2013 “Bite Me” Awards

Posted on January 1, 2014 by sstorm0730

For those of you who did not read my first (and only until now) “Bite Me” awards, let me educate you. They are a collection of serious, sarcastic, sometimes angry and often “what the f**k were they thinking?” news and personal items that have been rattling through my head during the year.
Feel free to add on if you think I forgot something. Keep in mind, personal attacks, racial and gender slurs and vulgarities aimed at anyone who comments on my post will not be published. I am a big girl and I can take it, but I will not allow anyone to disrespect my guests.
That being said, here goes:

1. Jahi McMath has been declared brain dead by a judge in California. She is 13. She received a routine tonsillectomy and suffered a cardiac incident post-surgery that placed her in a “vegetative state”. What has truly been lost in all of this is “How did she get this way in the first place?” It is difficult enough to lose a child, but Jahi’s parents have faced this tragedy during what is supposed to be one of the most joyous times for a young girl – Christmas. Isn’t it easy to understand why they are fighting so hard to have her moved to a facility willing to take their insurance and keep her on life support until her “natural death”? However, the hospital she is in currently will not perform the procedure required to transport her to the nursing home because (and I am paraphrasing) they do not perform medical procedures on cadavers. Jahi is not a cadaver to her family, she is their child. This hospital gets a Vacant Heart Bite Me for their complete lack of empathy.

Update: Jahi’s family won the right to have her moved to a long-term care facility and receive the care she needs. I will pray for her and her family. No matter the final outcome, she will always be in the hands of the Angels.

2. Since I am a Libertarian, one could safely assume that the legalization of marijuana in my state does not really bother me. What does bother me is that it seems like the legislators all got together in someone’s mom’s basement with a huge bong, some good skunk weed and a few cases of Lay’s™ potato chips and said “Dude, this legal stuff is a total buzz kill. Just make it okay to smoke and worry about the boring shit later.” “Yeah, man, seriously. Hey, stop hoggin’ on that shit man! I need a hit. Oh, and give me those chips…” It seems as though we are a study-obsessed society. We study everything. The effects of baby poop on our air quality, whether purple hair ties will leak dye into our brains or if e-cigarettes are tempting our youth to become deviant smokers. So, why is it so hard to come up with laws concerning driving under the influence of pot? “Colorado’s Amendment 64, also passed in November 2012, legalizes private pot use by most adults and allows them to grow a small number of marijuana plants. However, no legal blood limit was set for drivers. The debate about what should be done is ongoing” (Edmunds.com, 1/15/2013). You can smoke a joint outside of a restaurant or a store – that’ll just get someone else high if they are forced to stand there, too. Smoke a cigarette and you are lower than a child molester! So, the “But I Got High” Bite Me goes to the Colorado legislators for whatever they were smoking – or not – before they passed this law.

Update: A chain of sushi restaurants in Colorado has come up with a pairing menu for those who smoke weed. I wonder if they are only going to allow those 21 and over who do not mind a contact buzz into their restaurants, designate a day specifically for this activity, or just run things like they usually do. Can’t wait to see how this one plays out…

3. David D. Kirkpatrick of The New York Times wrote, “The violence, though, also had spontaneous elements. Anger at the video motivated the initial attack. Dozens of people joined in, some of them provoked by the video and others responding to fast-spreading false rumors that guards inside the American compound had shot Libyan protesters. Looters and arsonists, without any sign of a plan, were the ones who ravaged the compound after the initial attack, according to more than a dozen Libyan witnesses as well as many American officials who have viewed the footage from security cameras” (nyt.com, 12/28/2013) (emphasis added).

“’I still see pictures on that TV of bloody finger prints on the wall thinking ‘are those my son’s?’ Patricia Smith said” (fox5SanDiego.com, 8/20/2013).

I dare Mr. Kirkpatrick to sit across the table from Mrs. Smith and try to explain his delusional “theories” to a mother who cannot get a straight answer from anyone in Washington. Are the Democrats in Washington so desperate to win their seats in 2014 that they are sending one of their shills out there to rehash an already disproved story and make it appear as though it is new information? For this reason, I am awarding the Manufactured Crises Bite Me to Mr. Kirkpatrick and The New York Times for their valiant efforts to bail out a sinking ship with a thimble.

4. I want to know what planet the Ego in Chief resides upon when he is not on Earth boring us with his condescending speechifying. If he is so concerned about the fact that the House Republicans have not produced a gazillion page roll of toilet paper that masquerades as a Health Care Law, as his does, I have a news flash for him. They haven’t. What they have done is come up with basic solutions to our nation’s health insurance issues as smaller bills that would not cause the chaos his behemoth has. If he wants to know where these solutions are, he needs to look up Harry Reid’s ass. Senator Reid has been sitting on them for years. My personal message to Barack – Barry, babe, it might be too late for you. You are the lamest duck I have ever seen. You would not know the truth if it bit you on the ankle and you think your silken words will lull our ears to believe all we hear you utter. Sorry, Sweet Cheeks, but you are not a Siren. Because your ego is so huge I know leaving a legacy is extremely critical to your self-image. Here’s an idea! Act like a damned grown up, repeal your law and hire people who actually know what they are doing to rewrite it. We do not need to overhaul our entire system, just initiate tort reform, tweek some of the Medicaid and Medicare requirements and allow the health insurance companies to engage in commerce across state lines. Then, maybe Harry can afford to go have surgery so he doesn’t walk around like he has every piece of legislation the House has produced since 2010 up his ass anymore. You might even leave office with a modicum of dignity. Mr. Anointed One, I am awarding you the Aesop’s “The Ass in Lion’s Silk” Bite Me.

5. You might not have done this as a child, but I never listened to my mother so I used to put pennies on the train tracks and watch them stretch and get thinner. Give me some slack – it was a small town and we still had black & white TV back then. Anyway, the penny’s length and width might have increased, but its strength and worth diminished greatly. This is similar to what happens when you just keep printing money in order to solve your problems. More money – worth less. More money – more people have dollars but they are economically weaker. The Holy Shit! We Gotta do SOMETHING! Bite Me of 2013 goes to the Federal Reserve. I am sure my future grandchildren will thank them some day when they are pushing wheelbarrows full of money into Kroger’s to get a loaf of bread.

6. I just found out yesterday – on the local news, mind you – that at least 19,000 Medicaid subscribers have had their HIPAA information hacked in Colorado. Although, we are being half-heartedly assured that no one has had their social security or bank account numbers stolen, I don’t think many are buying it. Our exchange is subsidized by the federal government, so I guess it should have been a foregone conclusion. Why will the government not listen to those who know best and install their security systems first and build upon them? So, this Bite Me is the “AND FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED…”

which I am awarding to all of those in government who should put their hands down and back away from the techie shit!

7. I have decided to start an organization and request 501(c)(3) status. It will be called Gun Owning, Law Abiding, Constitutional Originalist, Bra Hating Women over 50 Who Don’t Give a Shit About KimYe. So…who’s giving odds on my chances I get approved within the next 10 years? My final Bite Me goes to the IRS and Barry’s campaign machine for Gestapo Tactics Cleverly Disguised as Economic Equity Programs.

Please do not forget me when I am in prison. I have enjoyed writing my blog with the hopes that I have entertained, informed, angered and provoked thought over the years…lol 🙂

Katrina

Ramble On…

Posted on August 6, 2013 by sstorm0730

As the old saying goes (sort of) “If y’all ain’t pissed, y’all ain’t payin’ attention.”

Problem is, everyday there is more to add to the Pissed List and my head is crowded with things that are so unjust, untrue, unfair and against all that I believe this country was meant to be. I start to write and one personality reminds me of the Immigration debate, or another chimes in about the IRS. One is incensed at the people who say “Let the NSA listen to me. I have nothing to hide. They’ll be really bored!” (She had to be restrained and will not be contributing to this blog until she gets medical clearance…) I almost lost another one over the Fort Hood Shooter trial. It was close, but we talked him off the ledge. I hesitate to even mention Benghazi. You know – the imaginary terrorist attack on our compound that resulted in at least four deaths (of which we are aware). As a matter of fact, I have a photo of the imaginary emergency meeting Barry held in the White House Situation Room that very evening:

Yeah, that Benghazi. Or the ACA “train wreck” that produces new economic theories on why it will work every day (although no one can explain nor prove them). Oh, and I have a new member of the round table who took on the task of figuring out WHERE al Qaeda ran to. Far as he can tell, wherever the fuck they felt like as long as it was in striking distance of American installations, military personnel, embassies or civilians.

My most senior alternates are the Holderites. They have been busy bees since the beginning of the Anointed One’s first term and have had little time to rest. From the day he declared we are a “nation of cowards” – tell that to the families of the nearly 6,800 souls who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan bravely protecting our country and way of life – to his avoidance of anything “Fast and Furious” related, Sir Eric has continued to slither away from the serious repercussions that should be his fate. At the very least, a resignation after Barry’s first term would have been a gentlemanly way to exit. But, you have to have class to be a gentleman.

There are a couple of things that bother the group (and our recently hospitalized colleague) about those who accept the government’s attempt to manipulate our 4^th Amendment rights. What if the NSA decided to come to your home for dinner – I mean, just eat, have some wine, share a joke or two but not interrogate you or read anything – at a moment’s notice? Would you let them in? What if they wanted to have an agent sit next to you at work? Or come to the Doctor’s office with you? How ‘bout they hang out on the playground with your kids? Would you let them go that far? Well, by opening the door just enough to allow access to some information, you have given them a way to access it ALL. Yeah, uhm, duh!?!? The second part of this is, if the government does not wish to read the emails of a couple of hundred million citizens (sorry, Seattle), why do they now have our passwords? Just a word to those who say they don’t care – take it from someone who has been through it. You will.

As for the imaginary Benghazi scandal…does this mean that Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty are still alive? No, it doesn’t. And, the Potus insults the families and memories of all of those who were killed or wounded on that terrible day in September 2012 when he goes off on his little temper tantrums about those meanies, the GOP. I swear he reminds me of a three-year-old who puts his hands over his own eyes and believes that, because he can’t see you, you cannot see him. “If I don’t look at the real problems, if I pretend they don’t exist, they don’t. Hey, let’s talk about Trayvon Martin. How ‘bout that economy? Green jobs, green jobs, green jobs…Keystone Pipeline? Fifty jobs max! Green jobs, green jobs…Pay no attention to the real issues behind the curtain!”

Now that the sound of crickets has quieted in the Situation Room, and Barry is trying to act like he gives a shit, all of a sudden notifications of possible al Qaeda attacks are popping up faster than the news can report them. (Man, I’ll tell you what. Those buggers can terrorize like a son of a bitch when they are decimated, can’t they?) Why? What made Benghazi different? It was September 11^th. Other embassies were on alert. Why have no survivors come forward? Aside from the man at Walter Reed, were there others? What made Benghazi different?

I have an issue (okay, I have millions of them, but let’s just concentrate on this one – smarty pants) with using the real names of the murderers of children, unarmed soldiers and other innocent people going about their daily lives. So, we will call the jihadist in Texas the Fort Hood Shooter. Clarify something for me if you can. Does the following handwritten letter now officially classify the scum as an enemy combatant so that we do not have to pay him and the wounded and families of the dead get the military benefits they deserve?

Once these letters were sent, why didn’t the JAG’s office go to the Judge and petition to have the charges amended? Isn’t it bad enough the surviving victims have to go through being questioned by the POS who killed their colleagues? They are still being left in the dust when it comes to receiving the benefits to which they are entitled.

So, not the most organized thoughts in America, but we are going through some organizational changes and things should be back to abnormal soon enough 🙂

Shall We Play A Game?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by sstorm0730

Remember playing “telephone” as a kid? You know, the game in which your friend whispers “My cat is white” into your ear, then you repeat the same thing to the person next to you and so on until the last person has to say the phrase out loud? The problem is, the phrase is never the same at the end. “My cat is white” becomes “Your dad is turned on by sheep” after about 15 or 20 repetitions. Well, that is pretty much the way the Benghazi story released to the public ended up being about an obscure soft porn video that had nothing to do with reality.

On September 14, 2012 at 1129 hours, a confidential communication from CCA* at the Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA) was sent to the Department of Investigations (DI) regarding a request for information from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) so that they could answer the questions being asked them by various media outlets. This White Paper was also cc’d to the Director of the CIA (DCIA) and the Office of the Director of the CIA (ODCIA). The original question or statement has been redacted, but some of the itemized requests give one a hint as to what the topic being addressed was.

Part of this initial communication addressed “press guidance”, Green on Blue violence and the destruction of documents at the consulate. The latter noted “contact State Legal Affairs” for questions. They never explained whether the destruction of documents occurred during the attack, after the attack in Benghazi, or pertained to potentially destroying existing documents located at the Embassy in Tripoli. The types of documents in question are unknown.

The second portion of this paper was directed towards the DCIA and concerned “cable(s) to (redacted) warning of protests linked to the film and response” and “cable(s) to stations on 9/11 security”. This, too, was not elaborated upon. Had they sent cables regarding these two issues in the days prior to the protests in Egypt and the attack in Benghazi, or were they asking that cables be created to make it appear so?

After a bit of back and forth via heavily redacted emails, it becomes obvious that they are formulating the talking points to give to HPSCI. They are also developing the way they want the attack to be presented on the Sunday morning TV circuit. I apologize for the “they” references, but there are so many agencies involved in the preparation of the talking points that I have decided a collective “they” is the best way to go.

At 1439:49 hours on the 14^th, the original talking points are finally revealed in their entirety:

(I apologize for the readability of the emails. If you need a clearer copy, you can access them at the website I provided at the end of this post.)

Going under the assumption that the previously redacted information was the list of possible talking points spelled out here, the comments made in some of the redacted emails begin to make sense.

1439:49 hours from NE – “Second tick says we know extremists with ties to AQ participated in the attack, which implies complicity in the deaths of the American officers. Do we know this?”
1452:57 hours from National Clandestine Service (NCS) – “Good question – I’ll defer to CIA CTA (cc’d) given the CT angle.” It was also noted that the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) and the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) were “added in”.
1519 hours from CIA Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) – “Good point that it could be interpreted this way – perhaps better stated that we know they (Al Qaeda?) participated in the protests. We do not know who was responsible for the deaths.” (emphasis added)

I believe the most important point in the original list was the Fifth tick (to use their terminology) that mentioned the previous attacks against foreign interests and that it was possible the American properties had been under watch for a while.

At 1529:32 hours the OGC emailed the bowl of alphabet soup with the following cautionary message:

“Folks, I know there is a hurry to get this out, but we need to hold it long enough to ascertain whether providing it conflicts with express instructions from NSS/DOJ/FBI that, in light of the criminal investigation, we are not to generate statements with assessments as to who did this, etc. – even internally, not to mention for public release…”

Okay, WHAT criminal investigation? This was not a criminal act. It was an act of terrorism. In my opinion, this is where the cover-up really begins to take form. Why would the DOJ need to be in the loop on something that occurred in a foreign country and was committed by foreign nationals who were part of a terrorist group?

Tick One – Talking points are revised to indicate that the Embassy was warned about threats on September 10^th. This version of the talking points was produced by the CIA OPA. In the Fifth tick, a very interesting addition was made to the talking points. Nowhere else is it mentioned that “numerous pieces” had been authored by “the Agency” concerning threats to Benghazi and eastern Libya.

It would be difficult to believe that the attack was the result of a spontaneous reaction to the protests in Egypt and a ridiculous video if you take this information into consideration. It would also be hard to accept as true that no one in the administration knew there was trouble brewing that might cost American lives.

At 1821 hours the word CAIRO was inserted into the first tick after “Embassy”. Oversight, clarification or cover-up? Was the Embassy being threatened really the one in Cairo, or were the threats actually directed to Tripoli?

At 1916 hours, Victoria Nuland (former Spokesperson for the State Department), asked the following question:

“Are these for open or closed hearing? If open, the line about “knowing” there were extremists among the demonstrators will come back to us at podium – how do we know, who were they, etc…So I’ll need answers to those if we deploy that line, tx.”

At 1939 hours, Nuland wrote this:

“I just had a convo with (illegible) and I now understand that these are being prepared to give to members of Congress to use with the media.

On that basis, I have serious concerns about all the parts highlighted below [ticks three and five in their entirety], and arming members of Congress to start making assertions to the media that we ourselves are not making because we don’t want to prejudice the investigation.

In the same vein, why do we want Hill to be fingering Ansar al Sharia, when we aren’t doing that ourselves until we have investigation results… and the penultimate point could be abused by Members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings so why do we want to feed that either? Concerned…”

So, the concern was not for the families of those who were killed, or those still working in Libya, or the injured (if there were any – we don’t know) – the concern was about being caught with their pants down which opened the door to the attacks in the first place.

At 2134 hours the White House (through Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting) chimed in with this:

“There is a ton of wrong information getting out into the public domain from Congress and people who are not particularly informed. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that don’t compromise Intel or the Investigation, we need to have the capability to correct the record, as there are significant policy and messaging ramifications that would flow from a hardened mis-impression.” (emphasis added)

Policy and messaging…really? Four dead Americans and they were worried about policy and messaging? But, who would have expected anything different from this administration…

After all of the back and forth, they finally decided on three ticks. This is the final draft:

These were the talking points to be given to Susan Rice for the Sunday talk show circuit. The following exchange shows that this was the game plan all the players agreed upon:

So, in all of this bullshit, when was it decided that they would blame the video and why (aside from probation violations) was the filmmaker arrested? There is so much more to uncover. I have just touched the tip of the iceberg today.

If you wish to read all 100 pages of redacted emails, here is a link to that page:

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/05/politics/white-house-benghazi-emails/index.html

Never Stop Questioning Authority

Posted on June 7, 2013 by sstorm0730

“Political language…is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell

In 1964 I was 4 years old and went with my parents to a party at their friend’s home. The guests of honor were former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess. I recall my mother teaching me how to curtsy, because that was the way polite little girls showed respect to the former leader of the free world and his wife. I was happy that I didn’t fall over. My middle name is not Grace.

It is now 2013 and it saddens me that I do not have the same respect for the Anointed One. Until 2009, I would never have referred to a President as anything other than “President _______”. Obama does not deserve such veneration.

“So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America” (Obama following the death of Moammar Khadafi). Funny how Barry jumped at the chance to “lead from behind” when the Libyan people were fighting to oust Moammar Khadafi. Why did he fail to act before, during and after September 11, 2012 when our fellow countrymen needed him? I guess it’s every American for himself. For a guy who would not use the words “act of terrorism”, he is embracing this idea now because the REAL fuck up must be far more appalling than that.

If the slaughter of Ambassador Stephens, Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith and Glen Doherty was truly terror-related, where was the claim from the terrorists themselves? They always take “credit” for their work. From the little that I do know, terrorists do not normally engage in long, drawn out battles. They wire themselves up and pull a kamikaze, fire grenade launchers into a building or plant IEDs and run. It seems to me that whomever ordered the attack on the compound instructed those who carried out the orders to make sure that Ambassador Stephens and the other Americans were dead. It seems they did not expect anyone would come to the Americans’ aid. It’s almost as though the murderers were briefed in advance. Doherty and Woods, along with the others who chose to disobey the order to stand down, probably screwed up the whole plan. Unfortunately, they paid with their lives.

With such a huge exchange of fire, didn’t any of the attackers get hit? If so, where are they? Where are their bodies if they were killed? I’m sure the Seals killed one or ten or twenty. Oh, that’s right, the case was handed over to the FBI and it took them twenty-something days to get access to the compound. (What fucknut ordered the FBI to investigate a military-style attack against Americans in a foreign country?) Allow me a moment to put on my tin foil hat. Okay, I’m back. We have been told that members of the media and local looters had been through the compound before the FBI. Is it possible that there were people sent to the compound to remove evidence, bodies, weapons, etc. immediately following the murders and the delay experienced by the FBI was just a distraction? Could someone have been stalling for time to allow the surviving murderers time to escape?

What other countries, if any, were complicit in the need for Ambassador Stephens to be in Benghazi at a dangerous time of year for Americans abroad? Was he, as some have supposed, assisting in a government-backed program to transport weapons to the rebels in Syria? Did Russia or Iran have a hand in this? Could the infamous “open mic” moment between Medvedev and Obama have had anything to do with arming the rebels? That could be what Obama meant when he alluded to having more flexibility once he was re-elected.

I know this asks more questions than it answers. However, maybe they are questions that the Main Stream Media and the American people should be asking Obama every time that “insert appropriate descriptive expletive here” gets near a podium. I am just an average American, but I know there was no reason for what happened in Benghazi that justifies the murder of four of our citizens. If four is all we lost that day. We can’t even get a straight answer about that.

It is not in the DNA of a member (retired or otherwise) of our Military to leave others behind to die, to stand down when they can run towards the gun fire or to sit in a hangar in Italy while fellow Americans are under attack. Something is very wrong here, people. We cannot let the murders in Benghazi become lost in the shuffle of scandals or mid-term re-election campaigns. Hold this potus’ feet to the fire until the families of those who were killed get the answers they need to go on.

Follow the RED Brick Road

Posted on June 4, 2013 by sstorm0730

Never being one to adhere to convention, when watching The Wizard of Oz as a child I always wondered where the Red Brick Road led. I imagined that the horrors found on the Yellow path might have paled in comparison to those along the Red.

As a “grown up in physical age only” (GUPAO), I find myself comparing the adventures of Dorothy and Toto on their mission to find the Wizard to the power of the current administration to deflect our attention from their true intentions. Those she met along the way were either a) inherently evil; b) lacking empathy; c) unable to think without directions from a more “educated” or charismatic being; or d) fearful of speaking out against the abuses of power that grab at your gut and alert you to the dangers of usurping the true meaning of the Constitution. The only good character spoke in riddles and did not reveal the knowledge she held until after they had been through hell and back. Or Dorothy just chose not to listen to reason because she was awed by the pomp and circumstance, seduced by the Emerald City at the end of the road.

Of course, Dorothy did not begin her journey along the Yellow Brick Road without encouragement and testimonials from those gathered in the town square. There was the Lollypop Guild (Union), The Lullaby League (an organization dedicated to lull her into a sense of security), various politicians, and the Main Stream Media (town crier). All appeared to toe the party line.

What if Dorothy had decided that the information being fed to her in rapid fire confusion just did not sit right? What if she chose her own path – the Red Brick Road? Let’s suppose that a journey along that road began with a pocket Constitution and a print-out of the Declaration of Independence. Of course, the villagers would walk away, shaking their heads in disgust. Dorothy and Toto would be outcasts in a land of “group think”.

So, in choosing the path of free thought, freedom to worship whomever whenever you choose and the right to protect one’s self and his/her family, Dorothy set off with the belief that she was a free individual who could survive without government assistance or intervention. This would prove to be more difficult than she imagined.

The first attempt by the “Yellow Brick Roaders” (YBRs) to dissuade her from continuing was to play upon her familial responsibilities. If Dorothy remained on her current course, and others followed her lead, who would pay for Obamacare? Oh, Secretary Sebelius was doing okay with her fundraising efforts, but the tax dollars earned from the family farm were necessary, too. Dorothy could be condemning Auntie Em to a life without food stamps, Medicare, Social Security and responsible physicians to evaluate when care for Auntie Em was no longer fiscally viable. How dare she! But, Dorothy knew her aunt quite well and ignored the ploy to cajole her to turn back towards the road to dependence upon government.

Along the Red Brick Road, Dorothy noticed people working hard, communities that supported each other and an overriding belief that the Constitution is the law of the land. The YBRs would have none of that. They unleashed their most feared weapon upon Dorothy and the villagers – the IRS…

Of course, though orchestrated by the Witch, the flying monkeys did the dirty work. They messed up paperwork, requested information to which they were not entitled, hid documents in trees where no one could access them and caused delays in processing requests for 501(c) 3 and 4 entities for months – even years. With the Constitution as their guide, the villagers began a long, arduous fight against the witch and her minions. Once Dorothy was certain they had things under control, she and Toto continued down the road.

For a day or so, the duo enjoyed a leisurely stroll down the Red Brick Road taking in the scenery and thinking of those they left at home. To her left, Dorothy saw the most beautiful field dotted with colorful flowers and chose to veer off the path. Toto tried to warn her, but Dorothy wanted some of the flowers to bring home to Auntie Em.

As soon as she entered the field, Dorothy became extremely tired, lay down and fell into a deep sleep. At first, the voice of the Anointed One sounded like that of an angel – soothing tones and logical rhetoric. But, something changed. His voice became more defensive and condescending. “I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody”, “After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.”, “It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” – Barack Hussein Obama. This new tone of voice jarred Dorothy out of her slumber and back to reality. She now knew, if only for a moment, what it felt like to drink the Kool Aid™. It was an empty, desperate feeling she hoped never to experience again.

“I know, Toto, I screwed up.” Toto looked up at Dorothy and wagged his tail. Lesson learned. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Not long after the “Poppy Incident”, they came across a group of individuals who seemed quite lost. A lion, a scarecrow and a man made of tin. After what seemed like hours of round about conversation, Dorothy finally understood the dilemma the three found themselves in. The tin man had lost all empathy after being forced to assist in a cover-up of the murder of an American diplomat and three others in Libya. The words he was ordered to repeat to the world over and over again became truth in his mind and heart. He was having a hard time regaining his humanity.

The lion was fearful of losing his income, pension and standing in the YBR community if he did not support the views of the administration both publicly and in private. He knew of attempts to bypass legal channels in order to step on the First Amendment Rights of journalists who resided within or on the fringes of the YBR and he did not want that kind of misery to befall him.

The scarecrow had been a political appointee of the Anointed One and had lost the ability to think for himself. He parroted their talking points regarding the Embassy in Libya on several news shows and his brain had atrophied due to constant misuse.

Fearing there was nothing she could do for them, Dorothy brought the trio to the villagers in hopes that their faith in what the RBR stood for might help her new found friends get on the road to recovery.

Dorothy and Toto were coming to the end of their journey. She had learned much about the strength of communities and the importance of maintaining your individuality. She was even stronger in her conviction that the Constitution was meant to protect individual citizens from their government, not give the government a tool to oppress the citizens. It was not a “living, breathing document”, it was written in a way that it could be applied – as is – today just as it could over 200 years ago.

When they got to the end of the road, a mountain range was visible in the background. The sun was setting behind them. An eagle soared over the largest American Flag Dorothy had ever seen. “Toto”, she said, “we are finally home.”

Lie, Deny and Pacify

Posted on May 20, 2013 by sstorm0730

“It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.” – Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany 1933-1945

Kinda creepy, huh? I mean, considering all that is going on with the IRS, DOJ, Benghazi, and the EPA. How better to “supervise” what the public hears in order to win an election than to lie, deny and pacify? “It is not truth that matters, but victory.” – Adolf Hitler, Führer und Reichskanzler, Germany 1933-1945

I wonder if Candy Crowley feels even a modicum of regret as a journalist for assisting Obama in the lie perpetrated upon the American public during his debate with Mitt Romney. (Probably as regretful as Hill and Barry feel about the four deaths in Benghazi.) She knew damned well that Obama never mentioned terrorism during the Rose Garden speech. But, then again, so did most of the people who voted for him. Like the followers of any charismatic leader, blind devotion trumps cold, hard facts every time. “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” – Adolf Hitler

It has now come to light that “… 92 percent of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) fee waivers were granted to ‘environmental allies,’ while just 8 percent were granted to conservative think tanks. The disparity came to light this week in a report by a conservative research group. Agencies can waive fees for requested information if they determine the information contributes to the public understanding of governmental activities” (Reuters.com). To have a complete understanding of any circumstance, you must be able to consider both sides of the issue. If one side is silenced, then all you are left with is a lecture from a biased podium. When giving free access to information only to groups sympathetic to Obama, his campaign organizers were able to pacify their supporters and quite possibly gain new ones.

Let’s add the EPA to the IRS scandal that hit the airwaves last week. Both pretty much attempted to accomplish the same goal – make life tough on the Conservatives (and those who are not Conservative, but believe in the Constitution and not in the government) so that they might give up, crawl under a rock and let Obama rule the country unfettered. Once again, his supporters got what they wanted because their 501(c)(3) and (4) requests slid through like shit through a goose while others languished in paperwork Hell for months and months. “In 2011 Conservative watchdog group Media Trackers filed with the IRS to achieve nonprofit status. The application got stuck in Obama-induced IRS limbo. In 2012 the same group changed its name and filed again with the IRS as “Greenhouse Solutions.” They were granted nonprofit status in 3 weeks” (Hannity.com).

Of course, He Who Bows to Dictators and Despots will claim he had no knowledge of the political games going on in either agency. He had no knowledge that there were serious security concerns in Benghazi. Certainly he had no knowledge of the wiretapping going on at the AP offices, and certainly he will deny any knowledge of the seizure of personal emails and phone records of Fox News’ James Rosen. Really, why is this guy still President?

The AP wiretapping scandal and the naming of reporter James Rosen as “…a probable ‘co-conspirator’ in a criminal spying case…” (Guardian.co.uk) reek of intimidation and a desire to show the press who is in charge. “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” – Joseph Goebbels. Problem is, Barry, there is a pesky little thing called the First Amendment and those who are journalists have no intention of changing their names to Steinway. I feel this hornet’s nest might just get us a Republican/Libertarian controlled House and Senate in 2014. (Put away your gavel, Nan. Ain’t happenin’.) Well, a girl can dream anyway.

What absolutely floors me is that Obama’s approval rating is still hovering around fifty percent. When people discuss the “dumbing down” of America I find it hard to believe that they are only referring to school children. Can it be that the effects of free stuff from the government include the loss of brain function? I guess so. In case you haven’t noticed the allusion running through this blog post, let me tie it up in a neat little bone-chilling bow for you with the following final quote:

“The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it.”

– Dr. Josef Mengele, SS Captain and The Angel of Death at Auschwitz, Germany, 1933-1945

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