Posted on 09/14/2014 5:04:38 AM PDT by Liz
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Obama's disjointed ISIS speech was about saving his presidency. He is sinking fast... It may already be too late to save the SS Obama......teeming w/ second term disasters....the toxic brew of his Obamacare lies, middling economic growth and violent global breakdown....
....the public has tuned him out...they no longer trust him and don’t think he’s a good leader.....a tsunami of recent polls amount to a vote of no confidence.....his plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegals was put on hold to try to protect Democratics from voter wrath in November.
He has been wrong about virtually every major issue. His worldview, his politics, his prejudices, his habits — they’ve been a mismatch for the country and its needs. He has been a dud even in the one area where he seemed a lock to make things better, racial relations.
The lasting image will be his yukking it up on the golf course minutes after giving a perfunctory speech on the beheading of James Foley. It revealed him as hollow, both to America and the world, and there is no way to un-see the emptiness.
Of course, there is a possibility that America could rally around in a crisis. But a national consensus requires a president who is able to tap into a reservoir of good will and have his leadership trusted. That’s not the president we have.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Any morons who continue to vote for DemonRats deserve their pain and actually will have earned it. Morons who won’t change can have the little bit left in their pockets too. Vote for pain and receive it. Dopes and dupes.
Game over.
When a little over half of the population of my country knowingly vote for incompetence and even outright treason, then it's no longer my country.
All Obama voters have got to go.
Red State Secession Now.
That’s because they’re led by people like John McCain that actually favors funding the same terrorist groups Obama does.
It’s also because it’s let by GOPe and RNC frauds that trash the best and brightest in the Republican Party, the Conservatives and Tea Party members.
There’s simply no opposition to Obama.
Ted Cruz seems to have pulled it together better than anyone else so far. Good luck with that. You know damn well the GOPe and the RNC is in work shop sharpening their knives for his back in 2016.
No, it's surprising.
It's surprising that so many Americans have stumbled upon clarity after years of ignoring reality.
What's shocking is that they elected this man to the Presidency at all.
In their defense, many voters believed that electing Obama to the Presidency would end America's long nightmare of racism once and for all. Their intentions were good. However they ignored reality--and they foolishly ignored many highly qualified Americans of African descent any one of whom would have been an excellent President.
"Barack Obama was not ready to be president, and still isn’t."
He was never Presidential material. It was a fantasy to believe he was or ever would be.
"there is no way to un-see the emptiness"
No, there is not, but millions of people saw the emptiness from the start. Unfortunately, millions more didn't.
"That means, I fear, we are on the cusp of tragedy. It is reasonable to assume the worst-case scenarios about national security are growing increasingly likely to occur."
We have been on the cusp of tragedy since 2008. Millions knew it. Millions more did not.
This has been the objection all along: that America, its people, its children, and all the world are in great danger because of the foolishness of the majority of U.S. voters.
"our adversaries and enemies surely realize they will never face a weaker president. They must assume the next commander in chief will take a more muscular approach to America’s interests and be more determined to forge alliances than the estranged man who occupies the Oval Office now."
No, not at all.
On the contrary--they realize that the American people are not willing to face reality--to relinquish their fantasies--to override the propaganda with which they are relentlessly barraged by politicians, so-called "journalists", "celebrities", university professors, et al.--or to repudiate the decadence that has Western Civilization in a death grip and its misguided proponents.
They will assume the next commander in chief--and other agents of the U.S. Government--will be as disastrously misguided, feckless, self-serving and incompetent as those who now hold office--that Americans will continue to elect leaders of such quality as John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.
"So...any other number of despots and terrorists know they have two years to make their moves and advance their interests, and that resistance will be token, if there is any at all."
Nonsense.
They know very well that they have plenty of time, that resistance will be token, if there is any at all, because the majority of Americans lack the clarity needed.
"Throw in the fact that Europe largely has scrapped its military might to pay for its welfare states, and the entire West is a diminished, confused opponent, ripe for the taking."
Yes. It's called decadence.
Millions of Americans oppose it.
In them is sheltered the hope of the world.
That would be Racist!/sarc
That’s a good one. I’m going to use it to taunt the lefties ;’)
Lol - I thought it was pretty cute. Simple, clever.
We will probably LOSE seats because of the Purists and they will CELEBRATE it!!
“Humans do not directly eat this corn.”
Back in the 1930’s, corn grain was used directly as home heating fuel, and there are still auger-fed corn-burning stoves available today. When the corn prices went so sky-high, because of the competing uses for corn, the grain-burning stoves largely disappeared, or were sold as sawdust-pellet stoves.
Some of the stoves were fitted so they could burn the entire stalk and leaves too. This trash left in the fields after harvest is still referred to as “stover”.
He has no respect for the conventional government machinery; despite his incompetence and his utter indifference to the majority of the electorate, he and his followers will find a way to hang on to power past 2016.
Obama’s Magic is gone—Only the Blacks will lockstep vote for his party. Most will stay home or vote GOP. This will be a landslide—Now we must ready a GOP person to replace Obama-Hillary love fest. What should our person be like?
A) he must be white, (Trust is the focus) B) He must be confident. C) he should be clean—so unlike an corruption hints. D) he should be married. E) he should be a Vet. F) He should be able to able to speak well and inspire people.
stover
On the other hand the Mongolians kept warm by burning cowpies, guess it is relative to how cold you are and what is available.
Origin of STOVER
Middle English, modification of Anglo-French estovers necessary supplies, from estover to be necessary, ultimately from Latin est opus there is need
First Known Use: 14th century
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stover
I actually was referring to feed corn, thinking that the price of it was still causing livestock reductions and the resulting inflation of the price of meat.
With this much excess corn, why is there a reduced beef herd? The price of meat is outrageous. I am considering only eating the meat that I kill myself if it keeps going in this direction.
Get over yourself. Romney’s a freaking liberal loser. Always has been, always will be. If you don’t like conservatism get lost.
Anchors Away Bottoms Up
Kiss’n Davy Jones butt and soon
The times they are a’changin’
The iceberg called Reality
Meets the PhoToOpObamalith
Oh vell,, drift haPPens..
Both tectonically and politically.
Not even global warming can melt
The massive ice sheets of Earth
Nor can man plug a volcano..
Or shatter icebergs with hollow rhetoric.
On to November!
Only about 10% have changed their minds about seeing him as a phony. 40% still support him. 50% always knew he was a fraud.
America’s ship is sinking and there’s no leadership available to help.
The Republicans are a joke with most of them unworthy of my vote because if they had power they’d poke smaller holes in the ship than the Democrats and call it a “victory”.
I don’t raise cattle, but live among those who do.
My understanding is 1) since cattle graze most of their lives, supplemented with feed, some of which comes from the leftovers of ethanol production, drought has impacted the herd more than ethanol. 2) Cattle are corn fed near the end of their lives before slaughter. I think the corn is, again, mixed with hay (drought-impacted)and the feedstock left after ethanol production.
I know that feeder calves are very expensive. I guess this is just a consequence of a smaller overall herd.
Here in farm country, we can buy directly from the producer, The local stores have sales of whole muscle cuts from local producers every 5-6 months, at significant savings. I buy maybe 30-35 pounds of top sirloin and NY strip for around $100-$150 at these sales and portion it myself. We still eat steak and roast far less than we used to. I buy sale meat for other dishes and often grind my own beef from these sale cuts ($3-$4)pound. I also mix it 1/2 & 1/2 w/venison to stretch the beef.
So, I think drought has had more of an influence than the price of feed corn. Perhaps the grazing regulations out West have had a big impact, as well.
Chicken and pigs also eat corn and there have been widespread diseases among both, cutting supply. Regulations have tightened on big chicken and pig operations, as well, making production more expensive. I raised chickens back in the day. Even then (1970s/80s)it cost me 4x more for home-raised birds than store bought.
Then, there is the impact of the costs of butchering, packing and transportation. Even in farm towns, locker meat (locally produced and butchered) is up over $1 a pound over a couple of years ago.
Butter, of course, is through the roof, as well. $4-$5/lb is not unusual. I buy 4 pounds for under $13 at Sam’s, which is the cheapest around here and those are summer prices.
A local vet mentioned that the paperwork and time involved to move live animals is also exorbitant. So, I would add regulations in general to the cost increases. And don’t forget the cost of fuel for every aspect of production.
80 acre dairy farms, with lots of equipment and infrastructure and a house sell around here for $400k and are on the market a long time. No one really wants to get into traditional farming, as the margins are tight. I see farm families at the supermarket and if they have 3 or more kids, their grocery bills, excluding meat, are very high. Many are on WIC and food stamps.
My area attracts the lefty organic farmers. A few old timers do well because of savvy marketing. They employ legal green card Mexicans who are sent home every Fall. The farmers must provide travel from Mexico and back, housing and one-two large meals a day while here and I gather it is expensive, but young Americans will not do this work and that includes working the organic veggie farms. Most of the start up organic veggie farmers go broke. There are scads of regulations involved, as well. The Americans who do work on farms are a PITA who think they should be the boss,not the field hand. The don’t show up, they don’t work hard and they will quit just before harvest. The reduced growing season has impacted tomatoes and peppers, too. This year, the cold summer meant fewer ripened fruits and the tomatoes were below average in taste
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