Why Yesterday's Revelations Matter

Yesterday was a memorable day for Americans who value openness and honesty in their government. 

Story number one is the Benghazi disaster where a terror attack was ignored and the initial and subsequent press releases from the administration were fudged for political gain. 

UN Ambassador Susan Rice went on no less than 5 Sunday shows in the immediate aftermath and reiterated that the attack by what she knew were a well organized group possibly affiliated with al-Qaeda was in fact a protest that escalated. There was never any report of a "protest" from those who were murdered and those who had on-the-ground knowledge of what was happening. Still, the administration blamed it on a You Tube video that to that point had been viewed by very few people. They eventually arrested the director and he currently still resides in jail. This was bullshit from the beginning but shows just how eager the Obama folks were in keeping the false narrative that Obama killed bin-Laden and thus al-Qaeda was on the run alive. Remember, this was in the midst of a presidential election, one that Obama played the "I killed bin-Laden" card shamefully.

In the aftermath, the media decided to play along with the Obama charade and reported nothing on what it found or in many cases even refused to look into the matter. That is, except Fox News, CBS News' Sharyl Attkison and the new media led by the premiere conservative web sites. Until yesterday when ABC reported that the Obama State Dept. changed the press release at least twelve times from the original version written by the CIA that said pretty clearly that it was in fact a terror attack. 

The original read:

“The Agency has produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al-Qa’ida in Benghazi and eastern Libya.  These noted that, since April, there have been at least five other attacks against foreign interests in Benghazi by unidentified assailants, including the June attack against the British Ambassador’s convoy. We cannot rule out the individuals has previously surveilled the U.S. facilities, also contributing to the efficacy of the attacks.”

That was entirely deleted by Foggy Bottom spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. She did it purely for political reasons because admitting what was actually the case would have given ammunition to the enemies of the president. Let me emphasize that point: Hillary Clinton's spokesperson changed the assessment by the CIA that it was a terror attack in the interest of helping the president win an election and at the cost of openness and transparency. She knowingly and purposely lied to the American people about the deaths of those who work for our government to win another term for Obama and preserve the reputation of her boss. 

Remember this the next time some liberal idiot tells you that the right always politicizes everything: An administration supporter changed a CIA assessment to make her buddy look better during a tumultuous election and blamed the entire event on a moronic documentary film maker who rots in jail to this day. 

Kudos to ABC for digging into this; all I have to say is it's about fucking time assholes. They decided to investigate only because they knew the Obama administration promised them marriage and instead bent them over and used them repeatedly then left a five on the nightstand. The walk of shame after that one was too much I'm guessing.

And what did the Obama communications department do after the release of this info by ABC? They called a secret meeting of reporters and then went out and tried to spin it during a torturous press conference by the vile Jay Carney. Transparency my ass. This may not be impeachable but there should be a lot of people fired.

Secondly and easier to understand is the story that also broke yesterday that the IRS systematically and purposely targeted the Tea Party and other right of center group for scrutiny. They specifically looked for groups with "Tea Party" and "Patriot" in their names. They subjected them to interrogations and inflicted financial damage for no other reason then to eliminate these groups. Think about that: a non-profit group set up to support what they believe is a just cause and that went against the administration aims was targeted by the federal government in an attempt to cause harm. This is scary shit here y'all. 

Not since the ugly days of Kennedy doing the same to groups that opposed him have we seen this type of government oppression in what can only be described as the squashing of free speech. Put another way, the Obama administration made it policy to dig into its enemies tax returns and, in some cases, attempt to embarrass them publicly. 

Let's take that to its logical conclusion: people who legally opposed the policies of a sitting president were systematically audited to shut them up. This is by far one of the more chilling examples of crushing free speech I've heard of in my lifetime. 

What's to stop the IRS from auditing me based on what I write here or you when you share a Tea Party Facebook post? Think about it, let's say you share the content of this site on FB. The IRS (using someone getting paid from our tax dollars) finds this site and notes all who have "liked" or shared the content. They target those specific people for scrutiny and before you know it you have a letter saying you are being audited for the years 2007-2012 inclusive. There's no difference in what was done here. 

I guess my favorite part is we're expected to believe it was a few low level people who were doing this. I'm sorry, but if a couple of GS-7's can target specific people for scrutiny and disrupt their operations, we have a huge problem. And if that didn't increase your trust in government, perhaps the fact that no one will be disciplined and the spokesperson for the IRS (the nation's accounting agency) said "I'm not good at math" will. 

All in all it was a bad day for the Obama administration but a great day for freedom-loving people. The promised "most transparent administration ever" has proven to be Nixonian in tactics and Chicago-like in execution. They make the Bush White House look like the boy in the bubble. 

The media belatedly got on board and--at least for one day--did their jobs. It's up to us to keep up the fight and now really take it to them on other issues they've covered up like Fast and Furious that led to the death of Brian Terry. 

Here's a link-filled roundup from the Prof. 

Sunday Morning News & Notes

Happy Sunday.

Here's what's going on in the world:

-So exactly how many wars is the US currently fighting? Foreign Policy says five (Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia) but I would add Libya--except when we really needed to take the offensive and save the ambassador, we demurred and possibly Iran depending on ones interpretation. As Prof. Reynolds notes, the majority of these were the result of the policies of a Nobel Peace Prize winner. We're stretched way too thin at this point so all those idiots who complained that fighting Iraq and the Taliban at the same time was too much back in 2004 can STFU now.

-Jonah Goldberg defends Niall Ferguson over homophobia claims when Ferguson was too much of a pussy to defend himself. Noting that Keynes was gay and thus would not leave any family when he died had bearing on his thinking is not homophobic.

-I'm shocked that the wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev was radicalized as well. She was a convert to the Religion of Peace (TM) and could not be capable of waging jihad by helping her husband, now could she? That's against the teachings of the religion. Plus, as the NY Times notes, she was a "social butterfly" and a really nice person before she got involved with a terrorist who killed three people. But hey, I guess the speed bump Tamerlan needed someone from America to teach him how to exploit the welfare system. Note, as always, that this is from a British paper where they believe that the truth must be reported.

-I meant to post this a few weeks ago. 30 of the 31 most-wanted are Muslims. The other is an eco terrorist from Berkeley. Shocking we see no Tea Party folks on the list since every single act of terror is immediately pinned on them by left wing hacks and the media (but I'm redundant).

-Remember that it's not really racist if it's uttered by a liberal or a Democrat. They are our intellectual betters in their ow minds so run along now.

-Global warming zealots have been looking pretty damn stupid lately. What with the coldest spring in decades or snow falling in Arkansas in in May, everything they said would happen has been wrong. Of course, the fact that they clam up when they are proven to be idiots is just par for their course.

Friday Night Music--Seattle Edition

In honor of the complete fucking idiots that think Justin Bieber could even remotely be compared to Kurt Cobain--and there are many--I give you some vids from Kurt and the other excellent Seattle bands. Listen to these and then listen to any Bieber and tell if that little dick would've even been allowed in the same building. My guess is that Courtney Love would've beat his ass.

How about 1992, the MTV Awards with Lithium? Note Kris whacking himself in the head with his bass and Dave Grohl busting on Axl Rose



The Seattle bands were incestuous to say the least. Here's Layne Staley with Mad Season:
How about Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell together as Temple of the Dog on the side stage at Lollapalooza in 1992? Note how the crowd rushes over when they realize what's happening.
Or how about AIC with Down In A Hole? Is this better than the little fag?
I think I've proven my point.

Wednesday Night News and Notes

 No preliminaries. I'm friggin gargling nails and pissing gasoline tonight.

-George W. Bush refused to place anyone on the UN Human Rights Council because A) it was a complete and utter farce and B) because he knew that such upstanding nations like Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Azerbaijan and Libya would sit on it one day and it would be a farce. But Obama is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning man of the world and he decided to not follow that Neo-con Bush's lead and decided to whole-heartedly endorse the sham council. Nice move O, one of the members says Boston deserved it. Such nice people at the UN.

-This ought to get the lefties all worked up: The Alabama Senate has voted for a law that will require drug testing for welfare recipients. Nice.

-I kinda saw this coming: Liberals will stop at nothing to find a root cause for terror other than Islam. The newest "theory" put forth by the heathens is that Tamarlan's boxing career may have caused concussion-induced brain damage. It couldn't have been the evil-spewing imam's or the hard core jihadi videos he watched. These people really do love their ideology and hate America, don't they?

-The defense rested in the trial of murderous abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell and the fucking cockroach didn't even take the stand. We found out he snipped live babies necks, disposed of live babies in toilets and kept their feet in jars. I hope he enjoys that special place in hell reserved for him next to Josef Mengele where he's sentenced to the same exact torture he inflicted on these children. Oh yeah, the human filth at MSNBC finally reported on it five weeks into the trial.

-I almost forgot, our fearless leader backed out of the keynote address for Planned Parenthood because it wouldn't do to have his speech juxtaposed against the Gosnell trial. Ballsy call, Obama.

-In case you haven't gotten it yet, Obama wants the sequester to inflict pain on the public so the GOP relents and cancels the cuts he signed into law. He's found exactly the vehicle too; air travel. By making air travel a complete shit show, he'll enrage the public and force the Republicans to relent. Where's my proof? DC is spared from the cuts so law makers can still fly on time.

-It's nice to know that we have so much money lying around in the government coffers that we can pay someone to recruit people to go on food stamps. Dude, I'll let The Offspring say it for me:

Have We Entered a New Phase in the War on Terror

Are we seeing a new pattern here? We've seen numerous attacks now from "homegrown" Islamic terrorists. From the Lackawanna Six to Nidal Hassan and the Fort hood shooting that left 12 dead, is this the next battle in the overall war? The Boston attack is just more proof of that.

This is truly war that we are not prepared for. How does a nation defend itself against it's own citizens turning on it? Our freedoms become detrimental in the investigation and detention of these men--and they are all men--who believe in the forced adherence to their beliefs over the idea of America. They abhor our freedoms but like the freedom to be left alone and plot. They work the system and collect what they need to take out innocents.

Sadly, it doesn't require all that much anymore as we saw last week and in the Mumbai attacks (although Pakistan had a hand in that, my point is still valid). A dedicated group of a dozen men or fewer can bring a city to its knees. Imagine if five groups of two did what the Tsarnaev's did last week in LA, NYC, Philly, DC and Miami in parallel. What would be the defense? What if the next tactic is suicide bombers walking into theaters and subway stations?

A good deal of why this is happening now is the lack of human intelligence that's gained by capturing enemy combatants. The Obama strategy is war by drone where we never see the enemy except through the lens of a camera. There's two downsides to this: first we end up with collateral damage thus losing hearts and minds. Second, we cannot arrest those who we are targeting if they are in pieces on the side of the road thanks to a drone-launched missile. What they know and what they would have given up is vaporized.

Getting back to my question; are we in entering the next phase in this war? My opinion is yes. The ease with which two young men who've lived here for a decade could fashion crude bombs and amass other weapons while going undetected (or in the case of Tamarlan detected but cleared) is frightening. The ease with which they forced an entire major city to close down must have other Islamic terror groups salivating. I never feared that terrorism would take place at major sporting events because in the aftermath of 9/11 we increased security and battened down the hatches. I do now because we are in Obamanation and he and his acolytes are too afraid of looking like racist's to actually do what needs to be done.

Stop allowing students from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Chechnya, Yemen, Egypt and other predominantly Muslim nations in without sufficient background checks. If they are here and associate with known radical elements, deport them. If they leave the US, ask foreign governments to keep tabs on them and find out who they associated with. Look at who they associate with in the US and see what they are doing. If they aren't citizens, they don't deserve the rights of citizens. The first job of the government is to protect its citizens and that's not happening if we continue the way we are now. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.

So What Did We Learn Last Week?

A bizarre and tragic week to say the least.

On Monday around late afternoon, word started getting out about an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. At first--just like on 9/11 when people thought it was a commuter plane that hit the towers--we thought it must be a small event or a gas explosion. Even when confronted with those first, now notorious pictures we hesitated to believe just how bad it was. Then the casualty estimates came out and we were told that deaths were possible.

It's been quite a while since we saw a mass terror incident. The last was the Fort Hood shooting and the media didn't nearly cover that enough and the government downplayed it because there was no video and they could. But not this attack. this happened in real time and they had no option but to deploy their armies of reporters.

Quite quickly but sadly, not as quickly as I'd assumed, the jackals in the media started speculating who could have perpetrated this attack on us. They secretly--and sometimes not so secretly--hoped it was a white Tea Party member pissed off on tax day. Hell, the president's former chief advisor; the slimy David Axelrod alluded to that in the open. Douchebag David Sirota openly hoped it was a "white American". So we learned that American liberals don't give a damn about terror unless it's perpetrated by white conservative men.

We learned that Boston is one tough city and one to be admired. They handled the quick-moving events with heart and determination. I know of no other large city that would have been shut down as easily as Bean Town was. They grieved when the names of the three dead were released and they rejoiced when the terrorist's were finally killed and apprehended.

We learned that we can mobilize some serious force when need be. From the Boston and Watertown Police to the FBI, they got along and worked to a common goal of catching the jihadi's.

We learned that with all the information available to us, the big media sucks at covering huge breaking events. Instead of being right, being first was more important and we learned that putting out false information can be quite damaging. On the flip side, the blogosphere did better and questioned events instead of inanely reporting innuendo. Sure, we were wrong on occasion but we correct our mistakes and move on. This MSM idiot got what he deserved.

We learned that liberals not only hate America but that some will actively take the side of those who murdered an 8-year old boy and then play the victim card when called on it by right-minded people.  BTW, fuck you Amanda Palmer. I have no idea who you are but hate you with every fiber of my being.

But most importantly we learned that the War on Terror is not nearly over. Last week it was Muslim Chechens, today it was the arrest in Canada of more who looked to attack Canadians and Americans. BTW, they were linked to an al-Qaeda element in Iran (but, but , but Shiite's and Sunni's never work together...yes they do now STFU). Yes, they still hate us and wish us dead. How anyone can say that a supposedly religious man can place a bomb directly near a child and allow it to detonate deserves any sympathy is way beyond me. I won't even discuss how Obama's policies are causing us to lose hard won ground in the battle.

The Tsarnaev's are no different than Mohammed Atta, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or Osama bin-Laden; they are fighting to spread Islam and dominate the world. We are the ones who are the strongest and stand in their way. It's simple if one were to read the writings in the Koran. this is just the latest battle in a war that will last generations unless we in the west get our collective heads out of our asses and realize that we are in a battle to save morality and humanity.

These people don't care if they kill a child, a woman, a Black man, an Hispanic female or an Asian transsexual. We mean nothing and are nothing but infidels who deserve death. No CAIR, I don't believe your rhetoric. Not all Muslims are terrorists but it seems quite evident that most acts of terror are perpetrated by people who pray toward Mecca five times daily.

Let's hope we take all the things we learned to heart grow through our mistakes.  Unfortunately, that will not happen because we will have to deal with the media and their bullshit stories describing what a tough existence it was for the Tsarnaev's in America or we have to be more understanding. The thing is, I am understanding; I understand that men who frequent a mosque will place an explosive where it is sure to maximize the death toll. I understand that regardless of the opportunities we present to such people, they will still hate us. I understand that even after bestowing money and acceptance into a great school on people who had fled a war torn land, they will still murder us in cold blood.

I believe my understanding meter is pegged at eleven.

Friday Afternoon News & Notes

A stunningly beautiful day in the Northeast. I believe a nice Black and Tan is warranted tonight. Took the day off to handle some household things today and i have earned myself a nice pint of the nectar of the gods.

Anyway, here's what's new in the world:

-Whatever the next pandemic consists of, I guarantee it will start in China and spread to this continent via Canada just like SARS. I can't say I exactly have enormous confidence they'll handle this new one all that well.

-If I were Boehner, I would counter with: No, we want entitlement cuts and no tax increases. Of course, Boehner is Boehner and not me so he'll just pussy out and cry like he always does. Lefties are not handling Obama's budget well.

-Oh for crying out loud, who the hell cares about Obama making a comment about a hot fellow Democrat? Oh, my bad, there's lots of humorless, PC libs getting their thongs in a bunch over it...and that's just the lefty guys. And for the record, she is, unlike most Democrats, pretty damn hot (I don't mean like Janet Napolitano hot or anything [I just puked in my mouth writing those words]):

 

-I think I'm gonna like Pope Francis. The man is what a man of God is supposed to be. 

-being that it is a local story, I'm hearing somewhat more of it but mostly relegated to page 12 or the second ten minutes of a local newscast. but the Kermit Gosnell story is horrifying in the extreme. What this man did to live children is a crime akin to those committed by Joseph Mengele (and blow me libs, he saved aborted fetuses feet in jars all over his office and used them as specimens so STFU and don't even begin to get on me about a Nazi reference). David Freddoso compares and contrasts the coverage of this story and Newtown.

-Even liberals think Al Gore is a bore and unpleasant. To think, that asshole could've been in the Oval Office on 9/11 if it wasn't for some idiot seniors in Florida.

-In the most California school systems, being a sex offender is probably a resume enhancer.

-Finally, it's been a long five days but tomorrow the Final Four tips off with favorite U of L playing Wichita State. Most years, the underdog has the crowd behind them but this year in the wake of the horrific injury to Kevin Ware and the reaction of his teammates, coach and the public, I'm guessing U of L will have some serious backing. Here's a Card's cutie for your Friday viewing pleasure:

Reuters Blames Poor Job Data on "Austerity"

Reuters has always had a hard left stance and it constantly leaks over to their supposedly straight news coverage but today takes the prize for straight bullshit:

(Reuters) - American employers hired at the slowest pace in nine months in March, a sign that Washington's austerity drive could be stealing momentum from the economy. 

 And what austerity would Reuters be speaking of? The sequester that Obama approved and signed into law? Or perhaps they think that a new stimulus whereby we throw another trillion down the shitter hasn't been passed so Obama is now being austere, That was the subhead BTW and most people really don't read much past there so they got their point out.

The economy added just 88,000 nonfarm jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, well below market expectations for a 200,000 increase. The jobless rate ticked a tenth of a point lower to 7.6 percent largely due to people dropping out of the work force.

This isn't new, people have been dropping out of the market for four years and BLS has been fudging the numbers on a monthly basis. The real unemployment rate is in double digits.

 Analysts suspected some of the weakness was due to tax hikes enacted in January. While retail sales data had not shown a big impact earlier in the year, retailers cut staff in March by 24,100.

 Ah, now we may be getting to the real reason. It took them a few paragraphs to get there and, of course, they whitewash it a bit. Of course it's the tax increases. The sequester did not nearly have the effect predicted and the media knows that it was a big heaping pile of horseshit that Obama was throwing out there when he said it was.  Note they also used the weasel word "some" so that people wouldn't think it was a majority who agreed it was tax hikes.

If taxes are raised and people have to pay more, they have to cut somewhere else. If you can make do without another employee, you will. It's simple economics to most people but not to the Obamatons nor his lapdogs in the media. They would rather blame it on phantom austerity measures and protect their savior from the criticism he rightly deserves.

It was unclear whether across-the-board federal budget cuts that began in March played a significant role in the weak pace of hiring, although nervousness over the cuts might have made businesses shy about taking on more staff.

 

Some economists cautioned against reading too much into the report.

So it was unclear but they still led with the theory that it was "austerity"? But some economist's cautioned against doing that now, didn't they?

So what does Reuters focus on to get us back up to the dreadful numbers we had last month? More spending:

The slowdown in job growth could make policymakers at the Federal Reserve more confident about continuing a bond-buying stimulus program. Prior advances in the labor market recovery had fueled discussion at the central bank over whether to dial back the purchases, perhaps as soon as this summer.

"The recent discussions about the Fed backing off from its quantitative easing has been premature," said Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Services in Troy, Michigan.

If you want to know what media bias looks like, this is it. Lead with something that makes the GOP look guilty, pretend you're playing it straight by adding a comment or two from those who are against tax and spend policies and then finish the article imploring more of the same that got us into the current mess. 

Reuters is a joke and any pretense they ever had of being unbiased was erased years ago.