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or until someone like Obama finally kills the tax base and, eventually, the Republic.
mbk575
March 1st, 2010
It’s a Hines family reunion !
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even steven
March 1st, 2010
I almost gave you a thumbs up, james, but you missed the “progressiveness” part of the image.
That reminds me… do you know the difference between a progressive and a bucket of shit?
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Rightwingfeather
March 1st, 2010
Ah, Liberals at the trough and at the teet! How appropriate!
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mark
March 1st, 2010
The pig should have been emaciated … kinda like the American Taxpayer
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Bigun
March 1st, 2010
Unfortunately too true.
The libs however, would have you believe that a leach can grow a host.
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Grayscape
March 1st, 2010
Hiney – how does the picture not represent progressive ideology?
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Stymie
March 1st, 2010
Wow, you REALLY wanna be in the front row or not at all. Yuck!
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Rightwingfeather
March 1st, 2010
@Mark, I think that pig done gone Galt.
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1MadJack
March 1st, 2010
Those poor dumb bastards at the back of the line.
As it will be in the real world if progressives get their way.
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Leroy
March 1st, 2010
Looks like a very homogeneous crowd, if you ask me.
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Rightwingfeather
March 1st, 2010
Of course, they are all Hoinkies.
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Ralph
March 1st, 2010
Leroy, take heart.
That’s Obama’s New America.
All the ‘brothers and sisters’ are festing at Chuck E. Cheese.
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Ralph
March 1st, 2010
feasting, that is.
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Rightwingfeather
March 1st, 2010
@Ralph OMG. I thought you said fisting!!! Heh heh heh!
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Alxandro
March 1st, 2010
Pretty disturbing picture. I sure hope that’s a female pig.
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ScratchNSniff
March 1st, 2010
Ya’ll cut the little whiney hiney some slack. Was this his first first ever here? Maybe he’s feeling a bit like obumbles. He knows what it’s like to be a first and last at the same time.
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Moe Tom
March 1st, 2010
Poignant agony
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David
March 1st, 2010
What a PIG! Anybody got some lipstick?
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even steven
March 1st, 2010
And nobody set me up for my punchline. Oh well… it was a hacked joke, anyway.
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Heyshutthe!
March 1st, 2010
Hey if this was a Hiney family reunion shouldn’t they be on end at the right ?
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Dixie
March 1st, 2010
I will ES…
“What’s the difference between a Progressive and a Bucket of Shit?”
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Heyshutthe!
March 1st, 2010
Soon, the end of the pig will be obvious. When they have spent everyone eleses money. 2% Hiney, remember 2%.
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Moe Tom
March 1st, 2010
The Bucket
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Brian
March 1st, 2010
I’ll take a wild stab at the joke, Dixie and ES
Is the answer “the bucket”?
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Dixie
March 1st, 2010
TWO intelligent posters…that’s encouraging!
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Brian
March 1st, 2010
Hey Tom
Great minds wallow in the same stuff, hey?
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HippieCritic
March 1st, 2010
That’s a hideously terrific image.
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Aaron Burr
March 1st, 2010
Who doesn’t like bacon?
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Doc
March 1st, 2010
Hey hiney…which one of those little shitbirds are you?
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mark
March 1st, 2010
Hey hiney … the only one sucking hind teet here is you!
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even steven
March 1st, 2010
@Dixie
Thanks! Moe Tom and Brian answered it correctly.
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Revernd Idaho Spud
March 1st, 2010
This almost explains Obamas birth, except the part where muslims don’t like pork.
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Grayscape
March 1st, 2010
Doc – I think hiney is the little bastard in the lower right with his ass up in the air….hoping for more than his fair share…
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Moe Tom
March 1st, 2010
Brian I just happened to have poured a drink and had my finger on the trigger. Otherwise you would have scorched me.
Moe Tom
March 1st, 2010
On further examination. I believe that hindsey (pixie,Faux marine to be) is on the extreme right
(oh shit) bottom,looking up, and wondering “How can I ever get to that sows teat”? “I need help”
TejasKat
March 2nd, 2010
Ol’ Jimmy Hiney had a farm
E-i-e-i-o
And, on this farm he had a socialist pig
E-i-e-i-o
With a gimme, gimme here & a gimme, gimme there
Ol’ Jimmy Hiney had a farm
E-i-e-i-o
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niteowl
March 2nd, 2010
And on this farm he did no work
E-i-e-i-o
So his crops all died from lack of care
E-i-e-i-o
With a mulch mulch here
And a mulch mulch there
Here a mulch there a mulch
Everywhere was compost
Ol’ Jimmy Hiney had a farm
E-i-e-i-o
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Alpha Maser
March 2nd, 2010
Hiney, So, a thought crossed your mind? Must have been a long and lonely journey.
Were busy here Hiney, can we ignore you some other time?
If ignorance is bliss, Hiney must be the happiest person alive.
I don’t know what keeps you so stupid and posting here, but it really works!
Hiney’s wheel is spinning, but his gerbil is up his arse!
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Alpha Maser
March 2nd, 2010
What Hiney lacks in intelligence he makes up for in ignorance.
Hiney’s at his wit’s end. You can see that it hasn’t taken him long to get there either either!
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Alpha Maser
March 2nd, 2010
Movie poster for the revenge of the partial birth abortion babies?
Diann
March 2nd, 2010
Yup. That about covers it.
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fan
March 2nd, 2010
The perfect postcard for sending mesages to D.C.!
Red Star
March 2nd, 2010
Hey,I see some people in my office in that group.
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Carbon Pootprint
March 2nd, 2010
Would be more realistic if the pig was decaying and had bones sticking out with the last fleshy parts near the teats. Then send it to DC,
I only say that because 1) it’s true and 2) I’d like to see how gross your overly talented self can make it. bahahhaha
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Chris
March 2nd, 2010
At least we can probably be sure none of them are islamists.
cakes
March 2nd, 2010
Oh, Hiney, looks like you need a lesson in the meaning of dependence of others (among all the other things of which you do not understand). We come to iotw for comic relief,entertainment and good commentary- not for food, housing or any other basic human need at the expense of someone ELSE.
As a matter of fact, many of us here make donations for the privilege of access to the talents on this site. Quite different from the progressive ‘all take and no give’ philosophy.
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UNCLE KINK
March 2nd, 2010
Damn Hiney.Way to piss everybody off.
UNCLE KINK
March 2nd, 2010
Or should I say “whiney?”
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Call me Lennie
March 2nd, 2010
So was Bush, Hiney and you lib scum managed to do somethin about that, basicaly by doing what we’re doing here. So there is something we can do about it.
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Rightwingfeather
March 2nd, 2010
What freedoms that American people desire?
Like, hmmm, say the freedom to assemble and the freedom to express your thoughts and ideas even though some f*cking looser dumb shit ACORN employee doesn’t like it?
Are you talking about those freedoms Jimmy?
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Matt
March 2nd, 2010
There is nothing we can do about it?
Does anyone here hve a chalkboard? I want to explain the different branches of Government to Hines.
Obama is NOT King of America,Hines..He is an elected official who is more than halfway to his mid-term. All the while with a super majority to pass whatever stupid shit he could imagine.
Thank GOD he FAILED.
Now in a few short months we will be removing that majority and stalemating Obamas first and only term.
There is alot we ARE “doing about it”
Are you REALLY old enough to be here?
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cakes
March 2nd, 2010
Hiney, what the hell does our first amendment right have to do with the fact that progressives are parasites? Once again, your comment proves the point that you are 1) incapable of having a debate on any kind of facts so instead you try to change the subject, and 2) you are hypocrite on the highest order.
Which is it, are we to never to criticize our President (as you did from the other side of your mouth above in your post bashing Bush ), or are we just to not criticize Obama? How is that way of thinking not “a danger to the freedoms that the American people desire”? It is progressives who truly want to shut down free speech and freedom of choice.
You did not address the very parasitic nature of progressives, but I don’t expect you to defend it, because even someone with lack of common sense can’t defend the indefensible.
BTW, I agree with you that Bush helped cause our problems. However, it was because of Bush’s ‘progressive’, ‘liberal’ policies on spending, lending and lack of border control that helped lead to this disaster. That said, you don’t treat cancer with more virulent cancer. Obama is the fastest spreading stage 4 cancer in this country’s history, and while there is nothing I can do to change the fact that he is president, there is plenty we can do to stop his cancer from spreading to point of death.
Until you can cite just one example of a conservative policy of Bush’s that lead to crisis, I will consider any banter between you and I as a complete slap down, rather than a debate- and there is “nothing you can do about it”!
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Matt
March 2nd, 2010
Now to address Hines first post in this thread.
WELL DONE.
It was funny,on target and made sense. It is the first post I have ever seen the group named Hines make that addressed the topic at hand.
If you are indeed going to stay here and act as a pesticide to ward off other Liberals can you PLEASE put some thought into ALL of your posts?
Your typical “Your gay an your mom is a slut” posts just make you look remedial.
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mark
March 2nd, 2010
whiney hiney your skill of debate are about the same as my 10 year old. You’re kind of a drive by artist. You drive up, roll down your window, scream obscenities and then say naaanaaanaaaa and run away.
Limited in every way. You are right about one thing, zerO is president. It ends there though. We are doing something about it. We are mustering conservatives, sharpening their wits (iOTW is an excellent spot for that, my friends here are full of experience, knowledge and talent) and keeping them motivated to let the existing elected representitives know our will to stop existing proposed legislation. We will muster them all again and elect better more conservative representatives and senators in November and again in 2012 along with showing your messiah the door in 2012 as well.
That my bitter, limited little man is what we can do.
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mark
March 2nd, 2010
hiney, i drive a dodge ram. Matt has a fine chevy I believe. Unllike you and yours we dont define ourselves by our possessions. we define ourselves by our values and principles. we are diverse in econmic strata. it is our sameness in political purpse that brings us here.
don’t worry hiney, if it makes your head hurt to think about that you can go to http://www.starfall.com. My son uses that sight to help himself learn to read. yes, all by himself, a fine young conservative he will be.
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Moe Tom
March 2nd, 2010
Posted yesterday under quotes:
What (Hindsey) dosen’t know would make a library
anyone would be proud of. Anon
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mark
March 2nd, 2010
“site” i guess would have been better, may I’ll use starfall.com as well.
mark
March 2nd, 2010
You have the right of it hiney, I am not a scholar. I was educated by the finest public schools. I won’t take my time to sculpture my prose in swatting you like the fly you are.
By the way, can you muster even one principled argument here? I’ve not seen one yet.
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Phil McCracken
March 2nd, 2010
Gadzooks! So much writing and writing. Too much reading and reading. I like Hiney…he’s so smart.
How come he’s the only Liberal here? Strange!
He must be very powerful and intimidating to have scared all the other Liberals away who you normally see on blogs such as this on the Internet where there are simply dozens and dozens of Liberals explaining how things should be, and will be, under the enlightened leadership of President Obama, the greatest President of All Time and the Greatest Unifier in the History of the World.
Gotta go now and spend my entire welfare check at Whole Foods. Do you like hummus Hiney? I do.
fan
March 2nd, 2010
Getting back to the image, it does perfectly illustrate a lot including callous liberal acceptance and promotion of killing our unborn. It’s so easy to see why they think fewer little ones would be better.
Dixie
March 2nd, 2010
Hiney…you wrote “schrull…” Why?
Miss Crabtree
March 2nd, 2010
Master Hiney, it’s not “Can I. ..?”
It’s “May I…” when you are asking permission.
“Can I…” is a question of ability.
Tsk, tsk young man.
C-
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Rightwingfeather
March 2nd, 2010
@Phil,
I think that the IOTW folks, most of whom are well read, quick witted, and real-life schooled would consume any liberal that dare post like a pack of coyotes on a lame cotton tail. The “smarter” libs understand this and move on to other sites.
And then there’s hiney.
Whose sole purpose is as an agitator because he is simply too stupid to do anything else.
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Mt Top Patriot
March 2nd, 2010
What do you mean “until someone like Obama finally kills the tax base and, eventually, the Republic”??
BFH, are you slipping?
Phil McCracken
March 2nd, 2010
Looking back over past threads, I think he’s more like the canary in the coal mine…brought here for a purpose.
As Yogi Berra said, “You can see a lot just by observin’ “
Dixie
March 2nd, 2010
Hey Hiney, ANSWER MY QUESTION:
Why did you write “schrull…” ?
Phil McCracken
March 2nd, 2010
By the way, Rightwingfeather, is that a Jack Chi?
niteowl
March 2nd, 2010
@rightwingfeather
There is a certain perception amongst Conservatives that liberals are knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, nose picking ninnies who are too lazy (and probably, cowardly) to steal; hence, they elect candidates that they hope will steal for them – by proxy, as it were. Their hope is, once “their” politicians have stolen from hard-working Americans (the hated Middle Class, aka “taxpayers”), they will then turn it over to the doting liberals that supported them (aka, the able bodied Welfare Class.)
The ironic thing, is whiney hiney seems to believe he is dispelling that perception, when in fact, he is reinforcing it. But then, he’s obviously too dull-witted to appreciate irony.
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Betula
March 2nd, 2010
“What’s the difference between a Progressive and a Bucket of Shit?”
A bucket of shit can serve a purpose as a fertilizer.
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Tim
March 2nd, 2010
What a classic way to prove one’s idiocy: “… Mark………sentence structure means alot, where did you go to schrull……….” Attempting to imply that it has memorized ‘Strunk and White’ while misspelling ’school.’
Truly need to work on the ellipsis: think ‘one, two, three’ ‘one, two, three’ you can do it!
Say “Yes, I can!”
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Betula
March 2nd, 2010
Hines states….
“sentence structure means alot”
Hines, does spelling mean “a lot”?
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Matt
March 2nd, 2010
Hines….Good God.
You need to stay focused if you are going to stay around here. We will SHRED you at EVERY turn.
As much as I hate to go “Nascar Forum” here at a POLITICAL SATIRE SITE (Man,you are stupid)
Here goes: WE pay attention and we comprehend what we read. You do not drive an 08 Ford truck,you drive a Ford Crown Victoria,You said so just a few days ago. As far as the childish question of can my truck beat up your truck? Yes. Mine is an Chevrolet HD series truck. I use it for pulling my 30 foot fifth wheel camper and my race car trailer.
The main difference between my truck and yours?
Mine exists.
Dude,we are real people. Matt is my real name.
You do realize that every single person here thinks of you as a lying,punk kid,right?
Again we are quite literally laughing AT you.
You are our jester. How does that not embarrass you?
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Dixie
March 2nd, 2010
Tim, Hiney didn’t misspell -school-, that’s why he won’t answer my question as to why he wrote “schrull…”
…I have a reason for asking.
Papadoc
March 2nd, 2010
A very disturbing image. But no more disturbing than the slop the Dems are trying to force-feed us.
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Dixie
March 2nd, 2010
Dixie’s Thought For Today:
A good lawyer never asks a question in court to which he/she doesn’t already know the answer.
Rightwingfeather
March 2nd, 2010
@Phil
Nothin’ fancy. Just a ditch bitch that is lucky to be alive (or smart enough to be alive–she did dodge multiple cars on a busy highway the day I found her) The Heritage genetic test says that she is part Siberian Husky.
@Owl You are right. We should never underestimate an opponent in war. Vigilance is the key. obama’s (soro’s) lackeys are a conniving group that will stoop to new levels to push their agenda through.
We should be prepared for what ever is to come, for you can be certain, they will be.
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Phil McCracken
March 2nd, 2010
Rightwingfeather, niteowl and Matt have just proven Hiney’s purpose in being here. That is his ~raison d’être~ and he fills it superbly.
As my name implies.
mark
March 2nd, 2010
Dixie, you scare me in the best possible way.
Doc
March 2nd, 2010
@Betula
I have to disagree with you on the roll of progressives as fertilizer. If they are worked into the soil properly over time, they should break down and decompose.
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BigFurHat
March 2nd, 2010
You drove a truck and had a “lunch hour” and yet you claim to pay more in taxes than other people make in salary?
Umm. When you’re a security guard riding shotgun in the Brink’s truck, that money ain’t yours.
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Betula
March 2nd, 2010
Shorter Hines….
I am retired and live in my truck, down by the river…
Mt Top Patriot
March 2nd, 2010
You can’t argue with drunks, fools and elitist politicians. Common sense and treating others with respect has no meaning to these folks because they don’t understand it. In The United States of Obama there is a new paradigm, fools like Hiney would rather take everyone and everything down with them than consider that their business ends at the end of their nose, they hold onto their hate and superiority with a death grip, they can’t see for 1 second how principles and values count for everything. If they did everything they hold dear would come crashing down.
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Matt
March 2nd, 2010
Hines,I let it go several posts ago when you mockingly asked for my “PREMISSION” which I fully believe was a freudian slip,refering to your desire for my seminal fluids.
Wasn’t that nice of me?
Stop being such an easy target!
You are eroding our skills. Dont you have any grown ups where you play that can come here and duke it out?
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Red Star
March 2nd, 2010
Poor Hiney, He only wishes he could drive but Mommy won’t let him.
Hiney Come over I’ll show you what an F-350 4X4 looks like, from the bottom of a tire.
MonkeyPig
March 2nd, 2010
Thats what it is, more government dependence. Self reliance and personal responsibility is not an option.
MonkeyPig
March 2nd, 2010
I need a government employee to tie my shoes for me, and my ass needs wiped. I need government to do it for me.
call me Roy
March 7th, 2010
Say, anyone see a pattern developing here?
Obama’s Envoy “Rashad Hussain” to Islamic Bloc Admits Controversial Statements About Supporter of Terror Group.
Next, On Dec. 16, President Barack Obama’s signed an executive order “Designating INTERPOL as a public international organization entitled to enjoy certain priileges, exemptions, and immunities.” Why?
Next, we have the three Navy SEALs who face assault charges for capturing one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq. Why?
Next, The White House is not responding to questions about House Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R.-Ohio) renewed call for the resignation of Harry Knox, a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Knox is the director of the religion and faith program at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s most prominent homosexual rights group.
Next, President Obama appointed Ron Bloom, “Manufacturing Czar” who cites Chairman Mao as a political guide.
Next, President Obama appointed Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director. She stated in an address to high school students this past June that Chairman Mao Tse-tung was one of the two “philosophers” she most often turns to.
Next, WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 /Christian Newswire/ — Christian faith leaders stunned by reports that President Obama would have an ornament of the image of Mao Zedong hanging on the White House Christmas tree.
Next, Valerie Jarrett helped to hire Van Jones, the self admitted Communist.
Next, Valerie Jarrett also recruited Cass Sunstein into the administration. Obama appointed Sunstein as “regulatory czar” to direct the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. You remember, this is the guy who wants to establish legal ‘rights’ for livestock, wildlife and pets, which would enable animals to file lawsuits in American courts.
Next, it’s John Brennan, President Obama’s national security deputy, thinks Gitmo jihadi recidivism is “not that bad.”
Next, Obama’s relationship with Anti-Israel activism people like Rob Malley (Foreign Policy Advisor). Malley is the Director of the Middle East/North Africa Program at the International Crisis Group (ICG). Malley’s Camp David propaganda has also become fodder for Palestinians, Arab rejectionists, and anti-Israel activists across the world.
Next, Obama just met with the leaders of a collection of Jewish groups, ostensibly to quell their concerns about his approach towards Israel. Barely two weeks later, he gives The Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson, an enemy of Israel AND the host and mastermind of the Durban Conference (anti-Semitic, anti-Israel). By bestowing of the Medal of Freedom on Mary Robinson it is a slap in the face to the pro-Israel community.
Next, George Soros a man who has made clear his goal is to break the close bonds between America and Israel; a man who has also been a key financial backer of President Obama’s; Soros is a funder of the ICG through his Open Society Institute; Other members of the Board include Zbigniew Brzezinski (whose anti-Israel credentials are impeccable) and Wesley Clark (who called US support for Israel during the Hezbollah War a “serious mistake”.
Next, Daniel Kurtzer another State Department official, blamed the Israeli response to terror attacks for “the radicalization of those Palestinians to violence”. He does not characterize the perpetrators as terrorists but as “guerillas”. accepts a false premise: that the Palestinian problem is the core of the conflict in the Middle East.
Next, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. Beginning with her embrace of the impotent euphemism “man-caused disasters” to the hit job on conservatives and veterans that she was forced to apologize for, to her assertion that crossing the border illegally, “isn’t a crime per se”, to her claim that 9/11 terrorists came in through the Canadian border, Ja-No has confirmed time and again that she’s as effective as HS Sect as she was as Governor at stopping the invasion in her home state (Arizona).
Next, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”–symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there. Why?
Next, Eric Holder has been busy. H.R. 2159, the Disarming American Citizens Act allowing anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder to revoke the Second Amendment rights of ANY American he chooses based on pure “suspicion”; A new so-called “Assault Weapons” Ban, H.R. 45, the “Catch-All” Obama Gun Control Bill, and The U.N.’s so-called “Small Arms Treaty,” which would confiscate and destroy ALL “unauthorized” civilian firearms and set the stage for INTERNATIONAL gun confiscation.
Next, Copenhagen was all about controlling the world’s energy sources, then being able to dictate how that energy will be distributed — and taxed. “Hopenhagen” was perhaps the most concrete step toward a one-world bureaucratic regime in recent history. This would have allowed the EPA to regulate it —
read that ‘tax it’ and ‘outlaw it’ — under the Clean Air Act.
Next, President Obama Appoints John Holdren as Science Advisor. In 1977 Dr. Holdren and his colleagues Paul and Anne Ehrlich published the book Ecoscience. In it, Holdren and his co-authors endorse the serious consideration of radical measures to reduce the human population. The measures include: • People who “contribute to social deterioration” (i.e. undesirables) “can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility” — in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized. • Women — particularly women of insufficient means due to poverty, nationality, marital status, or youth — could be forced to abort their children and undergo sterilization. • Undesirable populations could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into drinking water or in food. • • A transnational “Planetary Regime” and a transnational police force should be assembled to enforce population control.
This guy is nuts!
Next, Air Force Retracted Invitation for Conservative Leader to Speak at Prayer Luncheon After He Criticized Obama’s Position on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Dr. William Donahue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in New York City condemned the action – and called for an investigation. “The decision to silence Tony Perkins, an ordained minister and Marine veteran, represents political correctness at a dangerous level,” Perkins, meanwhile, said the real issue isn’t that he was disinvited to an event – it’s about political correctness in the military on homosexuality.
Next, Obama administration official, speaking on background Friday to a group of reporters, characterized the Fort Hood shooting as “an act of terrorism,” the first time an administration official has used that term in describing the massacre. The acknowledgement was stunning given the criticism from conservatives over the administration’s reluctance to call the incident an act of terror. Asked repeatedly about the relationship between Hasan and extremists in Yemen, the administration official declined to make that direct link. It has been reported widely that Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical American cleric living in Yemen whose influence also was cited in the attempted Christmas day bombing, exchanged multiple e-mails with Hasan.