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The "Scandal" That Won't Go Away...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Lib erty -vs- Tyr anny CBS - Obama administration officials who were in key positions on Sept. 11, 2012, acknowledge that a range of mistakes were made the night of the attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, and in messaging to Congress and the public in the aftermath. The officials spoke to CBS News in a series of interviews and communications under the condition of anonymity so that they could be more frank in their assessments. They do not all agree on the list of mistakes and it's important to note that they universally claim that any errors or missteps did not cost lives and reflect "incompetence rather than malice or cover up." Nonetheless, in the eight months since the attacks, this is the most sweeping and detailed discussion by key players of what might have been done differently. "We're portrayed by Republicans as either being lying or idiots," said one Obama administration official who was part
Our Biggest Creditor {China} Tells Us "The good old days of borrowing are over"
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace o Independent Conservatism Liberty -vs- Tyranny As the chickens come home to roast... Unbelievable we have been this stupid. ( Reuters ) - Global leaders on Saturday arranged a round of emergency calls to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing turmoil in financial markets . After a week that saw $2.5 trillion wiped off global stock markets, they are under pressure to show political leadership and reassure markets that Western governments have both the will and ability to reduce their huge and growing public debt loads. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who chairs the G7/G20 group of leading economies, conferred with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of a call planned for this weekend by G7 finance ministers and central bankers. "They discussed the euro area and the U.S. debt downgrade. Both agreed the importance of working together, monitoring the situation closely
Looking To 2016...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Following last nights rather mundane and short on specifics SOTU by President Obama I started thinking about the future and if there is anyone in the current ranks of the GOP or the Libertarian Party who could possibly be elected to the presidency in 2016. Frankly given the crop of malcontents and loonies(Christie doesn't fall into that group but he has shot himself in the big toe) that seem to be getting attention in the GOP it appears unlikely. Tonight while browsing the net the following article popped up and given the headline was along my line of thinking last it was a must read. Got me thinking again and if the GOP can find the intelligence to act along the lines of thought presented in the article there may just be a real race in 2016 rather than a shoo in for the democrats. NationalJournal - For a party that's accustomed to nominating the next-in-line presidential candidate, 2016 promises to be a very un
The Ignorance and Arrogance of Obama...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny In my opinion the President, in his attack on the United States Supreme court belies both his basic ignorance of our republic as well as his arrogance. His last uttering in and of itself is enough to deny the man, and I use the term loosely in this case, another term as President. Forgive me my rational liberal friends but his recent statement is more telling of his statist leanings than anything he has heretofore said. With this last he has proven beyond any doubt he is indeed clueless. The Washington Post - There was something rather unsettling in President Obama’s preemptive strike on the Supreme Court at Monday’s news conference. “I’d just remind conservative commentators that for years what we’ve heard is the biggest problem on the bench is judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law,” Obama said. “Well, here’s a
Spoken Like a True Dyed In the Blue Statist...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Ever hear of or read Mother Jones ? Well I just did, and as near as I can figure she must be Woodrow Wilson's or Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Mother. I say this because she sure as hell is pro statist and pumped up for growing the government bureaucracy. The article is short so it is being reproduced here in full. This site appreciates Mother Jones candor in expressing the statist credo and the desire on the part of the left for an ever larger and more intrusive presence in our daily affairs and lives. January's job numbers were fairly dismal, but the bad cheer wasn't equally spread. Private sector employment, as usual, increased—by 142,000 jobs last month. At the same time, public sector employment declined. Government employment at all levels was down 29,000 in January. Aside from the brief census blip in early 2010, this has been the usual state of affairs for the past four years, ever since the rece
The ObamaCare Divide Creating Two America's...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Red and blue state map, based on returns in last four presidential elections. (Wikimedia Commons/ Angr) This site is not a supporter of the mechanisms of ObamaCare and questions whether it in fact will ultimately make health care either more accessible r affordable. Except for those receiving a subsidy or are getting it free. All that aside I do agree with following Moyers & Company article stating that ObamaCare is widening the gap between red America and blue America. Something needed to be done with our health care and insurance system. Most agree that the pre ObamaCare system needed some work. Unfortunately reason failed American politics and what we have achieved is an ever more polorized country with no end to the polarization. Perhaps it is time to officially form a Blue United States of America and a Red United States of America. Because in reality we are moving ever closer to the breaking point. Th
Race Baiting at the Highest Level of the Federal Government...?
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Lib e rty -vs- Tyr a nny I listened to the full Presidential news conference this afternoon. Obama said some things that made sense. Then he made the following remarks that IMNHO told the nation in full agenda with respect to said issue. Having a in depth discussion of race relations might very well be appropriate and a general discussion is something that MOST American's would welcome. Using the Zimmerman verdict ks simply the WRONG event at possibly the right time. However, don't expect the President, the Department of Justice, or the liberal media or ultra liberal populace to understand what this means. If I can find a video of the full and complete news conference it will be posted later. Via: Memeorandum Update : via You Tube. Your views and thoughts are most welcome. Left and or Right leaning...
The No Self Teaching...
More Thoughts On Reasonable Firearm Control...
by: Les Carprnter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy in which 20 innocent children lost their live to a sick and mentally unstable individual the subject of gun control has remained center stage. This is understandable, and as it should be. The pursuit of finding improved methods to better identify unstable individuals and thereby keep firearms out of the hands of such individuals is a worthy pursuit. As we consider how to deal with increasing societal violence we must find a happy medium that will both improve public safety and preserve our second amendment rights. It can be done, if both sides of the gun control debate will start listening to each other rather talking A T each other. We have heard from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre, who has offered essentially the same solution as the organization did in 2007. Put armed police guards in every school in America. Not anything most suburban and rural Mom's and Dad's will b
And an Idiot like you knows better than him?
ReplyDeleteApparently.
DeleteRN... there's no emergency that a few million dollars spent on getting a hundred asylum judges situated on the border for a few weeks won't solve.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the Dems would appropriate that money in a heartbeat if Trump acted like he really wanted to solve, or otherwise deal with this humanitarian crises.
And REAL... yes, on this issue I do know more than Pres Trump. I've lived and worked around the border and across Mexico for the last 30 years. I know the issues, through the economics to the pain of family separation and the desperation that drives a man, or a woman to seek a better life for their children.
And I've listened... to people on all sides of this issue, and issue everyone I've talked to wants to see solved.
Bottom line... few support a wall and even fewer believe it will help.
Investing money in increased border Patrol Officers, increase use of technology (drones for example), overhaul immigration procedures to streamline process, and as you point out increased presence of asylum judges.
DeleteA steel slat barrier would likely reduce crossings. However the impact would likely be marginal.
Trump wants the wall for personal reasons IMO. Not having anything to do with border security.
RN... I see you're back on moderation. Sorry to see that but I get it.
ReplyDeletePeace amigo.
Yes Dave. It isn't what I prefer to do, but, it controls (blocks if necessary) the flying trumpanzees from WYD and other rightwing sites.
DeleteIt's a simple solution to the longest government shutdown in American history. Re-open the government; pay the federal workers; and negotiate with the Democrats, who have been willing to give billions for the wall in exchange for DACA. That's called negotiating a compromise. What Trump is doing is NOT. He's acting like a dictator who wants everything he asks for and will give nothing in return.
ReplyDeleteAB-SO-LUTE-LY! But it's possible Trump has dug his heels in so deep, and he is such a stubborn childish manchild that at this point he may be beyond negotiating and compromise.
DeleteThe loonier Trump gets, the more his supporter's blogs drift from sanity. McConnell is the lynchpin, an enabler..another sycophant: they fear who knows what and endanger our 230 year experiment of government by the people. A blog comment
ReplyDeleteelsewhere suggested that all democrats should be banned to Mexico (probably dozens like it) so that American can be what they think it was. They have no idea of what it was, and should be in therapy. IMO, of course.
I fully concur with your opinion BB Idaho. And so will everyone else who has the capacity and ability to reason.
DeleteShaw... the popular criticism out there now is that Dems were once willing to give 30 billion for the wall, but are being unreasonable themsleves now by being against what they once favored.
ReplyDeleteIf that's a reasonable stance, perhaps the GOP can explain why they were for, and even proposed essentially ObamaCare before but opposed it once pres Obama embraced it?
But that's beside the point. The Dems offered 30 billion in conjunction with a DACA/Dreamers fix. I bet the Dems would still make that deal today if Trump would sign it, as he once said he'd do.
Heck, Congress could probably override his veto tomorrow if the Senate would just pass again the legislation they offered in the closing days of the last Congress to open almost all of the government for now while they sort out the wall. But the Republican I was for it before a Dem proposed it gene kicked in once again.
The whole darn lot are a bunch of babies.
The problem is that the Republicans in Congress are mostly abject cowards. They're afraid of Trump's voting base. They'd rather spend billions on a wall they know is pointless, and let the planetary climate go to hell, than risk antagonizing the knuckle-dragging Deliverance mutants in the boondocks.
ReplyDeleteUnless Mueller's report is so damning that they can't ignore it, they'll never stand up to Trump until the Republican base turns against him. They don't have the guts.
EGG-ZACK-LY Infidel!!
DeleteThe 30%'ers are more interested in division and rolling back social progress than doing the right thing IMO.
By the way, did you get the e-mail I sent on Wednesday?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether or not this is directed to me Infidel. If it is I didn't see the e-mail. I get so many junk e-mails if it was I might have deleted it.
DeleteIf it was intended for me please resend.
Re-sent an hour or so ago.
DeleteCheck your e-mail.
DeleteI had been using the e-mail address in your Blogger profile, which apparently isn't current. I re-sent it to the address you wrote to me from.
DeleteSorry this is turning out to be a big deal. I was just trying to inform you of something I thought you might want to know.
My primary e-mail address is lcarpenter@rationalnationusa.com. My other 2 email addresses are mapped to dump to my primary.
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