re: "Obama and Foreign Policy: Just Kidding"

Robert J. Avrech at Seraphic Secret examined the foreign affairs portfolio as the final year of presidential campaigning begins.

Money quote(s):

"The hard-left are unhappy because Obama has failed to close Gitmo, has not withdrawn fully from Iraq and Afghanistan, and has expanded George Bush’s excellent policy of assassinating jihadists by drone. The left, in a hissy fit, might stay home in November."

Fortunately (from their perspective), there are plenty of hot-button Leftist red-herrings, er, domestic issues that can be interjected into the campaign in an effort to a.) energize the Democratic base; and b.) attempt to split the Republican's various constituencies.

"Europe, a collection of welfare states, is melting; the Arab Spring is an Arab Winter; and China is building a such a formidable military machine that our Joint Chiefs are waking up in a cold sweat at four in the morning.

And of course Israel is being squeezed by the genocidal yearning Persians, the genocidal yearning Palestinians, and the Turks who have lots of experience with genocide having murdered 1 million Armenians in 1915.

(The Armenians are still waiting for the Turks to admit their guilt, apologize, and pay reparations. Good luck with that.)

American power and influence in the Middle East is negligible. Witness the Palestinian’s defiance of US policy in favor of the UN’s poisonous embrace." (Emphasis in original text. - CAA.)

None of these items has improved particularly since being written.

9/20

re: "Obamanomics For Dummies"

Robert J. Avrech at Seraphic Secret ("Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Religious Zionist. Republican. Movie fanatic. Gun owner. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.") noted the economic state-of-play in the Eurozone.

Money quote(s):

"Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France and Ireland are economic basket cases. All are quasi-socialist nanny states whose fiscal policies are Ponzi schemes, the con job for which Bernard Madoff was sent to jail."

Naturally, the solution is more of the same. Reminiscent of the old "The problem with socialism/communism is that it's never really been done/tried right."

"Get enough people working for and dependant on the government and inevitably they will vote for the party upon whom their livelihoods depend.

Entitlements are nothing less than a fiscal narcotic. Once started, the body yearns for a fix and will do most anything to keep the supply coming."

With nearly half of the U.S. exempt from any federal income tax liability, the U.S. economy is reaching a tipping point.

Unfortunately, what some see as the last warning signs before plunging over a cliff, others see as an opportunity.


8/10

re: "Obama Promises Inquiry on Airmen Attack—Huge Sigh of Relief"

Robert J. Avrech at Seraphic Secret ("blogging his way to... What?") echoes a growing sentiment of exasperation.

Money quote(s):

"Now come on, admit it, the first thought that popped into your head when you heard about an attack on American servicemen in Germany was that it must be a Mormon, a Catholic priest or a right-wing Evangelical who pulled the trigger."

Actually, the first thing I thought was to check my watch so I could start the countdown to the official FBI announcement of there being no connection to terrorism.

Then I had some thoughts about how this sort of attack, of people just outside of an airport's security screen, were recently projected as the next most likely targets.

"(I)t's really a mystery why this German-born, devout Muslim slaughtered American soldiers.
And as long as it remains a mystery—or a man-caused disaster—to Barack Hussein Obama and his clueless administration, we in the West will continue to be sitting ducks for the jihadists who are determined to destroy Western civilization."