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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Why France and not US?

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After overextending itself in the Middle East for a decade, the United States is now resolved to avoid wars that never end.

As the world's most powerful nation relinquishes its role as global policeman, other countries will step in to stabilize crises that directly threaten their interests. France, for example, has taken the lead in Mali. With Europe enmeshed in a financial fiasco, Paris can't allow North African jihadists to threaten its energy investments and other assets in the region.

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Insanity: Obama Sells F-16 Fighter Jets to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood....O is Truly Anti US & Israel

Dear Supporter:

I'm not sure if giving twenty F-16 fighter jets to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is impeachable, insane, or just plain stupid. But that's exactly what Barack Obama has done.

It's unthinkable, but it's true.

Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood -- the very same people who burn our flag, storm our embassy, and who's President is a hateful Muslim extremist - 'gets jets'.

No surprise, Obama thinks Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi is a moderate, but you be the judge.

Egypt's President Morsi:

"Either [you accept] the Zionists and everything they want, or else it is war. This is what these occupiers of the land of Palestine know - these blood-suckers, who attack the Palestinians, these warmongers, the descendants of apes and pigs" (Source: Brietbart).

And here's the salt-in-the-wound, Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood are using OUR tax dollars to buy the F-16's! That's right!

You see, Obama and the Congress send cash infusions of $1.3 billion to Egypt's military every year.

Here's how the New York Times scores it:

"In addition to the $1 billion in assistance, the administration is working with Egypt to provide $375 million in financing and loan guarantees for American financiers who invest in Egypt and a $60 million investment fund for Egyptian businesses. All of that comes on top of $1.3 billion in military aid that the United States provides Egypt each year".

Thankfully, Senator Rand Paul tied-up Washington in knots last September with an amendment to stop this disgusting use of our tax dollars.

Sen. Rand Paul:

"Not one penny more for Libya or Egypt or Pakistan until they act as our allies. Some say we have to keep sending it. Fine, let's send it when they act as our allies. Let's send it when they start behaving as civilized nations and come to their senses" (Source: NBC News).

Unfortunately, Sen. Paul's fellow Senate Republicans caved to the defense lobby, because selling jets is big business. A 'bi-partisan' 81 - 10-vote defeated Sen. Paul's amendment.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a bipartisan darling in Washington circles, even attacked Sen. Paul.

Sen. Lindsey Graham to the Huffington Post:

"Rand Paul is one nice fellow, but I bet you he's never talked with CIA Director General Petraeus about what would happen if we cut our aid off to Pakistan [, Egypt and Libya]".

And then Sen. Graham hit the campaign trail -- but for the Democrats -- helping Harry Reid keep his senate majority.

In just months, Republican voters will finally get a chance to thank Lindsey Graham.

But what about the F-16s going to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood?

Congress urgently needs to act.

Sen. Rand Paul wants to stop them.

He's proposing a ban on sending F-16 fighter jets to Egypt and other extremist regimes that hate America.

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''touche"....

After being interviewed by the school administration, the prospective teacher said:

'Let me see if I've got this right.

'You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning.
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'You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self esteem and personal pride.

'You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how to register to vote, balance a checkbook, and apply for a job.

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The One That Got Away…………….

Daniels - The One That Got Away…………….
Washington Post
Michael Gerson
January 17, 2013
Just before noon on Jan. 14, Mitch Daniels ceased to be governor of Indiana.
By 2 p.m. he was in West Lafayette conducting a meeting as the soon-to-be president of Purdue University. A true Hoosier calls that a promotion. But his elevated new stage is a smaller one. And as national Republicans contemplate the second half of the Obama era, they wonder what might have been.
Daniels pronounces himself “at peace” with his decision not to run for president — the sort of thing a man says after many restless nights. And remaining on the job as governor “allowed me to fulfill a commitment, to get some big stuff done right to the end.”
Daniels was arguably the most ambitious, effective conservative governor in America. He managed to ride a recession that bucked other leaders — balancing a series of budgets without increasing taxes.
He left Indiana with a $500 million yearly surplus and $2 billion in reserves while awarding taxpayers a substantial refund on his way out the door. During eight years in office, he shed 6,800 state government jobs — 19 percent of the total — while improving public services. He passed legislation ending mandatory union dues. He created the largest school choice program for low-income parents in the country. He privatized a toll road and the state lottery, and busted cable monopolies.
In the process, Daniels demonstrated two paradoxes of conservative governance.
First, it often requires a strong executive to encourage limited government.
Second, Daniels demonstrated that a smaller, more focused government can restore the reputation of government. Grasping, ineffective bureaucracies cultivate public disdain. Daniels is a man of libertarian leanings who improved the public standing of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Revenue by making them more efficient and responsive.
“I set out with two faint hopes,” he says. “For a change-averse state to be a leader. And for this to be a less cynical state. Skepticism about big government is as American as can be. But we must never allow skepticism about big government to become contempt for all government.”
Daniels’ parting observations on the state of the Republican Party are broadly consistent with a rising generation of conservative reformers.
On immigration, the GOP needs an approach “that embraces those who are here, not castigates them.” He remains an advocate for a “truce” on social issues — “leaving aside some irreconcilable debates to focus on a few priorities, such as the fiscal crisis” — and notes that most Republicans have implicitly adopted this approach already.
Daniels is just the sort of leader most needed in a Republican revival: an upbeat, tolerant, conviction politician. A surprisingly effective, RV-cruising populist.
Returning quietly to private life after public service is honorable and admirable.
But this doesn’t change one fact. The best Democratic politician in America is about to take his oath as president of the United States.
The best Republican politician will soon be president of Purdue.
By: Michael Gerson, Washington Post Writers Group
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