I Hit Her; Didn't I?

Why do we keep on plowing the same tired old field over and over again, expecting a different crop; asking if POTUS knows? Yes, he knows precisely! I’m getting tired of Obama’s so-called ‘mistakes’ (because he doesn’t know). He knows!

If I were Netanyahu, I would cancel my trip to Washington. We know of Obama’s close ties to the likes of Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, and Rashid Khalidi. We know their views even if Obama lies to our faces. Why should our president’s views be any different from theirs?

When you love somebody, you believe anything they say. Fair enough. The media is simply in love with Obama. When he says, “Our commitment to Israel is unshakable,” they believe it, ignoring the mountain of all his past associations, influences; and, now, decisions. When we see him acting in ways that go counter to the interests of our nation, we are asked to ignore it and say, “He is our president who represents all we hold dear.”

Netanyahu should cancel to show he has awakened from everyone’s dream expectation; from everyone’s wishful thinking. Did Roosevelt meet with Hitler? Did Churchill meet with Mussolini? No, it’s not done. One does not meet with one’s enemies until after they’ve been defeated and they’ve turned over their swords in solemn ceremony for all the world to see.

There are two ways to achieve peace. One is to win; the other is to lose. If Bush had had even half the support Obama has, he would have gone down as one of the greatest presidents ever. His strategy for the ME was flawless. It might have worked had he not been undermined from within for table scraps. Obama’s strategy is to bat for the losing side (if we are to believe that ‘good’ always wins over ‘evil’).

We see this in every one of Obama’s decisions, foreign and domestic. In the short run it will hurt. There is no need to prolong this war. There is no need to agonize; to try and fit square pegs into round holes and vice versa.

Reminds of an old joke: Manny was a bus driver. As every morning at rush hour, his bus was so crowded with people going to work, some had to stand. The ones near the front could marvel at Manny’s skillful driving.

One day, Manny was coming down a street. There was an old, fat woman crossing the road ahead. Instead of slowing down, Manny sped up. The bus hit the woman squarely. The people who saw the whole thing were outraged. “What’s the matter with you?” they shouted. “Didn’t you see the lady?”

Manny just smiled and turned his head slightly to address them, “I hit her; didn’t I?” he said.

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Soros: What's In A Name?

I don't understand why we don't see it. We've erased the word 'war'. We've erased the word 'victory'. We're working on erasing Israel. Who does it benefit? Answer: Iran. We've got Iran in the White House!

We can tell Obama all we want about what he should do. He won’t listen. In fact, by telling him, he’ll know to do exactly the opposite. We can tell him to lower taxes, cut regulations, allow drilling, etc. There are a lot of very good and time-tested ideas floating around. It won’t matter. His goals are fundamentally different from ours. And until we accept this, and see it for what it is, we will continue on our downward trajectory.

I’m not even blaming Obama. He’s just a water boy for the big man who’s pulling the strings: George Soros. Soros appears to have some giant mad chip on his shoulder about having been born a Jew. There’s nothing more lethal than a self-hating Jew. (Hitler is said to have had a similar hang-up.)

Soros’ name changed three times. Brings to mind all the social security numbers that have been attributed to Barry S. ‘Soros’, the name that stuck, is a palindrome. That makes it special. It also means ‘next in line’ or ‘designated successor’ in Hungarian; and ‘will soar’ in Esperanto. George was taught Esperanto from birth. I need hardly explain the significance of Esperanto to this audience.

The evidence suggests that Soros engineered Obama’s electoral victories. It’s not a stretch to assume that he even now controls the lad.

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Running Out The Clock

I don’t believe this president is ‘running out the clock’. Only someone who feels he’s on the ropes will try to run out the clock - the boxer who has lost all confidence that he can defeat his opponent with a single decisive blow. POTUS is not there yet. He still has two more years. He’s done a lot already, perhaps more (legislatively) than any other president in history.

He’s also put in place a mechanism that will make America bleed for years yet to come. He has had to give in a little from time to time - at least verbally - to throw the hounds off his trail. But he will continue to do just what he has set out to do.

Ahmadinejad works the same way, mouthing petty lies now and then as to give the Russians and others cover for continuing to honor their agreements with him - financial, technical and otherwise. We all know he’s lying through his teeth, but it’s enough to placate those who are desperate to believe in the essential goodness of evil men.

In the meantime, the clock is running unimpeded, allowing the Hitler of Iran to have his nuclear arsenal and Obama his re-making of America into a Marxist Utopia.

The reason Obama has lost his magic is because he knows that a growing number of people have become dead certain of what it is he is doing. With each apparent capitulation, his argument grows weaker in the face of what’s continues to happen.

Summers and others are gone because they too have figured it out. There’s no chance of Obama’s policies working. There’s no chance of better times returning without changing course - ...unless, of course, the president intends exactly what is happening.

The media focuses on Velma Hart as someone capable of articulating exactly what it is that has America‘s panties in a knot. She is a rabid supporter of the Obama fiction and even she has doubts.

No doubt, the media want’s Obama to change course. They can see that what this administration has put in place has not worked. Their distaste of Republicans trumps all, however. They will never support Republicans. They need Obama to change course; adopt Republican policies if need be. Even this they can handle, like counting Iraq as one of Obama’s foreign policy successes, or counting ‘jobs saved’ as his domestic triumph.

Unlike Obama, The New York Times is not necessarily unpatriotic. It is simply pro-Democrat. It defines their hopelessly entrenched tradition. They would rather go out of print than portray Obama for what he truly is. Like Obama, they will double down when push comes to shove, even while precariously perched on a knife’s edge.

I realize that, like any man of a single physical body, Obama's personality oscillates between infinite poles. I realize it is simplistic - moronic even - to ascribe a single motive to any living man. I draw my conclusions (wrongly perhaps) from what I see. America is waning under this president, whatever the reason. To deny this is no reflection on Obama, perhaps; but it is a fact. Neither will Obama’s eventual electoral defeat solve the problem. This hydra has many heads, many of which combine to define very an essence within every living American soul. Even the most virtuous among us is afflicted. And it is there that we must ultimately find the cure.

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Bashing the Tea Parties

Another day, another swipe at the Tea Parties to build up your lib creds - just in case the power of legitimized corruption wins this round. It’s easy to swipe at Tea Parties - just like it was easy to swipe at Bush. There is literally no down-side. You’re practically guaranteed a ring-side seat while Mom & Pop America are being drawn-and-quartered publicly.

I didn’t even want to reply to this one. I don’t think it deserves a reply. Like I said, it’s too easy and not worthy of your talents - which may well be considerable. Besides, it’s not true. And, oh yeah, you’ll get your 30-40 comments. Whoopee! Much more of this and the JBS website will begin to approximate tumbleweeds; crickets and The New York Times.

You’re right, of course: I had a tough time explaining Tea Parties to Raman over coffee last week. I’m not sure I was able to convince him. He didn’t believe me about POTUS either. Why should he? All the Americans over here are big time libs; the papers are communist; the mayor’s name is Stalin. The principal meeting place is the Russian Cultural Center. The American Consulate is a fortress. I’m lucky Ram didn’t strike me from the mailing list.

No downside should the Tea Parties win out either. You know very well they’re not about reparations or revenge. And that, admittedly, may be a failing. A little fright night thrown into the mix wouldn’t hurt at this point.

Nothing like if the ACORN types should win out in the end. Or Erdogan. Or that little Hitler in your ancestral place. They’d surely see to it that you and me, along with everybody else, 'd have our asses in a sling. Like if the Palestinians should prevail over Israel; or AQ over everybody too fat to wear a belt.

What’s got you so upset at the Tea Parties anyway? Is it because you think that because of their civilized ways they can’t win? This could be true - but still, siding with the likely winners of this contest is not a principled stand. Remind that principle is all that some of us got left in this country.

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Fighting Back

Brad Manning has already become a hero - a martyr - for the anti-war Left. This group has separated itself from the “official” Left that is now in charge of Washington. It is yet another indication that the center (of the Left) cannot hold.

Today, Switzerland celebrates its National Day. The date (August 1st) was inspired by the signing of the Federal Charter of 1291. What is notable and widely acknowledged as being the essence of the Swiss nation is that is has been able to maintain its strict neutrality during times of global dispute. This is not to say that the individuals of this small, landlocked Alpine country do not have opinions about global issues and tensions. Neither are they reluctant to express their preference. During WWII, for instance, Hitler threatened to invade and occupy Switzerland as well. It had become a relatively tranquil center in which spies of all stripes could house their networks. Also, situated as it is at the crossroads of Europe, the Swiss made it clear that they were prepared to blow up their bridges, tunnels and passes should any foreign army set foot within its sovereign territory. In the end, the country was spared from the physical ravages of war.

As a child, I often crossed the border between Germany and Switzerland by train. Even I could clearly see the difference. By the 1950’s, Germany was not bad, if somewhat ragged at the edges. Switzerland, however, was pristine, almost as if every blade of grass had been carefully manicured.

Today, it is we the people who are blowing up our bridges, tunnels and mountain passes. It is we who are keeping Barack Hussein Obama from achieving his communist Utopia. We are denying him economic success by sitting on our hands and dragging our feet. We are not working, innovating, expanding. While he blames the system for its failures to create jobs, it is we who are singularly responsible for this. We are not victims. We are fighting this political interloper in the only way we can, by taking a passive-aggressive stance. It is far too soon for anyone to take over our country. We will send him and his cronies packing by denying them the considerable weight of our support. We can turn this thing around. And, when we do, we will continue as we have in the past and make this into a nation we can be proud of.

I attended the ceremonies yesterday in New York’s Central Park. There was wine and music and an abundance of good cheer. The flags of every Swiss canton were proudly displayed. There was raclette, potatoes, bratwurst and beer. The performing seals, however, stole the show.

They're Dangerous

I honestly believe you don’t give the Left enough credit, John. You shouldn’t dismiss them out of hand; they’re here, and they’ll still be here after the elections. They’re not interested in the economy; they’re not interested in jobs; Israel; GM; energy and whatever else we might feel is important. They’re not even interested in elections. They’ve got their guy in the White House and that’s enough for them. They’ll do their bloody best to keep him there, whether the economy improves or not.

Netroots is just the rabble - moronic; expendable. There’s an exact duplicate of those same people that you never see - or you see them in the guise of reasonable people in suits: Soros, Kerry, Frank, Schumer, Clinton, Reid, Pelosi - need I go on?

Then there are the internationalists, powerful men who harbor illusions of grandeur; self-appointed global visionaries who see themselves as having been anointed for the sole purpose of taking down no less than the United States of America - former bulwark of the free world. It is they who have the deep pockets; the endurance; and, above all, the organization to bring all this about. Their primary weapons are terror, propaganda and time. They hope to win by attrition; by exhausting us - the loyal, disorganized, partially blind opposition.

They see their time nearly used up. They will act now - or soon. Financial collapse, social unrest - they hold the strings - their guy in the White House. They have arrived. Elections be damned. They won’t let go. Even if we win overwhelmingly in November, what will we have we won? A Xerox copy machine? A House and Senate that have already discredited themselves beyond redemption?

Our disadvantage remains because we play by the rules. They don’t. That’s why we don’t win wars anymore. We fight by Queensberry Rules - like the British once did - and lost. Back in Washington’s time, we picked them off one at the time as they marched in neat formation. Their uniforms matched the pain we inflicted.

“A large, robust man in a blue suit…” Really, John? He wouldn’t do this if he thought his side couldn’t win. At one time there was an equally laughable chump with a mustache who managed to bring the world to its knees.

Don’t dismiss them, John. They’re dangerous.

Shut Up Already

As I read the WSJ every morning, listen to talk radio, and hear talk in town, I am struck by the deepening suspicion going around that our government has not been working in our best interests ever since Barack Hussein Obama has been in office. It reminds me of the incessant, gratuitous attacks on the previous administration by mainstream media types, academe, and the ‘comedy’ shows (I use the term ‘comedy’ advisedly). Whereas these focused on the mispronunciation of common words and awkward gestures - easily mocked, and designed to serve primarily as a vehicle to elicit laughs - Bush policy itself was mostly bruised by association with bumper sticker-size political slurs alone. Today, it is policy that is consistently questioned and immediately let slide, while invariably utmost care is taken to promote every silver lining, however fleeing, to improbable prominence.

Every criticism is couched in, “they all do it”, “we all did it”, or “Republicans and Democrats, alike…” We try to make sure that blame falls on no one in particular; that, collectively, we all are responsible (for the spread of nuclear weapons, Darfur, people starving in Africa, Wall Street’s excesses, ‘global warming’, and the like). …and when all are at fault, no one really is.

The polls tell a different story. They tell of a government that is has gone beyond deserving of mockery; a government that is recklessly out of control, feeding its voracious appetites at the expense of the people, even while it appears to distain them. Bill Clinton’s message to Americans was essentially to “shut up already”, accompanied by a threat based on a baseless comparison. Implicit in this was that the government would be forced to act if things were to get out of hand.

I am not one to resort to indiscriminate name-calling. When I say that Obama is a Marxist, it is not a slur. I say it because Obama’s own actions and words since he’s been in office (and even before) brand him as a Marxist (by the dictionary definition of the word). I have never compared Obama to ‘Hitler’ or ‘Stalin’, etc. because, clearly, no man is another. I may have pointed out suspiciously similar trends in the interest of drawing attention to what has happened before and what, by extension, could happen again. I risk doing so once more, mentioning a soon-to-be archaic, but pertinent comparison with regard to how the media today covers Hitler as opposed to how Obama is being portrayed.

It is still inappropriate to talk of Hitler as ‘good’, saying that he did ‘good’ things by having opposed communism, having loved dogs, painted nice pictures, and having invented the Volkswagen. We overlook all the ‘good’ things he might have done (and believed) knowing that Hitler was inherently a bad man. Nothing good that may be said about him can mitigate the evil he subjected the world to.

Yet, today, we focus on every shred of what can be construed as the positive attributes that got Obama elected POTUS. We say he has great pecs; he has a good-looking wife; two lovely children; he cares for the poor; the disadvantaged; he speaks well; etc. And yet, we know what he’s doing: He is destroying his Party; and the other party along with it. He is destroying our system of ‘checks and balances’. He is destroying our financial system; our influence in the world. He is destroying our future generations. He is destroying our history. He is destroying America before our very eyes. And yet we focus on his beautiful wife as she plants a vegetable garden on White House grounds.

Obama is a bad man. He should not be president of this once great nation. He must be removed from power.

According to today’s WSJ, the White House is still smarting over what happened in Honduras. It is doing everything in its power to re-assert its influence there. For the White House the Honduran matter is not yet settled. It intends to wield its big stick to get what it wants. It is not coincidence. There are no coincidences. It fits a pattern. It reflects Obama’s vision for America. Honduras mirrors the pressures we ourselves are under to yield to what is essentially alien to us. Whether we prevail or not depends on our willingness to confront the truth.

One Time Too Many

Since when has Obama been concerned about the Constitution? I agree that BHO can’t go there, but he is not a man who thinks inside a box. If he did, he would have backed off of health care; he would care about his Democrat majority; he would care about his poll numbers. It is obvious he doesn’t. Doesn’t that tell you something?

Obama is unlike any president we’ve ever had. He means to change this country. If he has to destroy it first, he aims to do so. Bloody insurrection is not off the table. Nothing is off the table as far as he is concerned. Who would have thought that someone would deliberately crash airliners into buildings? Who would have thought that after it happened we would be the ones who’d be at each other’s throats? Ground Zero workers are now in the process of suing New York City for damages. The courts are going along with it. Implicit in this is the understanding that we were at fault. …and there’s still a hole there after so many years. Muslims are vying to have an Islamic education center on the very spot where so many of our brothers and sisters died. Why not set up a pro-Nazi gift shop at Auschwitz with pictures of Hitler for sale? Many believe that Arab-hating Bush - the president of the United States at the time - orchestrated the whole thing to give him an excuse for invading Iraq. One of these (‘truthers’) now occupies the highest office in the land.

I wouldn’t put anything past this man. The speeches and writings of the men and women he surrounds himself with have convinced me that this man means business. It is dangerous to underestimate him. He clearly does not have the best interests of our nation in mind. He proves it every day he is in office. I honestly think that he believes he’s got everything covered; that audacity will win out. …and it will, if we refuse to see what this man is all about; if we say, “he can’t go there… the Constitution forbids it… he won’t get re-elected”, etc.

Obama got elected. For him that’s more than enough. “Thank Allah for my black face! Thank Allah for America’s boundless guilt! Thank Allah for our educational system that produces armies of bloodless vegan wimps!”

For us, the one-time election of Barack Hussein Obama has been one time too many.

Poser

Every expectation, both domestically and internationally, has been turned on its head by this administration. Most of us have yet to realize this. We still insist on calling it failure (or incompetence) when ticking off accomplishments (or the lack thereof) since Barack Hussein Obama has been in office. Can we now say ‘DELIBERATE’?

Iraq is a throw-away for Obama. He’s looking to scoot under any pretext. The mission as he sees it – his mandate, if you wish – is to remake America. Even that is a euphemism, I’m afraid. He means to destroy us. He sees America as an unrepentant evil that must be erased from the earth.

On the Right, it has become fashionable to shout ‘SOCIALISM’ in the hope of stirring the comatose into exhibiting some spine arched in opposition. It's even worse than that. Socialism is the least of it. Other nations have and are surviving - whereas some can even be said to have prospered - under socialism. Read Alinsky again. Obama intends to destroy us. This means, every trace of what we have come to know as 'America' - gone. To do this, he has lit many fuses. Economic collapse is no longer unthinkable. Neither is Israel's demise. The specter of violence looms on our own shores, stoked by this administration and by the now state-controlled media. Obama wants no less than revolution - with all its bells and whistles.

Socialism to these people is merely a point of argument to keep us distracted and confused while discord about race, gender, income, political affiliation, etc. is sown. Obama has come to divide and destroy so that his name will go down in history as the greatest of tyrants the world has ever seen - to outshine even Mao, Stalin and Hitler. In this way he intends to win the respect of modern-day tyrants who have thus far dismissed him as a mere poser.

Kissing Cousins

Today, the similarities between Barack Hussein Obama and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are striking. Both men are ideologically driven; neither has the support of his people; and each one has vowed to ram through his agenda despite the lack of wider support. As such, both men see themselves as greater than consensus, and uniquely chosen – one by God, the other by history – to single handedly usher in the next new age that, according to each, has been denied to mankind by the evil it commits or condones.

Obama took no exception at being labeled the ‘messiah’ while he was running for office. He gave no indication that he thought some of his more ardent supporters might be wrong when they claimed that he could walk on water. It’s not as if he gently deflected their clearly premature adulation as Jesus did, saying, “You say so.” No, he donned the multi-colored mantle and paraded it proudly before a world audience, ecstatic and smiling. And he came to believe that his mere presence would automatically realize any ‘what ifs’ he had memorized from the wish lists of his leftist university mentors.

Ahmadinejad too is a product of his nation’s increasingly insular elite. He was schooled in Islamic Bible stories. As Allah is said to be stern, ruthless and without mercy, Ahmadinejad too has become a reflection of the god he both loves and fears.

Both leaders have their backs to the wall. Neither one can countenance compromise. Indeed, neither one respects others enough to give them a fair hearing. Ahmadinejad brutalizes his opposition while Obama belittles his. This cannot end well.

What did the Fuehrer do when the war appeared lost; when more and more of his own generals began to plot against him? He doubled down and took increasingly more reckless chances. “The German people have failed me,” he was said to have declared before taking his own life. In his own mind he could never hold himself personally responsible for the eternal shame he had brought to his nation.

Similarly, both Obama and Ahmadinejad will never yield. They will do whatever it takes to force the foot into the glass slipper. Even after the carriage has turned into a pumpkin, they will still be desperately trying to crush bone and hack off toes. I predict, they’ll have to be physically pried away from the sharp-edged illusions that grip them.

Democrats are not stupid. They can see where it’s going. The party is imploding. They are trying to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the bomb. Unlike Obama, they still envision that the nation can survive the blast and float into some safe harbor for repairs.

Krishna Is the Eighth Avatar of Vishnu

It's interesting that the once benevolent and generous gesture of giving a hand to those we determined to be the most needy world-wide, has now shed all pretenses and morphed into outright extortion.

I just finished watching the most delicious French comedy ever “My Best Friend” (’07) which contained the line, “You mean you pay to have people like you?” It sums up our progression from spontaneous giving, through paying for sex, to blackmail and extortion.

Speaking of movies, if there is still any doubt that there is a fifth column in this country that spares no expense in helping to create the impression that America is evil and must be defeated by any means possible in order to save the planet, that doubt can be put to rest with James Cameron’s AVATAR.

Over the years, Hollywood has always been very successful in creating powerfully persuasive fantasies that pit good against evil. Within a span of the past 50 years it has worked hard to define the antagonists. On one side is America; on the other is the rest of the world. America itself stands divided and is perched precariously on the cusp. It is within the private chambers of every American heart that the conflict will eventually be resolved.

AVATAR, stokes the notion that America is the single most potent destructive force on the planet. Visually, it employs the racial aspects of the tension. It hails a kind of back-to-the-earth tribalism as the answer to saving the planet or, in a larger sense, saving mankind’s soul. As such, it justifies any attack on the white man’s hegemony as warranted and totally acceptable. To Hollywood (by an extension of the logic) the shoe and the panty bombers are visionary new-age heroes.

This movie should do especially well in the Middle East, in Africa, Asia and South America. Though we have a significant number of domestic self-haters amongst us, most of the American movie-going public will recognize that it is they who are under assault by the predictable propagandists for the no-boundaries Left. Let’s put it in context: If during WWII, Hollywood had turned out movies such as AVATAR, we all would now be speaking German and eating Bratwurst. There would be no more Jews, Gypsies and whoever else Hitler might have set his sights on.

After the movie was over, my son remarked that AVATAR had the exact same plot of every movie he’s ever seen in the past ten years. This is a shame. Hollywood has everything it could possibly want at its disposal. Yet, it’s been working so doggedly to cheapen itself and ultimately bring about its own destruction. It used to be that ‘propaganda’ was a dirty word. At least, it was when I was growing up. Now there are galleries in Manhattan and on college campuses celebrating Soviet-era propaganda as high art.

No doubt, depending on who ultimately wins this fight, either AVATAR or Mel Gibson’s APOCALYPTO (AVATAR’s exact ideological opposite) will some day be celebrated as well.

Repeating History

I wonder what we'll say, somewhere down the line, after Israel is no more. No doubt, we will be angry and remorseful. At the same time, we'll be happy to have dodged the bullet once more. We'll be looking for someone to blame - Obama? Ahmedinejad? Ourselves? None of this will work, of course.

And the winner is ISRAEL!!! Someone will have hit upon the brilliant idea of blaming the victim. And we'll be quite comfortable with that. It's been done before. In fact, it's like killing two birds with the same stone - totally expedient - for someone without a conscience.

It's simply baffling to me how we can allow the worst parts of (recent) history to repeat themselves. While we point fingers and call each other 'Nazis' right here at home, we happily all but ignore the true reincarnation of Hitler in the Middle East.

We know exactly what worked and didn't work when we were dealing with the original Hitler; yet, we are hell-bend on making the very same mistakes again. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Maybe there is a little bit of Hitler in each one of us.