Shocking effects of Global Warming

AL GORE WARNED US ABOUT THE DANGERS OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WE FAILED TO HEED THOSE WELL-FOUNDED OBSERVATIONS FROM THE INVENTOR OF THE INTERNET, AN ABSOLUTE GENIUS.  WE ARE NOW REAPING WHAT WE HAVE SOWN.  MANKIND IS A DISGRACE TO THE PLANET AND ALL HIS CIVILIZED ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE BANNED BY A TRULY LOVING CENTRALIZED ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT.  I SUPPOSE GORE COULD BE CORRECT, BECAUSE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO ABSOLUTE ZERO, THE ONLY PLACE TO GO FROM THERE IS UP.  THANKS TO POLITIFAKE

"DUTY": Robert Gates gives Finger to Obama

CARTOON BY GLENN FODEN

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he’d left Washington politics behind: after working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happy in his role as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty. Now, in this unsparing memoir, meticulously fair in its assessments, he takes us behind the scenes of his nearly five years as a secretary at war: the battles with Congress, the two presidents he served, the military itself, and the vast Pentagon bureaucracy; his efforts to help Bush turn the tide in Iraq; his role as a guiding, and often dissenting, voice for Obama; the ardent devotion to and love for American soldiers—his “heroes”—he developed on the job. In relating his personal journey as secretary, Gates draws us into the innermost sanctums of government and military power during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, illuminating iconic figures, vital negotiations, and critical situations in revealing, intimate detail. Offering unvarnished appraisals of Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Presidents Bush and Obama among other key players, Gates exposes the full spectrum of behind-closed-doors politicking within both the Bush and Obama administrations. He discusses the great controversies of his tenure—surges in both Iraq and Afghanistan, how to deal with Iran and Syria, “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” Guantánamo Bay, WikiLeaks—as they played out behind the television cameras. He brings to life the Situation Room during the Bin Laden raid. And, searingly, he shows how congressional debate and action or inaction on everything from equipment budgeting to troop withdrawals was often motivated, to his increasing despair and anger, more by party politics and media impact than by members’ desires to protect our soldiers and ensure their success. However embroiled he became in the trials of Washington, Gates makes clear that his heart was always in the most important theater of his tenure as secretary: the front lines. We journey with him to both war zones as he meets with active-duty troops and their commanders, awed by their courage, and also witness him greet coffin after flag-draped coffin returned to U.S. soil, heartbreakingly aware that he signed every deployment order. In frank and poignant vignettes, Gates conveys the human cost of war, and his admiration for those brave enough to undertake it when necessary. Duty tells a powerful and deeply personal story that allows us an unprecedented look at two administrations and the wars that have defined them.

 

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Obama's same sex married unarmed America

OBAMA'S PLAN FOR AMERICA IS REALLY GOOD IF YOU ARE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN A SAME SEX MARRIED, UNARMED, ILLEGAL ALIEN NATION.  OBAMA AND THOSE AROUND HIM WOULD HAVE AN UNARMED AMERICA, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD NEVER PUBLICLY DECLARE THAT.  IN THAT RESPECT THEY ARE SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT CLOSETED GAY PERSON WHO HIDES HIS REAL IDENTITY.  OBAMA IS TEARING DOWN THE MILITARY ONE BRICK AT A TIME WITH MOVES LIKE PUTTING WOMEN IN INFANTRY COMBAT UNITS.  ASK ANY MALE SOLDIER WOULD THEY RATHER HAVE A MAN IN THE FOXHOLE WITH HIM INSTEAD A BEAUTIFUL BLOND.  PERHAPS THE BLOND WOULD BE CHOSEN AS LONG AS THE BULLETS ARE NOT FLYING, BUT WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE----A BROTHER IN ARMS WOULD BE THEIR CLEAR CHOICE.  OBAMA WILL NEVER ADMIT THAT ALTHOUGH I SUSPECT HE KNOWS IT.  BUT TRUTH IS HE JUST DOESN'T CARE, BECAUSE HE IS NOT IN THAT FOXHOLE.  POLITICAL CORRECTNESS DOES NOT BELONG ON THE BATTLE FIELD OR IN THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER----IT IS DESTROYING AMERICA. THANKS TO WOODSTERMAN

The greatest benefit of the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare

WHILE MANY AMERICANS LIKE TO SIT AROUND AND CRITICIZE THE ACA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT, THERE ARE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL BENEFIT US ALL.  IN THE MODERN ERA, FAR TOO MANY HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THAT PERSON TO PERSON INTERACTION, BUT NOW WITH OBAMACARE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET AND MINGLE WITH OTHERS WHILE WE WAIT IN THOSE LONG LINES AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND YES, EVEN IN THE EMERGENCY ROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE GREATLY EXPANDED.  YES, THE NEW DOCTOR'S OFFICES WE WILL BE FORCED INTO WILL BE CROWDED WITH THOSE EAGER TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF OBAMACARE.  BUT ALAS, MILLIONS WILL, AT THE SAME TIME STAY HOME AND AVOID THAT TRIP TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE OF THE VERY HIGH DEDUCTIBLES.  MAKES ONE WONDER IF THE ACA WAS PLANNED THAT WAY.  BUT THEN IS THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ONLY INTENDED TO HELP THE VERY POOR IN THE COUNTRY BY PROVIDING SUBSIDIES FOR THEM ON PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BURYING THE MIDDLE CLASS WITH UNAFFORDABLE PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES.  AS I SEE IT, THE ACA WILL, IN THE END DO FAR MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD AND THE LOSERS WILL FAR OUT NUMBER THE WINNERS.  YES, THE ACA WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR THE VERY POOR AND THE VERY RICH LEAVING THE REST OF US IN THE LURCH.  Thanks to Liberal Logic for the image.

Did Barack execute his Uncle Onyango "Omar" Obama by feeding him to Bo and Sunny (The White House Dogs)?

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HALF-UNCLE, ONYANGO "OMAR" OBAMA, AND HIS AUNTIE, ZEITUNI ONYANGO, ARE MISSING AND RUMORS ABOUT THEIR FATE ARE RAMPANT ACROSS THE NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD.  THE LEADING NEWSPAPER, "THE PYONGYANG TIMES" IN THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF NORTH KOREA HAS REPORTED THAT THE UNSUSPECTING COUPLE HAS BEEN FED TO THE WHITE HOUSE DOGS (BO AND SUNNY) IN A SECRET ROOM BELOW THE OVAL OFFICE.  WITH SOME OF HIS 300  CZARS AND CLOSE MEMBERS OF THE  STAFF BEING FORCED TO WATCH AS THE TWO LARGE VICIOUS PORTUGUESE WATER DOGS DEVOURED THE SCREAMING COUPLE.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS LONG BEEN EMBARRASSED BY THE ACTIVES OF HIS AUNTIE AND UNCLE DURING THEIR ILLEGAL STAY IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THEY SPONGED OFF  WELFARE, HEALTHCARE, AND FREE PUBLIC HOUSING BY USING MULTIPLE NAMES AND ADDRESSES AND THEREBY TARNISHING THE IMPECCABLE, STELLAR REPUTATION OF THE PRESIDENT.  ACCORDING TO THE PYONGYANG TIMES, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD FINALLY HAD ENOUGH AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THE TWO AS A WARNING TO ALL WHO WOULD DARE TO INSULT HIM BY SULLYING HIS SHINING EXAMPLE TO THE MASSES IN THIS COUNTRY.  AT THIS TIME THE REPORTS COMING FROM PYONGYANG CANNOT BE CONFIRMED.  BUT WITH UNCLE ONYANGO AND AUNTIE ZEITUNI  STILL MISSING THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THEIR FATE REMAINS. 

Thanks to The Peoples Cube for the idea behind this post.  If you have never visited THE CUBE please take a look----great satire!

The real reason Democrats want to extend Unemployment Benefits

CARTOON BY GARY VARVEL

Obama's "Rocking Dead"

OBAMA POLICIES WHICH HAVE EXPANDED THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM AND LENGTHENED THE PERIOD FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE HAVE ACTUALLY GENERATED JOBS---THAT IS JOBS IN THE "ROCKING CHAIR" FACTORIES ACROSS AMERICA.  AND AT THE SAME TIME  WE HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN THE UNDERTAKING INDUSTRY.  BECAUSE AFTER ALL, ONCE YOU BECOME USE TO THE COMFORT OF THE OLD ROCKING CHAIR IT'S JUST A SHORT TRIP TO YOUR LOCAL FUNERAL PARLOR.  THE ONLY REAL BENEFITS OF OBAMA'S POLICIES OTHER THAT THE AFORE MENTIONED IS THAT THE NUMBERS OF THE "ROCKING DEAD" SEEMS TO BE DIMINISHING AS MORE AND MORE ARE WELCOMED TO THAT EARLY GRAVE.  YOU TOO, CAN HAVE YOUR OWN SKELETON ROCKING CHAIR,  BUT THE PRICE IS VERY HIGH!

The Final Solution to Income Inequality

SO-CALLED WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION WILL DO LITTLE BUT TRANSFER MORE AND MORE POWER TO THOSE IN WASHINGTON AND WILL DO LITTLE, IF ANYTHING FOR THE POOR.  SURE IT WILL CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF WEALTHY PEOPLE, BUT SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT PROVIDE JOBS FOR THE REST OF US, THAT MEANS FEWER JOBS AND MORE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.  CARTOON BY BOB GORRELL

Smoking Weed in Colorado

CARTOON BY  HENRY PAYNE

NOW THAT SMOKING WEED IN COLORADO IS LAWFUL, THE ONLY QUESTION REMAINING IS, OTHER THAN YOU HOME, WHERE CAN YOU FIRE UP?

Obama Cartoon's Pick of the Day: Hawaiian Snorkeling Guide

CARTOON BY  MICHAEL RAMIREZ

IS SPEAR-FISHING LEGAL IN THE ALOHA STATE?