BENGHAZI COVERUP - REQUESTS FOR HELP DENIED

First. I have to say that Jennifer Griffin deserves a Pulitzer Prize for her hard wonk on this!  This article sights sources who were on the ground during the terrorist attack.  Requests for military assistance from the CIA Annex were denied, first on the attack on the consulate and later when the annex was attacked, several hours later.  This article reports the denials came from the CIA, however, General Petraeus, head of the CIA has categorically denied that anyone at any level of the CIA denied the requests for help.

When former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods and others were ready to respond to the attack on the Ambassador, they were told to "stand down".  According to sources, they were told to "stand down" a second time.  Woods and two others responded any way and found the consulate on fire.  Not being able to find the Ambassador,  they returned to the annex.

When the annex came under attack, a request was made and denied for military assistance.  The team was in constant radio contact with headquarters, so lack of communication was not an issue.  One member of the team was manning a heavy machine gun on the roof and they had at least one laser designator to illuminate targets.  A request for an AC-130 Spectre gunship was also denied.  The fighting at the annex went on for four hours, there was sufficient time to scramble F/A18's from Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily which was about 480 miles away.  It is important to remember the the team at the annex had at least one laser designator.  For those not familiar with this device, it is used to guide laser guided bombs to the targets.

Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, claimed that there was not a clear enough picture of what was occurring on the ground to send additional force to rescue those at the annex.  In the opinion of many military experts and in my opinion, this is unmitigated bullcrap!  There were drones in the air and there were two former Navy SEALs on the ground who are well trained in assessing the combat situation on the ground.  Again, remember there were no communications issues.

The American public and more importantly, the families of those killed, deserve the truth on what happened and why the was no attempt to send the military into Benghazi.

What did the civilian command authority know and when did they know it.  Who gave the orders to deny military assistance and who will be held accountable!

VOTER FRAUD IN OHIO?

So it begins.  Dems are busing Somalis to polling places and telling them how to vote!  What ever happened to the requirement that a person had to show a proficiency in English to become a citizen?  According to the article, eye witnesses observed the dem interpreters instructing the Somalis to vote brown which meant to vote the dem line.  There were no republican interpreters around.

This brings up the question if the voter cannot speak any English, what is their citizenship status.  Just another reason for voter ID laws!

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS FOR BOYCOTT

The UN Human Rights Council, ( members includes Qatar, Libya, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and China),

is calling for a boycott of companies doing business with Israel, targeting American companies such as Caterpillar and  Hewlet-Packard.  Along with the boycott, the UN HRC is threatening legal action against those companies and their employees.

Because of the countries that make up the UN HRC, the Bush administration refused to participate, but the Obama administration joined as soon as Obama was sworn in.  

"The report attempts to instigate a campaign of boycott, divestment, sanctions, and legal action against a litany of international companies doing business in Israel. In addition to American companies, the U.N. targets include major European firms such as Veolia Environnement, Group 4 Security, the Dexia Group, the Volvo Group.

“The costs to companies and businesses of failing to respect international humanitarian law are considerable,” the report warns, “including damage to a company’s public image, impact on shareholder decisions and share price and could result in employees being criminally responsible for rights abuses.”

The report warns American employees of targeted companies that they face legal risks.

“Employees of companies can face investigation and prosecution for human rights violations committed irrespective of where the violation was committed.”"

The UN once again attempts to take more of our sovernreignty away and Obama seems to be okay with this.  

A note to those Jewish voters who support Obama, Israel is under attack by the UN with Obama's approval! 

OBAMA CAMPAIGN TAKING FOREIGN DONATIONS?

The Obama campaign has accepted contributions from a foreign national. According to an article in the New York Post, Chris Walker, a British citizen, was able to make two $5.00 donations through the Obama campaign website.  He used an Arkansas address and a New York zip code and the donations went through.  

Mr. Walker then tried at Romney's web site and the transaction was rejected as the address given and the address on the card.  Further, the Romney site then asked for the three digit code on the back of the card. 

The Obama campaign took in some $2,000,000.00 from donors that did not provide zip codes or incomplete zip codes according to the FEC for September.  One wonders how many of these donations were actually from foreign nationals.  The Obama campaign claims it is only a minor technical glitch.  Strikes me that that much money in questionable donations is more than minor.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE

So much for the most transparent administration in history.  The Obama administration has stopped issuing reports, as required by law, on the $831 billion stimulus.  The stimulus law requires these reports.  As of today, there have not been any reports issued for 2012.  

One has to wonder why this administration will not release any quarterly reports on the stimulus?  Could it be that the stimulus has been a miserable failure and a colossal waste of borrowed money?  It is my opinion that it has been, what do you think?

A LIST OF OBAMA'S FAILED GREEN COMPANIES

Here is a list of failed "green" energy companies the Obama administration has invest out taxpayer dollars in:

1. Evergreen Solar ($24 million)*
2. SpectraWatt ($500,000)*
3. Solyndra ($535 million)*
4. Beacon Power ($69 million)*
5. AES’s subsidiary Eastern Energy ($17.1 million)
6. Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million)
7. SunPower ($1.5 billion)
8. First Solar ($1.46 billion)
9. Babcock and Brown ($178 million)
10. EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)*
11. Amonix ($5.9 million)
12. National Renewable Energy Lab ($200 million)
13. Fisker Automotive ($528 million)
14. Abound Solar ($374 million)*
15. A123 Systems ($279 million)*
16. Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($6 million)
17. Johnson Controls ($299 million)
18. Schneider Electric ($86 million)
19. Brightsource ($1.6 billion)
20. ECOtality ($126.2 million)
21. Raser Technologies ($33 million)*
22. Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)*
23. Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)*
24. Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsen’s Mills Acquisition Company ($10 million)*
25. Range Fuels ($80 million)*
26. Thompson River Power ($6.4 million)*
27. Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)*
28. LSP Energy ($2.1 billion)*
29. UniSolar ($100 million)*
30. Azure Dynamics ($120 million)*
31. GreenVolts ($500,000)
32. Vestas ($50 million)
33. LG Chem’s subsidiary Compact Power ($150 million)
34. Nordic Windpower ($16 million)*
35. Navistar ($10 million)
36. Satcon ($3 million)*

*Denotes companies that have filed for bankruptcy.

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE II

I thought Mitt Romney did well in this debate, considering he had to not only debate Obama, but also had to deal with Candy Crowley, who is obviously in the Obama camp.  Not only did she interrupt Romney 28 times, she also played fact checker on the Libyan  question and got it wrong,  She had to retract that, after the debate. Just as a point of information, the White House contradicts Obama and Crowley.  CNN later issued a defense of Crowley, saying she was superb as the moderator.  CNN merely confirmed that they to, are in the tank for Obama.

Quite frankly, Crowley threw Romney off with her incorrect defense of her tin god on this issue.  Obama still has not called what happened in Benghazi a terrorist attack. Romney also missed some other opportunities such as not challenging Obama on the Lily Ledbetter Act.  I would have wanted to know why the Obama White House pays women 18% less than men. Also, Romney should not ask Obama questions that Romney did not provide the answer first.

As for Obama, the only way he could have done worse than the first debate, would have been if he did not show up.  He did manage to get Romney's 47% comments in, but in a some what underhanded way, by injecting it into his closing statement, which Romney could not defend.

By now, we have all hears the arguments from the pundits, analysts and assorted others on who did better or won this debate.  As far as I am concerned, their opinions are of no consequence.  The folks that matter, the undecided voters, tell us that Romney was the winner.

JUST HOW DEEP IS THE NY TIMES IN THE TANK FOR OBAMA?

Pat Caddell, certainly no right winger, says it is very scary how far the times will go to prop up Obama.  If your only source of information is the NY Times, you would have no idea what has been happening in regards to Benghazi.  

On Fox News Sunday, Laura Ingram asked Jeff Zeleny, the NY Times political reporter, why the Times was camped out at Scooter Libby's house during the Plame affair, but not camped out at UN Ambassador Susan Rice's home.  Zeleny had that 'deer in the headlights' look, especially when Brit Hume agreed with Ingram.

Some one told Susan Rice what to say on those five Sunday shows she appeared on.  One would think that the Times, the self proclaimed paper of record, would want to know who told her.  Was it some one from the intelligence community or a political person, say maybe Axelrod or Jarrett.  

Caddell is spot on in calling the Times out of this.  One has to wonder just how close the relationship between the Times and the Obama campaign actually is!

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HARRY REID'S WAR ON NEVADA

According to Sherman Frederick of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Harry Reid has been waging a war against Nevadans.  He points out three different situations to make his point.

Pumpkin Hollow Copper Project - This would have provided 800 jobs for a state that has the highest unemployment rate in the nation.  The City of Yerington needed to purchase about 10,400 acres of federal land.  Yerington sought legislation to do this and it passed the House 232 - 188.  So where is this legislation now?  Harry is sitting on it and when he gets around to it, it should contain a rider for a wilderness area.  No one knows why.

Nevada Clean Coal Power Plants - Two 1,500 megawatt clean coal power plants were slated to be built near Ely, Nevada.  This would have created 1,200 construction jobs and 200 permanent jobs.  Harry stopped the project, insisting that Nevada Power go to far more expensive renewable sources.

ENN Mojave Energy - Harry and the Feds gave some 1 billion dollars of taxpayer money to a firm owned by Communist China.  This project created 136 jobs in Nevada at a cost of $735,000 per job.  The original plan was for this to be built in Nevada and the energy sold to California.  California said no to the deal, so Harry tried to force Nevada Energy to buy the energy from his commie buddies and in doing so, close down two coal fired plants.  It should be noted that Harry's son is the lawyer for ENN.

I agree with Frederick that Harry Reid is screwing the citizens of Nevada.  In my opinion, Harry is just trying to pad his pockets and Nevadans be damned!

MORE ON BENGHAZIGATE

Our friends over at Powerline have put together a solid blog from State Department's transcript of the briefing on what happened in Benghazi.  According to the transcript, there was no spontaneous demonstration, still UN Ambassador Susan Rice claimed it was a spontaneous riot over some dumb video.  It seems clear that some one told Rice what to say.  The question is who told her?  It appears that thew State Department did not buy into this scenario.

It looks like there is going to be a blame game between the White House and State Department.  You can bet that the Clintons' are not going to allow Obama to place the blame on Hilary, as she still has hopes for a 2016 run for the White House.

So now it seems that Obama and Clinton will try and place blame on the intelligence community.  Old Joe Biden claims that they did not know more security was requested.  That would lay at the feet of State and Hilary.  

What I want to know is why the scene of this attack was never secured.  Why did it take the FBI three weeks to investigate the scene?  What ever evidence might have been there was surely compromised!

If Obama continues to try and blame State, you can be sure the Clintons' will some how find a way to toss it right back at Obama. 

Powerline Source

 

UN WANTS MORE CONTROL OF THE INTERNET

Looks like the UN wants to impose a fee on the internet as part of their plan to have more control of the internet.  This fee is gaining more support with African and Arab states, which we all know are mostly dictatorships or do not hold free and fair elections.  As far as I am concerned, this is nothing more than a money and power grab by the UN.

According to US Ambassador, Terry Kramer, this proposal by the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association, would force US companies such as Google, Netflix and Facebook, to pay fees to network operators around the world.  This is just a tax on American companies which we who use the internet would have to pay.

This does nothing for innovation or promotion of growth for the internet.  The UN just wants more power and another source of revenue to redistribute.  Kramer warned that the US is gaining a reputation for opposing changes to the International Telecommunications Treaty.  As far as I am concerned, we should be opposed to any treaty that gives the UN more power over the internet!  

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CUTTER: BENGHAZI ONLY AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF ROMNRY/RYAN

In a lame attempt to deflect criticism of mishandling of the Benghazi terrorist attacks, proven liar Stephanie Cutter, is blaming Romney/Ryan for this being an issue.  The fact that the Obama administration misled the American people for political purposes is the reason this is a political issue.

The failure of this administration and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to provide adequate protection for our Ambassador and the consulate in Benghazi is the issue.  It is an issue of failed leadership. 

When Romney criticized the embassy in Cairo for issuing an apology for a video that had little to do with the rioting there, he was roundly condemned.  Turns out he hit the nail on the head.  Then Obama and Clinton spent $70,000 of taxpayer money to run ads in Pakistan, apologizing for this idiotic video.  

Ambassador Rice then hit all the Sunday news shows claiming it was all over this video.  Jay Carney did his best Baghdad Bob imitation, claiming the same thing for days.  In the meantime, Obama and Biden continued to take victory laps on the killing of bin Laden.  I do not know about you, but I saw the signs in English and Arabic, claiming that there were 1.5 billion Osamas at all these demonstrations and riots in the Muslim world.  Could it be that all this spiking of the ball was one of the reasons, along with the anniversary of 9/11 for these riots and not so much some stupid video?

What we have here is an administration that has claimed, through their efforts, al Qaeda is all but gone and the Muslims will be so much more friendly to us.  They decided to cover up what happened or they would have to admit their Middle East policy is a failure, which it is.

Spin this all you want Cutter, but the fact is Obama has failed and this terrorist attack that killed four Americans falls squarely on the shoulders of this administration's failed policies.

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VP DEBATE MODERATOR A FRIEND OF OBAMA?

It turns out the the moderator for the VP debate, Martha Raddatz, is a friend of Barak Obama.  Her former husband, Julius Genachowski,who was tapped by Obama to head up the Federal Communications Commission, were classmates at Harvard.  Obama was a guest at their wedding.

ABC News is trying to downplay all of this and sent out a pre-emptive  statement to several left wing outlets such as Politico and Huffington Post to bury the story.  One has to ask how impartial will Raddatz be, in light of the importance of this debate after the drubbing Obama received in his debate with Mitt Romney.

What I can not understand is why the republicans would accept left leaning moderators for all of the debates.  

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DUMBEST IDEA OF THE YEAR?

Just how dumb is this idea?  The President of the Cook County Board of Supervisors wants a "violence" tax on all firearms and ammunition sold in Cook County.  Toni Preckwinkle actually thinks this tax will reduce violence.  Her Chief of Staff, Kurt Summers, claims this tax will reduce the number of guns on the streets.  He also states that 1/3 of the guns recovered on Chicago streets were purchased in suburban gun shops.

Do these two really believe that those weapons were legally purchased by criminals, gang bangers and other miscreants?   If they do I have some great swamp land in Florida to sell them.

What this is, is a money and power grab.  The only people that will be impacted by this tax, will be law abiding citizens who can actually pass the background checks.  

Chicago has a history of claiming that the Second Amendment does not apply to the cities and states.  It took the Supreme Court in MacDonald v. The City of Chicago, Illinois  which finally affirmed that the Second Amendment applies to the several states and cities therein.  

This tax will do nothing to reduce the horrendous crime and murder rates in Chicago.  Only strict enforcement of current laws will help.

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POLLS POLLS POLLS

The Romney post debate bounce continues.  Romney now leads in Ohio by 1%,  Quite frankly, I believe the margin is wider as this poll has 42% democrats, 33% republicans and 25% independents.  Rasmussen, is showing Romney up by 2% in the swing state poll.  This cannot be good news for the Obama campaign.

The Washington Times is reporting that a Sienna Research Institute poll has Romney trailing Obama by just 3% in PA, with 12% undecided.  A PPP survey found Romney trailing by 2% in WI.  It should be noted that PPP is a democrat polling organization.  

Things must be getting desperate for Obama supporters as they are now defacing Romney signs in VA. 

There is also a report that there may be a big shake up at Obama campaign headquarters.

All in all some good news for Romney/Ryan! 

BENGHAZI UPDATE II

ABC News is reporting that Ambassador Chris Stevens wanted the Security Support Team to remain with him in Libya past the end of deployment in August.  It appears that the Regional Security Officer did not specifically ask for the SST to remain.  The SST is made up of sixteen special operations soldiers, that may have been able to thwart the attack in Benghazi.

Some one at the State Department has really messed up here.  It strikes me that when an ambassador asks for continued security, there should be no question that they get it, especially in a country as unstable as Libya.

I have to wonder what these people were thinking leaving Ambassador Steven essentially unprotected!

You can read the rest of the ABC report here.

HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY

Mitt Romney delivered his foreign policy plan and made a scathing attack on the Obama strategy.  Romney said the Obama was naive in not understanding that there are people in the world that just want to kill Americans.  He also stated that our friends and allies around the world want more American leadership, not less.

Romney also praised the troops who sent bin Laden to sleep with the fishes.  He noted the Obama has not provided the support that our partners want and need.  

Romney also hit on the proposed cuts in military spending which would severely impact our ability to respond to more than one crises.  He also quoted General George Marshal, VMI graduate and Army Chief of Staff during WWII, who said, "The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.”.  

All in all it was an excellent critique of Obama's foreign policy and a road map to repair the damage Obama has done.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/08/romney_offers_critique_of_obamas_foreign_policy.html 

Speech Text: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/10/08/mitt_romney_gives_an_address_on_foreign_policy.html

 

IRAN AND THE BOMB

The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) is reporting that Iran is 2 - 4 months away from having enough weapons grade uranium for one nuke.  ISIS also reports it would take additional time to weaponize and build a bomb.  

This is most disturbing as it shortens the time frame to prevent Iran from building a bomb.  You can bet that Iran will want to engage in more "talks" to buy time to finish creating a bomb.

The Obama administration will naively continue with "talks', since Obama thinks he can sweet talk these Iranian fanatics out of a bomb!

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/iran-nuclear-weapon-isis/2012/10/08/id/459101

OBAMA MISREPRESENTS STUDY ON ROMNEY'S TAX PLAN

Looks like Obama and his campaign are the ones lying.  The new Obama game plan is to call Romney a liar (more on this later).  Now, the author of one of the analysis of the Romney tax plan is calling out Obama.  Princeton professor Harvey Rosen, is saying that the recent Obama campaign e-mail claiming that his analysis calls for a $10,000 to $20,000 tax hike on the middle class is flat out false.

Once again, Obama and his campaign toadies lie.  Below are two links, one to the source article and one to an earlier article with more details on Professor Rosen's analysis.

Source: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/princeton-economist-obama-campaign-misrepresenting-my-study-romneys-tax-plan_653917.html 

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/princeton-economist-math-behind-romneys-tax-plan-adds_653618.html 

ANDREA MITCHELL OUTED BY DEMOCRATS AS PARTISAN

Andrea Mitchell, a supposed impartial journalist, has actually been outed as in the tank for Obama.  Of course, most of us already knew that just watching her spew out Obama talking points.  She is featured in a new Obama ad, claiming that Romney is not being honest on his tax plan, once again using Obama talking points.

NBC is up in arms, not because Mitchell is shown to be in Obama's back pocket, rather because NBC feels the dems are stealing their material without permission.  I am sure NBC will not sanction Mitchell in any way.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/10/07/andrea-mitchell-outed-as-partisan-hack-obama-campaign-liberal-media-bias/