Even a comedian can get it right now and then.

Speaking about the Syrian conflict during an interview on the Tonight Show: 
'These 2 enemies of ours are fighting each other - why are we involved?' 

- Jay Leno, Tonight Show of 6/20/13


Mixed Bag of Opinions on Government Spying

This cartoon appeared nationally this morning and I thought it was a pretty decent comment on the current NSA spying controversy.

Although various politicians have opined on the matter, my own opinion on this issue has not jelled yet.  Several things are of concern to me, one is that those 'rights' we give up for a temporary crisis never seem to be restored another issue is that the original authorization for these spying/monitoring programs may have been greatly exceeded.

The debate on this issue is needed and there are other relevant spying allegations coming to light every day.  We need more information and less bullshit from our Government.

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Syria: 
After many months of inaction we will shortly see some developments regarding the civil war in Syria.

In my blog site 'Syria, Islam and the West' http://syriaandislam.blogspot.com I gave my comments on the matter and here in just a few words is a summary of that blog site:
'Stay out of it!  While they are busy killing each other they are not killing us.'

As Sarah Pallin says:  "Stay out of Syria. . . let Allah sort it out"

I give more information/opinions on the blog but the above is it without all the politically correct bull shit. 

Go take a look if you have the time.
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Sign the White House petition!

The White House webpage has a petition titled: 'We Demand President Obama Resign'. It is a simple petition of about 125 words.

This petition is a demand for Obama's resignation due to his inability to lead this country within our own laws, nothing complicated and it can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/lg9lokh 

There are 23,000 names on it, and it must reach 100,000 by 7/7/13 for it to get any reply, go take a look and sign it!

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Comment 1:  One thing is certain, the last sixty days have brought more unfavorable publicity to the administration than they have had in the past 5 years and indications are that now the dam has broken that there will be an unending stream of bad press for months (or years) to come.

The Bi-elections of 2014 will probably give a good indication of what the Joe and Jill Sixpacks of the country think of the course the Country is taking. 

Will voters continue the drift towards the Republican positions or will they hammer the Democrats with major losses in the House and bring the Senate back to Republican control?

A week ago Dem. strategists had predicted a loss of 15 House seats and 2 Senate seats. With a continuing series of adverse revelations about what has been going on under the current administration those figures seem very conservative.

I reserve comments on the 'megadata mining', every day brings new info on that and what is involved.


Comment 2:

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"

In a free and open society it is the job of the press to watch the government.  If they fail in this job, either through incompetence or hinderance from the government then the citizens will not be informed of what their government is doing.

For five years the press has been asleep and the government has operated in the darkness.

In the past two months there has been an awakening, caused in large part by the administration being caught in their efforts to muzzle the conservative press, something that even the liberal media finds offensive and troubling.

After long years of favorable reporting the press, long in the hip pocket of the administration, has finally stopped fawning over our 1st Black President and are now holding him to the same standard that all past presidents have been held too.

I guess the old adage:  "Better late than never" applies here.

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The question is no longer:  
'Is Holder going to resign?' but 'How many boxes will he need to clean out his office?'

Major Obama 2nd Term Scandals

• PRISM Intelligence gathering program
• Benghazi
• DOJ Press Snooping
• Mis-Use of the IRS
• Criminal Misconduct Investigation Blocked into Prostitution allegations at State Dept.

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The Government is using the PRISM Intelligence gathering program to Spy on all Americans

 

The last month has seen the Obama administration beset by 3 major scandals and a host of minor ones.

30 hours or so ago Mr. Obama took the offensive and moved Ms. Rice to the position of National Security Advisor and nominated as a UN Ambassador another of his controversial friends Mrs. Power. By taking the battle to the Republicans he must have thought he would look 'Presidential' and not someone to screw around with.

This effort should have been enough to give him at least 3 days of good press in the national media. But as the old adage 'the best laid plans of mice and men etc' only got him a one day respite and then the 4th major scandal broke with the DOJ spying on citizens phone calls, emails and credit card transactions*.

This is so serious that even the staunchly Democratic and leftist NY Times opined 'The President has lost all credibility' and Al Gore tweeted: 'In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret surveillance obscenely outrageous?'

Any hope of Mr. Obama leaving office in 3 years with any sort of legacy is now gone. Yes he will have had 2 terms but those 8 years will have left his party a shattered hulk with his agenda unfilled and the party still smarting from those scandals we know about now plus what others that will surely arise in the coming months.

*  The PRISM Intelligence gathering program

The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track foreign targets.   
Details at:  http://tinyurl.com/mm3ttqt and  http://bit.ly/17tLMNi

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Mr. Obama continues with his exercise of extremely poor judgment with the latest shift of players in Washington. 

Now the clueless UN Ambassador and talk show shill for Obama, Susan Rice (photo at right), moves into the position of National Security Advisor.  A post that requires no Senate confirmation.

The motivation for such change may well be in part to take the 3 recent scandals off the front pages for a few days and also to poke a finger in the eye of the Republicans who universally dislike Ms. Rice and her repeated Benghazi lies.

Always willing to find work for his Chicago Daley machine pals we now find that perhaps moving into the soon to be vacant UN position is Samantha Power, former campaign worker for the Obama election and the wife of long time Obama pal from his Chicago law school faculty days, Cass Sunstein. 

Mrs. Power (photo at left) comes to her Senate confirmation hearings with considerable baggage, including being seen as anti-Isreal and also likening U.S. foreign policies to those of the Nazis.  In some Democratic circles she is not flavor of the day either, having said of Mrs Clinton:  "She is a monster, too -- that is off the record -- she is stooping to anything," Power told The Scotsman, which published the comment which she later apologized for but was forced to leave the Obama election campaign.

This recent reshuffling of the deck chairs on the sinking USS Obama will probably impact all future nominations which require Senate approval including of course Mrs Power but also the recently announced nominations for 3 U.S. Court of Appeals positions for the District of Columbia.

These nominations were already in trouble but Ms. Millett, Ms. Pillard and Mr. Wilkins will surely now face even greater scrutiny in their confirmation hearings with the newly enraged Republicans out to deny any and all Obama appointments.

You have to wonder if those giving advice to Obama are really closet Republican or if Mr. Obama is just that clueless and comes up with these ideas on his own.

 
Commentary FYI:

Before the recent spate of Obama scandals Democratic Insiders had opined that they expected gains in both houses of Congress at the bi-elections. Now they acknowledge that they expect to lose 2 Senate and 15 House seats. I think that is a bit low but we will have to wait and see.

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You know you are SOL when columns run in USA Today calling for you to be fired!
Fire Eric Holder: Column
Jonathan Turley, USATODAY May 29, 2013
"Top lawyer doesn't have credibility to investigate anyone, let alone himself."

"In the greatest attack on the free press in decades, the Justice Department seized phone records for reporters and editors in at least three AP offices as well as its office in the House of Representatives. Holder, however, proceeded to claim absolute and blissful ignorance of the investigation, even failing to recall when or how he recused himself. . . I am neither a Republican nor conservative, and I believe Holder should be fired."

for article go to:http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/05/28/fire-eric-holder-column/2367713  

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Which scandal will be the most important?

3rd) Benghazi - The only one to cost lives, but also the oldest and most complicated. It will be around for some time to come but may never result in any worthwhile action.

2nd) Press Snooping by DOJ - A hornets nest of angry media, a scandal that turns the normally leftist press against the

administration. Extremely vocal but hard to work up a lot of sympathy for a bunch of press hacks.  If it hadn't been for this then the IRS issue may have been ignored except for Fox News.  This may be the downfall of the Attorney General - watch for his resignation this summer.

1st) Misuse of the IRS - Even people who have never had adverse contact with the agency fear and probably hate the IRS. This will get the most attention and there seems no way for the administration to relegate this to the back burner. This issue will be around for longer than the others and will cost the Dems both House and Senate seats in 2014 and will probably result in serving Dems in close races to decide not to run but simply to retire.  Watch for a Spcial Prosecutor here.

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Elections 2014 and 2016

"A negative victory in 14 is not the same as a positive victory in 16", said Newt Gingrich 5/26 on the CNN Crowley 'State of the Union' program.

Midterm elections normally break for the party out of power and in the case of the 2014 bi-election this will be greatly enhanced with the various Obama scandals which will ensure a good bump for the number of Republican representatives in the House and quite possibly taking the Senate back for the GOP.

However, serious problems of leadership, or the lack of it, on the Republican slate will not guarantee a 2016 victory for President and might even move the Senate back into the Democratic column.

While it may seem in the short term that the Republicans will control both houses of Congress, it may be a pyrrhic victory if Mrs. Clinton is not more seriously damaged in coming months for her tenure at State for the Benghazi screw up. 

 

Clinton is perhaps the only Democrat who could ensure a Presidential victory for them in 2016. With any other Democratic contender it would simply be a dog fight with Republicans for the office after Obama leaves.

Misc: Newt Gingrich may well be back in the House after the 2014 election. He is running in the Republican primary to replace current incumbent Rep. Phil Gingrey, who now runs for the Senate. The winner of the Republican primary for the vacant District 11 House spot will win that seat as the District is heavily Republican.

My Comment: 
I have had 2 Impeach Obama blogs for nearly a year.  I never really thought he would/could be impeached but that such blogs just might be a wake up call to get him to pay attention and do the 'right' thing. 

In the last 30 days so much has come out about him and his administration that I think he just might end up with some articles of impeachment being filed.  If the Republicans take back the Senate, well, who knows, it could happen.

Also FYI:  If you have time take a look at my opinion piece called 'Syria, Islam and the West' at:  http://syriaandislam.blogspot.com/

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Note:  If you testify you waive your right to use the 5th amendment.  In her opening statement she waived her rights.  Time for Congress to find her in contempt!

5/22/13

IRS Director Invokes the Fifth Amendment

Lois Lerner, under fire for targeting conservative groups, refused to testify Wednesday -- but not before making a prepared statement.

WASHINGTON -- Lois Lerner, the director of the IRS division under fire for targeting conservative organizations, strongly defended herself in an opening statement before the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee on Wednesday before invoking her Fifth Amendment rights and being dismissed from the room by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).

In her opening statement, Lerner said she did not break any any law, rule or regulation.

Lerner, after giving her opening statement, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify. "I will not answer any questions or testify today," she told Issa.

 

details at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/irs-lois-lerner_n_3319694.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D317044

Lois Lerner, IRS Scandal Figure, Will Invoke Fifth Amendment At Oversight Hearing

The Huffington Post | By Paul Blumenthal Updated: 05/21/2013 5:15 pm EDT

Lois Lerner, the director of the exempt organizations unit at the Internal Revenue Service, plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment during her expected testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Lerner announced her plans to plead the Fifth during her testimony in a letter from her lawyer, William Taylor III, to the committee. "She has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course," the letter addressed to Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) reads, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Full story at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/lois-lerner-irs-scandal_n_3314693.html

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Born:   James Carney, May 22, 1965 (age 48) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse: Claire Shipman
Alma mater: Yale University
Profession:   Journalist - White House Press Secretary

 

 

And for Mr. Obama's next trick:

Same Hat - Different Rabbit!

Seems that Mr. O has an in with the weather God's.  Just when his political world is about to collapse, along comes another natural disaster and saves him (ok, maybe/maybe not).

In his run against Romney he had the help of a well timed hurricane and he got to be 'Presidential' for 3 days and turned around an election that was favored for Romney.

Now, with repeated crises battering him, he again has a major natural disaster handing him a critical few days where he can get into the national spotlight and play 'Mr. President', perhaps even getting some of his disenchanted press stooges back in line. 

By the end of this week we should know if the one time political organizer (ie: Hack) from Cook County has managed to wiggle out of another series of screw ups, or if he didn't appear Presidential enough to appease his critics he could still be toast.

Are they coming for you?

First Mr. Obama's IRS came for the Tea Party members,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Tea Party member.

 

Then Mr. Obama's DOJ came for the Journalists,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn't a Journalist.

Then Mr. Obama came after the Republicans,

and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Republican.


Then Mr. Obama came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.

Oklahoma tragedy gives Mr. O some needed breathing space-

　
Just when two more shoes were about to drop for Mr. Obama he caught a break when the Oklahoma tornados took those items off the nations news programs. Whether or not the reports will have any impact three days from now remains to be seen.

You can expect that the news media will be totally wrapped up with tornado coverage plus the obligatory visit by Mr. Obama to the scene. 

So for the moment the two 'new' items are pretty much on hold and Obama gets a grace period of about 72 hours to show some 'leadership'. Even a Cook County Political Organizer should be able to milk some positive reports out of this tragedy.

IRS Investigation: Top White House Staffers Were Briefed On Conclusions, Didn't Tell Obama
WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney acknowledged on Monday that senior staffers to President Barack Obama were informed in late April that a forthcoming audit of the IRS would reveal that officials there had targeted conservative groups. Nevertheless, Carney said, they did not warn the president about the scandal soon to hit his administration.
Details at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/irs-investigation_n_3308037.html?1369077709&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D315903

Outrage Over Targeting of Fox News
DOJ Calls Fox News Reporter James Rosen 'Co-Conspirator' In Leak Case; Journalists Outraged

The Justice Department is under fire again for explosive claims that it has been closely and surreptitiously monitoring Fox News.A news article about how the Obama administration tracked the movements and correspondence of a Fox News reporter led to a fresh round of condemnation by journalists on Monday.

The Washington Post published an explosive story about the Justice Department's monitoring of James Rosen, a Fox News reporter based in Washington. Rosen allegedly spoke to Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a State Department contractor, for a story about North Korea's nuclear program. The Justice Department charged Kim with violating the Espionage Act for his contact with Rosen.
Details at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/james-rosen-justice-department-co-conspirator-obama_n_3305857.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D315881

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(Even the left wing press is finally seeing that Mr. Obama is a total writeoff as President.  Seems to me it took them long enough to figure out what the rest of us already knew for years.  Maybe now some of them will crawl out of his back pocket)
 

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Jake Tapper: Obama Is 'Squashing Freedom Of The Press' (VIDEO)

CNN's Jake Tapper took aim at President Obama's policies towards the media on Thursday.

Obama addressed the scandal surrounding the Justice Department's secret probe into the Associated Press during his press conference with the prime minister of Turkey. Journalists and press watchdogs have been outraged by both the breadth and the covert nature of the probe. The Justice Department has justified the investigation as part of its crackdown on national security leaks that wind up in the media.

Obama said he respected the role of a free press and voiced support for a new media shield bill, but added that he made "no apologies" for going after leaks:

See entire article and video at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/jake-tapper-obama-leaks-ap_n_3287454.html
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Just my opinion:

What to watch for in coming months:

I expect that Carl Rove will shortly have some statistics for this on one of his white boards, but here is my opinion FYI.

 

You will see Democratic Representatives and Senators in districts and states where they could in normal times expect a challenge to re-election decide that it is a good time to retire. So the old hands will bow out now rather than face a very difficult re-election effort.

Obviously we will retain the House, even in 'normal' times the party in power expects to have some loss but with Mr. Obama having such serious problems those normal losses will be greatly exceeded and the Republicans can expect a serious increase in numbers in the House.

In the Senate there was a faint hope we could reach 50, but now with Obama having so many problems it is a good bet that we will take control of the Senate also.

So Mr. Obama's bad news is actually good news as we will soon have both houses of Congress back in Republican hands at the next election.

 

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Jason Chaffetz: Obama Impeachment Still 'Within The Realm Of Possibilities'

As calls for President Barack Obama's impeachment continue to circulate from Republican voices, one Congressman stands by that possibility.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) appeared on Tuesday's edition of CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," addressing his suggestion that Obama face that stiff a penalty.

I was simply asked: 'is that within the realm of possibilities?' And I would say ‘yes.’ I'm not willing to take that off the table."

"That’s not the goal but given the continued lies perpetrated by this administration, I don’t know where it’s going to go," Chaffetz said.

Other members of the Republican Party see impeachment as too severe an option.

Contact the Representative at:
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)
2464 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-7751  Fax: 202-225-5629

F.Y.I.:  House and Senate members will usually only respond to people from their own District or State.  Faxing or writing is best, just don't expect a reply if you don't provide an address from their District or State.

 

Full article w/video at:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/jason-chaffetz-obama-impeachment_n_3276107.html

How many strikes before he is 'out'?

In baseball it is '3 strikes and you are out'. Will that work in Washington for Obama?  That remains to be seen.

Here Mr. Obama has 3 strikes:
1)   Benghazi Gate
2)   IRS scrutiny of tax exempt conservative groups
3)    Secret Monitoring of Press

You might still be catching up on the phone records scandal which has been described by the LA Times as: "Justice Department secretly obtained AP telephone records"

Readers should remember just how in the bag that the
press has been for Mr. Obama. 80% of the press have been in his back pocket so long that they no longer make any pretence of being impartial.

It must be a major shock to the left wing journalists and broadcasters that the Obama Justice Dept would secretly reach out for their phone records after all they have done for him over the last half dozen years.

Clearly Mr. Obama would not be President without their continual fawning over him. My opinion is that they are now seeing just how corrupt that this administration is and always has been. They are getting just what they deserve.

Below are CNN and LA Times articles on this-

AP blasts feds for phone records search
by Matt Smith and Joe Johns, CNN
updated 9:47 PM EDT, Mon May 13, 2013

(CNN) -- The Justice Department secretly collected two months of telephone records for reporters and editors at The Associated Press, the news service disclosed Monday in an outraged letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

The records included calls from several AP bureaus and the personal phone lines of several staffers, AP President Gary Pruitt wrote. Pruitt called the subpoenas a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into its reporting.

"These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know," wrote Pruitt, the news agency's CEO.

Full story at:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/us/justice-ap-phones/index.html and also at: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-justice-department-obtained-ap-records-20130513,0,1712953.story

Watergate did in Nixon - Will Benghazi do in Mr. Obama?

While I do have two blog sites with Impeach Obama in them, further down my 2 sites I say that it is "unlikely to happen" but it is worth calling for just to give Mr. Obama something to think about in the hopes he will moderate his positions.

Now I am not sure that this is correct, several issues, including Benghazi, may well be the undoing of Mr. Obama.  

Further Benghai hearings could Impeach Mr. Obama and end up with a prosecution of Hillary Clinton for lying to Congress.

 
It is so clear now that there was a major effort to 'cover up' this lack of response to the then ongoing murders in Lybia by the administration that it seems impossible that even the regular stooges for Mr. Obama in Congress can derail such a movement.

If Nixon can be fourced out of office for Watergate and if Clinton can be Impeached for screwing in the Oval Office annex, then surely Obama having the State Department cover up his errors in the run up to a close election should be enough to at least have the Articles of Impeachment voted on in the House.

One thing is written in stone: There will be no run for President by Hillary Clinton, she is now totally discredited.

John McCain Refuses To Back Impeaching Obama Over Benghazi

Full article is found at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/12/mccain-obama-benghazi_n_3262489.html

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) refused to sign on to calls to possibly impeach President Barack Obama over Benghazi.

WASHINGTON -- As Republicans are increasingly calling the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attacks a cover-up worse than Watergate and even floating impeachment, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) urged a note of caution on Sunday, saying he wasn't yet willing to go that far.

"With all due respect, I think this is a serious issue," said McCain on ABC's "This Week." "I will even give the president the benefit of the doubt on some of these things. We need a select committee."

On Thursday, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) accused President Barack Obama of overseeing "the most egregious cover-up in American history." He added that "people may be starting to use the 'I word'" before long.
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Don't forget to take a look at:  http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google#/watch?v=rqtJrJ40Cio

Just my comment:

Once upon a time in America we had Presidents who took the blame for shot down U2's and others who said "The buck stops here!"

These days are now gone and are a part of our history.

Today we have a political hack as president who prefers to use the clapped out SODDI* defense more often found in criminal trials.

* 'Some Other Dudes Did It'

The below paragraphs are an exert from a Wall Street Journal article, the entire article is to long for the blog site but you can use the direct link to read it in full.

Most readers will agree that we are lacking in any leadership from Mr. Obama.  This sort of nonsense is what you should expect when we elect a Cook County 'Political Organizer' as President of the country.

The 2 Obama elections were simply a national act of Political Correctness, done to show the world that we are not all a bunch of knuckle dragging racists. 

Actions have consequences and for another four years we will be stuck with a President that is now, and always has been, in way over his head.


Henninger: Presidential Followership
What an uncertain world needs now is American presidential leadership. Instead, it's getting presidential followership.
 
by DANIEL HENNINGER - Wall Street Journal

Full article at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324766604578457033232792430.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion

 

"At the president's news conference Tuesday, when a reporter wondered whether setbacks on gun control and the sequester suggested Mr. Obama was having problems pushing his second-term agenda, the president replied, "Well if you put it that way, Jonathan, maybe I should just pack up and go home."

The U.S.—and the world—are only four months into Mr. Obama's additional 48-month tenure as American president. The U.S. and the world are at the edge of political and economic instability. What's needed now is U.S. presidential leadership. What it looks like we and the world are getting instead is presidential followership. Or worse, presidentially-induced confusion.

Whatever the Obama agenda may be, he's got 40 more months. Or maybe less than that. If the president's standing with the American public declines, his goal of taking back the House next year becomes more improbable than ever. Democratic politicians with campaigns to run will head for the tall weeds. When that happens, what's left?"

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Here is a section of another of my blogs which is found at:
http://syriaandislam.blogspot.com/


Just my opinion - Syria, Islam and the West

Readers 40 years of age or younger will, during the course of their lifetime, have to deal with a world where 1 in 3 people are Muslim (now it is 1 in 5). In 40 years there will be 10 Billion people on the planet, 3 1/2 Billion Muslims.

This is generally bad news for non-Muslims, particularly in light of the radical elements within that religion who hold the view that all non-Muslims are infidels and should be either converted, killed or enslaved.

Keep in mind that Islam is not the only religion to espouse the idea that they are the 'true' religion and that non-believers will never reach heaven. What other religions hold this view? Try the Catholic Church and the Jewish faith. So Islam isn't alone, at least in that respect.
 
What then should we 'do' about Islam?

In the short term I suggest we not further involve ourselves in Islamic countries. We have not done a very good job so far, why would we believe that we will do better with further meddling?

I note that there are humanitarians who are agitating for the US to get involved in Syria and help to depose the current regime. True 70,000+ have been killed so far. So from a humanitarian perspective it would seem that some action should be taken.

Examine this a bit further. An entirely hostile country, one that was a sworn enemy of Israel and had no relations with the US, is now in the process of reducing itself to rubble. Where is the downside to this? The country is self destructing and will not in coming years be capable of posing a threat to Israel, Lebanon or us. We should simply stay out of it, there is no upside to any meddling, both sides will turn on us, any weapons we provide will probably end up used against the West by the radical Islamic elements who have poured into Syria.

Put bluntly, while they are killing each other they are not killing us. A harsh statement but how is it wrong?

Possibly the only things that we (the West) have going for us in the coming 40 years is that Islam is not one great monolith. It is fractured and may well come apart without any necessity for conflict with the West.

Consider that:

1)  The Persians and Arabs have been great rivals for well over a thousand years, they just don't like each other,

2)  There is a deep divide in Islam between the radicals and the moderates, the radicals for the moment are in the ascendency but are far outnumbered by the moderate Muslims who see little being gained by their barbaric brethren,

3)  Since the founding of their religion the Shia and Suni branches of Islam have been at war with each other, this isn't going to change, each side views the other as being blasphemers and apostates of their religion.

The short term recommendation is to stay out of social engineering in Islamic countries, there is no 'good side' to be found.

Long term we may find Islam so divided and fractured that they pose no threat to Western interests.

Q)   What should be of concern to us?

A)   China

Here is a site you might wish to look at every few days.  If you sign up for automatic notificiations you might end up with hearing from them more than you want, they do put out a lot of material.  Take a look at:  http://www.westernjournalism.com/, email them at:  wcj@westernjournalism.com

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Drone Strike To Kill U.S. Citizen On American Soil Legal

March 8th Update on this issue:   The headlines read: "Rand Paul Revolts Against the Tyranny of DRONES! I will not let Obama ‘shred the Constitution’"

Both Republicans and a few Democrats reacted harshly to the Attorney General and the White House's initial claims that it was just fine to kill Americans in the USA with drone strikes. Even the international press had a field day with embarassing America with such stupidity.

In response to Rand Paul, a 43 word letter from Holder acknowledges that Mr. "Obama Has No Authority For Drone Strikes Against Americans On U.S. Soil," White House Says.

For details see Huffington Post report at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/obama-drone-strikes_n_2830174.html

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(March 5th) Eric Holder: Drone Strike To Kill U.S. Citizen On American Soil Legal, Hypothetically

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration believes it could technically use military force to kill an American on U.S. soil. . . U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter disclosed Tuesday. . . in theory, it'd be legal for the president to order such an attack under certain circumstances, Holder said.

"For example, the president could conceivably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland in the circumstances like a catastrophic attack like the ones suffered on December 7, 1941, and September ,2001,"


 

Just how screwed up is Mr. O?

 

We can't water board terrorists and he wants to close Gitmo, but he also claims to have the authority to use drones to kill Americans in the USA?  This is just another reason that we made a major mistake in electing him.

 

In the 2014 elections we must bring the Senate under Republican control so that we can put the brakes on this political organizer.