Fenway Erupts to Honor “BOSTON STRONG”

Perhaps we should start by teaching that our freedoms make us exceptional, and instead of being ashamed of our exceptionalism, let us stand proud! May we always remember the way we felt on 9/12/01 and how proud we are today. Today, this day, we are all “BOSTON STRONG!!!”

This is the Definition of Insanity: 5 yr old Nabbed for Terrorist Plot by “Courageous Teacher” in PA

Courageous Pennsylvania School Officials Nab 5-Year Old Terrorist

January 19, 2013 by Dan Mitchell

It appears that my contest between the United States and United Kingdom for the most inane government policy how has to be augmented by a new contest between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Just yesterday, I mocked Maryland officials for suspending two little boys for the horrific crime of playing cops and robbers (and noted that this is not the first time such stupidity has been displayed by Maryland school officials).

Preferred Weapon of al Qaeda

Apparently, the pencil-neck bureaucrats in Pennsylvania are jealous that their neighbors are getting a lot of attention, so they’ve branded a five-year old girl as a terrorist threat for talking about her pink toy gun that shoots bubbles.

Yes, bubbles.

Here are some of the absurd details from a local news report.

Talking with a friend about a pink toy bubble gun got a five-year-old kindergarten girl in the Mount Carmel Area School District labeled as a terrorist threat, according to an attorney.The incident occurred Jan. 10 while the girl was waiting in line for a school bus, said Robin Ficker, the Maryland lawyer retained by the girl’s family. …Talking with a friend, the girl said something to the effect “I’m going to shoot you and I will shoot myself” in reference to the device that shoots out bubbles. The girl did not have the bubble gun with her and has never shot a real gun in her life, Ficker said. Elementary school officials learned of the conversation and questioned the girls the next day, Fickler said. He said the girl did not have a parent present during the 30 minutes of questioning. The result, he said, was that the student was labeled a “terrorist threat” and suspended for 10 days, Ficker said. The school also required her to be evaluated by a psychologist, Ficker said. “This little girl is the least terroristic person in Pennsylvania,” he said.

http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/courageous-pennsylvania-school-officials-nab-5-year-old-terrorist/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

FBI: Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (Updated)

WASHINGTON — The FBI is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents — allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention. (Emphasis added)

The FBI soon plans to issue a new edition of its manual, called the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, according to an official who has worked on the draft document and several others who have been briefed on its contents. The new rules add to several measures taken over the past decade to give agents more latitude as they search for signs of criminal or terrorist activity.

The FBI recently briefed several privacy advocates about the coming changes. Among them, Michael German, a former FBI agent who is now an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, argued it was unwise to further ease restrictions on agents’ power to use potentially intrusive techniques, especially if they lacked a firm reason to suspect someone of wrongdoing.

“Claiming additional authorities to investigate people only further raises the potential for abuse,” German said, pointing to complaints about the bureau’s surveillance of domestic political advocacy groups and mosques and to an inspector general’s findings in 2007 that the FBI had improperly used “national security letters” to obtain information like people’s phone bills.

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18260259?source=rss&nclick_check=1

Bush & Pakistan had Agreement on Osama bin Laden if Found in Pakistan

“Under its terms, Pakistan would allow US forces to conduct a unilateral raid inside Pakistan in search of Bin Laden, his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the al-Qaida No3. Afterwards, both sides agreed, Pakistan would vociferously protest the incursion.”

 

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/05/09/bush-struck-a-deal-with-pervez-musharraf-ten-years-ago-to-enter-pakistan-for-osama/

 

Looks like the “sabre-rattling” before its Parliament yesterday was the “vociferous” protesting!

New Barnd of Warfare: WikiLeak Supporters Cyber Attack Opponents, Susch as PayPal and MasterCard

They’ve taken down Visa, Mastercard, Sarah Palin, CBS, and now they’re threatening to take down Amazon.  Twitter, paypal, Visa, and Mastercard have all cancelled Wiki’s accts.  We are witnessing a new brand of warfare!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/dec/09/wikileaks-us-embassy-cables-live-updates

 

How About Dinner and a Movie First? Government-Sanctioned Groping!!

If this would be a crime in any other situation, why is it not a crime at the airport?

Obama Apology Tour Continues with State Dept apology to Libya

The Obama State Department apologized to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for offending the dear tyrant with offensive language.
The BBC reported:

The US State Department has apologized for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland.

Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend.

Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country.

Mr Crowley described it as “lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense.”

Libya and Switzerland are embroiled in a long-running diplomatic row.

“I regret that my comments have become an obstacle to further progress in our bilateral relationship,” Mr Crowley said.

For full article: http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/03/us-apologizes-to-gaddafi-for-using-harsh-words-that-offended-the-dear-dictator/

Grading Obama: A CBS Poll Results

The Economy

---

A:
2.05%

B:
3.10%

C:
5.13%

D:
19.24%

F:
70.47%

Foreign Policy

---

A:
3.58%

B:
3.29%

C:
8.17%

D:
24.15%

F:
60.81%

Health Care

---

A:
2.24%

B:
2.29%

C:
3.39%

D:
9.74%

F:
82.34%

Afghanistan

---

A:
3.55%

B:
14.64%

C:
28.23%

D:
23.42%

F:
30.17%

Iraq

---

A:
3.50%

B:
9.94%

C:
27.28%

D:
24.59%

F:
34.69%

Threat of Terrorism

---

A:
3.33%

B:
3.82%

C:
8.77%

D:
21.81%

F:
62.26%

Energy and the Environment

---

A:
2.82%

B:
4.15%

C:
12.38%

D:
21.97%

F:
58.68%

Social Issues

---

A:
3.28%

B:
4.01%

C:
12.90%

D:
21.36%

F:
58.45%

Bipartisanship

---

A:
3.23%

B:
2.45%

C:
4.35%

D:
9.87%

F:
80.10%

Obama’s Overall Job as President

---

A:
2.60%

B:
3.13%

C:
4.31%

D:
26.14%

F:

63.81%

 

Links: http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/popQuestion/questionResults.html?url=http://poll.cbs.com/poll?event_id=7798&q1=4&q2=5&q3=5&q4=3&q5=4&q6=5&q7=5&q8=5&q9=5&q10=5&&obama_grades_year_one$

 

(Thanks IB)

UK’s Telegraph: Obama is “Vulnerable” on Terrorism

from the Telegraph:

In his weekly radio address yesterday, President Barack Obama patted himself on the back for having “refocused the fight – bringing to a responsible end the war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks”.

He then told people to remember that “our adversaries are those who would attack our country, not our fellow Americans”, before decrying “fear and cynicism” and “partisanship and division” – the code phrases for horrid Republicans used during his 2008 election campaign.

Complacency, faux moralising and partisan shots at Republicans. It was a neat summary of where Obama is going wrong after the Christmas Day debacle when the Nigerian knicker bomber managed to waltz onto a Detroit-bound flight.

For a man who campaigned denouncing the politicisation of national security under President George W Bush, it is worth noting how intensely political Obama’s treatment of what might henceforth be known as Underpantsgate has been.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6924404/Barack-Obama-is-vulnerable-on-terror—and-he-knows-it.html

CNN Sanchez Doesn’t Want to Discuss Healthcare or Terrorism with Sen. Ensign

Senator John Ensign Goes On CNN To Talk About Terrorism, Gets Ambushed By Rick Sanchez on Sex Scandal

Sanchez asks 7 times after Ensign says he’s not going to talk about the situation:

Would low-life Rick Sanchez ever ambush a Democrat like this?

Let me remind everyone about a story in 1990 of Rick DUI Leaving the scene Sanchez:

On December 10, 1990, Sanchez struck a pedestrian, Jeffrey Smuzinick, with his car on a residential street near Dolphin Stadium after Smuzinick darted into the road. Smuzinick was paralyzed and eventually died in an assisted living facility in 1995. Sanchez, who had just left an NFL football game with his father (and left the scene of the accident), was not charged with causing the accident, but was charged with and pleaded no contest to DUI.

 

http://hotairpundit.blogspot.com/2009/12/senator-john-ensign-goes-on-cnn-to-talk.html