Monday, June 24, 2013

Obama Tightrope Act: “I'm up in the spotlight, oh does it feel right”

Did you catch Big Guy’s high wire act over the Grand Canyon last night?

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Okay, you caught me: that’s Nik Wallenda.

“Tight Rope”: Leon Russell

BO’s not really a high wire artist, although he does play one on television regularly. Take, for example, gay marriage where he “straddled the fence” so-to-speak right up until the moment in the campaign where he discovered he was for it after having been against it.

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Or Syria, where it looked like the bright red line would give us plenty of turf to walk lightly  while waiting for reinforcements.

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Unfortunately the reinforcements came from Russia and Iran, rendering our red wire a little less stable than we normally like.

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And of course there are all of those Campaign promises that we need to constantly tread ever so carefully (in alphabetical order): the debt, economy, education, energy, entitlements, gay rights, global warning, gun control, health care, immigration, Iran, and taxes.

They’re all child’s play though, compared to the current high wire issue of national security that Big Guy addressed last month during his counter terrorism speech:

“Meanwhile, we strengthened our defenses — hardening targets, tightening transportation security, and giving law enforcement new tools to prevent terror. Most of these changes were sound. Some caused inconvenience. But some, like expanded surveillance, raised difficult questions about the balance we strike between our interests in security and our values of privacy. And in some cases, I believe we compromised our basic values - by using torture to interrogate our enemies, and detaining individuals in a way that ran counter to the rule of law.” 

You’ve got to admit, Big Guy walked that one like a pro. In a speech designed to define his legacy as well as announce the end to the war on terror, he once again demonstrated his balancing skills by campaigning against his own positions while simultaneously ensuring their continuity:

To put it crassly, the president sought to rebuke his own administration for taking the positions it has—but also to make sure that it could continue to do so.

and:

There are a number of areas in the president’s speech yesterday in which Obama publicly aligns himself with critics of his administration, while promising in hard terms very little.(snip) He criticized Guantanamo and indefinite detention, without promising to release detainees who pose a serious threat yet cannot face trial.

He followed this up by walking the tightwire regarding his position on the use of drones:

“Going forward, I have asked my Administration to review proposals to extend oversight of lethal actions outside of warzones that go beyond our reporting to Congress. Each option has virtues in theory, but poses difficulties in practice.”

Translation: we’re going to continue the Tuesday afternoon kill list meetings; butt don’t worry, we won’t be drone-killing any of our enemies in the United States (for now).

I like to call this his “Grand Canyon” performance:

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Big Guy’s high wire expertise should surprise no one who’s been following his career. Way back when he was just a junior Senator from Illinois running for his first historic presidency he told reporters who were interested that his favorite TV show was The Wire.

In case you don’t remember it, The Wire was a crime show set in the mean streets of Baltimore. It was a cynical show focused on the intercession of crime and politics, which is just about anywhere you look: the world of drugs, the longshoremen on the docks, the police department, the city government, the school system, and the news media.

Whether one is a cop, a longshoreman, a drug dealer, a politician, a judge or a lawyer, all are ultimately compromised and must contend with whatever institution they are committed to.

I believe it was classified as “realistic drama.”

Big Guy has long been fascinated with the use and benefits of electronic surveillance, which is probably why he was drawn to the show. Not surprisingly, given its title, surveillance was a central and recurring theme on the show:

Central to the structure and plot of the show is the use of electronic surveillance and wiretap technologies by the police—hence the title The Wire.(snip) Simon has discussed the use of camera shots of surveillance equipment, or shots that appear to be taken from the equipment itself, to emphasize the volume of surveillance in modern life and the characters' need to sift through this information.

Oh, and for the record: Big Guy’s favorite character is Omar, a gay thief who lives by a strict moral code of his own making that few in the world of law enforcement would recognize or acknowledge.

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Don’t judge, people. You’ve never had to walk in Big Guy’s slippers.

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It’s not as if this high wire act is easy.

1 Counting the omer – the 49 days from Passover until Shavuot.

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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Top 150 Conservative Websites Announced

And at Number 129, up 9 steps from #138 in February is (Drum Roll Please)...

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Big Hugs and Thanks to all My MOLs, MODs, MYLs, MYDs, FOMs and all the wonderful people who link to my little blog on their websites and in comments around the intertubes!!!

Special thanks to Doug Ross who tirelessly compiles the rankings and Linx to me regularly!!!

Now, scamper on over to Doug’s website to see the rest of the Top 150 and visit them often!!!

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Stay Focused: the Shell Game Continues

What about the IRS scandal? The State Department lies and misdirects on Benghazi? The NSA spying on everyone? Common sense “Comprehensive Immigration Reform”? The War of Terror? Please people, you’re going to have to try a little harder to keep up.

shell-game_thumb[2]“Hide under here for awhile. I’ll let you know when it’s your turn to come out.”

Wait…what? The War on Terror, and everything else, is over? We’ve moving on to Al Gore’s War on American Prosperity?

Al-Gore-Settled-Science-smYes, it is. And now…the war begins.

Comparing “global warming” to World War II, former Vice President Al Gore said America should “mobilize” to combat climate change and put a “price on carbon pollution.

The biggest news out of Algore’s pronouncement of the war to end global warming/cooling/change was his acknowledgement that FDR’s New Deal did not end the Great Depression (!):

“Even though we give FDR and the New Deal the credit for ending the Great Depression, what really ended it was World War II when we mobilized for a great national effort in which the survival of our country and our values was deemed to be at stake and when we decided to act, then we put people to work and the economy started booming like never before,”

I wonder if he knows that conservatives have been making that same argument against Keynesian government spending for decades?

Sorry Nancy P, it looks like unemployment isn’t the best way to put America back to work after all. I know – this seems counterintuitive in the world of progressive ideas and concepts, butt apparently it’s the way things work in the real world. Apparently from time to time it’s still beneficial to think INSIDE the box.

Butt I digress; back to Algore:

It is well past time that we put a price on carbon pollution and not just accept the price that it extracts from us,” Gore said.

And Big Guy agrees! He wants to put a confiscatory tax higher price on carbon too.

"This Tuesday, I’ll lay out my vision for where I believe we need to go – a national plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it."

While they agree that we need to launch a carbon war on America, they disagree on how to go about extracting the price of it from you. Algore wants to implement common sense programs that - for a reasonable cost, supplemented by government provided green energy subsidies - will reduce your carbon footprint:

The former Tennessee senator said retrofitting U.S. buildings and infrastructure would create more jobs and lower “global warming pollution.”

“It’s a huge fork in the road, huge choice that we have to make and if we mobilize the way we should, if we put a price on carbon and get the signals correct in the economy, then we’re going to put many millions of people to work installing the solar, installing the wind, reconfiguring buildings with more insulation,” Gore said.

[Let the record reflect that Algore Enterprises is now heavily invested in companies created to provide buildings with about-to-be-government-mandated  “retrofitting” services.]

Big Guy on the other hand, wants to save the planet through confiscatory taxes common sense measures and innovating physics. No, you read that right; not innovative physics, innovating physics. You know, some of that out of the box thinking that has already brought us new fuel sources:tobacco, algae and corn.

“We’ll need scientists to design new fuels, and farmers to grow them.”

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“We’ll need engineers to devise new sources of energy, and businesses to make and sell them.”

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See it’s just a matter of science and physics, like JFK announcing we were going to the moon. Except that physics supported that idea. Unfortunately it looks like the laws of thermodynamics in specific and the laws of physics in general don’t support our new War on American prosperity. Unlike community organizers and political opportunists, physicists have actually studied the scientific basis of climate phenomena – even after Algore determined it to be settled - and find the conclusion of the global alarmists to be hokum:

“At the end of the presentation, Salby implies, quoting Richard Feynman, that CO2 science today can be described as ‘Cult Science’.”

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Unfortunately pesky little facts that keep popping up led them to conclude that CO2 levels are actually a by-product of the earth’s temperature, not the cause.

“In significant part, however, CO2 is controlled by Global Temperature, as it is in the Proxy Record.”

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Boy! I didn’t see that coming. Did you?

If anyone pays attention to these rogue physicists it sure would queer a lot of Algore’s climate change deal$. Don’t worry though, in the age of Hope and Change facts don’t matter nearly as much as who’s in charge of the Treasury. And that, my friends, is why Big Guy will proudly announce the launch of his War of American Prosperity this coming Tuesday. Because the do-nothing Congress that you all elected won’t pass any of our common sense measures to set the earth’s temperature at a comfortable 72 degrees F in perpetuity, Big Guy is going to have his Executive Order pen do it for them.

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Make no mistake, we WILL control your carbon emissions whether you want us to or not. Because we want to. And because we know what’s good for you whether you do or not. And because we can.

“President Obama will announce Tuesday in a speech at Georgetown University that he plans to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants, according to individuals who have been briefed on the plan but asked not to be identified.”

And then, right after the big announcement, Big Guy, Lady M, the Wee Wons, a dozen miscellaneous friends and relatives and will board Air Force Won along with several military transports loaded with 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines, and three trucks to carry bulletproof glass panels for a weeklong visit to Africa. Several hundred Secret Service personnel are already on the ground, securing the perimeters of the royal first family’s trip.

 

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And remember people, only you can stop “common sense” Hope and Change.

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Africa Vacation Security: $100 Million. Photo-Ops: Priceless!

Despite a bit of bad press regarding the cost of our African Safari diplomatic mission -

The excursion reportedly will involve military cargo planes airlifting 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines, and three trucks to carry bulletproof glass panels to cover the windows where the president and his family will stay.

we’re at home, resting up and packing for our sojourn next week to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania . Where we will not, repeat, not be going on safari – thanks to a bunch of snoopy old Tea Party whistleblowers. It’s okay with me though; I always get nervous out on the open savannah where wild animals operate by the law of the jungle

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and everybody’s shooting guns. That sort of thing should be confined to urban environments like Chicago.

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Besides, just like Fast & Furious, IRS scandals, NSA snooping, wiretapping reporters and sequester cuts, we here in the Big White have no control over these matters:

The price tag, Mr. Rhodes added, is outside of the White House’s control.

“Security requirements, which make up the bulk of the costs, are determined by the Secret Service,” he said.

And the ss doesn’t work for Big Guy...not directly.

One of the extra non-security costs we’ll be incurring is an extra Louis Vuitton trunk for all the additional wardrobe changes required on this trip. For instance, I see we’ll be meeting with Marème Faye Sall, First Lady of Senegal.

During this trip, the First Lady will meet directly with youth and highlight the power and importance of education," the White House reveals.

On June 27th in Dakar, the First Lady will meet with Madame Marème Sall, First Lady of Senegal. Mrs. Obama and Madame Sall will then visit the Martin Luther King Middle School, an all-girls school in Senegal. In the afternoon, the President and First Lady will visit Gorée Island and in the evening, the First Lady will join President Obama for a dinner hosted by President Sall.

I’m relieved to see we won’t have to worry too much about competing with the FLOS on the the “svelte body and toned arms” front, butt as you can see, Marème is quite the fashionista:

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This is going to require a reprise of the Red Queen head-of-state dinner dress by Alexander the McQueen:

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Whoops, wrong red queen, here it is:

article-1348813-0CD55C90000005DC-837_634x618Yes, I think this will compete work quite well.

As always, other sideshows threaten to derail our second fun summer vacay:

Calls for Mr. Obama’s arrest from the Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg, South Africa, which objects to the administration’s drone program.

What’s their problem? If we have no problem with drones in America why should Muslims in South Africa object?

And speaking of South Africa, it looks like Big Guy and Lady M aren’t going to get that power couple photo op meeting with Nelson Mandela after all. It seems he’s in pretty bad shape, ever since the ambulance transporting him to a hospital broke down and was stranded on the side of the road for 40 minutes in freezing South African winter temperatures. Just as well – that we aren’t doing the  photo-op I mean, not that Nelson is so ill – I’m not insensitive like some people I know around here. Butt I just know the Tea Party would use it and the broken down ambulance story as a metaphor for Obamacare. You know how they like to twist things around.

Youth-healthcare-costsMy Obama “Affordable Care” is going to cost HOW much!!?? I thought it was free.

Nelson’s failing health is not really a problem – for us I mean. Of course it remains a problem for him and his family, and we extend our deepest concern. Butt we do have the photo-op with Nelson from Lady M and the Wee Wons’ 2011 safari trip. And since MO’s the only one of the Wons eligible (so far) to run for president in 2016, we’re all set.

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Although that does remind me of this very special memento photograph that Big Guy sent to Nelson in 2010:

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It’s inscribed “To Nelson Mandela – an inspiration to us all!” and hand-signed by BO himself! He also accompanied the gift with an iPod filled with his and TOTUS’s most famous reads.

Well, I’ve got to run. I have to locate Lady M’s favorite umbrella dress that she somehow thinks will be perfect for winter in South Africa.

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If you think these wardrobe choices are odd and/or accidental, you’ve really not strapped yourself into your thinking cap. Lady M’s very deliberate fashion choices for our $100 million vacay have all been made with an eye to keeping your eye focused on our finery rather than the reality of our trip’s frivolousness. I think it’s working. So far the only person who seems to have noticed is George Will:

The question of whether Barack Obama’s second term will be a failure was answered in the affirmative before his Berlin debacle, which has recast the question, which now is: Will this term be silly, even scary in its detachment from reality? (snip)

Regarding another threat, he spoke an almost meaningless sentence that is an exquisite example of why his rhetoric cannot withstand close reading: “We may strike blows against terrorist networks, but if we ignore the instability and intolerance that fuels extremism, our own freedom will eventually be endangered.” So, “instability and intolerance” are to blame for terrorism? Instability where? Intolerance of what by whom “fuels” terrorists? Terrorism is a tactic of destabilization. Intolerance is, for terrorists, a virtue.

Oye: “his rhetoric cannot withstand close reading.”!?! It’s going to be a long road trip. Wish me luck.

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Friday, June 21, 2013

MOO U???

Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful suggestions on what the elementary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to be named after Lady M should be called. Unfortunately the school board has already chosen the name “Michelle Obama Elementary” so we’ll have to save the “Lady M Preparatory School of Fashion and Design” for a later date. And I’m sure you can see why “MOO U” was inappropriate for a grade school. Ditto “MOO U2.”

“This name was selected by the school-site council because Michelle Obama supports active living and eating healthy, and the school models itself on that,”

Apparently thinking and eating “right”, and losing your fat behind are more important these days than learning proper grammar, mastering the principles of mathematics and learning the basics of critical thinking. After all, that’s what computers are for, right? Lady M’s school will focus more on social justice issues and the theology of global warming. Because learning how to reduce your “carbon footprint”, if you know what I mean,

fat like me Run faster Charles, and you can reduce your carbon backside too!

and I think you do, in order to save the world is more important than understanding the laws of thermodynamics, finance and economics, right? I mean that’s what computers are for, right? And not that I’m profiling or anything, butt the Chinese just seem to be naturals at that stuff…so we might as well let them handle all the boring stuff, right? While we make the world safe from red meat and carbon footprints?

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As a showcase for healthy eating, Lady M’s new school will be dedicated to serving only locally sourced weeds and vegetables.

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Also, in order to mask all class distinction, the children will be required to wear uniforms; although they’ll be allowed to choose which uniform they wish to adopt.

Future Crony Capitalists Green Energy Leaders of America:

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Future Journalists of America:

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Future Sheep of America:

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Or Future Gang Leaders of America:

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The Future Fashionistas of America club is still holding auditions for their uniform selection. So far these are in the lead:

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All of the uniforms will be made of highest quality, 100% organic materials and assembled with skilled labor.

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Although I don’t mind telling you, the SEIU is little bit ticked off about that last part.

Also, since both Lady M and Big Guy are huge proponents of women’s rights, and they don’t want anyone punished with a baby, the Michelle Obama Elementary school will be dispensing, free of charge, Plan B pre-abortion pills in the girls’ lavatory.

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Plan A, as always, will be continue to be available in the boys’ room.

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Anyway, if all goes well, this new Lady M style academy will serve as a model for the future Obamaschools® For America. We plan on passing some common sense legislation outlawing Catholic and Protestant schools, due to their divisiveness and the fact that we want a complete separation of church and state, and the only way to do that is to get rid of the church. We also plan to regulate home schooling out of existence. Once this happens the new OFA schools will be fully funded with all the money we’re saving through the sequestration.

All you need to know, if you’re a parent of school aged children, is that our new schools will provide your kids with breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner so you no longer have to. And all the food will be delicious, healthy, meet all of the FDA daily recommended nutritional requirements…and be provided free of charge!

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You’re welcome. Now shut up and eat our peas.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Sunspots and Surveillance: Do Not Mix

Big Guy’s greatly anticipated Brandenburg Gate II performance was a bit of a letdown.

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While not exactly dismissive or derisive, it did come across as a bit derivative. Sort of a mash-up of the original “Ick bin ein Berliner” and the “I have a dream” speech. From JFK we get that Big Guy is a citizen of the World, from MLK, we get that he still harbors his college-aged self’s dream of a nuclear free world:

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young bo obama stoned 1981 NYCollege-aged Barry Soetoro, saving the world, one dooby at a time

It would have been one of his best reads, too, if only the sun hadn’t gotten in his eyes.

MSNBC's number one Obama fanboy, Chris Matthews, was obviously disappointed with President Obama's letdown of a speech in Germany Tuesday. Rather than place the blame where it belonged -- on the empty rhetoric, hypocritical platitudes, and a crowd 95% smaller than the one Obama captured in '08 as a presidential candidate -- Matthews blamed it on the sun blotting out Obama's teleprompter:

I tried to tell him that TOTUS needed a pair of sunglasses if he was going to scroll at sunset; maybe next time he’ll listen to me.

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I know my Jackie O sunglasses really improved my game

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Even though the speech was a bit of a yawn, Angie threw us a nice dinner party anyway:

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We broke out a new frock, a cute, summery sun-dress for the occasion. It was perfect for the State Dinner, really setting Lady M apart from the rest of the ladies in attendance. I expect you’ll see it again when we move to Martha’s Vineyard for the remainder of the summer, after our African Safari.

We’ll really get “our money” out of this one, as it looks good both coming and going.

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The schnitzels and wursts were pretty good, butt Lady M really enjoyed Angie’s special wine selections.

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We just wish they hadn’t all been white.

Angie seemed to focus more attention on Lady M than BO. What’s up with that?

Not only is that kind of dangerous, when dealing with two narcissists well developed egos personalities like the Wons, butt it runs the risk of looking like you’re being dismissive of the leader of the free world.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Big Guy’s been caught spying on everybody, including Angie and her government. It sure didn’t help that FBI Director Mueller confirmed in testimony yesterday that we are using drones to track people in America. So here we go again with all the conspiracy theories: reporter Michael Hastings was being followed by the FBI before his untimely death, TWA Flight 800 was taken down by a missile and covered up, and now - suspicion that waste management executive Tony Soprano may have been taken out too. Ostensibly for his ties to the current administration.

There’s no truth to that rumor. And with the “sunshine rules” as enacted by this, the most transparent administration in the history of the republic, we would tell you if there were. Or any of the other rumors swirling around.

So, even though sunshine is the latest thing Big Guy was for before he was against it, it looks like we’re going to have to banish it, in order to give TOTUS a proper read. Still, others remain opposed to the idea of it being nighttime in America, and demand that the sunshine in:

Peace and Love. The more Hope and Change®, the more things remain the same.

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Peas Out, dude!

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