Freebies Defeat Freedom

So This Is How Democracy Dies

There’s going to be much written in the following days and weeks ahead as to why Mitt Romney lost the election, some of it will be written by me.

In fact, some of it already has.  In our post on October 22nd, we advised Governor Romney not to play it safe in the third and final Presidential debate and go directly after Obama on Benghazi.

As we watched in horror, Romney didn’t, and ended up agreeing with Obama on point, after point during the debate.  Where was the Mitt Romney from the first debate?

When the third debate was over I couldn’t help but think to myself “there goes the election.  Why would anyone vote for Obama-lite when they could just vote for Obama?”

Then Hurricane Sandy and the now infamous photo of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie hugging Obama.  Many are already saying that one incident cost Romney the election.

I disagree.  Romney cost Romney the election.  In a horse race, betters look to find the horse with a winning edge, the “difference” between horses to determine who’ll win.  Romney’s performance during the third debate gave voters no reason to choose him.  Simply stated, there was no difference between the two as Romney sat and agreed with Obama on point after point.

Romney gave voters no reason to change horses because he and Obama looked the same during and after the third debate.

As I said back on October 22nd, Romney needed to not 'play it safe’ and take Obama out.  He failed.

We are living the results of Romney’s failure during that third debate now, and that means four more years of socialist/marxist policies with nothing more than an ineffective Republican House standing in the way.

What will we see for four more years?  Here’s a short list:

- Still higher energy prices as the EPA implements its radical agenda to shut down refineries and coal plants across the country.  The EPA had regulations ready to go in case Obama lost, but now there’s nothing stopping them from driving gasoline and electricity costs to new heights.

- Higher health care costs, now that Obamacare will be implemented.  My employer already announced that more costs are being shifted to us as a result of having to be compliant with Obamacare.

- Continued slow to no economic growth.  Keep watching the job numbers folks.  Specifically, watch the first time unemployment claims starting this month.  They’ll continue outpacing the cooked “jobs numbers” coming from the Obama Administration.

- College Graduates can look forward to continuing to work multiple part-time jobs, rather than having a good paying job in their field.

- Housing market collapse, part II.  Weak jobs market equals weak demand in housing.  Home builders were ramping up the last quarter preparing to build new homes anticipating higher growth, kiss that goodbye.

And those are just for starters folks.  So to those who voted for Obama, congratulations.  You voted for freebies over freedom.  The problem for you is, sooner or later you run out of other people’s money to re-distribute.  That day is coming, sooner than you think.

That’s when those of us who did not vote for Obama will have the last laugh.

“So this is how Democracy dies … to thunderous applause.”

Washington Post Turns on Obama

Lingering Questions About Benghazi

David Ignatius, Opinion Writer, Washington Post

Published: 30-October-2012 @ 6:17pm

Excerpt:

The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has become a political football in the presidential campaign, with all the grandstanding and misinformation that entails. But Fox News has raised some questions about the attack that deserve a clearer answer from the Obama administration.

Fox’s Jennifer Griffin reported Friday that CIA officers in Benghazi had been told to “stand down” when they wanted to deploy from their base at the annex to repel the attack on the consulate, about a mile away. Fox also reported that the CIA officers requested military support when the annex came under fire later that night but that their request had been denied.

The Benghazi tragedy was amplified by Charles Woods, the father of slain CIA contractor Tyrone Woods. He told Fox’s Sean Hannity that White House officials who didn’t authorize military strikes to save the embattled CIA annex were “cowards” and “are guilty of murdering my son.”

The Fox “stand down” story prompted a strong rebuttal from the CIA: “We can say with confidence that the agency reacted quickly to aid our colleagues during that terrible evening in Benghazi. Moreover, no one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate.”

Yes Mr. Obama–The American Military Does In Fact Use Horses & Bayonets In Combat

CNN Report From October, 2011 Proves Obama LIED Again!

In an article dated October 6th, 2011 Alex Quade in a report to CNN documented the American Miltary’s use of horses to lead the invasion in Afghanistan.

 

Quoting the article:

Demossville, Kentucky (CNN) -- The U.S. special operations teams that led the American invasion in Afghanistan a decade ago did something that no American military had done since the last century: ride horses into combat.

"It was like out of the Old Testament," says Lt. Col. Max Bowers, retired Green Beret, who commanded the three horseback teams.

"You expected Cecil B. DeMille to be filming and Charlton Heston to walk out."

Bowers spoke while sitting in the rural Kentucky studio of sculptor Douwe Blumberg, along with three of his former "horse soldiers."

They, along with 30 fellow commandos on horseback, are the inspiration for a new monument that Blumberg is creating, dedicated to the entire U.S. special operations community.

The statue above was erected at the site of the World Trade Center on Veterans Day in 2011.

There’s also a best selling book “Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of Us Soldiers Who Rode To Victory in Afghanistan.”  A new movie coming out soon by Jerry Bruckheimer is based on the best selling book. 

One last comment: Anyone who’s been in the US Army, or is a US Marine will also testify to the fact that yes, bayonets are used in today’s military.  They’re an important part of hand-to-hand combat training.  A REAL President would’ve known that.

So now, who’s the FOOL Mr. Obama, and who knows their military history? 

Free Clue: Obama is clueless once again.

Memo To Romney Campaign: Don’t Play It Safe

Obama’s Foreign Policy In Two Words: Negligence Kills

During the third and final Presidential debate, Mitt Romney has a once in a lifetime opportunity blow this campaign wide open if he successfully casts the Libyan Embassy attacks in their correct light: Obama’s negligence.

If Romney chooses to play it safe, he will doom his campaign to failure.  Rather, I say Mr. Romney should hold Mr. Obama accountable for his negligence before, during, and after the Libya Embassy attacks.  In an age where accountability seems to be missing, holding the current President accountable for his Administrations continual mis-steps on all things economic – and foreign relations would send a positive signal to Romney’s base, and the critical “swing voters” who are dying to see someone held accountable for the mess this country is in.

Obama’s negligence has resulted in the death of 4 American’s in Libya.  His subsequent dishonesty regarding what happened has the potential to impact the voting decisions of undecided low information voters. There will be millions of people watching on Monday night who have not been following this scandal closely and they want to know who is accountable. 

This is a key moment in the Romney and Obama campaigns.  Obama with Candy Crowley’s aid last week flat-out lied when he claimed he called the Libya Embassy Attacks “an act of terror.”  The record shows Mr. Obama said no such thing.  Now is the time for Mr. Romney to go for the kill, so to speak.  Playing it ‘safe’ would mean he sit’s back and hopes Obama doesn’t get lucky during the debate. 

Hillary Clinton made that mistake in 2008, Mr. Romney.  Are you listening?

Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Iowa are on the verge of swinging to Romney.  In these four states the race is within 1 point of swinging to Romney.  Momentum is on his side, is now the time to play it safe?

The choice Mr. Romney must make is to go aggressively after Obama and hold him accountable for both the lack of security in Benghazi, and the Obama Administration’s repeated failed attempts to paint what happened as anything other than a terrorist attack against America.

Ultimately the question of Libya is going to come up, whether Bob Schieffer asks the question or not.  Here’s how Mr. Romney should handle the situation:

First, Mr. Romney should state that what happened in Benghazi resulted in the deaths of four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens, an act that has not occurred since the Carter Administration in 1979.

Second, Mr. Romney should state clearly that the issue continues to receive a lot of attention more than two months later as a direct result of the Obama Administration’s continued efforts to paint the issue as something other than a terrorist attack.  Name Al-Qaeda as the terrorist group responsible.

Third, state clearly that because the Obama Administration cannot seem to get the facts or its story straight, many American’s including many in the media believe that a cover-up has taken place.  Here Mr. Romney has any number of media published reports to back this claim:

CNN reported “On 9/12 and even before then, the CIA and other sources within the State Department made the administration aware that the attack was not related to any demonstration (there was no demonstration) and that attack was a terrorist attack”

On 9/12, President Obama gave a speech where he decried a youtube video, made a comment about 9/11/01, and made a generic comment that “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation”. Note that, contrary to the President’s contention in the last debate, he did NOT, during this speech specifically label the Benghazi attack a “terror attack”

The American people were led to believe by the President’s spokesperson Jay Carney, Susan Rice (during appearances on six Sunday TV shows the weekend of September 30th), the President himself and other surrogates that the attack resulted from a spontaneous demonstration stemming from a youtube video.  The President himself was asked several times, on television shows such as “The View” and the David Letterman show whether the attack was a terror attack. Obama flatly refused to say that it was.  Obama also blamed the You Tube video multiple times during his address to the United Nations on September 21st, never once saying it was a terrorist attack. 

 

Finally, Mr. Romney should state the number of security breaches that have occurred in the last 12 months in Libya.  I’m not going to suggest he specify the dates, there are too many.  The number is sufficient.  In citing the number of security breaches, Mr. Romney should also remind the President (as he turns, looks, and stares at Obama) that each and every September 11th, Embassies around the world have increased security. 

Then Mr. Romney should ask this question: Why didn’t Benghazi have additional protection on September 11th, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center?

The American people are demanding answers to these questions, rightfully so.  Obama’s “lead from behind” foreign policy strategy has proven to be an unmitigated disaster for America. 

Further, the “arab spring” that Mr. Obama has promoted has resulted in Islamic theocracies taking hold in Libya, Egypt and Syria is on the brink.  The muslim brotherhood has firm holds in all three and they are no friends to America. 

Mr. Obama also failed to encourage the peaceful turnover of Iran in the summer of 2009 when hundreds of thousands of students peacefully demonstrated for regime change, only to be shot dead in the streets while Mr. Obama looked the other way.

Will Mr. Romney go after Mr. Obama full-force on these issues? 

If he does, it’ll be game, set and match for Romney.

The American people are demanding accountability for these failures and Mr. Obama needs to be put on the hook for it.

Any way the American people look at Mr. Obama’s answers, he’ll be viewed as being dishonest at best, ignorantly incompetent at worst.  Obama simply cannot simply explain away the multitude of different answers he and members of his Administration have given on Libya.

Obama Supremes Health Insurance Taxes (OSHIT) Mean 50% Tax Rates

39 States Top 50% Tax Rates, Thanks To USSC

In July of 2009, I posted this article which demonstrated the impacts of the OSHIT tax on the majority of this country.  I'm re-publishing that article today not as an "I told you so" (well, I did!) moreso to frame the discussion around the impacts of OSHIT to every day American's lives.

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore published a column stating that the tax implications of OSHIT would be felt overwhelmingly by the middle-class, that is those making less than $120,000 a year for a family of four.

By re-publishing the July 2009 article which shows 39 States having a cumulative tax rate of 50% or more we not only bolster Stephen Moore's claims, we demonstrate to each and every middle-class American exactly how it is Barack Hussein Obama lied to you in 2008 when he said he wouldn't raise your taxes "one thin dime."

How's that "hope and change" working out for you, America?

Terrorists In The White House

Islamic Terrorist Hani Nour Eldin has been invited to meet with Obama Administration Officials. 

Terrorists aren’t supposed to get visas, that however doesn't appear to be stopping Obama Administration officials from issuing them.  Did they forget to Google this guy? Nour Eldin is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and an MP from the Islamist Reconstruction and Development Party.


The Muslim Brotherhood is still on the United States Terrorism List, why's this guy going to the White House to meet with Obama Administration officials? 

Paging Mitt Romney ... please pick up a white courtesty phone for an imortant message!
From the Daily Beast:

It was supposed to be a routine meeting for Egyptian legislators in Washington, an opportunity for senior Obama administration officials to meet with new members of Egypt’s parliament and exchange ideas on the future of relations between the two countries.

Instead, the visit this week looks like it’s turning into a political fiasco. Included in the delegation of Egyptian lawmakers was Hani Nour Eldin, who, in addition to being a newly elected member of parliament, is a member of the Gamaa Islamiya, or the Egyptian Islamic Group—a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

Read the rest at The Daily Beast

Calling A Spade A Spade

Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh Accuses President Obama of Lying About Debt Ceiling: 'Have You No Shame, Sir: MyFoxCHICAGO.com

The World Is Burning, Obama Focuses On --- March Madness Picks!

Have We Ever Had A President This Disconnected?

Let's get this straight: Japan is in the midst of its worst crisis since ... hell I don't know when.  It appears the radioactive fallout from Japan will reach our West Coast within the next week if the prevailing wind patterns keep up.

The Middle East burns with conflict after conflict across Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran. 

At home, hyper-inflation is knocking on our doorsteps with skyrocketing gas and food prices, an unemployment rate at 10.2% (according to Gallup, everyone knows the BLS is cooking the books.)

The world is literally coming apart at the seams and the media is completely ignoring what this out of touch "President" is doing in our White House: He's focused on picking his March Madness brackets, and video-taping his picks for all the world to see. 

Last Friday Obama welcomed the NHL Champion Chicago Blackhawks to the White House. I'm a 'hawks fan, but this was ridiculous.  Aren't there more pressing issues?  Of course there are!

This past Saturday, he golfed for the 61st time since becoming "President."  President Bush didn't golf anywhere near as much during his entire 8 years in office.

Sunday Obama spoke out against "bullies" telling of his own personal experience.  Pardon me while I yawn, but I bet the worthless POC deserved what he got!

Tomorrow, Obama will be partying with the Taoiseach of Ireland, who'll be in town to help Obama celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  The SOB isn't even Irish!!

And then Friday it’s off to Brazil for the start of a three-country Latin American tour.

This is what our "President" is doing while the world burns.  Proof the Community Organizer in Chief doesn't have a clue about being President.

Yes, I do miss President Bush and his Leadership.

Even the idiots that voted for this moron in the White House are starting to notice, Obama's disapproval rating is at an all-time high.  Wake up America, before it's too damn' late.

Prediction: Blagojevich Will Not Face Re-Trial

Embarrassed Fitzgerald To Be Replaced 

Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald pulled the trigger on prosecuting Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich too soon, that's the sentiment of the Jury Foreman in the Blagojevich corruption trial.  Mainstream thought here in Illinois is that had Patrick Fitzgerald waited another few days to arrest Blago, the scheme to sell Obama's old Senate seat would've revealed one or more White House sources that were all involved in the scheme.  Rahm Emmanuel being amongst the highest ranking.

Instead as we now know, Fitzgerald sprung his trap early, "preventing a crime spree in progress" which may have ended up protecting several White House staff members.

I don't know if Fitzgerald knew and intentionally arrested Blagojevich early to protect several White House sources or not.  What's important is that the Jury Foreman and several other jury members believe Fitzgerald knew and arrested Blagojevich early for fear of what he may find via White House involvement, and having to potentially prosecute high ranking White House officials as a result.

Again, those are not my words, those are the words of the Blago Jury Foreman and several others that were interviewed on Chicago local area television last evening. 

So let's assume Jury foreman James Matsumoto was correct in his statements for a moment and ponder what a re-trial may mean.

As the Blagojevich legal team didn't put up a defense recognizing a hung jury when they saw one, could it possibly mean that a re-trial would force Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to look deeper into potential White House involvement in the "sale" of Barack Obama's old Senate seat here in Illinois?

Possibly.

And that my friends is what the Obama White House would fear most coming up to the November mid-term elections.  Fitzgerald has already vowed to re-try the case "as soon as possible" which may mean this September or October if Judge Zagel agrees.  This is a nightmare scenario for Obama and the Democrats already faced their own corruption scandals involving Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters.  A "perfect storm" so to speak just in time for the November elections.

So here's my prediction: During some Friday night news dump by the White House in the not too distant future and before the November elections, Patrick Fitzgerald will be replaced as the Federal Prosecutor in the Blagojevich case by Eric Holder's Justice Department.  

Miraculously several weeks later during another Friday night news dump, the new Federal Prosecutor will decide not to re-try the case, and instead choose to pursue the maximum punishment for the one charge Blagojevich was convicted of, lying to the Federal Prosecutor, sending him to Oxford Wisconsin's Federal Penitentiary for the maximum 5 years sentence, and the maximum $250,000 fine. 

The result: Blago's out of public sight, no longer capable of proclaiming his innocence or staining the White House and the "Patrick Fitzgerald" problem that the Obama White House has been struggling with in removing him will have been solved.  It's no secret the White House and Eric Holder's in-Justice Department have been waiting to remove Fitzgerald.

Now, just what do I base these predictions on?  First, I predicted Blago would essentially walk.  The case was too complicated  with 24 charges, more than 120 individual counts, and 150 rules the Jury had to obey to convict or acquit Blagojevich.  As we know, Blago was convicted on the lesser of all charges lying to the Federal Prosecutor.  Essentially, this is the same "crime" committed by Martha Stewart, "Scooter" Libby and Bill Clinton.  I have serious doubts Blagojevich will spend even one day in prison.

Second, it wasn't one lone hold-out juror that prevented convictions on the other 23 charges against Blagojevich as much of the media is reporting.  On all but two charges against the former Governor, the jury was split either 5-7 Guilty/Not Guilty, or 7-5 Guilty/Not Guilty.  On one charge, the jury was unanimous "not guilty" and it was only the 24th charge, "Lying to the Federal Prosecutor" that the entire jury agreed to a guilty verdict on.

None of this bodes well for re-trying Blagojevich and you can bet someone in the White House has figured all this out much the same way I did, just by paying attention to the case.  

It is on these facts that I base my prediction that sometime in the next few weeks on a quiet friday evening, the White House will announce during a "news dump" that Patrick Fitzgerald has been replaced as the Federal Prosecutor in the Rod Blagojevich corruption scandal.  Furthermore, the next Federal Prosecutor will decide not to go forward with a re-trial and that also will be announced during a friday night news dump, so as to avoid repeated news cycles.

Now taking bets on my prediction.