The Soapbox: Political Discourse

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Israel spied on Obama's nuclear talks with Iran and then shared it with members of Congress, and for what it's worth Israel has denied this allegation. Now let's just assume for a moment that the WSJ article is true. First of all the "anonymous sources" offered no proof that Israel spied on US rather than Iranian or other allied targets. The only confirmed spying was the US on Israel, which is how they they "allegedly" found out about it in the first place. In fact the NSA has spied on everyone from the Pope, to Angelica Merkel, to former Israeli leaders, and Americans themselves. So it's a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. Second they were sharing the information with congress! You know the guys who are supposed to actually make and ratify treaties. This is something the Obama administration should be doing anyways, but it isn't. So we have a story that tries to paint Israel as the bad guy...

In the fictions world of comic books, Bizarro is the mirror-image antagonist of Superman. Everything Superman is, Bizarro is the exact opposite. In Bizarro's world everything is backwards. Up is down, down is up. Good is evil and evil is good. In much the way in Obama is the exact opposite of every American president. Think of him as the Bizarro Reagan. In Obama's Bizarro World our friends are our enemies and our enemies are our friends. Nothing highlights this point than Obama's handling of the middle-east. When the Arab Spring came to Egypt, Obama was first in line to throw Mubarak, a long time American ally, under the bus just so he could get his buddies the Muslim Brotherhood into power. A group whose spawned numerous terrorist organizations, and whose stated goal it is to dismantle America and turn it into a Muslim nation. He's also taken long time enemies Iran and Hezbollah off the terror threat list. You know the same Iran that took 52 American hostages fo...

Recently Marie Harf, the deputy spokesman for the US Department of State, said about ISIS:  “We’re killing a lot of them, and we’re going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians — they’re in this fight with us,” Harf said. “But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it’s a lack of opportunity for jobs.” Likewise Queen Rania of Jordan echoed this sentiment:  “At the heart of this war is ideology, and you cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea.” Liberals will say you can't kill an ideology through war, but is it true? Some 70 years ago we defeated a similar ideology whose followers were just as religiously fanatical and fervent as the militant followers of Islam. This ideology was known as Bushido, which means way of the warrior. Bushi...

Queen Rania of Jordan recently said “I would love to drop the first ‘I’ in ISIS because there’s nothing Islamic about them,". Ironically Marie Harf said almost the same thing recently: “We’re killing a lot of them, and we’re going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians — they’re in this fight with us,” Harf said. “But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it’s a lack of opportunity for jobs.” This makes the queen an anomaly among Arabs, both westernized and liberal. What makes a true Muslim? The one who emulates the founder of Islam or the one who doesn't? The Muslims that preceded Muhammad certainly believed it was the former. They conquered the middle-east in the name of Islam in short order after his death. Nothing ISIS is doing is any different from what Muhammad and his ...

The Declaration of Independence outlined a litany of 27 abuses committed by King George III against the colonies. In the spirit and style of the Declaration of Independence we lay forth 27 abuses committed by President Barack Hussein Obama and his administration. The history of the present President of The United States is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has ruled by decree through use of Executive Orders and Presidential Memorandum. He has refused to secure the border. He has shown himself to be lawless: For ignoring immigration laws: For unilaterally granting amnesty: For violating the War Powers Act regarding Libya: For unilaterally changing the Affordable Care Act. He has bypassed Congress to implement the DREAM act through Executive Fiat. He has reduced the size of the United States military, thus reduc...