LEE RODGERSWHAT
PRICE “RESPONSIBILITY?”
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HILLARY EVASIVE, NOT PERSUASIVE …
O'S PENTAGON: “LET'S GET MOMS KILLED”
HILLARY EVASIVE, NOT PERSUASIVE …
O'S PENTAGON: “LET'S GET MOMS KILLED”
Hillary's performance -- and it WAS a performance -- before the congressional committee investigating the Benghazi terrorist murders can be summarized in three words: babbling bureaucratic bull(bleep).
It was a stew concocted of lies and evasions mixed with a catch-in-the-the throat bit of drama totally belied by the statement of parents who watched their sons' coffins unloaded on the flight from Libya that both she and Obama were utterly cold to them at the time.
“I take responsibility,” she said. What the hell does that mean when coming from a public official who knows damned well that it's responsibility without consequences?! Everyone who works in the real world – as opposed to the sham world of politics -- knows that being responsible for a major blunder, let alone one that gets four people murdered, means you are going to get fired and quite possibly prosecuted.
I would ask anyone who's part of those poll numbers that supposedly show how favorably she's viewed by the American public this question: What has this woman ever actually achieved, other than riding the coattails of one of the most accomplished demagogues in the history of American politics?
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Consider this, and you know all that's necessary to evaluate Hillary Clinton as a person. Her response to congressional questions about the failure of her State Department to either adequately protect the U.S. ambassador to Libya and the other murdered Americans, or even come to their aid while watching them being attacked, came down to this: “What difference, at this point, does it make?”
That would serve well as the all-purpose evasion by every person who ever made a botch of their job, even to the point of getting people killed.
From that viewpoint, if she or another high official were to be assassinated, their would be no point in trying to determine if a failure of duty or planning had occurred because, after all, “at that point, what difference would it make?”
And this callous cretin is, at this moment, the Democrats' favorite to be the next president. Pathetic.
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After all the hollow nonsense about “bringing folks to justice” – and George W. Bush deserves full blame for bringing that revolting bit of nonsense into the national lexicon – who's the only person who's actually been jailed as a result of Benghazi's murders? An amateur film-maker in California who put together a few minutes of film that had nothing to do with the terrorist attack!
Some “justice!”
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“Preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.” – Barack Obama, inaugural speech #2.
A skeptic might hear that as an endorsement of mob rule.
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So now the Obama administration has OK'd women for combat roles in the military. Israel, which has plenty of experience with war, at one time -- when they were fighting for survival -- also gave women a large role in ground combat operations.
They dropped the policy because they found it was getting more MEN killed, trying to fulfill their cultural (and some say genetic) role as protectors of women. Take note of this:
"Women have been barred from combat in Israel since 1950, when a review of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War showed how harmful their presence could be. The study revealed that men tried to protect and assist women rather than continue their attack. As a result, they not only put their own lives in greater danger, but also jeopardized the survival of the entire unit. The study further revealed that unit morale was damaged when men saw women killed and maimed on the battlefield.
"Writes Edward Norton, a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces: 'Women have always played an important role in the Israeli military, but they rarely see combat; if they do, it is usually by accident. No one in Israel, including feminists, has any objection to this situation. The fact that the Persian Gulf War has produced calls to allow women on the front lines proves only how atypical that war was and how little Americans really understand combat.'” -- World Net Daily
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Michael Goodwin (NY Post) reviews Monday's aggressively leftist inauguration speech …
“Sore winners have always been with us, but they are especially grating when they include the president of the United States.
“'It makes me so sad,' a self-employed woman I know said during Monday’s inauguration. 'It’s so amazing and wonderful that America elected a black man, but I can’t enjoy it. He’s not talking to me.'
“I share her dismay at the partisan, joyless event, but she is wrong in one respect. Barack Obama was talking to her. He was scolding her about America’s imperfections and warning her that the liberal train will roll over her if she doesn’t get on board.”
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Reader Katherine sent a copy of Tuesday's RadioRodgers column to a friend, a former Nevada sheriff. He responded with his view of a second Obama term, from which an excerpt …
“Despite what it will do to our nation and people, maybe it is best that the generation and the automatons that adore him be reduced to soup lines as a result of his -- and their -- actions.
“I think that it will take something gigantically negative to force everyone to wake up and get back to basics. The real problem isn't even what the 'child' in the White house is doing (since we can't do anything about that), it is what comes next. I fear it will be Hillary Clinton, who is the only bigger liar than the one in the oval office right now.”
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The eternal mantra of the communist/socialist/progressive (by whatever label): “It's a great idea,” they say, overlooking the ashes of the Soviet Union, “It just hasn't been done right.”
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Jonathan Tobin (Commentary) writes of the reality that liberals seek to avoid …
“The problem for resurgent liberalism in 2013 is not just that most Americans already know that big government isn’t the answer to every problem, but that we are also aware that we haven’t the money to pay for the existing entitlements that Washington has promised, let alone any new ones.
“President Obama can speak as if the cost of his new health care entitlement will not make it even harder to keep the debt from spiraling out of control and even promise more new costly projects. He can pretend that Medicare and Social Security must remain unchanged without bankrupting the country. He can also ignore the fact that the size not just of the federal government but also of local and state governments is fiscally unsustainable. But reality has a way of interfering with even the sweetest liberal fantasies.
“(Monday) was an escape from reality for liberals. Let’s hope they and the president enjoyed it. In the real world in which we live the president’s vision of resurgent liberalism leads only to a North American version of Greece. “
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The end of the road where the demand for “equality” leads is to a land where the lowest common denominator prevails, supervised – as always – by a prosperous elite ruling class.
Equality of opportunity is a worthwhile goal, although it can never really be attained because some people are simply smarter or more willing to work hard than others, but it is at least a noble-sounding goal. Barack Obama's appeal is primarily to those who want equality of result, regardless of effort or ability.
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"The right of the citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible." – Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Democrat
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Ask any unarmed assault victim this question: “NOW do you wish you'd had a gun?”
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Only the kind of person who goes to a casino and bets on an inside-straight would predict the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, but if I had to go on record today, I'd be among the many who already see a Marco Rubio campaign poster. Being bright, articulate and possessing that indefinable something called “charisma” give him a good start.
A good long-odds bet: Hillary won't be the nominee for the Democrats, although the polls have her the front-runner at present.
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Best zinger of the week comes from Burt Prelutsky …
“In the run-up to the Fiscal Cliff vote, Harry Reid accused John Boehner of running the House like a dictator. Imagine, the man who has spent four years refusing to allow his 99 colleagues to vote on a federal budget has the unmitigated gall to accuse the Speaker of the House of being high-handed. When it comes to pots calling kettles names, we haven’t seen anything like it since Hitler told Mussolini to lighten up.“
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“Washington D.C. hosted events to celebrate the Inauguration. The hottest trending celebrities arrived to toast the president. Manti Te'o's imaginary girlfriend went on the 'Today' show to introduce everybody to her twin sister, the economic recovery.” – Argus Hamilton
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I wonder how many parents who name baby sons Shawn or Shaun don't realize (A) it's an Irish name and (B) is spelled S E A N.
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Sentimental Sam offers a touching tale …
A couple were celebrating 50 years together.. Their three kids, all very successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor.
"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed son number one. 'Sorry I'm running late. I had an emergency at the hospital with a patient, and I didn't have time to get you a gift."
"Not to worry," said the father. "The important thing is that we're all together today."
Son number two arrived and announced, "You and Mom look great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles between depositions and didn't have time to shop for you."
"It's nothing," said the father. "We're glad you were able to come."
The daughter arrived. "Hello and happy anniversary! I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town and I was really busy packing so I didn't have time to get you anything."
After they had finished dessert, the father said, "There's something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to send each of you to college. Throughout the years your mother and I knew that we loved each other very much, but we just never found the time to get married."
The three children gasped and all said, "You mean we're bastards?"
"Yep," said the father. "And cheap ones, too."
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."