Drama WHORES. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because it's all political theater ... all those people in DC are Drama > Queens!!! > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> *Our Petty, Country-Be-Damned President* >> >> Posted By *Tom Blumer* On March 8, 2013 **** >> >> Sometimes, the smallest things can be the most revealing.**** >> >> On Tuesday, the nation — or at least the part that’s still paying >> attention — learned that President Barack Obama’s administration, in what >> can only be seen as an incredibly petty and virulently vindictive response >> to spending “cuts” imposed by sequestration (properly described in most >> cases as “reductions in projected spending increases”), decided to >> cancel all >> tours<http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/5/more-sequester-pain-white-house-cancels-tours/> >> [1] of the White House beginning March 9.**** >> >> As a result, to name just one of what are surely many examples, sixth >> graders at an Iowa elementary school which had received approval to take a >> March 16 tour learned, barring what would seem to be a quixotic effort to >> change White House minds via Facebook, that it’s not going to >> happen<http://politicker.com/2013/03/iowa-sixth-graders-beg-white-house-not-to-cancel-their-tour-due-to-sequester/> >> [2]. They’re reportedly going to make their trip to Washington anyway, >> because, according to the school’s principal, it’s an important opportunity >> for them to “find out more about how the government works.” They’ve clearly >> already learned quite a bit.**** >> >> So have we.**** >> >> The tours are run by >> volunteers<http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-shuts-down-white-house-tours-run-by-volunteers-cites-sequester> >> [3]. According to an estimate worked up by ABC News on >> Wednesday<http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/342366/white-house-saving-18000-week-cancelling-tours-patrick-brennan> >> [4], the White House will save $18,000 per week by not utilizing 30 >> Secret Service agents during the tours. Even that savings figure is >> suspect, as original reports about the tours’ cancellation claimed >> that<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-tours-halted-staff-reductions-blamed-18659184> >> [5] “Uniformed Division Officers assigned to the public tours will be >> reassigned to other security posts,” which “will reduce overtime costs as >> well as potential furloughs that could have been required.”**** >> >> Even if the estimated $936,000 in annual savings ($18,000 times 52 weeks) >> really occurs, the cancelled tours of what Michelle Obama still >> calls<http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house> >> [6] the People’s House, but which should now be renamed Barack’s >> Barracks, could have been completely avoided if her husband, knowing that >> sequestration loomed, hadn’t spent over $1 >> million<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/senator-obamas-golf-weekend-tiger-cost-much-341-federal-workers-furloughed_704915.html> >> [7] on a golf weekend with Tiger Woods in mid-February. A 10 percent >> less expensive outing would have enabled the tours to continue for another >> five or six weeks, which would have minimized the last-minute >> disappointment thousands of children and adults are now experiencing. But >> why would we expect Mrs. Obama to think of such things, when the tab for >> just three of her vacations also tops $1 >> million<http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-vacation-taxpayer-cost/2012/07/19/id/445913> >> [8]?**** >> >> The only conceivable conclusion to draw from all of this is that Barack >> Obama and his administration don’t give a damn about any suffering their >> deliberately destructive and disruptive decisions will cause if they >> believe that they can exploit the related pain for political gain.**** >> >> It’s far too early to know for sure, but it appears that our Punk >> President<http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/11/04/sort-of-live-blog-also-tib-will-be-broadcasting/> >> [9] and his Gangster >> Government<http://www.amazon.com/Gangster-Government-Barack-Washington-Thugocracy/dp/B005DI69SQ> >> [10] have, in this instance and several larger ones, seriously >> miscalculated in two ways:**** >> >> - First, in their belief that the American people won’t come to >> understand and deeply resent their strategy.**** >> - Second and unfortunately less likely, in their trust that those who >> have served as their lapdogs in the press during the past five years going >> all the way back to the 2008 presidential campaign will continue to >> consistently cover for them in such egregious circumstances.**** >> >> On March 1, as he conceded that sequestration was going to take effect >> with a signature he was under no compulsion to provide, Obama cried >> wolf<http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/01/statement-president-sequester> >> [11] over the supposedly imminent sacrifices Capitol janitors and >> security guards were about to endure:**** >> >> Starting tomorrow, everybody here, all the folks who are cleaning the >> floors at the Capitol … they’re going to have less pay. The janitors, the >> security guards, they just got a pay cut, and they’ve got to figure out how >> to manage that. That’s real.**** >> >> That was more than *Washington Post* fact-checker Glenn Kessler could >> stand<http://www.bizzyblog.com/2013/03/06/wapo-fact-checker-calls-out-obama-twice-over-janitors-and-security-guards-pay-cut/> >> [12]. The next day, he gave Obama’s claim “four Pinocchios” (i.e., a >> “whopper”<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/about-the-fact-checker/2011/12/05/gIQAa0FBYO_blog.html> >> [13]). His easily obtained evidence was that Capitol officials were so >> alarmed about the untruthfulness of what Obama said that they rushed out >> “not true” statements.**** >> >> Not satisfied that their boss had been caught red-handed, White House >> officials, including lead Bob Woodward threat >> deliveryman<http://www.examiner.com/article/regret-why-did-gene-sperling-threaten-bob-woodward> >> [14] Gene Sperling and Press Secretary Jay Carney, already in an >> inescapable hole, kept digging. Each claimed without any apparent attempt >> to verify the truth of what they were saying that janitors would really be >> getting a “pay cut” because their overtime would be reduced. Kessler jumped >> in >> again<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/capitol-janitors-making-ends-meet-with-overtime-nope/2013/03/05/f07a4f8c-85f9-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html> >> [15] on March 6 with another quartet of Pinocchios after finding that >> “overtime amounts to only pittance of the overall pay — about $6.50 a week >> on top of wages of $1,000 a week.”**** >> >> Obviously, very real and major inflictions of pain are afoot. The >> administration appears to have abandoned the idea of actually governing in >> favor of spending the next 20 months intimidating voters into changing the >> party which controls the House of Representatives in next year’s >> congressional elections. Their crude philosophy appears to be: “The fiscal >> beatings will continue and morale won’t improve unless and until you elect >> a Democratic Party majority to the House next year.”**** >> >> Homeland Security has >> released<http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/06/internal-doc-reveals-ice-plan-to-release-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants/> >> [16] and apparently plans on continuing to >> release<http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/04/napolitano-promises-to-release-more-illegals/> >> [17] thousands of illegal immigrants from detention centers, including >> many with violent criminal records, and even began doing >> so<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/01/thousands-illegal-immigrants-already-released-according-to-report/> >> [18] before sequestration took effect. Unless these moves cause a >> meaningful reduction in the number of ICE prison guards, I don’t even see >> how this move will significantly reduce costs. The Navy has >> delayed<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323293704578334632041015200.html> >> [19] deploying the *USS Harry S. Truman* to the Persian Gulf, even >> though “military officials freely admit they could have found ways to save >> money.” The Navy is also withdrawing its >> participation<http://m.military.com/daily-news/2013/03/06/budget-cuts-force-navy-out-of-antidrug-operation.html?comp=700001075741&rank=5> >> [20] in illegal drug interdiction. All three moves make us less safe. >> Yet in the midst of all of this, John Kerry had no problem releasing >> $250 >> million<http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/03/u-s-releases-250-million-in-aid-to-egypt/> >> [21] to the Muslim Brotherhood enclave formerly known as Egypt.**** >> >> In 2008, Obama’s Republican opponent John McCain used “Country >> First”<http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2008/07/john-mccains-co.html> >> [22] as his campaign slogan. Both in that year and during 2012, a >> truth-in-packaging Obama campaign would have gone with “The Country Be >> Damned.” That’s what we’re seeing now. It’s unprecedented. It can’t be >> allowed to work.**** >> (Thumbnail on PJM homepage assembled from multiple >> Shutterstock.com<http://www.shutterstock.com> >> [23] images.)**** >> ------------------------------ >> >> Article printed from PJ Media: *http://pjmedia.com***** >> >> URL to article: * >> http://pjmedia.com/blog/our-petty-country-be-damned-president/***** >> >> URLs in this post:**** >> >> [1] to cancel all tours: * >> http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/mar/5/more-sequester-pain-white-house-cancels-tours/ >> ***** >> >> [2] it’s not going to happen: * >> http://politicker.com/2013/03/iowa-sixth-graders-beg-white-house-not-to-cancel-their-tour-due-to-sequester/ >> ***** >> >> [3] by volunteers: * >> http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-shuts-down-white-house-tours-run-by-volunteers-cites-sequester >> ***** >> >> [4] on Wednesday: * >> http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/342366/white-house-saving-18000-week-cancelling-tours-patrick-brennan >> ***** >> >> [5] claimed that: * >> http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-tours-halted-staff-reductions-blamed-18659184 >> ***** >> >> [6] still calls: *http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house***** >> >> [7] spent over $1 million: * >> http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/senator-obamas-golf-weekend-tiger-cost-much-341-federal-workers-furloughed_704915.html >> ***** >> >> [8] also tops $1 million: * >> http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-vacation-taxpayer-cost/2012/07/19/id/445913 >> ***** >> >> [9] Punk President: * >> http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/11/04/sort-of-live-blog-also-tib-will-be-broadcasting/ >> ***** >> >> [10] Gangster Government: * >> http://www.amazon.com/Gangster-Government-Barack-Washington-Thugocracy/dp/B005DI69SQ >> ***** >> >> [11] Obama cried wolf: * >> http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/01/statement-president-sequester >> ***** >> >> [12] could stand: * >> http://www.bizzyblog.com/2013/03/06/wapo-fact-checker-calls-out-obama-twice-over-janitors-and-security-guards-pay-cut/ >> ***** >> >> [13] “whopper”: * >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/about-the-fact-checker/2011/12/05/gIQAa0FBYO_blog.html >> ***** >> >> [14] Bob Woodward threat deliveryman: * >> http://www.examiner.com/article/regret-why-did-gene-sperling-threaten-bob-woodward >> ***** >> >> [15] jumped in again: * >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/capitol-janitors-making-ends-meet-with-overtime-nope/2013/03/05/f07a4f8c-85f9-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html >> ***** >> >> [16] has released: * >> http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/06/internal-doc-reveals-ice-plan-to-release-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants/ >> ***** >> >> [17] continuing to release: * >> http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/04/napolitano-promises-to-release-more-illegals/ >> ***** >> >> [18] began doing so: * >> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/01/thousands-illegal-immigrants-already-released-according-to-report/ >> ***** >> >> [19] has delayed: * >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323293704578334632041015200.html >> ***** >> >> [20] withdrawing its participation: * >> http://m.military.com/daily-news/2013/03/06/budget-cuts-force-navy-out-of-antidrug-operation.html?comp=700001075741&rank=5 >> ***** >> >> [21] releasing $250 million: * >> http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/03/u-s-releases-250-million-in-aid-to-egypt/ >> ***** >> >> [22] used “Country First”: * >> http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2008/07/john-mccains-co.html***** >> >> [23] Shutterstock.com: *http://www.shutterstock.com***** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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