Prove it. Wednesday, Jun 10 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Comarade Obama and Congress and Lies and Media and Politics , , , , , , , 1IDVET 18:01

There’s still that lingering question about the usurper in the White House. Where’s the birth certificate? I had to provide one to join the military. I also had to provide it for a security clearance investigation. I also had to provide proof to my employer.

Well?

Here’s a nice new twist to it:

Obama Citizenship Question Makes Local Florida Paper

David Scrimshaw, writing in the Winterhaven (Florida) NewsChief (though mistaken about this intriguing question being new) identifies a key biographic detail demonstrating that, yes, Virginia, there are unanswered questions about Barack Obama’s native born citizenship.

Despite the inclination of establishment media to dismiss issues of Obama’s citizenship status, questions continue to surface in wider circles of American society.

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Religion and Violence… Wednesday, Jun 10 2009 

Anti-Islamo-Fascists and Axis of Idiots and Christian and Media and Political Correctness and Politics and Stupid People and Terrorism , , , , , 1IDVET 17:57

An excellent essay on Judaism and Christianity as they relate to Islam and violence.

Too often there are Muslim apologists that insist on equating the Christian Crusades as being the pillar of Christianity and “proof” that Christianity is as violent as Islam, if not more. Along with many Bible references of an historical nature, also taken out of context by the apologists and applied incorrectly to Judaism and Christianity.

No matter how much the Islam apologists try to do it, the Crusades were anything but an example of spreading Christianity by the sword. The Crusades were defensive responses to Islamic encroachment on Christian lands. It doesn’t take a historian to figure that out. It does take a moron a huge leap in conjecture and innuendo to make the case that the Crusades are similar or worse than the spread of Islam by the sword.

Read this for a really well done essay on the topic.

Raymond Ibrahim: Are Judaism and Christianity as Violent as Islam?
by Raymond Ibrahim

My essay from the Middle East Quarterly (Summer 2009 vol.16 num.3, p. 3-12):

“There is far more violence in the Bible than in the Qur’an; the idea that Islam imposed itself by the sword is a Western fiction, fabricated during the time of the Crusades when, in fact, it was Western Christians who were fighting brutal holy wars against Islam.”[1] So announces former nun and self-professed “freelance monotheist,” Karen Armstrong. This quote sums up the single most influential argument currently serving to deflect the accusation that Islam is inherently violent and intolerant: All monotheistic religions, proponents of such an argument say, and not just Islam, have their fair share of violent and intolerant scriptures, as well as bloody histories. Thus, whenever Islam’s sacred scriptures—the Qur’an first, followed by the reports on the words and deeds of Muhammad (the Hadith)—are highlighted as demonstrative of the religion’s innate bellicosity, the immediate rejoinder is that other scriptures, specifically those of Judeo-Christianity, are as riddled with violent passages.

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Less Government, not More! Wednesday, Jun 10 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Media and Politics and Stupid People and Truth , , 1IDVET 17:55

Who are these morons that keep calling for more and bigger government in our lives? If that’s what you want, move to fucking China. Leave America to the sane people.

Less government, more freedom, more capitalism. That’s what has made America great. Not the opposite.

Please allow the good doctor to explain:

Americans Love Government
by Walter E. Williams

Philosopher Bertrand Russell suggested that “Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.” And, it was Albert Einstein who explained, “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” So which is it — stupidity, ignorance or insanity — that explains the behavior of my fellow Americans who call for greater government involvement in our lives?

According to latest Rasmussen Reports, 30 percent of Americans believe congressmen are corrupt. Last year, Congress’ approval rating fell to 9 percent, its lowest in history. If the average American were asked his opinion of congressmen, among the more polite terms you’ll hear are thieves and crooks, liars and manipulators, hustlers and quacks. But what do the same people say when our nation faces a major problem? “Government ought to do something!” When people call for government to do something, it is as if they’ve been befallen by amnesia and forgotten just who is running government. It’s the very people whom they have labeled as thieves and crooks, liars and manipulators, hustlers and quacks.

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Obamacare… Wednesday, Jun 10 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Comarade Obama and Congress and Health Care and Lies and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism and Stupid People and Tax , , , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 17:52

Health care in America is about to change, thanks to Obama and the Democrats. They fail to see the failure of nationalized health  care in countries that have been doing so for some time. We don’t have to look far to see how it has failed. Just look north. Canada’s system of health care, where there is only one payer of benefits, the government, has proven time and again that it is a failure.

Britain, Sweden and others are turning away from the government monopolized health care and incorporating private health care into their systems. Why if they can’t make it work, are we even considering it, in the first place?

Free health care will be very expensive, both in monetary costs, as well as the cost in lives lost due to the bureaucrats and the rationing that is sure to follow any implementation of a nationalized health care system.

Canada’s ObamaCare Precedent
Governments always ration care by making you wait. That
By DAVID GRATZER

Congressional Democrats will soon put forward their legislative proposals for reforming health care. Should they succeed, tens of millions of Americans will potentially be joining a new public insurance program and the federal government will increasingly be involved in treatment decisions.

Not long ago, I would have applauded this type of government expansion. Born and raised in Canada, I once believed that government health care is compassionate and equitable. It is neither.

My views changed in medical school. Yes, everyone in Canada is covered by a “single payer” — the government. But Canadians wait for practically any procedure or diagnostic test or specialist consultation in the public system.

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Romanian Forces Leave Iraq… Wednesday, Jun 10 2009 

Military and Truth , 1IDVET 17:49

The Romanian forces in Iraq are headed home. It’s not in the news. These guys were a trusted partner in the coalition’s effort in Iraq. They did more than most with less.

Castle Argghhh!!! has the story.

The Romanians head home from Iraq
By The Armorer

Camp Dracula will never be the same, now that the Red Scorpions are leaving.  Thanks for the help, guys!

By Army Sgt. Mark Miranda
Special to American Forces Press Service

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq, June 9, 2009 – Military operations in Iraq formally ended for Romanian forces June 4, as one of America’s coalition allies prepared to ship out some of its remaining troops with an end-of-mission ceremony held by Romania’s 26th Infantry “Red Scorpions” Battalion.

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Boycott GM and Chrysler… Wednesday, Jun 10 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Comarade Obama and Congress and Economics and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism and Stupid People , , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 17:47

Boycott GM and Chrysler. I think I will. I was already boycotting Chrysler, just because they suck. I was a GM fan until Obama took over the company. The second that happened, I became a Ford fan, as I previously stated.  And without further ado: buy FORD!

And another reason I refuse to support Government Motors; MSLGBTV supports them now as their cause du jour.

The Ethical Case for Boycotting Chrysler and GM

By Gary Jason

In business ethics, the typical way one makes a judgment about the morality of a business action or practice is to consider the facts surrounding it in the light of four major ethical perspectives. These four ethical theories have been the ones considered most plausible in over two millennia of moral philosophy.

The first perspective is the natural rights view, or what I will call the (A) rights perspective. This view judges an action or practice by asking whether it flows from the rights of those doing it, and more importantly, if it violates the rights of others.

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Related:

GM: The MSNBC-Endorsed Car Maker
by Hugh Hewitt

GM has launched a new ad campaign to try and rebrand the company. No need. MSNBC has ridden to the rescue and is proud to declare Government Motors its new favorite cause. The hard-left cable network had adopted GM, so let the word go forth that if you want to support President Obama, his cheering section at MSNBC has made it clear that means buying GM product.

MSNBC’s hapless Ed Schultz accused me of “hating” President Obama on his Tuesday’s show because I have announced that I will not buy a GM or a Chrysler car. (Since 2001 I have purchased two GMs –a Saab and a Trailblazer.) My reasoning is explained in this

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LA Times and the 14th Amendment… Wednesday, Jun 10 2009 

Guns and Media and Second Amendment and Truth , , , 1IDVET 17:39

The LA Times gets one right. Yeah, I know. It’s hard for me to believe as well…

The 14th Amendment as it relates to the 2nd Amendment.

A legal shootout over the right to own a gun


Conflicting court opinions gun may result in linking the 2nd Amendment with the 14th.

It’s tempting for supporters of gun control — including this page — to hope that the high court will rule that the 2nd Amendment doesn’t apply to the states. That would be a mistake and would give aid and comfort to conservative legal thinkers, among them Justice Clarence Thomas, who have questioned the incorporation doctrine.

We were disappointed last year when the Supreme Court ruled that the right to keep and bear arms was an individual right, giving short shrift to the first part of the amendment, which refers to “a well-regulated militia.” But we also believe the court has been right to use the doctrine of incorporation to bind states to the most important protections of the Bill of Rights. If those vital provisions are to be incorporated in the 14th Amendment, so should the right to keep and bear arms.

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