Saturday, November 30, 2013

Fantasy Land

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Obama cites accomplishments such as: saving an economy from a Great Depression; revitalizing an auto industry, doubling our exports, drastically reducing our dependence on foreign oil, doubling fuel efficiency standards, re-centering our fight against terrorism in a way that respects our values and our ideals, blah, blah blah…

His true accomplishments include: destroying our Constitution, creating more debt than all other presidents combined, getting away with the most high crimes and scandals, destroying the military, creating the lowest US status among world nations, bolstering Wall Street above main street, etc etc.

Of course, the Barack zombies don’t leave his fantasyland. Maybe Obama should create an actual amusement park after himself so his zombies can completely indulge.

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

The Obamacare scheme

Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection an...
Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In 2003, when he was an ambitious Illinois state senator from a hyper-statist district, Obama declared:
I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health-care program. I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its gross national product on health care, cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. . . . Everybody in, nobody out. A single-payer health care plan, a universal health care plan. That’s what I’d like to see. But as all of you know, we may not get there immediately. 
That is the Obamacare scheme.

It is a Fabian plan to move an unwilling nation, rooted in free enterprise, into Washington-controlled, fully socialized medicine. As its tentacles spread over time, the scheme (a) pushes all Americans into government markets (a metastasizing blend of Medicare, Medicaid, and “exchanges” run by state and federal agencies); (b) dictates the content of the “private” insurance product; (c) sets the price; (d) micromanages the patient access, business practices, and fees of doctors; and (e) rations medical care. Concurrently, the scheme purposely sows a financing crisis into the system, designed to explode after Leviathan has so enveloped health care, and so decimated the private medical sector, that a British- or Canadian-style “free” system — formerly unthinkable for the United States — becomes the inexorable solution.

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Friday, November 22, 2013

The Final Toast

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A U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25B Mitchell bomber takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the "Doolittle Raid". Original description: "Take off from the deck of the USS HORNET of an Army B-25 on its way to take part in first U.S. air raid on Japan. Doolittle Raid, April 1942." (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Final Toast To Come
Doolittle_raiders-- 71st Doolittle Raiders
              Anniversary Reunion
           It's the cup of brandy that no one wants to drink.
           On Tuesday, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the surviving
           Doolittle Raiders gathered publicly for the last time.
Doolittle_raiders-- Patch
           They once were among the most universally admired and revered men
           in the United States. There were 80 of the Raiders in April 1942,
           when they carried out one of the most courageous and
           heart-stirring military operations in this nation's history. The
           mere mention of their unit's name, in those years, would bring
           tears to the eyes of grateful Americans.
              Doolittle_raiders-- 
           Now only four survive.
           After Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, with the United
           States reeling and wounded, something dramatic was needed to turn
           the war effort around.

           Even though there were no friendly airfields close enough to
           Japan for the United States to launch a retaliation, a daring
           plan was devised. Sixteen B-25s were modified so that they could
           take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier. This had never
           before been tried -- sending such big, heavy bombers from a
           carrier.
 
             Doolittle Raid-Plane # 7, piloted by 2nd Lt Ted W.
              Lawson, plane # 8, piloted by Capt Edward J.   Doolittle_raiders-- B-25 lined up on the Hornet

           The 16 five-man crews, under the command of Lt. Col. James
           Doolittle, who himself flew the lead plane off the USS Hornet,
           knew that they would not be able to return to the carrier. They
           would have to hit Japan and then hope to make it to China for a
           safe landing.
          Doolittle Raiders-- Crew-number-3-Doolittle-654x500 

           But on the day of the raid, the Japanese military caught wind of
           the plan. The Raiders were told that they would have to take off
           from much farther out in the Pacific Ocean than they had counted
           on. They were told that because of this they would not have
           enough fuel to make it to safety.
           And those men went anyway.
            Doolittle_raiders-- about 1942

           They bombed Tokyo, and then flew as far as they could. Four
           planes crash-landed; 11 more crews bailed out, and three of the
           Raiders died. Eight more were captured; three were executed.
           Another died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew
           made it to Russia.
           Doolittle_raiders-- B-25 on Hornet Doolittle_raiders-- B-25 Doolittle_raiders-- Painting_on_the_Hornet Doolittle_raiders-- Taken Prisoner Doolittle Raid-- Plane # 5, piloted by Capt David M.
              Jones, attacked targets in Tokyo

           The Doolittle Raid sent a message from the United States to its
           enemies, and to the rest of the world: We will fight. And, no
           matter what it takes, we will win.

           Of the 80 Raiders, 62 survived the war. They were celebrated as
           national heroes, models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced
           a motion picture based on the raid; "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo,"
           starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson, was a patriotic and
           emotional box-office hit, and the phrase became part of the
           national lexicon. In the movie-theater previews for the film, MGM
           proclaimed that it was presenting the story "with supreme pride."
 
         Doolittle_raiders-- In thought and prayer Doolittle_raiders-- A downed B-25  
 
          Doolittle_raiders-- One of the first reunions

           Beginning in 1946, the surviving Raiders have held a reunion each
           April, to commemorate the mission. The reunion is in a different
           city each year. In 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, as a
           gesture of respect and gratitude, presented the Doolittle Raiders
           with a set of 80 silver goblets. Each goblet was engraved with
           the name of a Raider.
         Doolittle_raiders-- News Paper Paritan
              Valley...August 16, 1945 Doolittle_raiders-- News Paper
           Every year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is
           transported to the reunion city. Each time a Raider passes away,
           his goblet is turned upside down in the case at the next reunion,
           as his old friends bear solemn witness.
         Doolittle_raiders-- LAST Survivors Doolittle_raiders-- The Goblets and Jacket

           Also in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special
           cognac. The year is not happenstance: 1896 was when Jimmy
           Doolittle was born.

           There has always been a plan: When there are only two surviving
           Raiders, they would open the bottle, at last drink from it, and
           toast their comrades who preceded them in death.

           As 2013 began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February,
           Tom Griffin passed away at age 96.
          Doolittle_raiders-- 1 Doolittle_raiders-- 67th Reunion Columbia South
              Carolina Doolittle_raiders-- Reunion at the Nut Tree Airport
              2003 Doolittle_raiders-- reunion in Missoula

           What a man he was. After bailing out of his plane over a
           mountainous Chinese forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill
           with malaria, and almost died. When he recovered, he was sent to
           Europe to fly more combat missions. He was shot down, captured,
           and spent 22 months in a German prisoner of war camp.

           The selflessness of these men, the sheer guts ... there was a
           passage in the Cincinnati Enquirer obituary for Mr. Griffin that,
           on the surface, had nothing to do with the war, but that
           emblematizes the depth of his sense of duty and devotion:
           "When his wife became ill and needed to go into a nursing home,
           he visited her every day. He walked from his house to the nursing
           home, fed his wife and at the end of the day brought home her
           clothes. At night, he washed and ironed her clothes. Then he
           walked them up to her room the next morning. He did that for
           three years until her death in 2005."

           So now, out of the original 80, only four Raiders remain: Dick
           Cole (Doolittle's co-pilot on the Tokyo raid), Robert Hite,
           Edward Saylor and David Thatcher. All are in their 90s. They have
           decided that there are too few of them for the public reunions to
           continue.

           The events in Fort Walton Beach this week will mark the end. It
           has come full circle; Florida's nearby Eglin Field was where the
           Raiders trained in secrecy for the Tokyo mission. The town is
           planning to do all it can to honor the men: a six-day celebration
           of their valor, including luncheons, a dinner and a parade.
          
           Do the men ever wonder if those of us for whom they helped save
           the country have tended to it in a way that is worthy of their
           sacrifice? They don't talk about that, at least not around other
           people. But if you find yourself near Fort Walton Beach this
           week, and if you should encounter any of the Raiders, you might
           want to offer them a word of thanks. I can tell you from
           firsthand observation that they appreciate hearing that they are
           remembered.

           The men have decided that after this final public reunion they
           will wait until a later date -- some time this year -- to get
           together once more, informally and in absolute privacy. That is
           when they will open the bottle of brandy. The years are flowing
           by too swiftly now; they are not going to wait until there are
           only two of them.

           They will fill the four remaining upturned goblets.
           And raise them in a toast to those who are gone. 
     
Doolittle_raiders-- 70th Anniversary
Their 70th Anniversary Photo

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Good for the Goose?

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The "Nuclear" option that the Democrats in the Senate hve voted for shows a glaring discrepancy for how they felt when Republicans threatened the same rule change.

“The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in place to prevent absolute power by any one branch of government.” - Sen. Harry Reid, 2005

“I sense that talk of the nuclear option is more about power than about fairness … I believe some of my colleagues propose this rules change because they can get away with it rather than because they know it’s good for our democracy. The American people want less partisanship in this town, but everyone in this chamber knows that if the majority chooses to end the filibuster – if they choose to change the rules and put an end to democratic debate – then the fighting and the bitterness and the gridlock will only get worse.” - Sen. Barack Obama, 2005

“You cannot change the Senate rules by a pure majority vote. Watch the vice president ignore – he’s not required to look to an unelected officer — but that has been the practice for 218 years. He will make the ruling, which is a lie. A lie about the rule. This is what’s really going on here, the majority doesn’t want to hear what others have to say even if it’s the truth. The nuclear option abandons America’s sense of fair play. I say to my friends on the Republican side, you may own the field right now, but you won’t own it forever. I pray God, when the Democrats take back control, we don’t make the kind of naked power grab you are doing.” - Sen. Joe Biden, 2005





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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Worse Than ObamaCare

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The ObamaCare train wreck is plowing through the White House in super slow-mo on screens everywhere, splintering reputations and presidential approval ratings. Audiences watch popeyed as Democrats in distress like Senators Kay Hagan, Mary Landrieu and Mark Pryor decide whether to cling to the driverless train or jump toward the tall weeds. The heartless compilers of the Washington Post/ABC poll asked people to pick a head-to-head matchup now between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Mitt won. This is the most amazing spectacle of mayhem and meltdown anyone has seen in politics since Watergate.

No question, it's tough on Barack Obama. But what about the rest of us? For many Americans, the Obama leadership meltdown began five years ago.

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Friday, November 15, 2013

New Eupemism

ObamaCare Model T
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Got this from Grouchy Old Cripple

Remember how the LSM had to make up a new demographic, “white Hispanic” to brand George Zimmerman a white racist in the St. Trayvon of Skittles circus? Yeah. Me too. Now, the New York Slimes (motto: All the news that fits our views) has made up a new euphemism for lie. It’s called an “incorrect promise”. (Thanks to Roger in the comments for alerting me to this.) That’s how they are defending Jug Hussein Ears Downgrade’s promise that Americans could keep their doctors and their health plans if they liked them, period. No asterisk. No caveats. Period! He was not lying to us. He was just making an incorrect promise to us. Get it? Nudge. Nudge. Wink. Wink. They must think we’ll believe anything and why not. We elected and reelected someone to the highest office in the land who is woefully incompetent and was totally unprepared to govern even though Valerie Jarrett said they were ready “to rule from day one”. All he’s good at is campaigning and reading words someone else has written for him off a TelePrompTer.

So now that the Dimocrats have seen what a disaster Obummercare is they’re running away from it. There’s panic in the ranks. It’s like someone has turned on the lights and the cockroaches are scurrying for cover.
Ted Cruz was right. Mike Lee was right. Mitt Romney was right. Paul Ryan was right. The Republican Party was right. No Republicans voted for this job killing and healthcare destroying bill. It was rammed down the throats of the American people in the dead of night and was passed using legislative tricks. I was right. The Tea Party was right. The right side of the Blogosphere was right. The only people wrong were Obungler, Dimocrats, the LSM, and liberals progressives and rat bastard commies. How do like Obummercare now America? How do you like the Obamessiah? How’s that hopey changey stuff working out for you? Sarah Palin was right. Now that really has to hurt you Obumbler minions! Sarah Palin was right and Oblunder, Plugs, exSpeaker Blinky, and Horrible Harry were wrong.

Just wait. Even though Ditzy Debbie Whatshername Sluts think Dimocrats will win running on Obummercare next year, most of her party doesn’t and I hear that Obeavis has delayed still more of Obummercare until after the 2014 election.

So now we’re gonna have Dimocrats running to “fix” Obummercare. Got that? Fix it. Not repeal it but fix it. The only fix that will work is to scrap the whole thing and start all over from scratch and actually draft a bipartisan bill and a bill that we won’t have to “pass it so we can find out what’s in it”. We need to see what’s in it before we pass it. (Stuff like this is why we shouldn’t elect booger eatin’ moh-rons to Congress) We need to do this in the open (like Obutthead said when he made the “incorrect promise” that that was what he would do with all legislation. He obviously specializes in incorrect promises) and not behind closed doors. We need a bill that the American people will support, not one that they are against.

Unfortunately, the American electorate is made up of idiots. I have made this prediction before. Mary Landreiu, Mark Pryor, and the rest of the red state Dimocrats are running away from Obummercare. They voted for it. They own it. Now, they’re gonna tell their constituents that they’re gonna fix it. It’s sad to say that the American electoate is dumb enough to believe this bullshit. I’m predicting here that five of the ten red state Dimocrat senators running for reelection will be reelected. No. I have no faith in the American electorate. Exhibit A? Obeauzeau.

We’re doomed!
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