Commander in Chief?

Let's say there's a war. Let's say you are the Commander of the war. Let's say you are the leader of the free world and one of the most important people on the planet. Wouldn't you think that you, as leader, would be in communication with your troops in battle? Wouldn't you get on the horn and talk to them to see how things are going?

GWB spoke to the commanders on the ground in Iraq on a weekly or daily basis. THAT is what a Commander in Chief does.

Obama has now spoken with the commanders and generals a grand total of ONCE, and it's now October. That means since the immaculate inauguration back in January Obama has twiddled his thumbs in regards to actually LEADING this country's war effort.

Oh, he does other stuff too, like going on Letterman, Leno and the popular talk circuits to chum up the late night tv viewers. He also goes to committee meetings to push for Olympics in Chicago when Chicago doesn't even want them. He has gotten on the soap box for Obamacare almost 200 times... but does he pick up the phone and call General Stanley A. McChrystal? Nope.

Do you think this is how a Commander in Chief should act?

Update! Hannity: Town Hall Turns Ugly

To answer Hannity's last question they are doing fine. :)

Town Halls Turn Violent

You might remember when the town hall meetings exploded on the internet. You might remember when SEIU thugs started pushing people around. Turns out people I know were right in the middle of it being pushed around by the SEIU thugs. No, they weren't provoking anyone, they just happened to be in the right place at the wrong time.

1,000 people turned up to a town hall meeting in Kathy Castor Town Hall Meeting in Tampa. The venue seats 250. How do you fit 1,000 people into the hall? Answer: You first place 125 people (via a side door) who agree with Obamacare into the hall and let 125 average American citizens in- keeping the rest outside.

After the loud speakers stopped working the crowd started chanting and got so loud that they decided to close the doors. That's when elbows started flying. Now my wife's cousin's wife was there along with her parents. Not causing trouble, not shouting... just wanting to get answers to how to pay for cancer treatements under Obamacare. They ended up getting pushed around a bit. No harm done to them but they were just a bit rattled.

After the doors were closed and the meeting continued, anyone with a question against Obamacare found themselves with a general intimidating tone and cameras in their faces.

Watch the videos,

Fox News article

And here is a partial transcript from the call to the greatest talk show host ever:
BETH: No. Well, we had waited an hour in line and we were right at the doors where you are going in and they had the doors open into the union hall, into the meeting room. And they had a speaker outside but it wasn't working. And people in the hallway were yelling, "Let us hear," and they thought we were saying, "We want Obama," but it was "Let us hear." And they couldn't get the speaker to work. So we're all standing there. Well, people outside were going, "Open meeting! Open meeting! Take it outside," so everybody could hear because there were so many people there. Well, they decided too much noise was going on in the hallway and decided to close the doors. Well, somehow I got pushed into the room, into the meeting room when the thugs came out. They came out four abreast with their arms up. I got pushed in, and my husband, who was right behind me in the green shirt, then was pushed against the wall. My daughter managed to get over to him to try and get them off of my husband.
RUSH: Why'd they push him against the wall?
BETH: Because they wanted to shut the door to the room. They were shutting the doors. And the doors open into the hallway.
RUSH: Right. I've seen the video.
BETH: Yeah. And at that point they had my husband pinned against the wall, but I was trying to get out to him and they wouldn't let me out of the room.
RUSH: Are you there, standing next to a cop who is not doing anything about this, anything about it? Is that you that I saw or is there a different frame to the video?

(snip)

BETH: Right. At any rate, when they had my husband pinned against the wall, I was going hysterical. We went to ask specific questions on health care. I have read the bill. There was no addressing of any questions. I was in the meeting hall after they shut the doors. I did not leave because I wanted to hear what was said. RUSH: Yeah. From the video I saw, Kathy Castor just tried to make speech. She wasn't entertaining any questions and people were standing up and disagreeing when she said various things, correct?
BETH: That's correct. And when people were standing up agreeing, members that were supporting her were in the audience taking our pictures. It was almost like intimidation. Well, it was intimidation

(snip)

BETH: He's about 5' 9", weighs about 170. He has Stage 4 cancer. He has a severed rotator cuff, a port in his chest and an ileostomy. When they shoved him against the wall, I was telling them this: "Let me out! Let go of him! You're hurting him. He's sick." They kept right on doing it and wouldn't let me out and wouldn't let him go. The man with the ripped shirt then came in to help my husband and his shirt got ripped then by the thugs.

Obamacare - It's "shovel ready"

This "plan" that is being pushed through won't even be implemented until 2013 . What's the rush? Why don't we take the time to read it first? http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/what_to_ask_your_congressperso_2.html

This is no "plan" other than government control of everyone's bank accounts and lack of choice...
http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/24/news/economy/health_care_reform_obama.fortune/

Cutting existing benefits...
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/29/obamacare-does-cut-your-medicare-benefits/

Passive euthanasia...
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105525

About FACE!

The Democratic Party wanted us to pull out of the war in Iraq, essentially failing. They tried to squash the surge by voting against it. They said GWB was going 'double or nothing'.

Obama predicted a civil war if we stayed.
Feb 10, 2007 Obama said this on the campaign trail. "It's time to admit that no amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else's civil war. That's why I have a plan that will bring our combat troops home by March of two thousand and eight. Letting the Iraqis know that we will not be there forever is our last best hope... to pressure the Suni and Shia to come to the table and find peace."

Obama and the Dems crucified General Patraeus (even before the hearings) and called him a liar when he said the surge was working. Remember MoveOn.Org's advertisement called "General betray us" that no one in the Democratic party jumped up to denounce?

On the campaign trail Obama said it would be an abysmal failure and led the Democratic party against the surge. Let's rewind a moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_igpyewuzQ
"I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse."

Joe Biden wanted to shove the surge down GWB's throat.
APRIL 27, 2007: Columbia SC, congressman Jim Clyburn's annual fish fry: REPORTER: "When he (GWB) kills that bill on the first what is the new version going to be that you will send him?"
BIDEN: "The first thing I'm gonna do when he vetoes that bill is I'm gonna take out that money for those MRAPS [Mine Resistant Ambush Protected], those off -- those vehicles that will save lives over there. The idea we're not... I gotta kid going over there! The idea we're not building these new Humvees with the V-shaped thing is just crap, man! Kids are dying that don't have to die. And the second thing is, we're going to shove it (the surge) down his throat."

The surge brought them to the table, not the fear of the US leaving. Fighting the terrorists Muqtada al-Sadr and others actually united the Suni and the Shi'a. Obama's policy of cutting and running would have left the region in an abyss of a civil war with all the sides fighting each other.

Now Obama is taking credit for avoiding a civil war by the US staying in Iraq.
Obama: June 30, 2008 "Those who have tried to pull Iraq into the abyss of disunion and civil war are on the wrong side of history. Finally, the very fact that Iraqis are celebrating this day is a testament to courage, the capability and commitment of every single American who has served in Iraq. That's worth applauding. (applause) Through tour after tour of duty our troops have overcome every obstacle to extend this precious opportunity to the Iraqi people. We've made important progress in supporting a sovereign, stable, and self-reliant Iraq; and everyone who served there, both in uniform as well as our civilians, uh, deserves our thanks."

It makes the average person with half a brain look at this twice and shake your head in disbelief. It fools the Obama voters into thinking that Obama was right all along because now he says the exact opposite that he said before and he says it with such conviction.

M

Kim Jong Il - Saber rattling

In response to North Korean missle launches and reported atomic detonations:

(please exuse the MSPaint. It's all I have on me at the time)














For Obama voters:
The 'change' = pocket change. Pocket change makes clinky noises when rattled.
"Saber rattling" is a term used when countries flex their newly founded muscles (read- nukes).
Obama doesn't get 'rattled' when countries join the big boys club because Obama thinks we should hand over our nukes anyway and just sit down for a game of Jang-jak or two.

Obama declares war on Cheerios

Seriously? Cheerios? It's not like some new fangled cereal came out and stated that eating a bowl a day for one fortnight would make your penis grow larger. This is Cheerios! A staple for American breakfast tables since 1941 this cereal is made of wholesome oats and is good for you. Yet, Obama's FDA has issued General Mills a dire warning that they are pedaling a drug and need to seek FDA approval for their claim of lowering cholesterol, a claim that the packaging has had for over two years based on clinical trials and previous FDA approval.

General Mills told Obama to stick it where the sun don't shine.

Therefore the Obama administration has taken new steps to thwart the opposition...
(please excuse the crude, simple, yet poignant cartoon- it's my first)
M

Pelosi deflects questions

Simply stated, Nancy is out to strike a political agenda because she feels the time is right. There is no other reason she could be doing this. However, it is backfiring in her smug face because the Dems don't want to go down with her ship. Will there be enough backlash to get her removed? Stay tuned!

For Obama voters:
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, claims she did not know about torture techniques used against GITMO detainees. Although it was her job to know, her silence during the Bush administration suggests compliance. She said it wasn't her job to complain against techniques or to read briefings but rather to try to get a new liberal president in the white house. Hey! Did you hear that? She is actually quoted as saying that it wasn't her job to read briefings but rather it was her job to pull a political adgenda and try to get a different president into office and undermine the president in office. Hmmm. New respect for Newt, huh?

Now, after the fact, she claims not only that she didn't know about the techniques, but that the CIA lied and misled both her and congress- a claim that congress and the CIA deny.

M

Media Bias - Obama and Special Olympics

Here's a webshot of Fox News.

Here's a webshot of MSNBC.

















The fine print, in case you can't read it says: "Obama to Special Olympics: I'm sorry"

It's less and less of a wonder why more people tune in to Fox News than MSNBC and CNN combined. :)
M

Waterboarding worked once

In all the cases of detainees in Gitmo: In all the terrorists that have darkened a cell there: In all the far reaching US intelligence fingers that have felt their way across the globe since 9/11: There were only THREE people that the US deemed ok to waterboard. Here's how it works:

1. Does the person have pertinent information regarding a future terrorist attack and choose to withhold that information?

2. Is the attack eminent?

3. Will the information gained from torture stop the attack?

4. Waterboard the person just like you were trained to do. (Training includes being waterboarded yourself.)

Khalid Sheik Mohammed's waterboarding led to the capture of Abu Zubaydah. Khalid and Abu thought the TV shows like Miami Vice were the way things worked (in the Bush world) and said things like "Heh! Soon you will know. It will be much worse than 9/11." This was their downfall. They thought that like Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett, all the US could do was say "Shucks. Our hands are tied." or like the Cannonball Run cops, jurisdiction only went so far. They thought they could be smug.

KSM and Abu were subsequently waterboarded and the information gained from them stopped the "second wave" of terrorist attacks that were planned for Los Angeles. The organizational structure of al Quaida, their modus operandi and key operatives were obtained. Planes were aimed at buildings just like in NYC and waterboarding led to info that stopped it. KSM and Abu were shocked to find that Sonny and Tubbs were more like Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida.

Obama wants to stop the techniques for the simple reason that he wants the rest of the world to love him and vicariously love the American people through his godly mellifluousness.

Here is my mantra, based a bit on the Lord of the Flies:

There has to be a big kid on the block. That kid has to have the biggest stick to beat up the other bad kids who threaten to blow up / shoot / destroy / burn / kill the good kids on the street. This, by the sheer nature of the relationship promotes the ideals of the kid with the big stick. Sometimes the big kid uses the stick and sometimes he just holds it up in a threatening manner. Either way, the bad kids back down, hand over their weapons and the street is safer.

All countries that have succeded have used this big kid/big stick mantra to succeed. Bush had a big stick and he used it. America succeeded. Obama is apologizing for Bush and breaking the stick over his knee. It is only a matter of time till he hands the pieces to the next biggest kids.

Any idiot can see that it worked. Any liberal that still clings to the hope that other countries will love us based on our "giving up of waterboarding" will watch as the other kids on the block quickly reach for their sticks and wait patiently for a moment to strike. If you don't believe me, just go for a drive in LA and count the buildings.
M