Posted on 09/16/2012 8:36:05 AM PDT by Kaslin
Instapundit heads the piece “Why Barack Obama Should Resign.” That’s a good title. The column might also be titled, “Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.” I remember a line from the philosopher David Hume that Hayek used as an epigraph to The Road to Serfdom. “It is seldom,” said Hume, “that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.” There’s the innocent seeming accommodation here, the turning a blind eye to official violations of the law there, and, bang, before you can say Saul Alinsky, people are being rounded up at midnight by brownshirted men for making a movie that embarrasses El Presidente.
In case you think that is a baseless exaggeration by a knuckle-dragging, right-wing hater, take a look at the photo:
By way of explication, Glenn Reynolds quotes the L.A. Times: “Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.”
Got that? The chap made a movie. (He may also have violated probation, but that herring is red, Comrade.) As Glenn observes, “By sending — literally — brownshirted enforcers to engage in — literally — a midnight knock at the door of a man for the non-crime of embarrassing the President of the United States and his administration, President Obama violated that oath. . . . It is a betrayal of his duties as President, and a disgrace.”
Yep. And he should resign. And, as Glenn further observes, he surely won’t. But the people of the United States, Democrat as well as Republican, should turn him out of office ignominiously in November.
Yeah, I noticed it
See nothing, hear nothing...
Not quite. He was whisked away for the purpose of outing him to the muzzies
Not quite. Before LASD arrive at the residence, there was an army of camped out reporters, fleets of news trucks, cameras in the street, news choppers etc. He was ID'd way before being whisked away.
And they just happened on the scene? Come on. They were all given a heads up to be there when the guy was carted off.
I have no issue with your stated goals of the Islamists. Where we differ is that 1) Not enough time before the election to acheive those goals 2) Politically, Obama is toast either way. If he does not retaliate he’s dead in the water, and if he does he gains not one conservative vote but loses a large part of his loony lefty base. All just my opinion, of course.
[All just my opinion, of course.]
As was mine but with a desperate Marxist in our White House, nothing should be discounted.
Bill Maher To Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison: The Qur’an Is A ‘Hate Filled Holy Book’
Obama with full DNC and MSM blessing would nuke Iowa and strafe the survivors to stay in power.
What are the names of the men in the brown shirts?
These names should be on every billboard in America.
He might have broken the law. But it wasn’t the movie.
He wasn’t supposed to use the internet or something...
You’ll get no argument from me there.
All I can say is wow Maher said that to Keith Elison?
“.i do no get the impression they are happy to be doing dear leaders dirty work...”
“I was just following orders” is not an acceptable defense.
Bravo to post #19
Possible - but let us not beat around the bush here, the film and political scapegoating of same is EXACTLY why that guy was hauled in. To believe anything else would just be pretending, y'know, about unicorns and glitter and stuff.
We Irish tend to think alike. :)
Now it's "I got a wife and kids to think about."
This was all about the movie, and not a parole violation. But I perceive you may be trying to convince yourself, more than to convince others.
Please Google "muddy the waters". Obviously you have no idea what it means.
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