Quote Of The Day. “Just to clarify, this is the same former vice president who we were told was Darth Vader, ruthless and cruel, obsessed with terrorism, draconian and lacking in perspective, stopping at nothing to find anyone who could be even remotely connected to al-Qaeda and using excruciatingly painful forms of interrogation that leave decent souls traumatized and Jack Bauer wincing. “And now we’re supposed to believe he’s insufficiently interested in condemning the attackers?”
UPDATE: Ron Radosh: Will Obama Now Protect Us?
In last night’s remarks, President Barack Obama made another one of his late-in-the-game, 180 degree turnarounds. Not only did the system not work, as asserted by Robert Gibbs and Janet Napolitano after the Christmas Day incident aboard Flight 253, but now the President is calling it a “systemic failure” in our intelligence agency apparatus. No longer is it, as Obama said earlier, an “isolated incident” committed by the “alleged” terrorist.
The government, it is clear, knows that al-Qaeda was behind the attack, had information beforehand that someone from Nigeria would be involved, and had “warning signs” that were ignored. And just as before 9/11, intelligence agencies either did not share material some of them had with the other parts of the security apparatus. It also is now known that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had engaged in much activity that gave even his father cause to worry, as President Obama acknowledged.
Read the whole thing.
So, do any of you morons and moronettes (H/T; Ace ) remember this?
Able Danger, 9-11 Report, Gorelick, and so much more...
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"The Same Old Washington Blame Game".
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Comments (27)"B.O. is a smooth speaker, who is actually scared to death of the position he is in ."Frozen in the headlights" comes to mind."
"Obama is like Chamberlain. He knows he has a problem, but he doesn't have what it takes to deal with it, so he's stalling for time."
December 30, 2009 02:09 AM by Michelle Malkin155 Comments | 1 Trackback
...take a good look back on the
double standards favoring Obama over Bush on just about EVERYTHING...
Full body scanners are being put into immediate use — by the Dutch
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Netherlands announced Wednesday will immediately begin using full body scanners for flights heading to the United States, issuing a report that called the failed Christmas Day airline bombing a “professional” terror attack. Officials say Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, managed to board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to Detroit from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport carrying undetected explosives but failed to detonate them. The plane was carrying over 300 people.
“It is not exaggerating to say the world has escaped a disaster,” Interior Minister Guusje Ter Horst told a news conference.
In its preliminary report, the Dutch government called the plan to blow up the Detroit-bound aircraft “professional” but said its execution was “amateurish.” [...]
The Dutch minister said U.S. had not wanted these scanners to be used previously because of privacy concerns but said there was now agreement with Washington authorities that “all possible measures will be used on flights to the U.S.”
Meanwhile, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a man tried to board a commercial airliner in the Somali capital of Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe in a case bearing chilling similarities to the Detroit airliner plot.
The Somali man — whose name has not yet been released — was arrested by African Union peacekeeping troops before the Nov. 13 Daallo Airlines flight took off. It had been scheduled to travel from Mogadishu to the northern Somali city of Hargeisa, then to Djibouti and Dubai. A Somali police spokesman, Abdulahi Hassan Barise, said the suspect is in Somali custody.
“We don’t know whether he’s linked with al-Qaida or other foreign organizations, but his actions were the acts of a terrorist. We caught him red-handed,” said Barise.
NOT a “B+”, Barry.
Why does Janet Incompetano still have a job? Why should we be asked to trust anything she blathers?
via Little Miss Attila, The Anchoress nails it on why Obama has been so detached and tired lately.
But I suspect that Obama’s listless speechifying is betraying a restless impatience. I suspect Obama is bored with being president, and it’s not because he is too smart for the office, but because the office is too much like real work. I suspect all he ever wanted was the campaign glory (though not the inconvenience of interrupted waffles), the adoring headlines, and the ability to pick up a phone and ask for anything he wants without hearing a “no” on the other end.
I suspect that what Obama wanted was to be the King, not the President. The King’s role is largely ceremonial. In time of national tragedy the King goes before the camera and says, “this is very sad.” If he can assign blame on a perceived enemy he does so, and then he steps aside and retires to his amusements while those actually in charge clean up the mess and determine how to prevent future messes. Everyone loves the King, defers to the King, rushes to do for the King, but the King -who tends to get bored and distracted by the dry business of actually governing- is responsible for very little, and most are just as glad of it.
To expand, I suspect that Barack Obama, child of privilege and born “black” into a left-dominated culture that fetishized him, grew up feeling entitled to his good fortune, regardless of real effort. His whole life he has had people scrambling to do for him, to see him as “the first black [fill in]” so as to be able to say to themselves “see what I did? I helped achieve this so I’m proving I’m not racist.”
Obama wanted healthcare “reform” but handed it off to Pelosi and Reid. Indeed, he bristled at any dissent, so much so, he cut off communication with Republicans on the issue last March. “I Won” Obama feels entitled to unquestioned deference — along with media facetime on his terms and whims. Just let him eat his waffle or make his tee time.
"...too much work, dude. The Once™ just wants his waffles, m’kay?
"Failing to move left fast enough for his hard shell supporters and disillusioning the moderates who were naive and desperate enough to believe his pseudocentrism have made Oboomaloompa a self-made caricature, potentially paralyzed by inexperience and ideology. Indeed, Psycho, shit could get crazy may be putting it mildly."
"A previous poster called Obama ‘America’s first prom queen president’. He is correct in the cliche Hollywood prom queen sense. You know, the grasping bitch that would step over the body of her dying grandmother to win an election."
"Obama reminds me of Princess Diana..."
December 30th, 2009
From an unfazed Associated Press:
Somali arrested at airport with chemicals, syringe
December 30, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an explosion in a case bearing chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The Somali man — whose name has not yet been released — was arrested by African Union peacekeeping troops before the Nov. 13 Daallo Airlines flight took off. It had been scheduled to travel from Mogadishu to the northern Somali city of Hargeisa, then to Djibouti and Dubai. A Somali police spokesman, Abdulahi Hassan Barise, said the suspect is in Somali custody.
"We don’t know whether he’s linked with al-Qaida or other foreign organizations, but his actions were the acts of a terrorist. We caught him red-handed," said Barise.
A Nairobi-based diplomat said the incident in Somalia is similar to the attempted attack on the Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day in that the Somali man had a syringe, a bag of powdered chemicals and liquid — tools similar to those used in the Detroit attack. The diplomat spoke on condition he not be identified because he isn’t authorized to release the information.
Barigye Bahoku, the spokesman for the African Union military force in Mogadishu, said the chemicals from the Somali suspect could have caused an explosion that would have caused air decompression inside the plane. However, Bahoku said he doesn’t believe an explosion would have brought the plane down.
A second international official familiar with the incident, also speaking on condition of anonymity because he isn’t authorized to discuss the case, confirmed that the substances carried by the Somali passenger could have been used as an explosive device.
So much for the Christmas attack being an “isolated incident.”
And isn’t it funny how there is no mention of the perpetrator’s religious persuasion?
Of course this is just another matter for local law enforcement.
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OUR NEW “POST-MODERN RACE PROBLEM.” “Steele writes an excellent essay — providing a great starting point for the self-examination that will be required of us in the years to come as we ask ourselves how this charming young man became President of the United States.”
Anarchists Of The World, Unite!
"Anarchism never was the sort of closed totalitarian system that Marxism aspired to be."
Update - EBD claims to have found the Youtube version.
I'm starting to get a little ticked off with the left's habit of ruining perfectly good words - starting with "left".
After the communists began racking up failed states and mass graves, the left appropriated "liberal". Not content with that, they screwed over "progressive". (And don't get me started on "gay".)
And "green" - for God's sake, it's a colour. Have they no shame?
Now, like water claiming ownership of "dry", the crazier among them have declared themselves "anarchists". Anarchists!
After all, these aren't difficult concepts.
This is an anarchist.
You are not anarchists.
You know, for as troublesome as anarchy might be in practical application, it's still preferable to Marxism. In a time of galloping nanny-statism, the prospect of a society purged of bureaucracy seems less threat than romance.
'I find it entertaining that she seems to see no inherent contradiction between "maximizing personal liberty" and "authority devolved to the local level and exercised through direct democracy". But then these kind of pie-in-the sky armchair politicos always seem to think themselves terribly smart when they "discover" something Enlightenment philosophers figured out three hundred years ago. We had a local "barter network" congratulate themselves endlessly on solving the problem of "I want to trade with Bob, but I don't have anything Bob wants" with the introduction of "barter dollars". Good job, geniuses, you've successfully invented money. ::facepalm::'
by snork ( 61 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Humor, LGF, Leftists, Media, Open thread, Progressives at December 30th, 2009 - 9:00 pm
Ok, it wasn’t from the blog, it was from the link viewer, but this is pretty bizarre:
This isn’t a spoof. This is completely straight-faced serious. From Denmark, this is an actual op-ed:
He is provocative in insisting on an outstretched hand, where others only see animosity.
His tangible results in the short time that he has been active – are few and far between. His greatest results have been created with words and speeches – words that remain in the consciousness of their audience and have long-term effects.
He comes from humble beginnings and defends the weak and vulnerable, because he can identify himself with their conditions.
And no we are not thinking of Jesus Christ, whose birthday has just been celebrated – - but rather the President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama.
Is pot legal there?
On the other hand, we have Jesus’ miracles that everyone still remembers, but which only benefitted a few. At the same time, we have the wonderful parables about his life and deeds that we know from the New Testament, but which have been interpreted so differently over the past 2000 years that it is impossible to give an unequivocal result of his work.
Obama is, of course, greater than Jesus – if we have to play that absurd Christmas game. But it is probably more meaningful to insist that with today’s domestic triumph, that he has already assured himself a place in the history books – a space he has good chances of expanding considerably in coming years.
Aye aye aye aye aye…
And with that, It’s open thread time.
Tags: Crazy, Denmark, Funny Farm, Insane, loony, Psychotic
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Obama turns water into Whine
You can read about it in the Holy Book of Alinski. Parables for radicals
Sigh. The Danes and Scandinavians- once the terror of Europe. Their legacy now is the Volvo and crappy furniture you need an Allen wrench to assemble.
Rasmussen: Opposition to ObamaCare Reaches New High
—Gabriel Malor
58% are opposed, with only 39% supporting the President's attempt to cripple America's healthcare system.
While several individual components of the plan are popular, reminding voters of what’s included in the plan has virtually no impact on support for the overall legislation. This suggests that there are not major surprises in the legislation that will cause people to change their opinion of it. [...]
The new figures include 19% who Strongly Favor the plan and 46% who Strongly Oppose it.
This poll is particularly useful as a snapshot of who these crazy folks are who want a healthcare bill no matter what's in it:
It is interesting to note that attitudes towards the plan vary sharply based upon what people see as the primary problem with health care today. Fifty-three percent (53%) say cost is the biggest problem while 23% cite the lack of universal coverage and 13% name the quality of care. Among those who see the lack of universal coverage as the biggest problem, 86% favor the legislation.
However, among the majority who see cost as the biggest issue, 68% are opposed.
As for those who see the quality of care as the top issue, 87% are opposed to the plan before Congress.
The universal coverage folks are kidding themselves if they think an individual mandate will result in healthcare for every American. Many will continue to go without and there's little difference between foregoing treatment because you have no insurance and foregoing treatment because a government deathpanel won't let your insurer cover it.
Posted by Gabriel Malor at
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20 Every American has healthcare already. Private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, SCHIP, illegal alien visits to Emergency Departments, prison infirmaries. Everyone is taken care of. HCR is redistribution of wealth and government control of personal health and finances. In other words... a fancy word for
theft and slavery.
