A Nod To The Gods

Obama signs an executive order and within weeks or months the action is put in place, yet when four Americans are killed in Benghazi, we have congressional hearings. Benghazi hearings have been going on for over two years and will go on for the foreseeable future, nobody has been held accountable. Fast and Furious gun running scandal has outlasted Holder who will leave office as soon as he is replaced, once again nobody has been held accountable. How about the IRS targeting scandal? Nope, nada, nothing, zero has happened to the people who targeted conservative groups.

All of these scandals have held their own hearings and while they have generated some amazing sound bites, I would rather see some amazing prison terms. Screaming, yelling, walking out, denials, and lies will not bring the people back who died in Benghazi or killed by guns provided by the ATF. Whistle blowers have been fired and abused, reporters have been hacked, but not one person who participated in these scandals has had so much as a slap on the wrist.

When the President and his administration can enact working laws within weeks but can cover up lawless actions by his administration for years, (if not forever), we have an impotent government incapable of doling out justice. What good is “checks and balances” when they can be ignored.

I don’t know about you but I have had a gut full of blowhard politicians calling for justice, holding hearings, bloviating on the nightly news, and yet nothing happens. Seems like a tremendous waste of time and money. If the press refuses to investigate these matters and force the hand of the politicians, it may be time to get rid of congressional hearings and start building gallows outside the capital, seems to be the only way to get their attention.

The longer all of these scandals go on the more they are ignored and perceived as not important. Instead of impeachment or prison the perpetrators go into retirement on fat pensions and money stuffed in their pockets from crony backroom deals. And that my friends is more than criminal.

A State Department official said that the United States was likely to admit 1,000-2,000 Syrian refugees this government fiscal year and a few thousand more in Fiscal Year 2016. The official said that Syrian refugees applying for admission to the United States will “undergo additional screening specific to this population.”

The official said that the Department of Homeland Security, which had no immediate comment, had sole authority to grant refugees admission to the United States.

Shamelessly stolen from Ace of Spades, go read the rest.

Take it away Confucius:

A superior man, in regard to what he does not know, shows a cautious reserve. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish. When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded. When punishments are not properly awarded, the people do not know how to move hand or foot. Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that the names he uses may be spoken appropriately, and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately. What the superior man requires is just that in his words there may be nothing incorrect.

Bingo! Obviously we do not have a superior man in the White House.

To suggest that Islamist extremist have “legitimate grievances” defies logic. Obama and his minions are not qualified to run a lemonade stand, let alone the country. Why he hasn’t been run out of office for dereliction of duty is mind boggling.

A legitimate government would see the folly of having a man like Obama in charge and demand his resignation. But because of his skin color politicians are terrified of being labeled racists. Until we have a government body that relies on common sense instead of political correctness we are doomed to be ruled by idiots.

 

Governments that deny human rights play into the hands of extremists who claim that violence is the only way to achieve change. Efforts to counter violent extremism will only succeed if citizens can address legitimate grievances through the democratic process and express themselves through strong civil societies. Those efforts must be matched by economic, educational and entrepreneurial development so people have hope for a life of dignity. _ Barack Obama
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Reap the whirlwind Detroit, you elected them, you excepted the lies, the goodies, and now except the consequences.

No matter what this liberal midget says, it is not the white mans fault, you need to look in the mirror.

“Detroit is the largest city ever to seek bankruptcy protection, so its bankruptcy is seen as a potential model for other American cities now teetering on the edge.

But Detroit is really a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they would otherwise share with poorer and darker Americans.” http://weaselzippers.us/200369-pint-sized-democrat-blames-detroits-bankruptcy-on-white-people/

Too Big To Fail” has never been applied to a besieged nation torn apart by sectarian factions, but let’s try it here: Afghanistan’s government recently asked the US for a $537 million bailout to pay its bills, and they’d like it within the next “five to six” days.

“We hope they will pay for us, and we are asking at once,” Alhaj M. Aqa, the director general of the treasury at the Ministry of Finance, told The Washington Post. “They are asking me when I need it, and I told them this week or we will have a problem.”

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The United States already throws billions of dollars at countries who for whatever reason, hate us, and Afghanistan is no different. Its probably time they put on their big boy pants and take care of themselves. That goes for every country that has even a “smidgen” of ties to terrorism, including drug cartels.

This gigantic waste of money is infuriating, and it’s the American taxpayer footing the bill.