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		<title>The Real Gitmo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Nursery Rhymes, The Keys to Today&#8217;s Administration? [Reader Post]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skookum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you swear and look for a cyber rock to throw, read and contemplate the wisdom of nursery rhymes that have withstood the test of time. Now the can be applied to the Obama administration in frightful clarity.
Obama’s Election:
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner
Eating a Christmas Pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before you swear and look for a cyber rock to throw, read and contemplate the wisdom of nursery rhymes that have withstood the test of time. Now the can be applied to the Obama administration in frightful clarity.</p>
<p>Obama’s Election:</p>
<p>Little Jack Horner<br />
Sat in the corner<br />
Eating a Christmas Pie;<br />
He put in his thumb,<br />
And pulled out a plum,<br />
And said, What a good boy am I</p>
<p>Little Barack Obama<br />
Cursed by his mama’s drama<br />
Given the Affirmative Action pie<br />
He admired himself and learned to lie<br />
He won the election plum<br />
I can win, no matter how dumb</p>
<p>A Wartime President’s Confusion: <span id="more-30350"></span></p>
<p>I’m the king of the castle,<br />
Get down you dirty rascal.<br />
I don’t care if there is a war<br />
I’m so busy, and generals are a boor<br />
I’ve won a Nobel Peace Prize<br />
What’s war to me, but excuses and lies</p>
<p>Yankee Doodle</p>
<p>Yankee Doodle came to town<br />
Riding on a pony<br />
He stuck a father in his cap<br />
And called it macaroni</p>
<p>Before the American Revolution, the British troops ridiculed the American colonials for their country ways and dress. The Americans had a habit of wearing a feather in their hats and their hair was often unruly. The British troops were required to keep their hair tied at the back in a small pony tail, this pony tail was referred to as macaroni and thus the British regular considered it far superior to an American’s typical hairstyle. Thus the song was written by British troops to embarrass the colonials with their rustic hairstyle and appearance. </p>
<p>At the Cornwallis surrender, the American band played Yankee Doodle while the British soldiers surrendered their rifles, in an effort to add insult to injury. </p>
<p>Barack Obama came to DC town<br />
Riding a train like a foolish clown<br />
Pretending he was Lincoln<br />
Right then, I stopped believe’n</p>
<p>Ring Around The Rosie</p>
<p>Ring-a-round the rosies<br />
A pocketful of posies<br />
Ashes, Ashes<br />
We all fall down</p>
<p>This was a game devised by children to make light of people dieing of the Black Plague, in the early 17th century, during the time while Shakespeare was putting on his plays in the Globe Theater. People who contracted the disease would fall ill suddenly, the first indication was an appearance of red rings with pustules in the center, the person would then become dizzy and walk in a circle and fall over dead. To combat the disease, people carried posies and ashes, if these failed, death at least came very quickly. The streets of London were littered with so many dead that special wagons were hired to haul away the bodies. Children will be children and the game is still played today, but without the ghoulish knowledge of the past.</p>
<p>Ring Around Rosie</p>
<p>Obama leads us on a fool’s game<br />
Trust in me, George, he was so lame<br />
I’ve got him to lay all the blame<br />
With lemmings and fools I play, tis all the same</p>
<p>It’s ring around the Marxist<br />
And you be racist if you resist<br />
now we hold hands and sing Obama’s creed<br />
And if you want to be rich or have a need<br />
You can now be a Socialist indeed</p>
<p>Ring around the rosie<br />
Ashes, ashes and we all fall down </p>
<p>Queen of Hearts:</p>
<p>The Queen of Hearts<br />
She made some tarts<br />
All on a summer’s day;<br />
The knave of Hearts<br />
He stole the tarts,<br />
And took them clean away.</p>
<p>Queen of Hearts, Revised:</p>
<p>Our Queen of Hearts<br />
Came to DC to get a head start<br />
Her husband so wily and dull<br />
Can rewrite history in minute detail<br />
Especially if Bill Ayers ain’t in jail<br />
Stand aside, let a woman throw the bull</p>
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		<title>Bush or Obama: The Quiz</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  President Bush was famous for lacking &#8220;intellectual curiosity&#8221;, while President Obama has been called &#8220;the smartest guy ever to become President.&#8221;   Which one reads more books, Bush or Obama?
2.  Bush was often considered to be in the grip of Big Oil.  In contrast, Obama was a Harvard educated lawyer. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>1.  President Bush was famous for lacking &#8220;intellectual curiosity&#8221;, while President Obama has been called &#8220;the smartest guy ever to become President.&#8221;   Which one reads more books, Bush or Obama?</p>
<p>2.  Bush was often considered to be in the grip of Big Oil.  In contrast, Obama was a Harvard educated lawyer.  Which industry contributed more than five times as much as the other to politicians: the oil &#038; gas industry or lawyers/law firms?</p>
<p>3.  Bush&#8217;s Christian faith was at the core of his political identity, and he was considered  to be in the grip of the &#8220;religious right&#8221;, while Obama is considered more open-minded.  In fact, Obama has said, &#8220;my faith is one that admits some doubt.&#8221;  Which one refers to Jesus more in public speeches?</p>
<p>4.  Bush was criticized for excessive federal spending and running up huge deficits.  Bush&#8217;s deficit in 2008 was the largest in history.  In fact, President Obama said,<br />
<blockquote>    &#8220;It&#8217;s a little hard for me to take criticism from folks about this recovery package after they&#8217;ve presided over a doubling of the national debt&#8230; What I won&#8217;t do is return to the failed theories of the last eight years that got us into this fix in the first place.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Whose deficit was more than triple the size of the other&#8217;s: <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/bush_or_obama_the_quiz.html">Bush&#8217;s 2008 deficit or Obama&#8217;s 2009 deficit?</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>(NYT) U.N.Says Iran Ignoring Nuke Deal; Israeli PM Meets w Barack&#8230;no press allowed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you listen to what the Iranians have said publicly and privately over the past week,” one senior administration official said Sunday, “it’s evident that they simply cannot bring themselves to do the deal.” The administration officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were speaking about delicate diplomatic exchanges.
Washington (CNN) &#8212; President Obama [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“If you listen to what the Iranians have said publicly and privately over the past week,” one senior administration official said Sunday, “it’s evident that they simply cannot bring themselves to do the deal.” The administration officials <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/world/middleeast/09iran.html?_r=1&#038;hp">spoke on the condition of anonymity </a>because they were speaking about delicate diplomatic exchanges.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Washington (CNN) &#8212; President Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday evening after a rough stretch in U.S. efforts to settle the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  The White House announced the meeting on Sunday.<br />
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Netanyahu is scheduled to address a conference of Jewish groups in Washington on Monday, but <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/08/us.israel/">no meetings had been scheduled between the U.S. and Israeli leaders as of late last week</a>, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday.</p></blockquote>
<p>Chuck Todd at MSNBC is reporting on Facebook that the press is not being allowed to cover the meeting, and there won&#8217;t even be a press corps rep.</p>
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		<title>Will A Diverse Coalition Based On Myths Survive? [Reader Post]</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2009/11/06/will-a-diverse-coalition-based-on-myths-survive-reader-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skookum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Borrowing from a myriad of myths, Obama has ridden the myth phenomenon into the White House. There is an underlying problem with myths, they are most often based on falsehoods, exaggerations, and innuendos. Can a presidency based on myths survive four years? Perhaps we can draw a conclusion if we examine his personal myths with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src='http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/gallery/reader-pictures/prometheus.jpg' alt='prometheus' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' align="right" width="300" />Borrowing from a myriad of myths, Obama has ridden the myth phenomenon into the White House. There is an underlying problem with myths, they are most often based on falsehoods, exaggerations, and innuendos. Can a presidency based on myths survive four years? Perhaps we can draw a conclusion if we examine his personal myths with perspicuity.</p>
<p>The Ubermenschen Myth, Obama’s myth designers borrowed heavily from Nietzsche’s concept of Ubermenschen symbolism. In the novel, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, written in 1883, by Friedrich Nietzsch, features Zarathustra the protagonist, who offers his gift to mankind, the idea of Ubermenschen. A literal translation of Ubermenschen from my high school German, translates Uber as over or superior, while menschen would translate to the species of man. Mankind or especially the Middle Class is unaware that a problem exists, let alone that man himself is the problem; therefore, Zaraththustra must convince mankind that man is the problem and that the concept of Ubermenschen is the solution.</p>
<p>Thus says Zarathustra, “I teach you the everman. Man Is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him.”</p>
<p>Using bible verse and prose as a template, Zarathustra proceeds to discredit Christianity and Semitism in an attempt to revise traditional morality. Thus nihilism and existentialism are the precepts of a new meaning of man’s relationship to the earth and rejection of asceticism and spirituality. Rejecting minor details such as a man’s soul being released upon mortification of the body, Zarathustra argues that the soul is merely an aspect of the body. Although Obama spent twenty years in the church of Black Liberation, the emphasis seems to be more towards racism than Christianity. Neutralizing the traditional Judeo-Christian ethics has evolved into a form of secular humanism, with sympathies for Islam, in reverence for a father he never knew, Obama bases his personal and political philosophy on this unexplained and undefined relationship with the earth and the environment in a poorly executed parody of Zarathustra’s quest for a dignified new values of co-existence with the earth. Now with Obama’s pledge of trust and dedication, we the Middle Class are to assume a type of self-flagellating vow of poverty, while the rest of the world is given the chance to participate in the production and marketing that made the US a powerful nation, while disregarding Al Gore’s ascendancy to billionaire status and George Soro’s acquires the wealth he needs to achieve the deity status he craves. <span id="more-30230"></span></p>
<p>Zarathustra teaches that a new meaning for life will be redefined by new values that unleash a new individuality and an artistic brilliance that will be fine tuned by future generations. The Existentialist must reject standard ideas of academic philosophy, just as Obama has found supposed flaws within the Constitution, in that it is incomplete at best. Thus the Existentialist Obama envisions a new concept of freedom based on a collective individuality of purpose with requisite wealth redistribution. Old ideas of egalitarian modernity are to be replaced by high achievement and artistic brilliance. The phrase “Hope and Change” reflects the promise of high achievement and artistic brilliance tempered with huge stimulus funds to the NEA so that they become propagandists rather than artists. Their artistic brilliance is subverted to reflect the high achievement and artistic brilliance of Obama. Unwittingly, Obama creates himself as a Machiavelian partisan who is trying to crush the egalitarian values of the Middle class and replace them with his own value system, the Obama Collective of Social Justice. </p>
<p>There can be no doubt that he considers himself an Ubermenschen type savior, not only for the US, but possibly for the world. He has stressed his need to redistribute wealth, to take from the wealthy and give to the poor; citing this as one of the fundamental flaws within the Constitution, its fundamental failure to address the basic need to redistribute wealth. Thus he employs the Robin Hood Myth and captures a sycophantic following that is an amalgam of both the poor and lazy. The Robin Hood persona is their only chance for success, thus again the vision of a savior offers an alternative to that ever elusive lottery ticket. Of course they will follow the Robin Hood candidate, what do they have to lose.</p>
<p>Being billed as a great intellect was intriguing in the beginning, yet a few teleprompter malfunctions belied this the first of the myths to crumble. Americans have faith in intelligence; consequently, there has never been a gifted intellect, in the public sector, who felt the need to secure all his academic records. Thus Obama remains an enigma and the question of a free pass from Affirmative Action seems to be a distinct possibility. </p>
<p>The myth of being a gifted writer has disintegrated but for all the most vacuous lemming faithful. First by the analysis of Jack Cashill and later by Michelle’s admission of Ayers duplicity in Anderson’s coffee table book on life with the Obamas, it is obvious that a fraud has been perpetrated and that Bill Ayers wrote the book, Dreams of My Father. This supposition of being a zero at written composition is further evidenced by Obama’s tenure as the editor of the Harvard Law Review, however the position seems to have been an honorary position, because he wrote….nothing.</p>
<p>The myth of a great orator is possibly the only myth with a grain of truth, he can speak well; but only with the aid of a teleprompter, an indisputable fact, after malfunctioning teleprompters exposed a stuttering and dithering speaker. </p>
<p>It is true Obama can direct a campaign audience with skill and whip up enthusiasm bordering on hysteria; yet like Mussolini before him, a population tires of endless campaigns with no tangible results. The Governor races of New Jersey and Virginia confirmed the fact that the public is no longer enthralled with a perpetual campaign.</p>
<p>Basing a campaign on a series of myths with no substance is a dangerous gamble, but to run an administration based on myths with no substance is political suicide. The demographics that are prone to believe such myths based on half truths and innuendos over time and against common sense will lack the courage, intelligence, and integrity to carry a politician through difficult times. To paraphrase Reverend Wright, eventually your chickens will come home to roost. </p>
<p>The myth of Obama as a world visionary and international statesmen has been disintegrating rapidly, since his apologetic attitudes and willingness to negotiate with depots and dictators, without preconditions: while seen by Liberals as an honorable approach, it is regarded as weakness and spinelessness by the international community. Consequently, our enemies laugh at us and our allies are reluctant to trust us. </p>
<p>Epilogue: The concept of an Ubermenschen type Messiah or hero relates at least as far back as the legend of the Greek Titan god Prometheus of the 6th century BC. Prometheus was an ever suffering hero of mankind, who not only created mankind from clay, but gave mankind much comfort in the world. These same acts of benevolence kept him in direct conflict with his boss, Zeus. </p>
<p>His first major infraction was stealing the meat from the gods’ table before a feast and giving it to man; but the final straw was when he stole the fire from the gods and smuggled it to mankind in a fennel stalk. Hard to picture, like Obama posing as an intellectual, but that is the story. </p>
<p>For his benevolence towards man, Zeus sentenced him to be tied to a stake and have his liver eaten by an eagle every day. Eventually, Herakles took pity on Prometheus, released him and what was left of his liver, (some argue that it was the heart, I like the liver story).</p>
<p>Thus Obama’s myth makers have not created a new persona, these Messiah and Robin Hood types who endeavor to save mankind from itself and the whims of fickle gods are over 2500 years old.</p>
<p>With a naïve and intellectually bewildered segment of the population, these same myths can obviously be resurrected occasionally and used to elect a president.</p>
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		<title>How To Become A &#8216;Citizen Of The World&#8217; [Reader Post]</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2009/11/04/how-to-become-a-citizen-of-the-world-reader-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2008, then presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered  a                             historic campaign speech in Germany. With the Berlin Wall as a back drop, Obama  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the summer of 2008, then presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered  a                             historic campaign speech in Germany. With the Berlin Wall as a back drop, Obama                             proudly informed the masses that he was not there as a                         candidate, but as &#8220;&#8230;a fellow                             citizen of the world.&#8221;</p>
<p>The crowd went crazy and the world rejoiced. Finally, the United States was ready                             to join the community of man.</p>
<p>In what former U.S. ambassador to the UN <span>John Bolton</span> calls our first                      <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODA2YzJmNTkwYmFmZDk4MTQwNWFkYzJjNzM5Y2MwMmE=" target="_blank">post-American President</a>, Obama has bestowed instant cachet on the growing ranks of Americans who revel in the thought of being the first in their own social set to be considered cutting edge &#8216;citizens of the world.&#8217; Especially since joining this community of global citizens confers upon them automatic (albeit, unearned) virtue, along with instant and unassailable moral stature.</p>
<p>For those of you who just aren&#8217;t with it, (like Christians, conservatives and a few                     Republicans) here are the latest, up to the minute, details on how to gain                     inclusion in this trendy and politically correct group.</p>
<p>To become a &#8216;citizen of the world,&#8217; you must first and foremost declare your support for the                     disenfranchised. Preferably in front of a camera in a very public forum.                     Just pick a group of victims upon whom you will bestow                     your empathy and support. The only caveat being that they reside in underdeveloped                     countries ruled by misunderstood men of good will like Uganda, or Cuba, or Somalia,                     or&#8230;well, you get my drift. Oh, and make sure everyone understands that these                     victims are only victims because of George W. Bush and/or America. <span id="more-30161"></span></p>
<p>Next, you must ardently advocate the spending of other people&#8217;s money in order to                     help these poor victims. If you&#8217;re one of the fortunate &#8216;non-rich,&#8217; (meaning your income                     is under $250,000 and/or you receive a government check every month)                      then a straight party line vote for                     the Democrats, frequent letters to the editor and a catchy bumper sticker are strongly recommended.</p>
<p>In addition, you must make yourself available for the occasional photo-op or rally,                     and vocalize your support for all of Obama&#8217;s                     policies to every-one you know. (T-shirts                     are a very cool way to do this.)</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re unfortunate enough and greedy enough to have an annual income over $250,000,                         your membership entrance requirements are a bit more stringent. The good news is,                         you can skip right over victims and concentrate on vital issues like global warming                         or the evils of capitalism.</p>
<p>For all you rich guys out there, its recommended that you use whatever influence                     you have to advocate for whichever policy Obama is currently trying to foist                     on the American public. Bumper stickers won&#8217;t do it, guys. You need to atone big                     time.</p>
<p>Not to worry, just contact <a href="http://DNC.org" title="http://DNC.org" class="autohyperlink" target="_blank">DNC.org&#8230;</a> and they will give you a list of organizations                     you should  support. And since you&#8217;ve made all that money on the backs                     of the poor, social justice requires that you give back some of your own money,                     instead of merely advocating the expenditure of other people&#8217;s money.</p>
<p>A list of approved recipient groups will be provided free of charge. It is recommended                     that you give early and often. ACORN is the most needy cause as of this writing.                     But whatever group you decide to donate your bucks to, rest assured, Obama is in                     the process of making those donations tax deductible.</p>
<p>If you happen to be filthy rich and/or an elected official, different rules apply.                     In order to be considered a citizen of the world, all you have to do is believe                     (faking belief  is totally OK) in Obama&#8217;s vision of utopia. You must believe, or at least                     profess to believe, that world peace is possible, that the earth is melting, that                     diplomacy trumps war and that America is the cause of all the world&#8217;s problems.                     Other that that, the only real requirement is a constant and sustained effort to                     ensure that global governance trumps American sovereignty.</p>
<p><em><strong>Hat-tip:</strong> it wouldn&#8217;t hurt if you make known that yours was one                         of the Swiss bank accounts the Obama administration recently forced the Swiss to                         disclose. That alone will ensure you are recognized by the right people.</em></p>
<p>There you have it, fellow comrades. If you have followed the above steps, we want                     to officially welcome you as a new &#8216;citizen of the world.&#8217; Take a load off. You                     are now eligible to engage in global groupthink, which means that you will never                     again be forced to make any moral, financial or life decisions on your own. More                     membership perks are already in the works, and you guys will be the first to benefit! Kumbaya</p>
<p><em>Crossposted from <a href="http://rightbias.com/news/110109citizen.aspx">Right Bias</a></em></p>
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		<title>Something else to &#8220;V&#8221;isit on Tuesdays&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wordsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Glenn Garvin  McClatchy/Chicago Tribune News (Hat tip:  NoisyRoom.net):
Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-tc-tvcolumn-v-1102-1103nov03,0,7062976.story">Glenn Garvin  McClatchy/Chicago Tribune News</a> (Hat tip:  <a href="http://noisyroom.net/blog/2009/11/03/v-aims-at-obamamania/">NoisyRoom.net</a>):</p>
<blockquote><p>Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.</p>
<p>The news media swoons in admiration &#8212; one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you show some respect?!&#8221; The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader&#8217;s origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: &#8220;Embracing change is never easy.&#8221;</p>
<p>So, does that sound like anyone you know? Oh, wait &#8212; did I mention the leader is secretly a totalitarian space lizard who&#8217;s come here to eat us?<br />
<span id="more-30153"></span><br />
Welcome to ABC&#8217;s &#8220;V,&#8221; the most fascinating and bound to be the most controversial new show of the fall television season. Nominally a rousing sci-fi space opera about alien invaders bent on the conquest (and digestion) of all humanity, it&#8217;s also a barbed commentary on Obamamania that will infuriate the president&#8217;s supporters and delight his detractors.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re all so quick to jump on the bandwagon,&#8221; observes one character. &#8220;A ride on the bandwagon, it sounds like fun. But before we get on, let us at least make sure it is sturdy.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I remember the old mini-series (not so much the subsequent tv series).</p>
<p>Apparently, the parallels to current events are striking enough, that the show is being &#8220;softened&#8221;.  By way of <a href="http://midnightbluesays.com/2009/10/friday-blend.html">MidnightBlue</a>, another columnist, <a href="http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/tv/2009/10/ask-tj-new-v-hits-close-to-the-present.html">Tom Jicha</a>, notes:</p>
<blockquote><p>The teasers running on ABC offer a hint of this. “They gave us hope. We gave them our trust.” Who does that bring to mind? Of course, the Visitors (hence the title), after promising things like universal health care and peace in a one world government, turn out to be totally evil. They attempt to seize control of the media, favoring those who don’t challenge them or ask probing questions about their real agenda, which turns out to be the annihilation of humanity. The heroes are everyday people, who form a grass roots resistance movement. Supposedly, the show is being slightly re-conceptualized to soften or remove events some might interpret as negative parallels to today.</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Subtle&#8221; is fine.  But don&#8217;t water down the political allegory!  </p>
<p>Hopefully by &#8220;softening&#8221;, it just means they changed the acting role of the lead lizard from a black male actor to that of a white female (Hillary?).</p>
<p>&#8220;V&#8221; for &#8220;Vendetta&#8221;?  No!  &#8220;V&#8221; for &#8220;Visitor&#8221;?  Sorta&#8230;..&#8221;V&#8221; for &#8220;Victory&#8221;?  In 2010 and 2012, yes we will!</p>
<p>The show airs on ABC, Tuesday nights.</p>
<p>Trailer:<br />
<center><br />
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<p>The first 9 minutes:</p>
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*UPDATE*</strong></p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://OwntheWorld.com" title="http://OwntheWorld.com" class="autohyperlink" target="_blank">OwntheWorld.com&#8230;</a>&#8217;s trailer, <a href="http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=9198"><font SIZE=4>&#8220;O&#8221;</font></a>.</p>
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		<title>Obama Waffles Some More On Afghanistan &amp; Rush Nails Him</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rush said earlier that he doesn&#8217;t believe Obama really cares what happens in Afghanistan&#8230;only what the war can do for him, and now the dithering liberal is dithering some more.  10 months wasn&#8217;t enough you see:
Axelrod said Obama would announce a war strategy &#8220;within weeks.&#8221; A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rush said earlier that he doesn&#8217;t believe Obama really cares what happens in Afghanistan&#8230;only what the war can do for him, and now the dithering liberal is dithering some more.  <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan">10 months wasn&#8217;t enough you see</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Axelrod said Obama would announce a war strategy &#8220;within weeks.&#8221; A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that Obama has still not yet decided what to do, and it remains unclear whether he will decide before he goes to Asia on Nov. 11.</p></blockquote>
<p>Here is what Rush <a href="http://storyballoon.org/2009/11/01/rush-limbaughs-interview-with-chris-wallace-video-transcript/">said earlier and it&#8217;s dead on accurate</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>WALLACE: Let’s talk about a couple of the big issues the president is dealing with now — first of all, Afghanistan. You suggest that he is taking all of this time to decide what to do in Afghanistan to keep his left-wing base on board for health care reform.</p>
<p>RUSH: Well, it’s partly that, but I also don’t think he cares much about it. I think once…</p>
<p>WALLACE: Well, come on.</p>
<p>RUSH: No, I — no, see, this is — I know this is going to sound controversial, but I don’t think he cares that — if he — Chris, if he cared about — we’ve got soldiers and their families worrying about what we’re going to do. The general on the ground said we need some more troops.</p>
<p>The policy that he implemented in March he now doesn’t like and is trying to figure out how best to make everybody happy here politically on his side of the aisle and also for his image. Democrats have a tendency to be seen as weak on defense, so he’s battling with that.</p>
<p>But again, if he cared about victory — remember, he said about Afghanistan victory is not something he’s comfortable with, the concept. It reminds him of the Japanese surrendering on the USS Missouri. It made him very uncomfortable.</p>
<p>He wants to manage this rather than achieve victory. He says these things. I don’t know if people actually listen and have them register when he does. <span id="more-30080"></span></p>
<p>WALLACE: But you say you don’t know that he really cares. Do you at least give him credit for going to Dover, Delaware to honor the remains of soldiers, dead soldiers, who came back from Afghanistan?</p>
<p>RUSH: You know, see, the politically correct thing to say here would be, “Oh, yes, I am very impressed that President Obama decided to go show his concern for the remains, troops who’ve given their lives for freedom in this country.”</p>
<p><strong>It was a photo op. It was a photo op precisely because he’s having big-time trouble on this whole Afghanistan dithering situation. He found one family that would allow photos to be taken. None of the others did.</strong></p>
<p><strong>And of course, when you have a sycophantic media following you around, able to promote and amplify whatever you want</strong>, then he can create the impression that he has all this great concern, but the — Bush did this…</p>
<p>WALLACE: Well, no…</p>
<p>RUSH: … but no cameras.</p>
<p>WALLACE: I don’t know that he ever went to Dover, Delaware.</p>
<p>RUSH: No, he went to see the families.</p>
<p>WALLACE: Yes, he certainly went to see the families.</p>
<p>RUSH: But he didn’t make photo ops out of it. The…</p>
<p>WALLACE: Well, but the argument would be that it was political of Bush not to be seen with the coffins because he was trying to hide it, hide the cost of war from the American people.</p>
<p>RUSH: Well, I have the benefit of knowing George Bush a little bit, and I — I — I’ve seen him cry talking about missions that he’s ordered. I think he has a great, profound, deep respect for the families of all military personnel, and those who have died…</p>
<p>WALLACE: But I don’t disagree with that…</p>
<p>RUSH: … and I — he’s not going to use them.</p>
<p>WALLACE: But you don’t think that Barack Obama has a profound respect for our soldiers and the families that are giving the sacrifice?</p>
<p>RUSH: Chris, <strong>throughout the Iraq war, it was Barack Obama and the Democrat Party which actively sought the defeat of the U.S. military. They convened hearings and accused General Petraeus of lying. They said the surge would not work.</p>
<p>Harry Reid stands up, waves the white flag — this war is lost. Jack Murtha is out saying our Marines at Haditha are guilty of rape. John Kerry is accusing our Marines of committing terrorism acts by going into the homes of Iraqis at midnight in the dark terrorizing, looking for Al Qaida or whoever was there.</p>
<p>Yeah. I mean, look. I hate to be honest with you here, but I do question their commitment to national security. I question their commitment to the U.S. military. They’ll put their political survival and their political power being gained over anything else. They’ll use anybody and throw anybody away in order to achieve it.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Full interview of Rush with Chris Wallace below:</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.&#8221;
-Newt Gingrich, hat tip to CJ and Marcus, A Soldier&#8217;s Perspective
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em><font SIZE=3>&#8220;As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.&#8221;</font><br />
-Newt Gingrich, hat tip to CJ and Marcus, <a href="http://www.soldiersperspective.us/">A Soldier&#8217;s Perspective</a></em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Kerry Says Flu Vaccine Shortage Is Typical of Administration Policy Blunders</title>
		<link>http://www.floppingaces.net/2009/10/24/kerry-says-flu-vaccine-shortage-is-typical-of-administration-policy-blunders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal officials have said it is unlikely that Canada can supply sufficient doses of vaccine quickly enough, but that problem has nothing to do with [this administration's] refusal to allow imports of cheaper Canadian drugs, as the ad suggests.
Ahhh, the duplicity and hypocrisy of time&#8230;.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38743-2004Oct16.html">Federal officials have said it is unlikely that Canada can supply sufficient doses of vaccine quickly enough</a>, but that problem has nothing to do with [this administration's] refusal to allow imports of cheaper Canadian drugs, as the ad suggests.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ahhh, the duplicity and hypocrisy of time&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>The Decider and the Ditherer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wordsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bookworm Room offers a study in contrast between the Decider-in-Chief and the Waffler-in-Chief who yearns for his glory days of being able to simply vote &#8220;present&#8221; in his handling of Afghanistan.  He certainly talked up a good game&#8230;.up until the moment when it matters the most.
Lucianne.com:

Every now and then
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/23/get-er-done-bush-and-obama-a-study-in-contrasts/">Bookworm Room</a> offers a study in contrast between the Decider-in-Chief and the Waffler-in-Chief who yearns for his glory days of being able to simply vote &#8220;present&#8221; in his handling of Afghanistan.  He certainly talked up a good game&#8230;.up until the moment when it matters the most.</p>
<p><a href="http://lucianne.com/home/">Lucianne.com</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>
<strong><font SIZE=5>Every now and then<br />
we like to run this picture</font></strong></p></blockquote>
<p><center><strong><font SIZE=4><center>The picture that launched a thousand moonbats:</center></font></strong><br />
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</center><center><a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2009-10-22.jpg"><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2009-10-22.jpg" alt="2009-10-22" title="2009-10-22" width="344" height="361" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29583" /></a></center></p>
<p><center><strong><font SIZE=4><center>That&#8217;s the decider.  That&#8217;s leadership.</p>
<p>And the contrast?</center></font></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/05.JPG"><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/05.JPG" alt="05" title="05" width="346" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29586" /></a><br />
<strong><font SIZE=4><center>Wright men can&#8217;t jump!</center></font></strong></p>
<p></center><center><strong><font SIZE=4><center>This is the <a href="http://www.defensestudies.org/?p=810">ditherer-in-chief</a>.</center></font></strong></p>
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<strong><font SIZE=4><center>Hmmm&#8230;.</center></font></strong></p>
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<strong><font SIZE=4><center>So many choices&#8230;Rocky Road or pralines and cream?  Do I go with more sprinkles and nuts?  Or a drawdown of toppings for my sundae&#8230;.?</center></font></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/20060403-035510-1722.jpg"><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/20060403-035510-1722.jpg" alt="20060403-035510-1722" title="20060403-035510-1722" width="336" height="231" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29590" /></a><br />
<strong><font SIZE=4><center>Threw a strike and liberated 50 million&#8230;.</center></font></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/12_RTR18CQN.jpg"><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/12_RTR18CQN.jpg" alt="12_RTR18CQN" title="12_RTR18CQN" width="325" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29587" /></a><br />
<strong><font SIZE=4><center>Threw it into the dirt and did not show support for democracy in Iran and Honduras and has liberated no one&#8230;including gays.</center></font></strong></p>
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<strong><font SIZE=4><center>President Obama&#8217;s <a href="http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/node/62786">foreign policy expert</a>, <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/25/bidens-vp-role-seen-as-following-cheney-model/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_headlines">Joe Biden</a>:</center></font></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>    &#8230;And others, more harshly, argue that Mr. Biden&#8217;s judgment on foreign policy has often been off base.</p>
<p>    They point out that he voted against the successful Persian Gulf war of 1991, voted for the Iraq invasion of 2003, proposed dividing Iraq into three sections in 2006 and opposed the additional troops credited by many with turning Iraq around in 2007.</p>
<p>    &#8220;When was the last time Biden was right about anything?&#8221; Thomas E. Ricks, a military writer, <a href="http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/09/24/dave_does_dull_storm_warnings_on_the_petraeus_ometer">wrote in a blog</a> on Sept. 24. Mr. Ricks is affiliated with the <a href="http://www.cnas.org/">Center for a New American Security</a>, a research organization founded by Democrats. </p></blockquote>
<p><strong><font SIZE=4><center>President Bush&#8217;s hatchet man, <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Biden-approval-rate-plunges-lower-than-Cheneys-66241537.html">Darth Cheney</a>:</center></font></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/dick-cheney-gun.jpg"><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/dick-cheney-gun.jpg" alt="dick-cheney-gun" title="dick-cheney-gun" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29591" /></a><br />
<strong><font SIZE=4><center>&#8220;Just show me where to point and aim this&#8230;&#8221;</center></font></strong></p>
<p><strong><font SIZE=4><center>A show of patriotism:</center></font></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/rumsfeld-bush-cheney1.jpg"><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/rumsfeld-bush-cheney1.jpg" alt="72817489CS018_Pentagon_Hold" title="72817489CS018_Pentagon_Hold" width="600" height="370" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29596" /></a></p>
<p><strong><font SIZE=4><center>Refusal to wear patriotism on his sleeve (or on his lapel):</center></font></strong><br />
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<p></center><center><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/marines-at-lejeune.jpg" alt="marines-at-lejeune" title="marines-at-lejeune" width="550" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17788" /></center><br />
<center><font SIZE=1>The <a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/2009/03/05/president-obamas-camp-lejeune-speech-was-about-how-to-stay-not-when-wed-leave/">Marine audience at Camp Lejeune sit in wild, rapturous applause</a> for President Barack Obama. (Photo by Gerry Broome / AP)</font></center></p>
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<center><font SIZE=1>President Bush greeted by unenthused U.S. military personnel stationed at the U.S. Army Garrison &#8211; Yongsan in Seoul, before departing for Thailand.<br />
Larry Downing-Reuters</font></center></p>
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<strong><font SIZE=4><center>&#8220;President Bush made this look so easy&#8230;.What to do?  What to do?&#8221;</center></font></strong></p>
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		<title>Democrats Attacking Obama and Each Other</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That beeping sound you hear is your microwave telling you the popcorn is ready.
Healthcare for Christmas: Reid under pressure to slow down
-Turns out moderate Dems will not approve healthcare in Senate if there&#8217;s a public option
Whip count shows Democrats lack votes on &#8216;robust&#8217; public option for healthcare
-Hmph&#8230;House Democrats don&#8217;t like the far left wingers public [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That beeping sound you hear is your microwave telling you the popcorn is ready.</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/64451-healthcare-for-christmas">Healthcare for Christmas: Reid under pressure to slow down</a><br />
-Turns out moderate Dems will not approve healthcare in Senate if there&#8217;s a public option</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/64439-whip-count-shows-dems-lack-votes-on-public-plan">Whip count shows Democrats lack votes on &#8216;robust&#8217; public option for healthcare</a><br />
-Hmph&#8230;House Democrats don&#8217;t like the far left wingers public option either.  Something about it being too expensive to give 300million people a min of $1mil in coverage ($30TRILLION).  Who does math in Congress anymore anyways?</p>
<p><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091023/D9BGMCP00.html">Abortion divides House Dems in health care debate</a><br />
-Geesh, is there anything Democrats can agree on re healthcare?  Oh yeah&#8230;it&#8217;s the Republicans fault somehow.  That much they can agree on.</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/64443-two-democrats-buck-rep-towns-call-for-countrywide-probe"><br />
Two Democrats buck Rep. Towns, call for Countrywide probe</a><br />
-Ask a Dem what caused the Great Recession, and they&#8217;ll tell you the DNC talking points (presented by NYT, DailyKOS, and MSNBC): Bush tax cuts for the wealthy investors and business leaders who create jobs, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  They&#8217;ll ignore the entire Countrywide, homeloans, AIG mess, but&#8230;.not all Dems will.  They all know the reality, and some want it fixed.<br />
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<a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/64217-obama-hints-afghan-decision-may-wait-">Obama hints Afghan decision may wait</a><br />
-At least on foreign policy the world loves us, right?  Um, not so much.  Seems the new strategy Obama started in March&#8230;in ain&#8217;t working.  It&#8217;s been a few months since his generals in the field asked for more troops and equipment, and despite his promise to the VFW that he&#8217;d always provide&#8230;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/ap/preswho/main5407819.shtml">Obama&#8217;s still clueless on what to do/how to respond to the simplest question ever.</a>  Your general tells you he needs more troops and material or the war is lost.  What do you do?  You send the guy more troops and matl or you lose.  Simple</p>
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_nuclear">Iran fails to accept UN uranium enrichment plan</a><br />
-Damn, that open-hand opens a clenched fist thing sounded so cool too.  Yeah, no one believed it for a second, but it sounded great&#8230;.as great as all the other sizzle sans steak.  Now what-just let Israel bomb Iran and start a regional or even world war?  How will Keith Olbermann respond to a call for war in Iran based on alleged WMD threats and ties to terror?  Will we get a countdown every night saying how many days it&#8217;s been since Obama threatened harsh sanctions?  Please, stop laughing now people as even the <a href="Democratic senators frustrated with State Department on Iran">Dems are frustrated w Obama&#8217;s incompetence</a> here.</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/62961-democrats-face-uphill-climb-on-immigration">Dems face uphill climb on immigration reform</a><br />
-Guess changing the subject from healthcare to foreign policy to immigration&#8217;s probably not a good idea <img src='http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28638.html"><br />
White House attacks worry moderate Democrats</a><br />
-Man, you know you&#8217;re having a bad week when Democrats give you grief for complaining about FOX News!</p>
<p>The Dem eats Dem list goes on and on.  Yeah, they&#8217;ll fill 24hrs on MSNBC w White House ordered distraction about how Republicans are to blame, but anyone who knows that the Dems have a supermajority and the WH and the House&#8230;those independent minds ain&#8217;t buying it.  Dems are running the show, and Dems are fouling it up.  </p>
<p>Have a GREAT weekend!</p>
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		<title>The Left Wingers 10 Great Unanswered Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, left wingers can come up with talking points, and soundbites, but over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve noticed that there are 10 core questions that most on the far left cannot seem to answer with any substance.  Pass em on, try em out, and enjoy the mindfreak.

If all the world hated America because [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sure, left wingers can come up with talking points, and soundbites, but over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve noticed that there are 10 core questions that most on the far left cannot seem to answer with any substance.  Pass em on, try em out, and enjoy the mindfreak.</p>
<ol>
<li>If all the world hated America because of George W Bush&#8217;s 2003 invasion of Iraq&#8230;.then why was America attacked on Sept 11, 2001; 2yrs before that invasion?</li>
<li>Why has Al Queda been trying to exterminate every American for the past 17yrs?</li>
<li>Did you want Bush to fail in Iraq, or did you want America to succeed?</li>
<li>Given that Osama left Afghanistan in 2001, and Al Queda was largely destroyed in Afghanistan in 2002, how did the Bush Administration &#8220;take its eye off the ball [Afghanistan] by invading Iraq&#8221; in 2003?</li>
<li>What caused the great recession of 2007?</li>
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<li>How have Democrats ensured that we don&#8217;t have another $13 TRILLION dollar Great Recession?</li>
<li>If FOX, Hannity, Glenn Beck, Limbaugh, etc are examples of right wing propaganda&#8230;then what is an example of left wing propaganda?</li>
<li>If Republicans lie, and all politicians are liars, then what are some lies told by Democrats?</li>
<li>Since President Obama&#8217;s Israel/Palestine talks have failed, and he&#8217;s been unable to stop Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, and since he&#8217;s completely clueless on what to do in Afghanistan&#8230;what is PLAN B for keeping Israel from bombing Iran and starting a regional-possibly a world war?</li>
<li>Obama&#8217;s a quarter of the way done with his presidency.  What will history record as his greatest accomplishment?</li>
</ol>
<p>btw, I could come up with more, but these were my top 10.  Anyone who thinks they have one that deserves being on the list, please, please, please feel free to suggest it.  I probably won&#8217;t add it out of sheer laziness, but I think we&#8217;d all love to see em.<br />
 <img src='http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Gallup Poll: Drop in Obama’s Approval Rating One Of The Largest In Decades</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ba-Bam! 
In fact, the 9-point drop in the most recent quarter is the largest Gallup has ever measured for an elected president between the second and third quarters of his term, dating back to 1953. One president who was not elected to his first term — Harry Truman — had a 13-point drop between his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/123806/Obama-Quarterly-Approval-Average-Slips-Nine-Points.aspx">Ba-Bam!</a> </p>
<blockquote><p>In fact, the 9-point drop in the most recent quarter is the largest Gallup has ever measured for an elected president between the second and third quarters of his term, dating back to 1953. One president who was not elected to his first term — Harry Truman — had a 13-point drop between his second and third quarters in office in 1945 and 1946</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">~~~</span></div>
<p>More generally, Obama’s 9-point slide between quarters ranks as one of the steepest for a president at any point in his first year in office. The highest is Truman’s 19-point drop between his third and fourth quarters, followed by a 15-point drop for Gerald Ford between his first and second quarters. The largest for an elected president in his first year is Bill Clinton’s 11-point slide between his first and second quarters.<span id="more-29518"></span></p>
<p>In Obama&#8217;s first quarter and second quarter, his job approval average compared favorably with those of prior presidents. But after the drop in his support during the last quarter, his average now ranks near the bottom for presidents at similar points in their presidencies. Only Clinton had a lower third-quarter average among elected presidents. (Gerald Ford averaged 39% during his third quarter in office, in 1975.)</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s 53% third-quarter average is substandard from a broader historical perspective that encompasses all 255 presidential quarters for which Gallup has data going back to 1945. On this basis, Obama&#8217;s most recent average ranks 144th, or in the 44th percentile, clearly below average not just for presidents&#8217; third quarters but for all presidents.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ahhhhh, <a href="http://www.republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=150826">another historic milestone</a> for this <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE59K5PX20091021">Campaigner-In-Chief</a>.  That title being bandied around by Reuters today.  Maybe the White House thugs will tell Democrats to stay away from Reuters <a href="http://hotairpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/moveonorg-asks-democrats-to-support.html">now eh</a>?</p>
<p>(h/t <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/21/gallup-quarterly-drop-in-obamas-approval-rating-one-of-the-biggest-in-decades/">Hot Air</a>)</p>
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		<title>Obama &amp; Company New Brilliant Strategy?  Freeze Fox News Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a liberal rag tells Obama and company they need to get ahold of themselves:
The Obama administration really needs to get over itself.
First, the president and his aides go to war with Fox News because the network maintains a generally anti-Obama slant.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When a liberal rag tells Obama and company they need to <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/483551/whiner_in_chief">get ahold of themselves</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Obama administration really needs to get over itself.</p>
<p>First, the president and his aides go to war with Fox News because the network maintains a generally anti-Obama slant.</p>
<p>Then, an anonymous administration aide attacks bloggers for failing to maintain a sufficiently pro-Obama slant.</p>
<p>These are not disconnected developments.</p>
<p>An administration that won the White House with an almost always on-message campaign and generally friendly coverage from old and new media is now frustrated by its inability to control the debate and get the coverage it wants.</p></blockquote>
<p>They should listen.</p>
<p>But noooooo.  The Mao lover, and Obama aide, gives a rundown on the <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=113347">administrations modus operendi</a>: <span id="more-29414"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>President Obama&#8217;s presidential campaign focused on &#8220;making&#8221; the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was &#8220;controlled,&#8221; White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.</p>
<p>&#8220;Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn&#8217;t absolutely control,&#8221; said Dunn.</p>
<p>&#8220;One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters,&#8221; said Dunn, referring to Plouffe, who was Obama&#8217;s chief campaign manager.</p>
<p>&#8220;We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it,&#8221; Dunn said.</p></blockquote>
<p>And when they find out they can&#8217;t control the media&#8230;.they send out the hounds, like liberal writer and author of such books as The Bush Tragedy, Jacob Weisberg, here in which he describes <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/218192?from=rss">how &#8220;unAmerican&#8221; Fox news is</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>..He is also accusing Fox of forcing MSNBC and CNN to swing to the left instead of maintaining their world-renowned objectivity in news reporting. (Yes indeed, that was sarcasm.) (Via <a href="http://hotair.com/">Hot Air</a>.)</p>
<blockquote><p>Consider Fox’s Web story on the episode. It quotes five people. Two of them work for Fox. All of them assert that administration officials are either wrong in substance or politically foolish to criticize the network. No one is cited supporting Dunn’s criticisms or saying that it could make sense for Obama to challenge the network’s power. It’s a textbook example of a biased journalism.</p></blockquote>
<p>Meanwhile, ABC presented what was essentially an infomercial on Obamacare earlier this year. A CNN reporter <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/15/unreal-cnn-reporter-openly-contemptuous-of-tea-parties/">went off on the people she was supposed to be objectively interviewing</a>, and ultimately lost her job—probably because she’s not supposed to be so overt in her liberal bias. But that’s objective journalism. (Say, did ABC present the other side of the healthcare debate in its informercial? I’m thinking not.)</p></blockquote>
<p>The funniest part of the whole article from Weisberg is the point in which he says Fox has forced the otherwise &#8220;objective&#8221; news stations like&#8230;.cough MSNBC cough&#8230;.to tilt to the left because of Fox&#8217;s bias. </p>
<p>Are they high?  These stations we&#8217;re anything BUT non-biased during the Bush years and now that Obama is in office their love fest can&#8217;t be contained.  But it&#8217;s all because of the all powerful, all mighty, Fox news that they became that way.  Fox forced them to call the station <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2007/09/10/worst-person-in-the-world-fox-news-is-worse-than-al-qaeda/">worse then Al-Qaeda</a>?  Fox forced them to call <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYmS5ylCrk">President Bush fascist</a>?  </p>
<p>Puhlease.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/123365/Americans-Remain-Distrusting-News-Media.aspx">Most Americans recognize</a> the majority of the media is liberal, and that&#8217;s not a good thing.  There is a reason why Fox is kicking all their asses.  </p>
<p>And President Obama&#8217;s brilliant new strategy?</p>
<p><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/19/obamas-fox-news-policy-isolation-over-engagement/">Freeze Fox out</a>.</p>
<p>Complete idiocy.</p>
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