Ambush!

May 30-31, 2011

Flash back to March of 2010: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House and our President refused to pose for photos with him. He then asked Mr. Netanyahu to halt all new settlement construction in East Jerusalem. Many Israelis and the Prime Minister perceived the request as pro-Palestinian and hurtful to Israel’s sovereignty. Netanyahu, probably stunned, didn’t respond. Then Obama walked out, telling him to work with our president’s advisors, and said, “…I’m still around. Let me know if there is anything new.” The PM was understandably irritated and felt humiliated. The Israeli media called it a White House ambush and said their PM was “disgraced.”

About a week ago President Obama stated what radical Muslims want – a return to the 1967 borders, which would make Israel vulnerable to future attacks. See Ed Morrissey’s clear analysis here: Morrissey. American liberals will defend the president by saying he was only suggesting a starting place for negotiations. And, they’ll say that Mr. Obama said there would be “mutually agreed swaps,” because everyone knows there can actually be no return to the ‘67 borders. He did say that, but the left forgets that Israel was attacked by multiple Arab countries, and in six days seized the land in self-defense (see a map, google the history). Our president showed his naiveté for assuming the Israelis would not be insulted by the mere suggestion the peace process begin with the pre-war borders. They would never consider a proposal like that one. They don’t even want to hear it.

During a mutual press conference with President Obama a couple of days later, PM Netanyahu took the opportunity to state that all of Israel bristles at the mention of the borders prior to the six-day war. The left said he appeared to lecture our president as he reminded everyone that Israel can’t negotiate with a group which still refuses to accept his country’s existence. There are several reasons for this misperception. One is that many in our media don’t care for Mr. Netanyahu. Another is Mr. Netanyahu’s long-term involvement in Israel’s affairs since the 1960’s. U.S. Presidents typically don’t stay on the scene very long. Therefore, Barack Obama falls into the category of ‘relative newcomer.’ The Prime Minister probably could have eyeballed the media while speaking, but instead turned to Mr. Obama. He thought he’d educate our president – and our people. At the same time, he recanted some of the history of his area - and he was masterful at it. Perhaps he was paying our leader back for the snub of 2010. And who could blame him?

Next, Mr. Netanyahu spoke in front of our Congress. Too bad President Obama chose to travel instead. And the PM gave a knock-it-out-of-the-park speech. It summed up the problem – while describing the solution. I’m sure it can also be found elsewhere, but you can read it here: Netanyahu Transcript. I hope President Obama learned something from Mr. Netanyahu. He needed it. We could all learn something from the Prime Minister, he’s a remarkable man, and a great leader.

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Attacks on Republicans Continue

May 24, 2011

The number of people on Food Stamps has risen from 32 million in January of 2009 (when President Obama took office) to 40 million today. So, Newt Gingrich said Obama is the "Food Stamp" president. But, as predicted here: The MSM, Part III, the MSM is in attack mode. Every Republican is fair game. Every Democrat gets a pass. When were such aggressive questions last asked of a Democrat? 1992? On Meet the Press, on May 15, 2011, host David Gregory accused Newt Gingrich (R-GA) of racism for speaking about the rise in food stamp recipients. Racism? Gingrich didn't say anything racist, but the left sees any criticism of a black president as racist. The MSM reporter is the racist for implying - and perpetuating the lie - that all blacks are on food stamps.

Not convinced? The following Sunday, on Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer attacked the former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives for having a rotating line of credit at a jewelry store. For those of you who might not know, lines of credit are a normal way of doing business for wealthier Americans. Schieffer: "... you owed between two hundred and fifty thousand, a half million dollars to a jewelry company. What was that about Mister Speaker?" Gingrich: "... We have a reasonably good income..." Schieffer: "Did you owe a half million dollars to a jewelry company at one point?" Gingrich: "We had a revolving fund." Schieffer: " I mean who buys a half million dollars worth of jewelry on credit?" (Remember, Schieffer is rich, too, but he is trying to show his audience that Gingrich is wealthy. Schieffer believes that this fact alone will convince his audience to dislike the former Speaker.) Gingrich: "... it’s--my private life." Schieffer: "... You’re going to be the guy in charge of the Treasury Department. And it just- it just sticks out--" Gingrich: "...I am debt-free. If the U.S. government was debt-free as I am, everybody in America would be celebrating. I think I have proven I can manage money." Did a single reporter (from the MSM) harass Barack Obama about his assets, what he owed, or where he spent his money in 2008? Didn't think so.

Read the entire and extraordinary transcript for yourself at: Newt on Face the Nation. The MSM came down on the Tea Party, calling them radical and dangerous, remember? Schieffer asked Gingrich about the president's recent speech, in which he called for a Palestinian State and a return to the 1967 borders (prior to the 6-day war, which began when Israel was attacked, BTW). Gingrich: "...I think it is a disaster. I think it is extraordinarily dangerous. I think that it-- defining the 1967 border would be an act of suicide for Israel..." Schieffer: "...I have to ask you though you’re using words like dangerous. I mean, the President was calling for peace. How-- why-- why can you characterize that as dangerous?" Gingrich: "...how do you have peace with a Hamas organization whose stated goal is the destruction of Israel and driving every Israeli out of the country? ...the President talks about peace when he ought to be insisting that we cut off all aid to Hamas and isolate Hamas as long as it is a terrorist organization trying to destroy an entire people."

Even though I used to think I was a liberal, I find their thinking amusing, hypocritical, illogical, and completely misguided today. Don't you?

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NASA: Gifts From Space

Feb., Apr., and May 17, 2011

Newspaper reporter Mark Matthews appeared on Washington Journal on 1/29/11, and spoke about NASA (The National Aeronautical and Space Administration). I was surprised he, a reporter for a The Orlando Sentinel, could not think of ONE benefit that came out of the space program! The interviewer didn't even challenge him on his omissions. This is stunning, if you think about it. Everyone who has followed NASA, from Mercury to Gemini to Apollo, will know at least some reward that we now reap due directly to our exploration of the cosmos.

Here's a reduced list of what we've gained from our ventures outside the earth's atmosphere, grouped by categories: For Agriculture: a. Satellite Imagery Crop Management and Resource Planning. b. Weather Satellite Storm Prediction. c. Long-Range Weather Forecasting. d. Climate Change Imagery. For Education and Telecommunication: a. Micro Computing. b. Long Distance Telephone Networks. c. Car Phones. For Science and Technology: a. High-Density Batteries. b. Robot-Guided Wheelchairs. c. Dry-Film Machinery Lubricants. d. Flat-Panel TV's. For Transportation & Infrastructure: a. Advanced Structural Design for Bridges, Buildings, Trains, Shops, Turbines, etc. For Health & Medicine: a. Automatic Insulin Pump. b. Programmable Pacemaker. c. Food Processing Control. For Energy & Natural Resources: a. Water Purification Systems. b. Energy Efficient Air Conditioning. For The Environment & Public Works: a. Environmentally Safe Sewage Treatment.

Even a good reporter must ask if and/or why these items are related to space exploration. Remember, we should question everything! The answer is simple. For flight, everything required miniaturization in order to save fuel costs. According to Wikipedia, as of the year 2000, to lift just one ounce of material into space cost just shy of $1,000! We had to simplify and reduce weight in a drastic way. Our best scientists did these things for the program, but we get a boost from all of them down on earth, too. Each day, these wonders assist all of us, rich and poor alike, to live a better and a more enjoyable and rewarding life.

Why did a reporter for a Florida paper not know any of this? Mark Matthews, at his job for at least eight years, had to either be kidding - or uneducated. If he was kidding, he is a liberal ideologue, foisting the notion upon us that anything which doesn't directly deal with helping or funneling money to the poor must be shut down. I vote for uneducated, but you have to ask, how did the educational system fail him in this regard? How could he not name even a single contribution from NASA?

Every day we should thank NASA, and President John F. Kennedy (D-MA), for what has been accomplished on our behalf. President Kennedy's vision for our future adventures into the heavens was forward-thinking, and bold for his time, but we need to strive for more - much more. I look forward to the next leader of our country who will step forward, and push us deeper into space - and deeper into discovery for all mankind.

Would someone please instruct reporter Mark Matthews to use Google and/or look at: NASA Spinoffs? Mr. Matthews should also see: Kennedy Space Center and NASA Today. The first site reveals dozens of improvements which came from the aerospace industry, most of which are not listed by me, above! From the second, one can learn of what's going on at KSC right now, and the third is NASA's main site. For all you reporters out there, other sites also exist. There's one for each mission, including the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, which reveals astounding photographs. Use google, reporters. It's a terrific learning tool.

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The MSM, Part III

Apr. 26, and May 10, 2011

Did you notice how the mainstream media (MSM), that rag-time mix of status-quo reporters, gets down on each Republican candidate as they appear on the horizon for the 2012 election season? No? Then, perhaps you've seen them call Sarah Palin (R-AK) an idiot and said there simply could not be a worse candidate than she. And then, they ridiculed Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and said she was a Tea Party radical. Next, they said Donald Trump was a clown, positively the worst candidate, ever. My guess would be that Herman Cain (R-GA) is next, but they'll have some difficulty insulting him.

The MSM keeps interviewing conservatives and tries to get them to look foolish. They always try to pin 'em down! Remember Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin? Or, Charlie Gibson peering down at Palin through glasses strategically placed at the end of his nose to make him appear superior? The formula is set up this way. The MSM interviewer makes a statement or two, and then says to the conservative, "So, [title], will you say right now that you have absolutely no doubts [tag line]?" There are variants, but you get the idea.

Example 1: To Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), "Are you willing to say right now we’re not going to let the country go into default, and we won’t allow a government shutdown?" Chris Matthews of MSNBC crafted that one.

Example 2: Sometimes they repeat their question to try to force an uncomfortable answer. To Sen. Snowe (R-ME) in 2009, "Will you vote for it if you're the only Republican because Senator Grassley, another key Republican, said he's not going to vote for it if he has to be the only Republican? It has to be a broader plan than that. Would you be willing to vote if you're the only Republican that's for this?" Care of Bob Schieffer, CBS news.

Example 3: Governor, will you say right now that you have absolutely no doubts that President Obama was born in the U.S.? Christiane Amanpour said something close to this on her show on ABC.

Example 4: Bob Schieffer said this To Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), "You say you’re not for cutting taxes. But am I misinformed? I thought you were talking about lowering that rate for the top-income taxpayers back to about twenty-five percent, so isn’t that a tax cut?"

I rest my case.

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The MSM, Part II

Apr. 17, 19, and 26, and May 3, 2011

The MSM, that old time conglomerate of anti-conservative newspapers and TV networks, keeps implying that the Tea Party causes Republicans headaches, but it doesn't. I'm a Republican and I like The Tea Party - because it's honest. It's funny to see how members of the MSM don't get it!

Did you see that fun montage on TV, the one which revealed President Obama's favorite drinks? Most of the time, this kind of story starts with an over-the-top, abnormally jovial narrator, saying something like this, (remember, with more glee than usual): "Tea? No, that would be water. And, there you have beer and champagne, soda pop, a nice cold smoothie, a shot of Orange Juice..." At this point, the narrator's strikes a more serious chord. "And yes, ok, he also drinks tea... In fact, he's had to swallow quite a bit lately." The story implies the Tea Party stole Obama's line of 'change.' Next, the narrator's voice is somber and slightly irritated. "When a deal was struck to cut the budget by $38.5 billion - which is historic - they [those darn conservatives] had wanted $100 billion." (But, isn't this but a trifle compared to the $4.6 trillion, skyrocketing debt? For example, 38.5 billion is about 125 times smaller than the national debt.)

The same reporter next turns on the Tea Party. They defied John Boehner (the MSM loves such dissonance among conservatives), the narrator says, so he had to get Democrats to vote with him on the compromise. "This leads to the question, who's leading whom?" (They love to highlight what they see as problems for Republicans, don't they?) "They [Tea Party people], of course, are still going to want big tax cuts and that's going to be a fight because he [President Obama] also talked this week about government that is worth saving." Next the president says the following, "There's nothing serious about a plan [Rep. Paul Ryan's] that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion dollars on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires." The narrator finishes with, "Because to him [President Obama], that tea sounds like Cool Aid and that he's not drinking!" Did I make this up? No, my friends, it was narrated by ABC's John Donvan on This Week on Apr. 17, 2011. By the way, what is government that's worth saving?

Remember when reporters were inquisitive? They used to question everything, and ask the important people they interviewed meaningful and incisive questions, but not anymore. Notice how the mainstream media's reporters support Democrats and their positions? No? Then perhaps you missed Matt Lauer on the Apr. 6, 2011 edition of the Today show giving Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) a break by saying it all for him. Lauer said, "And when you look at some of the things the Tea Party and others on the far right are asking for: no funding for planned parenthood, no funding for climate control, public broadcasting..." Now, here comes the tough question (for Schumer) from Lauer, "Does this seem to you, Senator, that this is less about a fiscal debate or an economic policy debate and they [the Republicans] are making an ideological stand here?" Schumer could only respond with, "That's exactly, right, Matt. You've hit the nail on the head."

Yes, the MSM is quite a pain!

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