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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
TERRORISTS BATTLING EACH OTHER?
There was some indication yesterday that Al Qaeda and
I.S.I.S. have become blood enemies and are fighting each other for control of
the Jihadist movement. Islamic militants
who poured into the embattled nation to help the Free Syrian Army in its bid to
topple Dictator Bashar Assad are now fighting Assad, the rebels and each other
in a barbaric free-for-all. At the center is the split between Al Qaeda’s
regional affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, and the newly emerged Islamic State, which
are fighting each other on the battlefield and in the war for recruits to the
cause of Islamic terrorism, according to FOX
NEWS.
COMMENTS:
Once again, one is tempted to leave well-enough-alone and
let them battle with each other; we can deal with the victor later. That’s not a viable strategy because they are
both still intent on bringing the U.S. to its collective knees. And, another anniversary of 9/11 is just
around the corner. More and more it
becomes apparent that OUR strategy as citizens needs to be to kick the
Democrats out of the Senate and the House in November and to proceed to impeach
Obama for his numerous and egregious violations of his duties under the
Constitution. Even Joe Biden will be
better than this chowderhead.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I understand the “thought police” have the government establishing
an agency to pursue misinformation on Twitter and to rein the culprits in. Isn’t that a violation of the free speech
amendment? (Carlos ~ Milpitas, CA)
A. Not if you are an Obamacrat. There are no rules for Obama or his minions;
everything is up for grabs. The
President now has the power to bar you from the Internet, you know; could you
get along without Facebook?
Q. Paul Ryan says he and his fellow Republicans are not
going to let the I.R.S. scandal go away.
What do you think? (Vickie ~
Barstow, CA)
A. What about Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the N.S.A., the
V.A., the D.O.J.? Obama has consistently
out-maneuvered the House and the Republican Party and has never been held accountable for his actions. Unless something changes in the halls of
Congress, what makes Ryan think he’s going to get answers and justice on the
I.R.S. misdeeds? Is everybody in Washington on weed?
Q. Why is Jimmy Carter speaking at a fundraiser for
Hamas? (Eugene ~ Ogden, UT)
A. Because Obama has a golf date. Neither one of them has any love for
Israel. Yet, these anti-Semitics have no
qualms about calling the rest of us racists.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi
and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.” ~ Sandra Bullock
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Thursday, August 28, 2014
E.P.A.’S SECRET MAPS
The Environmental Protection Agency has created a secret set of maps of U.S. waterways and bodies of water on both public and private lands for the purpose of targeting a massive power-grab over those waters. "These maps show the EPA's plan: to control a huge amount of private property across the country. Given the astonishing picture they paint, I understand the EPA's desire to minimize the importance of these maps," according to Representative Lamar Smith.
COMMENTS:
I’m not being facetious when I say this; I believe what I am
about to suggest is, in fact, probable. Here’s
an opportunity for another government agency to target Obama’s political
enemies and they may be cahoots with
the D.O.J. and the I.R.S. Can’t you
visualize being a conservative at home, soaking in the tub, when the E.P.A.
task force shows up wearing full-body armor and in SUV's while carrying grease
guns, invades your home and hauls you off for water pollution? That may sound absurd, but do you think it’s
really impossible with this regime in power?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. This lady who keeps getting onto flights without a ticket…
Why isn’t she in jail? (Grace ~ Tucson,
AZ)
A. If the President can do illegal things and get away with
them, why shouldn't she be able to do the same?
Now, if it’s really such a big crime, ask yourself how is she getting
through preflight security… the toughest flight security since 9/11?
Q. Does Obama need Congressional approval before going after
I.S.I.S. in Syria? (Natalia ~ Rancho Santa
Fe, CA)
A. Absolutely. Congress was required to approve our foray into Libya, but he ignored them. As a matter of fact, he pretty much does as
he wants and doesn’t give a damn whether anybody likes it or not.
Q. What do you make of the Chinese jet fighter messing
around with our planes and flying into Taiwanese airspace? (Chaz ~ Beverly Hills, CA)
A. I doubt they’re trying to get up a game of Chinese checkers.
It’s probably more of a test to see just how far Obama can be pushed before he
draws another red line.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.” ~
Orville Wright
TODAY’S VIDEO:
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
LOIS LERNER’S BLACKBERRY WIPED CLEAN
After it became known that Lois Lerner was an instrumental figure in the IRS targeting scandal and after she resigned while Congress was subpoenaing everything and anything regarding the scandal, the IRS took the IRS issued cellphone used by Lerner and wiped it clean.
COMMENTS:
In all probability, the same Obama team that erased or
locked up all of his birth records, immigration documents, college transcripts,
social security information and dog license history has been out there in force
over recent months erasing all traces of Lerner emails. I’m reasonably sure that her personally-owned
PC has also crashed. Of course, no one is mentioning the multi-billion-dollar
NSA facility in Utah that records everything.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I see your position is that we cannot legally go after
I.S.I.S. in Syrian if Assad doesn’t give us permission. What do we do if he refuses? (Carol ~ Arlington, TX)
A. Nuke Assad.
Q. The federal government is warning that any action against
I.S.I.S. could result in retaliatory attacks from U.S. based terrorist
cells. How did they get here in the
first place? (Lynette ~ Edmonds, WA)
A. They walked across the Mexican border or they are U.S.
citizens who became radicalized Muslims. WE… I repeat, you and I and our
friends, relatives and neighbors allowed it to happen because WE have not been
demanding responsibility in our government.
That’s a fact. And right now,
they’re growing like toadstools in a manure patch.
Q. What do you make of the report that the State Department
is using our taxpayer dollars to purchase Obama-written books? (Quint ~ Santa Maria, CA)
A. Come on, Obama is just trying to raise enough money to
cover his green fees. Have reasonable
expectations: most liars are crooks as well.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Most liars are crooks as well.” ~ Unknown Scribbler
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
LERNER EMAILS EXIST!
According to a late news development yesterday from FOX NEWS, Tom Fitton who is the president of the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch says that Justice Department attorneys have intimated that Lois Lerner's "lost" emails likely exist in back-up computers. Fitton said DOJ attorneys told him the federal government backs up all computer records to ensure the continuity of government in event of a catastrophe. Further, "Somebody in Lois Lerner's position has an executive assistant who has access to her email just as though she did," said Morgan Wright, a computer forensics expert. "So whatever email comes into Lois Lerner’s box goes into her administrator’s box as well.”
COMMENTS:
The Administration and the I.R.S. continue to insist that no
such backup system existed in the Lerner email case. They are fumbling for an answer as to the executive assistant postulation. It appears to me and all of us that someone
very high up is lying. And just who is
it who has the all-time record for telling lies in Washington? Would we let John Gotti get away with such
lies?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What do you make of Syria’s demand that we get permission
before bombing any I.S.I.S. sites in that country? (Ivy ~ Provo, UT)
A. Syria is totally within its rights as a sovereign nation
to insist on that. If they were to deny
such permission and we were to do it anyway, that would justifiably be an act
of war on our part. Besides, I would
recommend against jumping into bed with Assad against I.S.I.S. Those who get into bed with snakes are likely
to get bit. Anyone who doesn’t believe
Assad is a snake hasn’t been paying attention to his rattle. And all of that considered, Obama says he's authorizing drone strikes in Syria. I sometimes think he invented the words "dumb idea."
Q. I am appalled that the White House sent so many
dignitaries to Brown’s funeral. I don’t
think they had that many delegates at Chris Stephens 'funeral and, as I
understand it, they didn’t have that many delegates at Thatcher’s funeral. (Marlin ~ Lancaster, CA)
A. Neither Stephens nor Thatcher was Black. That is plain speaking, from atop the
mountain.
Q. Chicago’s murder rate has hit a 56-year low as concealed
carry permits become the norm. How can
the anti-gunners ignore the facts?
(Danny ~ Bend, OR)
A. Because the facts do not fit their agenda. Their agenda consists of disarming America,
even when we’re faced with the threats of terrorism and runaway
government. We must always be vigilant
and soundly stop any attempt to strip us of our Constitutional rights and believe me, our government is full of strippers.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“I am politically incorrect, that’s true. Political correctness to me is just
intellectual terrorism. I find that
really scary, and I won’t be intimidated into changing my mind. Everyone isn’t going to love you all the
time.” ~ Mel Gibson
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Labels:
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Monday, August 25, 2014
THE DOCTOR IS OUT
COMMENTS:
The next natural step is to require a certain percentage of college students to become doctors; the government will begin choosing your
vocations for you.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Did you feel the Napa earthquake in Burney? (Willie ~ Santa Rosa, CA)
A. No. But, waking up
to those pictures of broken wine and liquor bottles strewn around scared the hell out of
me; all of that good booze going to waste… such a shame. It’s an alcoholic’s worst nightmare.
Q. We haven’t heard much about the Keystone Pipeline lately. What’s up?
(Jeff ~ Bangor, ME)
A. Not much, except the price of gas. We continue to put ourselves at energy risk
by refusing to expand our capacity. We
need a couple of new and sophisticated refineries and have had that need for
years. Even if we get more oil out of
the ground, we have to be able to refine it.
Due to the lack of capacity, oil companies are taking gas rigs out of
production. Obama is doing everything
he can to stall and my thinking is that he will veto it as soon as the November
elections are over… presuming he’s still in office.
Q. The Obama
Administration has seized half-a-million acres of land in New Mexico by
declaring it to be a national monument.
Once again, this puts the BLM and NPS against the ranchers who have been
grazing livestock on those lands for decades.
What’s your opinion? (Ken ~
Roswell, NM)
A. We need to investigate to see if Harry Reid’s son has a
deal with the Chinese to lease some of that land to them for solar
production. I don’t think any lands should be withdrawn from
public use without the consent of the American public. It is our
land, not the government’s. The next
thing you know, they’ll be naming it the “Barack Hussein Obama National
Memorial Park” and they’ll be erecting a huge statue of him leading the country
with his 9-iron.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“I learned one thing from jumping motorcycles that was of
great value on the golf course, the putting green especially: Whatever you do,
don’t come up short.” ~ Evil Knievel
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Saturday, August 23, 2014
WILL I.S.I.S. NUKE A U.S. CITY?
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe has warned that Islamic
State extremists are attempting to develop a weapon to blow up a major city in
the United States. "They're crazy out there, and they're rapidly
developing a method of blowing up a major U.S. city and people just can't
believe that's happening," he said.
COMMENTS:
Between the Pakistani nukes, North Korea and Iran, the odds are chillingly in their favor. And they are a “Junior Varsity” organization? Thank God we've got a strong southern border.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Secretary of Defense Hagel says I.S.I.S. is far more
dangerous that Al Qaeda was before 9/11.
What are we going to do about that? (Dick ~ Sebastopol, CA)
A. I’ll let you know after I sink this putt.
Q. Just what is so wrong about having the F.B.I. go after
the terrorist who beheaded Foley? (Sabrina ~ Las Vegas, NV)
A. Even if, in the wildest imagination of Eric Holder, we
were able get agents into Iraq, identify, find the culprit, arrest him or her
and extract that person successfully without losing the agents’ heads… we would have
accomplished nothing toward the imperative objective of neutralizing the I.S.I.S.
movement. Who is kidding who? The idea is somewhat akin to sending a Chihuahua
to a dog fight. War is war and very different than crime.
Q. What government agencies are armed? (Kevin ~ Sacramento, CA)
A. Virtually all of them, with the exception of the Library
of Congress which just turned its arsenal in.
The I.R.S., by the way, can’t locate Lerner’s emails but can readily
find its assault rifles. You would think
that if any agency was going into a touchy situation, they’d have the Secret
Service, F.B.I. or U.S. Marshall’s with them.
So why do they need all of these guns, especially when Obama is so
adamantly against them? It’s called
intimidation, oppression and "up yours."
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“They [illegal aliens] essentially have become the backbone
of our economy.” ~ Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Friday, August 22, 2014
ANOTHER MISSOURI POLICE SHOOTING
The BLAZE is carrying a video of a police shooting on August 19th in St. Louis. Kajieme Powell was allegedly carrying a knife and had just robbed a convenience store, (petty theft, I think). The video shows him hanging around outside the store when cops showed up; he yelled at them to shoot him, wandered around a bit and started toward the police car. There was plenty of distance between him and the officer who opened fire and killed him after several shots.
COMMENTS:
At his point, I do not know whether Powell was black or
green. Had I been the officer, I would
not have shot him dead; I would have tried to taze him or maybe to him in the
foot or leg. This appears to me to be a
totally unjustified police shooting. I’m
guessing that, since Al Sharpton didn’t show up, the guy was not a Black.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I read that less than half of the Chicago residents want
Obama to build a Presidential Library there?
(Olaf ~ Wisconsin Rapids, WI)
A. That’s correct; only 47%.
And 45% are against it with 8% undecided. What they are saying, in essence, is that
Obama’s library should be built in his real home town of Under-A-Rock,
Kenya.
Q. I too think it was a crummy idea for Obama to go golfing
minutes after discussing the beheading of Foley. (Jason ~ Twin Falls, ID)
A. Obama is totally apathetic as to what anyone else thinks
or feels about anything. He has no
feelings and he doesn’t care whether we care about his insensitivity or not; he’s
the epitome of being a sociopath. If it’s
any consolation, he only lost 45 balls in the golf round; but you paid for
them.
Q. I understand Christian owners of a farm in New York are
facing a huge fine because they refused to allow a gay wedding to take place on
their property. (Lee ~ Carson, CA)
A. The farm owners rent it out for special events; they told
the couple they could have a reception there, but refused to allow them to get
married there. They have gay employees
and have hosted gay events I the past, but have never allowed a gay marriage
there. The Judge ruled that their business is a
public business and that subjects them to the law which endorses same sex marriages. I’m
for them; the fact that the gays chose to make an issue out of it instead of taking
their marriage business somewhere else where someone might want the income
tells me that the gays don’t give a damned about the religious beliefs of the
property owners, and I would not have allowed it either; there is such a thing
as freedom of religion and I don’t give a damn what the New York law says on
the subject.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.”
~ Robin Williams
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Thursday, August 21, 2014
OBAMA GIVES GOD A LECTURE
“No God would stand for what they did yesterday and what
they do every single day.” That was President Obama Wednesday talking about the
I.S.I.S. beheading of American journalist James Foley.
COMMENTS:
I guess that means Obama is an atheist? His statement would justify that position; if
no God would stand for it, there can be no God.
Or, perhaps, he was talking down God in his famous condescending
way. In either event, I think it takes
huge family jewels to talk that way about the Creator. The first thing you know, he’s going to lose
what little ability he has to sink putts.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. There are concerns that two women, one in New Mexico and
one in California, may have Ebola. Are
we in for a plague? (Eugenia ~ Portland,
OR)
A. Our world is a mobile world; we travel everywhere by bus,
by train, by plane, by car and by camel.
One doesn’t start exhibiting symptoms of Ebola within minutes of being
exposed or infected; it takes several days during which time that individual
could be in contact with many other people.
Therein lies the problem; the only real way to protect us is to totally isolate
ourselves. Whether or not they are found
to have the Ebola virus, this country with all of its foreign travel is greatly
at risk. The risk is almost as great as
the risk that Obama will stay on the golf course for the rest of his term.
Q. What’s your opinion of Obama’s claim that we will have
relentless pursuit of I.S.I.S. and those responsible for the beheading of an
American journalist? (Plenny ~ Georgetown,
TX)
A. He sure is a busy guy, chasing down those Benghazi terrorists,
those responsible for Fast & Furious, the I.R.S. emails, the V.A. scandal…
on and on. Right after he made that
statement, he headed for the golf course, which IS his number one priority as
President. Yeah, he’ll get right on it,
he’s so cool.
Q. So, they actually did try to free I.S.I.S. hostages? (Ogden ~ Pittsburg, CA)
A. Last summer they did try to rescue some hostages, but
could not locate them. Now, why would
you put the military at risk by sending them on a wild goose chase in I.S.I.S.
territory? And why would you tell the world so they would know what a fool you
were for ordering the raid? What’s that
guy smoking these days?
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in
baseball. I did it in one afternoon on
the golf course.” ~Hank Aaron
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
AMERICAN PUBLIC TO POLITICIANS: “GET OUT!”
A recent Gallup Poll shows only 19% of Americans feel most
members of Congress should be reelected.
“These negative evaluations of Congress have historically been related
to lower rates of incumbent re-election in midterm elections and a higher turnover
of congressional seats,” Gallup reports.
COMMENTS:
All I can say is that if Americans vote their hearts in
November according to the above poll, it just could be a very happy day in the
country.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What ever happened to that Russian convoy of “humanitarian
goods” that was headed toward Ukraine?
(Marla ~ Lexington, KY)
A. Part of the convoy was destroyed. Another convoy which was removing some civilians
from Lugansk was also destroyed by rebel army forces and resulted in the deaths
of 17 civilians. And the Russian army continues
to provide ammunition and arms to the rebels.
In the meantime, with little fanfare I might add, Russia is staking a
claim to the entire Arctic ice cap, citing an underwater shelf that extends
there from Russia. Between Siberia and
the Arctic, one gets the impression that the Russians like their vodka a tad on
the cold side.
Q. The story is that there is a lawsuit against 12 federal agencies
for refusing to comply with requests for emails and other documents. Can you fill me in? (Seth ~ Shreveport, LA)
A. A conservative group, Cause of Action, wants the
documents in order to see whether agencies are being forced to channel basic
public-information requests through the White House, so that politically
sensitive material can be screened. They’re claiming the agencies are
stonewalling under the direction of the White House. How do you like Obama’s definition of “transparency?” How can you equate a steel reinforced
concrete wall with “transparency?”
Q. The D.O.J. is insisting that police departments absolutely
need more military equipment. How can
they justify that? (Charlie ~ Yuma, AZ)
A. Leaked documents from the Department of Homeland Security
suggest that police militarization is only likely to increase as officials
claim that they are planning for increased “anti-government violence over the
next year.” So, this is how that stacks
up: the government is doing more and more things to rob us of our liberties and
bank accounts and we’re getting angry about it.
In response, they are going to load up police departments and government
agencies with assault rifles, SUV’s, tanks, Humvees and bullet-proof vests and
they want us to turn in our guns. Okay,
Fido, roll over and play dead.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“He who allows oppression shares the crime.” ~ Desiderius
Erasmus
TODAY’S VIDEO:
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