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President Obama is either ill-advised or surrounded by ‘yes’ men

“If confirmed in this job, I pledge to you my most candid strategic advice.  And I pledge also that you will receive equally candid military advice.” –  Ash Carter, speaking to President Carter during his nomination as Secretary of Defense, Dec. 5, 2014

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I’m still waiting for the candid advice he promised a year ago. Is he now a “yes” man? (wsj.com)

“It is not just my view, but the view of my closest military and civilian advisors that (sending more U.S. ground troops) would be a mistake, said a testy President Obama during his Antalya, Turkey press conference on Nov. 16, 2015.

Visibly short-tempered with the media, who were unwilling to let him off the hook on his failing ISIS strategy of containment, President Obama said, “If there’s a good idea out there, then we’re going to do it. I don’t think I’ve shown a hesitation to act.”  Oh, really. Continue reading →

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An open letter to President Obama

During your Manilla press conference this week, you mocked Republicans for their concern over the threat Syrian refugees pose saying, “They’re scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America.”

Where were you on Aug. 20, 2013, when 1,429 people, including 426 children, in Damascus were killed with Sarin gas?   … read more

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Liberal columnist calls Arizona governor ‘foolish and un-American;’ chides him on Syrian refugee issue

“Was even a minute of thought put into this?  A small amount of how the refugee process works and what it means? And whom it helps?” wrote Arizona Republic columnist E. J. Montini, adding that “Having a discussion about refugees and what we are going to do going forward would be useful.”

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A boat load of Syrian refugees, mostly young men, arrives in Greece. Realistically, vetting these individuals is impossible. (ctvnnews.ca)

While he loves to criticize Gov. Doug Ducey, Montini should have directed his questions to President Obama and Barbara Strack, chief of the Refugee Affairs Division at Homeland Security, when it was simply announced that we would be welcoming some 10,000 Syrian refugees.  Were the governors briefed on the process? Continue reading →

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Obama’s foreign policy shaped by creative writer

“We have very robust vetting procedures for those refugees.” – NSA Advisor Ben Rhodes

Those were the words of President Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes, appearing on several Sunday morning talk shows.

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With his Master’s of Fine Arts degree, Ben Rhodes is credited with shaping President Obama’s foreign policy. (nytimes.com)

His appearances were calculated to ease your concern about those thousands of Syrian refugees coming to the United States.  Refugees who carry phony passports like those in the Paris attacks.

This blog, however, is perhaps the only place you will learn about Rhodes’ credentials, and why you should worry.

Rhodes is the deputy to Susan Rice, who appeared on those same talk shows after the attack on Benghazi, to convince us that it was the video that precipitated the attack.  They are quite a pair. Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with the Republican Party? Let me count the ways

My wife and I stopped contributing to the Republican National Committee (RNC) years ago when my personal letters written to former chairman Michael Steele were ignored; yet we still receive mailings asking this question.

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Another mailed RNC survey to tell them what they already know.

This mailing contained still another survey, asking for our position in a yes or no format regarding immigration, ObamaCare, taxes, regulation and the EPA, climate change, Planned Parenthood, defense, and the Iran nuclear deal.

The survey looks very official, complete with a registration number and a section reserved for office use only, complete with a bar code.

Really, Chairman Priebus, you don’t know where your party stands on these issues? Continue reading →

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Don’t worry, Obama says we have ISIS contained

“The enemy only has to get lucky once, we must be right 100 per cent of the time.” –  President George W. Bush

While paraphrasing Irish Republican Army spokesman P. O’Neil’s comment after the IRA failed to kill Margaret Thatcher, this quote from President Bush following the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center has been used a number of times by other leaders.

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President Obama says we have ISIS contained, yet they managed to wreak havoc in Paris. (abcnews.go.com)

That luck ran out for French President Francois Hollande, his intelligence group, and the people of France yesterday when seven terrorists were able to wreak havoc in Paris, killing some 130 people and seriously wounding more than 300 others. Continue reading →

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I was wrong on Kasich; outlook isn’t clear on presidency

Regular readers of this blog will recall that I went out on a limb on May 30, favoring Ohio Governor John Kasich for president in 2016.  I was wrong.

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I liked Kasich for his record on two of the most important issues facing the country today, jobs and the economy.  His experience as the architect of the balanced budget while serving as Chairman of the House Budget Committee when he was in Congress, and his record of job growth in Ohio were impressive.

Kasich’s appeal has fallen victim to the “mad as hell” voters.  We’ve known them before as the “silent majority,” a group of individuals who were dissatisfied, but were complacent.  They didn’t let their feelings known, and worse, they didn’t vote. Continue reading →

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Court says President Obama not above the law on immigration deportation ploy

“The president must follow the rule of law, just like everyone else.” – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Referencing President Obama’s effort to defer deportations for more than four million undocumented immigrants by executive order, Paxton said, “Today, the Fifth Circuit (U.S. Court of Appeals) asserted that the CourtSealusccourts.copm)separation of powers remains the law of the land,” and added that “throughout the process, the Obama administration has aggressively disregarded the constitutional limits on executive power.”

Under the innocuous title, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DACA), it was devised to apply to the millions who have been in the country since 2010 and have a child who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.  The court has blocked the president’s ploy. Continue reading →

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University of Missouri caves to intimidation

The resignation of the University of Missouri’s president and chancellor over racial issues was almost predictable.

We’ve seen intimidation in its many forms of late. We see it in our schools across the nation. Administrators buckle to someone who opposes prayer at a football game, or someone who is offended by a tee shirt with an American flag worn by a student.

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(Cartoon courtesy of Steve Benson, The Arizona Republic)

We saw the Occupy Movement disrupt cities. The so-called “99 percenters” blocked sidewalks, camped out in parks and defecated in the streets of New York while the Democrat mayor supported them.

The spate of racial incidents can be traced to Ferguson, Missouri, when President Obama sent his attorney general, Eric Holder, there in response to the actions of a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man. And, we heard crazy claims of oppression and disenfranchisement. Continue reading →