Now, Hillary gets in the act. Though she can’t (yet) make presidential decisions she can assert herself as she did on the Congressional stand Wednesday, trying to defend herself and the administration from the potential Benghazi ‘coverup’ .
How someone who has taken ‘full responsibility’ for the Benghazi disaster,can emphatically state ‘ it doesn’t matter’ what happened but that we just need to prevent it from happening again, we have a major problem. This, from the leading candidate to be the Democratic nominee for President in 2016? And, of course that’s not all.
She went on to admit she doesn’t like to do Sunday morning talk shows, thus we had Susan Rice erring big time, which contributed mightily to Hillary and the administration’s subsequent problems. And, further, we saw Hillary continuously referring to ‘the ARB’, the investigative report on Benghazi done by her own state staff, whenever there was something she didn’t want to talk about. ‘It’s too lengthy to go into now, but you can find it in the ARB.’ Or, she would state that some things were STILL not resolved and she couldn’t give an answer, as she’s been for the past four months.
COUNTRY’S REACTION: HOW DO HILLARY, OBAMA and the Administration Get Away with all this Stuff?
After seeing Hillary on the stand, giving what we would consider a very poor performance, -never really telling us anything, e.g. who did what, who made the decisions or didn’t make the decisions – and then the response from the media (or lack therof) we’re beginning to finally understand why we have such a split country.
For the general media Hillary got a pass and was even praised for how she defended herself and the administration. Truly incrediable! What it comes down to now is that virtually anything Clinton says will be defended by today’s media, with the exception of Fox. We’re talking not about talk show hosts so much as the mainstream news media.
There was once something called objectivity in the news but today one must consider the news source and try to find a balance, if possible. For example , any news feed from the NEW YORK TIMES is likely to defend Obama, Hillary, et al. Same for most of the others. You might get an unbiased real news report from the Wall Street Journal if you’re lucky but that’s about it for the mainstream media.
How anyone can defend Clinton’s statement, ‘It doesnt (at this time) matter’ anymore, in reference to Benghazi, is akin to closing down the courts and letting all potential criminals off. Sure, there were the actual murderers who killed Ambassador Stevens and three others but the murders likely would not have happened had Hillary read the ‘cables’ from Benghazi, requesting more security, as Senator Rand Paul noted, or had she showed up, herself at the Sunday morning shows rather than passing the buck to an inexperienced Susan Rice. In a sense, Clinton and/or members of the Administration were the REAL culprits for enabling the murders to happen.
(Afterall, this was the first time an US ambassador was killed in over 30 years
which would indicated something like this just shouldn’t happen.) Yet, inexplicably,
one side of America seemingly goes along with everything and anything the administration
does, even something so incredibly and obviously WRONG! To say something doesn’t matter
why even have court hearings – or rules to live by, for that matter. President Obama
has basically stonewalled the entire proceedings himself. Had Obama taken the stand
we would likely have seem a similar performance of passing the buck.
How someone as intelligent as Clinton – and obama- can get away with this stuff is beyond us.
Worse though, is the half of the American populous that sits by accepting this stuff. Even
the Republican leaders could have done a better job of grilling Clinton. With the exception
of Paul and a few others, it was largely a love fest for Hillary, a probable bump in the
road on the way to a 2016 nomination for President, assuming she still wants this.
Have we become a brain dead nation, so dumbed down by Obama’s ‘giveaway’ culture that
doesn’t encourage work or even much thought. Just live and enjoy while the government
and working stiffs pay for the 50% who don’t .
OBAMA’S 23 DIRECTIVES PLUS
So we have President obama now coming up with not one ,not two but 23 ‘gun’ bills he wants to push through on his own. And. now he’s already made the order to allow women in the front lines of our military. Now, tha he’s been elected and before he goes into true ‘lame duck’ status it’s Seemingly every day something else he’s trying to push through. The idea, of course, is just to ‘goo for it all’ and hope at least some of the directives will stick. And, some probably will.
It’s Obama at his best, which may not necessarily be best for the country.
TRANSPARENCY – word of year
Word of the year, at least in politics, has to be ‘transparency.’ I hear it all the time, from obama to anyone in government and those covering them.
I guess it’s supposed to be a positive thing, but I think of it as a negative , ie ‘How transparent these people are.’ As if , you can see right through them…
HILLARY CLINTON’ finally had her day in court a full four months after the Benghazi crisis – and not by choice, of course. Though she had previously taken ‘full responsibility’ for what would turn out to be not the result of a Youtube video but a terrorist action which killed Libyan Ambassador Craig Stephens and three other Americans, she now blames what happened on money.
Clinton complained to the Senate investigating committee that the Defense department was underfunded by 10% – which was apparently enough to cause the murders in her view. Midway through the morning Congressional Hearing she would ‘blow up,’ accusing the Republicans of ‘going after’ the administration for something that was apparently out of their control due to lacking funds, in her view. . She then came up with other instances over the years when terrorist bombings near embassies took place, also due to lack of funds. One main difference is that these did not deal with American embassy loss of life, especially after dire warnings were given – in this case by the embassador, himself, who was killed.
Certainly in emergencies extra security could and would be ordered and sent in- but it was not – and Clinton appears to be using the same excuses as the Administration when it comes to problems in government, lack of funds. So much for personal responsibility.
It appears none or most of the main questions about Benghazi were NOT answered: why it took so long for the administration to correct the ‘video’ explanation, that the raid was a spontaneous act on 9/11 in response to an anti-Muslim Youtube video. Nor did Hillary clear up who knew what, or who ordered Susan rice to cover for her on the Sunday morning talk shows, following thge Benghazi activity.
What it came down to was Hillary blaming NOT taking full responsibility – and what does she really mean by that?.
So, four months since the 9/11 travesty, Clinton and the administration haven’t totally been able to escape the cloud of Benghazi., though not for a lack of trying. Yes, the blood clot could be a serious issue and we wouldn’t downplay that, but don’t forget, there was first a wine tasting in Australia that Clinton had to attend in October, then a couple of viruses caused her to miss two more hearings prior to the blood clot.
So, Clinton was able to scate free up until just days before her exit as Secretary of State perhaps. She was probably hoping things would calm down by now and that she could leave her position ‘intact’ as the leading Democratic candidate for president in 2016. Benghazi would be forgotten and all would be fine. Many of the questioning senators DID throw her softball questions and the question about the video only came up briefly near the end of the briefing. Only Senator Rand Paul and John McCain called her on the carpet. So, as has been the case much during the Obama administration, she may yet escape unscathed . But, then again, the Republicans may grow backbones as they have requiring a budget before any further monetary concessions.
Caching up on our blogs as we were down a few days due to technical difficulties, sorry…
OBAMA and HILLARY MUM ON ALGERIA
After saying nothing about the rather serious hostage taking by Islamic militants our head foreign leader, Hillary Clinton acknowledged the hostage taking by saying simply words ‘We hope for as few casualties as possible,’ or close to that. Duh! Do we think that she would be hoping for more loss of life? Perhaps Hilary would do better to say nothing than to come out with inane words must tofill the void… and, of course , there was nothing from President Obama, other than his twitters to eight-year-plds…In fact, while Clinton and Obama had reallynoting to say, it was Reuters who was at least giving us some details including that
two American hostages were being held in a gas plant in Algeria and that some otherhostages were killed in a raid.
MORE THAN GUNS
Perhaps Obama should spend some time on the other peripherals that contribute to the crime program. Violence has become part of the culture. It’s in the movies, the music, our daily lives – what with murder rates climbing in major cities like Chicago. Some like producer Quentin Tarrantino may say that violence in the ‘arts’ has no affect on violence in society but statistics show otherwise.
Obama’s decry of guns has simply sent thousands to the gun stores to clean them out of anything and everything. And besides, those are mostly the honest people. It’s the crimnal element that will get it’s guns anywhere they can – and do. Nothing against tougher gun laws here, but it’s only a fraction of the problem.
We must try to remove violence from the culture, just like England and some other countries have done. The crime and murder rate in England is proportionately much lower than it is in the U.S. There is much more civlity in that country, where even the ‘Bobby’s’ (please) don’t need to carry guns, as a rule, we are told.
OBAMA TURNS THE TABLES
OBAMA railed against President Bush raising the debt ceiling in 2006, callingBush a ‘tyrant trying to gin up’ the debt celing. It would appear Obama is doingexacly what he spoke against six years ago, having now nearly doubled our debt
from when Bush left office going from $4million to $7 million.
He said he would compromise with Republicans on the debt ceiling and took only six questions from press people who seemed to be predeterminedfrom a list he would scan.
It was only the second press conference in a year. Some in the crowd
said they missed the days of Clinton and Bush I where press conferences
were light and open, where any questions were fair game and topics were open.
The public… Does anyone really care anymore? During the press conference apparently viewers of TV’s the Price is Right were outraged that their showwas preempted for Obama’s speech. Haven’t people noticed that their taxes havegone up…even those 40-50% who weren’t paying taxes will now have to paythe payroll tax (1-2% of their income) if they’re working?
Other notes…
In 2006 Obama complained that Bush II would pull out a credit cardto raise taxes on a whim, who was ‘unpatriotic for raising the debt to 4 trillion
dollars. Has anybody reminded Obama lately that he has raised the deficit to 7 trillion from 4 trillion?
We also learn that Obama has tried 19 times to write new gun law , and others, on his own. However, there
is something called a constitution which prohibits the president from doing this on his own.But, if people don’t care and watch this , who knows what can slip by.
For those who say the Republicans are being too hard on the Democrats, let’s lookback at the Clinton administration. When things weren’t going well initially,Clinton, Gingrich and co. tightened up spending, to only 20% of GDP or about 1.5 trillion dollars
as compared to Obama at about 35% or 3 Trillion dollars. Fair Tax: or what about taxing people WHEN they spend, not before they spend whenyou don’t even know what they’re spending on or if they’re spending… Countries that have used it are doing well. No wonder the US is no longer in theTop 10 countries with lowest taxes. Nor are the Euroopean countires running in similar socialist manners.
Gun violence:
Obama asks for ‘voluntary efforts’ for decreasing violence in movies, etc.
Good luck to all these hypocritic movie stars coming out against guns but yet
using them frequently in their violent mogies.
We think a key element to the Hillary Blood Clot story is to dig down to find out the nature of the blood clot. If in the brain, it could be very serious and if not in the brain it could be nothing more than an isolated issue, perhaps even unrelated to any concussion; in fact, Clinton had a blood clot in her leg in 1998 did you know?
So now, Dec 29 , Hillary Clinton is admitted to ‘a New York Hospital for a blood clot , reportedly associated with the concussion she received’ earlier in the month, ‘ according to her spokesman. If it is really a serious issue we certainly don’t want to make light of it, however… The Clinton spokesman, Phillipe Reines, failed to give key details, such as where the blood clot was located. If it WAS in the brain, as first reported by some media outlets, that IS serious, but this was not mentioned. Clinton did have a blood clot in her leg in 1998, which was not serious. If this one was in the brain you would think the spokesman would mention this fact. The fact that she is being treated with anti-coagulants may confirm that that the blood clot is NOT in the brain. Only a good reporter would have to be at least a little suspicious at this point, with the fourth incident in just over a month that will delay Clinton from testifying on Benghazi. Since the Clinton people don’t indicate where the blood clot is located we go to CNN’s medical correspondent Sanjya Gupta who gives an indication that the blood clot is probably NOT in the brain, with this,“I think it’s very unlikely this is a blood clot on top of the brain or around the brain specifically, because you just don’t treat blood clots on the brain that way,” Gupta said. “That would worsen the bleeding.” http://www.RoadToSuccess.us
—– I thought this was a joke at first….. Guess who’s going to pay for this…
It’s a fact now that those 50% of people NOT paying any income tax are ‘earning’ more money by NOT working (min. $20,000 they get from govt. handouts like food stamps, welfare, free phones, etc.) than many struggling middle class workers in the lower ranges after taxes! AND NOW THIS…
The Americans With No Abilities Act
President Barack Obama and the Democrat-led Senate are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans with No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.
“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,” said California Sen. Barbara Boxer. “We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing.”
In a Capitol Hill press conference, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U.S. employer of Persons with No Ability.
Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against the inept include retail sales (72 percent), the airline industry (68 percent), and home-improvement warehouse stores (65 percent). At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent).
Under the Americans with No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.
Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability (POI) into middle-management positions, and give a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.
Finally, the Americans With No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, “Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?”
“As a non-abled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,” said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Mich., due to her inability to remember righty tighty, lefty loosey. “This new law should be real good for people like me. I’ll finally have job security.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Said Sen. Dick Durbin: “As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.”
MILTON FRIEDMAN ON INHERITANCE TAX, RIGHT TO WORK STATES
Noted economomist Milton Friedman may have passed away in 2006 but six years later some of his sage advice may still be working in a positive way for the country.
As President Obama looks to increasing the U.S. inheritance tax – some call it a ‘death tax’- from 35% to 55% we come across an interesting quote from notedeconomist Milton Friedman on the subject. In 2006, when long time, noted economist Milton Friedman was speaking at a college campus a student porposed that there should be a 100% inheritanceto better spread the wealth around to everyone.
Friedman countered that such a tax would take away all incentive from workingand that the country would quickly go down the tubes with such a tax. Businesses would spend off large amounts of money frivolously at year end that it would have a negative affect on the eonomy and business and job growth.
Many countries, such as China, have done well of late with NO inheritance tax, again. Companies there can now reinvest the money they would have given the government, instead, to growing their busiensses and jobs.
RIGHT TO WORK
Despite President obama’s recent ‘campaining’ in Michigan, voters supportedthe ‘right to work’ whereby workers in factories, such as the auto plants, can make their own choice whether they join workers unions or not.
Now, one can avoid the stiff union dues if he wants and put the money that
would have gone there into his own pocket where he can, again, invest the money if he wants, rather than give it to pay union admin costs.
Looks like a positive sign for the economy, and 24 other states, reportedly
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