Hypothetically–if a Terrorist Were President

Just for a minute, let’s pretend America was duped by a slick Presidential candidate who was actually a terrorist sympathizer.

Hypothetically of course, what are some things this President might do?

These are my top 10.

1. Almost never affirm that terrorism has occurred, even when it does.

2. When boxed-in by actual terror events on U.S. soil, call the events “workplace violence.”

3. When asked about the international connections of marathon bombers who maim and kill, insist they’re “self-radicalized.”

4. Use your power as President to intimidate those ideologically opposed with IRS audits.

5. Secretly grab all communications of AP reporters to see who might be wise to your schemes.

6. When Americans are under attack by real terrorists in foreign lands, ignore their cries for help and deny that “terrorism” caused their death….blame an American who made an offensive video which no one saw.

7. Whenever anyone asks you a question about your involvement in illegal activity, deny any knowledge and blame your opposition for being politically motivated.

8. Press for immigration laws which allow more of your followers access to our country’s borders, votes and social welfare benefits.

9. Insist that our terrorist enemies are on the run, when in reality you know they’re growing in number.

10. And–last but not least–do all you can to take guns away from law-abiding citizens who mistrust you.

Now…aren’t you glad this is all made up and none of these things could ever happen here in America?

Felix the Cat

I apologize in advance Mr. President.

Please find it in your heart someday to forgive me for the comparison I’m about to make.

I just watched your press conference in the Rose Garden with the Marine holding an umbrella over your head.

You were asked a simple question.

Did anyone in the White House know about the IRS abuses of power.

You didn’t answer the reporter directly.

You reached into your bag of tricks and said, “I had no knowledge of it.”

Hmmm….

I get the impression your bag of tricks is empty.

 

I Thought the TEA Party Deserved This

For the past five years we’ve been told the TEA Party is nothing more than an assembly of bigots, racists, homophobes, and KKK-like radical anti-American creeps…the scum of the earth.

So then, we learn for some completely inexplicable reason, the IRS has been targeting them for audits and added scrutiny any time they wanted to start a nonprofit organization.

My question is this…why is the Obama administration taking this scandal so seriously?

Yesterday Obama fired the acting director of the IRS.

This just doesn’t add up.

Normally our shameless leader and his doofus media would lash out and deny…deny…deny…then accuse Republicans of capitalizing on the politics of it all.

Right?

Here’s my theory.

The Benghazi cover up is way worse than we think.

Obama, in my mind, is the smoking gun who let four Americans die, and he’s running out of places to hide.

I also believe he’s the one who demanded the talking points be re-written.

Do you remember when General Patraeus got caught cheating on his wife?

That to me was a warning shot to him not to tell the truth to the American people.

Don’t forget, he was director of the CIA and preferred not to use the phony talking points after the State Department sanitized them of any mention of real terrorism.

Here’s what I believe Obama’s doing.

He’s deliberately using this IRS scandal as a diversionary tactic to look like he cares about Americans and to take the heat off Benghazi.

Trust me when I say this folks…this administration had no problem at all with the harassment of TEA Party people.

They wrote the book on how to do it and most definitely made it happen.

This reminds me of the Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs is painting the floor and suddenly realizes he’s painted himself into a corner–with nowhere to go.

What’s up Barack?

Is the Press Codependent on Obama?

Now that scandals have reached epic proportions at the White House, with the latest being the Department of Justice, under Obama, deciding that the A.P. (associated press) needed to be wire tapped, the question remains, will any of these now humiliated pawns of the President have the courage to strike back.

My theory?

No.

I briefly alluded to this idea yesterday, but feel a bit more needs to be revealed.

Here’s the Wikipedia definition of the word “codependency.”

See if this doesn’t cause you to realize that “we the people” are stuck with Obama for the remainder of his term.

There will be no impeachment, or resignation, without a free and non-manipulated press.

Codependency is defined as a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (typically narcissism or drug addiction); and in broader terms, it refers to the dependence on the needs of, or control of, another.  It also often involves placing a lower priority on one’s own needs, while being excessively preoccupied with the needs of others. Codependency can occur in any type of relationship, including family, work, friendship, and also romantic, peer or community relationships. Codependency may also be characterized by denial, low self-esteem, excessive compliance, or control patterns. Narcissists are considered to be natural magnets for the codependent.

Letter from the Past on Watergate

There are some very bright people in this community who say things far better than I can.

Other than a dwindling number of Obama acolytes, the American people are more than a bit annoyed with the false talking points told about a video which supposedly resulted in the death of a U.S. Ambassador and three others.

Had this not been just a few weeks before a Presidential election, most would be less irate.

Congratulations to my Berkshire County neighbor, Jim Balfanz of Stockbridge, MA, for reminding us of a similar pre-election scandal called Watergate.

Back then the media did their job, as they were wise to Nixon.

Today, they think their job is to serve Obama.

Most of the main stream media needs counseling, as they appear to be co-dependent on a very abusive President.

Question on Benghazi: What would be your position on this if George Bush or Ronald Reagan was sitting in the White House? For you who are old enough to remember, what became known as Watergate resulted in a president resigning ahead of being impeached for obstruction of justice — for an attempted cover-up (AKA lying) of a misdemeanor crime.

Benghazi resulted in the deaths of an American ambassador and other American citizens, and what is now known (with more to come) is that the cover-up (lying) is even worse than that which took down a prior president. Politicians, including the secretary of state and the president lied and Americans died, unlike the crimes involved in Watergate.

Americans died and politicians decided just before an election (as with Watergate) that politics were more important than the truth and that illegal actions were needed to keep them on track to win an election. Is this what you really support? Have we really sunk this low?

On February 7, 1973, the United States Senate voted to establish a select committee to investigate Watergate, with Sam Ervin named chairman the next day. The hearings held by the Senate Committee, in which John Dean and other former administration officials testified, were broadcast from May 17 to August 7, 1973. The three major networks of the time agreed to take turns covering the hearings live, each network thus maintained coverage of the hearings every third day, starting with ABC on May 17 and ending with NBC on August 7. An estimated 85 percent of Americans with television sets tuned in to at least one portion of the hearings.

It is time for the same process to take place with regard to Benghazi.

JIM BALFANZ

Stockbridge

The Best Graduation Advice Ever

Yesterday in Winooski, VT, my family and I enjoyed our youngest son’s graduation festivities from St. Michael’s College.

The keynote speaker, Mark Shields, an old time news commentator who has worked the wire through nine presidents, made a statement that hit home.

He said something like this:

Don’t worry about what others are thinking about you…because they’re not thinking about you.

They’re far more worried about what you’re thinking about them.

What we do with our lives, because God was gracious enough to give us free will, is far more critical an issue than how we’re perceived by others.

At the Baccalaureate Mass on Saturday, the Bishop of Burlington asked a great question.

He said this:

Who do we most want to please?

Of course, like the heathen that I am, I could not come up with a good answer.

The Bishop’s answer was simple…God.

Let us always remember that God wants to be the foundation of who we are.

As we build our house, let it be on the Rock of His Love, so that the wind and the waves of opinion can never cause us to crumble.

No IRS Fishiness Here

There comes a point in one’s life when shocking things just don’t shock us any more.

Why would any American be surprised–under Obama–that the IRS lied about targeting conservative organizations for additional scrutiny?

In addition to having the title Commander-in-Chief, as head of the U.S. armored forces, our fearless leader is also Taxman-in-Chief, as he oversees all Federal agencies, including the IRS.

How hard would it have been for Obama to pick up the phone after the election and hint around to IRS leadership that he wouldn’t mind if things got a little hot around the collar for evil Tea Party people who don’t believe in him?

One of my father’s favorite sayings, whenever he saw poorly run organizations, went like this;

The fish rots from the head down.

I’m not saying the President is a fish…but what I am saying is that his last four years are going to include an awful lot of flopping around.

It’s not very inspiring.

Nobody Hits My Kid Brother

It must have been my cousin Ricky who introduced me to Mad Magazine.

I have no idea what year it first came out, but I remember very well enjoying the jokes and somewhat brazen humor in that still living comic book.

There was one cartoon that made us laugh for nearly a year.

It was a boy defending his little brother from another tough kid in the neighborhood.

The older brother grabs the ruffian and says.

Nobody hits my kid brother.

Except me! (as he turns and whacks his sibling)

That same irony, from way back in the 60′s, is alive today, as Obama’s Press Secretary Jay Carney tells the world that Republicans are using the Benghazi hearings for “political” reasons.

Wow…thanks Jay…I appreciate you straightening us low information voters out.

There’s just one problem.

Someone else covered up the Benghazi debacle, where four Americans died, to help them get re-elected to the White House.

Might one call that political?

Don’t get mad Jay…we know that nobody abuses America for personal gain…except Obama!

Pit Bulls Kill Jogger…Good Thing She Had No Gun

Yesterday four Pit Bulls attacked and killed a 63-year-old woman jogging in the rural L.A. County area.

According to the article, another woman came along in her car and began honking the horn to scare them away.

By the time it was over, the poor jogger died on the way to the hospital in an ambulance.

As tragic and sad as this is, had the woman been carrying a gun, she’d be alive today.

The four Pit Bulls remain on the loose.

I’d be willing to bet, the next time any jogger decides to try his or her luck on that side of L.A., they’ll be carrying.

When leftists push a sweeping agenda, like the absurd idea that no one should ever need a gun, remind them of this story.

Unless of course they’re members of PETA, then they’d just blame the jogger for provoking the innocent little doggies.

It’s a crazy world, and if we’re not prepared, it will defeat us.

Stand up and run toward freedom.

Bite back at those trying to take it away.

Maybe America’s Worst Soldier Actually is a Foreigner

One of the titles for President of the United States is Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.

The Soldier’s Creed is…”I will never leave a fallen comrade.”

If there’s ever been an argument for Pollyanna types like me, that the current President really isn’t American, this would be it.

Forget about conspiracy theories and doctored birth certificates and all that stuff.

Let’s just say, for the sake of our great land, we’ve still never had an American President who turned his back on fallen comrades.

I can’t stomach the idea that a President told willing servicemen to stand down and not try to rescue fellow Americans under attack at a U.S. Embassy…(Benghazi, Libya).

Even if I’m wrong, let’s just pretend I’m right.

America deserves to keep its streak rolling of Commanders-in-Chief who lived by the Soldier’s Creed.