I could see this coming a mile a way. Not only does the Cowardly Lion have no intention of confronting Iran militarily, he is afraid of them diplomatically and politically. His shadow Secretary of State, Samantha Power, is a major proponent of the Neville Chamberlain/Lord Halifax policy of appeasement and frankly Obama wets his pants at the thought of confronting nations such as Iran, Syria, and North Korea. The scent of 1938 is in the air.
hat tip – Powerline
by Eli Lake
The Obama administration is pressing Congress to provide an exemption from Iran sanctions to companies based in “cooperating countries,” a move that likely would exempt Chinese and Russian concerns from penalties meant to discourage investment in Iran.
The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act is in a House-Senate conference committee and is expected to reach President Obama’s desk by Memorial Day.
“It’s incredible the administration is asking for exemptions, under the table and winking and nodding, before the legislation is signed into law,” Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican and a conference committee member, said in an interview. A White House official confirmed Wednesday that the administration was pushing the conference committee to adopt the exemption of “cooperating countries” in the legislation.
Read the rest here: White House seeks to soften Iran sanctions
Tags: Eli Lake, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Why should we fear Iranian nuclear weapons? They are part of The peaceful religion, and just got elected to the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women.
/
H/t: Nevergiveup
The only action this guy feels comfortable with is bullying law abiding productive citizens.
have any world problems been solved today?
just do your little part is all we can do
@ WrathofG-d:
Travesty.
Iranian respect for women.
http://iranpoliticsclub.net/photos/women-stoning/images/Woman%20Hanging%20Iran%203.jpg
@ vagabond trader:
This continued weakness towards the armies of Islam is not going unnoticed by the weed-roots in Western societies as the Muslims in the U.K. no longer fear the police, and its open season on Israeli Government Officials.
@ WrathofG-d:
And illegals here don’t seem to fear either law enforcement or the citizenry.
@ WrathofG-d:
It certainly is not and these jihadis never stop no matter how nice the potus pets them.
I can’t imagine what those dopes in the White House are thinking. But shit like this is pushing the Israelis to strike and strike hard and soon.
@ snork:
@ vagabond trader:
From that story, I don’t understand why her security detail didn’t just take care of the thugs, but as far as the illegals and cops I know why. In LA when they did, it was the cops who got sued, and lost!
@ Nevergiveup:
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/ss_israel0350_04_28.asp
@ WrathofG-d:
Its going to get much worse. The muzz have been given the nod by their dhimmi neighbors.
@ snork:
snork wrote:
There is no doubt they want to get rid of Bibi, but they have a very poor understanding of Israeli politics.
“The
scentstench of 1938 is in the air.”Fixed that fer ya, Speranza~!
~Norsk Troll
A quick aside:
A federal jury is headed for a fourth day of deliberating the fate of a Tennessee college student accused of hacking into Sarah Palin’s e-mail account.
The jury in Knoxville told the judge on Thursday that they are deadlocked on one charge but have reached unanimous decisions on three others. They adjourned in the afternoon and will return Friday.
The jurors declined to announce their verdicts on charges of wire fraud, unauthorized access to a computer and obstruction of justice. The deadlocked charge is identity theft.
Former University of Tennessee student David Kernell is charged with breaking into the e-mail while Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008.
The 22-year-old faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
I hope they fry his ass
@ Nevergiveup:
They are morons either way! It wasn’t Bibi who stopped Ehud and Tzipi from closing a deal with the Arabs, but the Arabs themselves. The Administration, despite their misunderstanding of present Israeli politics, has the entire situation backwards. Evn if they get the Kapos of Kadima back into office it does nothing to change the attitude of the enemy which is one of rejectionism.
I was once (not too long ago actually) a very verbose supporter of a “two-State” solution, and negotiations with the Phakestinians, but it was this type of thinking – presently being expressed by Obama & Shmos that pushed me further to the Right. I guess for that I should be thankful.
I hope that if they do weaken Bibi, that they get Feiglin and Marzel as a result.
Et Norsk Troll wrote:
Yup. And we are all going to pay the price because 52% of the people in this country are morons. The bill is gonna come due.
Notice how he loves using committees,commissions, panels and other collective devices for advice and decision making? Completely incapable of making a decision and taking responsibility for it.
vagabond trader wrote:
He feels safe doing that. He thinks they won’t hit back.
His luck is going to run out.
I think Az is going to be an inspiration for other states to stand up and protect their citizens.
Rush said the other day that if zero went after the enemy like he does his own people and our allies, we could see a lot of problems solved.
@ chickadee:
No wonder I like Rush.Maybe he reads us?
WrathofG-d wrote:
While I don’t wish for feiglin/Marzel, you are right. They have no idea what they are doing. The Israeli “Right” has a pretty good lock on 30-40% of the vote and the “Left” really has no chance at this point. But Obama and his ilk don’t know what the fuck they are doing or the forces they may unleash
@ Nevergiveup:
Hope they nail his pampered arse!After a couple of years in the federal pen lets see what a big keyboard warrior he is.
lots of work accidents waiting to happen in Iran. The reason chernobyl blew was because the Russians were experimenting by taking the cooling rods out of the reactor. What will happen when the hardcore Mullahs have control over something they do not understand. Military warlords WILL gain control of the nuke facilities and will probably turn the desert into glass. and of course, we will be blamed.
00:30 El Al pulls out of deal to buy four Boeing planes (Army Radio)
Anybody know anything about this??
Obama isn’t wobbly on Iran Sanctions. He’s never been serious about them to begin with. He couldn’t run on “Islamic Bomb! Score! Go Muslims, go muslims! Waaa Hoo!”, so he talked about sanctions. Until it was time to let them drop.
vagabond trader wrote:
I like him too. He has such a great sense of humor. And takes a lot of hits for the the team.
Nevergiveup wrote:
Obama is just the symptom of the caner that is killing America: the individuals who voted for him and the ideology they cherish & believe in.
Even if you were rid of Obama some how, these individuals would pine for another one like him.
We need to change the thinking of the voting populace….!
And we better do it fairly soon.
vagabond trader wrote:
Also when zero announced we should stop listening to him, I made a personal commitment to NEVER miss his show.
LOL
Et Norsk Troll wrote:
yeah your right. I remember in High School that ya took people behind the gym after school ended to change their thinking.
@ chickadee:
Yeah and lets hope 0 keeps stumping for all his D pals,the reverse midas touch in action. :mrgreen
@ Nevergiveup:
Ah come on now, you might not realize it but you’d love a Feiglin/Marzel ticket.
myselfandi wrote:
Very good points. They are stone age barbarians with nuclear weapons. Anything could happen.
WrathofG-d wrote:
Hey I’m agreeing with the main thrust of your argument, don’t push your luck!
/
@ chickadee:
Its horrifying. How could anyone who is not a member of the satanic cult believe Iran having nukes is a good idea.Looks like its up to G-d and or Israel.
@ Nevergiveup:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE63S2MN20100429?type=marketsNews
Boeing’s commercial backlogs are pretty good, considering, but this isn’t a good indicator of Israel’s tourism expectations. The 777s are wide bodies.
WrathofG-d wrote:
bone for the dog not getting on the Human Rights Counsel
Nevergiveup wrote:
I remember in High School that ya took people behind the gym after school ended to change their thinking.
The Bible says that: “Though you grind a fool to powder, yet you will still not remove the foolishness from him”
We need another approach, it seems, according to the Bible…..
vagabond trader wrote:
When is it not?
@ vagabond trader:
Bush should of leveled them in 2007. Only the US has the means to cripple Iran, but don’t expect it with this 3rd Worlder.
snork wrote:
yeah I like the 777′s better than the older 747′s. I wasn’t sure if it was because of buissness or a jab at obama for fucking Israel. They do have option of turning to Airbus, which I would hate to see, but actually Airbus got the original contract until the Bush Admin ask them nicely to change their minds.
@ Rodan:
I always thought when we went into the sandbox maybe they got the names Iran and Iraq mixed up?
Et Norsk Troll wrote:
Well the Bible can take the high road, I’ll take the low road and we’ll see who gets the job done first?
This appeasement should not surprise anybody.
He gave a shout out to the Mullahs shortly after he took office.
He supported the thugs against the will of Iranians protesting for freedom.
Only after he got hammered did he offer even tepid support for the
demonstrators.
He digs Muslims & Socialists, everyday Americans, not so much.
@ vagabond trader:
It should of been The Saudis and Iranians we hit.
@ RIX:
The World World Liberation types are allied with Islam.
@ Nevergiveup:
I don’t know if they want to have to support maintenance and training for two manufacturers. And the article said they were losing lots of money.
They may wait for better times and then get in line for the 787. It’s a better bird.
@ RIX:
The New Left’s strategy was to align their movement with 3rd world natives in a struggle against the international Capitalist ruling structure. Ultimately to bring Capitalism down and replace it with a “workers” socialist system. Their main enemies were Banks, Wall Street, Corporations, and American Industry.
Sound familiar?
Nevergiveup wrote:
Well–the Bible can take the high road, I’ll take the low road and we’ll see who gets the job done first?
As a matter of note: God has never failed and His way is perfect….
How does the “low road” stack up against that kind of record?
I’ll take the method that has a perfect record over any other, any day of the week.
snork wrote:
Yes that is what I would do, but Airbus did win the original contact. They must have made Israel an offer that they almost could not refuse?
@ WrathofG-d:
Exactly what Obama is doing.
Et Norsk Troll wrote:
Well nobody is stopping G-D and the Bible. But there is not reason not to have an alternate plan in place just in case now.
Right, the see us as a common enemy.
Rodan wrote:
ding, ding, ding!
@ WrathofG-d:
Yeah, I think that we put that guy in the White House.
@ Nevergiveup:
It’s official, the US Navy allows WOmen on Submarines. I think it took effect Midnight last night.
OT,Dang this doesn’t sound good. Be prepared for more demagoguing against big oil this time.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36850248/ns/us_news-environment/
What could go wrong?
Rodan wrote:
Yeah I know. I saw diapers on sale in the Uniform Store the other day.
@ Rodan:
Ridiculous.
@ RIX:
The New Left
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Left
In the United States, the “New Left” was the name loosely associated with liberal, sometimes radical, political movements that took place during the 1960s, primarily among college students. At the core of this was the Students for a Democratic Society, or SDS[5]. The New Left can be defined as ‘a loosely organised, mostly financially well off white student movement that promoted participatory democracy, crusaded for civil rights and various types of university reforms and protested against the Vietnam war.’[6]
The term “New Left” was popularised in the US in an open letter written in 1960 by sociologist C. Wright Mills entitled Letter to the New Left[7]. Mills argued for a new leftist ideology, moving away from the traditional (“Old Left”) focus on labor issues, towards issues such as opposing alienation, anomie, and authoritarianism. Mills argued for a shift from traditional leftism, toward the values of the counter-culture. According to David Burner, C Wright Mills claimed that the proletariat were no longer the revolutionary force, the new agent of revolutionary change were young intellectuals around the world.[8]
The New Left opposed what it saw as the prevailing authority structures in society, which it termed “The Establishment”, and those who rejected this authority became known as “anti-Establishment.” The New Left did not seek to recruit industrial workers, but rather concentrated on a social activist approach to organization, convinced that they could be the source for a better kind of social revolution.
Most New Left thinkers in the U.S. were influenced by the Vietnam War and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. … Some in the U.S. New Left argued that since the Soviet Union could no longer be considered the world center for proletarian revolution, new revolutionary Communist thinkers had to be substituted in its place, such as Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro.
Other elements of the U.S. New Left were anarchist and looked to libertarian socialist traditions of American radicalism, the Industrial Workers of the World and union militancy. This group coalesced around the historical journal Radical America. American Autonomist Marxism was also a child of this stream, for instance in the thought of Harry Cleaver. Murray Bookchin and Noam Chomsky were also part of the anarchist stream of the New Left…
It could be argued that the New Left’s most successful legacy was the rebirth of feminism…
Students for a Democratic Society
The organization that really came to symbolize the core of the New Left was the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). By 1962, the SDS had emerged as the most important of the new campus radical groups; soon it would be regarded as virtually synonymous with the ‘New Left’
…
In 1968 and 1969, as its radicalism reached a fever pitch, the SDS began to split under the strain of internal dissension and increasing turn towards Maoism. Along with adherents known as the New Communist Movement, some extremist illegal factions also emerged, such as the Weather Underground Organization.
…
International movements
The Prague Spring was legitimized by the Czech government as a socialist reform movement. The 1968 events in the Czech Republic were driven forward by industrial workers, and were explicitly theorized by active Czech unionists as a revolution for workers’ control.
OBAMA SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED, AND ADMIRED THE “PRAGUE SPRING” IN HIS SPEECH TO CZECH REPUBLIC AFTER THE ELECTION.
http://prague.usembassy.gov/obama.html
“We are here today because enough people ignored the voices who told them that the world could not change.
We are here today because of the courage of those who stood up – and took risks – to say that freedom is a right for all people, no matter what side of a wall they live on, and no matter what they look like.
We are here today because of the Prague Spring – because the simple and principled pursuit of liberty and opportunity shamed those who relied on the power of tanks and arms to put down the will of the people.
…
To renew our prosperity, we need action coordinated across borders. That means investments to create new jobs. That means resisting the walls of protectionism that stand in the way of growth. That means a change in our financial system, with new rules to prevent abuse and future crisis
Bunning is a piece of work.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36524.html#ixzz0mSqXJZ8v
@ vagabond trader:
Swamp already jumped on that. Yes, it’s not good, but to compare what can happen in the open gulf to what happened in the Prince William Sound is ridiculous.
Rodan wrote:
If they get raped, it’s white man’s fault.
EVOLUTION OF WEATHER UNDERGROUND, NEW LEFT to PROGRESSIVE
Prairie Fire 1974
With the help from ultra-leftist (expelled from the Communist Party) Clayton Van Lydegraf, the Weather Underground sought a more Marxist-Leninist ideological approach to the post-Vietnam reality.[78] The leading members of the Weather Underground (Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Jeff Jones, and Celia Sojourn) collaborated on ideas and published their manifesto: “Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism.”[17] The name came from a quote by Mao Zedong, “a single spark can set a prairie fire.” By the summer of 1974, five thousand copies had surfaced in coffee houses and bookstores across America. Leftist newspapers praised the manifesto.[79] Abbie Hoffman publicly praised Prairie Fire and believed every American should be given a copy.[80] The manifesto’s influence initiated the formation of the “Prairie Fire Organizing Committee” in several American cities. Hundreds of above-ground activists helped further the new political vision of the Weather Underground.[79] As the following quote demonstrates the manifesto called for the violent overthrow of the US government and the establishment of a socialist dictatorship.
“The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war.”… “Socialism is the violent overthrow of the bourgeoisie, the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the eradication of the social system based on profit.”… Revolutionary war will be complicated and protracted…. It includes mass struggle and clandestine struggle, peaceful and violent, political and economic, cultural and military, where all forms are developed in harmony with the armed struggle. Without mass struggle there can be no revolution. Without armed struggle there can be no victory.”[81]
_____________________________
And where we might be seeing the results today…
The role of the clandestine organization would be to build the “consciousness of action” and prepare the way for the development of a people’s militia. Concurrently, the role of the mass movement (i.e., above ground Praire Fire collective) would include support for, and encouragement of, armed action. Such an alliance would, according to Weather, “help create the ‘sea’ for the guerrillas to swim in.” [82]
According to Bill Ayers in the late 1970s, the Weatherman group further split into two factions — the May 19th Communist Organization and the “Prairie Fire Collective” — with Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers in the latter. The Prairie Fire Collective favored coming out of hiding and establishing an above ground revolutionary mass movement. With most WUO members facing the limited criminal charges (most charges had been dropped by the government in 1973) against them creating an above ground organization was more feasible…. The Prairie Fire Collective faction started to surrender to the authorities from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The remaining Weather Underground members continued to attack US institutions.
The conference increased divisions within the Weather Underground. East coast members favored a commitment to violence and challenged commitments of old leaders, Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers and Jeff Jones. These older members found they were no longer liable for federal prosecution because of illegal wire taps and the government’s unwillingness to reveal sources and methods favored a strategy of inversion where they would be above ground “revolutionary leaders”.
@ snork:
I thought so but it won’t stop the environuts and the faux promise to drill is done.Wonder what caused it,an explosion I read. Hmmmmm.
This angle may have been submitted already, but anyway, here it is.
It has less to do with cowardice and more with throwing Israel under the bus.
Actually, yes you do mean to be an ass.
WrathofG-d
61 | April 29, 2010 18:12
Good post. Obama is definitely schooled in New Left thinking , from Alinsky to Ayres etal & then throw in a helping of Islamic sympathies & we have one weird duck running the show.
Rodan wrote:
And I guess now they will have to be called seapeople. Well there goes another old joke.
Speaking of Leftist thought,
Detectives in Antarctica
Images | Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:48:41 pm PDT
See “Possibly’ Caused by Global warming, or maybe not. Maybe Beck & Palin poisoned all of those innocent fish.
@ snork:
Not to worry. B. Hussein said that he wants to expand off shore drilling.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
ONLY in places where there is no oil.
OT (but maybe not)
So bible thumping gun clingers; know anything about this stuff?
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Oh noes!!! Seapeoples!!!!
RIX wrote:
I thought silverfish were those nasty bugs you don’t wanna get.
@ Nevergiveup:
I don’t think that guy should be in jail for 50 years. He doesn’t threaten anyone physically.
I think we need to bring back public flogging or the stocks, to have some sort of feared non-incarceration punishment.
@ WrathofG-d:
Don’t you get the catalogue?
Also see http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/default.asp
IDIOTS!!!!!!!
Has anyone actually, like, measured salinity???????
The stupid. It burns like 5 alarm chili coming out the tailpipe.
snork wrote:
It’s going to really mess with the navy vernacular. Women can’t be called sailors since in the navy they are waves, but as a collective they are called seamen. But that is the least of the Navy’s problem, what, with the need for his and hers everything, on a sub, when it’s important.
Oh noes!!!! More five-star stupid:
Yikes. It’s still a pig compared to the Bush ranch.
I gotta stop looking at that site. The stupid is on acid tonight.
o/t did anyone ever find out who got the boot this morning?
@ snork:
It’s queer how the ‘evolution scientists’ over there object to more liquefied water. The dichotomy is life sprang from water and now more water is detrimental to life.
Apparently, you CAN have your fruit and water and eat it too.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Rub-a-dub-dub, all those wimmins in a sub. Sound like fun to me.
@ BenZacharia:
Nope don’t get it, but after a review they do have my favorite type of round. That being said, I think the deal above is still better as long as it is proper rounds.
That’s what I thought too, but apparently they are highly regarded missing fish in the Arctic.
I am really surprised that C suspects Global Warming, it’s not
like him
@ myselfandi:
Chuckles finally figured out that when he deleted comments, the name stated there in invisible text. Now he deletes the name. I suspect it was a sock, based on downthread comments.
Up periscope!
RIX wrote:
Look what he filed it under.
Tags: Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, Antarctica, Photographs, National Science Foundation
So he’s not sure, but…
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Sub personnel have always had to be within a certain height and weight due to the close quarters. Women were never allowed on board because the phenomenal cosmic power came with a ‘itty bitty living space” As a female, I would have loved to go into the navy and be on a sub but I also realize that the restrictions were there for a purpose.
RIX wrote:
I can send some from a warehouse downtown.
@ snork:
Why would humnans care about the food chain in Antartica? And if the fish who love cold die off, the fish who like almost cold, in lattitudes just north of the Antartic, can move it.
These guys believe in evolution, but it is a rather weak sort of faith.
WrathofG-d wrote:
them’s pretty
snork
81 | April 29, 2010 18:42
Oh noes!!!! More five-star stupid
Try this one,
2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir) Thu, Apr 29, 2010 12:54:23pm replyquote
* 4
* down
* up
* report
.
The dreaded ‘liquid” water.
Nikis Knight wrote:
they’re mental connections are still evolving, they need to get HHS in to see if the neighborhood can be revitalized.
@ myselfandi:
The pen; as might a sword.
@ myselfandi:
And the restrictions make sense. Introducing men and women in close quarters always leads to a party no matter the discipline.
See ya
@ myselfandi:
There’s also the phenomenal cost involved in modifying existing subs in order to provide separate living quarters for women.
It’s not like adding a bathroom on to your house, after all…
RIX wrote:
I never liked the term “rotten ice.”
Any phony thing they can come up with to cast fake aspersions over nothing out of the ordinary.
@ RIX:
The dreaded ‘liquid water’ is code for ice melting and AGW being the cause for more of it. As I mentioned earlier, one would think the Dawkinist over there would be delighted, since life springs from water.
Best JD Hayworth ad yet! Have you met the two McCains?
and, even better …
a new poll showed Hayworth is leading Senator John McCain 46 percent to 38 percent among conservative voters in the state.
@ lobo91:
Ugh you sexists! Stop trying to figure out the details! Don’t you know there is a message to send here!
/
All joking aside, there is only 1 questions the armed forces should ask when it comes to changes in our military, and that is “is it going to help us win wars”.
Leave the social experiments to society.
lobo91 wrote:
Well although I am against this stupid social experiment, the cost actually will not be all that phenomenal at first. Remember they are only talking about putting the women on Boomers. the quarters are easier to give a room or 2 to women and one head facility. Now if they extend that to attack subs, all bets are off.
@ lobo91:
That was the point I made, although less expansive, about the logistics of allowing it. The way the sub is quartered will have to change.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Not so much in Trident Missile boats
@ Nevergiveup:
I hope it works out better than the original push to put women into fighter cockpits did for the Navy.
We studied that fiasco in one of my Public Admin classes as a case study in how not to run an organization.
Google “Kara Hultgreen”
lobo91 wrote:
yeah I heard about that. As I said I am against this. But the start up cost will not be extravagant. I just don’t see how it makes us a better fighting force. And that is all that matters after all.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Which is a majorly expensive proposition.
@ Nevergiveup:
Well, as long as they’re only going to experiment with subs carrying enough firepower to eliminate most life on the planet, I guess it’s okay.
//
snork wrote:
Not really
lobo91 wrote:
yeah what could possibly go wrong?????
@ Nevergiveup:
I would imagine that it’s going to be awhile before any women are actually assigned to sub crews, anyway.
Don’t they have to train some first? Most positions in a sub crew are specific to subs, aren’t they?
lobo91 wrote:
Yes- 2012 is the projected date
@ Nevergiveup:
I wonder if they’re going to go after the Army next?
Someone’s going to figure out that no woman will ever be chief of staff the way things are now, since it’s always someone with a combat arms background.
@ Nevergiveup:
I’m far from knowing how the navy works when it comes to subs, but iirc some subs are out at sea for months at a time. The problem I see is if men and women are closely quartered, there is a chance for hanky panky. And as I said before, the human need for what men and women do may outweigh the training and discipline. The idea begs for, and introduces, more instances where problems can arise that need not be there.
@ song_and_dance_man:
The Ohio class subs stay on patrol for about 90 days at a time, almost all of it submerged.