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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

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Bashar Assad: with progressive socialist democrat friends like Kerry, Hagel and Biden, what do you expect when times turn bad?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 06:24 PM PDT

Fair weather friends who supported Bashar Assad when it was to their political advantage to demean the foreign policies of George Bush now support his destruction …

Not that they give a damn about Bashar Assad, Syria, or the Syrian people – but because they know so little about foreign policy matters that they simply must follow the foreign policy of George Bush or look like the incompetent bloviating fools they are in real life.

It now appears that Kerry, Hagel, Biden and others are illustrating the old Arab proverb, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”A political philosophy that assumes that because two parties have a common enemy, they can work with each other to advance their common goals.

Bashar Assad loses U.S. friends as Kerry, Hagel and Biden take Bush’s stance on Syria
The Obama national security team that wants to go to war withSyria and demonizes President Bashar Assad is the same group that, as senators, urged reaching out to the dictator.
As a bloc on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, President Obama, Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Vice President Joseph R. Biden all opposed the George W. Bush administration’s playing tough with Mr. Assad.
None grew closer to Mr. Assad and promoted him in Washington more than Mr. Kerry.
“President Assad has been very generous with me in terms of the discussions we have had,” Mr. Kerry, as a senator from Massachusetts, told an audience at theCarnegie Endowment for International Peace in March 2011. He predicted that Mr. Assad would change for the better.
Today, Mr. Kerry is a leading advocate for attacking Mr. Assad’s regime. On Friday, he called the man he once befriended a “thug and murderer.” Mr. Hagel is assembling a small armada in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to launch scores of cruise missiles at the Assad regime as punishment for the gas attack. Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden are lobbying allies and Congress to approve an attack.
The message was different in the mid- and late 2000s, even as Mr. Assad was doing deeds that prompted the Bush administration to label him a “bad actor.” Read more at: Bashar Assad loses U.S. friends as Kerry, Hagel and Biden take Bush's stance on Syria - Washington Times

Bottom line …

You will notice that the progressive socialist democrats appear to have no core beliefs, only an abiding willingness to say or do anything that advanced their personal power, prestige and profits and their toxic socialist/communist agenda. No greater illustration that John Kerry’s abiding love for the cheese-eating surrender monkeys that openly welcomed the Nazis into their world – apparently believing that they could survive under any conditions.

Whatever may be said about former President Bush, he was not the inept, indecisive, and incompetent fool portrayed in the progressive mainstream media. There were no doubts about his loyalty to his country and his outspoken abhorrence to evil. If anything, Bush was a lousy public speaker – but still did not need a TelePrompTer to speak to children – and a crappy communicator. But he was far from an empty suit like Obama. And, while he may have been a RINO (Republican In Name Only), a member of the Northeaster Liberal Elite Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party, there was never any suggestion that he was selling out his country in favor of foreign sovereign interests.

You couldn’t trust the progressive democrat socialists then, and certainly you can’t trust them now. It remains to be seen if the American people will stand up for their rights and remove the corrupt progressive democrat socialists and overt racists from office in the 2014 congressional election cycle. My best friend Al thinks not, but I am still hopeful that a majority of patriotic Americans will rise to the occasion and remove ideologically and financially corrupt politicians from office.

-- steve

LOUISIANA'S FISKE THEATRE DECLINES TO SHOW "THE BUTLER" IN HONOR OF VIETNAM ERA VETERANS

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 05:20 PM PDT

It is most refreshing to see honorable people stand up for their beliefs in an era of political correctness and demagoguery …

Holland Entertainment Statement on THE BUTLER

We at Holland Entertainment have always prided ourselves in the fact that as exhibitors of motion picture entertainment we have been very open minded when it comes to booking thought provoking and entertaining movies at the theatre we operate, even when sometimes the films we book may express views and values different from how we as operators feel an...d the some of our patrons.

This business philosophy is paramount to our industry’s and our nation’s most treasured right and that is freedom of speech.

In the same token we also value, respect and thank our veterans; and active military personnel for the service and sacrifices they have made on our behalf allowing us to have the above mentioned right to exhibit thought provoking motion pictures. In fact our founder the late Donald B. Fiske was a veteran of World War I.

In recent weeks there has been much controversy surrounding the most recent release from The Weinstein Company, “The Butler.”The main issue surrounding this film is their decision to cast Jane Fonda as Nancy Regan. This film, though it does take some artistic liberty, is a great and thought provoking movie by what we have read and have been told by our consultants and we did heavily considered booking it.

However, due to our deep regard for the emotions and out of respect for the service of our local Vietnam Vets who patron our theatre we have elected NOT to book this film.

The events of the Civil Rights Era this film portrays is definitely something the younger generations need to see and we wish that The Weinstein Company would have made a better choice with their casting selection so we could provide this movie to you the movie going public of Northeast Louisiana and Southeast, Arkansas.

We thank each of you for your support of the theatre since our return in 2007 and for making us the No. 1 Independent Theatre in North Louisiana. We hope that each of you will understand and respect our decision not to play this film.

Sincerely,

Adam T. Holland
President
Holland Entertainment LLC

Bottom line …

Support your local theatres, especially those who support the community and refuse to knuckle under to political correctness.

306 East Main Street, Oak Grove, La. 71263

The Fiske Theatre, located in downtown Oak Grove, is the oldest operating movie theatre in Northeast Louisiana. The first facility was built in 1928; when the current building was constructed in 1950, the theater had the largest screen in northeast Louisiana, at 18'x33'. According to a plaque in its lobby, the theater was named as the most modern and advanced theater in 1951 by the Theatre Equipment Catalog. On January 29, 2010 the Fiske debuted its DTS Digital Surround Sound with its showing of Sherlock Holmes.

On November 19, 2011 the Fiske ended the 35mm era with the debut of its Dolby Digital Projection system powered by a Barco DP3000 projector. The Fiske is now as technologically equipped as its nearest competitors in Monroe, La. which is 60 miles away.
In the summer of 2012 through the support of the West Carroll Chamber of Commerce's Operation 2012 Campaign and Project the theatre was completely restored and now features plush new seating with expanded leg room and is the only theatre in North Louisiana to feature Dolby 7.1 surround sound.

The Fiske Theatre is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, with a Sunday-afternoon matinee, showing a different first-run feature each week. The Fiske Theatre is owned by the West Carroll Chamber of Commerce and operated by Holland Entertainment LLC.

Adam Holland, President, served as the chairman of the Fiske Theatre Committee from 2007-2009 and Executive Director of the Theatre for the West Carroll Chamber of Commerce from 2009-2011 prior to the company leasing the facility in June of 2011.

Syria: President Obama votes "Present" by engaging Congress

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 04:32 PM PDT

Just like in the bad old days in the Illinois Legislature, where Barack Hussein Obama was so afraid of taking a public stance on a political issue lest it damage his budding career as a politician, Obama once again votes “present” on a controversial issue.

Syria, is extremely problematical to Obama. The “evidence” of the use of chemical weapons is dodgy as there is no clear and undisputable proof that they were used by either side. And, even more controversial is that the Obama would need to risk calls for his impeachment related to committing an act of war against a foreign sovereign nation without a direct attack on the United States or its assets, or even the claim that such an attack was imminent. As for enforcing international laws relating to the use of chemical weapons against a civilian population, the United States does not have the unilateral power to address or remediate international crimes that do not involve America or American citizens. Basically, the United States is not the policeman of the world.

So, with dodgy evidence and a growing personal risk, the cowardly Obama did what he has always done in the past: punted. By handing off the matter to Congress, Obama has found a way to essentially vote “present” without assuming personal responsibility for his actions. If Congress authorized the use of military force in Syria, Obama is absolved of any responsibility for the outcome and any unintended consequences. If Congress does not authorize the use of military force in Syria, Obama points to Congress, most likely pointing at Congressional Republicans, and claims his hands were tied.

Hiding behind the skirts of his advisors …

Once again, the non-leader Obama is leading from behind – probably hiding behind the skirts of Valerie Jarrett, Samantha Power, and Susan Rice. Which should come as no surprise to those who just found out that President Obama preferred to play cards with Reggie Love rather than watch the bin Laden raid unfold.

Somehow, Obama has become the perfect puppet of those who pull his strings, his only goal is to take credit for good accomplishments and blame any failure on someone else. But, what can you expect of a man who “accepted” a Nobel Peace Prize based on no accomplishments. A real man would have handed back the prize and claimed that awarding such a prize for non-achievement only cheapened the prize and disgraced the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Unfortunately, that is not how things work in progressive socialist democrat circles.

-- steve

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRAT BRIEFING BOOK ON SYRIA

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 04:56 AM PDT

It appears the Vice President and Foreign Affairs Expert, Joe Biden, has prepared a briefing book for the progressive socialist democrats in Congress

BAD – PRESIDENT BUSH	GOOD – PRESIDENT OBAMA

DICTATOR – HUSSEIN (IRAQ)	DICTATOR – ASSAD (SYRIA)
POSITION: Muslim dictator and leader of his nation’s branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)	POSITION: Muslim dictator and leader of his nation’s branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
CHARGE: *Employed chemical weapons against his own people in Iraq.*	CHARGE: *Employed chemical weapons against his own people in Syria.*