157 Comments

1. Dave:

Fort HOOD, Doc, Fort HOOD! Named after John Bell Hood, CSA. Unsuccessful protagonist of W. T. Sherman.

May the Ghost of Uncle Billy haunt your CPU
until you get your military installations correct!

(Other than that, ain’t a bad column.)

Nov 8, 2009 - 11:04 pm 2. Retired Military:

Fort Hood, not Fort Dix, even though it easily could have been Dix just a couple years ago.

Nov 8, 2009 - 11:05 pm 3. Ken:

Not Ft Dix. The Hasan murdered the military members at Fort Hood, Texas. Fort Dix is in New Jersey.

Nov 8, 2009 - 11:15 pm 4. MG:

Fort Hood, Texas not Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Nov 8, 2009 - 11:20 pm 5. vanderleun:

What emerges from this week is additional confirmation, if more were needed, that the current President of the United States is a political, ideological, and physical coward.

Not a good trait in a chief executive.

Nov 8, 2009 - 11:26 pm 6. Rob Mandel:

Nothing this man, nor this administration does, should honestly come as a shock to anyone. Everything you have said, and continue to say, (by the way, please watch your back. I fear some late night SEIU visitors in your not too distant future!) in some respects should draw no outrage nor surprise. How could they? He really was not an enigma, all the pieces of the puzzle were out front and on the table, with the picture box top right there as well. We (the American electorate) simply chose not to assemble. We have only ourselves to blame.

I’m reminded sadly of Tacitus in the Annals when he lamented that by the end of Augustus’ reign, there were few left who remembered the republic and had republican ideals. He also wrote that when the laws were most numerous, the government was most corrupt, as well as the destructive nature of the public dole, how it turns the masses into idly and passively awaiting their next handout.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:10 am 7. Donna B.:

#5, Ain’t such a hot trait in a Commander-in-Chief either.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:00 am 8. Pajamas Media » Obama’s Week of Weak Words: Partisan, Disingenous, Tepid, and Appeasing:

[...] Read the entire post here. [...]

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:06 am 9. Bop Berrigan:

Wow, an excellent article about the man who coulda, shoulda. Also, nitpickers should just substitute Fort Hood for Fort Dix when they read the article.

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:15 am 10. carla:

What if….? When pigs fly.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:26 am 11. Pedrosito:

sic transit gloria mundi.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:58 am 12. not to worry?:

(Should we take bets that Hasan will return to some sort of quasi-official advisory role as part of the government’s ongoing efforts to keep us safe?)

I’m sure your president would like to invite the surviving family members and Major Hasan over to the White House for a couple of beers.

Maybe tea and cakes?

Appeasement brought your government officials together for a positive vote on socialized health care,
I’m sure it could be used to stop the Islamic barbarians.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:59 am 13. tanstaafl:

As you say, we learn more about Obama from his unscripted, off the cuff behaviors and remarks than from all the telepromptered verbosity.

Including feeling himself compelled to give a shout out to a Medal of Honor winner (who wasn’t) prior to getting around to mentioning Ft. Hood last Thursday, demonstrating that his own attempts to self-identify with any “minority” count far more to him than any reaction of horror and compassion for what had just gone down at Ft. Hood or his role as CIC.

Obama Gives Shout Out to ‘Congressional Medal of Honor Winner’ Who Isn’t

“Obama…should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow. Don’t expect his blunder to receive wide coverage. It’s not something he can blame George Bush for.”

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:59 am 14. vivo:

Everybody complains about PC talk, then the White House goes un-PC and everybody flutters. Typical.

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:13 am 15. Gary Ogletree:

Obama is not capable of being the president he ought to be. I trust many people who still cling to their hopes for him will finally give up and accept he is what he is. The sooner the better.

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:14 am 16. formwiz:

You don’t get it, Doc. This is what Michael Barone meant by the Obama Thugocracy. You sound as if you actually expect him to honor his commitments and live up to his words.

Saul Alinsky would be proud of you.

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:18 am 17. Tony R:

VDH says “What we are enduring is surreal—have we lost our collective minds?”

Nope you haven’t lost your collective mind at all – the collective American mind has just taken a huge shift to the left that’s all.

Although plenty of folks seem to talk a lot about the good old fashioned American Way the reality is that this so-called “American Way” isn’t quite so obvious among your general populace anymore.

How else can you explain the election of an inexperienced clown like Obama whose seedy backround was there for all to see? How else can you explain a farcically leftist mainstream media desperate to oversee an age of soft tyranny? How else can you explain power in the hands of a Pelosi or Reid?

The US is heading the way of Europe because you are going there voluntarily not because you are being dragged there.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:00 am 18. eon:

The One’s remarks (including the “shout-out” to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner who in fact wasn’t) were stupid, and demeaning to all concerned, but I don’t blame Him for that. It was either (a) a case of His simply reading what was on a teleprompter- which means that it is the fault of the White House speechwriters, or (b) He was working without a teleprompter, a situation in which we have learned that He can somehow manage to come off sounding even dumber than Joe “The Mouth” Biden- which is no small feat in itself.

(Incidentally, has anybody seen Joe lately? I get the feeling he’s bound and gagged somewhere in a White house basement, to prevent him from yet again trying to prove he’s The Smartest Guy In The Room by running his mouth- and in the process blowing the gaff on something The One, Pelosi, Reid, et al., would rather “We, The People” didn’t know they were up to until it’s too late to stop them.)

As for Gibbs, the man is an idiot, period. The only reason I can see that he was even hired is that Obama sensed that Gibbs was literally too dumb to pose a challenge to His own power. (Previous WHPS’s haven’t been so accommodating to their lieges- consider the case of Hodding Carter, Jr. and Jimmy “No Relation” Carter.)

Actually, if Gibbs had any memory at all (which I seriously doubt), he’d know that the last Republican President of the United States who was NOT compared to Adolf Hitler by the Democratic Party, and their enablers in the news media, academia, etc., was… Dwight David Eisenhower. Formerly General of the Army, Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe, etc.; you know, the man who personally led the crusade to put Hitler out of business, permanently?

Even the “enlightened elite’” on the left weren’t quite stupid enough to try that line on Ike.

clear ether

eon

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:08 am 19. Cathleen:

“Have we lost our collective minds?” I’m not sure we’ve lost our minds so much as we have become cowards of the first order.

“who, for some strange reason, is far more eager to castigate political enemies than he is a terrorist” That’s an easy one. There are no dangers in castigating political enemies, unlike, say, honoring his oath of office to protect the citizens of his country. This is our chicken-in-chief’s idea of being a tough guy.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:11 am 20. Paul -Indiana:

We got the Obama that his followers voted for.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:12 am 21. Booker T. Gain:

“All Americans have had it with these mass murderers, whether formal terrorist plotters or individual assassins. I promise you we will find out what motivates a Major Hasan—and do my best to ensure that there are no more Major Hasans in our future.”

With great respect Professor, and I think you know this, he couldn’t have said that.

It’s apparent that Hasan was motivated by his pending deployment to Iraq. The objective reality is that the United States is giving blood and treasure to enable Iraqis to move out from under the jackboot of a genocidal stalinist and live free.

But Hasan didn’t see it that way. He believed the United States in Iraq was waging a war against Muslims. Obama can’t connect the dots on how Hasan came to that ludicrous conclusion because the dots lead back to the Democratic Party Media Complex which was responsible for his election.

While it is commendable for individuals to make anonymous donations to charity, a nation which does not extol and praise its sacrifices (but rather condemns them) is not merely rudderless and wasting its resources but moving quickly backwards.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:26 am 22. Kerry:

Can we agree that in his stupid remarks the President was not acting…?

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:26 am 23. jb:

Once more, a “nail on the head”, commentary, Doc. Thanks for articulating what the rest of us are thinking.

Obama has been described as a narcissist more often than not and while he does appear to be rather full of himself, I think he is not even capable of being honest with himself. So far we’ve seen a full load of “bait and switch”, and “slight-of-hand” tactics, zero transparency, and lots of backroom bargains where the good of the country is not of prime concern.

I’m guessing the tea party message did not penetrate,,, maybe 2010 will.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:31 am 24. Pedrosito:

Victor , as an historian you know this program of Obama will lead to conflict in the U.S.A.. He is a marxist and a true believer, at some point push will come to be too much for many Americans and a resolution will have to occur.I pray it will not lead to violence.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:36 am 25. Kerry:

“When the entire story emerges of Hasan’s prior clear record of demonstrable hate and venom…” he will be offered a post as the Hate Speech Czar, or given a room in the not-so-revered Rev. Wright’s carriage house. Remember the Klingon curse, “Ptak! Rhymes with Barak.”

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:37 am 26. anonymous:

“* If one thinks that is too harsh an assessment, consider this flash news release:
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.”

Outrageous! The administration should follow PJM’s lead and try to STIR UP anti-Muslim sentiment. But not to worry; Dr. Hanson is on the job!

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:40 am 27. not that narcissist:

Surely the President has learned that “tea-bag” has become a derogatory sexual slur

do yaaa think !! lol

what obama does in the privacy of his own home is really not a concern to me, that said he is the most vulgar thin skinned poser to occupy the presidency.

I would like to see an analyist such as yourself address the natural born issue of the constitution. since both of obama’s parents were not american citizens by any information that is available.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:45 am 28. Samson:

VDH …obviously he is not calling on you to write his speeches …probably has trouble with your form of english.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:49 am 29. ~Paules:

Mr. Obama believes in the “narrative” taught to him by radical friends and professors. His off the cuff comments about “clingers” gave us our first insight. Nothing he has said since should lead us to believe otherwise. What to make of this?

Liberals are good and compassionate, intellectual, nuanced, sophisticated and peace-loving. Conservatives are stupid, ill-educated, racist, hateful, or “just plain mean.” It’s ironic that true believers never see their Manichean views as lacking in nuance or intellectual depth. It rather makes the case that liberalism is a religion. A belief in one’s moral superiority does not leave much room for self-examination.

Mr. Obama’s views are entirely academic in both senses of the word. The president is a pure ideologue of the left who lacks any experience in common with average Americans. And yet he wants to “fundamentally change the nation.” He finds the U.S. Constitution “fundamentally flawed.” So, on top of it all the man is arrogant. If he understood the meaning of the word fundamental, he would be much less ambitious. Nemesis will feed on his flesh.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:53 am 30. pelaut:

Jeeesh! Let VDH alone on the finger-hacks while typing fast. Yeah, it’s Hood, and YEAH, he said it was unedited, so buzz off.

VDH: No, this time you’re wrong. There will be no firestorm.
And the answer to your question is “yes: Americans HAVE lost their collective minds.”

40 years of PC and M/C have left the culture moribund. Go Galt.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:55 am 31. fancypants:

Excellent article, I would imagine the author will be a target now of the W. H . My opinion of this administration is that they are immature ,childlike and not well versed poltiical gamesmanship . If they don’t get their way they throw temper tantrums, call names at people and spread untruths like 4 year olds on the playground. Unfortunately the person we call “president” is the ringleader. I would like to know who pulls his string and tells him what to do and say . I am sure he has a “godfather” who is the real “president”

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:55 am 32. BC:

Face it: there is nothing, absolutely nothing that Obama could say that right wing numbnuts would not find something to moan and bitch about. There is a huge difference talking from your gut as an average schmuck in bar with a dim grasp on facts, and doing so as the President, even when people universally agree, if grudgingly, when Obama called a Kanye West a jackass, but even than that during some random banter that was suppose to have been off the record and certainly not recorded. In the case of Fort Hood, a military person went on the rampage and killed a dozen other other military people. It sounded very much at first like a military version of a workplace killing spree — extremely unfortunate but without much further investigation, Obama would have been absolutely irresponsible to a Bush-like degree to have mentioned “terrorism” in any form in that situation.

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:10 am 33. savage24:

You have to remember that Obama only speaks eloquently when he is talking about himself. His love affair with himself leaves very little room for anything else. Another hot so good trait in a Commander-in-Chief.

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:17 am 34. don:

Let’s see, if we had a real president, he might be making the following announcement. “After diligent investigations by the FBI, I have decided that Major Hasan is an unlawful enemy combatant and will be transferred to Gitmo forth with. There he will be tried by military tribunal for war crimes and treason. Thank you, I will be taking no questions.”

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:23 am 35. Jim Anderson:

All these comments by Obama and his various appointees fall into one of two categories: 1)lack of principles and 2) ignorance of America and its heritage.

On principles:
A principled man always wants debate to see the light of day. Though he may feel his position is righteous, his peculiarly American principles teach him the humility – and the self-restraint born of that humility – to recognize the possibility of error. His principles then lead him to entertain debate from the other wide. His war is conducted on the Battlefield of Ideas. Unprincipled men and women prevent the other side from ever reaching that battlefield. Obama’s actions in boldly attempting to suppress dissent show him to be unprincipled as regards free speech. His further lack of principles flow, in large part, from this first flaw of character.

On American Heritage:
A person with true knowledge of America understands that it is a country born of a Judeo-Christian Heritage. It is a country in which there will be people – in a principled tradition that is alien to Islam -who will pray for the souls of not only the soldiers murdered, but for the eventual salvation of the soul of the one who murdered them. Obama and his handlers totally miss this point about America.
This ignorance of the basic reflexive reaction of Americans to such tragedies is one of the reasons their rhetoric reflects such fear of our citizenry.

The Judeo-Christian Heritage stresses fairness in justice as well as forgiveness, absolution and redemption not only by God but as between men.

A Thought for Our Leaders About the Combination of Principle and Heritage:
We live in a country with firearms ownership by private citizens that exceeds the armaments of most small and average sized nations. We have militias. We have gun clubs. By some estimates there are 300 million privately owned firearms in this country. In the state of Texas – the location of Fort Hood – private citizens can be seen openly going about their daily business with holstered pistols affixed to their belts.

Yet – though almost 3000 Americans were murdered on September 11, 2001, and despite the fact that plot after plot by attackers fueled by Muslim teachings have been foiled, despite the increasing rash of Muslim honor killings – we have not one instance to which we can point of America’s vast army of armed citizens seeking revenge.

Why? In the eyes of a Natpolitano, such revenge would be so easily perpetrated, it must be expected.

Obama and Napolitano see only the ease with which the physical mechanics of such revenge could be carried out. Yet, they never seem to ponder why – if the mechanics are so easy – such acts have not been occurring throughout the country on a regular basis.

Their constant fear of us stems from their ignorance of us.

In fact – for the American character, imbued with Judeo-Christian teachings, and with its belief in the moral and legal principles of the Founding Fathers, such revenge is very, very, very hard to exact, indeed. In fact, thus far, it has been inconceivable.

Our nation is populated by a principled people. We are a people with a humility and a sense of right and wrong born of the moral precepts of Judaism and the Christianity which – from Judaism – springs.

If the unprincipled leadership of our nation would stop worrying about what the citizenry might do – and instead ponder the miracle of what it has not done – perhaps they will learn something of our principles, our history and of our heritage.

Then – as well – they may start to learn the meaning of the phrase ‘American Exceptionalism.”

If they do, perhaps then they can start making statements that speak with us and not statements which dictate to us. And then, God help us, maybe they’ll start to act with some principle and humility themselves.

Jim Anderson
anderson.james@att.net

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:35 am 36. Norman:

The fifth column entered the White House ;-(

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:46 am 37. scott:

The Left is obviously suffering from a mass collective psychosis. There is no cure except in the cases of those under the influence of the psychotics but not actually mentally ill.

This situation must needs lead to civil war. At least secession. I’ve already retreated to a remote area as I literally cannot stand being around them. I’ve been advocating secession for three years now. Most folks use to deride me for my extremism. I am more convinced than ever it is the only rational solution.

The sane must fall back and regroup in such a manner that we can resist this evil murderous movement taking over America. We can always reunite after the sickness has been eradicated. The zombies will eat each other soon enough. Their is not need for the human to remain among them.

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:51 am 38. Now and Then:

37. scott:

“The Left is obviously suffering from a mass collective psychosis . . . I’ve already retreated to a remote area . . . most folks used to deride me for my extremism . . . reunite after the sickness has been eradicated . . . the zombies will eat each other . . . ”

Hey Scott, don’t look now but . . .

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:04 am 39. Fred Beloit:

#26
“Outrageous! The administration should follow PJM’s lead and try to STIR UP anti-Muslim sentiment.”

Tell it to Hasan. But first we need to quote this modified passage from Rablais to Hasa. “Wake, oh waken, Hasan, awake.”

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:10 am 40. Pedrosito:

Folks you can complain all you want, but until you lose your job and your childrens future will you come to realize what this administration is up to. It’s TRANSFORMING AMERICA.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:13 am 41. Now and Then:

Whine when Obama says something. Whine when he doesn’t say something. Whine about what he might have said. Whine when he reverses Bush policy. Whine when he maintains Bush policy. Whine when he goes to honor our military. Whine when he doesn’t. Wow, that’s quite a philosophy!

Honestly I’ve never seen such a bunch of pussies as there are leading the conservative movement. It’s like watching Aunt Bee and the Ladies Auxillary from the Andy Griffith Show. I expect it from closeted ball sacks like Coulter and Malken and Generic Foxy Lady, but come on guys, grow a pair and quit whimpering.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:15 am 42. moho:

“All Americans have had it with these mass murderers, whether formal terrorist plotters or individual assassins. I promise you we will find out what motivates a Major Hasan—and do my best to ensure that there are no more Major Hasans in our future.”

Come on, dude. Its quite obvious you don’t give a &*(( about mass murder. Murdering rampages happen in the national spotlight about once a week in America, and I’ve never seen you so much as blink about it. Demagoguery and hypocrisy.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:15 am 43. Filthy Screw:

This is just foul. If we needed proof that our Liar-in-Chief is unfit for command, this was it. Instead of trying to stop the non-existent ‘anti-Muslim backlash’, we should be trying to stop the next Muslim murders.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:16 am 44. moho:

Surely the President has learned that “tea-bag” has become a derogatory sexual slur

This from the people constantly crying about unfairly being called racists. Like I said, a movement based on the pleasures of hypcrisy.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:17 am 45. Ron Kean:

Professor,
You’re one of the few who haven’t lost his mind.

I almost feel like pleading with NBC, ABC, CBS, NPR, CPB, CNN, and related newspapers to report on the reality of what we know instead of pseudo-psychological no-more-war redundant cliches, excuses, and fantasy.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:23 am 46. Cybergeezer:

Obama’s plan is to enable and facilitate Islam in the United States.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:30 am 47. Paul from Hamburg:

#32 “There is a huge difference talking from your gut as an average schmuck in bar with a dim grasp on facts, and doing so as the President, even when people universally agree, if grudgingly, when Obama called a Kanye West a jackass, but even than that during some random banter that was suppose to have been off the record and certainly not recorded.”

Whew… Can some please diagram that sentence for me? I can’t find the subject or the verb.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:33 am 48. Van den Berge:

@ 18. EON.

Joe Biden is working on the military strategy for Afghanistan, based on his consistently brilliant track record of military decisions dating back from the seventies to the present. So rest assured

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:38 am 49. anonymous:

37. scott: “The Left is obviously suffering from a mass collective psychosis. … This situation must needs lead to civil war. At least secession. I’ve already retreated to a remote area as I literally cannot stand being around them.”

Congrats, Vic! You’ve found your audience.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:38 am 50. misanthropicus:

The Mystifyingly Mysterious Mister dba Obama, Part “N+”
Our Canadian Fellows Equally Kept In Fog Regarding Obama’s True Identity (National Post):

“Obama’s bio a state secret in Canada”/Andrew Mayeda, Canwest News Service –

OTTAWA — He’s the most high-profile politician in recent history, the winner of a bruising election campaign in which every aspect of his life — from his smoking habit to anti-American comments made by his pastor — came under relentless scrutiny.
But according to Canadian government officials, a biography of U.S. President Barack Obama provided to Prime Minister Stephen Harper shortly after Mr. Obama’s inauguration last January qualifies as a state secret.
Under the Access to Information Act, Canwest News Service requested all briefing materials provided to the prime minister ahead of Mr. Obama’s visit to Canada in February.
[...]
The 77 pages of heavily censored documents released to Canwest include [...]

More @ http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:44 am 51. Robert Winkler Burke:

Dr. Hanson, I got so mad I could spit. Then I relaxed and wrote this parable. Hope is helps cut thru deception.

The Saga of the White Hat Sheriff
By Robert Winkler Burke
Copyright 11/8/09

I am a white-hat-wearing sheriff,
A no-nonsense, rule-of-law lawman,
I bring ‘em to justice, no lynchin’,
Straight shootin’ from the hip’s what I am.

How did I get so dead-sure of myself,
And knowin’ the line of my limits?
I’ll tell ya’ son, there’s a lesson for you,
And it won’t take five minutes.

A card shark, is what I was,
When I started out,
A card shark is a deceiver,
That’s what it’s about.

It was high, high propaganda,
Made to appear not lying!
It was stealin’ others’ money,
With cards dealt they were buying.

They were buying the lie,
My game wasn’t rigged,
I let ‘em believe it,
While them I out-pigged!

I was evil and rich, with my black bowler,
I looked good enough,
Then I was mugged, black bowler taken,
By muggers more tough.

The muggers were more overt evil,
Much more evil than covert I,
I chose to become a white-hat lawman,
And let covert bad in me die.

I ran out card cheats and muggers,
When I picked up the star,
America, what will you do now?
Do you know who you are?

About every three or four score in America,
The balance with card sharks is tipped,
Card sharks are happy-rich until attacked,
Attacked by muggers, sharks then ripped.

Sharks give up sharking,
Become good lawmen,
Until lesson’s forgotten,
To start back again.

Law is liberty,
And liberty is law,
Of Western Enlightenment,
Be ever in awe.

But slick deception,
Takes it away,
Only to be hit by,
Mugger of day.

How close to Fabian, oligarch socialism,
Were we in Nineteen forty-one?
How we have blindly marched that direction,
Since September morn, Two-thousand one.

Church, school, media and government,
Say the poor must give to the rich,
Reason is turned on its aching head,
Loving blindness puts us in ditch.

Progressive education, prosperity teachings,
Political correctness and compiled error,
Have made neighbor one’s own suspicious enemy,
And enslaved all-for-one with terror.

Until it’s clear,
The scope of this war,
People don’t know,
Just what we fight for.

We fight for liberty without,
And liberty within,
Our pride must take a double,
Hit on the chin.

America has gone corrupt,
Near complete,
Sharks have knocked liberty,
Off her feet.

Muggers see the dark, deceiving sharks,
Gorging on liberty’s delights,
Muggers attack proud, satiated sharks,
Sharks must then turn on the lights.

Sharks and muggers, in history,
In fact, produce lawmen,
But if they won’t fix themselves,
They’re pirates: Hang ‘em!

I say it’s simple,
About as simple as truth, and just that,
Simple as a horse,
And cowboy with gun and white hat.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:49 am 52. Right as well as Correct:

41. Now and Then:

“Honestly I’ve never seen such a bunch of pussies as there are leading the conservative movement”

Obviously you had your head up your a$$ during the Bush Administration didn’t you?

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:54 am 53. always right:

Partisan, Disingenous, Tepid, and Appeasing

That is our Obama down to the last atom of his being.

Also those words could describe our RINOs, too.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:56 am 54. scott:

Now & Then,

I don’t usually speak with zombies and I’m not really talking to you. I know you can’t hear me. I address the lurkers:

I believe in what my forefathers fought and died for. Freedom. I believe in the traditions of this constitutional republic. I also believe in some ways we have improved on our ancestors mindset. ie human rights and conservation. I am a Ronald Reagan conservative.

This makes me nuts in the eye of the leftist. But I am the revolutionary. I am a citizen of a revolutionary nation. The Left are the counter-revolutionaries. YOU wish to go back to the old ways. The way of might makes right. The way of the serf, the vassal and the prince.

Eat dirt and die you commie bastages!

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:59 am 55. Chris in Toronto:

To #35. Jim Anderson:

Thank you. Beautifully stated.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:00 am 56. tanstaafl:

The One’s remarks (including the “shout-out” to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner who in fact wasn’t) were stupid, and demeaning to all concerned, but I don’t blame Him for that.

eon, #18

Not to belabor this (oh what the heck) but more significant than Obama’s error in the ’shout out’ was the fact of the shout out and other glib remarks before saying a single word about what had just happened at Ft. Hood.

It would be as if President Bush had stood up and said,
“oh, wow, good jobs and economic data !…BTW, airplanes were just driven into the WTC and the Pentagon and we think a 4th airplane has been hijacked as well”

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:05 am 57. Sowell Disciple:

Concluding VDH sentence:
“What emerges from this week’s presidential observations is a troubling image of a highly partisan, often disingenuous President—who, for some strange reason, is far more eager to castigate political enemies than he is a terrorist who inflicted mayhem against our own American soldiers.”

Great article, but “what emerges” should instead read “what is confirmed for the 1,000th time”.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:13 am 58. Mr Lucky:

42. moho.

“Come on, dude. Its quite obvious you don’t give a &*(( about mass murder. Murdering rampages happen in the national spotlight about once a week in America, and I’ve never seen you so much as blink about it. Demagoguery and hypocrisy.”

Does one need to emerge from the womb discussing the pros and cons of the World According to moho, and be in agreement with moho, to qualify for the non-stupid ward in moho World?

Are you blinking about what is happening in the Central African Republic? There you may very well be able to participate in mass murder. Up close and personal. Do you think there might be a better chance there than in the U.S.? Your ticket is ready.

Be careful, don’t break you mirror. It’s keeping you well fed.

Say hi to… nah, you don’t know him.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:17 am 59. arthur:

Health care reform passed the house; I would say that was a big positive for the president. as far as the tragic shootings, that is a sorrow and a bad for all of us, not just the president, and preempting racist backlash should be applauded.

simply referring to loud obnoxious bush haters does not make the obama haters right or civilized in their unseemly discourse. both presidents were hated by the extremists form the other camp before one word or deed was done by the president, the hate for obama and bush comes before any action of their part, its just hate.

obamas deeds

one should ask what he has done in less than a year in office. considerations in NATO and iraq and Afghanistan appear what bush administration would put forth, and the US still maintains basses all over the world spending more money on military than the rest of the world combined. the economy is bad but was bad when obama came in, partly the result of years of the same policies by both republican and democrats. promoting new energy growth and green jobs is clearly the road ahead, we can see the success in the Nordic countries, the distraction is bound up in state favors of course, for whom, not if. the same holds true on health care reform, which could be better with universal care, but the current project is at least a start to a more civilized society. in the middle east obama has made some gestures that have been appreciated the world over, although in deed it has not changed any over the bush or Clinton or bush or Reagan(the guy who sold weapons to iran, iraq, left Lebanon when terrorists attacked Americans, funded illegal wars, pushed for a nuclear free world more than any democrat or republican before or since) models, even the much hatd carter was a cold warrior whom helped lure the soviets into Afghanistan (the funding of the arabs began before the soviets invaded) they are extremely close, a matter of discourse in many cases, a matter of a different branding. obama is polite to other countries, appears to consider the others as partners in the world, whereas the bush model appeared brash and unilateral, but in effect the policies look exact.

the economy and the American version of capitalism seems to me so overwhelmingly injected with public/state sponsorships it is really impossible and pointless to protest state involvement in something on ideological grounds, since the state is involved in everything (no matter if there is a dem or repub in office) and the failures of the economy and its need for state intervention, and the increasing lack of equality and democracy in the economic growth (growth has been concentrated at the top for years, the middle class is stagnant or losing ground) tell us that obama or bush cannot “fix” the economy, there are things that cna be done, but there is a element of the unknown, even among experts int he field, it is not science, and not predictable.

in obama and bush defense, i will say that the current crisis economy looks to be the economy for the future, without state injection of public funds,and even more central planning the whole system would implode. the bailouts so upsetting to us all, were necessary, the question now, do and will the realities of the economy dictate more public responsibilities and state control and regulations, or not? I would argue that what we have seen show us that either way, no matter what name we call it, the state is going to be injecting the public funds into the economy decisively.

my question is, are we better if that is done in a public non profit manner, or into a profit manner?

my other question is, will our military expenses continue to grow, and does this over funding better protect us or is it overspending and actually diminishing our security and our economy?

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:23 am 60. Seraphim:

The affirmative action idiot aka Obama and his Marxist-Communist-Jihadist-TaxDodger band of merry czars, appointees and entire administration of nut-jobs are happily leading our country into the sewer of their internal depravity and hatred for all things United States of America.

The mask has been stripped off and the useless morons who still clamor breathlessly after little ‘o’ and his merry bandits need to be deported to their Leftist Utopia of Venezuela and keep their grubby, damaging paws off of America and take the RINOS and the FED with them.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:26 am 61. moho:

Right as well correct…well said, but didn’t all of you suffer from that affliction?

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:34 am 62. Whistling Dixie:

Here in the south it is an act of civility and emotional respect that one visits the neighbor who has experienced a death in the family. Thank you Laura and George Bush, deeds speak louder than disingenuous words.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:39 am 63. Paul -Indiana:

mmm mmm mmm DHIMMI mmm mmm mmm

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:50 am 64. Sherab Zangpo:

What we are enduring is surreal—have we lost our collective minds?

Nope, the sixty years old Long March through the institutions reached its goals and the internationalist subversives are in control of the White House.
What is delirious is the ideology that moves these radicals: a monstrous mix of marxism, racism (black supremacism), and jihadism: on the whole, a true chimera.
BUT, when we consider the forces that have propped up these radicals, we must admit that the alliance of THOSE forces is the true chimera: the “brotherly friends” of Europe, the Saudis’ money, Soros “the Jew who can enter Saudi Arabia”, Russian and Chinese interests. THAT is a monstrous alliance.

Given WHAT this administration is made of and who has funded its campaign
WE HAVE SEEN NOTHING YET

We are going to get into a Chavez-Stalin-Bin Laden nightmare…

Bon voyage !

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:58 am 65. Peter Warner:

Dr. Hanson:

When we consider that President Obama has shown an adeptness at employing insulting gestures, it raises the possibility that some of this seemingly tone-deaf behavior is actually carefully calculated. I see no other way to explain Michelle’s cocktail dress at the MOH ceremony, for example. Powerlineblog has posted twice about this behavior.

Best regards, Peter Warner.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:06 am 66. teabill:

41. Now & Then—–You my friend are a typical lib.—-libs. can’t compete in the realm of ideas -because they have no ideas to compete with -and the reason for that (let me educate you ) -is in the end there is no rational way to defend exchanging one’s individual liberty and freedom for the enslavement of government control -which is your God (big intrusive government)—so the only thing you folks have to offer is a personal attack—-just like your Commander in Chiefs Marxist SAUL ALINSKY tactics–which are to(let me educate you again) isolate the target, personalize it, and attack it relentlessly! What a guy your President- he sure makes me proud to be an American???

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:07 am 67. rob:

it is obvious: b. hussein obama identifies with hasan, not the Americans who were victims of hasan’s jihad.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:08 am 68. wGraves:

I got it wrong. “…what do Linda Ronstadt, Harold Pinter, Scott Ritter, Ted Rall, and George Soros all have in common?” I guessed that they’d all dated Jerry Brown?

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:14 am 69. Exactly!:

Hello Professor !!!

May we please stop trying to give the disingenuous Obama advice a la Peggy Noonan and start telling it like it is?

Try visiting a truck stop in Omaha for a reality check. Or maybe a ranch in Idaho.

And by the way … it is now reported that Hasan attempted electronic contact with Al-Qaeda. Well, what a shock. Next, we will find out that the Saudi prince got Obama into Harvard. OOPS, guess we already know that one.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:26 am 70. Real Deal:

I’m really sick and tired of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi and its only been 11 months. Will someone please impeach these idiots?

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:39 am 71. Jeff Perren:

“who, for some strange reason, is far more eager to castigate political enemies than he is a terrorist”

What is strange about that? Is it strange when the scorpion stings the frog while the latter ferries the former across the stream?

This is what Progressives do, because that’s what Progressives are: anti-American, anti-freedom, anti-life. So, naturally, that is the reaction to be expected. It would be strange if Obama acted any other way.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:41 am 72. Keren:

he’s a borderline psychopath, no doubt about that now.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:44 am 73. sonny1:

In comment #12: islamic barbarians is redundant.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:48 am 74. sonny1:

In comment #12: Reference to islamic barbarians is redundant.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:48 am 75. Keren, Australia:

I am surprised that Americans have not taken action against a Marxist, racist President and a Marxist revolutionary congress. Why are Americans allowing their own enemies to live and prosper? Oba Mao has lost many allies and assets including Israel, Turkey, Poland, the Czech Republic and many more…
Time is of the essence Americans.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:50 am 76. Doug Wright:

VDH: Here we go again, recalling the so-called uplifting word BHO spoke during his president campaign. Well, that’s our problem; not truly his.

Until we collectively, Jeez what a word to use here, understand that Obama uses words as ammunition and that his presidential words currently have little relationship with reality, we are sunk. Obama’s pre-campaign words are what is important, along with the words Michelle spoke about Obama owning our souls. The bottom line is that Obama, IMHO, will work hard to convert this country into a Socialist paradise, ruled by him if he can get away with it or seize it with Reid and Pelosi’s help. Obama is power-hungry and arrogant enough to try and keep control over the masses for as long as he can.

However, I doubt he can succeed in making his into a workers’ paradise like Romania. He’ll fail at that.

Nov 9, 2009 - 10:55 am 77. deguello:

Mr. Hanson how is this different from his other weeks? It’s been almost a year now,and this is just more of the S.O.S! cordially, Deguello

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:02 am 78. Anonymous:

Thanks for the candor Professor.

Folks, it’s not where the atrocities happened that’s important. We can substitute any military facility or civilian local, anywhere on Earth, at any point in the future…and use the same headline.

US citizens slaughtered by radical Muslims
Tagline: Who until this atrocity were considered to be moderate Muslims.

The Major is suffering from PTSD. I mean over eight years of stifled, unrequited jihad against US is enough to unhinge even the most stalwart warrior, no?

Plus, being forced as a physician to pretend he’s actually helping those with emotional problems – all just back from lethally dispatching thousands of his co-religionist bretheran – well, that would fray the nerves of even the steeliest jihadi-in-waiting, no?

The stress must have become just unbearable, especially when his COs and colleagues started to criticize and shun him. And the workplace hostility, simply intolerable.

BTW, what’s with Muslim Doctors? Remembering Heathrow. Doesn’t Islam have anything resembling the Hippocratic Oath? If not, who would use’em if you’re an infidel? Is that kind of morality and level of trust absent in Islam, or merely reserved for the ummah?

Just after WTC bombing #1, I began to learn about Islam (thanks overwhelmingly to the Web,and NOT the media) and it frightened me. After the WTC bombing #2, it terrified me. So clearly, it’s working. If you aren’t terrified, you’re not paying attention.

Back in 2002, I realized we’d better be getting our act together, or we’d be in a counter-insurgency mode for a century, here in the Homeland and everywhere else, and probably couldn’t afford it, finacially or morally.

- while entirely capable, the West would rather not “go Roman” on Islam; but our patience wears thinner with every slaughter;

- because we’re humane, we’ll instead send Islam a signal, strong enough to be heard and understood throughout the global ummah;

- we’re creating a target list of the Top 500 anti-Western imams; each to receive a fatal rebuke, at the time and place of our choosing. List refreshed daily.

- after the first few imams are exposed while hiding in their mosques (sorry bout that), the rest of the congregations will shun any imam on the published list, since close proximity at any time will be dangerous.

Eliminate the source, and maybe they’ll change their book to permit co-existance. It’ll be our final effort to save Islam.

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:02 am 79. Paul M Hupf:

What the President and his administration are doing is to insure that more attacks, perhaps more devastating, will be undertaken by Islamist terrorists. They, the terrorists, now have assurance that we, their intended victims, must not judge nor form opinions until the President says it is okay to do so. In San Francisco, on last New Year’s eve, a Bart police officer shot and killed a belligerent black man. The police officer insists he meant to “tase” the belligerent. Such is a triable issue of fact, but the San Francisco Chronicle repeatedly carries stories of the family of the victim with photographs of the victim and “murder” blazoned across what they carry. At Fort Hood, a man with recognizable Islamic prejudices kills twelve in a spree of shooting. The President says: “don’t rush to judgment” without in the least way suggesting that an investigation will be undertaken to determine the truth. The President is not exercising his oath of office; he is an advocate; and an advocate who willfully failed to disclose his true positions during his 2008 campaign for the presidency.

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:04 am 80. Trent Telenko:

VDH,

Pres. Obama supports “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Why not something similar for Islamists?

Had Major Hasan made as much public about having gay lovers as he did about being an Islamist, he would have been discharged from the US Army before the recent FT Hood shooting.

Shouldn’t there be something similar to the US Army’s “Gay Watch List” for Islamists like Major Hasan?

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:10 am 81. Substance McGravitas:

Surely the President has learned that “tea-bag” has become a derogatory sexual slur, used by those on the Left to deride any who attend the so-called Tea-parties

Oh, agreed, teabaggers.

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:15 am 82. geoffgo:

Thanks for the candor Professor.

This AM on F & F, Gretchen Carlson asked the Army spokesman, Col. is there any consideration of issuing ammunition to your troops. He said: Yada yada yada. No.

I emailed a couple of possible rephrasings:

- Col. is there any move to issue live ammo to our soldiers who are tasked with rounding up all the Muslims?

- Or, Col. is there any move to issue live ammo to our military anywhere there are Muslims closeby?

Now at noon, the Col is now answering similar questions as I type. “The base security has been upgraded – but, but, but, we’re not profiling. (What?) There are over 100 Muslim soldiers on this base and they’re all valued members of the Army.” He didn’t say, he hopes – how do he know?

At least be bureaucratically pure about it. Put out a cross-service RFP for delivery of memorial services for between one and 1,000 casualties per event, dates to be provided. Common, save US some tax dollars.

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:26 am 83. Sherab Zangpo:

#75 Keren, Australia

“I am surprised that Americans have not taken action against a Marxist, racist President and a Marxist revolutionary congress.”

We did take action. We just won back two States. We are working to get back the Congress in 2010.
We will definitely NOT be so stupid as to take any other action, different from peaceful political fight.
We are facing subversives supported by huge international forces, the same forces that support the worldwide jihad, we will not fall into any trap or provocation.
The subversives are just hoping that some “crazy” allows them to FINISH America.
We will be patient and we will suffer through all this, inspired by the Infinite Love of God.

That is what the subversives fear, that is what the subversives will get.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:46 am 84. Anonymous:

Paules@29

It rather makes the case that liberalism is a religion.

Many years ago Michael Savage, having been a true believer, decided it’s not a religion, it’s a mental disorder.

Hasan. Doctor. Field grade USA officer. Murderous opportunist. Sudden jihadi syndrome-induced by second hand-PTSD. That’s his defense.

I wonder if any of the service folks he counseled had outcomes that worsened, after a few sessions with this imposter. That’s the crime management committed.

Nov 9, 2009 - 11:59 am 85. geoffgo:

Paules@29

It rather makes the case that liberalism is a religion.

Many years ago Michael Savage the radio host, having been a true believer for decades, decided it’s not a religion. It’s a mental disorder.

Hasan. Doctor. Field grade USA officer. Murderous opportunist. Sudden jihadi syndrome-precipitated by second hand-PTSD. That’s his defense. It can’t be the insanity defense, because that will open the door to the legitimate argument that ergo: “Islam is insane.”

I wonder if any of the military folks he counseled had outcomes that worsened, after a few sessions with this imposter. That’s part of the crime Army management is guilty of.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:04 pm 86. Marc Malone:

vivo – Do not confuse PC with social custom. One does not crack jokes at a funeral, nor fart in church.

Obama should not have talked about other things in his appearance to speak about the Ft. Hood atrocity. It is a very serious matter, and Obama is the CinC. We expect him to take those responsibilities seriously, or at least act like he is.

People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care. Obama clearly doesn’t know much… and he doesn’t care much, either. It’s not about PC. Show you care, dammit!

Obama always seems so soulless, so indifferent to life. This was the caution offered during the campaign, when we discovered his opposition in Illinois to the abortion survivor bill. Callous. Heartless Soulless. He’s not cool in demeanor. He simply doesn’t care.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:05 pm 87. Elliot:

Barak Obama does not communicate with me, nor does he communicate well with most the people I know.I don’t actually see where he even finds it necessary to do so. He has excluded a goodly part of the US population. This is because his earlier experiences were never those of the typical American kid and the family they grew up in.

Off to college, he predetermined who his friends and associates would be.This left him, once again unable to connect with more ordinary American college kids and thus limited his experiences to his own preconceived notions as to what the US was and who its people are. After graduation, he continued in this same vein by confining himself to like-minded people and minority only perceptions.

This is the disconnect you see many people referring to.Barak Obama simple doesn’t know us and doesn’t think of us, or our concerns. He focuses on what he knows and what he knows is unique to himself and some minority groups.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:07 pm 88. firefirefire:

20. Paul -Indiana:

We got the Obama that his followers voted for.

Thread winner!

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:11 pm 89. Anonymous:

A final word on Fort Dix: I can certainly understand the nominal aphasia in this case. Recall that Fort Dix was where the Weathermen planned to kill soldiers and their civilian loved ones during an NCO dance in 1970. Bloodshed was only avoided by the fact that they blew themselves up making the bombs. As Emory Historian Harvey Klehr observed, “The only reason they were not guilty of mass murder is mere incompetence. I don’t know what sort of defense that is.”

Perhaps at this juncture, Bill Ayers should be called upon to comment. After all, it must be on Obama’s mind today that he is one of the few Americans who can say that his good friend was involved in a similar planned attack on our military.

Probably, he is hoping that nobody will remember this.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:11 pm 90. geoffgo:

Now & Then,

Great moniker. Fits perfectly with your comments, showing clearly you don’t know where you are politically, emotionally, philosophically, patriotically, culterally, financially or timewise.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:19 pm 91. Fred Beloit:

Now and Then and Moho fear reports of beatings and murders of Muslims in our streets as a result of publicity documenting that Hasan was another Muslim rage boy intent on committing war crimes against his fellow, unarmed soldiers. Oh there are no such reports, no such beatings? Just more paranoid nonsense from this dynamic duo? Never mind.

Wake, oh awaken, Hasan, awake. Its time for your court marshal, you stripper-loving, beer-sipping, victim of the West,you.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:35 pm 92. Cybergeezer:

67. rob:
it is obvious: b. hussein obama identifies with hasan, not the Americans who were victims of hasan’s jihad.

Precisely; Obama is on the same side as all “moderate muslims”!

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:45 pm 93. Slayer:

Somewhere in Kenya, a village has lost its idiot.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:47 pm 94. Fred Beloit:

#59. arthur

Axthux, I am so soxxy to leaxn of youx loss of the little fingexs of youx left and xight hands. I haven’t seen anything so texxible since the death of e. e. commings. You may note that I too have lost the use of a digit, one that pxevents me fxom hitting the “X” key. Oops, I cant’t show it and can’t spell it out phonetically see? “aahhxxx”.

May you continue in youx fxuitless effoxts to sully the name of Geoxge Bush.

Peace, my fxiend, Fxed B.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:47 pm 95. Frxd Beloit:

Double oops. Coxxection: e. e. cummings

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:54 pm 96. Julie:

Dr. Hanson,

In answer to all the “what ifs,” if the President were capable of thinking and speaking in such a fashion, he would be a man of considerably more grace and strength of character than his actual words and actions suggest. He would at least be able to pretend that he respects the people of this nation and what they stand for, even those who disagree with him. If the “what ifs” were the reality, in all likelihood we wouldn’t be concerned about Universal Health Care right now, as anyone capable of truly respecting his fellow man would know that enslaving a people to nanny government to protect them from themselves is the exact opposite of respect, and that such a plan is unworthy of the American ideal.

In short, whatever actions the “what if” President might take would surely be less harmful to this nation than the actions of the man we have in truth.

Nov 9, 2009 - 12:56 pm 97. Koblog:

New York Times lede:

“General George Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that he was concerned that speculation about the religious beliefs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of killing 12 fellow soldiers and one civilian and wounding dozens of others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, could “cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers.””

With the Army’s top brass telling everyone below them not to see obvious problems because “diversity” is all-important, what soldier in his right mind (of any rank) would dare report anything bad about a Muslim?

I can see it now in the NY Times: “US Army falsely charges Muslim with hate speech.” Careers would end.

This is a “don’t ask/don’t tell” policy that has actually killed American soldiers on American soil.

In the current atmosphere of multicultural (or worse, self-loathing) political correctness, there is simply no way any of the red flags will even be acknowledged — much less acted upon — until American victims hear “Allahu Akbar!” and the shooting starts.

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:02 pm 98. moho:

Beloit. Well, no. I fear how stupidity has taken over so many Americans, and how readily they dispense with facts in order to create realities that appease their most base bigotry. Like children playing with their navels, you lot. I was going to go through a list of your “fears” but where would it stop? You people are afraid of your own shadow.

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:12 pm 99. Now and Then:

54. scott:

Say Hey to Goober for me.

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:21 pm 100. Mike:

Obama is an Indonesian citizen and not an American citizen.

Why would he express outrage when a Muslm jihadist slaughters unarmed Americans in cold blood?

He wouldn’t and he didn’t.

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:22 pm 101. kcs:

What if – we had a president whose objective was not a weakened and impoverished America?

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:28 pm 102. John Calomiris:

Doesn`t all the above make you believe there is nothing but bad about BO.He appears to be completely devoid of anything resembling a patriotic,fair and honest leader.

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:28 pm 103. richardb:

I have a hard time reaching for the best historical analogies of a time in America when so many threads could unravel in catastrophe. The inflationary effect of borrowing trillions at zero coupon will only encourage endless borrowing. Will inflation roar back beyond the Carter years? Will America enter an indentured servitude to the world much like the early settlers in the 1600-1800’s?

The appeasement of our enemies such as Castro with boundless grudges against America; or Iran with blood lust in their hearts and minds; or Russia with their lost empire blamed upon the West; or China with a thousand year history of supremacy of the Chinese people; or even the Taliban as if they would save a single Christan life.
Will Obama’s deliberate decision to appease these hostile ideologies and Nations do worse to America than the British Invasion of 1812 or having more war imposed upon us or will it be unprecedented in world history?

Obama has attacked the electoral process in America with campaign contributions that were never audited nor questioned and as a result gathered over $600 million to win the Presidency. Public financing limits are destroyed as a result, will this lead to the endemic corruption in the Nixon or Clinton eras, or perhaps worse? He has allied with Acorn, a group dedicated to no laws or principals other than destroying the laws and principals of the land, will this lead to civil disobedience unseen since the 1960’s?

There are many more avenues of catastrophe this Administration is travelling than the ones listed above, I doubt we can pass thru them all without one or two being afflicted upon the American nation.

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:36 pm 104. J Richardson:

If I were a member of the tinfoil hat brigade, I’d say some Democratic operative pushed Major Hasan over the edge just days before a vote on Obama’s radical health care bill to divert attention away from what Congress was doing. If a few soldiers got killed, well they didn’t vote Democratic anyway.

However, I’m not a member of any conspiracy theorist brigade so I’ll just say that Hasan’s murderous attack did have the unintended consequences of diverting the nation’s attention somewhat from what the Left was doing in Congress.

Nov 9, 2009 - 1:45 pm 105. Mike M.:

“…for some strange reason…”

The reason is clear. He’s not on America’s side. That is fairly clear at this point.

What will happen now? A man who was never properly vetted for President (or much of anything), and who won because someone or someones gave him more money than anyone in the history of politics ever raised, and who had a Pravdaesque media behind him so that no questions were ever raised let alone asked and answered….is now the President.

Frightening.

What will happen? Scary things will happen. Nightmares we never even dreamed will now come true, and we will be in them.

That’s what will happen.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:05 pm 106. mbabbitt:

Yes. We have lost our collective minds. The entire political mindset has jumped the shark. This is what I fear the most. There are now no limits to the lies and demogoguery that will be mouthed and then spread by the press.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:20 pm 107. Dave Surls:

‘ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.’

Yeah, that sounds like the lefty approach all right. Do zippo about Americans constantly being attacked and murdered by Muslim fantatics…but act decisively to stop an anti-muslim backlash in America, that doesn’t exist and never has.

Well, that’s what you get when you let lefty trash run the government.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:21 pm 108. jgreene:

Dr. Hanson,

Thank you. There is indeed going to be a “firestorm” if the PC enablers in the Military, the FBI and this Marxist Administration continue as they are now.

Obama is a walking DISASTER!

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:23 pm 109. Keri:

A gentleman added a post on Saturday that suggested that people go to http://www.Dearpolitician.org to write your politicians. Of course, he made it sound too-good-to-be-true, but I checked it out and found it to be a legit website that is pretty cool. The one thing that caught my attention is that they had a section called “Things Americans Should Know”. The interesting thing about this section is that it has the complete, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Pledge of Allegiance all in audio format. They have the text version, but face it, who reads all of those documents. They actually have all of those documents professionally recorded. I listened to all of them Saturday, after hearing the news of more American soldiers getting killed, I felt I could at least listen to the documents they list their lives to protect. I recommend everyone take the time to visit http://www.dearpolitician.org and listen to the most important documents we are all trying to protect.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:29 pm 110. RoBear:

Jewish folklore speaks of the Golem, a soul-less being created from clay by those who know the unutterable name of God. Legend has it that at first the Golem calls you master, later it calls you friend, and finally it calls you slave.

Some ponder if perhaps the Apostle John was speaking of such a Golem in Revelation 13, concerning the “image of the beast” created with the power to force everyone to worship the beast and receive the mark on their hand or forehead to buy and sell.

Since hearing that story years ago, I’ve often wondered what form a powerful soul-less Golem would take today. And then, seemingly out of nowhere came the One.

Welcome to my nightmare.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:40 pm 111. john from cinncinatti:

moho: are you a brit mohamedhan? i wonder, because you think Americans are afraid of our own shadow. we just like to call them as we sees them, or it will be deja vu all over again.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:46 pm 112. Dwight:

What if x, y, and z? Let’s see, you guys would stop blasting him and Sean Hannity would not run a show that is not anti-Obama all the time. In other words, if he had done x,y, and z, most of you would find other things to despise him for.

Most people are so set in their attitudes, that it hardly matters what the other side does, because the only part they pay attention to is what they can use for ammunition and outrage. Go ahead; tell me that that is not the case.

So many have spent so much futile rage at the press, Obama, and I suppose the army too, because they did would not use the word “terrorist” immediately. Sheesh, if only they had, everything would be so much better.

Get a grip.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:46 pm 113. buzz:

“Beloit. Well, no. I fear how stupidity has taken over so many Americans, and how readily they dispense with facts in order to create realities that appease their most base bigotry. Like children playing with their navels, you lot. I was going to go through a list of your “fears” but where would it stop? You people are afraid of your own shadow.”

And yet you provide not a single example. Interesting that you think the worse of those that disagree politically with you while you accuse them of that very thing.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:48 pm 114. David W. Lincoln:

The chief deformed soul in the Oval Office didn’t count on this to happen to one of his allies: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_colombia_us

Or did he? Comments are welcome.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:51 pm 115. sailordude:

Major Hasan’s entire chain-of-command (up to and including Army Chief of Casey) should be tried by court-martial for violation of UCMJ Article 134 (Reckless Endangerment). To wit;

1) In general. This offense is intended to prohibit and therefore deter reckless or wanton conduct that wrongfully creates a substantial risk of death or serious injury to others.

(2) Wrongfulness. Conduct is wrongful when it is without legal justification or excuse.

(3) Recklessness. “Reckless” conduct is conduct that exhibits a culpable disregard of foreseeable consequences to others from the act or omission involved. The accused need not intentionally cause a resulting harm or know that his conduct is substantially certain to cause that result. The ultimate question is whether, under all the circumstances, the accused’s conduct was of that heedless nature that made it actually or imminently dangerous to the rights or safety of others.

(4) Wantonness. “Wanton” includes “Reckless” but may connote willfulness, or a disregard of probable consequences, and thus describe a more aggravated offense.

(5) Likely to produce. When the natural or probable consequence of particular conduct would be death or grievous bodily harm, it may be inferred that the conduct is “likely” to produce that result. See paragraph 54c(4)(a)(ii).

(6) Grievous bodily harm. “Grievous bodily harm” means serious bodily injury. It does not include minor injuries, such as a black eye or a bloody nose, but does include fractured or dislocated bones, deep cuts, torn members of the body, serious damage to internal organs, and other serious bodily injuries.

(7) Death or injury not required. It is not necessary that death or grievous bodily harm be actually inflicted to prove reckless endangerment.

Nov 9, 2009 - 2:56 pm 116. Dienekes:

It disturbs me that as a retiree with my CCW, I am better armed than most military police on a military reservation. The other 99% of servicemen and women are apparently considered expendable for reasons that appeal greatly to the elites.

So much for the rationale for the “citizen-soldier” in the year of our Lord 2009.

This speaks directly to the trust (or lack of it) that the Administration and the military have in the men and women who took oaths to defend it.

Trust works–used to work–two ways.

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:07 pm 117. jeff:

A trademark of the Left is to always and forever paint themselves as standing up to capitalistic power, standing with the disenfranchised.

Obama is a man of the Left…the Left hasn’t changed for decades, it is who they are.

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:08 pm 118. RE:

Obama is an embarrassment to Americans and an insult to all the Americans that have gone before us.

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:20 pm 119. blah:

Technically, he kind of has been forgotten at Columbia, since no one remembers him being there.

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:23 pm 120. Mike C:

How ’bout a deal: we on the Right will not blame Islam for the actions of Maj. Hasan; ye on the Left will not blame the militia movement for the actions of Timothy McVeigh.

Deal?

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:32 pm 121. CHRI$ DODD:

DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH!!

Nov 9, 2009 - 3:37 pm 122. Fred Beloit:

“I, (name of Member), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

The above is the oath taken by Nancy Pelosi and every other Democrat in Congress. Yet, most Dems voted for a bill containing a command, yes a command, disobeying which leads to large fines and possible imprisonment. The command is [not verbatim] that every adult American must purchase sick-care insurance if they are not insured already.

The President took a similar,if not identical, oath. Prior to his taking political office, I believe, he expressed the opinion that the Constitution is deeply flawed.

Oaths seem to have little real significance to these people. Oaths to them seem to be from an age when honor meant something beyond the boundaries of West Point and the other officer training facilities. What a shame.

Perhaps oaths of governing should be backed up by harsh fines and imprisonment for those who violate them.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:01 pm 123. Michael:

The President reflects the personality of the far left. Ad homonym attacks, hypocrisy, thuggish attitude and behavior, dislike of most Americans, horror at the America of our fathers and grandfathers.

After all, the President skips the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Why? Because he much more admired the East Germans and Stazi and the USSR and the KGB. They were much better at controlling the unruliness of opposing thought.

Look at words and actions.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:04 pm 124. Django:

17. Tony R:

VDH says “What we are enduring is surreal—have we lost our collective minds?”

Nope you haven’t lost your collective mind at all – the collective American mind has just taken a huge shift to the left that’s all.

Although plenty of folks seem to talk a lot about the good old fashioned American Way the reality is that this so-called “American Way” isn’t quite so obvious among your general populace anymore.

How else can you explain the election of an inexperienced clown like Obama whose seedy backround was there for all to see? How else can you explain a farcically leftist mainstream media desperate to oversee an age of soft tyranny? How else can you explain power in the hands of a Pelosi or Reid?

The US is heading the way of Europe because you are going there voluntarily not because you are being dragged there.
Nov 9, 2009 – 6:00 am

THAT is the gruesome truth. The people are ignorant, apathetic and brainwashed.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:23 pm 125. TacoBill:

O’s degraded mental alertness (and the hint of word slurring) is being coming more evident. I attribute this to a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) such as sertraline hydrochloride. My guess is that O is not aware of the daily introduction, nor it’s visible effects.

What is not strange is the MSM coverup. The continued editorial decisions and the political pressure to keep the story under wraps must be quite intense.

G*d help this nation if a fast Executive Decision is needed to save a million American lives.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:24 pm 126. Mike, CO:

VDH:

“Ergo?”

The last week has been a chapter from Orwell; from an “affordable” health care act, to obscene illogic regarding the characterizations of the Fort Hood massacre.

Perhaps the conclusion is that Obama and his administration’s first instincts are to suspend logic when dealing with various issues. Their belief may be that logic is in conflict with “objectivity”, and that logic interferes with the “message”. Orwellian contradictions inevitably arise when logic and message cannot be reconciled.

It sad to see that Obama takes comfort in doubt, even when indecision and doubt may be harmful and counterproductive. Knowledge of history, language, logic, and oneself are known antidotes to doubt and fear. Apparently Obama’s knowledge is lacking.

Nov 9, 2009 - 4:57 pm 127. QWERTY:

That’s really interesting how “Moho” and “Now and then” are always able to coordinate their posts, one after the other.

Go write your own blog, dude.

I’m starting to think all the Comments are written by five sad people with twenty different screen names. All attacking each other.

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:03 pm 128. Mr Lucky:

98. moho.

“Beloit. Well, no. I fear how stupidity has taken over so many Americans, and how readily they dispense with facts in order to create realities that appease their most base bigotry…”

Do you have a fear of Modern Liberal pod peeps as well?

Then (and Now) right on cue. Chastising others for non-moho fears.

” I fear how…”

“I was going to go through a list of your “fears” but where would it stop.”

A Mind Meld? Wow, do you have the super secret list of Everyone’s fears? Holy moho-O’Brien rat cage Batperson!

“… so many Americans…” But not you moho? Your fears are cool moho because – you’re moho? Anyone who you label fearful is not-moho-cool?

“… to create realities …” Did you get your mirror in a fun house?

“You people”, like Van Jones? Like, again? Like Dude. Like yesterday. Like who is Moho?

99. Now and Then.

54. scott:

“Say Hey to Goober for me.”

Sounds familiar. Oh boy, the dummy in the Twilight Zone. Bad gig.

Sat hi to Anvil for me, you handsome mixed European with a Touch of Black.

Do you have an Asian personfriend too?

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:09 pm 129. cfbleachers:

VDH

“Have we lost our collective minds?”

In a manner of speaking, we have lost our mind over matter. That is, we no longer understand and appreciate what matters.

We no longer value what matters.

We no longer stand up for what matters.

We no longer reason out what matters.

We no longer debate what matters.

We no longer seek what matters.

We no longer enjoy what matters.

We no longer speak with one voice to our enemies, because doing so doesn’t matter.

We no longer stand by our friends, because loyalty doesn’t matter.

We no longer believe in American exceptionalism, because achievement doesn’t matter.

We no longer vote for leaders, because leadership doesn’t matter.

We no longer obtain facts from our information stream, because truth doesn’t matter.

And on all of these things, if we don’t mind…it won’t ever matter.

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:13 pm 130. Daily Right 11/9/09 « The Quantum Conservative:

[...] *What If?-Mr. President, by Victor Davis Hanson. [...]

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:28 pm 131. seesalrun:

“What we are enduring is surreal—have we lost our collective minds?”

Surreal is putting it mildly. Into almost August I convinced myself it was all a bad dream and I would finally wake up. No more. This is serious. I grieve for the families having to endure this.

I pray our Republic will Stand.

I am an avid reader and fan Mr. Hanson, and enjoy each and every column immensely. I hope you are able to continue sharing your astute views on the current calamities.

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:42 pm 132. rp:

The worst thing that could have ever happened to America was always to have an avowed Communist to be elected President.
Not surprisingly, when this horrible event came to pass, Barack Obama became the worst President in the history of the United States.

He’s lied about every substantive promise to the American people that he ever made. During the primaries, he railed about business as usual in Washington, and made business as usual something Americans long to have again. What we have now is monkey business; Obama trying not just to overhaul medical insurance and steal trillions in taxpayer dollars but to overall our entire form of government. Obmama won’t be happy until American school children in mass raise their voices in praise of Obama, describing him as the living embodiment of Saul Alinsky and every socialist/ Neo Com that ever lived.

Moreover, Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor for the supreme court. A pathetic, unpatriotic, American-hating bigot, she says over and over for everyone to hear that Hispanic women are a race that’s intellectually superior to every white male. Imagine if Judge Scalia said that white males were genetically and intellectually superior to african american males? The Lamestream media would have a field day.

And don’t forget, Obama named as his attorney general the guy who pardoned marc rich, number 6 on the FBI’s most wanted list. Eric Holder, who calls white males cowards for not voting for Obama; the brown eyed handsome man who vowed to redistribute wealth, taking money from the rich and giving it through so called stimulus money to Black America.

Is Obama the most racist President in the history of the United States? Is the sky blue? Do birds fly? Do trees have leaves?

Overseas, Obama is no better. He bows and apologizes to every two bit communist dictator he meets, making America sound like the worst, most hateful country in history. Obama is making a Wake Island of Afghanistan, refusing to reinforce troops who are being picked off by terrorists every day. In Iraq, Obama is doing his best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. And the brave freedom fighters in Iran, many of whom gave their lives for freedom a month ago, Obama ignored. Didn’t even have the decency to praise their brave acts to overthrow the terrorist/Islamic extremists who, like ACORN did for Franken, stole their recent election.

With ObamaCare, Barack is cutting medicare by 500 million, cutting senior citizen coverage to the bone. Paying for long term abortion as well as the baby butchering regular kind. Frontloading a billion in taxes on every medical device and treatment while backloading services, and, at the same time, yanking from the bill a clause that would prevent illegal aliens getting a free ride onr ObamaCare. Not only that, by 2012, a sucking financial drain will eliminate your present private company medical coverage and throw everybody into a PacMan style public option, which will be the only option; the single payer system that’s always been Obama’s endgame.

Yesterday, on the news, Obama couldn’t resist slurring the Tea Partyers by calling them teabaggers which everyone knows has a disgusting connotation. A small man with an overinflated ego busy dismantling the Constitution is Barack Obama.

Isn’t the picture getting crystal clear?

Obama is out to destroy everything that is good and decent about America. His closest friends are phototographed stomping on the American flag in Chicago magazine. And Obama compliments the picture and flicks off the flag. Obama refuses to say the pledge of allegiance. Refused to stand during the Washington National’s seventh inning playing of “God Bless America”. Instead chomping down on a facefull of hotdog and washing it down with a huge swig of beer, then wiping the overflow with his sleeve.

If you criticize Obama, his people call you a racist. In the meantime, (“I don’t look like the people on your money”) Obama plays the race card every chance he gets.

People, the worst President in United States history needs his ears pinned back; he needs a good dressing down; a good talking to. We must tell the call-in shows and the news stations what an abysmal job Obama is doing. Obama talked change. What I’m talking about is real change.

Presidential change. Congressional change. Voting every hate American mongering member out of office first chance we get. I’m also hoping by the next big election we still have money for the trip to the polls.

If some daring lawyer wants to charge Obama with sedition, more power to him. Before Obama totally ruins, bankrupts and perverts your children’s futures, though, we must rise up and vote Obama out; Getting rid of his socialist, deviate, communistally dastardly, cowardly American-hating cohorts should be our first priority.

Many of us thought he was the great orator from Chicago.

We’re now in the process of painfully realizing that Barack Obama is nothing more than another bum from the neighborhood.

Nov 9, 2009 - 5:49 pm 133. nadadhimmi:

What if Obama wasn’t a communist dictator wannabe with delusions of godhood?

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:16 pm 134. SjB:

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:24 pm 135. Barefoot Doctor:

Could increased nicotine intake work synergistically with SSRI?

Nov 9, 2009 - 6:31 pm 136. Monday Reads « Nebraska Redneck:

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Nov 9, 2009 - 6:34 pm 137. Matt O:

Two recent quotes that I’m unable to attribute:

“Half the nation works for a living, the other half votes for a living.”

“It’s impossible to to reason a man out of a position that he didn’t reason himself into.”

I’m afraid we’re tilting at wind generators…

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:01 pm 138. Now and Then:

90. geoffgo:

You forgot “morally.” That’s OK though, I realize conservatives don’t spend much time thinking about the whole moral thing. You’re common, so you’re excused.

Nov 9, 2009 - 7:19 pm 139. SukieTawdry:

Arthur @59: It’s been a while since I’ve seen dribble of that caliber. And Koblog @97: That’s as astute a reading of the situation as I’ve seen.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:25 pm 140. Timstigator:

I haven’t read Saul Alinksy’s Rules For Radicals, but I’ll bet you it contains these thoughts:

Obama and Rahm are not only enjoying the current political upheaval impacting the American people but even goosing it onwards. They’re betting on that the population will get so frustrated to the point of surrendering to their policies just so there can be peace. Then they’ve won, and they will make sure their HC, cap-and-trade, etc will be irreversible.

Will we let them do it? I think we as a people cannot believe what’s happening, and are still rubbing our eyes, as if trying to wake up from a bad dream. The inflection point is at hand, and it makes me a bit nervous to think I could be a crazy. But I’m not.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:41 pm 141. Michael Lonie:

Now and Then,
It’s conservatives who pay attention to moral issues, and liberals who disdain the whole idea, thinking all morality is relative. A good example is the conservative opposition to killing babies, and the near universal liberal conviction that it is no big deal, even praiseworthy.

Nov 9, 2009 - 8:56 pm 142. mark s:

Obama is wimp

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:03 pm 143. Dave Surls:

“Not surprisingly, when this horrible event came to pass, Barack Obama became the worst President in the history of the United States.”

The most incompetent…but, not the worst, though he’s got three more years to match Roosevelt (easily the worst president in U.S. history), I don’t think wee lil’ Barry, the little boy who would be president, has what it takes to be anther Roosevelt.

If he bungles the United States into a war where hundreds of thousands of our guys get killed fighting for European and Asian interests, and he succeeds in screwing up America internally as much as the cripple did, thenm he’ll be up there amongst the worst.

Right now he’s just a bumbling clown.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:05 pm 144. TLM:

moho:

“Come on, dude. Its quite obvious you don’t give a &*(( about mass murder. Murdering rampages happen in the national spotlight about once a week in America, and I’ve never seen you so much as blink about it.”

Very lame attempt at deflection. Why would a military historian comment on your average sociopath going postal over losing his job?

Come on, dude. Get with the program. We’re discussing a jihadi US Army Major who gunned down 40 American GI’s at the Army’s largest stateside post? Do you see the connection or do I have to further spell it out for you?

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:12 pm 145. JM:

Essential vdh

Secretary of Defense, Gates should be asked to resign based on his remarks about maintaining “diversity” as a value even ahead of US Military personnel and their lives!

American Citizens who give their lives saving us have been slaughtered on a US Army post due to the real “diversity” that the brain dead Gates does not understand. It is a deadly poison now in America which is nothing but PC, AA, class war fare and the indoctrination that comes with it.

BHO’s use of PC/AA/Utopian Communist BS to desensitize Americans so the Anti American revolution poison can be shot into American veins while “laying down” due to being indoctrinated and now mindless.

Murder of Americans on American soil is now acceptable and in preference to “loss of diversity as far as Gates is concerned! Get him the hell out of any leadership position in the US.

Do you realize America that US Citizens are being killed by people that BHO, Gates, and Nappy are now working hard to protect.

How does that fit with your values? Fact— you don’t count anymore. See your representatives in congress—do they care?

What has happened to the Tea Party goers in MSM and the BHO’s “cute” comments? They have been branded as less than Americans. Listen America that is a real Muslim concept. Americans have been minimized by their representatives and POTUS in favor of something else. What do you think that is?

Gates and the other members of the BHO gangs will not simply get all Muslims out of the US military as needed. This “constraint” on Americans is further proof of the BHO’s gang control of American thinking that is nothing but subversion and destruction to America.

Muslim soldiers if they believe in the Koran, feeding at the Military trough or not, they are anti American and with Gates comments he has shown himself to dumb and PC to be given the Position to over see the military, protect American citizens and clean this subversion up.

Of Course his “boss” BHO and his gangs are in control. He, Gates is a puppet to his own weakness and need of political position. Throw the bum out.

Home Land Security?—Janet Nappy should also be asked to resign for her insipid comments about her worry of the “Muslim backlash” caused by the slaughter of American Citizens at Ft. Hood.

She is nothing but an idiot anti American subversive, another one of BHO’s implants and “appointments”. She is the one who tagged returning Veteran solders as potential terrorists to America. What she meant were veterans are potential protectors to Americans from BHO’s socialist/communist takeover. An enemy of BHO’s subversion.

They, the returning veterans remember the Oath taken during enlistment to protect and defend America from enemies both foreign and domestic. BHO is a domestic enemy of the entire concept of America. Nappy must be fearful of Americans just like N. Pelosi, is about Americans that attend Tea parties.

Somebody eventually will have to recognize what is really going on now in America. America is being taken down; even our soldiers are getting killed on American soil by our enemies. Enemies who are being protected by our “leaders”? We are being lead by Judas goats to the slaughter.

Even VDH’s comments seem to be made of “thin paper” —nothing really there other than comments based on what ifs—The enemy within is an old story; we need to hear about that –what are the actions needed by Americans? What needs to be done so this slide down this Alice and Wonderland hole is stopped?

We don’t need cute advice to BHO’s idiots and communist ideologues. The Americans in America will eventually have to stand up or America disappears.

Nov 9, 2009 - 9:23 pm 146. vivo:

86. Marc Malone:

“Do not confuse PC with social custom. One does not crack jokes at a funeral,”

Whose social customs? At one of my earliest attendances to a funeral, I was surprised at all the jokes being cracked. I felt like the odd man out.

“Obama always seems so soulless, so indifferent to life.”

Never noticed that.

Nov 10, 2009 - 5:45 am 147. Michael:

138. you are confused but we are used to that by now. Conservatives are very concerned about morality of actual actions and consiquences. Liberals are all about morality of thoughts and intentions. Then they end up trying to shift blame for the results of their misguided actions.

Nov 10, 2009 - 8:17 am 148. Fred Belot:

#138
No, you are the one who is common, NAT, at least among so-called voters. You had the money, you had the recession, you had the wars, you had the orator, you had the callow youth, you had Gitmo, you had “evil” Cheney, you had “torture”, you had rendition, you had ACORN intimidaters, you had SWIU thugs.

Now you have all of these plus a new Cheney. They are strung around your neck now and they are so heavy you and your associates in socialism will not be able to bear them.

Nov 10, 2009 - 8:41 am 149. Fred Beloit:

#91
“Wake, oh awaken, Hasan, awake. Its time for your court marshal, you stripper-loving, beer-sipping, victim of the West,you.
Nov 9, 2009 – 12:35 pm”

My hope and change have been answered. He is ALIVE and awake.
Now will come the instinctive knee-jerkers and jerks of the left with cries for civil rights, justice for all, no military tribunals for this war crime, Hasan is the victim of American imperialism through the ages, the crinkle of Saudi money pouring in to the defensive dream team of lawyers and finally the speech by Holder appointing a new prosecutor unanswerable to anyone in government.
This prosecutor will have the unusual responsibility to select a jury to include Soros, Buffett, Garafolo, Mahar, Baldwin, Seeger(Pete), Jarrett, Emanuel(Z) and Moho.
Wait for it…

Nov 10, 2009 - 8:58 am 150. John McLachlan:

How would Ronald Reagan have responded to such an attack? Would he have sanctioned a media coverup of the motives of the perpetrator?

Can any muslim apologist look the survivors and the families of the victims in the eye and say that there is no Jihadist factor in this massacre? Perhaps Obama can invite the families of the victims to the Whitehouse to a beer summit for discussion of a teachable moment.

Perhaps also, a well publicised commission could investigate whether anything in the koran legitimises such behaviour and declare, whether it is sanctioned by the canon of islam or is a perversion of islam used by sociopaths to provide a rationalisation for their behaviour. Such a commission could also be expected to justify its conclusions and inform debate about potential ameliorative actions.

Tsun Tzu probably has advice for people who wish to prevail and warnings to those who ignore reality about the consequences of such denial.

Nov 10, 2009 - 12:04 pm 151. Now and Then:

140. Fred Beloit:

Typical (wait, make that common) . . . rooting for the worst and doing everything you can to make sure it happens. How conservative of you, Señor Benwa.

Nov 10, 2009 - 8:01 pm 152. RagnarD:

“Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin”

Nov 10, 2009 - 9:41 pm 153. Jack:

Fred Beloit: Nobody on the left or the right is going to defend this guy. He murdered 13 innocent people for no reason and was caught red-handed (perhaps literally). He will get a court martial because he’s in the military, with a JAG or whatever, and he will lose, because he is guilty, and that’s it.

Nov 10, 2009 - 10:13 pm 154. TLM:

David Brooks is off the reservation. His article today re Ft Hood is a cogent rebuttal to all the wishy-washy nonsense we’re hearing from Washington, the Military and the MSM.

Lesson for the brain dead PC infected deniers of the obvious: Reality bites.

Nov 11, 2009 - 5:22 am 155. Arthur:

94. Fred Beloit: that’s pretty funny actually, i know I cant spell or type, i am dyslexic and even with my software programs I have a difficult time of it, but I don’t see that I have sullied the name of President Bush, certainly not my intention.

139. SukieTawdry: you disagree with me that is fine.

My question is, if as appears clear, that there is a Jihadist factor in this massacre, what exactly should we do about it? obliviously we try to weed out the Jihadist from the military, and wish both parties would take the 9-11 commission recommendations seriously. while not applicable, perhaps, to this massacre, turf battles and not sharing info is a real killer. we have to find ways to make our big machine work in selective arenas like little fast responsive machines.

As far as trying to prevent broad backlash against Islam, this is sensible policy, but it is different than the knee-jerk leftist reaction of always looking away from the source of responsibility for someone else to blame. No we don’t want to be apologists for the guilty, an inadequate human being who is a cold blooded murderer, but we also don’t want to behave like a nation of racist morons, we don’t want to become the enemy.

our strength is our freedom and openness and the belief that we all have the same rights.
That Jihadist had more rights to practice his religion in this country the way he wanted too than in any country in the middle east or Asia, or the world. This is our strength, to differentiate between what is good and what is bad. we have loyal patriotic Muslims who love this country and we would do a great disservice to ourselves and them to just blame “Islam” for Islamic Jihadists, not the same hing and we know it, and it is detrimental to our battle with the Islamic Jihadists to pretend otherwise.

PS thanks to all the Veterans for your service.

Nov 11, 2009 - 10:26 am 156. Fred Beloit:

#151
He/she is bitter, she/he is envious. Not Now Not Ever is disappointed that I included Moho on the jury and missed an opportunity to mention you-know-who. The reason he/she did not make the team is her/his handicap, id est, lameness. Don’t believe me? Read 151.

Nov 11, 2009 - 1:11 pm 157. Now and Then:

156. Fred Beloit:

It’s not all about you, Benwah. One day you will learn that. It’s a tough lesson. One especially hard for conservatives.

Nov 11, 2009 - 7:41 pm

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