This lady is p*ssed off!

And I don’t blame her. Does the mainstream media suck? You betcha!

Data Point – Muslim Protests (iteration…oh heck, I give up)

The news du jour is that the phenomenon of the Islamic Rage Boy has returned.  Once again, we see that the “Religion of Peace” is really the Religion-that-can’t-keep-itself-in-check.  The Atlantic Wire (via InstaPundit) has a map it is updating – here is the latest:

If you can’t keep track of all the Muslim protests erupting across the globe, you’re not alone. The uproar over a 14-minute anti-Islam YouTube video has sparked furious protests from Somalia to Egypt to Sudan to Tunisia to Libya to Bangladesh to Indonesia to Pakistan. With new reports of protests surfacing every minute, we’ve compiled the latest reported incidents into this handy interactive Google Map. Click the locations and embedded links for more details about each incident.

 And remember, Obama said he could solve this problem: “The Day I’m Inaugurated Muslim Hostility Will Ease”:

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Disturbing – why is Obama and his Administration defending Appeasement more than Free Speech?

A pillar of American Exceptionalism is that of Free Speech.  ALL speech is protected (caveat: other than what the Supremes have deemed not – re: “Fire”).  Why is it, at the first scream of faux outrage that has been manufactured by the Muslim equivalent of Community Organizers, Western Leaders fall onto THEIR embroidered kneepads  and act like they have to outrun the bear (as in that old joke “All I have to do is outrun you when the bear comes after both of us”).

The question of the day: WHY is first response of Obama (President of the United States of America, Protector of the US Constitution) , his feckless Secretary of State Hillary (also sworn to uphold the Constitution), his mouthpiece Jay Carney, and a multitude of pusillanimous of other lesser actors (with a requisite even lesser quality of character and lesser fealty to the First Amendment) NOT a robust defense of that part of what makes American Exceptional?  Why is it looking like they ALL are apologizing (er, aGAIN??) for what America stands for?

  • They have little regard for the meaning and purpose of the First Amendment to begin with
  • As self-avowed ReProgressives, they have little need or love TO defend such – it conflicts with their march forward to their Socialist end-game.
  • As in everything else they do, re-election is everything; NOTHING is more important than that (including that American principle).
  • Blame, blame, blame, blame (hey, don’t look at ME!).  NOTHING is ever their fault (er, does that mean that they are NEVER in control of any event)?

Scott had part of what Chief Flacker Carney – here is the fuller version:

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Barack Carter on foreign policy deftness

When the 3am calls came in, Obama skips his intel briefing AND went to go collect more campaign dollars – Vegas, baby! Governing – why?  RUNNING for an office is so much more fun than dealing with, well, the real aftermath of my policies… (H/T: IBD)

Data Point – US median Household Income

Remember, the Obama Administration hailed the announcement that the US recession ended in 2009: Should it not have started back up by now? (H/T: Powerline )

Yeah, this fits

We’ve kinda left the Chicago Teacher strike alone thus far.  To be sure, I think it is rather emblematic of the Blue Social model – large public unions pulling more and more from the taxpayers via in-the-Union-Pocket elected officials.

In this case, we have the CTU members earning an average wage of approximately $71-76K / year where the average taxpayer earns around $46K / year.  The union has rejected a 16% raise by Rahm Emmanual, Obama’s former Chief of Staff and now Mayor of Chicago.  What the Union is NOT accepting is the whole notion of teacher evaluations and other reforms.

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Administration Knew Embassies Were Targeted 48 Hours Before Mobs Hit Embassies And Said Nothing

It’s official.  The feckless reach of the Obama administration is not constrained by borders.  As reported in the “The Independent”, the State Department had information 48 hours before the liberty loving rabid, revenge filled mob encroached upon the embassies and murdered Ambassador Stevens and three others, but decided that news wasn’t worth dispensing to the … Read more

Data Point – The Single most Accurate Indicator of Labor Market Health

Unleashing Democrat policies and fomenting Obamanomics results in a plague like disease seizing upon the Labor Market. The symptoms are oozing unemployment and fetid labor participation (i.e., how many people are actually trying to get a job).  From the Mercatus Center, George Mason University: The release of the June labor market data marks the third … Read more

Obamanation. The (ever growing) List

I should have done this long ago because it’s very difficult to remember the multitudes of  disasters achieved by Obama and Democrat rule.  So here’s the first edition of an obviously non-exhaustive list of achievements accomplished by Obama and the Donks.  I plan on updating this frequently as more comes to my memory (feel free … Read more

Who, When, Where…Were Voters Turned Away In New Hampshire…for Not Having ID?

The uber-left-wing group Democracy Now is claiming that “some” primary voters were turned away in New Hampshire on Tuesday because they did not have photo ID.   Democracy Now blames “confusion over the new law” as the culprit.  I’d be more inclined to suggest that this is a load of crap.

Who was turned away?  When?  Where?  Democrats across the state of New Hampshire had pre-organized poll watchers to observe and (hopefully) record exactly that problem…so where is the video?  Where are the interviews?  Who are these “voters,” and why were they not simply referred to the moderator or supervisor of the checklist to clear it up, or to just sign an affidavit declaring domicile in the event that anyone forgot their ID.  The law includes that provision.  The idea that no one in any of the “so-called” polling stations where voters were “supposedly turned away” didn’t know this is absurd.

I can only guess that Democracy Now didn’t know about this or did’t care.  They have nothing but that doesn’t matter becasue this is probably just messaging support for the ACLU & League of Women Vote Stealers ignorant effort to get the law suspended for November.

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Play Politics In Perpetuity And Pay

Today White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declared that the embassy protests, firebombs, assassinations and all out mayhem is in response to a video and not at all “… directed at the United States, writ large, or at U.S. policy.”  (h/t mediate)

“This is a fairly volatile situation, and it is in response not to U.S. policy, not to, obviously, the administration, not to the American people. It is in response to a video – a film – that we have judged to be reprehensive and disgusting.”

Political cover bordering on delusional denial.

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Ask New Hampshire Democrats…Will You Let Obama Seize our Guns? (Fixed Link)

President Obama, who promised to pursue gun control under the radar, has fulfilled that promise.Oh No Guns....and magazines...and ammo

Obama has expanded civil-forfeiture rules making it permissible for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to seize weapons from citizens without the hassle of due process.

This effectively gives Attorney General Eric Holder, of Fast and Furious fame, extended power over guns and gun-related property.

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Obama Golf Counter Update.

As Mr. Obama rides cross country attending more fundraisers and campaign events than any president in history (historic presidency indeed; historic campaigning, historic debt, historic deficits, historic unemployment; historic number of people on food stamps…yadda yadda yadda..)  he still seems to be finding time for Golf. That’s right people, “Fore” more years–he should have bumper … Read more

What $6.6 Million In Campaign Donations Buys You In Obama-Land

Jeffy Katzenberg bundles 6.6 Million for Campaign Obama and, coincidentally, manages to get a meeting with the Communist Chinese Vice President, after which Katzenberg is allowed to build a Studio in China.  But it gets better.  Apparently Obama is not the only socialist whose pockets he is lining.  The SEC is investigating whether Katzenberg may have bribed communist officials to ease the process of getting his new DreamWorks studio built in Shanghai.

Bribing is not uncommon in Communist China. but isn’t this off-shoring?  Is there a shortage of US officials Katzenberg could bribe aside from Obama?  And why is he building a huge studio in China?  California too expensive?

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Reason 2,301,456 why the Media is in the Democrat tank for Obama

Like I said here, the Mainstream Media always picks side in the political battles and will pretty much sink to the occasion of “fair and balanced” when spinning what should be straight news.  The graphic is right: In LIBYA for gosh sakes, where they just fought a major civil war and things STILL haven’t calmed down, there was no Marine contingent to protect US officials ON US SOVEREIGN SOIL?  What first seemed to be a “protest” has turned out to be planned, coordinated Al Qaeda operation over multiple locations?

You know, why is the MSM so taken with what ended up with an accurate portrayal of actual events by Romney and NOT what is important – why was this missed, why weren’t adequate steps taken for contingency planning (if this happens, do this; if that, do plan B – you know, doing some rudimentary “planning?), where was the intel lapse, why was Obama skipping out on his intel meetings, and so on?

Instead of substance, it was ‘surface” – it has all been a cover for Obama via “attack the messenger”?  This is not just a #FAIL for the Obama Doctrine and his Administration, but for the MSM for not just doing basic journalism – instead, they go all “opinion” on Romney’s butt as if this was all his fault.

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Nanny Staters / Progressives really do believe this – you ARE incapable of making rational decisions!

And they are happy to fix that situation….and in fact, demand that they be allowed to meddle in our lives.  After all:

Democrat NH House Rep. Kris Roberts of Keene uttered on the floor of Representative Hall these fine words concerning Government and his fellow citizens:

“Government has to protect us from our own stupidity.”

Many of the delegates at the recently completed Democrat National Convention agreed with this – they have no problem believing that people have the freedom to choose for themselves but only if they make the right decisions:

(H/T: Reason TV )

“I’m pro-intervention.”

Q: So people should only be allowed to make “good” choices?

A: No, people should make choices that have good results

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Londonderry Country Club Seeks to Ban All Outdoor Shooting

“If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that’s concentration.” —Serena Williams

DISCLOSURE: I am the current President of the Londonderry Fish & Game Club, Inc., in addition to being a writer for Granite Grok. 

Jim Cates Pond at Londonderry Fish & Game Club, Inc. File: Rick Olson

Todays Edition of the Union Leader treated us to the pithy headline, Fairways Firing Ranges dont mix in Londonderry.  Interestingly enough, UL Correspondent April Guilmet, never contacted me for comment or input. She did today after the story was written and posted.

  Bread and Circus: A cliché aptly suited in describing the Londonderry Town Council.

Council Chariman John Farrell (not the John Farrell of Country Pond Fish & Game) granted Londonderry Country Club Owner Tom Kimball his wish for the Council to hold a council meeting at the Golf Club. The purpose of which is that the council can hear the gunfire from the Londonderry Police Range..er, the Londonderry Fish and Game Club..wait? which is it, Tom? Ah! both.

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