With no viable option to having stuck his foot in his mouth about Syria's use of chemical warfare, Obama has decided to hide behind a Congressional vote as to his threat to bomb Syria.

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said he has decided he should order limited military strikes against Syria, but in a move laden with political and diplomatic implications, he also agreed in an about-face to solicit authorization for the mission from Congress. . . . . . (a storyline from the WSJ)

Editor's notes:   And with this decision,  Obama, one of the most effective political strategists in American history,  has decided to run and hide behind whatever Congress decides to do,  as he struggles with the nonsense of his "red line" statement.   

Understand that Obama has a 5 year history of thumbing his nose in the face of Congress.  As late as the past several days of this week,  Obama maintained his right to act without congressional approval.  But,  faced with the unanimity that is military opposition to his proposed bombing of Syria,  Obama has decided to forfeit his function as the nation’s first Imperial President,  preferring instead,  to allow Congress to take the blame for his inaction and thoughtless rhetoric. 

That is what is going on,  here. 

Before this day was over (Saturday, the 31 of August),  the Syrian regime and its supporters were declaring victory,  having stared Obama in the eyes,  and forced his hand.  Literally,  thousands of Syrians are dancing in the streets,  laughing at our President.    So much for the “red line.”   So much for the leadership of the once great United States of America.  

But,  we now have another problem,  however.  Obama has set a red line around the manufacture of nuclear weaponry by Iran.  When he took office,  Iran had 3,000 centrifuges to their credit.   Today, five years into his presidency,  and,  because of his do nothing international policy in the Middle East,  this nation (Iran) of Jihadists has produced more than 15,000 centrifuges;  somewhere around 20,000 is needed for the development of a bomb. 

How does Israel see Obama’s diplomatic cowardice and timidity,  in the face of this Syrian diplomatic victory?  Are they now convinced that they are dealing with a man, in Obama,  who will ultimately watch the destruction of Israel rather than take the risk,  and get tough with Iran?    He (Obama) has plenty within his party who have publicly declared their lack of concern  for the future safety of Israel.  Will he bend to their voices? 

History is a very predictable matter,  if one takes the time to marry rhetoric to historical realities.  I am saying,  we already know what Obama would [not] do,  as relates to the Iranian threat   . . . . . . . exactly what he has been doing for the past five years.  

Israel,  be afraid,  be very afraid.  You are alone in a world of full of bullies,  perverted infidels,  head hunting cowards and religious bigotry.  

After nearly 5 years in office, Obama's "reset" policy has left us, literally, without any friends in this world, unless you want to count France. We compare Bush to Obama and the end of the matter is not good for H Obama.

Let’s compare George Bush to Barack Obama as to their ability to build alliances in developing the role of the United States as a world leader.

Prior to the invasion of Iraq,  Bush waited for more than 14,  while the UN debated and passed 17 resolutions condemning Iraq,  including the final resolution (November of 2002,  UN resolution 1441)),  a unanimous vote in the Security Council.  While the UN stood firm against a preemptive strike,  it supported the Bush Administration’s claims against Iraq and Saddam Hussein.  Before the invasion,  Bush was able to secure approval from a Democrat Senate (77-23) and a GOP controlled  House (296-133) and organize a 39 member international alliance,  the alliance of 12 of the 25 members of the European Union,  16 members of NATO,  Great Britain,  Australia,  Japan and South Korea (and more).  In the end,  the Bush Coalition was one of the largest in human history. 

By contrast,  Obama only has France,  a nation that does not believe in war for any reason.  In fact,  Obama was rebuffed by Britian’s House of Commons,  this past week,  the first time since the 1700’s a sitting Prime Minister was unable to secure a supporting vote for a war request.  While Obama blamed the Prime Minister for this defeat,  the fact of the matter the fault lies with the ineptness of Obama,  himself. 

Among the reasons for this startling difference in world opinion as to the leadership of the United States,  is the reality of Obama’s feckless duplicity,  diplomatically, as demonstrated in his "talking out of both sides of his mouth," often at the same time.  His opinions on the Israel/Palestinian conflict is a perfect example. More than once,  Obama has praised both sides and criticized both sides within a 12 hour period. He has refused photo-shoots with Israeli leaders,  threatened to reveal Israeli nuclear secrets,  and denounced Israel as an "occupier."  To be fair,  he has been critical,  at times,  of Jihad,  when he was not busy running for re-election and has maintained a "death by drone" war against Taliban leadership.  Again,  the point is his frustrating duplicity on virtually all issues of import.

Obama’s rejection of traditional alliances is at the center of this foreign policy disaster. Naming France as our "most important ally" while downplaying the friendships of Israel and Great Britain have played no small role as to the present diplomatic distress.  Couple this with his determination at giving Islam a greater position of prominence as to the management of world affairs,  and you have a Middle East that is wildly out of control,  from a Western perspective,  and an United States that cannot command the respect of friend or foe.    

Even Obama’s singular (?) effort at profundity,  a declaration of his intent to “lead from behind,”  has proven to be dangerously more than laughable and his refusal to consistently oppose the murdering hordes within Islam (those that claim Jihad as their purpose for world domination, both at home and in the world) has lost him the support of nearly all within the international Islamic community  (i.e. popular opinion within Egypt).  

In terms of coalitions,  under Obama,  the United States no longer has any friends in this world. 

Add to this international failing,  Obama’s decision to over-ride Congress on every turn and to ignore the will of the people,  and you have a failed presidency that goes beyond the imaginations of his harshest critics. 

Obama is a defeated president,  and this latest international situation is proof of this stark reality. 

It could not have happened to a nicer guy,  we might add.  
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Sources for this post: 

Midknight Review's own archives.  Text is original with this blog's editor.  

Dailymail     http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-142230/Bush-wins-Congress-backing-war-Iraq.html

Wikipedia re:UN Resolution #1441  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_1441)  Reader caution:  Wikipedia is under the constant editorial eye of anonymous Progressive scrutiny.  While it is a good place to begin one's research,  it is not a safe place to remain,  as to historically accurate conclusions.

Also, read the WSJ's crtical review of Obama's Syrian policy and the debacle it has become, here:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323324904579045341829506778.html

BREITBART SPORTS RANKINGS: We begin the college season with this ranking.

Final Update: 
Update:  In pro-ball,  Tim Tebow was released,  today,  by New England. Vince Young and Brady Quinn were also cut from their individual rosters.  

1. Alabama:  frankly,  after winning national titles the last 3 of 4 yrs,  this is a surprise.  

2. Ohio State:  undefeated last year but under sanctions for 2012 only.  Looked good today.    

3. Oregon:  a bit of a surprise at #3 after the lose of Skip Kelly to the Phil. Eagles,  but Oregon won big on Saturday.  

Note: the top three all won with huge margins, but Oregon was the most convincing victory.  

4. Louisville

5. Georgia:  begins season as serious threat for #1. / Best game of the weekend with Georgia losing to Clemson by three.  

6. Florida State

7. Clemson

8. Stanford:  should be ranked in top five (?)

9. Texas A&M : with returning Heisman winner (as a freshman),  the self serving Manziel.   A&M won convincingly and Johnny Manziel is still a jerk.  

10. Texas

11. Florida

12. Notre Dame : one of my favorites; embarrassed by Alabama in national championship game, last year.  Dame won convincingly on Saturday.  Next stop  --  Michigan,  a big winning on the weekend,  as well.     

13. LSU:  another favorite  . . . slow start,  Saturday,  but won in style.  

14. South Carolina  . . . . Spurrier is an equal to Nick Saban.  Sould be ranked in the top ten. 

15. Southern Cal

16. Oklahoma State

17. Michigan

18. Fresno State:  my hometown team'  beat Rutgers in overtime, Thursday,  coming for behind to tie into overtime.  Rutgers missed a 2 point conversion in OT giving State the victory.  David Carr's brother is in his last year with State and breaking school records.  

19. Nebraska

20. Baylor

21. Virginia Tech

22. TCU

23. Northern Illinois

24. UCLA

25. Northwestern 

Notables not on this list:  Boise and  -  you won't believe this - North Dakato.  

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2013/08/29/Muzio-s-Top-25

Marist/McClatchy Poll On Voter ID: 82% Of Whites, 83% Of Non-Whites Suppor

Marist/McClatchy Poll On Voter ID: 82% Of Whites, 83% Of Non-Whites Suppor

Also noteworthy: 72% Dems, 99% GOP, 87% Independents support it. So “Progressives”, pack up your old kit bag of “racism” and take it somewhere else, no one here is buying it. Even most Democrats don’t believe you.*

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/08/30/maristmcclatchy-poll-on-voter-id-82-of-whites-83-of-non-whites-support/

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*  Brief commentary from editor of Weasel Zippers.us

See this short video and you will understand why Obama prefers full control of his press conferences. (By the way, it is rumored that he wears a size 11 mouth).

Understand that Bush got the approval of Congress,  the UN,  and secured the support of 49 countries in the international community before moving into Iraq.  The over-all process took 14 months and was in response to the existence of WMD's within that country,  chemical weapons arsenals that Bill Clinton,  the head of his CIA and Saddam,  himself,  assured Bush,  existed.  (Note the fact that "WMD's in Iraq" was not the lie of the Bush administration but, rather,  the mistaken claim of Clinton, his CIA and Saddam Hussein).  

Obama,  on the other hand,  has failed to secure the support of any of our so-called allies in his decision to "discretely" bomb  (his wording) Syria.  We know that this military attack on the part of the newest Cowboy in our White House,  will have nothing to do with regime change,  nor will it include the direct bombing of chemical staging centers in Syria,  according to military interviews on the several news network.  He, also,  has to be careful not to weaken Assad to the point of allowing the rebel forces,  now under the control of al-Qaeda after two years of Obama's do-nothing stance,  to defeat Assad and turn Syria into an Islamic theocracy.  

No regime change?  Yes !! Why??  Do I need to remind you of his failed efforts at regime change in Egypt and Libya ??  And we have not reason to believe that this military action will be any more successful than the mess he has created in Afghanistan.  

Can you believe that Obama actually thinks it is possible to "discretely" blow the hell out of the enemy?

With the beginning of Obama’s war in Afghanistan,  the Slickster from Chicago refused to define “victory” as applied to that war,  and,  in fact,  is about to “cut and run” from that conflict,  after being rebuffed by the Taliban in his effort to reach a “negotiated peace.”  

Now,  facing another monumental embarrassment following his drawing of the “red line” around chemical warfare in Syria,  he is speaking of bombing Syria “discretely.” 

“What we’re talking about here is something very discrete and limited. … We’re not talking about regime change here,” stated deputy spokesman Josh Earnest,  speaking for Obama today.

Good grief,  you liberals are pathetic when it comes to waging war. 

He has killed 60 terrorist leaders in Afghanistan with his "death by drone" assault and an additional 5,000 "innocent" civilians in those same attacks.  Just wondering why  “discrete” was not the word of the day for this eventuality.  

Imagine this: Hussein Obama has placed Israel in the same intelligence threat category as Russia and Iran - a clear indication that he is moved as much by typical black prejudice as he is by the pursuit of electoral vengeance and his personal need to "get even."

Understand that the street wise black man has no regard for the Jew.  He hates the Jew because the Jew represents greed and financial dominance over "bro-ville."  Nothing explains his personal offence with Israel.  Before Obama,  Israel was our most dependable ally.  Today,  they wait for the passing of Obama 1,200 days from now,  as do we all.  Understand this:  there simply is no other explanation for the embedded storyline in the following:  

 “To further safeguard our classified networks, we continue to strengthen insider threat detection capabilities across the Community,” reads the FY 2013 congressional budget justification for intelligence programs. “In addition, we are investing in target surveillance and offensive CI [counterintelligence] against key targets, such as China, Russia, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and Cuba.”

The White House and the Israeli Embassy did not respond to requests for comment.*

Meanwhile,  “[the] Germans are giving up their American email providers and opting for German-based email companies in the wake of the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance scandal, reports Spiegel.** 

The irony is almost laughable.  While Obama is betraying our only true friend in the Middle East (Israel),  the Germans have decided that Obama’s N.S.A. is an even more pronounced security threat.  

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*  http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/319513-leaked-documents-reveal-us-sees-israel-as-a-major-spying-threat#ixzz2dQCs6y7r 


 and 

**  http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/growing-demand-for-german-email-providers-after-nsa-scandal-a-918651-druck.html

We need to drive this point home, and, more than this, actually help these folks with the training needed to move into the working class.

80,000 folks stayed home rather than attend the King Day "I Had A Dream" ceremonies held in DC, on Wednesday.

Last Friday,  August  23^rd,  Obama was interviewed by the morning show on CNN.  That cable network came in at #3 for the morning ratings hour and did not exceed its average viewership with or without Obama. 

Yesterday,  August 28^th,  Obama spoke to 20,000 folks celebrating the 50 year after Martin Luther King;s “I have a dream speech  . . . . . . . . . a disturbing 80,000 fewer attendees than was predicted. 

What is happening to the Black Political Movement in America?  In 2008, there was hope that Blacks would play a long lasting and significant role in American politics,  despite the fact that they represent only 14% of the general population.    But in 2012,  nearly 13 million Democrat voters stayed away from the polls,  giving Obama 51% of the popular vote. And,  Wednesday,  Americans made it clear that the Black Movement was just that,  a black movement.  It has lost its cross culture appeal,  primarily because Americans are tired of the anger and false accusations coming from this power base.  

Rather than using his ethnicity,  coming from a "mixed" marriage, to govern as one tearing down race barriers  Obama has chosen to forsake his white grandparents,  trading them in for the black Chicago culture of confrontation and race baiting.  

As an small time editor,  I neither listened to his Wednesday speech nor do I intend on reporting on the details of that speech  . . . . . . .  we all have heard this speech a dozen times,  before.  

The man has no new ideas,  no sense of direction with regard to either his domestic policies or his foreign policies,  and,  as a consequence,  has not realized a single political victory for more than a year.  And,  Democrats openly fear that matters are only going to get worse,  come November of 2014.  

Scandal after scandal,  a brain-dead war in Afghanistan, a comprehensive and feckless foreign policy,  and just plain arrogance,  has spelled the end to Obama's presidency,  three years before it is officially over.  

America was in love with this man in 2008,  but his decision to work for the extinction of the conservative voice has left him without any moral authority and with no notable future.  His presidency has devolved little more than fodder for the late night comedy shows.  Sad.  And to think of the dozens of qualified black leaders that could have served the US Presidency with distinction.  

During the Clinton/Bush years, unemployment was 5% or less; under Obama, unemployment has never been less than 7.4% and now, with ObamaCare, the work week will be reduced to 30 hours rather than the traditional 40 hours we all thought would last forever.

Summary statement without getting lost in the weeds:  the available workforce admitted to by the DoL and including those unemployed and not counted in the 25 to 64 years age grouping,  is 188.  That is the size of the potential American workforce.  Of that number,  20 million are counted as unemployed or underemployed and 41 million additional Americans between 25 and 64 years of age are not being counted for a total of 61 unemployed or underemployed measured against a workforce (potential) of 188 million for an unemployed/underemployed rate of 32.4%.  During the Clinton/Bush years,  this unemployed/underemployed rate was closer to 9% with an accepted workforce of 166 million compared to an accepted workforce (accepted by the Department of Labor) under Obama's administration of employment and jobs creation of 129 million as of this past week.  

Under Bush,  the 8 year unemployment rate was 5.2% counting 2008.  Under Obama,  the unemployment rate has never been under 7.4%.  He (Obama) predicted a 5% unemployment rate by this time into his term as president  -  a number he apparently picked out of thin air for the purpose of grabbing headlines and appeasing his critics for a time.  

Explanation:  129,827,178  Americans are currently figured into the Department of Labor statistics.  These are folks who old enough to work and are either working or are currently seeking work.  It does not included 17 million youth (16 – 24 high school and college aged) who are not looking for work,  nor does it count 28 million seniors who are retired and/or no longer seeking employment. 

Sadly,  those between these two groupings,  41 million Americans 25 to 64,  are unemployed but are not counted in the unemployed stats of the Department of Labor.  The are not receiving “benefits,” nor are they actively seeking employment. 

Adding the 129.8 million in the official workforce to the 41 not being counted,  and you have a total workforce of 170.8 million Americans.  Using these numbers,  75.9% of the workforce is or should be participating in the workforce. 

If we include high school and college aged youth (17 million) currently not be counted into the larger workforce,  the total work force excluding retirement aged Americans is 188 million,  8 million of whom are part-timers and 12 million have no job at all but are seeking work and these numbers work against the 129 total.  15.5% of Americans are unemployed or underemployed,  using these numbers.  But  . . . .

If we expand the workforce to 188 million (as explained above) and add the 41 million mid-aged Americans not working to the 20 million,  the percentage of unemployed or underemployed working aged Americans is a disturbing 32.4% .  During the Clinton and Bush economies,  this number was approximately 16%,  half of what we have in the Obama economy. 

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Source used in this article include:  

CNN article:   http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/03/news/economy/unemployment-rate/index.htm

Numbers USA (a Left leaning think tank dealing with immigration and employment issues/numbers:  https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/july-8-2013/government-data-only-47-working-age-americans-have-full-time-job.html

Department of Labor stats  :  http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/wkclaims/report.asp

After 5 years, Obama's legacy includes ObamaCare and the mess it has created and, ahhhhhh . . . . well, that's about it.

<<<<    Valerie Jarrett is, perhaps,  Obama's closest confidant and the brains of his Administration.  Many regard her as the real "First Lady."  

Valerie Jarrett “lists” Obama’s achievements and comes up with two:  one is his ObamaCare Mess and,  two,  the pending immigration bill. 

Understand that the Dodd/Frank “too big to failure” bill (Spring of 2010) was a third choice,  but Jarrett does not mention this,  probably because,   after three years,  the bill is only 47% written and has already failed in its primary goal. 

She includes ObamaCare but ignores the fact that ObamaCare has a long way to go before it is a proven “legacy” item for Obama.  To date,  not a single one of the 50 state federal exchanges have been set up and October 1 is the deadline for this.  Speaking of “deadlines,”  the Administration has missed more than half of the ObamaCare deadlines and all of the major organization dates.  There are no exchanges,  no insurance company agreements with the Feds,  no employer mandates,  no workable system for securing the information collected and needed for this moronic bit of legislation to work in a trustworthy manner.  And since the beginning of 2013,  70% of all jobs “created,”  have been for  part-time positions. 

Her second choice is the pending immigration bill . . . . .  never mind that if passed,  it will have GOP imprinting all over its pages  --  hardly a legacy item for Obama,  but who within the Administration,  cares about this fact?  So they will make the claim and hope that history will eventually agree.    

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Information source:   http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/27/jarrett-sees-immigration-rewrite-obamacare-as-top-obama-achievements/;  text by Midknight Review.  

Come September, the financial party for Wall Street will begin to slow and Obama will actually have to come up with workable solutions that do not involve the Fed. Too bad he does not know how to balance a budget.

Home sales are down with reports of a three year low.  The reasons: 

 " . . . .  higher mortgage interest rates and rising home prices are impacting monthly contract activity."  Quantitative Easing has kept interest rates to historic lows,  at a penalty to those who are saving for retirement.  In September,  this money supply will begin to be reversed. Interest will increase and added pressure on the housing market will be the result.  

The Fed has “printed” more than 4 trillion dollars above the normal flow of money,   as it used its powers in a process called “quantitative easing.”  The hope was for a recovering economy that would end the need for QE.  Instead,  the economy has not rebounded and the Fed has run out of time for a sustainable continuation of play money  -  most of it going into the stock market.  In three weeks,  the Fed will begin winding down his massive QE program.  No one really knows the final impact of this eventuality.  Suffice it to say,  Wall Street is the only part of the economy that has done well over the past several years,  but its money supply is about to begin shrinking.  

Most scary for the Democrats,  are the coming mid-term elections,  which may be impacted by the reality of this news.  

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Factual information for this post comes from ZeroHedge.com;  text by Midknight Review editor.  

Travon Martin: a civil rights wanna be or thug. See the picture he posted of himself on Twitter and judge for yourself.

Home-schoolers are socially involved and often preferred as collegiate prospects.

The numbers may surprise you. There are more than 2 million homeschooling students in the United States today. Homeschooling is on the rise, gaining ground by as much 12% each year. Parents are harnessing the power of technology and the online environment to provide new ways for children to reach their full academic potential. Families build stronger relationships through increased interaction and shared goals.

When parents explore the possibility of educating their children at home, they are finding that:

• Research shows homeschooled students are just as involved in extracurricular activities as students in private schools and considerably more so than public school students.
• Homeschoolers, on average, outperform public and private school counterparts by 30 to 37 points in all subjects on skill assessment tests.
• College programs are beginning to actively seek out homeschooled students as they are more academically prepared for higher learning.

Hear the facts on homeschooling from someone who knows 

Join Gretchen Roe, mother of six, and homeschooling mom of 20 years, forone of her live webinars aboutgetting started in homeschooling, teaching tips, student time management, and more. The webinars are always free and include ample question and answer time.

What are the top reasons parents choose homeschooling?

• Desire to provide religious or moral instruction
• Concern about the school environment
• Dissatisfaction with academic instruction or curriculum
• Other reasons including: physical or health considerations, schedule, travel

Positive post-educational results

• The results of a study conducted by Dr. Gary Knowles of the University of Michigan found that none of the homeschooled students were unemployed as adults and none were on government assistance programs.
• Adults who were homeschooled are more than twice as likely to be involved in community service.
• 90% of homeschooled adults report they are glad they were homeschooled, and 80% plan on homeschooling their own children.

The Calvert curriculum has a 100-year history of educating children in all 50 states and 100 countries. A classic, rigorous education, Calvert students place grade levels above other distance learning counterparts.

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Source:  http://homeschool.calvertschool.org/landing/statistics/?utm_source=taboola

Obama's confusion as to "America's best interests" is the basis for his Islamic foreign policy. Maybe he should stop listening to John McCain !!

 “Of nine major rebel groups, seven of them may well have some significant ties to al-Qaeda. … What would be truly dangerous for the United States, for our allies like Israel and Jordan, is for a radical Islamic government to seize control of those chemical weapons and to deploy them against us or our allies.  That should be the focus of the President.”   (Ted Cruz on the Monday night “Hannity” program at Fox News). 

Editor’s notes:  Understand that Obama has tried to make peace with the Taliban,  in Afghanistan,  rather than defeat them using the American military he sent to that country to wage war;  has consistently sided with the Muslim Brotherhood and demanded the release and reinstatement of Morsi,  in Egypt;  has given CAIR,  in America,  the green light of approval after refusing the FBI’s “red flag” designation for that radical Islamic organization;  pretended that Nidal Hasan,  the Islamic murderer at Fort Hood;  sent aid to the PLO each of his nearly 5 years in office while diminishing Israel’s influence,  world wide; considers “Allah” to be an equal to the Christian God,  Jesus Christ and began his presidency (2009) with his first-ever press interview,  six days after his inauguration,  going to al-Arabiya out of Dubia  --  even before he spoke to the American press. 

After Fat Al Gorge sold Current TV to the enemy, the Islamic owned network has aired to as few as 22,000 people, most of them rumored to be from the Congressional Black Caucus.

So,  how is the new Al Jazeera news channel doing after its first week on air?  Well,  it’s opening program,  an introduction to Al Jazeera’s T.V. programming for the network,  aired to just 22,000 people.  During the week,  a financial program aired to 53,000 Americans but most programming throughout the week,  saw viewership ranging from 42,000 to below 30,000.

Understand that Al Jazeera is owned and produced by avoid enemies of the United States.  What most people forget is that following his first inauguration,  back in 2009, B. Hussein Obama gave his first news interview,  not to the American press,  but to an Islamic news outlet associated with Al Jazeera and has worked to bring Islam into the mainstream of American thought and process,  since that first interview on January 26, 2009.  

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Information/statistical source:  TV Newser.  

What is the real issue of disdain for the teaparty, color or anti-colonial communalism?

TheBlaze:  As Americans prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech during the March on Washington, Rev. Jesse Jackson has decided now would be a good time to accuse the Tea Party of being just like the Confederacy.

 “The Tea Party is the resurrection of the Confederacy, it’s the Fort Sumter Tea Party,” Jackson told Politico, referring to conservative opposition to President Barack Obama.

Jackson said he is “absolutely” convinced that Republican opposition to Obama has more to do with race than it does with actually opposing White House policy.

Editor's notes:  What Mr Irrelevant does not understand or refuses to admit is this:  teaparty ancestors fought and died in the Civil War to free the slave.  More than this,  they rejected the KKK and resisted Jim Crow when the Democrats ruled the south,  wrote the laws that kept the black man from voting,  and populated the KKK as it killed more than 3000 blacks back “in the day.”  

What teaparty members hate,  is the kinship Obama and the Black Congressional Caucus  hold for a Marxist brand of the socialist state and their willingness to abandon the US Constitution in their all-out pursuit to change the nature of the national governance.  If these communist sympathizers were all white,  the teaparty would feel exactly the same about them.  Color is not the issue.  The rejection of traditional American values,  the US Constitution and related founding documents,  and the condemnation of all things colonial  -  this is the problem.   

Quote of the week: "“The president has no authority to unilaterally attack . . . . . and if he does, as Foreign Relations Committee chairman, I will move to impeach.”

<<<<   Exactly what is this clowns job  . . .   I mean,  what in the h.e.l.l. has he been doing the past 5 years?  

Thinking of Obama preparing military action against Syria without seeking the approval of congress,  who made this threat? 

“The president has no authority to unilaterally attack . . . . .  and if he does, as Foreign Relations Committee chairman, I will move to impeach.” 

The quote is from the lips of Joe Biden in November of2007.  

We agree.  In fact,  it is time way past time for impeachment talk.  

The two most powerful Democrat women both approved of Assad and worked to undermine Bush 43's caution for deepening Syrian/U.S. relationships.

 Turns out that Obama is not the only Democrat to "open mouth and insert foot."  Apparently,  the size of the collective Democrat/Progressive mouth is somewhere around 10.5 D.  (See the Hillary video).

Also, 
April 5, 2007:

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with Syria’s leader Wednesday despite White House objections, saying she pressed President Bashar Assad over his country’s support for militant groups and passed him a peace message from Israel.

The meeting was an attempt to push the Bush administration to open a direct dialogue with Syria, a step that the White House has rejected. Congressional Democrats insist the U.S. attempts to isolate Syria have failed to force the Assad government to change its policies. 

Just to be clear: Obama will NOT seek the approval of congress for going to war, turning the decision to go to war over to the international community.

Just to be clear:  Obama will NOT seek the approval of congress for going to war in Syria or anywhere else, turning the decision to go to war over to the international community. There was a time when he pretended to respect the sovereignty of this Great Nation but that was only until he got himself elected.  

Of course,  the GOP leadership will huff and buff,  but,  in the end,  will do exactly nothing to curtail this man's power grab. As inept as is the current Administration,  the GOP leadership is equally feckless in its planning and drive to set America on the Right track.  

Here is what Obama once pretended to believe:  

December 20, 2007:

Q. In what circumstances, if any, would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress? (Specifically, what about the strategic bombing of suspected nuclear sites — a situation that does not involve stopping an IMMINENT threat?)

OBAMA:  The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.

Remember little Sarah? If Obama and Kathleen Sebilius had their way, Sarah would have died rather than going home today.

Is there any doubt about the existence of Gov. Palin’s “death panels” in ObamaCare?  We must never forget that little Sarah is going home today,  no thanks [at all] to HHS,  Hussein Obama,  or Kathleen Sebilius.  In time,  the ObamaCare death panel of 15 non-medical personnel,   will decide against services to the very young and the very old,  based on “cost saving measures.”  The move will be administered incrementally,  over a period of several years,  and the panel's decision(s) will not be reviewable by anyone including the court system.  Without repeal,  Obama has destroyed our health system.   

I am saying,  "This is a done deal."  

And who is to [ultimately] to blame?  

This may surprise you,  coming from an avoid conservative,  but the blame goes to the RINO Herd within the GOP.  Their refusal to give heed to the ever increasing complaints of the GOP's conservative majority,  over the past 20 years,   led to the defeat of the Prince of RINO's John McCain and the near destruction of Republican Party in 2008.  And if the Grand Old Party does not admit to the present day reality of populace conservative rule within its ranks,  the GOP will not be an effective influence at the national level,  in our remaining lifetimes.  

Monday Morning on cable: Obama was interviewed on CNN and it (CNN) finished in 4th place with 35 to 64 year old viewers.

FNCFox & Friends 1,086,000 viewers

MSNBCMorning Joe 312,000

CNNNew Day 280, 000  -  CNN’s average audience was unchanged with/during this interview.  His interview ranked 3rd with 25-54 year olds,  and only 4th with with 35 to 65 year olds.  No one is listening to this clown,  anymore,  except the standard partisan crowd.  

HLNMorning Express w/ Meade 196,000

CNBCSquawk Box 101,000

Midknight Review reports exclusively on meaningful national/political issues. As you can see from Drudge, there is little going on outside of Syria.

Besides Obama announcing his every move, militarily,  to the world,  there is little to report.  And,  the national "news cycle"  has been like this since before the first of the year.  Obama's agenda is dead,  except for what he can do via "executive order,"  which is not as much as many conservatives fear.  ~ blog editor. 

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