Mother Of Sean Smith Wants Obama To Answer How Her Son Being Dead Is A “Phony Scandal”

By William Teach July 26, 2013 – 7:45 am

There were only two things that came out of Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy: 1st, all he has is stale, failed ideas and blamestorming. 2nd, his calling scandals, like the intentional targeting of Tea Party groups by the IRS and what happened in Benghazi, “phony” and “fake”. Why don’t we ask the mother of Sean Smith

(Daily Caller) The mother of a Benghazi victim is furious about the new White House strategy of calling the terrorist attack and many other scandals plaguing the Obama administration “fake” or “phony.”

Patricia Smith, mother of Sean Smith, who was slain in the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack, lashed out on “Your World” on the Fox News Channel about that terminology.

President Obama has never revealed what, if anything, he was doing while workers at the Benghazi embassy were urgently requesting support, nor has the administration explained why no forces were sent to protect the embassy. The administration also denied the attack was a terrorist incident, claiming it was a spontaneous protest against an obscure YouTube trailer for a film that may or may not exist.

“I don’t believe him anymore,” Smith said. “He’s wrong. My son is dead. How could that be phony?”

According to Smith, she has been given no answers about what happened that night. She said the administration told her she “didn’t need to know.”

Don’t expect most of the media to give her the same time and prestige that they gave Cindy Sheehan, because that would be inconvenient to El Presidente Obama. We’re fast approaching the one year anniversary of the terrorist attack on Benghazi, and we still don’t have all the answers and the Obama administration is still stonewalling.

Sadly, this has had to be turned into a political issue, thanks to Obama and his minions. Calling these scandals phony and fake makes it worse. Is it fake that agencies under the “supervision” of Mr. Obama ran guns into Mexico, which has resulted in the deaths of at least 200 Mexicans, including children, Mexican law enforcement, and two US federal border agents? Apparently so, to the most divisive president ever.

(Newsmax) “I think it’s like the captain of the Titanic calling the iceberg phony,” Gerritson said. The only phony thing she said she sees is the narrative the White House is trying to push off on the American people.

That’s Becky Gerritson of Alabama’s Wetumpka Tea Party, which was targeted by the IRS.

Double sadly, it’s hard for Americans to concentrate on any one scandal or issue because when it comes to America under Obama there are so, so many problems.

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Dems Big Recess Plans: Focus On “Climate Change”

By William Teach July 26, 2013 – 7:16 am

Glad they have their priorities straight, what with a poor jobs market, real wages in the crapper, more and more people being shifted to part time positions, historic numbers of people dropping out of the jobs market, etc and so on. You know the hit parade.

(Politico) The White House, congressional Democrats and their allies are plotting an August recess offensive to promote President Barack Obama’s climate change plan and head off Republican opposition.

The full-court press shows that liberals have learned from past August congressional recesses, when Republicans, aided by the tea party, out organized Democrats and managed to demonize cap and trade and blame them for high gas prices.

“The Democrats should seize the opportunity to contrast themselves with the nihilistic House Republicans by advocating solutions to these challenges — including climate change,” said Daniel Weiss, senior fellow and director of climate strategy for the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

And what kinds of action are they pushing? The same things Obama is pushing: more taxes, more regulation, more Big Government, more spending. Strangely absent is the notion that people who believe in “climate change” should change their own behavior.

The strategy is two-fold. First, liberals hope to better articulate the threats posed by climate change to the average citizen, including sea level rise, drought and wildfires. Second, they plan to call out Republicans in Congress who are skeptical about climate change science.

So, we can expect lots of scary stories about things that “might” happen decades into the future, provided by people who take lots of fossil fueled flights and drive around in fossil fueled vehicles. And, as we all know, the best way to get someone to work with you is to insult them, demonize them, and call them names.

Starting next week, (EPA head Gina) McCarthy will begin traveling around the country to discuss the importance of acting on climate change. The White House official said her schedule includes speeches, media events and meetings with outside groups — all of which will be promoted heavily on social media. And the official added that McCarthy will begin meeting with states soon to discuss the agency’s pending climate regulations.

So, she’s going to take lots of fossil fueled planes and motor vehicles to explain the danger of fossil fuels? This is all being ginned up by Obama’s “independent” Organizing For Action, which will itself hold a “day of action” on August 13. I wonder what the Gore Effect will look like on that day? Anyhow, will they recommend every Warmist like a “carbon neutral” life that day? Nope. Perish the thought. They’ll push the same old taxes, Big Government, and control over Other People’s lives. Oh, and that Obama should unilaterally Do Something, like he’s a dictator, not POTUS.

Here’s your homework: go to these rallies and town halls, your Congress critter’s office if necessary and they’re a Democrat, ask them what they are doing in their own lives. Put them on the spot.

PS: The Politico story even attempts the old silliness of putting a power-plant picture at the top of the story, supposedly putting out CO2, when in fact CO2 is colorless.

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Time: We’re Doomed When Antarctica Melts

By William Teach July 25, 2013 – 3:28 pm

Majorly dooooomed, per Bryan Walsh, one of Time’s resident climaysterics

Antarctica Melted in the Past, and As the Climate Warms, It’s Poised to Melt Again

Wait, wait, the headline says it has happened before, and will happen again? What made it happen before? Bryan goes on to describe that Antarctica has been relatively stable, boring, and for the most part non-melting (temps have been flat for this entire century), then

A new study in the journal Nature Geoscience suggests that large of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet experienced significant melting during the Pleistocene Pliocene epoch*, between 5.3 and 2.6 million years ago, when atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide were similar to where they are today, and temperatures were about 2 to 3 C warmer than they are now. It was a time when sea levels were some 66 ft. higher than they are today—more than high enough to swamp coastal cities. While scientists knew that all of Greenland and West Antarctica had to be ice-free at the time, the sediment data in the Nature Geoscience shows that the East Antarctic ice sheet must have retreated a couple hundred miles inland. “The East Antarctic Ice Sheet has been much more sensitive to climate change in the past than previously realized,” said the study’s lead author, Carys Cook of Imperial College London, in a statement.

If CO2 was the same as today, but temps were higher, then, wouldn’t that mean that something else was driving the warmth other than CO2? But, we’re all meant to freak out about CO2. Because apparently the Antarctic permafrost is melting faster than evah!!!! but, um, wait, ah

It’s important to note that global warming is not responsible for the permafrost melt here—that region of Antarctic actually experienced a cooling trend from 1986 to 2000, followed by relatively stable temperatures. The Scientific Letters researchers suggest instead that the melting is due to an increase in radiation from sunlight resulting from changing weather patterns that allow more light to reach the ground during the summer.

So, not global warming, and certainly not anthropogenic global warming. Just nature. Good to know. So the entire point of the article, which was to Blame humans, was false.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 25, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is the need to wear almost no clothes is a hot drought world, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, with a post saying John Boehner has to go.

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NCDC Changing Temperature Data Values

By William Teach July 25, 2013 – 10:32 am

(I’ve been sitting on this post as a draft for a couple days, thought I would finally post it based on an earlier comment by John, in which we can clearly see that the “2010 is the hottest year evah! ” talking point is a lie, and Warmists don’t care enough to see hard data)

I happened to be looking up some values regarding the talking points of “9 of the 10 warmest years EVAH!!!!!! occurring during this century” in a whiny post at Climate Progress by Tiffany Germain. Those values came from a post by Anthony Watts. Let’s take a look at some of those values, shall we?

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Warmists: Global Warming Is Just Around The Corner, We Promise

By William Teach July 25, 2013 – 8:08 am

Over at Ace of Spades, Ace mentions a study that links sunspots to the high level of warming that occurred from the late 19070’s to around 1990, and how that lack of sunspots is predicting a cooling period. That reminded me of this article from Monday that I stuck in Instapaper (via Tom Nelson)

Global warming ‘on pause’ but set to resume

Global warming has been on “pause” for 15 years but will speed up again and is still a real threat, Met Office scientists have warned.

Surface temperatures around the world have not increased on average since the late 1990s, causing some sceptics to suggest that climate change is not happening as quickly as experts predict.

But in a set of three new reports, the Met Office claims that global warming has been disguised in recent years by the oceans, which have absorbed greater amounts of heat and prevented us from noticing the difference at surface level.

This process, caused by the natural cycle of the oceans, could delay earlier predictions of global warming by five to ten years but will not last forever, researchers explained.

Hooray, they got their “the warming is hiding” talking points down, to go with the newer “it’s not the land temperature, but the sea temperature that matters” TP. The article also notes that natural things, like volcanoes, are masking the warming…um, so why can’t the initial warming be mostly or solely natural?

The Met Office has predicted it could be another five years before surface temperatures begin to rise again, but said the current “pause” would not affect long-term global warming forecasts.

“Trust us, it’s coming” (unless we pass laws that enact wealth transfers, er, carbon taxes, control the behavior of individuals and business, and take over economies). Mark your calendars to see if their predictions come true, because they made the same type previously. Yeah, how’s that working out?

The world faces record-breaking temperatures as the sun’s activity increases, leading the planet to heat up significantly faster than scientists had predicted for the next five years, according to a study.

That was 2009. But, what we’ve seen is no resumption of warming. Europe and much of the world has seen the past 4 out of 5 winters being harsh. Spring 2013 was barely a glimmer, and in many places never really made an appearance. Much of the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing a harsh winter now. As I’ve mention numerous times, since 1990 the global temperature, per Met Office data, has increase just 0.28F, and a statistically insignificant 0.14F since 1997, most of that from the 1998 El Nino.

So, what’s going to happen? Damned if I know. Damned if the Warmists know. The studies suggesting a coming cool period, either a short term one similar to the 1940’s to late 1970’s, or even a deep period like the Little Ice Age, could be right. Or not. Warming could restart next year, or 5-10 years out. Or not. Right now the world is in an elevated warm period following the 1998 El Nino. Some data shows that the global temps are actually going down a little bit. The climate will do what the climate will do. We are mostly along for the ride. One thing we can count on is that no matter what happens, Warmists will Blame Mankind. If we flip into a cool period of any length, expect the talking points to blame Mankind in some form or fashion for the “climate change” while simultaneously stating that nature and the actions of Mankind are masking the effects of anthropogenic global warming.

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Slate Wonders What Went Wrong With North Carolina

By William Teach July 25, 2013 – 7:18 am

Well, we decided we didn’t want to be Detroit

(Slate) North Carolina is proving itself to be the poster child for all that is wrong with modern American democracy and—with thanks to Moral Mondays—also highlighting all that may someday save it.

Ironically, as I’ve mentioned, Moral Monday has added abortion on demand to their list of grievances whines, demanding zero regulations on the procedure. They do not even like the notion that abortions should be performed in clean, medical clinic type offices. And there are supposed men of the cloth involved with pushing abortion. Hey, they’re even upset about people being allowed under law to not perform one due to their consciences without reprisal. So, yeah, there’s your MM crowd, lots of whom are bused in from out of state.

Once a temperate and tolerant beacon of the South, the state is poised to enact a rash of inexpressibly awful legislation, rushed through a Republican legislature. Because the GOP has veto-proof super-majorities in the state House and Senate and a Republican governor—for the first time since Reconstruction—the party has been on a spree. Republican-controlled redistricting was fantastically effective. So much so that in the 2012 elections, nearly 51 percent of North Carolina voters picked a Democrat for the U.S. House, yet Republicans won nine of the state’s 13 House seats, as Chris Kromm and Sue Sturgis recently pointed out.

Elections have consequences, as we were told while Obama and the Dem Congress were passing a wasteful $838 billion Stimulus that failed, Obamacare which is highly unpopular and people want repealed, and a whole raft of other bills, all while the economy stagnates. Nothing went wrong, except in Liberal World, where the old school Blue Dog Democrats turned hardcore Progressives were replaced because the voters of the state were tired of the graft, wasteful spending, poor economic policies, and so many others. For the first time we have a GOP governor and General Assembly at the same time. Dem governors in the past have been pretty good (at least post-Civil Rights era): then we got a miserable excuse for a Chief Executive, Beverly Perdue, who followed the Obama model of incompetence.

Some of the gems advanced recently in the legislature include an abortion bill tacked first onto an anti-Sharia law and then snuck in through a motorcycle safety law (new TRAP regulations may shutter all but one clinic in the state). Another bill forces all educators to teach seventh graders that abortion causes preterm birth (it doesn’t). Lawmakers also enacted legislation (described here and elsewhere as “the harshest unemployment insurance program cuts in our nation’s history”) that resulted in 70,000 North Carolina citizens losing their unemployment benefits. The state is one of the 15 to have refused Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. A proposed education bill would slash teacher compensation, (already ranked among the lowest in the nation), eliminate tenure, and use vouchers to reallocate $90 million of public-school funding to private schools (The school superintendent issued a statement this week saying that in light of the proposed deep cuts to the education budget “For the first time in my career of more than 30 years in public education, I am truly worried about students in our care.”) Don’t forget the embarrassing proposed resolution allowing counties and cities to enshrine a state religion. Or the proposed ban on nipples.

Gee, remember the bribes in Obamacare? Remember how we were told we’d have 3 days to review laws out of the Democrat federal Congress? I don’t remember liberals whining about the GOP adding a minimum wage hike into a Defense bill. Notice that the first thing the Slate write worries about is abortion on demand. That highlights were the first concern of Democrats is. As for the unemployment insurance, the money had to be paid back. NC made a few slight changes to the unemployment system, which was hemorrhaging cash, so the Feds called in the loan. They could have provided a waiver, as they did for other states. They refused to provide the waiver. Perhaps if the Democrats at the federal level weren’t incompetent, and the previous NC Dem governor Perdue wasn’t an incompetent hack, people would be able to find jobs. Good paying ones.

Of course we refused the medicaid expansion. We. Don’t. Want. Obamacare. Period. For the schools, liberals are pissed off about the voucher program. God help them and the power of the teacher’s unions, there for themselves not the kids, if the kids have a choice to go to schools to get educated, instead of indoctrinated and worthless. We could be like Chicago, where 50% do not graduate, and a portion of those who do have a substandard education. The “nipples” thing? Yeah, liberals have a problem with laws that make it a “Class H felony to purposefully expose “private parts” for the “purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire.”” Perhaps a Class H might be too much (more than a year in jail, same class domestic abuse (based on repeat status)), but we here in NC would prefer that citizens not expose themselves in front of anyone, including children, to satisfy their sexual desire.

Slate also whines about the new voter ID law. Well, good news! The Slate writer doesn’t live here. And, really, if Dahlia Lithwick can’t afford $5 for a picture ID, then she should work on her jobs skills. People have ID for everything else….well, you know how this goes. Dahlia did get the talking points memo, apparently, as she mentions “voter suppression”.

But, other than a some of the big city Progressives, the vast majority of North Carolinians like what the General Assembly is passing. They like the new firearms bill. They aren’t complaining. It’s a small portion of people who would prefer the same types of measures that ruined California and Detroit, and you add a bunch of folks from other states, who can mind their own business, Bless Their Heart’s.

Finally, Dahlia is worried about this spreading. Well, there’s a reason so many States have elected Republican governors and General Assemblies: California, Detroit, and Obama.

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Seattle Mayor Attempts To Block Whole Foods Over Supposed Low Wages

By William Teach July 24, 2013 – 3:08 pm

This is not quite as bad as the Washington, D.C. council voting to enact a “living wage” requirement for certain companies who want to expand into D.C., which was targeted at Wal-Mart specifically, a clear violation of the law requiring equal treatment under the law, which also meant that Wal-Mart will not build multiple stores which would have provided lots and lots of jobs for D.C. residents. Now we go to Seattle (via Grist)

(Seattle Times) Mayor Mike McGinn is going where no mayor has gone before, saying he won’t support a Whole Foods development in West Seattle unless the company raises the wages of its workers. (snip)

But the reason McGinn gave for coming out against the mixed-use development was unprecedented. It was that the anchor tenant for the complex, Whole Foods, doesn’t pay its workers enough.

“I’m setting a new standard here, that we are going to look at the wages they pay, and benefits, when a company wants to develop with land that involves public property,” McGinn told me in an interview. (snip)

McGinn contended in a letter that the nonunion Whole Foods pays “significantly lower” wages and benefits than other grocery stores, including some already in West Seattle. So the idea of allowing Whole Foods to go in there violates the city’s social and economic justice goals.

Ah, there we go, it’s non-union, and McGinn has a burr up his bumm, wanting to flex his supposed power ahead of the elections. But, why would the mayor have anything to say as to whether a company opens a store in their city, especially in terms of “social and economic justice” goals? Is this not America? Is there no longer freedom? Are elected government officials now dictators who attempt to force their will? Whole Foods states that they pay their non-management employees an average of $16 an hour. Whole Foods is one of Fortune’s Top 100 places to work. Oh, and they already have 6 stores in the Seattle area.

Do they have to run their payrolls past the mayor?

Why … yes. At least Whole Foods ought to, McGinn said.

“If Whole Foods wants to open up their books and prove to us that they provide equal pay and benefits to the other grocery stores, then that’s something we would definitely consider,” McGinn said.

Otherwise, he won’t give his backing unless…why does Whole Foods need his backing? They should say “screw you” and go ahead and build the store. McGinn has no right to look at their books. I think we can all infer that this fight is because Whole Foods is not unionized, and remember that CEO John Mackay has condemned ObamaCare multiple times, including calling it fascistic, going all the way back to 2009. He’s also no fan of Big Government, ie, the type of Progressive government in Seattle. And, he seems to be doing something right considering the growth of Whole Foods and its ranking as a great place to work.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 24, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil CO2 infused bottle of beer, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Just One Minute, with a post on analogy fail and racial heuristics.

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NC General Assembly Passes Smart, Real World Gun Legislation

By William Teach July 24, 2013 – 10:55 am

This is not “common sense” reform, ie, massive restrictions on the 2nd Amendment Rights of law abiding citizens, but real world reforms that make sense. And will surely piss off Liberals who hate the notion of Other People owning guns

(WRAL) The state House and Senate have approved a sweeping package of gun lawsthat tighten penalties for those who violate firearm laws and expand where those with concealed handgun permits can carry their weapons.

The bill now goes to Gov. Pat McCrory for his signature or veto. (snip)

The compromise passed by by both chambers Tuesday keeps the current handgun permit system in place but give local sheriffs less latitude in issuing the permits. Sheriffs will no longer be able restrict the number of handgun permits an individual can obtain in a year, something that some sheriffs do now. Also, sheriffs will have to keep a record and show cause when they reject a handgun permit application.(snip)

Other parts of the bill will allow concealed handgun permit holders to bring their weapons to bars and restaurants that serve alcohol – although they are not supposed to consume alcohol – carry them in funeral processions and allow them to keep firearms locked in their car when parked on college or public school campuses.

The bill also removes information regarding those who hold concealed handgun permits from public view.

The bill also strengthens penalties for those who violate firearms laws and will increase the amount of information, such as mental health problems, in the state’s background check system.

There are many other provisions in the bill expanding the Rights of The People to legally carry guns, particularly handguns, while cracking down on those who are Bad People. Private businesses will still be allowed to ban concealed carry if they choose.

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