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November 3, 2014
THE FOUNDATION"Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters." --Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775TOP 5 RIGHT HOOKSObama: You're Welcome on Economy, ObamaCareIn his campaign speech in Rhode Island -- one of the most corrupt states in America -- Obama became so prideful over his economic "progress" that he told the audience, "You're welcome." Obama said, "Now, the good news is we've made a lot of progress since the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. So when I first came into office, the economy was in a free fall, the auto industry was in a free fall. ... Manufacturing -- the quintessential producer of middle-class jobs, the heart of Rhode Island's economy for decades -- manufacturing has now created 700,000 new jobs since early 2010. Ten million Americans have gained the peace of mind that comes with having health insurance." At this point, an audience member shouted, "Thank you!" And Obama replied, "You're welcome." Obama touts dubious economic growth, a piece of legislation that burdens the health care system, and a measly 700,000 manufacturing jobs that his EPA czars will destroy in a few years if they have their way on environmental regulation. That's not welcome. More...Comment | Share Civil Rights Charges Against Ferguson Officer Wilson UnlikelyThe legal case against Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot Michael Brown, seems to be vanishing because there is not enough evidence to try him on murder charges or civil rights violations. "'The evidence at this point does not support civil rights charges against Officer Wilson,' said one person briefed on the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case," The Washington Post reports. "Justice Department officials are loath to acknowledge publicly that their case cannot now meet the high legal threshold for a successful civil rights prosecution. The timing is sensitive: Tensions are high in greater St. Louis as people await the results of a grand jury's review of the case." For weeks, the community has petitioned the government for the wrong redress of grievances -- asking for a particular ruling in a court of law. A more effective and lasting change would be to change the local government in Ferguson. More...Comment | Share Marine Freed From Mexican PrisonFormer Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi was freed from a Mexican jail Saturday, where he languished for more than 200 days because he made a wrong turn and accidentally took guns into Mexico (unlike, say, the Obama Justice Department, which knowingly trafficked guns to Mexican drug cartels). In a statement, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson said, "The totality of diplomacy, the judicial process, the legal strategy and the importance of the American-Mexican relationship resulted in Andrew's release. And now we have this great outcome. Andrew's coming home." Richardson continued, "The judicial process of Mexico made the right choice. The humanitarian release was justified based on PTSD, something that the Mexican judicial and medical system is not as conscious of as the United States." But it was no thanks to Secretary of State John Kerry, who talked little and did nothing to bring this former soldier home. More...Comment | Share U.S. to Send Troops to Iraq?In an effort to avoid repeating the outcome of the Syrian conflict, the Pentagon announced it would send boots on the ground to train Iraqi tribes to fight ISIL in the Anbar province. In Syria, the Free Syrian Army, the moderate rebels fighting both Bashar al-Assad's regime and ISIL, have faced defeat after defeat. Most recently, a group affiliated with al-Qaida routed the moderate rebels from their positions in northern Syria, leading to defections. But in Iraq, the Obama administration is strengthening it's "Inherent Resolve" after reports surfaced that ISIL killed members of the Al Bu Nimr tribe and buried them in mass graves. Hot Air's Noah Rothman says sending troops to train and equip is political, to turn the Iraqi tribes into allies, and not in response to the evidence of genocide. Obama entered this war partly to prevent genocide. How's that for "Inherent Resolve?"More...Comment | Share Climate Scientists Aren't Alarmist EnoughEcofascists have a clear motive when fearmongering about global warming. They want more and more government control over our everyday lives. The Washington Post reports, "On Nov. 2, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [released] its 'Synthesis Report,' the final stage in a yearlong document dump that, collectively, presents the current expert consensus about climate change and its consequences." No one has ever accused these scientists of underestimating the threat. Until now. The Post continues, "According to a number of scientific critics, the scientific consensus represented by the IPCC is a very conservative consensus. IPCC's reports, they say, often underestimate the severity of global warming, in a way that may actually confuse policymakers (or worse). The IPCC, one scientific group charged last year, has a tendency to 'err on the side of least drama.'" The least drama? What movie have they been watching? Certainly not "The Day After Tomorrow."Comment | Share For more, visit Right Hooks.
RIGHT ANALYSISYou Might Be a Democrat in 2014 If...
Most will sigh and say, “I can’t wait for this election to be over!” Yet the sun won't set on Wednesday before the narrative shifts to the 2016 presidential election. In races from the Court House to the State House to the U.S. House, Democrats have frantically attempted to distance themselves from Barack Obama during the last few months, and the situation has vacillated between pitiful and humorous. Now, the political environment on the Left has been downgraded to pure desperation. Let’s adapt Jeff Foxworthy's “you might be a redneck if...” approach (also used by Mark Alexander earlier this year to spot liberals generally) to identify panicking Democrats. You might be a desperate Democrat running on the 2014 ballot if you claim your own constituents are racist and sexist. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), fighting for her political life tied directly to Barack Obama’s policies, declared her opponents to be those of the South who won’t vote for women or minorities, specifically blacks. “I’ll be very, very honest with you," said Landrieu in what's our first clue she's lying. "The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. It’s not always been a good place for women to present ourselves. It’s more of a conservative place.” She later doubled down, adding, “Everyone knows this is the truth, and I will continue to speak the truth even as some would twist my words seeking political advantage." Bless your heart, Mary, you must’ve forgotten about Louisiana’s dynamic Democrat duo of Governor Kathleen Blanco (female) and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (black), who grossly mismanaged the response to Hurricane Katrina. You might be a desperate Democrat in 2014 if you claim Republicans believe slavery (in the sense of blacks on a plantation) still exists. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), most renowned for tax fraud, declared Republicans to be Civil War era Confederates: “Some of them believe that slavery isn't over and they think they won the Civil War!" Obviously, he thinks the key to winning in New York is to insult the intellect of voters. He claims slavery still exists while ignoring the fact that it was the actions of Republicans who abolished slavery and amended the Constitution to allow voting of minorities. Unfortunately, he's probably correct in his assumption. You might be a desperate Democrat in 2014 if you repeat the claim that Republicans will impeach Obama if they win in November. A chorus of the chattering Left has frequently repeated this trope over the last few months, but just last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) fretted, “Frankly, a Republican House and Senate could go beyond shutting down the government -- they could waste months of our lives on impeachment.” Yeah, that’s right. Voters are asked to believe the guy who’s left more than 350 bills passed by the House dry-rotting on his desk as he leads the refrain sung only by the desperate Left about obstruction and impeachment. Finally, you might be a desperate Democrat in 2014 if in Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland or insert-the-name-of-your-state you’ve seen campaign fliers referencing the unrest and violence in Ferguson, Jim Crow laws or even lynching. It is 2014. Yet the turnout tool used by the party of the people, the Democrats, is not to address the historically high unemployment of blacks. It’s not to discuss horrific black-on-black crime or the incredibly high out-of-wedlock births spurred on by a government that rewards its citizens trapped in welfare dependence (poverty plantations, if you will). Oh, no, desperate Democrats spread fear and fuel a division that is, for the most part, conjured up by the hustlers of race who “lead” the, ahem, progressive party. Tragically, it also might be noted: You might be viewed as a useful idiot voter who supports Democrats if you fall for such inflammatory dishonesty now synonymous with the failed policies of the Democrat Party. As 2014 draws near its end, the Democrat Party, steered by the abysmal policies and platitudes of Barack Obama, coupled with the folly offered as a substitute for thoughtful debate, is pure symbolism over substance. Those who employ and subscribe to such may take offense to the light-hearted Jeff Foxworthy approach. Yet our thoughts and beliefs determine our behavior. Said more academically, “Cogito ergo sum.” The Latin declaration translates, “I think, therefore, I am.” Democrats of 2014, we now see exactly what you think and exactly what you are. Comment | Share ObamaCare Is Still a Disaster
Democrats up for election are running away from the health care law. The very same law their party passed without a single Republican vote. On Election Day, Americans should make it clear to those Democrats that an old cliché still applies: You can run, but you can’t hide. Read the rest here. Apple and Oranges: Comparing Positions on Homosexuality
So let's compare the reaction to Cook's announcement to the treatment of two other CEO's who stood for traditional marriage. Read the rest here. For more, visit Right Analysis.
TOP 5 RIGHT OPINION COLUMNS
 OPINION IN BRIEFThe Gipper: “It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. ... This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."Columnist Star Parker: "Some call the fear and hate ad campaigns being orchestrated by Democratic Party supporters to boost black turnout in ... Tuesday’s congressional elections desperation. I call it pathetic. The way for a Party to get support is to deliver success. When there is no record of success, lies, distortion, and fear become the operative tools, in hope that uninformed voters will buy the garbage. ... What more do blacks need to know than that the sick, vacuous political campaign of hate and fear targeting them is significantly financed by those who want to assure that poor black children stay in failing schools and that unborn black children do not enter the world. Black Americans need their children educated, their families intact and healthy, and jobs. Democrats have failed them across the board. Well-financed lies won’t mask the truth. It’s time for change, and blacks and Democrats know it." Comment | Share Columnist George Will: "Tuesday will supply evidence of not only how little pulse Obama’s presidency still has, but how much damage he has done to his party. Before he led it to its 2010 debacle, it controlled 62 state legislative chambers to the Republicans' 36. Entering Tuesday Republicans led Democrats, 59-39. (Subtract two chambers because Nebraska’s Legislature is unicameral and nonpartisan.) Can Democrats stop the hemorrhaging? Earnest improvers, eager to tightly wrap the regulatory state’s tentacles around the democratic process, say the Republic is ruined because about $1 billion has been spent on ads in the 2014 cycle electing governors, senators and representatives. Considering the enormous consequences the political class has as it sloshes trillions of dollars hither and yon, it is strange that in selecting the 2015 members of this class Americans spent less than half the $2.2 billion they spent last month on Halloween candy." Comment | Share Comedian Argus Hamilton: "The White House was reported considering flying in Ebola patients from Africa to the United States for hospital treatment. It doesn't seem fair. Five years ago the Obama Administration would not allow swine flu into the country for fear that it would offend Muslims."  Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis! Join us in daily prayer for our Patriots in uniform -- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen -- standing in harm's way in defense of Liberty, and for their families. |
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