OK, it's not like I know what I am talking about because the more I read up on the European Union and UK politics, the more confused I get. But the upshot is this: The United Kingdom Independence Party carried the recent Parliament elections with about 27.5% of the vote. The British versions of Democrats and Republicans, The Labour Party and Conservative Party respectively, placed second and third.
There is no US parallel but imagine an election where the D's and R's got second and third. It might turn a few heads. UKIP is the closest thing the UK has to a Tea Party movement. They want to leave the EU and send a lot of imported criminals and terrorists back where they came from. Not surprisingly, UKIP members are portrayed as bigots in the British press.
Britain holds general elections in 2015 and I am not sure what this portends or if portends anything. Meanwhile, the Front National Party is getting attention in France. Similar "Eurosceptic" organizations are forming throughout Europe.
I am of two minds about globalization. I think cross-border trade is a good thing but unfortunately it comes with baggage, often in the form of elitist imperialism. Trading with Asia is good but UN small arms regulations, not so much. In the case of the EU, it is rule by the escargot class. If I lived in Europe I would reject everything the leaders endorsed.
I don't know much about IKIP but to paraphrase a great president, "Ich bin auch ein Eurosceptic."
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Obots' Unconditional Love For Their Leader
This blog started in late 2008 to denounce the frightening religious devotion to Barack Obama. At the time I thought Obamamania would be a passing fad. I was wrong.
In the wake of a deadly VA scandal, the roll out of a new war on coal and a jihadists for deserter trade that would leave even leftist pundits scratching their heads, one would think that Barack Obama's numbers would plummet. His approval rating is 50% at Rasmussen.
We underestimate the cultist loyalty that surrounds Obama. I thought given his disastrous first term, a term that would that would make Jimmy Carter and Herbert Hoover look good by comparison and would qualify Obama as one of the two or three worst presidents in US History, the cultists might turn on their exalted leader. Wrong!
I thought that the Benghazi scandal might change a few minds. I thought the revelations of 2013, where Lois Lerner publicly confirmed that the IRS had been weaponized and might have tipped the scales in the 2012 election and that the NSA and the White House spied on both honest citizens and honest reporters, might be a tipping point. Wrong!
Never before have we seen a politician whose career has been defined entirely by scandal and ineptitude. Yes, he killed Bin Laden. Got anything else? Anything? Anything at all? It has been an endless parade of Solyndras and Fast and Furiouses and malfunctioning websites and absurd deficits. 50% approval.
Obots cannot and will not face facts. They don't have to and you can't make them! NaNaNaNa! They will defriend anyone who says something unfavorable about their deity. They will block the channel that maybe, just maybe, will criticize him. They will leave the room when someone says something not overtly worshipful about their leader. 50% approval! Unconditional love!
I have heard callers on radio shows suggest that the megalomaniac will extra-legally try for a third term. He will not give up power so easily. I have friends who have echoed this fear. That used to seem like irrational paranoia. No longer.
Barack Obama knows that he is infallible in the eyes of his followers. He is emboldened. 50% approval!
We are all in danger!
In the wake of a deadly VA scandal, the roll out of a new war on coal and a jihadists for deserter trade that would leave even leftist pundits scratching their heads, one would think that Barack Obama's numbers would plummet. His approval rating is 50% at Rasmussen.
We underestimate the cultist loyalty that surrounds Obama. I thought given his disastrous first term, a term that would that would make Jimmy Carter and Herbert Hoover look good by comparison and would qualify Obama as one of the two or three worst presidents in US History, the cultists might turn on their exalted leader. Wrong!
I thought that the Benghazi scandal might change a few minds. I thought the revelations of 2013, where Lois Lerner publicly confirmed that the IRS had been weaponized and might have tipped the scales in the 2012 election and that the NSA and the White House spied on both honest citizens and honest reporters, might be a tipping point. Wrong!
Never before have we seen a politician whose career has been defined entirely by scandal and ineptitude. Yes, he killed Bin Laden. Got anything else? Anything? Anything at all? It has been an endless parade of Solyndras and Fast and Furiouses and malfunctioning websites and absurd deficits. 50% approval.
Obots cannot and will not face facts. They don't have to and you can't make them! NaNaNaNa! They will defriend anyone who says something unfavorable about their deity. They will block the channel that maybe, just maybe, will criticize him. They will leave the room when someone says something not overtly worshipful about their leader. 50% approval! Unconditional love!
I have heard callers on radio shows suggest that the megalomaniac will extra-legally try for a third term. He will not give up power so easily. I have friends who have echoed this fear. That used to seem like irrational paranoia. No longer.
Barack Obama knows that he is infallible in the eyes of his followers. He is emboldened. 50% approval!
We are all in danger!
Sunday, June 1, 2014
The Continuing Saga Of Larry Sinclair
Over the years, the blurred photo of Larry Sinclair has come into focus. So too, has the hazy portrait of Barack Obama. Larry Sinclair is a profile in courage. Obama is a thug surrounded by thugs.
Sinclair News is Larry's newest web outlet. It's not as Tripod/Angelfire looking as his prior efforts. It seems to be coming along but if you dig a little bit you will find out that Sinclair is still being harassed and tormented. Sinclair is selling the rights to his book, "Barack Obama and Larry Sinclair: Cocaine, Sex, Lies and Murder?" For $20k you can purchase the copyright for Sinclair's seminal account of his two day encounter with a handsome man from Chicago.
Why would a man let a steady selling cash goat get away from him so cheaply? Mounting legal fees. The latest salvo involves a thirteen year old incident that Sinclair was lead to believe was a done deal. Bogus warrants and intimidating civil suits have been the better part of Larry Sinclair's daily life ever since he emerged as a whistle blower. Sinclair is running the gauntlet once more. His story has not changed.
Check out Sinclair News at the following link. http://tinyurl.com/ltuprc2
Sinclair News is Larry's newest web outlet. It's not as Tripod/Angelfire looking as his prior efforts. It seems to be coming along but if you dig a little bit you will find out that Sinclair is still being harassed and tormented. Sinclair is selling the rights to his book, "Barack Obama and Larry Sinclair: Cocaine, Sex, Lies and Murder?" For $20k you can purchase the copyright for Sinclair's seminal account of his two day encounter with a handsome man from Chicago.
Why would a man let a steady selling cash goat get away from him so cheaply? Mounting legal fees. The latest salvo involves a thirteen year old incident that Sinclair was lead to believe was a done deal. Bogus warrants and intimidating civil suits have been the better part of Larry Sinclair's daily life ever since he emerged as a whistle blower. Sinclair is running the gauntlet once more. His story has not changed.
Check out Sinclair News at the following link. http://tinyurl.com/ltuprc2
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Bye Bye Jay
The sudden Friday resignation of Jay Carney, a resignation that would arrive almost in step with Secretary Shinseki's bon voyage, is a bit of a puzzler. Why now? Why so abruptly?
Say what you may about the sleaziest, most corrupt, most dishonest, most illegal, most abusive administration in US history, they have successfully clamped an airtight lid on secrets. In fairness, the commitment to omerta might have less to do with staff loyalty than to media loyalty. If there is no Gray Lady who wants to accommodate a latter day Daniel Ellsberg, then why bother with the photocopier?
There is a long tradition of administrative hacks jumping ship to write tell alls. Scott McClellan made a fortune with "What Happened." Jay Carney could earn a king's ransom should he care to adopt a policy of truth. "Set for life" has an undeniable appeal that might corrupt even the loyalest of loyalists. Lackeys also have dreams and aspirations.
Reading between the lines, the sudden departure and the staged stage hug from the commander-in-chief suggest some tension. If Carney finds his way to Easy Street, how many Waylon Smithers will follow suit? When all the king's horses and all the king's men find themselves with competent publishing agents, they might not want to put Humpty Dumpty back on the wall.
Mr. Carney, I am not so certain the truth will set anyone free, but I am certain it will make you a wealthy man. Here's to cashing in.
Say what you may about the sleaziest, most corrupt, most dishonest, most illegal, most abusive administration in US history, they have successfully clamped an airtight lid on secrets. In fairness, the commitment to omerta might have less to do with staff loyalty than to media loyalty. If there is no Gray Lady who wants to accommodate a latter day Daniel Ellsberg, then why bother with the photocopier?
There is a long tradition of administrative hacks jumping ship to write tell alls. Scott McClellan made a fortune with "What Happened." Jay Carney could earn a king's ransom should he care to adopt a policy of truth. "Set for life" has an undeniable appeal that might corrupt even the loyalest of loyalists. Lackeys also have dreams and aspirations.
Reading between the lines, the sudden departure and the staged stage hug from the commander-in-chief suggest some tension. If Carney finds his way to Easy Street, how many Waylon Smithers will follow suit? When all the king's horses and all the king's men find themselves with competent publishing agents, they might not want to put Humpty Dumpty back on the wall.
Mr. Carney, I am not so certain the truth will set anyone free, but I am certain it will make you a wealthy man. Here's to cashing in.
Friday, May 30, 2014
It's Not Shinseki's Fault
OK, I am not the first to say this but it bears repeating. The problem at the VA is not bureaucratic mismanagement, it is bureaucracy per se. To the extent that the president is culpable is the degree to which he endorses bureaucracy as a solution. Yes, our current president supports the primacy of bureaucracy but so too did the administration that preceded this on. And the one before that. And the one before that.
Until America extinguishes her love affair with bureaucracy, the news cycle will be littered with stories of system failure. I don't know if the Fox News Family will ever understand that.
Until America extinguishes her love affair with bureaucracy, the news cycle will be littered with stories of system failure. I don't know if the Fox News Family will ever understand that.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
More Sharptonisms
The Washington Free Beacon has released chapter 2 of Al Sharpton's personal struggle with the teleprompter and the English tongue.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Elderly man assulted by police for trying to close bank account
One suspects that 78 year old Arnold Wallace feels put upon. After trying to unsuccessfully to cash two checks at the drive-through window Wallace entered the bank to close out his account. After he became agitated he shouted at the teller and was told to leave. He was then mauled by an off duty police officer who was moonlighting as security at the bank and suffered cuts to his wrists and two broken ribs. The kicker is Wallace was never charged with a crime. Now that's customer service!
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