The tolerance runneth over.
Post Debate Analysis
NRO’s Yural Levin had a comprehensive take on the debate. Here’s a key snippet:
Even more astonishing, to me, was Obama’s ignorant and gratuitous insult to the U.S. Navy, describing Navy ships as the equivalent of horses and bayonets. It seemed like a prepared line, and it was appalling. Are the hundreds of thousands of sailors bearing arms under our flag (on the president’s orders) defending America’s security around the world tonight merely riders in some quixotic cavalry brigade chasing make-believe Indian chiefs? How exactly does a “pivot to Asia” work without those old fashioned ships? How does a global superpower project force abroad with fewer ships than it had when it wasn’t a global superpower? How does the advent of aircraft carriers make the Navy less rather than more significant? Is the sitting president really this confused about defense strategy? That line seems like a Romney ad in Virginia just waiting to happen.
Commander-In-Chief
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Barack Obama;
Marine Corps Boot Camp;
Update;
Contrary to the president’s assertion, the creation of aircraft carriers and submarines did not mean that we needed fewer ships. Quite the contrary. Aircraft carriers need just as many if not more supporting vessels than the obsolete battleships that no are no longer under commission. So do subs. The decline in naval strength compromises America’s ability to project power abroad. That is particularly true in places like the Persian Gulf, where President Obama is trying to sound as tough with Iran as Romney.
Even more foolish is the president’s attempt to portray contemporary naval vessels with cavalry horses. That says more about his own lack of understanding of the military than Romney’s. It also may cost him some votes in a state that he still hopes to win: Virginia, home of the largest U.S. Naval base in the country and hotbed of support for a stronger military.
Reader Tips
During World War Two there were 40 Prisoner of War camps located in Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, and New Brunswick. More details can be read in this PDF. The Canadian National Film Board even produced an interesting 52-minute documentary on the subject.
Captured Allied soldiers had much less positive experiences at the hands of their German captors.
Your insightful reader tips are welcome, as always, in the comments.
Tommy Douglas: Not Dead Enough
Welcome to the compassionate world of government health care.
During the first presidential debate, President Barack Obama made a claim against Mitt Romney that has been ringing in my ears ever since. Speaking on the topic of health care, Obama said that Romney would leave people “At the mercy of private insurance.”
The implication of course is that Obama will protect people from the big, mean insurance companies, and his own plan, Obamacare, is the more compassionate way. Supporters of government health care, and that is what Obamacare will morph into, love to make the insurance industry out to be the boogeyman.
Let me set you straight.
2012 U.S. Presidential Debate #3: Foreign Policy
Barack Obama is a Better Human Being than You
Whether or not you’re a psychologist, you will find beyond fascinating this insight into the mind of a Boston area Obama supporter. “Meredith” called into Michael Graham’s show this afternoon. Obama For America propaganda clearly must be having an effect on the likes of her. After listening to Meredith, aren’t you just ready to march out on the streets and help Obama retain power for the next 20 years?!
Bonus audio: Mark Steyn on Graham’s show today.
Let’s Erect A Plaque At 787 Dundas St W To Remember Jack Layton
Government in waiting: NDP MP Romeo Saganash kicked off plane, too drunk to fly. (h/t Orville)
It’s Probably Nothing
Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, forecast sales growth for 2013 that is the slowest in four years as the global economy decelerates.
h/t Kevin B
Selling Frogs at Church
Some lighter fare (fair?)
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Cincinnati, Ohio TV Station WCPO Shows Election Night Results with Obama Win on its Website
A winner is declared in Phoenix, too.
h/t marc in calgary
Betting Up The Weak Horse
The New York Times broke a story on Saturday, saying that the White House may be engaging in US-Iran bilateral talks with Iran, discussing Iran’s developing nuclear program. Interestingly enough, it seems the Obama administration has outright denied that any talks will be taking place. Nevertheless, this is supposedly going to be the ‘October surprise’ we’ve all been waiting for, as several analysts still believe that the announcement for bilateral talks will be made before the election. The New York Times reports:
The United States and Iran have agreed in principle for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran.
Now, if the talks aren’t going to take place, then the Obama administration maintains the status quo, concerning its foreign policy that seems to be unravelling. If the talks do take place, then this opens up a whole new can of worms for both candidates.
Four more years of Obama, that’s what.
In Arab Spring, A Young Man’s Thoughts Turn To Lust
The news channel said in a statement that Sonia Dridi was attacked around 10:30 p.m. Friday after a live broadcast on a protest at the square and was later rescued by a colleague and other witnesses.
Reader Tips
Tonight we travel back in time to 1953, to hear a radio drama about Allied saboteurs during WW2. A bit further back in history, 1797 to be precise, the USS Constitution aka “Old Ironsides” was launched in Boston Harbor. Here’s an old newsreel clip about her.
Your reader tips, hopefully a bit timelier in nature, are most appreciated in the comments.
Obama’s War on Denial of Terrorism
This just makes you sick. Remember this tomorrow when the same President Obama is trying lying to convince the American people that he is fighting hard against terrorism.
Update: Related to this story is something pkuster referenced, which is what Judge William Young had to say to the shoe bomber, Richard C. Reid, at sentencing. His words are well worth a read.
Latvia’s Success Highlights Krugman’s Failure
If someone keeps on giving you advice that turns out to be wrong, would you continue to listen to them? In this fascinating interview, John Batchelor talks with Ireland’s Marc Coleman about his home country, about Latvia, and the many similarities between the two. At one point Coleman says, paraphrasing: “Latvia ignored Paul Krugman’s stupid advice about devaluating their currency. As a result, their economy grew by 5.5% last year.”
More about Latvia’s Common Sense vs. Krugman’s Failed Leftist Ideology can be read here.
Scratch a Leftist
Former NDP MP Jim Manly arrested aboard Sea Hitler.
Sandra Fluke
Superstar.
h/t Al the fish
The Tolerant Left
Tweeting your plan to “make it look like an accident” doesn’t really help it look like an accident.
The Birds Always Sing After The Storm
The curious case of Golden, an incurious tale of the fall of Rod Blagojevich;
But at the press conference announcing Blagojevich’s “political corruption crime spree,” Fitzgerald expressed no desire to track down the source of the leak that had just compromised the biggest case of his career. This was a curious reaction by the prosecutor who had previously become a household name by jailing New York Times reporter Judith Miller for 85 days when she refused to reveal sources Fitzgerald already knew about in the Valerie Plame affair.
h/t Marina