Mind Boggling Illogic of Officialdom's Hypocrisy

America’s golden-throated community organizer now is claiming that the government isn’t spying on the nation’s citizens.

The untruthfulness of that claim is clearly manifested by the supposed welcome of a national debate on the appropriate balance of the surveillance state vis-a-vis individual privacy by the same orator-in-chief as well as by his appointees who occupy leadership positions in America’s multiple security agencies.

Actually, the debate is about as welcome as root canals by those apparatchiks. They did everything within their considerable powers to shield the surveillance state from public view until one of their underlings, Edward Snowden, revealed its existence. Mr. Snowden’s revelations made the debate unavoidable.

The hypocrisy of the debate welcome is made clear by the continuing intensive efforts of the officials voicing it to get their grimy paws on Mr. Snowden.  They are intent on stringing him up for bringing public scrutiny to bear on their highly questionable activities. 

The inherent contradictions and inconsistencies of officialdom's activities, claims and statements undermine the credibility of everything emanating from the government. 

Only Little People Have to Obey Our Laws

Nothing has changed in the decades since Leona Helmsley was imprisoned for accurately observing publicly that: 

only the little people pay taxes.

Our overlords always seem to find a way to exempt themselves from the legal burdens they impose on the rest of us. 

Obamacare is going to take its toll on ordinary citizens who aren't politically favored as it goes into effect next year. But the ruling elitists have found a sneaky way for them and their minions to avoid the burdens the legislation they enacted will inflict on the rest of us, as is set forth in this Wall Street Journal report.

Calls to mind all the politically favored high ranking government officials who got away with cheating on their taxes as well as those who nobody is calling to account for recently lying to Congress.

Possible New Title for Billy Jeff ? ? ?

If we're unfortunate enough to get the wicked witch of Benghazi (a.k.a. Brunhilda Clinton) as the nation's next president,we'll need a title for her politically convenient consort as first gentleman or first man would hardly be fitting or proper.

First Cocksman would be both accurate and appropriate for William Jefferson C.

New Posture for U.S.

When faced with a threat, America now cowers.

The virtue of that unprecedented U.S. posture is that it reflects the consistency of the Obama administration that has a policy of opposing "stand-your-ground" laws for the nation's citizens.

Run . . . Hide . . . Cringe and Cower -- the new American way of responding to threats, and it also helps distract the public.

Another Obama Economic Achievement

The percentage of Americans who own their homes has plummeted to an 18 year low.

Celebrating a Victory?

Al Qaeda was proclaimed to be "on the run" a year ago byAmerica's community-organizer-in-chief.

Accordingly the closure of all those U.S. embassies and consulates must be to mark our splendid victory over the terrorist organization, albeit a bit tardily, no ? ? ? ?

Only a cynic would question who it is that is  running and hiding . . . or the identity of the party that, in the words of our great orator, "is on the run."

Surprising Revelation in News from Calamity Central

Police in Detroit announced the discovery of an arms cache of 200 semi-automatic rifles with 25,000 rounds of ammunition, 200 pounds of heroin, $5 million in forged U.S. banknotes and 25 trafficked Latino prostitutes -- all in a semi-detached house behind the public library on Woodward Avenue in Detroit.  Local residents were stunned.

A community spokesman said:  

We're all shocked; we never knew 

we had a library.

Also, an insightful essay on why the nation's orator-in-chief won’t use his sole useful skill to expound on the collapse of Detroit can be found here.

Explains Things

From a Florida Friend

Three days ago Jesse Jackson told all African Americans that it is time to boycott the whole state of Florida. No concerts, conventions or ball games. No vacations in the sunshine state and no orange juice. Almost instantly the property values in Florida shot up and vacation spots began to sell out. The crime rate is expected to fall to record lows.

Obama Administration Portrait

Economic Plan:

Law Enforcement:

Didn't See Nothin', 

Didn't Hear Nothin', 

Hardly Even There:

And Finally, a V.P. Who Serves As 

An All-Purpose Presidential Condom:

Makes You Proud, Doesn't It?

                      LAST 11

Truism

Criminals obey gun control laws just like 

politicians obey their oath of office.

Ever Read About This?

Detroit Could But Will Not Be Rescued

The once great motor city could be brought back from the financial abyss and be resuscitated as a prosperous and thriving metropolis . . . but calculating politicians are not going to let that happen

FIRST, THE RESCUE,  which would not necessitate the expenditure of any taxpayer money from the public treasury -- all it would take would be the enactment of legislation to:

1.  Irrevocably for a minimum of 20 to 25 years exempt all income, capital gains, and estates in the city and its environs from any federal, state, or local taxes;

2.  Cap property taxes in the same area at a level that would produce sufficient revenues to meet the expenses of providing truly essential governmental services and no more;

3.  Abolish public employee unions, and substitute right-to work for closed shop provisions in union contracts with private employers;

4.  Exempt from sales and use taxes nationwide all goods produced in, or distributed from the Detroit metropolitan area; 

5.  Abolish all welfare payments in the area; and

6.  Issue to parents living together (or single by reason of the death or divorce of a spouse) education vouchers sufficient to fully pay the costs of educating their children at whatever private or public schools they choose.

WHY IT WON'T HAPPEN:  The political powers-that-be know the resulting boom would be so spectacular and obvious that it would lead to irresistible demands for enactment of the same beneficial measures permanently nationwide . . . or, in other words, restoration of the free economy that the founders envisioned . . .  freeing Americans to develop history's mightiest economic machine until the politicians started tinkering with it in the 20th century.

. . . Suggested by a 

very financially

astute friend

Another Incredible Disappearing Obama Campaign Promise

With the Obama administration engaged in prosecuting Bradley Manning and in international bullying to get its hands on Edward Snowden for revealing information about the American government's embarrassingly criminal behavior, it is no wonder that the following Obama campaign pledge has disappeared from the Obama campaign website Change.org:

Protect Whistleblowers: Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process.

Fall of Once Formidable Movement

Elmer Gantry like faux leaders have squandered the moral authority that just a few decades ago made the civil rights movement a great positive social force in the United States.  Instead of undertaking the hard task of dealing with the factors that have created and are perpetuating the nation's black underclass, those currently leading the civil rights establishment foster their followers' grievances and victimization claims.  Doing so is easy, cheap, and profitable . . . and keeps them in power over a movement that they have transformed into a shoddy, irrelevant, and disreputable one.

The process and its results is spelled out by the estimable scholar Shelby Steele in this superb essay.

Pathology of the Black Underclass and Its Profiteering Professional Exploiters

Not normally a fan of Bill O'Reilly, but he his the nail squarely in this talking point analysis (which follows the introductory advertisement):

An Emerging and Increasingly Recognizable Picture

Even the financial press is beginning to note the transformation of Officer Friendly to a jack booted thug or, to put it in more polite and politically correct way, the militarization of the nation's law enforcement agencies . . . as well as many other governmental bodies not commonly recognized or thought of as performing any such function.

See this Wall Street Journal article on the Rise of the Warrior Cop.

Wonder how long it will take the nation's journalice to put that observation together with the spying on American citizens by the government's intelligence agencies, the black boxes in our cars, government cameras everywhere monitoring our movements, government monitoring of all our mail and electronic communications.  How obvious do the dots have to become to be recognized as an unmistakeable picture of a police state?

Another Perspective on How Obama Blew It

Barack Obama, in his recent speech about race, missed a rare opportunity to move America's race relations in a positive direction, as Heather MacDonald points out in this essay.

Ms. MacDonald's piece generally covers the same ground as, and in most respects agrees with the one written and posted by this blogger on the same subject yesterday, but it is far less angry, and much more polite, balanced, and nuanced.

Inspector Javert on the Hunt