tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6289515769695957674..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: “We need to have a game changing action,” McCain said. “And that is no American boots on the ground, establish a safe zone, and to protect it and to supply weapons to the right people in Syria who are fighting for obviously, the things we believe in.”Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33786316947721363552013-05-08T14:20:18.574-04:002013-05-08T14:20:18.574-04:00Deuce,
Going back to Fisk.
Again a visit to th...Deuce, <br /><br />Going back to Fisk. <br /><br />Again a visit to the past. Back in the early '80s a friend of mine, actually two friends, were working for a network TV news show. I want to say it was ABC's Nightline. The incident was well publicized at the time so it could be that some of bar habitues might remember.<br /><br />Story goes that Sean Toolan did a story about Arafat's two-facedness. He was on assignment from Jerry King, the head of the Beirut bureau. <br /><br />Sean got into the Arafat controlled Palestinian area and reported, the first to do so I believe, that Arafat would make a speech in English which would be conciliatory and well received by the main stream press, politicos and all the folks that wanted a Palestinian State. <br /><br />But then Arafat would turn right around and make another speech to his supporters in Arabic. Distancing himself from the English speech and basically just more "hate the jew" rhetoric. "They must be destroyed, we'll never accept the State of Israel," etc., etc. All met by wild applause by his followers... And, of course, never, until that time, reported on by any member of the western press.<br /><br />Well, it turned into a big brouhaha.<br /><br />I think the segment only aired once. Big stink from Arafat and his supporters. The US government had the show pulled, demanded and got them, the network, to issue an apology...<br /><br />Sean, for his trouble, got an ice pick in his ear on the streets of Beirut. Sources and my friends say the assassins were Arafat goons... At the same time 3 or 4 other members of the western press, I'm pretty sure one was an AP guy and another was from the BBC were rounded up and held by other Arafat goons. This abduction was not reported by the western press... Jerry was threatened, also by Arafat goons, and what with Sean's murder, felt he should leave the area. Especially as they had gotten no backing from the network or the US government. Or the rest of the press corp for that matter... As I remember the abducted correspondents were released and, curiously, new bureaus were formed with reporters and editors who were more favorable in their view of the Palestinian "cause."<br /><br /><br />This incident, and others similar, seemed to neuter any western press criticism of Arafat and his ilk... Remember how it stretched to CNN's coverage in Iraq. I think it, the press's hesitancy to report honestly about Islamic terror, is still reflected today.<br /><br />So, what about Fisk you ask?<br /><br />What he did was about as despicable an act as a man can do. He wrote an article after Sean's murder ridiculing him both personally and professionally. Completely fabricated in the facts according to Jerry and other friends... And for what purpose?<br /><br />As far as any of us could tell it was just to insert himself further up Arafat's diseased asshole. Fisk is a propagandist. Period.<br /><br /><br /><br />gnossoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985243587763564103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19584994700425008742013-05-08T01:49:55.071-04:002013-05-08T01:49:55.071-04:00John Bolton: Benghazi could bring down Obama admin...John Bolton: Benghazi could bring down Obama administration<br /><br />The Hinge Point<br /><br /><br />The Benghazi scandal could be the final “hinge point” that brings down the Obama administration, former U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton said.<br /><br />“This could be the hinge point,” he said to Newsmax. “It’s that serious for them.”<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />SPECIAL COVERAGE: Benghazi Attack Under Microscope<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Mr. Bolton is now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.<br /><br />His comments came as Congress is readying to hear testimony from several witnesses about the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Witness Greg Hicks already has stated publicly that the administration was aware that the attack was terrorist in nature, and not related to protests of a YouTube film about Muslims, as originally stated.<br /><br />Mr. Bolton said these witnesses’ testimonies could prove explosive.<br /><br />“The three witnesses who have been identified are not bystanders,” he said in the Newsmax report. “These are not people who are going to report on hearsay of what somebody in Tripoli told somebody that they heard from. These are people who are directly involved in different capacities before, during and after the attack.”<br /><br />Committee staffers have hinted that the witnesses’ statements are going to prove “devastating,” especially for then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. And “you’ve already seen some Democratic members of Congress … beginning to run from this,” Mr. Bolton said in the Newsmax report.<br /><br />http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/7/john-bolton-benghazi-could-bring-down-obama-admini/<br /><br /><br />Don't forget to watch the hinges squeak tomorrow!!<br /><br />bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57748583621362497442013-05-08T01:43:46.705-04:002013-05-08T01:43:46.705-04:00Meaning of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"...Meaning of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"<br /><br />by Jon Roland, Constitution Society<br /><br />The question of impeachment turns on the meaning of the phrase in the Constitution at Art. II Sec. 4, "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors". I have carefully researched the origin of the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" and its meaning to the Framers, and found that the key to understanding it is the word "high". It does not mean "more serious". It refers to those punishable offenses that only apply to high persons, that is, to public officials, those who, because of their official status, are under special obligations that ordinary persons are not under, and which could not be meaningfully applied or justly punished if committed by ordinary persons......<br /><br />......Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr erred in presenting in his referral only those offenses which could be "laid at the feet" of the president. He functioned like a prosecutor of an offense against criminal statutes that apply to ordinary persons and are provable by the standards of "proof beyond a reasonable doubt". That is not to say that such offenses are not also high crimes or misdemeanors when committed by an official bound by oath. Most such offenses are. But "high crimes and misdemeanors" also includes other offenses, applicable only to a public official, for which the standard is "preponderance of evidence". Holding a particular office of trust is not a right, but a privilege, and removal from such office is not a punishment. Disablement of the right to hold any office in the future would be a punishment, and therefore the standards of "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" would apply before that ruling could be imposed by the Senate.<br /><br />http://constitution.org/cmt/high_crimes.htm<br /><br />The question being hypothetically researched is whether or not Obama could be impeached over Benghazi.<br />The answer seems to be yes, though it is unlikely to happen.<br /><br /><br /><br />May 7, 2013 <br />Is there anything related to Benghazi that could get the president impeached?<br />Rick Moran<br /><br /><br />Short answer - not yet. For all the words spread around recently about impeaching Obama over Benghazi, there is a curious ommission made in every single article and blog post I've read that advocates or predicts that Obama will be impeached.<br /><br />They all seem to be missing the words "high crimes and misdemeanors."<br /><br />Yes, I know - that silly Constitution seems to get in the way of our fun. But in order to impeach a president, you can't just connect a few dots and proclaim conspiracy. There must be proof - hard proof that would stand up in a court of law - and I haven't seen anything yet that remotely reaches that tough standard. <br /><br /><br />http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/05/is_there_anything_related_to_benghazi_that_could_get_the_president_impeached.html<br /><br /><br />Rick Moran may be wrong in his understanding of the phrase.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59964963919464986002013-05-08T01:20:07.710-04:002013-05-08T01:20:07.710-04:00'Lugo', a neighbor, says on Fox News that ...'Lugo', a neighbor, says on Fox News that three old ladies in the area saw three naked women on leashes crawling around in the back yard of the Castro house. The Police were called but didn't show.<br /><br />No follow up.<br /><br />After all, it's just three younger women crawling around naked in the back yard of a house in an area where three young women have gone missing.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15063289254659743062013-05-08T00:41:54.280-04:002013-05-08T00:41:54.280-04:00General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint ...<i>General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has concluded that generals do not live up to the standards they demand of others. According to the New York Times, “Under General Dempsey’s plan, teams of inspectors will observe and review the procedures . . . in effect for all generals.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Have our military’s best and brightest lost the capacity to improvise? Clearly, that merits an assessment.<br /><br />Will General Dempsey ask for a review of his own procedures? Do as I say, or as I do?</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84965195634329123252013-05-08T00:04:31.349-04:002013-05-08T00:04:31.349-04:00They piled up against the door and broke it down.
...They piled up against the door and broke it down.<br /><br />Over and out.<br /><br />(sound of crickets)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23234463440799123422013-05-08T00:03:10.635-04:002013-05-08T00:03:10.635-04:00Too bad so many are so dumbed down as to be unable...Too bad so many are so dumbed down as to be unable to understand such a simple proposition.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33325187794880149222013-05-08T00:01:26.921-04:002013-05-08T00:01:26.921-04:00“It is one thing to have free immigration to jobs....<b><i>“It is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. It is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. <br /><br />You cannot have both. <br /><br />If you have a welfare state, if you have a state in which a resident is promised certain minimum level of income or a minimum subsistence regardless of whether he works or not produces it or not. <br /><br />Well then it really is an impossibility.”<br /></i>"</b>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30141157297707026432013-05-07T23:59:50.346-04:002013-05-07T23:59:50.346-04:00Too deep for 'Rat and Rubio's Pea-Brains t...Too deep for 'Rat and Rubio's Pea-Brains to fathom:<br /><br />"<i>The Heritage Foundation late Tuesday responded to Sen. Marco Rubio's criticisms of a foundation study that shows the steep cost of providing a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants.<br /> <br />Rubio, R-Fla., called the study “flawed” and suggested it maligned immigrants who are not highly educated. Rubio’s parents, who arrived from Cuba in the 1950′s without high school diplomas, are exactly the kind of immigrants the study recommends should not be allowed to enter the country.<br /> <br />“The folks described in the report are my family,” Rubio said.<br /> <br />Heritage contacted The Washington Examiner with this response:<br /> <br />Sen. Rubio’s family story is a testament to the American Dream. His parents’ ability to scrimp and save and sacrifice for their children is something in which we all take pride. The story of the Rubios, in fact, makes the point we make with our study. They represent the immigration model that worked for America for centuries and one we need to get back to.<br /> <br /><br />Sign Up for the Politics Digest newsletter!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />Sen. Rubio’s parents came here in 1956, almost a decade before the introduction of the Great Society programs that laid the foundation of the modern welfare state. Over the following four and a half decades, our government has added layer upon layer of government involvement in our lives, creating a dependency that undermines self-respect and self-reliance.<br /> <br />"That dependency has been devastating to our society; it has shattered communities, families and individuals. It is now threatening the American Dream. This is true for all—native and immigrant alike, legal or illegal. We do not blame immigrants for being entrapped by that system; we blame the people who created that system. We especially blame people who now seek to expand it.<br /> <br />This is why Heritage has been leading the fight on the need to recreate upward mobility for low and middle income Americans. The current welfare and entitlement systems lower opportunity and make it all but impossible for people to climb the ladder of success.<br /> <br />Heritage has worked with Sen. Rubio on numerous issues and we admire him. He is right: Our study is “an argument for welfare reform and entitlement reform.” He cannot pretend, however, that this already herculean task will be made easier after we have added millions of new people to a failing entitlement system. The time to fix it is now. We are ready to work with him and any man and woman of either party who realizes the urgency of our plight.<br /> <br />As Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize winning economist once said:<br /> <br />“It is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. It is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. You cannot have both. If you have a welfare state, if you have a state in which a resident is promised certain minimum level of income or a minimum subsistence regardless of whether he works or not produces it or not. Well then it really is an impossibility.”<br /></i>"Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78467783948270212632013-05-07T23:53:33.671-04:002013-05-07T23:53:33.671-04:00One last post, followed by the sound of crickets:
...One last post, followed by the sound of crickets:<br /><br />Glad we still got liberals, here, there, and everywhere.<br />Otherwise this poor bastard mighta been locked up:<br /><br /><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/crime-history-actor-ashton-kutchers-girlfriend-found-dead/article/2522215?utm_campaign=obinsite" rel="nofollow">Crime History: Actor Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend found dead</a><br /><br />On this day, Feb. 22, in 2001, a 22-year-old girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher was found fatally stabbed at her Hollywood Hills home.<br /> <br />Kutcher, then 23, told police that he went to Ashley Ellerin's home the night before and knocked on her door, but no one answered. He peeked through the window and saw what he thought was spilled red wine on the floor. He then left.<br /> <br />Ellerin was found dead by her roommate early the next morning. She had been stabbed dozens of times, and her head had been nearly severed from her body.<br /> <br />In 2008, police said they matched DNA from the crime scene to Michael Gargiulo after he was arrested in a knife attack of a woman in Santa Monica, Calif.<br /> <br />Gargiulo, an air-conditioning repairman and aspiring actor, has been charged in two more murders. He has been dubbed the "Hollywood Ripper."<br /> <br />- Scott McCabe<br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61602763462049346112013-05-07T23:38:44.516-04:002013-05-07T23:38:44.516-04:00Gotta go:
Opened my bedroom door and found the en...Gotta go:<br /><br />Opened my bedroom door and found the entire rest of the house filled w/billions of cicadas.<br /><br />...your faithful correspondent in the very near far east.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31804583769255405022013-05-07T23:35:57.704-04:002013-05-07T23:35:57.704-04:00Maybe Rufie II and 'Rat can serially service S...Maybe Rufie II and 'Rat can serially service Stephen Colbert to assuage his damaged tender sensibilities.<br /><br />I consider it your responsibility as MSM Mouthpieces.<br />(so to speak)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23147870182561703812013-05-07T23:32:38.278-04:002013-05-07T23:32:38.278-04:00MY HERO!
Sanford is the first GD Republican to li...MY HERO!<br /><br />Sanford is the first GD Republican to live the life of a Democrat and still get elected!<br /><br />That ain't nuthin.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80072359564717142452013-05-07T23:30:24.912-04:002013-05-07T23:30:24.912-04:00No need to waste time on the graph.
I take everyt...No need to waste time on the graph.<br /><br />I take everything you write as gospel.<br /><br />Honest.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77932046100362922322013-05-07T23:25:09.750-04:002013-05-07T23:25:09.750-04:00Three young women, reunited with their families fo...<i>Three young women, reunited with their families for the first time in nearly a decade, were beginning to talk to investigators Tuesday about their life in captivity amid reports that the women were forced to endure years of sexual abuse and beatings inside a rundown house on Cleveland's west side.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Police have arrested three brothers, Ariel Castro, 52, the owner of the house and a former Cleveland school bus driver; Pedro Castro, 54; and Onil Castro, 50, in connection with the alleged abductions.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55886251213529757712013-05-07T23:09:02.977-04:002013-05-07T23:09:02.977-04:00Study This Graph
a bit, and you'll see why I&...Study <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/economic-calendar/" rel="nofollow">This Graph</a><br /><br />a bit, and you'll see why I'm thinking that the deficit this year might be closer to $645 Billion than the projected $845 Billion.<br /><br />That would be 4% of GDP, a number that's getting pretty close to something we can live with.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14845233054199410772013-05-07T22:30:26.220-04:002013-05-07T22:30:26.220-04:00On this day in 1946, Masaru Ibuka formed a company...On this day in 1946, Masaru Ibuka formed a company out of his radio repair shop in Tokyo. The company was initially called “Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation” and it had around 20 employees at the time it was founded. The company is still around today, has since been renamed and is more commonly referred to as Sony.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58980908650824271322013-05-07T22:28:18.038-04:002013-05-07T22:28:18.038-04:00China posted an $18.16 billion trade surplus in Ap...<i>China posted an $18.16 billion trade surplus in April after reporting an unexpected $884 million deficit in March.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36720653053419529782013-05-07T21:49:40.359-04:002013-05-07T21:49:40.359-04:00A new report from Pew Research finds that gun homi...A new report from Pew Research finds that gun homicide rates in the United States have dropped 49 percent between 1993 and 2010. Other types of gun violence have dropped 75 percent over that period. Here it is in chart form:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/07/chart-of-the-day-gun-homicides-are-down-49-percent-since-1993/" rel="nofollow">Chart of the Day: Gun Homicides Down 49% since 1993</a><br /><br /><br />huh. who knew?Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75577258822997662752013-05-07T21:06:19.519-04:002013-05-07T21:06:19.519-04:00.
True enough rat.
I thought there were more tha....<br /><br />True enough rat.<br /><br />I thought there were more than a the few new countries created after WWI. However, the mandate system did come in after WWI with the League of Nations and it was that which led to the busy work of map-making after WWII.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52368512627979631292013-05-07T20:49:54.626-04:002013-05-07T20:49:54.626-04:00His hero, Winston Churchill drew the Middle East m...His hero, Winston Churchill drew the Middle East maps.<br />Job well done? He tells us that he thinks, not.<br /><br />But it does diminish his adoration of Mr Churchilldesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12113207351882198252013-05-07T19:26:43.230-04:002013-05-07T19:26:43.230-04:00Did drudge have a breathless headline every time t...Did drudge have a breathless headline every time the Bushes, or the Reagans had a group over at the White House? <br /><br />I don't remember it.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52888044703668300542013-05-07T18:15:46.842-04:002013-05-07T18:15:46.842-04:00Thanκs for yоuг marvelous ρosting!
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At a minimum, RT is at least honest about who a....<br /><br />At a minimum, RT is at least honest about who and what they are. There is a certain value to knowing who you are talking to and what their agenda is even if you disagree with much of it. On the other hand, those who portray themselves as something other than what they are, well, not so much.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.com