It's uncanny... :D

Michale

What IS it about Left Wing fanatics who can find blame in everything and everyone except where the blame belongs??

Michale

Can anyone argue with the logic??

No???

Didna think so... :D

Michale

Iran’s Supreme Leader: Jihad Will Continue Until America is No More
http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/25/irans-supreme-leader-jihad-will-continue-until-america-is-no-more/

This is why it's simply impossible to deal with Iran as if it were a civilized nation...

The de-facto rulers of Iran are religious fanatics who know no reason or rationality..

"Jim, madness has no purpose or reason. But it may have a goal."
-Commander Spock, STAR TREK, The Alternative Factor

It's all too clear what the goal is of the Iranian leadership...

Michale

Look how low Obama and the Democrats have sunk this country...

It's rather ironic that SecState John Kerry summed it up best..

“Most of the rest of the world doesn’t lie awake at night worrying about America’s presence – they worry about what would happen in our absence.”
-SecState John Kerry

Michale

The silence from the Left is deafening...

Amazing how that is, eh??

Between this and the Katrina analogy, looks like I got the entire Left by the short and curlies... :D

Michale

Comparing ya'alls reaction to the head of FEMA during Katrina to ya'alls reaction to the head of the VA in the here and now..

I wonder would could account for such diametrically opposed reactions..

Oh wait... I know... :D

Michale

I followed your link re Shinseki - I knew very little about him and the article provided me with a valuable perspective. Thank you so much for that.

Ya, it used to be that politicians would HIDE their politicking and damage control and not be so blatant and obvious about it..

{{sssiiiiiggggghhhhh}} the good old days.. :^/

Michale

Obama and his incompetent administration exposed the CHIEF OF STATION in Afghanistan, putting him and his family at risk...

I am SURE that ya'all will show the same diligence, exuberance and enthusiasm in condemning Obama and his administration as ya'all did with Bush...

Right?? :D

Michale

OK, I'm still reading comments from HuffPost, haven't gotten to the ones here yet, but had to (blush) offer up my apologies.

This article originally cited an article by "John F. Kennedy Jr." which has now been corrected to read "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

I'd like to offer up a big mea culpa maxima and a tip of the hat to HuffPost commenter Lady1genius for spotting the error.

-CW

If racism is what is being fought against, maybe Democrats should clean up their own house first??

I'm just sayin'....

Michale

As always, the facts belay the spin..

“More than a decade ago one of the foremost scholars of Native American languages, Smithsonian Institution senior linguist Ives Goddard, spent seven months researching the subject and concluded that the word ‘redskin’ originated as a Native American expression of solidarity by multi-tribal delegations that traveled to Washington to negotiate Native American national policies,” Allen says.
Allen goes on to note that the Redskins logo was designed by Native American leaders in 1971 when his father, George Allen, was head coach.
“The highly respected Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania surveyed Native Americans nationally and reported that an overwhelming 90% of respondents said the name was not offensive,” Allen states in the letter. “More importantly, Native Americans continue to embrace and use the name and logo.”
In his final bullet point of “facts,” he refers to the national survey conducted by the Associated Press “confirming 83% of Americans said they are in favor of keeping the Washington Redskins name.”
Allen ends the letter by saying, "We hope you will join us; Native Americans deserve our support."
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/05/24/redskins-president-bruce-allen-responds-with-letter-to-sen-harry-reid/

Aren't there more pressing problems this country needs to address??

How about the abhorrent state of our Mental Health programs that lead to ANOTHER mass shooting in a alleged "GUN FREE ZONE"... AKA PSYCHOTIC'S SHOOTING GALLERY....

Michale

The reasoning is obvious..

The military has always been and will always continue to be an instrument of foreign policy..

Obama's foreign police is on the trash heap...

But Obama can point to this and say proudly, "See!! I am NOT incompetent!! We are prepared for zombies!!!"

It makes perfect sense.. :D

Michale

I read voraciously...

All of the following sites are bookmarked.

In no particular order.

CNN
FNC
AlJazeera
AP
Reuters
Drudge
NY Times
NY Post
Washington Post
ABC
NBC
CBS

Plus a buttload of regional sites in places I have lived..

Michale

Wow! That's really interesting, Liz, thank you for that! A bipartisan Executive - I wonder if that's ever happened in the past? And I wonder if it would have made any difference to the current Congress? Food for thought.

Michale,

Where do you source your news?

I'm sure you're absolutely right about that, Liz! Though not as VP again... I'm not even sure if a VP can even run for a third term...?

Heh. Well, I'm sure the last thing Biden wants is another term in the Vice President's office! And, that goes especially in a Hillary Clinton White House!!

In the years leading up to the 2008 presidential election, I was advocating for a Biden/Hagel ticket, a kind of hybrid or fusion ticket.

Later on, during one of the Democratic primary debates, Biden was asked who he would choose to be his running mate. Without missing a beat, he said he would pick Chuck Hagel for his running mate and quickly added that he would seriously consider Dick Lugar for Secretary of State.

Both of those choices were based on the experience and expertise of the two Republicans and the spirit of bipartisanship shared amongst the three of them that had the great potential, I would argue, of providing a highly functional government at a time of crisis.

"Boom, boom, boom... Another one bites the dust..."
-QUEEN

Why is it that Left Wing radio just CAN't succeed????

Michale

I don't see any reason to defend my argument as you didn't really come up with anything regarding the VA scandal that would require a defense..

Michale

Interesting...

Yea... ABSOLUTELY NO AGENDA whatsoever.. :D

Remember..

AT night..

Not LAST night...

Michale

No, but a big heaping pile of hyperbole...

And Abu Ghraib was a holocaust... A world shattering event.. A war crime worthy of Hitler or Stalin or Pol Pot... :^/

Agenda much???

Michale

Yea... It's ALL Bush's fault..

Obama is completely and utterly blameless without ANY responsibility whatsoever...

We are at war with Eurasia.. We have always been at war with Eurasia...

Mopshell,

I haven't watched network or cable TV since 1997....

Michale

The first part of this explains the second part of this...

Michale

You have a group of people who's Doctor/Patient ratio is 1.1 to 1...

You have a second group who's Doctor/Patient ratio is 35 to 1..

Now, logic clearly dictates that the former group is going to get a LOT better care than the latter group.

Of course, in Obama The Messiah Who Can Do No Wrong reality, such logic is probably not applicable.. :D

So, the fact that Gordon was intimately familiar with the goings on at Gitmo mean nothing..

Or, more accurately, the fact that what Gordon says is unflattering to the Obama Administration is why you don't accept his facts..

Do you have ANY evidence to call Gordon a liar, other than your political ideology???

Michale

From your link:
"Planners ... realized that training examples for plans must accommodate the political fallout that occurs if the general public mistakenly believes that a fictional training scenario is actually a real plan," the authors wrote, adding: "Rather than risk such an outcome by teaching our augmentees using the fictional 'Tunisia' or 'Nigeria' scenarios used at [Joint Combined Warfighting School], we elected to use a completely-impossible scenario that could never be mistaken for a real plan."

I tried to post this comment yesterday at Huffington Post. It was censored. I have no idea why.

There's a one citation per post limit at this venue, but if you still want 'em, I'll be happy to add two more posts to show there are roughly 8500 personnel and family at Guantanamo, and the official Pentagon position is that detainees get the same standard of care as base personnel.

But my main point was that you use a cherry picked, gut based, evidence free, factoid to advance a notion that terrorists get better care than soldiers. Look, the VA is not caring for terrorists, at Gitmo or elsewhere. That's pure distraction, or maybe just wild mudslinging, I'm not sure which. Can we stick to the subject at hand, the VA story and leave the irrelevant Gitmo = Club Med discussion for some other day/thread?

Yea, and the "official" Obama position is he did not lie when he said, "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan"...

Frankly, the Obama administration has absolutely ZERO credibility in ANY position they take...

Michale

What exactly is your point?? Are you doubting the accuracy of the numbers??

By all means, state your evidence..

Regardless of the considerations, the simple fact is, scumbag terrorists are taken better care of medically, than our own Veterans..

Nothing you have posted calls that FACT into question... :D

Michale

"Interesting factoid about the VA scandal where veterans are dying by the dozens.."

"At Gitmo, the ratio of doctor to patient is 1.1 to 1."

From Merriam Webster online, the preferred definition of FACTOID

1: an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print.

Michael, I appreciate your forthright disclaimer, and in the very first sentence of your comment! Still, you ought to give credit to your source, which I believe to be J.D. Gordon of Fox News.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/05/22/al-qaeda-terrorists-at-guantanamo-treated-better-than-our-vets/

I see you've made Gordon's comment even truthier by amping his ratio from a mere 1.5 to 1.1! This is akin to double distillation!

Of course, what Gordon has done is to take the rough number of detainees at Gitmo, 150 he sez, and divide them by 100, the medical staff (he sez) at the base... 1.5 to 1!!!!!!! Of course, the medical staff also cares for approx. 8500 DOD staff and their family members. The official Pentagon position is that detainees get exactly the same care as service men and women. That makes the care ratio roughly 85:1, which, on the face of things, makes the 35:1 VA care ratio look pretty good.

Well, I'm sure your choice for veep may be a good one but, Vice President Biden might have other options on his mind ...

I'm sure you're absolutely right about that, Liz! Though not as VP again... I'm not even sure if a VP can even run for a third term...?

The reason I like Julian Castro so much for VP is because I think he's someone worthy who will really energize the Latino vote. Then, at the end of his VP term(s), I'd like to see him in a bid to be America's first Latino president. By 2024, they might well be ready for that.

Before we begin, our sincere condolences to the George W. Bush family for the loss of former White House pet Miss Beazley, who died this week. As always, we are strictly non-partisan in our love for "First Dogs" and "First Cats," because we feel the president's (any president's) humanity can only be improved by having a pet to play with on occasion (the photo of Bush with Miss Beazley which accompanies that article shows exactly what we're talking about). As Harry Truman famously put it: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." Our thoughts are with the Bush family in their time of loss.

The vast VAST majority of the Left would rather cut out their hearts with a spoon before they would give Bush ANY kind of condolences or humanizing...

But we here in Weigantia can always count on decency from the grand Poobah..

Now excuse me while I wipe this brown stuff off my nose... :D

Michale

Ya'all want to talk Immigration??

A chilling message from the cartels: Billboards with hanging mannequins warning cops to choose 'silver over lead' appear in Texas
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2637789/Threatening-cartel-billboards-warning-police-choose-silver-lead-come-complete-hanging-mannequins-appearing-Texas.html

Obama and the Democrats are already giving drug cartels a foothold in United States territory..

Why not create an LEO-impenetrable corridor for the cartels that they can move drugs and terrorists into the United States?

Because THAT is exactly what that New Mexico "national monument" will do...

Yer doing a heckuva job, Obama-ie.... :^/

Ya know, I have never subscribed to the outlandish belief that Obama is actively working AGAINST this country..

Having said that, the supporting facts DO keep piling up...

Michale

That's the ONLY reason to adopt a wait and see attitude..

We KNOW things are bad.. The ONLY reason to "wait and see" is to abdicate holding Obama and Demcorats responsible...

Like I said, would the Left want to "wait and see" if a GOP had been POTUS?

Not only "NO", but "HELL NO"...

Michale

In the VA, the ratio of doctor to patient is 35 to 1. That's 35 patients for every doctor..

At Gitmo, the ratio of doctor to patient is 1.1 to 1.

Almost EVER scumbag, bottom sucking parasitical THING at Gitmo has their own private doctor..

The ONLY logical conclusion to come to??

That Obama and his Administration care more for scumbag terrorists than they do for America's Veterans...

That says it all about Obama and his Administration...

Michale

That IS a tough call... Both served with honor and distinction, intent on keeping Americans safe..

Gay marriage is becoming legal in so many states, it's hard to keep up these days.

Good. Then maybe we can quit trumpeting about it every 5 minutes, eh??

For a group that is always in pursuit of complete equality, the Left sure likes to heighten and emphasize the differences...

I mean, seriously....

Julián Castro was named to the job not because he gives a good speech, though,

Yea, and Obama wasn't elected POTUS because he gave a good speech at the 2004 Crat convention.. :D

There has been a scandal growing at the Veterans Administration, but up until now we have not commented on it nor handed out MDDOTW awards. There's a reason for this, and the reason is that we're waiting for the report to come out specifying the scope and depth of the problems at V.A. hospitals across the country. This report is expected as early as next week, so we don't have much longer to wait.

Why wait??

It's only going to get worse.. If we ever find out anything at all..

Since this scandal was so front-and-center this week, we have no other candidates for the MDDOTW award. If you have nominees for someone I've overlooked, let me know in the comments, and I'll consider your suggestions.

Oh com'on!!

This is a scandal that even DEMOCRATS are saying is a "REAL" scandal..

Obama KNEW about these problems at the VA even BEFORE he was POTUS... He USED the "deplorable conditions" of the VA to beat Bush over the head with as early as 2007!!

And, under Obama, things are the VA have gotten much MUCH worse.

OUR VETERANS ARE DYING!!

And you are telling me that, on MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, of all times, Obama doesn't deserve an MDDOTW for his complete and utter incompetence on display AGAIN for all the world to see!!????

Again, the only litmus test we need is what would the reaction from the Left had been if this had happened under a GOP POTUS...

I am simply gabberflasted...

I'll need time to recover before I move on to the FTPs.

Michale

I'm delighted that you chose Julian Castro as your MIDOTW! He was the most outstanding Democrat for me too and I wish him well. I am also hoping that this will place him in a position to be chosen as a vice presidential running mate. I cannot think of a better candidate at this juncture.

Well, I'm sure your choice for veep may be a good one but, Vice President Biden might have other options on his mind ...

I've had a great deal of respect for Shinseki ever since that day.

Appearances can often be deceiving and here is some insight into what makes Secretary Shinseki tick that may be of interest ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eric-shinseki-is-still-the-right-person-to-lead-veterans-affairs/2014/05/21/0d984ac0-dd41-11e3-bda1-9b46b2066796_story.html

If anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt, I think Secretary Shinseki surely does.

It was heartwarming to see the outpouring of sympathy for the Bush family over the loss of Miss Beazley. Not one commenter had anything but sincere condolences for them. Especially heart-wrenching were the comments from those who had also recently lost beloved pets.

I have heard nothing of the Northrop Grumman fraud case! Thank you for bringing it to our attention! Why is mainstream media avoiding this story?

Re Alan West: hypocrisy is thy name and creed.

Re Utah's governor: he needs to locate a dictionary and look up the word "anarchy" as Rep Steve King does for the word "xenophobia". In King's case, he claimed to have looked it up but he still misunderstands it and misuses it. In the oft-quoted words of The Princess Bride character, Inigo Montoya: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

I've already seen some Republican outrage over Barack Obama's designation of America's newest National Monument. Apparently national monuments are now on the ever-growing Republican list of bad things to be banned, including the President's ability to designate them.

I'm delighted that you chose Julian Castro as your MIDOTW! He was the most outstanding Democrat for me too and I wish him well. I am also hoping that this will place him in a position to be chosen as a vice presidential running mate. I cannot think of a better candidate at this juncture.

As for MDDOTW, keep Alison Lundergran Grimes on standby if she fails to call out Mitch McConnell on his prevarications regarding Obamacare/Kynect. McConnell claims that the two are "unconnected" and that repealing Obamacare will not affect Kynect. These are outright lies and I will be deeply disappointed in Grimes if she fails to respond forcefully.

Friday Talking Points

(1) As you know, I've been following the Operation American Spring march and did so right up to and including its complete and utter failure! It was hard to find news on what was happening on the day as mainstream media declined to cover it - it truly was too small an event to merit their attention.

But what coverage I found was hilarious including the unnamed someone(s) who, on the OAS website and FB page, directed people to the Bundy ranch and Utah instead, much to the dismay and frantic denials of the organizers! There were also warnings that demonstrators should expect to face jail, wounding and even death at the hands of federal security - now there's motivation for you! One of my favorites was the conspiracy theory that the President had ordered all federal government buildings to be bomb-rigged! Oh dear, oh dear.

The final article though was the best of all - attendees blamed Glenn Beck for the lack of attendance because he mocked them instead of promoting them! Read about it in Salon here:

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/20/glenn_becks_supporters_revolt_how_an_inane_event_became_a_massive_headache/

(2) More on Mississippi misbehavior:

Four people have now been arrested including Clayton Kelly, the photographer and wannabe radio star, and Mark Mayfield, attorney and vice chairman of the Mississippi Tea Party. Charges range from exploitation of a vulnerable adult and photographing an individual without permission to the tampering of evidence and conspiracy. Kelly made the film based on an accusation that Cochran was having an affair with his assistant. The film featured shots of the two with the photo of Rose Cochran at the end. Kelly told investigators he thought the photo could help launch his blog and radio show. I wonder who he was trying to emulate?

(3) I haven't seen anything in the media about Democrats pushing back against these voter suppression laws. Maybe they're leaving it to the courts instead. In my opinion they need to read your article on this, Chris, and I've recommended that people contact their candidates and pass on the link to them.

(4) This is yet more evidence of the House Republicans desperate conga-line dance away from all debate of immigration reform. The funny thing is that the two pushes for discussion this week both came from House Republicans. The first was Rep Jeff Denham (R-Cal) with his measure offering citizenship to immigrants here illegally who serve in the American Armed Forces. The second was from noted mental wasteland, Rep Steve King (R-Iowa), whose rant went off on a tangent diametrically opposed to that of the GOP leadership! Very funny stuff and I agree that Sen Chuck Schumer's reply was excellent!

(5) Boehner recently said that the distinction between Tea Party and Republicans is hard to find though why anyone would think for a moment that he believes what he's saying is beyond me. Consider his post shutdown denouncement and mockery of tea partiers and their backers such as the Heritage Action Fund, which have plagued him throughout his speakership. Boehner openly accused them of “misleading their followers”. “I think they’re pushing our members in places where they don’t want to be, and frankly, I just think that they’ve lost all credibility,” he said.

He won't bring immigration reform up for discussion let alone a vote because he can't trust the far right not to sabotage it. The video of his recent mocking of House tea partiers on this issue was a joy!

Personally, I think Boehner is fed up. He's caught between a rock and a hard place and the view is politically claustrophobic. He's frustrated with the crazies and dismayed by the capitulation of the establishment in the face of primary threats and the Heritage Action Fund's scoring of votes which treats Congressional Republicans like school children under HAF's headmastership.

His saying that there no longer exists lines between tea partiers and establishment isn't a statement asserting unity but one deploring the surrender of the establishment. Boehner has said he may not complete his 13th term. I believe he's saying that he's oh so close to his "last straw" moment and that, when it comes, he will resign rather than endure the nonsense any longer.

(6) I watched the video - both funny and pathetic. I cited your article on the subject in Huff Post comments so I hope you scored more reads from that.

(7) The zombie plan - words fail me.

There were also two other stories which caught my attention this week. First there was the Huff Post article Business That Bashed Obama's OSHA Just Had Horrifying Industrial Accident which is well worth a read.

Second was Darrell Issa's release of a "still-classified State Department email". Why oh why, when this new select committee was announced, has everyone ignored Darrell Issa? Did no-one give a moment's thought to his reaction? Here's this ego-driven, belligerent, spotlight-loving leader of his own high profile committee being publicly humiliated by the Speaker and side-lined in the wake of a bigger and better committee.

There had to be a lot of talk going on behind Issa's back with Gowdy being tattletale-in-chief - keep in mind that Gowdy was a member of Issa's committee and knew how rapidly Issa was losing the confidence of the party. Issa had promised them that he would get Obama no matter what and to say that the party's confidence in him was waning is to understate the matter - they had zero confidence in him and his ever-growing record of failures.

When Boehner announced the new select committee with Gowdy as chief trial judge, he was condemning Issa to the shadows and Issa knew it. Anyone with an ounce of sense and a moment's thought knew it. Did everyone then expect Issa to just sit back and take it? Can anyone be that naive? Of course Issa was out to undermine Gowdy by revealing the existence of this "still-classified State Department email". This is Issa's retribution for the attack Gowdy waged on him behind his back and in the process Issa regains the spotlight. How could anyone not see this coming?

So we're going to wait at least one more week before either calling for Shinseki to resign or to award him the Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week. When the facts are in, we will react accordingly.

Well, if those are the only options awaiting Secretary Shinseki, then I'm not sure I understand why we have to wait for the MDDOTW award to be handed out, you know, while problems at the VA are all the rage, right now, again.

VoteVets.org may be alone in its admirable quest to find out how veterans feel about whether Shinseki should resign or not. It will be very interesting to learn how these vets feel about Shinseki AFTER the investigation. Perhaps, when all the facts are in, Shinseki might be a candidate for the MIDOTW award.

Stranger things have already happened.