Who's side are you on?

This is funny. Actually? It's pretty damn hilarious in my opinion.

Obama to Frustrated Voters: Tell Congress to Start Delivering

Seeking to exploit Congress's abysmally low approval ratings, President Obama is urging voters to tell their lawmakers they must compromise for the sake of the country.

In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said people are frustrated by the  partisan gridlock in Washington, especially after the brutal fight over increasing the nation's borrowing limit that didn't prevent the U.S. debt from being downgraded.

Obama tried to position himself on the side of the public and against a deeply unpopular Congress. But even though Obama's approval ratings aren't so good either, he clearly sees a need to direct the public's anger toward Congress or risk being the target himself as the 2012 campaign revs up.

"You've got a right to be frustrated," the president said. "I am. Because you deserve better. I don't think it's too much for you to expect that the people you send to this town start delivering."

"Members of Congress are at home in their districts right now. And if you agree with me -- whether you're a Democrat or a Republican or not much of a fan of either -- let them know."

Really mr. president? It's all congress' fault? Have you checked with Nancy and Harry and your new BFF Boehner on their feelings on the matter of blame and your jumping ship to go stand with the rest of America in the flyover land? I mean, I have heard some yarns spun in my time? But that is a doozy. Careful mr. president, you are putting yourself into an alien landscape. A place where many people still cling to their bibles and their faith and their guns.

The audacity of hope? You need a follow up book now Barry. 

Working title? The audacity of the man!

No it's not going to be that simple Barry. You fooled the American people. You applied and proved Lincoln's adage that you can fool all of the people some of the time. But not now. Americans have suffered too much under your new world order of America descending and Fabian socialism as your guiding principles.

Your hatred of this country has been as obvious as your fathers dreams were of obliterating all semblance of colonial imperialist history. Our allies have witnessed it through your actions and how you have treated them and the American people have been offered up a daily reminder by your administration, that regardless of the location of your birth, you were not raised as an American. You loathe this country and it shows.

Your formative learning from the time you were a baby, were at the feet of radical socialists and communist, including while at the apron strings of your America hating mother. Not a lot has changed Barry, aside from the fact that a few hundred million more people now realize your realities of your determination to destroy this nation first hand. They should have listened three years ago when there were those who tried to warn them.

Meanwhile, America knows who is responsible for their misery and who has been behind it from the start and changes are coming. Perhaps not fast enough to spare us more pain and perhaps too late to save us from the damage that you have done, but none the less, the people have been awakened finally and they will no longer be fooled in mass by your tricks and deceit.

You are a one trick pony and come 2012, you are on the way out and back to whence you came messer Obama and good riddance .

A picture worth a thousand words

If there is any truth to the old adage, "that a picture is worth a thousand words," then we certainly had one of those moments this week.

Upon the return of the thirty SEALS and Air Force special operators and the Chinook flight crew killed last week in Afghanistan to Dover AFB on Tuesday, the Pentagon imposed a blackout of all media coverage at the request of at least nineteen of the families. This immediately incensed  major media in America and they began bellowing aloud about how president Obama had lifted the ban on them filming the caskets of our dead returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The media squealed that this decision concerning these most recent war dead, was a violation of the president's edict and prevented them from 'covering the story.' The military command and the Pentagon immediately countered and put out a statement that the reason the arrival of these honored dead was placed off limits, was reasoned. It was due to the fact that the remains had not been identified and that barring the family members being able to identify their individual deceased and thus give permission for the filming and photography, the Military could not allow filming absent the permission of family requirement of the president's previous edict. The Pentagon later clarified and stated that nineteen of the families had requested that no media be allowed at the ceremony.

Everyone will note that president Obama made no move to overrule the military decision, but he did choose to cancel a low level meeting that day, so that he could take Marine One down to Dover to be there with Secretary of Defense Panetta (and others) when the dignified transfer of the remains occurred.

Had it ended there, I believe that nothing could have or would have been said concerning the president's visit to supposedly pay tribute to these service members and their families. But it didn't end there. Having banned the general media from taking photographs of the arrival and dignified transfer of bodies, the White House decided to permit special dispensation for the White House photographer to snap still photos of the arrival and transfer. Had it ended there and the photos been filed away for posterity, I believe that nothing would have been said. But it didn't end there.

One of the photos taken by the White House photographer, aside from being a clearly staged photo as opposed to a candid shot, was immediately distributed to a number of major news networks and media for release and publication. On the surface, based upon reactions and reports by the media, they immediately felt mistreated and voiced their objections to having been excluded from the ceremony once again.

But more importantly in my humble opinion, is what the photograph represents. The White house in later responses and in defense to the photograph, was quick to point out that none of the flag draped coffins were visible in the photograph. Well certainly they weren't. That wasn't the purpose behind the photograph to begin with. There was no need to actually show the caskets, only the necessity of showing a silhouetted president Obama, holding his Faux slaute.

He was front and center to take credit for the SEAL team mission involving Osama Bin Ladin and at Dover yesterday, he was front and center for a photo op that his administration insured was choreographed and delivered to the media.  A photo clearly staged. So while the media feels left out and slighted for not having been allowed into the most solemn of moments these families could have endured, they made no mention what so ever of the content of the photograph and how it was staged to obviously represent president Obama in a positive light.

Yes, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then Barack Obama certainly got his teleprompter full on this occasion in my opinion. I just wonder how some of the families of these honored dead feel and felt about the president turning the arrival of their dead sons and husbands and fathers and brothers into a White house Photo op.

You decide. I already have come to my own conclusion.

White House photo sparks protest

A White House photographer was allowed to take and widely distribute a photo from the ceremony Tuesday for the return of the remains of 30 American troops killed in a weekend helicopter crash in Afghanistan despite the Pentagon's claim that any public depiction of the scene would violate the wishes of bereaved families.

News media coverage of the ceremony had been banned by the Pentagon over the objections of several news organizations.

Pentagon officials had said that because 19 of 30 of the American families of the dead had objected to media coverage of the remains coming off a plane at Dover Air Force Base, no images could be taken. In addition, the Pentagon rejected media requests to take photos that showed officials at the ceremony but did not depict caskets.

NEWS FLASH

Any questions? 


Gallup: Muslim Americans Give Obama 80 Percent Approval, Highest of Major Religions

Eighty percent of Muslim Americans approve of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president, according to a newly released survey conducted by the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center, a partnership between Gallup and the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi.

Our enemies win through fear

There are many factors that can be considered when trying to determine if your enemy is winning the war against you. Below is one that I believe most people in America haven't considered.

US officers oppose releasing names of dead troops

The chief of the secretive US special operations command has lobbied against the release of names of American commandos killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

Thirty US troops were killed on Friday when their Chinook helicopter was shot out of the sky in a remote Afghan valley, but in a break with Pentagon practice, the identities of the dead service members have not been released.

The dead included 22 members of the elite Navy SEAL commandos and three Air Force special operators, and senior officers overseeing the special forces are reluctant to publicly identify the slain troops, officials said.

"There were concerns expressed by the SOCOM (US Special Operations Command) commander about the safety of the members of the unit and their families and the families of the fallen," a senior military officer told AFP.

Since America was attacked on September 11, 2001 many things about our lives have changed. Not the least of which being the impact on air travel and the daily conversations concerning terrorism and what to do next. We have totally altered our way of life and allowed the enemy to dictate how we live ever since that day.

The first example of that impact was when then President Bush shut down all domestic air travel in this country in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The economic and monetary costs were devastating and in my opinion, they ultimately contributed to our present economic dilemma.

Since the 9/11 attacks, we have waged two wars in the middle east and spent untold billions on both the wars and the housing of hostiles in Cuba and the wrangling over how we should proceed in defense against further attacks concerning domestic security.

But there are also untold and unobserved consequences that have been ongoing and are now unfolding as a result of those attacks. Last Friday, America lost thirty heroes in one single blow in Afghanistan. Twenty five special forces SEALS and Air Force special forces troops died and five air support crew of the chopper. And since then the military has refused to identify those killed, citing secrecy as it concerns our special operations units and concern for the safety of their families.

When interviewed, those in the military and at the Defense Department have indicated that they do not want to compromise the safety of the families of these honored dead by identifying them publicly. So in essence, these brave souls died in service to this nation and now, at a time when they should be publicly honored during their burials, they are relegated to the shadows of secrecy and fear of retribution by our enemies.

I said from the moment that I first heard the news of their deaths, that this was a retaliatory attack against this nation, for our having killed Osama Bin Ladin. I said from the beginning that these men were set up by our supposed allies and led into an ambush where they were killed. By Monday of this week, that assessment was becoming all to clear, as Afghan officials began to confirm those realities off the record and the Defense Department remained mum on the issue.

Now as the remains of these brave souls are returned to their homes and families and as their burials are carried out over the next week, another tragic reality of our enemies effect on our lives becomes apparent. We cannot even publicly honor our deserving dead. For fear that the safety of their families may be compromised. For fear that our enemies will strike out against them.

I can appreciate those concerns, but I can also appreciate the psychological victory being handed to our enemies. They have already achieved a glorious morale boost by killing twenty two of our SEAL Team Six members. The same unit responsible for killing their beloved mentor Bin Ladin. But now they achieve an equal victory in my opinion, when they force us through fear, to bury our honored dead in the absence of any public recognition for their sacrifices. And refusing the nation the ability to honor their lives during the celebration of those lives during their burials is a victory for the Taliban.

These men are American heroes and they should be treated as such. There should be full military honors and the acknowledgments of  a grateful nation. These brave souls will get their military honors, but they will be carried out under the cloak of secrecy. For fear that our enemies might strike at their survivors.

Franklin Roosevelt once famously said: "The only thing we have to fear....is fear itself."

Personally, I can't help but believe that this nation has been living in fear for almost ten years now and I can't help but believe that it is time for it to stop. I also believe that the time has long since past when we should have been instilling greater fear in our enemies, than they will ever be capable of instilling in us.

Maybe one day that will once again be the reality in this nation. But not now. Not under the present circumstances and definitely not while we continue to live in fear. 

Stolen Honor

So.....I am wondering how this Hollywood ploy will play out now. Now that we have lost twenty two of the members of SEAL Team Six. Lost to an obvious retaliatory attack that somehow blew right past Obama's intelligence leaders at CIA and the NSA. I'm thinking? Everything will work out just fine for Obama and his crew. They will find a way to work this latest incident into the script.

Maureen Dowd: Hollywood Using SEAL Team 6 to Boost Obama’s Reelection Prospects?

by John Nolte

ADDED: Wonder what the Federal Election Commission thinks about this? This is a terrible thing Sony’s doing, using the bravery of these men to help Obama – politicizing their heroism. The decent thing to do is to move the release date well into December.

Screenwriter Mark Boal with director Kathryn Bigelow

Our utter failure of a president is looking to Hollywood for an October 2012 Surprise to save his hopes for a second term. Maureen Dowd says out loud what we all knew the moment the movie’s release date was announced:

The White House is also counting on the Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal big-screen version of the killing of Bin Laden to counter Obama’s growing reputation as ineffectual. The Sony film by the Oscar-winning pair who made “The Hurt Locker” will no doubt reflect the president’s cool, gutsy decision against shaky odds. Just as Obamaland was hoping, the movie is scheduled to open on Oct. 12, 2012 — perfectly timed to give a home-stretch boost to a campaign that has grown tougher.
The moviemakers are getting top-level access to the most classified mission in history from an administration that has tried to throw more people in jail for leaking classified information than the Bush administration.
It was clear that the White House had outsourced the job of manning up the president’s image to Hollywood when Boal got welcomed to the upper echelons of the White House and the Pentagon and showed up recently — to the surprise of some military officers — at a C.I.A. ceremony celebrating the hero Seals.

“To the surprise of some military officers.” There’s an interesting statement.
So the White House gives filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal all kinds of exclusive access and what does President Downgrade gets in return – between production costs ($25 – $30 million) and advertising — is a $50 -$75 million in-kind political contribution from Hollywood set to hit theatres just a few weeks prior to the November 6 election.
See how that works?
By the way, Oscar season rolls right through December, so that’s no excuse.
I wonder how SEAL Team 6 and the rest of the military feel about this?

Flash mobs: The answer?

 With the backdrop of rioting currently ongoing in the UK, Americans need to pay attention to what has been occurring all across this country for the past several months. Flash mobs are the new rage in minority social networks.

From Philadelphia, to Chicago, to Seattle, to Wisconsin, the spontaneous racial violence in this country has passed the level of simple isolated incidents. It is now occurring with regularity. The mayor of Philadelphia seems to be addressing it in his city with some tough talk and tough action. 

Mayor Nutter on black youth and violence in Philadelphia

Mayor Michael A. Nutter, telling marauding black youths “you have damaged your own race,” imposed a tougher curfew Monday in response to the latest “flash mob” — spontaneous groups of teens who attack people at random on the streets of the city’s tourist and fashionable shopping districts.

“Take those God-darn hoodies down, especially in the summer,” Mr. Nutter, the city’s second black mayor, said in an angry lecture aimed at black teens. “Pull your pants up and buy a belt ‘cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your butt.”

“If you walk into somebody’s office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won’t hire you? They don’t hire you ‘cause you look like you’re crazy,” the mayor said. “You have damaged your own race.”

 I salute the man. this is precisely the type of recognition of leadership that is required amongst those in the black community in elected offices. Ironically, it's the same analysis that Bill Cosby has been giving for the past several years and he has been hammered by those in the black community for speaking out and speaking the truth.

The bottom line, Mayor Nutter hits the problem and the responsibility squarely in my opinion. We need more like him to speak out,  as this is a problem that is not going away. It will continue and it will spread and the time is here and rapidly increasing when the denials and racial alibis will no longer suffice to explain it away.

Wake up America. this is the face of anarchy and chaos and it has been being fermented and fostered via class warfare and racial division and a social mentality that financial equality is a right and those deprived of wealth are deprived through no fault of their own.  Wake up and look around. Watch what is presently occurring all across the UK. In my opinion, that same rampaging will soon appear here  in America soon.

It already has.

Coming to a neighborhood near you soon....