Obama's Pathological Disdain For Anyone Critical Of The "Religion of Peace."

President Obama lectured the country from an Islamic mosque in hopes of teaching religious tolerance, especially to those bitter-clinger types...WH Press Secretary (satire)

Yesterday, Pres. Obama visited a Mosque in Baltimore. Personally, I don't have a problem with his addressing Muslims at a Mosque. However the choice of this particular Mosque is disturbing. It  had at least one member who plotted terrorism against Americans. In fact, it's been under surveillance by the FBI since 2010. In addition, in his speech, he perpetuated a long standing myth---the myth of Islamophobia.  According to FBI data, crimes religious attacks against Jews far outnumber attacks against Muslims in America by 4-1.

While Mr. Obama lectures us on religious tolerance, his inattention to the persecution of Christians and Jews is truly disturbing. Last year, Kristen Powers, writing in USA TODAY, noted Obama's disinterest in the suffering of Christians in Iraq.  Also last year, Obama met with Muslims in Malaysia but failed to meet with representatives of persecuted Christians.

Unless you read the foreign press----especially the Israeli press----you wouldn't know the obscene number of attacks against Israelis by Palestinians in just the last several months. Israelis have been stabbed, shot and even mowed down by vehicles operated by Palestinian terrorists. And these attacks don't even include the thousands of rockets that have fallen upon Israel in the last decade. Just last week, Palestinian President Abbas' advisor justified the "right" to spill innocent blood.   Yet. the Obama administration remains largely silent regarding these acts of terror against Israel. (The IDF---The Israeli Defense Force---reports on these attacks daily. They can be accessed on Twitter by simply keywording "IDF").

The Obama administration is not alone in its sins of omission.  Our own media fails to report on many of these terror attacks. For example, I've often wondered how many Americans know that there have been almost 28,000 terror attacks globally since 9/11 alone? How many American know in just the last 30 days almost 1,500 people have been killed in 125 attacks? How many know that in addition to religious attacks,  gays and women are murdered on a regular basis by Islamists?\

Europe is also a hot bed of violence against Jews and women. In France,  1 in 10 Jews have been physically attacked where over 50% of Muslims hold anti-Semitic views. Frontpage Magazine. Just a few months ago, news broke of gangs of Muslim men who roamed streets of Cologne, Germany, attacking over 100 women.

It's become increasingly clear tolerance for the Obama administration has always been a one-way street---a pathological disdain for anyone who is critical of the "Religion of Peace." 

Hillary Clinton Weeps As Iowa Recedes In Her Rear View Mirror

Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow today, resulting in another 6 weeks of Hillary's lies...WH Press Secretary Tweet (satire)

In my previous post, I didn't think the Iowa Caucus was such a big deal with few exceptions. I still feel the same way even though I know there's some disagreements on that observation.  Nevertheless, there were some interesting outcomes. These included, but were not limited to, the following:

• Hillary may not believe it but she got smoked by Sanders.  What other conclusion can one arrive at when she was leading Bernie by about 30 points just 6 months ago in most polls? In addition, she won on coin flips. You read that right---on 6 coins tosses  all in her favor (by the way, the odds of getting 6 coin tosses in your favor is very suspicious. But it is a Clinton after all).
• Rubio came in 3rd but acted like he won, Good move on his part to take to the podium so early to give the air of winning. Even some of the networks agreed with him.
• Cruz  won but not really by much considering it was a caucus.  Nevertheless, it gives him momentum and more donor money going into New Hampshire (the same can  be said for Rubio).
• Trump didn't win. The fact is he didn't expect to win. He said so himself earlier in the week. In addition, regardless of what many pundits said about his skipping the last debate---that it wouldn't hurt him---I believe it did. And I believe he knows it did. I don't see him skipping any future debates.
• Regarding the rest of the Republican field? Yes, New Hampshire is beyond the horizon and anything can still happen. But don't count on it. I believe the field we see now----Cruz, Trump and Rubio will be the horses left in this race for the foreseeable future.  
• And the Democrats will be stuck with Hillary and Bernie.

Hillary should feel good not losing to an aging, hippy Marxist but I'll flip anyone a coin that she's weeping as Iowa recedes in her rear view mirror today.

The Iowa Caucus Doesn't Matter That Much Except For The...

Dear every media person tweeting, "I just talked to an Iowan": They're totally fucking with you...David Burge, Iowa Hawk or the most famous person living in Iowa today

This is not meant to be a hit piece on Iowa. I like Iowa. In fact, I drove through it many years ago. The handful of people I met in the entire state were great Americans.

But the media and political frenzy over the Iowa Caucus has me scratching my head.

History clearly shows Iowa Caucuses have a minor impact on who gets the nomination nod. Some examples:

• Republicans: With the exception of GW Bush, winners included Rick Santorum (2012), Mike Huckabee (2008),  Bob Dole (1996), Bob Dole (1988),  George H W Bush (1980).
• Democrats: With the exception of Mr. Obama, John Kerry (2004), Al Gore (2000), Tom Harkin (1992), Dick Gephardt (1988), Walter Mondale (1984), and Jimmy Carter (1980).

So what's the point? 

For one, it gives the media lots of news during the news cycle especially since the arrival of cable news.  Let's be frank. It's hard to make Iowa that interesting without the intrusion of politics every 4 years. Also, unless you're a big Iowa Hawkeye NCAA football fan and fond of rows and rows of corn, what else is there to report on?

It can also be a boost for the candidates. After all, the media does much of the publicity for the candidates. Even more importantly, it can increase potential donors enabling candidates to move on to the primaries.  In other words, like almost anything having to do with politics, it comes down to money.

Just ask Hillary Clinton.