Three Endorsed (But, However, Caveats, etc.) Books By Michelle Malkin, David Limbaugh, And Aaron Klein (MLK)

 As you might know, I am not wild about standard book reviews.

Here is a collective thumbs up for three books about Barack Obama followed by musings about what, if any, impact these books might have had.

The Manchurian President: Barack Obama's Ties to Communists, Socialists and Other Anti-American Extremists Hardcover – May 3, 2010

by Aaron Klein (Author), Brenda J. Elliott (Author) [Dig the cut and paste proficiency] 

The authors make the valid point that Barack Obama had numerous ties to Anti-American Americans. Chilling.

Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies Paperback – August 9, 2010

by Michelle Malkin (Author)

The author shows us that Mr. Hope N. Change surrounded himself (or vice versa) with kleptocrats. Frightening.

The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic Hardcover – June 4, 2012

by David Limbaugh (Author) 

Written two years after the two books mentioned above, the author makes a strong case against the reelection of BHO. Journalism would prove no match for a bottomless tank of Kool-Aid. 

This blog shares a common tone with these three works, one of innocence and naivete. Innocence and naivete are not terms that we usually associate with middle aged writers, especially those authors as proficient as Malkin, Limbaugh and Klein (hereafter referred to as MLK). Certainly not complimentary terms. But here they are.

In 2009, this blogger was also a middle-aged writer, minus the enormous accomplishments the above authors could lay claim. "Post Obotomy Syndrome"was launched with the silly ass notion that if we could just highlight the vapidity of BHO--just showcase the hokey facade--his supporters would flee in vast numbers. This was before we knew about the Marxism, the kleptocracy, or the extensive weaponization of government on a scale never before witnessed in the US. This was before we laid witness to a prolonged economic non-recovery and disastrous foreign policy. If we could just shine a spotlight on the empty suit...

Naive. Innocent. Stupid. This writer was all of these things. MLK were never stupid but there is an air of childish credulity that permeates the narratives. If only I could tell the world, If only I could show the people. If only I could project the graph that so perfectly reflects our decline. MLK research the topics, burn up the keyboards, and ultimately hammer out the facts. Turns out, they have been transported to a post-factual world. Joke's on them.

This blogger shared another silly viewpoint with a lot of other people, possibly a position that MLK entertained as well. While acknowledging the partisanship of MSM, many of us believed that a portion of the press corps would come to their senses about BHO. "Yes, we got caught up in "A Slobbering Love Affair" but prom night is over and we are going to report on that handsome Barry Soetoro with the same kid glove fervor we used on Bill Clinton". Wrong again. Post-factualism prevails.

Maybe someday an astute scholar will pinpoint the date when objective truth was sidelined from public discourse. MLK harken back to a time when facts mattered, and truth was still the ultimate trump card. Behold the innocence. The innocence lost.

Postscript: Apologies to Brnda J. Elliot, who is listed as a co-author with Aaron Klein. Many times I looked at the cover and only in today's cut and paste exercise did I notice your name. Hold out for equal billing next time.

 

Can't Get Enough Cover-Ups? How About The 5 Year Old Idaho Girl Sexually Assaulted By Immigrants?

This highly respected blogger loves to beat the MSM to the story.  This blog is careful not to repeat falsehoods. Sometimes a story sounds a little too sensational to be true. The story in question sounded too bad to be true. Then I saw it reported at a second site, then a third, then a fourth. Unfortunately, the MSM has chosen to investigate this story.

Bloggers generally mistrust MSM. We like it when they reluctantly confirm what we have already reported. When they ignore significant events altogether we grow frustrated. If someone is shameless, they cannot be shamed.

Michelle Malkin picks up the story.   Warning: This is not a feel good story.  

Police and the local prosecutor’s office grudgingly confirmed that an investigation had begun into the incident. The victim: A mentally disabled 5-year-old girl. The alleged perpetrators: Three boys, ages 7, 10 and 14, from Sudanese and Iraqi immigrant families (predominantly Muslim) who have been in the country for less than two years — all but confirming that they are refugees.

What happened? The case is under seal because it involves minors, but prosecutor Grant Loebs said there is videotape of the alleged sexual assault (a fact which local activists first divulged). Two of the boys are in custody. It’s not clear what happened to the third.

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Must Read By Michelle Malkin

I sometimes think Michelle Malkin might be Kool-Aid deficient. More than three-quarters of the jobs "created or saved" in the first year of the stimulus were government jobs, while roughly 1 million private sector jobs were forestalled or destroyed, according to Ohio State University. Last week, economists from the St. Louis Federal Reserve surveyed more than 6,700 education stimulus recipients and concluded that for every $1 million of stimulus grants to a district, a measly 1.5 jobs were created.