With the leftists Democrats in control on American foreign policy……and Obama’s lap dog media controlling the narrative…..it will be fascinating to see what happens when the LEGITIMATE Honduran government arrests Zelaya and his cronies whom walk down the steps from the plane.
Will Obama and Hillary allow Chavez to invade Honduras to put his communist ally back in power? And how do they feel about being on his side?
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This post was written by bobsikes on July 1, 2009
Using unprescedented protocol today, Obama used a pre-arranged question from Huf Po’s Nico Pitney to symbolically, but directly make and address to the protestors of Iran.
Although from a reliable ally website, Pitney’s yeoman’s efforts at in blogging events in Iran are legitimate. His question was poignant and summative. The President’s response certainly provided no comfort to the murderous regime and in fact clearly created seperated them from worldwide norms. The question will be whether or not he will create a consensus with political foes in the US by the strengthening of his message for Iran.
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This post was written by bobsikes on June 23, 2009
An ally of the defeated Iranian presidential candidate tells Reuters that no rallies are scheduled tomorrow.
The ally, who declined to be named, spoke after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the leaders of the mass street protests seen in Iran following a June 12 disputed presidential election that they would be responsible for any bloodshed.
At a demonstration in the capital on Thursday, Mousavi’s supporters carried banners saying they would gather again in downtown Tehran on Saturday afternoon.
“Mousavi has no plans to hold a rally tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and if he decides to hold a rally it will be announced on his website,” the ally said.
Is this strategic? Not giving Gaurd Units and Barsji any certain location could be sound. The protestors remarkably could be using Tet Offensive principles.
UPDATE: Or are they?
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This post was written by bobsikes on June 19, 2009
Yes. One senior congressional Dem, Gary Ackerman, from northern Nassua County on Long Island is catching some heat.
“I don’t think anybody wants to dictate to an ally what they have to do in their own national security interests,” said Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), who said he thinks there’s “room for compromise.”
“I have to hear specifically from the administration exactly how they define their terms and is there room for defining the terms,” he said, referring to the terms “settlement” and “natural growth.”
Ackerman comes from a Long Island area that includes Port Washington, Manhasset and Great Neck on Long Isalnd. Its a Dem stronghold yet one with conservative values. Its pro-Israel and will not take kindly to Obama’s clear defection from his assurances otherwise. Ackerman’s public quotes reflect concerns of his constituents.
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This post was written by bobsikes on June 2, 2009
Some from David Frum’s column:
In barely four months, Barack Obama has nudged the United States toward a future in which government will be bigger and more assertive — where taxes will be higher and government unions more powerful — where legal rights are less secure and contracts more uncertain.
In California, he is pushing a state toward the fiscal edge in order to favour a union ally. At Chrysler, he has put at risk the security of every contract in the country to please another union.
Meanwhile, his administration is planning changes to the regulation of finance that are likely to leave the United States less dynamic and less innovative in the years ahead — at the same time as taxes rise and educational levels decline. (Already the Educational Testing Service– the people who run America’s SAT exam — predicts a less skilled U. S. workforce in 2030 than today, with literacy rates declining by an average of 5% as unskilled immigration and rising rates of single parenthood take their toll.)
It’s easy to lose sight of these wrong and costly choices in the turmoil of the immediate crisis. But it is these decisions of today that are preparing the crisis of tomorrow.
Robbing Peter to pay all those Pauls. Dems are paying off their allies, their ACORNS, while putting a downpayment on their grip on power. That power is not about what’s best for America, its about, well, their power.
How much longer will American continue to be mesmerized by the charlatan?
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This post was written by bobsikes on May 12, 2009
The Washington Post spelled out the reason why increased demonization of “Big Oil” by calling for a windfall profits taxes are wrong:
Making Exxon surrender money that is now falling into its lap would not necessarily affect its longer-term plans or incentives. Indeed, some of Big Oil’s “windfall” already will go to the government: The more profit the companies earn, the more corporate income tax they pay. But to add a five-year tax increase on top of that to pay for a one-year gift to voters would, indeed, increase the cost of doing business. That cost would be passed along in forgone investment in new production, lower dividends for pension funds and other shareholders, and higher prices at the pump — thus socking it to the consumers whom the plan is supposed to help. If oil prices fall, there might be no windfall profits to tax. Then the Obama rebate would have to be paid for through spending cuts, taxes on something else or borrowing.
The Post does a wonderful job of telling its readers why increasing taxes on oil companies will backfire on everyone. Dems continued use of “Big Oil” as a demonizing mantra is archaic. The Post editorial writers seemed to even mock its use.
So the Dems are attempting to demonize their way out of this with a an outdated populist message that is falling on more deaf ears all the time. Speaker Pelosi’s line in the sand on drilling continues to be a drag on Dem credibility on energy as Republican’s in Congress stayed in Washington to grandstand in a way thats kept the issue burning. They’ve lost a reliable ally in the Post, too.
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This post was written by bobsikes on August 6, 2008
