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The Obama Watch
Spiking the Bin Laden Football
Barack Obama thinks that the EPA’s relationship to jobs should be the same as the Navy SEAL’s relationship to Osama bin Laden.
In May 2011, when asked by CBS News about why he would not release photos of the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Obama said, “We don’t need to spike the football.”
How much things have changed in a year.
As we’ve approached this week’s third anniversary of that happy moment when the mass murderer was lobotomized by a Navy SEAL’s bullet, bin Laden-related chest thumping has become the administration’s campaign tactic-of-the-week.
At the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night, Barack Obama touted that “last year at this time — in fact, on this very weekend — we finally delivered justice to one of the world’s most notorious individuals.”
Even Hillary Clinton has been waxing nostalgic about the bin Laden raid, evoking images of sleep-deprived heroes (such as herself) being revived by crowds cheering outside the White House gates following news of the terrorist’s death.
In a new web ad called “One Chance,” former President Bill Clinton — oddly chummy with Obama of late — says that Obama “took the harder and the more honorable path” by ordering the raid on bin Laden’s Pakistan compound. The ad goes on to quote Mitt Romney’s 2007 comment that “It’s not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person,” implying that a President Romney might not have ordered the assault on bin Laden given the same information that Obama had. It is a reprehensible — and literally incredible — assertion.
Not surprisingly, the Obama ad does not mention Romney’s clarification a few weeks later: his point was that bin Laden would be replaced and that killing him would not mean the end of al Qaeda. During a 2007 debate, Romney made his view on bin Laden crystal clear: “We’ll move everything to get him. But I don’t want to buy into the Democratic pitch that this is all about one person. Because after we get him, there’s going to be another and another.… It’s more than Osama bin Laden. But he is going to pay, and he will die.”
(See Romney’s remarks at about 6:40 into this video of the May 3, 2007 Republican debate.)
The Miami Herald notes several instances of Barack Obama saying that the issue of bin Laden should not be used by himself or by others (such as Hillary “Do I look as tired as I feel” Clinton) to score political points. But of course, that’s just what the president is doing now. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
The Herald also reports the Romney camp’s response to the “One Chance” ad: “The killing of Osama bin Laden was a momentous day for all Americans and the world, and Governor Romney congratulated the military, our intelligence agencies, and the President. It’s now sad to see the Obama campaign seek to use an event that unified our country to once again divide us, in order to try to distract voters’ attention from the failures of his administration. With 23 million Americans struggling for work, our national debt soaring, and household budgets being squeezed like never before, Mitt Romney is focused on strengthening America at home and abroad.”
As if the web ad weren’t hypocritical and pathetically self-serving enough, the president sat down with NBC’s Brian Williams for an “exclusive interview” to be aired on Wednesday. The interview is, according to MSNBC, “the first for network television” to be filmed inside the White House Situation Room, from where the administration’s national security team watched the bin Laden raid take place.
This is almost as much an indictment of NBC News as it is of the president, but complaining about liberal media bias is like complaining about a puppy peeing on your rug: it’s just what they do. If you don’t like it, don’t buy a puppy — and don’t watch NBC News.
The Obama administration is flustered by the lack of traction by his other recent divisive campaign tactics. It’s doing anything it can to distract from Obama’s record, pointing to the one rousing success of his administration — but one that would be hard to imagine any other president not grabbing should the same opportunity have arisen.
As Republican strategist and Romney advisor Ed Gillespie said on Meet the Press, “this is one of the reasons President Obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in American history. He took something that was a unifying event for all Americans, an event that Governor Romney congratulated him and the military and the intelligence analysts in our government for completing the mission in terms of killing Osama bin Laden. And he’s managed to turn it into a divisive, partisan, political attack that former Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci for President Reagan called ‘sad.’ John McCain called ‘shameful.’ I think most Americans will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign.”
Indeed, if there is one thing that Americans should learn from the Wednesday interview, it is that President Obama simply has nothing else he can talk about that will appeal to the broader American electorate. His record is one of economic suppression and radical leftist policy that only energizes his “Progressive” base. Even many of those can’t be too pleased with their employment prospects after more than three years of an Obama presidency. And ironically, they are the people (other than terrorists themselves) least pleased with Obama’s aggressive use of drones to kill terrorist enemies of America, one of the few laudable policies of this administration. With friends like that…
About the Author
Ross Kaminsky is a self-employed trader and investor and is a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute. He is the host of The Ross Kaminsky Show on Denver’s NewsRadio 850 KOA at 11 AM on most Sundays. You can reach Ross by e-mail at rossputin(at)rossputin(dot)com.
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Granny Jan| 5.2.12 @ 6:23AM
A presidential first: Obama gives a shout out to himself during his speech to the troops at Bagram yersterday. He does his usual so and so is in the house shtick then includes himself:
THE PRESIDENT: We’ve got Task Force Paladin in the house. (Hooah!) And we’ve got Task Force Defender in the house. (Hooah!) And we’ve got me in the house.
Jack in Wi.| 5.2.12 @ 7:12AM
Obama went to Afganistan to sign an agreement which would commit us to staying in Afganistan in some capacity for at least another 12 years. We will also be dumping billions of dollars into Afganistan for many more years. Why are we doing this? Obama can be attacked on a lot of issues here. He will be claiming to be bringing the troops home for Afganistan yet he still wants to be involved there.
Why was Bin Laden killed with very little attempt to take him alive. I would have offered the Seals a huge reward to the one who took Bin Laden alive, if it was possible. They love to torture people for information. Would not Bin Laden have a lot of information? Why was the body disposed of so quickly without the press even looking at it? For all we know they could have made a mistake and killed a rug merchant?
Now my old friend Ross above, claimed in a rather heated discussion we had yesterday that his man Romney would not turn over Middle East policy to the Israeli leader Bibbi Netanyahu. Well Ross: Romney has said on numerous occasions in debates and speeches that he has known Netanyahu for many years and has worked with him on numerous occasion. He has said that he would listen first to Bibbi on all Midle East issues. Bibbi wants to attack Iran and possibly bring on WW3.
Almost the whole leadership of the intelligence and military communities in Israel is against Netanyahu. They have said that Iran is a rational player and that they are not building Nuclear weapons. They think Netanyahu is dangerously out of control. That is why they have taken the unpresidented step of publically coming out and saying tht they don't want war and Netanyhu and Barak his vice premier are leading the country to disaster.
Our intelligence and military heads and lower members of the community have said the same thing. Yet we have a leadership of the Republican party who grovels at this warmongering lunatic's feet and thinks he should lead out Middle East policy. When are you neocons going to address these issues? you guys have been wrong on virtually everthing you have ever touched. Why the hell should ayone listen to you anymore?
This country is sick of wars and warmongers. Yet we have an incompetent guy running for president who would turn our Middle East policy over to a guy who even his own colleagues call incompetent and dangerously out of control. Obama has led us into many needless military actions all over the world and threatens many more. He should be easy to attack on those issues. But because we have clueless, chickenhawk running, we are giving him a free ride on the peace issue. Romney makes Obama look like St Francis of Assisi. The vast majority of the people in this country want peace. More war is a huge losing issue. Shalom!
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12 @ 8:13AM
Jack,
As you mention, Romney said he would "listen" to Netanyahu, not "turn over" our foreign policy to him.
Do you get the difference?
For the record, I would rather see us with much less involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq and have said so repeatedly on these pages.
In case you missed it, here it is again, in brief: Tell the political leaders and the "warlords" in each country (esp. Afghanistan) that we're leaving but that if any harm befalls any American interest anywhere that we can tie to them, the punishment will be biblical in scale and nature, and will include coating their bodies with pig blood so they can't get into Muslim heaven.
The issue here is not that I or anyone else want a war. It's that Iran seems hell-bent on the destruction of another nation, and the only democracy in the Middle East. A nuclear Iran massively changes the balance of power in the region, regardless of your view of Israel. We should do everything we can, including air strikes, to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapon capability. But I would prefer to see some sort of plausibly deniable special ops move to take out the regime.
Jack in Wi.| 5.2.12 @ 8:52AM
Ross with all due respect Iran is not building nuclear weapons. It hasn't threatened anyone with them. Israel on the other hand has been using nuclear blackmail for 40 years. Who is the danger to the world? Iran with no nuclear weapons, who has signed the nuclear treaty and is under full inspection. Or Israel who is lead by reckless lunatics that even their own colleagues denounce as out of control and dangerous. Now Israel has between 200 and 600 atomic weapons, and has no inspection. It also has the Samson Option which could destroy all of the Middle East and much of Europe.
Israel is a limited democracy with many flaws. It does have a very free press where issues are widely debated. It also seems to have some military and intelligence people who aren't afraid to speak up. That is why I have hope that sane Jews will take the place over and eventually learn how to make peace with their neighbors.
Iran is similar to Israel in that it is a very flawed democracy. There is debate in the country and elections, where power changes hands in a limited way, just like Israel. Of course I could say thing about this country with it's basic one party system where real debate is stifled. I would say in that respect that Israel has a more free discussion.
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12 @ 9:20AM
Jack, this is simply ridiculous. Of course Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon. There is no other reason for the uranium enrichment they are pursuing.
Israel has not "blackmailed" anyone. They do not even admit having nukes, though they obviously do. They have never attacked or threatened to attack a neighboring country, and have only fought in defense when they were attacked.
What part of Israel's history or current actions make you think they want to "destroy all of the Middle East and much of Europe"?
Jack, you are delusional.
Furthermore, your claim that Iran and Israel are politically similar is perhaps the stupidest thing you've said on these pages (in terms of a supposed representation of fact). Power does not change hands in Iran, and it changes dramatically in Israel, more than in most other places.
In short, Jack, everything you have said today reinforced my view that you are anti-Israel and probably anti-Semitic, and that your hatred causes you to embrace true evil. And that makes you evil right along with them.
W| 5.2.12 @ 10:43AM
There is no question Jack is anti- Israel and anti-Semitic. He is also anti-American because he ignores, or condones, the Iran takeover of our embassy in 1979, the hostages, the 240 Marines killed in Lebanon by Iran supported terrorrists, and Iran support of Hebollah and Hamas.
Jack is not delusional. He just hates Israel and the USA, and loves Iran because Iran has promised to destroy Israel.
Von Mises Jr| 5.2.12 @ 1:02PM
Hey W, where's our little troll boy Perpy?
I have a new riddle for him!
W| 5.2.12 @ 3:51PM
Von,
I think Purp is studying the magazine "The Nation" and reading the websites of Nancy Pelosi to prepare for the exam.
p.s. don't accept any facts or laws he cites. He is "liberal" with both also.
Von Mises Jr| 5.2.12 @ 4:57PM
That is why I harrass him. He comes to interrupt and annoy us, and turnabout is fair play.
So he will get a riddle every time I see is punk you know what.
TLP| 5.2.12 @ 10:45AM
Look at yourself. Trying to hold an intelligent conversation with a guy who was CHEERING all through Schindler's List.
I mean. We're talking 3 days in a row, for you. This is practically akin to something that would, normally, attach itself to an NLRB Case Number.
Shouldn't you be somewhere, telling a young boy, dressed in rags, that you don't want a Camel that he carved from a Coconut, as you try to pull your new Bride out of Quicksand?
Seriously.
Get a life.
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12 @ 10:47AM
now that's funny!
but I was sorta thinking the same thing (as the first part of your comment): that a discussion with Jack is utterly fruitless.
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12 @ 10:48AM
By the way, Tim, as usual my comment is no more written only for Jack to read than yours is only for me to read. To the extent that others read it, it's not as useless as just talking to Jack.
One if by land...| 5.2.12 @ 10:53AM
You can only talk AT Jack.
TLP| 5.2.12 @ 2:16PM
If you think that's funny?
Go see what I wrote, yesterday, about Ed Schultz.
You won't be disappointed.
Von Mises Jr| 5.2.12 @ 3:10PM
Jack had a good day if he got two readers. I read him once and that was enough.
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 11:16AM
Why are you arguing with Jack?
He's a malcontent, an anti-Semite, a coward, and a complete fool.
Moe Blotz| 5.2.12 @ 1:08PM
Jack is an older phart than my brother and had a business career where he was responsible for 1,000 employees.(his own stats) My guess is that Jack is an octogenarian who still seeks relevance in the twilight of his life. This site provides a forum where Jack can show lower forms of life how much smarter he is than we.
Clint| 5.2.12 @ 3:53PM
Dr.Reich's A Malcontent, An Anti-Catholic Bigot, A Coward And An Uncompleted Fool.
Mickey| 5.2.12 @ 4:31PM
Clinty
Use your other names so it looks like you have friends
Clint| 5.2.12 @ 4:48PM
Still Paranoid, Little Micky Sugar Pockets BibiBot.
Call Bibi.
Jack in Wi.| 5.2.12 @ 4:43PM
In my opinion with all due respect Ross. You don't know what the hell you are taking about. All our security services and the our Joint Chiefs of Staff have said that Iran is not building nuclear nuclear weapons at this time. They are fed up with chickenhawk, neocons like you trying to get to get them into what could be another world war. The same is true with the security services, and military in Israel who are fed up with the lunatic politicians who run the place. The present head of the Mossad and current head of the military in Israel, General Gantz have both said Iran is rational and not building nuclear weapons, at this time. Several recent heads of the military and security services including General Ashkanazi. Yuval Diskin former head Shin Bet, who has said the same thing in very strong languge. The former heads of of the Mossad, Meir Diskin, and Effriam Halevey have said Iran is not building nuclear weapons at this time. They call the present government out of control and dangerous.
Now I will give my opinion of your disgusting use of the anti semite canard. When you guys are losing an argument you always start with the lies and name calling. I gave you facts answer them. The country is sick of wars and warmongers like you. Especially liars who don't know what the hell they are talking about.
Mickey| 5.2.12 @ 5:15PM
And on cue, here's "Jack"
cali| 5.2.12 @ 6:15PM
@Jack:
Quit drinking the poisenous Kool Aid!
One if by land...| 5.2.12 @ 10:52AM
Ross. Dear sweet Ross. Never respond to Jack. I too read a response of his a foolishly commented back. G. Beck had it right when he penned his thoughts on arguing with idiots. You can not. Jack is an idiot and a "know it all". All we can do is Pray for him/it.
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12 @ 10:57AM
You and TLP are right.
I repent and promise to change my ways.
Fortunately, I also have the ability to delete comments, though I generally reserve that for the worst offenders among comments.
I almost enjoy seeing Jack's comments because he is such a great example of what this nation is not...and what too many Ron Paul supporters are.
Al Adab| 5.2.12 @ 11:33AM
"Don't waste time bantering words with fools or barbarians" Marcus Aurelius
Great conversation yesterday about the required reading list, BTW. Thanks for all the suggestions.
Alan Brooks| 5.2.12 @ 10:10PM
"Tell the political leaders and the "warlords" in each country (esp. Afghanistan) that we're leaving but that if any harm befalls any American interest anywhere that we can tie to them, the punishment will be biblical in scale and nature, and will include coating their bodies with pig blood so they can't get into Muslim heaven."
You bring shame to the Judaic faith with this inflammatory threat, Kaminsky- however facetious it is. It is Jews such as yourself who helped enable Nazism. You are to Jews as the Reverend Wright is to blacks.
The Truth| 5.2.12 @ 8:14AM
"Springtime for Hitler and Germany"
-The Producers(movie)-1968
And now ladies and gentleman as the real life "Franz Liebkind(Ken Mars)"
I bring you, Jack(Jews "R" Us) from Wi.!!!!
Jack in Wi.| 9.10.11 @ 10:04AM
"Whatever good INDIVIDUAL Jews have done in the world pails in comparission to the bad of the last 200 years. Atheism, communism, Socialism, Nuclear Weapons, expansionist Zionism, nuclear blackmail and abortion"
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Jack in Wi| 11.3.11 @ 4:28PM
"I have never writen any anti-semitic coments on this site"
Jack in Wi. 4-26-12
"And they think we should be cry forever about the SO CALLED holocaust"
"At least Obama hates Netanyahu"
"It's alright to hate evil and the devil. Netanyahu is the devil incarnate. He is Hitler on steroids"
"Hitler didn't own most of the American political class, like Netanyahu does. That makes him as bad as Hitler probably worse anyday"
"Hitler never called out so blatanly for the mass murder of millions like is done everyday on this site. He had at least the DECENCY to not do that"(what a swell guy)
"I don't demonize any race"
Jack in Wi.| 5.1.12 @ 8:06AM
"It is time to make PEACE not war"
"Those who live by the sword will die by the sword"(can we say hypocrite?)
------
"We need a second WAR of independence'
"Hitler didn't have 500 atomic weapons and plans to use them"
"He(Hitler) at least pretended to be for peace most of the time before the war"
"Hitler had the best poison nerve gas in the world, in large supplies, and DIDN"T use it" (Holocaust victims might disagree here)
"Wall and the Federal Reserve and their disastrous policies have been headed by Jewish people in many instances. hollywood and the media which pushed pro war propaganda prior to WW2 was and is headed in large by Jewish people."(they are everywhere folks, behind every tree, bush, or fence)
"Then there are the five Mossad agents dancing and high fiving on the Jersey shore as the World Trade Center collapsed. I have to believe that story.(it was those damn Jews again, can we say 9-11 truther?)
And from the FAILED prophet corner, some comic relief:
Jack in Wi.| 8.23.11 @ 6:38PM
"You are not kicking us out of the movement we are kicking you out. Your day is done"
"Ron Paul will be our next Presdient. He will get 60% of the vote"
"I went to the innaguarations of both Reagan and Bush. I just bought an new tuxedo for the upcoming one for Ron Paul That is how confident I am."
And that is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!
DTOM!| 5.2.12 @ 8:53AM
Does not Jack need a timeout?
Methinks so.
His statement, second paragraph: "I would have offered the Seals a huge reward to the one who took Bin Laden alive, if it was possible. They love to torture people for information. " would earn him a ban for life if I were running things.
Also after a while his massive, rampant, sociopathic anti-Semitism will inevitably erode and degrade the level of discourse here.
I say, "Off with his head!"
Anybody agree?
Oh and Jack, Ronald Reagan was a huge supporter of Israel. How does that square with your world view? Hmmm?
Jack in Wi.| 5.2.12 @ 8:58AM
If you love quoting me so much, put in the full thing instead of cherry picking sentences. I have never written one anti-semitc thing here. I am the biggest philio semite here. I want our Jewish brothers and sisters to be right with God and living in peace. I am out of here for the day doing my work feeding the poor. I usually don't bother answering you hasbarets. Who cares what a pack of liars write anyhow?
Clint| 5.2.12 @ 9:55AM
" Ex-Israeli officials criticize Netanyahu’s bellicose stance on Iran
TEHRAN - The former head of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak for adopting a bellicose stance on Iran, according to the Haaretz daily.
Yuval Diskin, who was speaking at a public meeting in Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem) on Friday, said Israel’s political leaders are exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, AP reported.
“I don’t have faith in the current leadership of Israel…,” he stated.
“I do not believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on Messianic feelings,” Diskin added.
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan backed Diskin on Sunday, saying that he disagrees with Netanyahu’s policy on solving Iran’s issue, according to Haaretz.
He also called a strike against Iran’s nuclear program “stupid”, AP reported.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said at a conference hosted by the Jerusalem Post in New York on Sunday that he is against an attack on Iran, criticizing Netanyahu’s policy on Iran, Bloomberg reported.
In addition, Israel’s military chief Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, in an interview with Haaretz published on April 25, said that he does not believe Iran will decide to develop nuclear weapons, describing the country’s leadership as “very rational”.
“I think the Iranian leadership is comprised of very rational people,” Gantz stated."
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 11:22AM
And right on cue, the other complete moron shows up...
Clint| 5.2.12 @ 1:43PM
Dr.Reich's The Pseudo-Intellect Elitist Wannabe RINO-CINO , Who Says He'll Vote For The Ruling Elites' RINO-CINO Fop Frontman, Mittens Romney.
Obama Is A Tarpster, And Romney Is A Tarpster.
Obama Orchestrated Obamacare, And Romney Orchestratred Romneycare.
Obama Is A Chickenhawk, And Romney Is A Chickenhawk.
Jack in Wi.| 5.2.12 @ 5:44PM
Clint: Keep posting that until hell freezes over. These Bibbi bots and Romney bots have no answer for that, except name calling and lies. It is your best post yet.
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 11:29AM
You're delusional.
Practically everything you write is anti-Semitic.
But you're a coward, so you don't have the balls to say it.
That's why you use words like "neocon," and say disparaging, nonsensical things about Israel and Bibi Netanyahu (like "Bibi is worse than Hitler.")
You're a sick, pathetic little man.
Alan Brooks| 5.2.12 @ 10:16PM
"...put in the full thing instead of cherry picking sentences."
Exactly, Jack: data mining. Above all-- and this cannot be stressed too much-- they act as if this is Sept 12th, 2001; anti-Arab, anti-Shiite propaganda wont push our buttons anymore.
Only if they could win in Ashcanistan would they speak with authority- and it does not appear as if they can win at all. It was just a post-9/11 show.
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 12:18PM
Ha-Ha!!!
I forgot about Jack and his new tuxedo!
Always a bride's maid, Jack, eh?
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 11:21AM
1. The SEALS do not "love to torture people for information," you despicable jackass.
2. STOP pretending to speak for the country; when you say idiotic things like "...This country is sick of wars and warmongers...", you give the impression that:
a) Most people believe the country is full of "warmongers"
b) We fight wars for fun, and...
c) Your view is shared by many, when it isn't.
You don't speak for me, or for anyone else on this board, save other cretins like Clint.
You're a "4-F Army of One," you pathetic little man.
Occam's Tool| 5.2.12 @ 2:00PM
Wow. Whattaguy!
By the way, his authorization of the Bin ladin takedown is weaselly as all get out.
Occam's Tool| 5.2.12 @ 2:02PM
The correct order would have been: "If he's there, bring me back his head. I authorize this operation, and I will take the blame if it fails. Godspeed, men." See Aaron's article for the weasel stuff he actually said.
TexasMom2012| 5.2.12 @ 5:31PM
If only Obama didn't feel the same way about oil, gas and coal as he does about Osama Bin Laden
Jack in Wi.| 5.2.12 @ 6:30AM
I have been predicting for months that Obama would run as the guy who got Bin Laden, ended the Iraq war, and is bringing the troops home from Afganistan. On the economy he will blame the Republicans, the Rich, and Republican obstructionism. How are you going to beat that with a guy who is a rich, inarticulate, chickenhawk, who wants more war, and endless welfare for the rich? He is Dewey, Ford, Dole, and McCain all rolled up into one, out of touch with the country and a sure loser even if he beats Obama. they are both more of the same, or worse.
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 11:31AM
"I have been predicting for months that Obama would run as the guy who got Bin Laden, ended the Iraq war, and is bringing the troops home from Afganistan."
WOW!!! You predicted that?!?!?
Your prognostication skills are simply breathtaking!! I mean, it's not like ANYBODY else thought that!!!
Oh, wait...Lot's of people thought that? Millions???
Oh, well...so much for the wisdom of Jack...
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 11:32AM
Hey, Jack!
How come you don't sign-off your posts anymore with "It's Ron Paul or Ruin"??
Maybe because the voters overwhelmingly rejected Ron Paul? 'Cuz he's a crank??
Jack in Wi.| 5.2.12 @ 5:41PM
It is Ron Paul or ruined and you prove it Dr. Demented. The country is ruined with either guy running for president Romney or Obama. The downward slide continues at a faster pace.
Lawrence Boccardi| 5.2.12 @ 6:33AM
Thanx for the summary of his Afghan reading. I didn't watch, since I knew it would be comprised of gloating or lies, or both.
Appleby| 5.2.12 @ 6:50AM
Now you know what the world would be like if the Occupiers were in charge. When do we see Obama start smashing store windows and throwing rocks at cops?
Von Mises Jr| 5.2.12 @ 7:40AM
We are seeing what happens when the detainees at Gitmo are in charge and throwing feces at the guards.
We are the guardians of the Constitution, and the progressives have joined the Jihad.
Indy| 5.2.12 @ 8:22AM
You got that right, the Progressives are throughout all branches of government, we have much work to do.
"A staffer for President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security is praising the left-wing “May Day” protests. On Tuesday evening, Nate Snyder, the special adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for “Community Partnership and Strategic Engagement,” tweeted “Happy May Day! #solidarity.”
Snyder has his his current Homeland Security post since March 2011, according to his LinkedIn page. He was previously the department’s Deputy White House Liaison. Before joining the Obama administration, Snyder worked for the Service Employees International Union, and for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign"
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/05.....z1tiLOZkdl
Von Mises Jr| 5.2.12 @ 9:09AM
But the irony is that reports cited forty (40) NYC OWS protestors. With 8 million people in NYC, that is .000005%, or one in 200,000.
If they each vote 100,001 times each, they have the election locked.
DTOM!| 5.2.12 @ 8:59AM
Appleby,
Obama has been smashing windows ever since he took over and destroyed any semblance of free market in GM faux-bankruptcy. If somebody smashes your storefront at least, you might get on the 9 o'clock news. But when they silently disavow billions in bond values - there's no camera, there's no microphone - you don't even get an opportunity to ask where you can go to get your principle back. You are robbed, silent, alone, in the dark - nobody even notices. Or seems to care.
Obama has already come for the GM bondholders, he's already come for US homeowners and mortgage-holders, anybody going to complain anytime soon? 99% your time is at hand, Barack is knocking on your door!
Don't Tread On Me!
Pecos Pete| 5.2.12 @ 6:56AM
What do you suppose King O will be promoting this coming August? The Obama campaign jumps from one crises to another in their effort to frighten the public ... either vote for me or suffer higher gas prices, poisoned water, dirty air, etc. They have about run out of events to broadcast their fear mongering.
chuck| 5.2.12 @ 7:58AM
They'll do what liberals always do, and just make something up like "the war on women". It will be the GOP's "war on children", or "war on seniors", or "war on sick people", or "war on the poor".
Of course NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN will run story after story like "Why do the Republicans hate women, children, old people, poor people, and sick people?".
Anthony| 5.2.12 @ 9:19AM
Yes, and this morining MSLSD brought Dan Rather back from the dead, as Danny boy is hawking his new book, "Fake and Inaccurate".
The Orwellians think enough time has past to fool people about the wonders of Dan Rather. This book, I predict, will not even make the $ 1.00 summer discount book bin.
I guess in a way he does deserve to be honored by the whores in the MSM, he did invent a new school of journalism, which fits theres frauds to a T.
W| 5.2.12 @ 10:47AM
Bernie Goldberg, on O'Reilly, said Rather spent over 5 million in legal fees/costs in his losing suit against CBS for breach of contract. Don't have all details but the basis of the suit required Danny to prove his National Guard story about Bush. He lost but MSM still believes his story .
Brian Mc| 5.2.12 @ 7:01AM
I seem to have this irresistable urge to shout the name of the mayor from the rooftops. You see, my garbage was picked up yesterday...on his orders, I'm sure. I don't think he held a press conference for doing his job...better check with NBC News just to make sure.
NBC News...is that anything like kosher pork?
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 5.2.12 @ 7:18AM
Ironically, both Barack Obama and Osama Bin Laden had something in common. They had a mutual desire to destroy the U.S. Constitution.
Clint| 5.2.12 @ 7:40AM
" Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA's) Osama bin Laden unit, told the U.K. Daily Telegraph in a recent interview he was prevented from capturing or killing the terrorist by his superiors on at least 10 separate occasions.
In 1995, Scheuer was selected to lead the spy agency’s bin Laden efforts. By then the militant Islamist was exiled in Sudan after angering Saudi authorities. Bin Laden was running several businesses in the African nation that Scheuer suggested disrupting. “We formulated operations and submitted them for approval but they would not approve any of them,” the ex-CIA official told the Daily Telegraph. “If we had been able to deal a serious economic blow it could have been a show-stopper.”
Scheuer told the Telegraph that following the missed opportunities to kill or capture bin Laden in 1998, there were at least eight other chances to get the terror mastermind. By that point, bin Laden was supposedly among the U.S. government’s most wanted criminals. But for some unknown reason, senior officials refused to authorize his capture or assassination.
“One 50-cent round could have put us all out of our agony,” Scheuer explained. But that didn’t happen, as high-level authorities consistently ordered the CIA unit not to stop bin Laden."
Dick Nome | 5.2.12 @ 10:22AM
I hate re-runs.
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 11:26AM
Michael Scheuer, the discredited EX-CIA employee who is on Iran's payroll as a lobbyist..?
THAT Michael Scheuer??
Clint| 5.2.12 @ 12:26PM
Interesting, How The Israel Firster Smear Bund Repeatedly Has Attempted To Smear Up American Military & C.I.A. Patriots,Who Don't Ass Kiss The Israel Firster Agenda.
" Michael F. Scheuer is a former CIA intelligence officer, American blogger, historian, foreign policy critic, and political analyst. He is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies and an Expert at Wikistrat. In his 22-year career, he served as the Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (aka "Alec Station"), from 1996 to 1999, the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorist Center. He then worked again as Special Advisor to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004."
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 2:48PM
Discredited.
EX-CIA employee.
On Iran's payroll.
(But he's NOT a dog-sitter!)
JimH| 5.2.12 @ 8:11AM
O not only spiked the football, he is doing an end zone dance which would put Ocho Cinco to shame.
Anthony| 5.2.12 @ 9:26AM
Spiking the football, end zone dance, hell, Obozo is acting like the Rodney Dangerfield character in "Caddy Shack".
The only thing missing from Obozo's whoops and hollers after sinking a putt is the outrageous outfits. I guess Moochelle won't let Obozo into her wardrobe to borrow her clothes.
Unfortunately for Obozo, and those people killed, the Taliban was not impressed by Obozo's Dangerfield impression.
albert constantine jr.| 5.2.12 @ 9:47AM
Previously, I would have cast Clinton in the Dangerfield role, at least for the infamous last line he delivers in the film ("Hey everybody, we all gonna get laid").
W| 5.2.12 @ 10:51AM
Rodney would have made a much better president than Bubba or Obama. Smarter and funnier.
Remember Rodney's discussion of Korea and Vietnam with his professor, Sam Kinnison, in Back to School?
albert constantine jr.| 5.2.12 @ 12:09PM
Excellent point.
albert constantine jr.| 5.2.12 @ 4:41PM
Excellent Point (I tried to add this before, but I was accused of spamming).
Free Speech Police| 5.2.12 @ 7:07PM
We are on to you albert. Amongst all the dreck and bilge we have singled you out.
We are assuming control.
albert constantine jr.| 5.2.12 @ 10:12PM
Hours later, I was pardoned, and my 12:09 pm post finally was set free (see above).
Free Speech Police| 5.3.12 @ 8:24AM
Let this be a lesson to you. Consider yourself fortunate. Had your expression been in the form of a nursery rhyme all hell - er - heck would have broken loose.
Indy| 5.2.12 @ 8:33AM
"Speaking to American troops gathered at Bagram Air Base, the president called out the names of several military units “in the house”—who cheered upon hearing their name — before adding: “And we’ve got me in the house.”
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/0.....ghanistan/
Unbelievable the audacity of this man. I had a lengthy conversation with a former Navy Seal last week, the look in his eyes is something I will never forget. Thank you to all our veterans and active duty for your service.
Bob Grant| 5.2.12 @ 8:43AM
Ross,
Your comment: "His record is one of economic suppression..." is a point rarely made.
Obama = Suppression
Definition:
Definition of SUPPRESS
transitive verb
1
: to put down by authority or force : subdue
2
: to keep from public knowledge: as a : to keep secret b : to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of
3
a : to exclude from consciousness b : to keep from giving vent to : check
4
obsolete : to press down
5
a : to restrain from a usual course or action b : to inhibit the growth or development of
6
: to inhibit the genetic expression of
— sup·press·ibil·i·ty noun
— sup·press·ible adjective
— sup·pres·sive adjective
— sup·pres·sive·ness noun
Most peoples' frustration with Obama boils down to that one word. Why this point is not in republican ads is beyond me.
Indy| 5.2.12 @ 8:58AM
Heroes don't spike the football, new ad by Veterans for a Strong America
http://www.therightscoop.com/b.....-football/
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12 @ 10:49AM
I added this video to the AmSpec blog as well.
Indy| 5.2.12 @ 10:59AM
Thank you from all of the Vets in my family!
Robert Musil| 5.2.12 @ 9:18AM
“…a sense of one’s position is one of the unnoticed but fundamentally important conditions of life, like being unaware of the earth’s revolution or of the personal share we contribute to our own perceptions. Having been taught that he must not carry it in his heart, man carries the greatest part of his vanity under his feet, in that he walks about on the soil of a great motherland or fatherland, or on the ground of his religion or income-tax grade, and in default of such a position he even makes do with what anyone can have, which is poising on the momentarily highest point on the pillar of time that has arisen out of nothingness, in other words, living precisely now, when all one’s predecessors have turned to dust and one’s successors are not yet here. Yet if this vanity, which is usually unconscious, should from any causes suddenly mount from the feet into the head, a mild form of madness may result, similar to that of those virgins who believe they are about to give birth to the round Earth itself.”
Page 269 from “The Man Without Qualities”, by Robert Musil 1930
Stormy| 5.2.12 @ 9:31AM
"but complaining about liberal media bias is like complaining about a puppy peeing on your rug: it's just what they do. If you don't like it, don't buy a puppy"
This advice could also be applied to electing Chicago Thug Marxist politicians to the presidency.
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12 @ 10:49AM
No doubt.
albert constantine jr.| 5.2.12 @ 9:50AM
“It's unfortunate that President Obama thinks that the EPA's relationship to jobs should be the same as the Navy SEALs' relationship to Osama bin Laden."
Actually, if one were to take the 2010 remarks from the former EPA regional director literally, the agency’s relationship to oil companies is much more threatening and combative.
The Roman tactics he stated that he wished to emulate were to find the first five men from a village and crucify them, not the first five who resisted, or questioned, or were found to be doing wrong, but the first five encountered. Navy Seals didn’t kill Bin Laden because he was there, but only after Bin Laden declared war on the US and all of its people and interests, and the organization that he led carried out multiple attacks on the United States, a congressional authorization of a use of force resolution was made, and a whole bunch of bureaucrats, lawyers and politicians gave their imprimatur on the general idea and the specific mission with its rules of engagement.
If we required the level of scrutiny on an EPA use of force that we did on Seal Team 6 and the Bin Laden mission, we would find its regulatory power much more benign than it currently is.
glenny| 5.2.12 @ 10:32AM
FTA: "With that in mind, a few ideas for Romney on this anniversary of bin Laden's death:"
I wouldn't have taken 24 hours to decide to get bin Laden.
I wouldn't have played golf the day I sent our armed forces into harm's way like the pResident.
Mitt, are you listening?
Sometimes, I wish our conservative candidates were a bit more of an SOB.
glenny
glenny| 5.2.12 @ 10:34AM
I love the pic heading up this article.
Obama = smallest guy in the room, including Hillary!
glenn
Bob Grant| 5.2.12 @ 11:13AM
Indeed.
All professionals and one kid who was relegated to the side wall. And who appears to have arrived late.
A bad picture if you ask me.
The fact that he was involved in the operation on any meaningful level is laughable.
Col Bat Guano| 5.2.12 @ 11:24AM
Romney's was right back in 2007: Spiking the football doesn't mean "Game Over." In a lot of ways it means the game is just starting, which is why our coach discouraged the practice. No sense filling your enemy with a terrible resolve. Leftians such as Obama and Clinton focus on singular abstractions (aka "buzzwords," "sound bites," etc.) versus the totality of any particular issue. Bush recognized the Islamofascist War was going to be a long one and never said it would be anything but. I remember his response to an interviewer's question about whether OBL was dead or alive;
"I don't know if he's dead or alive, but I do know he isn't leading any parades anywhere!"
In other words, OBL was neutralized and not much more than a symbol. His miserable existence (by our standards anyway) as a nasty little guy living on a grass mat in Abbotabad watching porn was proof of that. However, his organization continues on. Game NOT over, as Romney predicted 5 years ago. I think Obama is spiking the football now because he thinks we're stupid enough to accept the appearance as reality. Americans are smarter than that and take offense to being patronized. This will backfire on The One as it should.
Purp| 5.2.12 @ 2:30PM
Yeah, you're right - "Bring it on" and "If you're not with us, you're against us" ... those aren't "buzzwords" or "sound bites" huh?
He's touting a real accomplishment - not "Mission Accomplished" 8 years before the end of the Iraq War... You're too funny ... and uninformed.
From the Desk of Media Matters| 5.2.12 @ 2:46PM
"I will continue to NOT answer" - Prissy Pantywaste Pelosi
"I can get an abortion, or an anal probe" - Pink Putz Pansy Pelosi
Barney's Used Suppository Fondler,
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots know what a real accomplishment is you stupid lying anal probe for pleasure only - provided it is paid for with other people's money - seeking idiot.
"His predecessors tried and failed for eight years. It wasn't an easy decision --what if something went wrong? But that's why you hire a president, to make those gutsy calls. Which path would George McGovern have taken?"
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots know this is why Richard Nixon is touted for the real accomplishment of landing man on the moon you stupid lying anal probe for pleasure only - provided it is paid for with other people's money - seeking idiot.
Stop embarrassing and discrediting Barney's used suppositories you stupid lying anal probe for pleasure only - provided it is paid for with other people's money - seeking idiot.
- MM staff
Cynicon Implant| 5.2.12 @ 11:32AM
Ross, could you please email your suggestions to the Romney camp? I get the feeling that they realize that they will need to play hardball but somehow lack the imagination of what that looks/sounds like. Too many boy scouts, if you know what I mean...
Purp| 5.2.12 @ 2:28PM
you mean "empty suits" dontcha?
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 2:50PM
No, that would be Obama...the least experienced man in ANY room he walks into...the one who spouts obsolete, failed social theories...the one whose skin color has got him everything, without having to accomplish anything.
Obama...the emptiest of empty suits.
Your guy.
Dick Nome | 5.2.12 @ 3:11PM
Twurp is an empty suit of some sort.
Dick Nome | 5.2.12 @ 3:10PM
Boy Scouts could do a better job. They are prepared. Don't belittle them that way. Unlike the Obama Administration anyway, they have adult leadership. Obama was never a Scout and has no understanding of what is means.
junkyard infidel| 5.2.12 @ 11:34AM
I still call BULL-SCAT on the whole bin laden story. It was nothing but a distraction and diversion to take focus off the fraudulent long form birth certificate lil' berry hussein soetoro put out as proof he was born in Hawaii. Trump had challenged him produce it and the book by Jerome Corsi was about to come out. Then the story about the bin laden killing changed just about everyday. This was nothing but more propaganda, lies and deceit by the most corrupt gang of criminals to usurp the highest offices in our government ! Arrest, indict and incarcerate all of them for high treason !
Purp| 5.2.12 @ 2:27PM
hahaha
From the Desk of Media Matters| 5.2.12 @ 5:01PM
"I will continue to NOT answer" - Pantywaste Prissy Pelosi
"I can get an abortion, or an anal probe" - Putz Pansy Pink Pelosi
Barney Frank's Orificial Assistance Dependency Official Provider And Unofficial Fondler,
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots know it took the smartest president we've got in the house, ever, 16 hours to determine the smartest president we've got in the house, ever, did not possess the guts or the nuts to make the call, and had Panetta make the call instead, despite the smartest president we've got in the house, ever, having slept overnight on whether to make the call or not.
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots know it is despicable the smartest president, ever, made the Navy Seal Special Forces wait 16 hours to make the call, and know full well none of these real heroes would sleep a wink over those 16 hours but remain ready to move in a literal instant's notice to get the despicable enemy responsible for thousands of American murders Obama sin Laden.
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots get more than a little angry and patriotic when remembering what a despicable piece of pink putz pansy prissy pantywaste pussy the smartest president, ever, we've got in the house, hahaha, really and truly is.
Stop embarrassing and discrediting real Americans.
- MM staff
Bill| 5.2.12 @ 11:50AM
That Obama is cutting almost $1 trillion from the defense budget, and that is so unpatriotric.
Purp| 5.2.12 @ 1:51PM
Really. Obama had the moxie and the cajones to order the raid on Bin Laden, and deserves all the credit we can give him.
Bush/Cheney literally put the World Trade Center in flames on their campaign literature - for years they touted their response to 9/11, as if no one else could have responded better. If you don't like Obama touting his success over Bin Laden, the right shouldn't have shown America how it's done.
The fact that Obama did in 3 years what Bush-Cheney couldn't do in 8 is something to crow about and be proud of as Commander-in-Chief.
All your whining about tactics that the right has used for years that is now used by the Democrats is so much sour grapes.
Richie Romney said he would not spend the money to go after Bin Laden. Even John McCain, who said he would kill Bin Laden, had a "secret plan" to get him.
We got him, America should be proud, and the guy that made the decision to go should be given his due. It is something to campaign on - he has made us all safer than Bush-Cheney did, now hasn't he?
Doctor Right| 5.2.12 @ 2:55PM
Oh, really? The "cajones"???
You're a joke. Not a surprise because you're a liberal, but you're a joke who spouts talking points.
Name one President...other than Bill Clinton, who refused to take down Bin Ladin on 3 separate occasions - who would have said "NO" to this opportunity!!!
Hmmmmmmmm?????
And tell us EXACTLY what Obama did to make this happen???
Obama is a pimple on the ass of history. The entire intelligence operation he utilizes was put in place by Bush/Cheney/Powell/Rumsfeld. He did NOTHING to help the military or the intelligence services find Bin Ladin...NOTHING.
In fact, he tried to stop them. The CIA knew where Bin Ladin was for months; the only reason "Mr. Cajones" agreed to kill his Muslim Bro in the first place was because he knew he couldn't wait any longer, politically.
And PLEASE explain how Obama, who is downsizing the military's ability to fight a war on two fronts, who is slashing the military budget, and who wants to reduce our nuclear arsenal by almost 90% is "making us safer"???
You're a friggin' moron.
Dick Nome | 5.2.12 @ 3:07PM
Twurp has no concept of what the military is, how it operates or what it does. The only uniform Twurp is familiar with is an SEIU tee shirt.
W| 5.2.12 @ 6:14PM
This is Obama's contribution to killing Osama. A memo:
"The timing, operational decision making and control are in Admiral McRaven's hands. The approval is provided on the risk profile presented to the President. Any additional risks are to be brought back to the President for his consideration. The direction is to go in and get bin Laden and if he is not there, to get out."
This Obama is a real profile in courage. Rememer Ike who had a prepared statement for D-Day stating that if it failed he took the blame, but if it suceeded then it was due to the bravery of the military.
Bill| 5.2.12 @ 3:20PM
Obama gave "medal of honor" to those Muslim Brotherhoods, who vow to attack America and destroy our true ally, Israel.
W| 5.2.12 @ 4:39PM
Purp
Explain exactly what Obama did. They had to drag him from the golf course, put a jacket on him to cover the golf shirt, and McRaven made the decision.
Of course if your other hero, Bubba, had not turned down three or four offers to arrest Obama there would have been no Sept 11.
We got Osama because of the info from waterboarding the terrorrists and good work by the CIA and the Seals. Obama just happened to be there.
So far you have said only that Bush could not find a 6'5" Arab. Was Obama in the Middle East looking for tall Arabs? Of course not, Obama would never profile.
Waiting to hear what Obama did.
LiveFreeOrDie| 5.2.12 @ 1:51PM
Ask those seals who they're voting for this election, the answer will not be Obama.
LiveFreeOrDie| 5.2.12 @ 1:52PM
Of course their votes won't be counted but that's beside the point.
Ron| 5.2.12 @ 2:07PM
Ross,
I do not read every comment (my head would explode if I see too much of Jack and Clint's nonsense), but you stated the following:
"As we've approached this week's third anniversary of that happy moment when the mass murderer was lobotomized by a Navy SEAL's bullet..."
IIRC, it was 1 year ago that Osama Bin Laden was put down. So this would be the 1st anniversary, not third anniversary.
Tom Kyba| 5.2.12 @ 2:10PM
Whew, for a while there I thought I would get through a whole day's worth of articles and comments without reading "RINO-CINO Mittens Romney". Seriously man, get some new anagrams for f**k sake
randyinrocklin| 5.2.12 @ 2:56PM
I still find it hard to believe that Obama was really actually in the room. It sure looks like his picture has been photoshopped into this picture. Somehow the size of his body relative to the chair and relative to others in the he looks a lot smaller. also being such a narcissist that he is he would not have been sitting in the corner looking like a dunce.
Dick Nome | 5.2.12 @ 3:02PM
It was brought out some months ago, as I recall, that this photo was posed some hours after the thing was over.
Tom Kyba| 5.2.12 @ 3:51PM
Example 6,947 of how to detect a narcissist: if any person with a normal sense of humility saw himself represented as Obama was in that silly Hope & Progress poster with the smarmy expression and nose intentionally pointing into the air, said person would react by wondering "what the hell was I thinking" and would make sure it never gets repeated. Yet Obama has posed that way in numerous photos. Holy "Dear Leader" fixations Batman!
POST American| 5.3.12 @ 12:05AM
---And ALEX JONES'S coverage of
the Bin Laden farce spikes even the
obviously set-up situation room photo.
One and all --CHECK IT OUT!
-----------------HUAC/ Nuremberg 2012--------------
AVCurmudgeon| 5.3.12 @ 2:03AM
Generally a good article, but I think the "attack points" at the end are a little lame. Get right down to it: Obama celebrates killing bin Laden on the one hand while keeping the people who sheltered Al Qaeda and bin Laden in power on the other; Romney was right (did I really say that?)
Also, how about a shout-out to Admiral McRaven? After all, according to Panetta he was the one who really made things happen.
And while you're at it, Obama, how about rappelling down a rope in night gear with one hand while firing an assault rifle with the other?
One of the things about someone who is always anxious to tell you how great he is, is that you always want to knock him down a peg or two. Just look at Wilt Chamberlain ... and Obama ain't no Wilt the Stilt.
Tom Paton| 5.3.12 @ 6:59PM
As I recall former President Clinton had three missed opportunities to take bin Laden out. Also , wasn't there a discussion about "Who do you want to answe the red phone at 3 AM?. It seems the Obama benefited from the very things he railled against (torture by waterboarding ) to get information for our Navy Seals. And didnt he want those very seals to answer to a criminal court?
swansong| 5.4.12 @ 1:22AM
Bill Clinton, speculating, "What if something had gone wrong - how horrible that would have been for him!"
No it wouldn't. Obama could then have said, "Well, I only followed Bush's blueprint for the kill - and look what happened."
Brazen hardly describes Clinton - who passed up three opportunities to kill bin Laden, suggesting Romney might not have.
swansong| 5.4.12 @ 1:27AM
Obama has not pulled his last rabbit out of the hat. Watch for this: we have had the Stimulus, the auto bail out, the mortgage bail out, the student loan - - next it will be people are paying too much interest on their credit cards and he will be making credit card companies forgive all that in time for the election.
Maybe he already has. I live in a world of pay it in full each month It's a small world..
POST American| 5.7.12 @ 4:17AM
----------------------FINAL WORD----------------------
----SON of Globalist CIA linked Ann Dunham
-------Dubious parternity and nationality
----------Dubious 'benny factors'
-------------Harvard/Princeton 'innie'
---------Mentored by capstone linked Bill Ayers
-----------------Fmr aide to Henry Kissinger
-------------------Goldman SACKS 'fave'!
--------------------------AND!-----------------------------
POSSIBLE stealth clone of the very
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----------------AVERELL HARRIMAN----------------
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