calamity
predicted just a few years earlier.
Guest Post: Another Chamberlain
Moment
Four Numbers Say Wind and Solar Can’t
Save Climate. By Robert Bryce
Excerpt:
As the discussion unfolds, I would urge everyone to keep four numbers in mind:
32, 1, 30 and 1/2. These are the numbers that explain why any transition away
from our existing energy systems will be protracted and costly. Let’s take them
in sequence.
Let’s Privatize the Welfare State. By John Goodman
Excerpt: Have you ever given money to the food stamp program? Do you
know anyone who has? Actually, some
people do occasionally make gifts to federal entitlement programs. But gifts to
the entire federal government were a paltry $241 million in 2010, the last year for which statistics are
available. By contrast, Americans donated almost $300 billion last year to private sector charities in addition to volunteer
time valued at $158 billion.
The money
we spend on food stamps (technically called the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, or SNAP) almost all comes from coercive taxation, rather
than charitable contributions. For example, the United Way of Dallas donated $50 million to 90
private charities last year. The food stamp program was not among them. Even
the government’s charitable giving program for federal employees ($270 million
to 20,000 non-profit groups) does not list the food stamp program as an option.
IG Report: IRS Failed to Track $67 Million for Obamacare
Excerpt: The
Internal Revenue Service failed to track some $67 million in indirect costs of
implementing the 2010 health-care overhaul, according to a new inspector
general report.
Tony Blair’s Daughter Mugged by Armed Gunman in
Gun-Free UK
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/tony-blairs-daughter-mugged-by-armed-gunman-in-gun-free-uk/
Excerpt: If you listen to Piers Morgan, the UK is a utopia where guns were
banned and as a result everyone spends all day hugging each other. The reality
is that in the UK, as in Chicago or New
York, the difficulty in obtaining a gun only means
that the gunmen are all criminals.
Greenspan:
Failure to Solve Deficit Problem Could Spark Financial
Crisis"Unconstrained deficit spending" represents the United States'
No. 1 domestic economic problem, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
writes in a new book, Politico reports.
Excerpt:
Greenspan says Washington
needs reform of its own to solve our deficit woes. "Our highest priority
going forward is to fix our broken political system," he states.
"Short of that, there is no viable long-term solution to our badly warped
economy." (Note the sentence in bold which I altered for emphasis. I'm not
the only guy who thinks our system is at the least badly damaged, or perhaps
even broken. --Del)
Obama Has Al Qaeda On The Run: All Over
Christians
Excerpt: “Today,
al Qaeda is on the run.” President Barack Obama, Oct. 11, 2012(Was this before
or after allowing the murders in Benghazi?~JB)
But Mr. Obama’s delusion is not quaint or risible. It has emboldened this barbaric
bunch of Islamic thugs to focus on innocent Christians throughout the Muslim
world.But Mr. Obama’s delusion is not quaint or risible. It has emboldened this
barbaric bunch of Islamic thugs to focus on innocent Christians throughout the
Muslim world.
Obama's flawed thinking on full display at UN. By Cal Thomas
Excerpt: His claim that "The world is more stable
than it was five years ago" is demonstrably false. In Iraq, Afghanistan,
Syria, Kenya, Congo, to name only a few, there
are at least as many conflicts as in 2008 and far more now than when the United
Nations was created.
According
to Themner, Lotta and Peter Wallensteen, in "Armed Conflict,
1946-2011," Journal of Peace Research, there were fewer than 20 armed
conflicts in 1946. Today there are more than 30.
CAIR’s Islamophobia Meltdown. By Daniel Greenfield
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/cairs-islamophobia-meltdown/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2adc6171a3-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-2adc6171a3-156414477
Excerpt: While the CAIR report attempted to stigmatize
terrorism research by reporting on the straightforward funding of organizations
and individuals such as Robert Spencer; the Johnson report showed that
CAIR, described by the Justice
Department as an unindicted co-conspirator
in financing terrorism, had engaged in convoluted methods to conceal its
financing sources while laundering money from abroad.
Qaeda tells Syria schoolgirls to wear Islamic clothes: NGO
Excerpt:In Tweihineh, "the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant... has forbidden girls in
primary education and above from attending school unless they wear fully
Islamic clothing including an abaya (gown), gloves and a veil," the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
Nigeria College Attacked: At Least 40 Killed
http://news.sky.com/story/1147882/nigeria-college-attacked-at-least-40-killed
Excerpt: At least 40
people have been killed after suspected Islamist gunmen fired on students as
they slept at a college in northeast Nigeria.
US nuclear commander suspended over gambling, officials say http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/28/us-nuclear-commander-suspended-gambling
Excerpt:
The No 2 officer at the military command in charge of all US nuclear
war-fighting forces has been suspended and is under investigation by the naval
criminal investigation command for issues related to gambling, officials said
on Saturday. The highly unusual action against a high-ranking officer at US strategic
command was made more than three weeks ago but not publicly announced. Air
force general Robert Kehler, who heads Strategic Command, suspended the deputy
commander, navy vice admiral Tim Giardina, from his duties on September 3,
according to the command's top spokeswoman, navy captain Pamela Kunze.
Worse Is the New Normal: Mid-20th-century assumptions of
generational progress no longer obtain
Excerpt:…
George Orwell, after attending a meeting of impoverished but passive miners,
remarked sadly that “there is no turbulence left in England.” The Democrats, and much
of the Republican establishment, have made a bet that there is no turbulence
left in America,
and the citizenry will stand mute before Obamacare’s wrecking ball. Unless
they’re willing to accept a worse life for their children and grandchildren,
middle-class Americans need to prove them wrong.
U.S. TO TEACH MEXICANS TO GAME AMERICAN SYSTEM: Feds plan to
spend $100,000 to help give away more money
Excerpt: It’s
an expenditure of only $100,000 – mere pocket change in the vast labyrinth of
federal spending – but the funds are for the creation of a manual to teach people
how to get more money from the U.S.
government. And the recipients aren’t even citizens of the United States. The U.S. Trade &
Development Agency, an independent White House agency, is laying the foundation
for the government of Mexico
to infuse hundreds of billions of dollars into modernizing its roads, bridges
and other critical infrastructure.
‘Netanyahu to tell Obama Iran has enough uranium for a bomb’
Excerpt: Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he meets Barack Obama on Monday, will present
the US president with an
intelligence report asserting that Iran
has amassed enough enriched uranium to produce a nuclear weapon, according to Britain’s
Sunday Times.
New U.S. mayor sets sights on 'black
nation'
Excerpt: Voters
in Jackson, Miss.,
a mid-sized city in the heart of the Deep South,
have picked a Democrat as their mayor. What’s different about this individual
is that he is a former leader of the Republic
of New Afrika, a group
dedicated to creating an independent black nation out of five southern states.
Ten states where Obamacare wipes out existing health care plans
Excerpt:
But as Obamacare’s rollout approaches, we have learned this is not true. Here
are the ten states where consumers may like their health care planes, but they
won’t be able to keep them.
Israel Claims To Have Arrested Iranian Spy Carrying Photos Of US
Embassy
Excerpt: On
September 29 Israel's
Shin Bet security service announced the arrest of an Iranian spy allegedly
carrying photos of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. The alleged spy was arrested
on September 11, carrying a Belgian passport. According to Business Insider,
the alleged spy had been operating under the name Alex Mans, but his real name
is Ali Mansouri.
Excerpt: A
wide swath of American society just do not "get" the Tea Party. At
first I just thought so many are ignorant. But I've come to believe it's
because our national morality has declined so precipitously that they no longer
understand anyone who would place principle over popularity or career success…or
"being cool". So many moderates and most Democrats choose to demonize
the Tea Party while knowing so little about it. They call them racists, while
failing to see thousands of Hispanics and Blacks and Asians marching in those
Tea Party rallies.
SEIU Members Strike After Obamacare-Caused Job
Cut
Excerpt: Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) members in Chicago have gone on strike after a
janitorial company cut some union jobs and hours because of Obamacare, a law
the SEIU supported. Tyler French, the organizing director of SEIU Local 1 in Chicago, said a
janitorial company called "Professional Maintenance" cut the jobs and
hours.
NSA employee spied on nine women without detection, internal file shows: Twelve cases of unauthorised surveillance documented in letter from NSA's inspector general to senator Chuck Grassley
It also reveals limited disciplinary action taken against NSA
staff found to have abused the system. …Two civilian employees kept their jobs
– and, it appears, their security clearance – and escaped with only a written
warning after they were found to have conducted unauthorised interceptions. The
abuses – technically breaches of the law – did not result in a single
prosecution, even though more than half of the cases were referred to the
Department of Justice.
McCain hires Syria rebel advocate Elizabeth O’Bagy
Excerpt: Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain hired the Syria analyst in favor of U.S. intervention
who was fired for fabricating her Ph.D., Foreign Policy reported. Elizabeth O’Bagy,
formerly of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), will start Monday as
a legislative assistant in Sen. McCain’s office. McCain told Foreign Policy
that “Elizabeth is
a talented researcher, and I have been very impressed by her knowledge and
analysis in multiple briefings over the last year.”
(Maybe she’s good at playing poker? Hard to believe you’d hire a Syrian
rebel mole without education claimed….must have the robochip implanted at one
of those steak and lobster dinners….Barb)
Hersh slams US media, says ‘not one word’ of
White House bin Laden narrative is true
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/27/hersh-slams-us-media-claims-bin-laden-narrative-is-not-true/#ixzz2gCs3301U
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/27/hersh-slams-us-media-claims-bin-laden-narrative-is-not-true/#ixzz2gCs3301U
Excerpt: In an interview with The Guardian (U.K.) published Friday,
the left-leaning Seymour Hersh, best known for his Pulitzer-winning reporting
that exposed the My Lai massacre during the
Vietnam War, unloaded on the American news media for its underwhelming coverage
of the Obama White House. Hersh told The Guardian’s Lisa O’Carroll that the ABC
and NBC news bureaus ought to be shut down and 90 percent of the editors fired
for sake of fixing journalism
Al Qaeda Opens First Official Twitter Account
http://conservativebyte.com/2013/09/al-qaeda-opens-first-official-twitter-account/
http://conservativebyte.com/2013/09/al-qaeda-opens-first-official-twitter-account/
Excerpt: Maybe
they’ll start posting their next targets! Unreal that Obama can’t get these
thugs in check and that they have so little fear that they’ll be this open.
ADOLPH HITLER: The Real Father of Universal
Health Care
http://clashdaily.com/2013/09/adolph-hitler-real-father-universal-health-care/
http://clashdaily.com/2013/09/adolph-hitler-real-father-universal-health-care/
Excerpt: Because resources are limited, the concept of Universal
Healthcare requires the Government to make decisions on the
distribution of healthcare that will determine the survivability of different
groups in society. That is, the welfare of the collective and government
priorities are placed above that of the rights of any individual.
Excerpt: An
Ohio attorney
who handled more than 800 court-appointed cases last
year billed
for workdays that included 29 hours, 23 hours, 21.5 hours, and 21
hours. In total, his billable hours averaged out into nine
hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Docs Flee Jersey
(Wouldn't You?) By J. Robert Smith
Excerpt: Via the Drudge
Report, we learn that medical docs are fleeing Blue State Jersey faster
than "Old Blue Eyes" skedaddled out of Hoboken. This from MY9NJ.com: According to Deborah Briggs, the
President and CEO of the Council of Teaching Hospitals, New Jersey loses nearly 70% of the doctors
it educates to other states. This is well below the national average of a 48%
retention rate.
Peggy Noonan:
World Wants the Old America
Back
Excerpt:
Noonan quotes a former senior U.S.
diplomat as saying, "World leaders are very negative about Obama,"
and are "disappointed, feeling he's not really in charge . . . The Western
Europeans don't pay that much attention to him anymore."
Moroccans Protest Against Muslim Brotherhood Government.
By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: But just like Egypt
and Tunisia,
Islamist rule isn’t proving to be too popular. "Up to 5,000 people
protested in the Moroccan capital Sunday against the Islamist government and
the high cost of living after price rises of staple goods, a journalist said."
This year's SAT
scores are out, and they are grim. By Julia Ryan
Excerpt:
Of the 1.66 million high school students in the class of 2013 who took the SAT,
only 43 percent were academically prepared for college-level work, according to
this year’s SAT Report on College & Career Readiness. For the fifth year in
a row, fewer than half of SAT-takers received scores that qualified them as
“college-ready.” (Progressive education. My combined SATS were 1,424, in 1968,
but I took it after I’d been in the Corps for four, and skipped a lot in high
school. ~Bob)
Walmart Shooter Targeted White Victims. By Tony Lee
Excerpt: Police eventually "seized computers and documents
from Faust's home that showed he had a plan for the attack and wanted to shoot
a large number of people."
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