LEE RODGERSSYRIAN WMDs -- SADDAM'S LEGACY? ...
OBAMA'S TAX-EVADING TAX ADVISOR ...
DEMOCRATS' WINNING FORMULA
OBAMA'S TAX-EVADING TAX ADVISOR ...
DEMOCRATS' WINNING FORMULA
About those WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) Syria's dictator may use on opponents of the regime …
Some will recall that at the outbreak of the Iraq war (A) it was a fact that Saddam Hussein had WMDs in the form of chemical weapons which meet that definition; he'd used them on his own people. Further, it was known by knowledgeable people that (B) he'd smuggled them out of Iraq and into Syria.
Think there might be a connection between these two events? Guarantee: Big Media will totally ignore this obvious “coincidence.” As will the Obama administration and Democrats in general.
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The NY Post takes note of one of Obama's advisors on tax policy …
“Do you think Al Sharpton appreciates the irony of his being invited to the White House Tuesday to talk taxes with President Obama? That is, to talk about Obama’s plan to ram through steep tax hikes on the “rich” to resolve the fiscal-cliff crisis?
“Sharpton’s all about taxes — for others. For himself, well, maybe not so much.
“As The Post’s Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein reported last year, Sharpton 'owe[d] the IRS $2.6 million in income tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.' And his personal pride and joy National Action Network owed more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes, interest and penalties, Vincent and Klein found.
“Which makes Obama’s decision to invite Sharpton (and several other MSNBC hosts) baffling. Why ask a man with a terminal case of tax allergies to make the case for higher rates for everybody else?”
What else should be expected? After all, Obama hired the tax-dodging Tim Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury. Crooks and crazies are running the country.
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Paul Ryan is a very bright fellow and a Republican Party asset. He clearly has eyes for the top spot on the 2016 ticket. I'll venture an early prediction that he won't get it. After this year's defeat, I doubt that most Republicans will want to go with the bottom half of a losing ticket.
My guess is that the early favorite is – and should be – Senator Marco Rubio. Of course, plenty could happen over the next three years to change that calculation.
Addendum: Seldom has a presidential candidate disappeared from the public stage as rapidly as has Mitt Romney. It's re-mindful of the quick exit of Michael Dukakis.
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Meantime … the Democrat formula for political success becomes more obvious.
Part One: Burden employers, large and small, with so many taxes, “fees” and regulations that hiring becomes financially impossible and layoffs increase.
Part Two: Those losing jobs, or unable to find them, become dependent upon more and larger government aid programs, which are …
Part Three: Promoted and expanded by Democrats!
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Admit it: There are few things more annoying than watching the person ahead of you in the checkout line at the supermarket pay with food stamps, then load a nicer car than yours with groceries and drive to a bigger house than yours in a better neighborhood.
But there's a valuable lesson to be learned. You've just observed Obama's winning political formula in action. Sucker.
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Republican political candidates need to be reminded of the timeless quote by the late journalist Finley Peter Dunne who, writing thru his invented “Mr. Dooley” character, memorably said, “Politics ain't beanbag.” The latter being a reference to a harmless childrens' game of the time.
While Democrat politicians, especially those of the Chicago school of dirty tricks, have no problem using dirty, lying, underhanded tactics and slanderous personal attacks, most Republicans are reluctant to stoop to that level.
Get over it! If it's fair to attack a decent, generous man like Mitt Romney as being a Scrooge-like Mister Mean, then it's more than fair to attack a Barack Obama as a sly, devious liar with a hidden past and a demonstrated affinity for communist policies and Muslim insanity.
Until Republicans are ready to engage in hard-nosed political warfare, their only hope is that a media-besotted American public will wise-up to where Obama & Friends are leading them. Despite a wretched economy, weakened defense and embarrassingly stupid foreign policy, that hope failed in the November election. It's well past time for the present Republican Party leadership to get tough – or get out. Gentlemanly political tactics don't work.
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… but look on the bright side. If that Mayan calendar is correct, only a little more than two weeks until the end of the world.
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Longtime reporter Bernard Goldberg has some advice for Republicans, starting with John Boehner, Speaker of the House ...
"What should the Republicans do? Here's my free advice: Tell the American people that the Republican Party will not raise any taxes unless President Obama gets serious about cutting spending. Yes, I know, they've already said that.
"But they haven't said this: We know that you, the American people, will blame us, the Republican Party if we go over the cliff. We know that if a giant meteor falls out of the sky and kills a pussy willow in Wyoming you will blame us for that, too. Good thing we no longer care what you think.
"So let us, the Republican Party, make this very, very clear: We don't give a damn if you blame us. Blame the hell out of us if it makes you feel better. BUT WE WILL NOT SELL YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DOWN THE RIVER, SO BARACK OBAMA CAN MAKE HIS LEFT WING BASE HAPPY. WE WILL DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SENSE TO APPRECIATE IT.
"The American people have never heard such a clear, unvarnished message from politicians. It might wake them up. Or it may not. If it doesn't, no harm-no foul. They were going to blame Republicans anyway, so the party will have lost nothing by being blunt.
"I hope that every small business operator whose taxes go up, fires somebody — or several people — to make up for their lost revenue. First, they should find out if, during the presidential campaign, the employee thought raising taxes on the rich was a good idea. If yes, fire him or her and make sure he or she understands why you did it
"Barack Obama doesn't understand how the economy works and neither do the slugs who voted for him. They deserve each other — and the consequences of their actions."
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Again: Isn't it comforting to know that Obama's been consulting MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Al Sharpton on raising taxes?
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Argus Hamilton –
“U.S. Open tennis ref Lois Goodman was cleared of murdering her husband with a coffee mug. It turns out he fell down the stairs. NBC's Bob Costas took back his call for a ban on coffee mugs and he declared that home elevators are a civil right.”
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A perfect illustration of the Democrat mentality at work: The Detroit city council member who tells Obama, “We voted for you, so you should bail us out.”
In other words, deadbeats – be they individuals or cities – have a right to demand of a politician, “Since we voted for you, you now have an obligation to force other citizens to give us money.”
And since most politicians are whores … it works.
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Conan O'Brien-
"The Obamas have decorated the White House with 54 Christmas trees. It's all part of their 'For the last time, we're not Muslim' campaign."
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Wes Pruden, editor emeritus, Washington Times, cuts to the core of the endless Israel-Arab conflict ...
"Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians can't go anywhere good. Both Arab and Jew know it. Barack Obama poses as the honest broker, but he, too, knows that talk of a lasting resolution of differences is 100-proof moonshine.
"The Palestinians won't settle for anything less than all Israelis dead, or shipped off to somewhere far away. The Israelis, unreasonable as they may seem in the salons of the West, are determined not to settle for anything less than survival.
"The fashionable opinion ... is that the dispute is all about land, territories and borders, considerations that could be negotiated by civilized men of good will. If the Israelis give a little, the Palestinians give a little, then all can be reconciled. But the dispute is not about land. It's about Israeli survival. The Palestinians and their radical Islamic allies insist they have one goal in mind, the destruction of the lonely outpost of civilization in a region of mindless violence, where trying to keep your head has a very specific meaning."
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Since the Obamunists think taxpayers should pay for birth control for women, how long before the demand for taxpayer-paid prostitution? After all, shouldn't this human “need” also be a civil right? In some parts of Europe, it's already being done. I am NOT kidding.
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Is this “green” enough? Sandy, Utah, (not to be confused with the hurricane of the same name) has an aquarium that is lighted by the electricity provided by their tank of electric eels.
Now … just how many eels would be required to power an electric car?
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Sudden thought: Can I be the only one tiring of videos of these fake “flash mob” musical events? You know; those where musicians/singers just wander into a public place and “spontaneously” begin to play or sing. Enough, already!
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Craig Ferguson -
"Prince William and his lovely bride are pregnant. Kate is said to be very nervous about giving birth. Giving birth to a baby wearing a crown is very hard."
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Bumper-sticker philosophy …
“My sex life is like a Ferrari.
I don't have a Ferrari.”
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."