You know, this whole “social justice” thing is just Cultural Marxism wrapped up in Political Correctness. This is meant to do one thing and one thing only – install guilt into a vast majority of people have done nothing wrong. Sure, the colleges are full of this crap – seemingly, they can’t turn out decent graduates anymore but they certainly seem very good at political and social indoctrination.  And now it seems it has taken hold in the military.  the irony of it all, of all of the institutions in the US, the military is amongst the most integrated racially and economically.  Rich, poor, black, white, brown, yellow, red, green with purple polka dots…the emphasis is on unit cohesion.  That’s mil-speak for building a TEAM environment – you trust your buddies and they trust you.  That’s not to say that there aren’t problems (real problems), but when in combat, you have to know that you can and that your buddies can rely on each other.  The Eldest and the Youngest talked about this more than a few times in front of me – and the problem ‘children” were not those of a particular  racial or ethnic group as the race-baiters all want us to believe, but those whose character was lacking (or, in some cases, just plain stupidity).  Willing to cut corners, willing to cheat, dishonesty, not willing to pull their own loads…cowardice.  These nitwits knew no bounds because these kinds of ugly go way past being skin deep.

I’ve been reading for years where the military believes we in the TEA Party, or former Vets, or Evangelical Christians, those that believe in the Constitution or limited government are to be considered “possible terrorists” (ever since Obama took office, really).  But this just took my breath away, to think that the military, under the guise of “Equal Opportunity training”, would even THINK of teaching this bile! This is supposed to fix….what?

A controversial 600-plus page manual used by the military to train its Equal Opportunity officers teaches that “healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian” men hold an unfair advantage over other races, and warns in great detail about a so-called “White Male Club.”

637  pages?  This is like Bill Ayers all over again;

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Using Sarbanes’s baseball analogy, the situation facing these nearly 1.4 million health-insurance refugees would be akin to a loyal aficionado receiving the following letter from the Baltimore Orioles:

October 30, 2013

Dear Orioles fan:

It is our duty to inform you that you no longer will be able to sit in the bleachers at Camden Yards. Seats in this section have been cancelled, due to the Essential Spectator Benefits of the Affordable Sports Act (a.k.a. Obamasports).

We encourage you to visit Sports.gov, where you can shop for tickets that comply with these new, federally mandated minimum standards.

For example, you could purchase seats in Section 250. Supporters of ObamaSports have described these as “better seats” rather than the “flimsy seats” that you have occupied. These new seats would be in the shade, instead of in the bright sunshine, where you and your friends and loved ones preferred to sit before Obamasports ejected you from this part of the ballpark. These shaded seats should reduce the risk of your developing wrinkles or contracting skin cancer.

These ASA-compliant seats also are nearer to providers of Maryland crab, Korean barbecue, and other healthy food options at Camden Yards, rather than the low-quality hot dogs and popcorn that were sold near the seats that you used to frequent.

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You can’t claim a moral imperative for war if you have no morals.  Perhaps that explains this, or maybe it is just jealousy?

Israel conducted air raids against a Syrian missile base near the port city of Latakia early on Thursday, according to an anonymous US administration official.

The official, speaking to CNN, said Israel targeted missiles and related equipment out of concern that they would be transferred to Hezbollah.  It is unclear why the US would leak such information, as it could increase the pressure on Syria to retaliate against Israel.

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Charles Krauthammer Washington Post

Beyond mendacity, there is liberal paternalism, of which these forced cancellations are a classic case. We canceled your plan,explained presidential spokesman Jay Carney, because it was substandard. We have a better idea.

Translation: Sure, you freely chose the policy, paid for the policy, renewed the policy, liked the policy. But you’re too primitive to know what you need. We do. Your policy is hereby canceled.

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Back in 2010, US Senator from New Hampshire, Jeanne “IRS Letter” Shaheen,voted along party lines to kill a Republican Resolution designed to repeal the grandfather rule in Obamacare…

Washington (CNN) – Senate Democrats voted unanimously three years ago to support the Obamacare rule that is largely responsible for some of the health insurance cancellation letters that are going out.

In September 2010, Senate Republicans brought a resolution to the floor to block implementation of the grandfather rule, warning that it would result in canceled policies and violate President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their insurance if they liked it.

Emphasis mine.

If your memory is not too short you will recall that the same Jeanne Shaheen who asked the IRS to investigate 501(c)4’s (an act from which she could benefit politically) later said there needed to be an investigation into why the IRS was investigating 501(c)4’s and other non-profits.  This is the same Jeanne Shaheen who refused to delay Obamacare in exchange for spending concessions to avoid a shutdown, but recently suggested that maybe, just maybe, we should delay Obamacare.

In case you didn’t follow me there, Shaheen voted to keep the Obamacare rule that made it likley that 93 million people would lose their existing health plan (by regulatory design) and now wants to put that whole mandate thing on sabbatical until after her re-election campaign in 2014.

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“The essence of modern Democratic progressivism is: “You will participate in what we have created for you, and you will comply with the law’s demands.”

– Daniel Henniger, WSJ

Doubt me?  Just review Steve’s post on Laura Pantelakos: “I Don’t Care About Protecting People’s Liberty“!  Good to know – it will now add to my growing Pantheon of NH Democrat truthful gaffes on their abusive views of the Proper Role of Government (“…legislate behavior…protect us against our own stupidity….everyone must be all in”); each in their own way reinforcing what Henniger’s above line.  He also follows that up with this non-rhetorical question:

“Do I want to live with this level of personal enforcement in the U.S.?“

Supposition Fact followed by Question. Go ahead, give me some Progressive laws that have been put into place that ENHANCE your ability to choose (and if you find one, doesn’t restrict someone else just so you can have more?).  You can’t listen to Progressives’ words – judge them by their actions and results.  That is the fact followed by my questions:

• Is it the Proper Role of Government to demand Absolute Obedience?
• What IS the kind of Government that demands Absolute Obedience?

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I am the son of immigrants who valued the risk of America’s Freedom above the safety and security of their homelands – they answered Freedom’s beckon.

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Progressives are nothing but Socialists, and Socialism is nothing more than an exercise in greedy enviousness: what can I get for nothing?  And how can I get more from Government – after all, in a Socialist State, that’s “from whom all blessings flow”.   And since Government is responsible for handing out “the spoils”, it becomes a very vicious selfishness as well (“I don’t have enough, so I’m going after your’s – simply because you have more than me”).

There is little regard in that what you might get for “free” from a Progressive Government in that it  means someone else must suffer a loss and that, for me, is as good a definition for what a Progressive Government engenders in it “citizens” as any. They are all about what they can “give” to people but can’t be honest to admit that they do take from others – but justify it by first demonizing to the point of making them “the Other” (how often have you seen Obama do exactly that?).   Government, at that point, no longer is functioning in the way the writers of the Declaration of Independence meant (“That to secure these rights, [ that would be Liberty -Skip] Governments are instituted among Men”). Doubt me?  Here is a CONGRESSMAN that shows EXACTLY what is in our Progressive future and remember, we already give him $174,000 / year.

It used to be that Family had the responsibility for each other and sacrificed for each other – now, it is just WONDERFUL that taxpayers will instead (even as he is amongst “the 5% (I think the 1% starts around $360K) (emphasis mine and reformatted):

During a House Energy and Commerce Committee on Obamacare, Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he thinks Obamacare will save him money by subsidizing an insurance policy for his 33-year-old son.

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The recourse of people without facts or principles is to make false charges, often calling opponents liars and users of hate speech.  An example is Denise Doyle’s letter of October 29, 2013 in the Laconia Daily Sun. (Alternate link)

Ms. Doyle’s letter was published just after NBC documented (and Marilyn Tavenner, the head of federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, confirmed, that since July 2010, President Obama has been falsely claiming “If (you) already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance.”

July, 2010 administration documentation indicates that new Obamacare regulations and requirements will force insurance companies to cancel as many as 12 million policies that individual purchasers choose today.

Replacement insurance policies usually cost hundreds of dollars more per month for what many people consider worse insurance, e.g., current deductibles of around $1500-3500 generally increase to $5000 for individuals and $10000 for families.

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A Solar Plant didn’t just go bankrupt after wasting millions in Democrat backed Green energy stimulus, it left a hazardous wasteland for taxpayers to clean up as well…

The Abound Solar plant, which got $400 million in federal loan guarantees in 2010, when the Obama administration sought to use stimulus funds to promote green energy, filed for bankruptcy two years later. Now its Longmont, Colo., facility sits unoccupied, its 37,000 square feet littered with hazardous waste, broken glass and contaminated water. The Northern Colorado Business Report estimates it will cost up to $3.7 million to clean and repair the building so it can again be leased.

“As lawyers, regulators, bankruptcy officials and the landlord spar over the case, the building lies in disrepair, too contaminated to lease,” the report stated.

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How many times do we have to say it?  There is just so much our Democrat Friends ‘Believe’ that just isn’t so.   And we can add drilling our way to

lower gas prices to the list.  (I can’t believe we even have to make the case that increasing the supply of anything can and typically does reduce prices.  Basic. Economics.)

Despite all the efforts of Democrats, Progressives, their Green with envy socialist Enviro-wacko-water-carriers to make finding and drilling for domestic energy as expensive and impossible as can be, the US is in the midst of an oil and gas boom; and OMG, gasoline prices are falling.

Barack Obama said it and all the liberal sycophants (plus the media) parroted him.  “You can’t drill your way to lower gas prices.”

Bu**Sh**!

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If any of you take your kids out Trick-or-Treating, do me a favor.  Pay attention to see who if anyone is handing out those letters from Michelle Obama about how some kids shouldn’t be out getting their ‘Fair Share” of the free candy and goodies.  Write down their addresses and email them to me.

I’ll share them with our team of investigators so they can see who registered to vote from those homes in previous election years.

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