Monday, July 21, 2014

RedState Briefing 07/21/2014

Morning Briefing
For July 21, 2014
Could Elizabeth Warren Face Ted Cruz In 2016?
Should the Democrats nominate Elizabeth Warren for President in 2016, as a draft-Warren movement, some liberal pundits and enthusiasts at this week’s Netroots Nation convention believe?

Should Republicans nominate Ted Cruz, who has kept his options open with frequent trips to Iowa and New Hampshire? In some ways, Cruz and Warren are mirror images, and the cases for and against them are surprisingly similar. But there are also some critical differences. . . . please click here for the rest of the post



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Netroots Nation and Mark Ruffalo protest for water to be a human right
The protest flows from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department shutting off water to customers that don’t pay their bills, So far this year, Detroit’s water utility has shut off water to 17,000 customers. The utility wants people to do pay their overdue bills. Some residents and protesters are upset that the city is doing this.

One of the themes of the Netroots Nation 2014, or “Nutroots,” as Senator Hatch christened them in 2007, is that water is a human right. The water protest is a misguided response to Detroit’s water utility shutting off water of thousands of Detroit residents who failed to pay their bills. According to the Nutroots, these shut offs violate the “human right to water.” . . . please click here for the rest of the post


#TheBearIsLoose and Obama abdication of responsibility
In an administration that is intellectually adrift and morally bereft, the hashtag has become substitute for policy. When Vladimir Putin began his attempt to dismantle Ukraine, the utter feckless Jen Psaki and our State Department resorted to . . . please click here for the rest of the post


Fracking Rift Threatens to Sink Udall, Hickenlooper
Fracking has been good for the State of Colorado and its economy, and therefore a large majority of Coloradans support fracking. However, the Democrat base, particularly in Colorado, is not so much with the whole science thing, and therefore they are vehemently opposed to fracking. Uber environmentalist wacko Jared Polis (D-CO), has decided to score an own goal on two vulnerable Democrats who are up for election in a non-Presidential election year and therefore are heavily depending on turnout from their base – by forcing Udall and Hickenlooper to take a stand on fracking. By opposing fracking, Udall and Hickenlooper risk alienating swing voters; by supporting it, they will alienate their most dedicated voters. . . . please click here for the rest of the post


Obama moves deadline for Iran nuke deal past midterm elections
We wrote last week about how the Iran nuclear negotiations seemed at an impasse despite (or because of)  airdropping secretary of State John Kerry into the negotiations. . . . please click here for the rest of the post


Netherlands held liable for the Srebrenica massacre
One of the iconic photos of the ill-considered UN effort during the Götterdämmerung of Yugoslavia’s dissolution is that of Dutch Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Karremans sharing a drink with Serb commander, psychopath and war criminal Ratko Mladic after the surrender of Dutchbat, or the Dutch peacekeeping battalion at Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. Even as this photograph was taken, Serbs had begun the massacre of the first of what would eventually total over 8700 men, women, and children.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post


Ron Paul: Moral Cretin
On Friday, former Representative Ron Paul was a guest on Newsmax TV. The subject of the shootdown of Malaysia Air flight MH-17 came up. This exchange ensued with host John Bachman . . . please click here for the rest of the post


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