"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler
The logic is impeccable: Holder’s FBI discovers the CIA chief is dangerously compromised and doesn’t tell the President?
Bovine excrement!
Therefore, the alternative hypothesis that Holder was negligent in not telling the President is merely an interesting counterfactual along the lines of, “What if Lee’s army had AK-47s at Gettysburg?”
We know Holder is lying. The question is, “Why is he lying?”
by Smitty
There is no permanence in politics. All is fleeting. All is cyclical. We find comfort in our cycle and distress when others rise to the top.
Right now, conservatives are bitterly disappointed. Some choose to check out mentally. Some have decided to throw in the towel. A few blame the American people. Many think the gig is up, the show is over, and destiny is undone.
Demography is not destiny and neither is the ever growing leviathan. Many think so now, but they forget the ebbs and flows of the tide of history. Conservatism is not done. The message of freedom and opportunity is not done.
No immigrant comes to the United States wanting to be on welfare. They come for a better life of hard work and success. What conservatives forget is that people forget.
And conservatives have done a terrible job reminding people.
Read the whole thing, as it’s a needed dose of perspective.
In a way, the results are Obama’s best possible punishment. The bad news is that there will be substantial collateral damage, and damage to your collateral. Great time not to be too attached to your toys.
My worry is that, as FDR II rolls us on through the Even Greater American Depression (EGAD), the saga climaxes in WWIII.
by Smitty
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34 ¶ Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
“Voting is the best revenge.”–Barack Obama
I quote the President in the broader Biblical context because BHO has claimed Christianity. It’s one thing to screw up and be vengeful; that is sin. It’s another to be caught up in a moment, and blurt something, as I’m sure apologists will contend.
It’s quite another to actively encourage others to sin, for a Christian. I should hope that the good President would repent of his remark, and do so publicly.
Not holding my breath. Also, hoping nobody asks me for my opinion of the state of BHO’s Christianity, as I’m not a qualified judge. Also escaping certainty; that the fuller context offered from Deuteronomy here relates at all to Obama’s supporters. I’m just pointing out some dots; you’re free to connect as desired.
More scriptural input from Michelle Malkin
by Smitty
Listen here, Chris Wallace: “Interagency issues” are a crock. The buck doesn’t stop at the three-letter-acronym agencies. President “Gutsy Call” has become President “Putzy Gall”. BHO can’t get kudos for bin Laden and then shirk the responsibility for Benghazi.
“This president is 100% committed to the people he sent overseas personally to represent this country. He’s the one who met those coffins when they came home.”
Is this the destiny of any warrior foolish enough to be in service as long as Obama holds office? Until #OccupyResoluteDesk comes clean as to just what was afoot in Benghazi, the idea that he hates the U.S. forces is a plausible default.
‘Greasy’ Axelrod can roll his Commie carcass back to Chicago and study silence. I can’t think of a more contemptible political spokesman, at any time in our history.
via Breitbart
by Smitty
Under the bus with you, General Clark:
What a disgusting pile of hooey. The President has already labeled himself thoroughly guilty by lying about Nakoula. Remember Nakoula, the lousy auteur who is still in the cooler, General Clark?
Piously claiming we can’t offer judgement until after the investigation, and then offering judgement anyway, is pure crap. What’s in it for you, Wesley, SECDEF? In the case of a Clinton-level dirtbag, there is some merit to the argument that you can’t affect change externally, that you have to compromise a bit and work with a dirtbag to make a difference.
Here, we’re talking about BHO, where there is a strong likelihood that he let warriors die for sheer spite. I suppose you can argue that Woods and Doherty weren’t regular troops on a DoD mission. But reasonable Americans are going to argue that your a throne-sniffing tool if you try to split hairs that way.
Clark, your assessment of the investigation, when done, will be highly interesting. I hope you are fed you weasel-words here, along with a healthy dose of crow for attempting to defend someone who is utterly indefensible.
via Breitbart
by Smitty
#OccupyResoluteDesk is so, so thoroughly spent. Maybe this remark was a tell about why he hung Woods and Doherty out to dry?
via RBPundit
by Smitty
So, yeah, I’ll be off to Room 101 for this. . .
Beta-males need support. RT @barackobama: What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
Nobody fakes sincerity the way you do. When bored of DC, will you act? RT @barackobama: What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
I gotta find out if you’ll blow off the 22nd Amendment. #MelZelayaFanClub RT @barackobama: What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
Your VP is to statesmanship what Motörhead is to music. youtube.com/watch?v=qYO4zL… RT @barackobama: What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
I’m just a huge fan of your all-nonsense style. RT @barackobama: What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
I believe we CAN continue to pilfer unborn generations indefinitely. RT @barackobama: What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
Boils down to a Johnny Lang reference youtube.com/watch?v=3tigVY… RT @barackobama What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
Absolute, unrepentant nihilism. RT @barackobama What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
I been snortin’ me some Drano. RT @barackobama What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
This Republic–we can’t keep it. #SorryMrFranklin @taxpayers1234 RT@barackobama “What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?”
— Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) November 3, 2012
by Smitty
This is great:
The larger question is, Why. Are. People. Voting. Hormonally?
If I’ve gleaned anything these last years, it’s that the more simple, boring, rational, and close to a mathematical proof that politics are, the better. Sure, appeals have to be made to the testosterone and the estrogen; we are humans after all. But less is more.
via Dr. Sanity, with more at The National Review (via Insty).