Why Israel Should Tell The US To Stick It

I have never understood why Israel doesn't tell the US to just stick and do what they know is best for their country.  Here they have "neighbors" lobbing rockets over the fence, and carrying out regular terrorist strikes within Israel.  And we always pat them on the back, say "tsk tsk" and urge them to remain calm.  Don't behave rashly.  Puleez.

Can you imagine if Canada were lobbing rockets across the Great Lakes at us and France was telling us not to do anything rash?  I certainly hope we would tell France to stick it where the sun doesn't shine, and start bombing them right back.

I mean, seriously, let's look all the way back to the first Iraq war.  Iraq was shelling Israel just because they could, and poor Israel bit their collective tongues and let us do our thing.  They really had our backs.  And how did we repay them?  We convinced them to let the Palestinians have the Gaza strip.  Which they proceeded to trash. 

If I were Prime Minister Netanyahu, I would tell President Obama to stick it and do what I thought was best for Israel.  They certainly can't be any worse off.

Bart Gordon Thinks His Constituents Are Dumb Hicks

Barton Gordon, my US Congressman, was just quoted in Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, as follows: "[T]here was a 'cultural issue' that came into play in last year's presidential election. Obama 'seemed to be too urbane' for 6th district voters, Gordon said. 'If you're from some of those small counties, [Obama was] some guy from Chicago that speaks differently than you.' Gordon acknowledged that racism was also a factor in Obama's performance in the district. 'Unfortunately, there was probably a little bit of that, but it was more just being urbane,' Gordon said."


So, in other words, Obama was just too sophisticated and polished for us Tennessee hicks to understand him. It apparently never crossed the Congressman's mind that we didn't vote for Obama precisely because we understood him and didn't want a lying, socialist in the White House.  Based on what's happened since he took office, I think our concerns were well-founded.

Is He Or Isn't He?

Okay, I admit that when I first heard the buzz about Obama not being eligible to serve as President, I thought it was 100% hooey.  I really thought someone would have leaked proof early on if he wasn't eligible.  Now?  Let's just say I am becoming convinced that there's a very interesting story there somewhere.

On the one hand, I tell myself that SURELY either party would have to see proof that a candidate for President is constitutionally eligible before they are formally nominated.  I mean, how embarrassing would that be if the candidate wasn't properly vetted and it got out?  Why go to all that trouble to fight and win the election if you know darned well it could all be lost in the blink of an eye?  The party who did something that stupid would probably take decades to recover and it wouldn't hurt my feelings to have the Dems de- fanged for the next 10 or 20 years.

On the other hand, it bothers me that Obama hasn't done anything to put this to rest.  Doesn't he have better things to do with his time and money?  If the rumors are so baseless, why not just whip out the birth certificate and have a big ole belly laugh at the other side's expense?  Call it woman's intuition.  Call it a gut feeling.  Either way, there's something wrong about the fact that he hasn't taken advantage of the opportunity to make his opposition look like idiots.

It particularly bothers me that he's kept all his school records locked away.  I know the Dems will claim there's nothing wrong with that but it's not what we've experienced from other candidates and it's certainly not the transparency we were promised.  And that makes me wonder.  When someone elects not to take the easy way out, when they have plenty of supposedly more important things on their place, then you can bet there's a good reason.

I've heard all sorts of convoluted arguments meant to "prove" that he's not an NBC (natural born citizen, in case you don't follow the lingo) simply because his father was Kenyan.  I'm no lawyer but all of those arguments seem to be based on the law prior to the passage of Title 8, section 1401.  From a laywoman's reading of that passage, he certainly seems to meet the criteria.  Assuming he was born in Hawaii as we've been told.  Bottom line - do I really think he's constitutionally ineligible to hold the office?  That seems really hard to believe. 

But what I am starting to suspect is that perhaps he took advantage of his father being Kenyan to get foreign student scholarships that he really wasn't entitled to.  That would be highly embarrassing now and would certainly provide enormous motivation for keeping all his school records locked away. 

I just hope this is resolved and doesn't become an enduring conspiracy like the JFK assassination.  That's the LAST thing we need.

Why Isn't CNN Talking About This?

So typical of the left wing.  They claim to be all about rights and freedom.  Yet their Chosen One wants the ability to flip and switch and shut down the internet.

I find it appalling that the President would seek authority that the US does not own or control.  There's no reason such a thing could be helpful - unless you want the ability to stop free speech.  Such a power would be extremely useful for that.