Posted on 06/09/2013 4:50:27 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
June 9th, 2013
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; Michael Hayden, former head of the CIA and the National Security Agency.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pre-empted by coverage of the French Open.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and John Dingell, D-Mich.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Mark Udall, D-Colo.; Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Udall, Cummings; Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Well, it’s still disappointing.
You were in Vietnam. Even then you had officers who would sell out their entire unit for a promotion or a plum assignment. You also had officers you would die for, and they would die for you.
I always thought Hayden was in the middle somewhere, as most men are. I respected him, because he was a Colonel and would up very high in the military intel elite (actually as high as you can go).
Over the years, however, especially since retirement, I’ve come to hate government and other people telling me what to do—or not do. Face it, the elite are elite because they like being bosses. Which means they must BOSS others. They’re so full of themselves, they think every thought is a wonderous idea, and must ordain it so to the little people who make up their fawning world.
I hate mankind. Come, Jesus, soon!
for as long as I can remember.
“I will take my chances of being blown up rather than losing my freedom.”
The need for a LIMITED G’ment grows apparent by the minute. The flip side is that everyone will need to deal with the risks.
Do away with the TSA ans Airport security??? YES
I am knee deep in a lot of stuff here in the swamps but I’m paying attention to all these scandals.
Here’s my thoughts....read ‘em and weep.
I think Obama,and the Democrats, are going to be eroded over and over by these scandals. Like Rush says, this country will NOT impeach this country’s first elected black president.
Nor should we, I’d sadly agree.
I do not think for a nano-second that the GOP political elite didn’t know about those IRS audits and why, oh why, didn’t they get out before the election and broadcast what was going on?
You don’t think GOP constituents didn’t complain to their congress critters? The blue blood GOP, ie McCain et al, they knew this, they knew about Democratic mishandling of mortgages in the first decade of 2000, they knew a while lot yet they let it go on. They never fought back.
I don’t blame President Obama or the Democrats for doing what they do. Sure it’s unethical, but they don’t care a bout ethics! They fight dirty and unless the opposition party too fights dirty, we essentially have NO opposition party.
I think that by the time the Obama administration limps to the end of the four years there will be so much damage, like the Carter admin. Nobody paid any attention to Carter his last two years in office....he was so bad and the country knew it.
This pounding on the admin. over these scandals, no it’s not going to cause the electorate to rise up in rage and throw the bums out.
But the bad news will damage Obama’s legacy, the country’s idealogical balance will tilt right.
Just a hunch.
Rand Paul gave a stupid response on immigration. His assertion that we need to import more workers while 23 million Americans are looking for full-time employment is nonsense.
In California - these large numbers of Unemployed Americans will not pick fruit or Vegies. They make too much money that is stolen from you and me by the IRS and all the other G’ment agencies. All of this is done through our support of the people we voted to office.
"Social justice" would be fine if the church wanted to provide it. But no, they want the government to do it...frigging RATs.
I am well. The cardio doctor woke me after surgery and told me—get this—”Good news! You didn't have a heart attack. You just had a little cholesterol buildup which I basically pushed out during the procedure. You can go home in 4 hours, don't exercise and drive for 24 hours, and I'll see you in one year.”
So, I'm relieved, but then slightly angry. So I asked him, “Wait. My endocrinologist (I am a diabetic) told me I had a heart attack, my GP said the same, and after extensive (and exhausting) testing at your cardio lab, you said I had had a heart attack. How can you say now I didn't???”
He replied, “Well, sometimes you just don't know until you actually go in and look. So don't worry. This is good news!”
Now I'm thinking, for the past month I've been on pins and needles. I didn't feel ANY heart attack. But they all said I had one. And I've really, really been scared I'd have another, not even feeling it to call 911 or take the nitro pills they gave me. And then I'd die. So I was afraid over this past month to do much of anything, except on the computer.
So, yes, that procedure went very well. Now I need to get over my worries and move on!
The similarities are indeed scary.
The thing is, the TSA screening function is like closing the barn long after the livestock left.
There will NEVER be another successful hijacking of an aircraft by a handfull of terrorists, because the male passengers will beat the living HELL out of them, as in “Let’s Roll”. I know I will. Better to lose my life fighting, even unsuccessfully, then sit in the seat and fly into a building.
I guess one of the biggest questions now is will Marco sign on to the amnesty bill now floating around in the Senate while knowing that the chances of it or even a version of it ever seeing any daylight in the House are remote?
Ron Johnson on FOX. on Govt SUrveillance -
Gen. Hayden - Wallace says there 3 billion phone calls being recorded every day- why not just target the “bad Guys” up front?
Gen Hayden talks to Chris like he’s a five year old. - We just ask the “data base” about the one bad guy. But they do keep the records. (For how long? Sounds like forever as far as I can tell) Claims there are no records of abuse. (LOLOLOL - how would we know if there was any abuse? Can you say IRS???????)
Hayden claims Obama has added even more safeguards to prevent any “abuse”. Wow.
Ron Johnson says American people have lost faith in being able to trust their govt. Americans SHOULD be very skeptical of their govt.
Wallace asks about Benghazi talking points/Susan Rice. Hayden says the most unusual thing about the talking points is that the CIA was writing the talking points. WHAT???? - is he throwing the CIA under the bus?
And how long did the IRS abuse the Tea Party before records of such came out? And how long did the IRS abuse the Tea Party before records of such came out? Another problem.
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The IRS scandal is a big story now but the complaints from the Tea Party types goes back a couple of years.
Don't take Hayden's point lightly.
Abuse by NSA is certainly possible and particularly so given the predisposition of the Obama Administration to exploit the powers of Government Agencies for political advantage.
But, AFAIK, there are no examples of political exploitation resulting from the NSA surveillance. That is Hayden's point and I think he is correct.
Never say Never. Too many instances in history where everyone forgets and the past repeats itself.
When people get fat and lazy they have “too” much to loose. Well, we as a country are at this point. The list of items that would need to be fixed is long. LIMITED G’ment
Do away with the TSA.
Rand Paul knows far more about this program than our weak kneed spokesmen like Krystal Bill. Let’s get his logic straight, we can’t trust the IRS but we can trust the Intelligence Dept. to not go after the Tea Party. Sure Bill.
Pray for America to Wake Up
Dang! I am sorry, but that's what Bing and Yahoo said last night, "Pre-empted by coverage of the French Open."
Glad to see that some of us have not lost our sense of humor
Especially if they never end.Benghazi alone is a huge smoking gun.
I hate going up against your judgment but I sense a big turn around in the next election.
Ha, ha! you got me!
I should really read beyond the first line BEFORE replying.
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