Principles in Shutdown Debate Worth Fighting For

From Michael Ramirez, at IBD, "At Stake For Republicans: Principles and the Party":

Some say the Republicans suffered an unnecessary, self-inflicted wound engaging in a government shutdown when President Obama seemed most vulnerable.

His popularity, after all, was eroding, the media were finally beginning to criticize his conduct of foreign policy, and even unions and the Congressional Black Caucus were turning their backs.

Truth is, the unions and black caucus will never turn their backs on this president and the media will continue to pronounce the scandals surrounding Benghazi, the IRS, Fast and Furious, intelligence leaks and the NSA as "phony" and ignore the administration's incoherent foreign policy and diplomatic failures.

No one wants a government shutdown, but the principles behind this one are worth fighting for. The shutdown challenges Obama's reckless policies and brings to light the real danger they pose, something the media refuse to do.

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Rush Limbaugh: #ObamaCare Debut is 'Worse Than Many Realize...'

I've been blogging on this all week. It's not the failure of the healthcare website. It's the law itself. It's literally destroying the U.S. healthcare system, working just as planned.



Rush cites the Chicago Tribune out this week, "#ObamaCare Deductibles a Dose of Sticker Shock." And Bloomberg's cited as well, "Patients Pay Before Seeing Doctor as Deductibles Spread."

'The willingness of well-off white liberals and the Obama administration to keep throwing poor black children under the public-school bus is dumbfounding and inexcusable...'

This is perfect, at the letters to the editor, at WSJ, "Why Liberal Elites Are Opposed to Empowering Parents":

Kevin Chavous, chairman of Democrats for Education Reform, argues that "Vouchers Can Help Kids and Big-City Politicians" (op-ed, Oct. 8) who are struggling to fund public schools and other city services while keeping up with budget-crushing pension, health-care and debt obligations. As Mr. Chavous appears to recognize, the major impediments to "unleashing parental choice in education" are: most big-city politicians and their teachers-union benefactors; Democratic, white, liberal elites; and the Obama administration. Conservatives generally support school choice.

Why are white, liberal elites so hostile to school choice? A primary argument is that public-school resources are reduced when students exit the system and that the better alternative is to make all public schools work.

A less-advertised rationale for opposition to vouchers is, at its core, pure and simple paternalism mixed with condescension. Poorly educated, impoverished black parents, including many women raising children on their own, are unprepared to evaluate and select the best school options for their children. It takes a state, run by enlightened and educated liberals, to decide what is best for those disadvantaged students. One can understand that big-city pols kowtow to teachers unions, even if Mr. Chavous is correct that school choice actually can ease budget pressures. The willingness of well-off white liberals and the Obama administration to keep throwing poor black children under the public-school bus is dumbfounding and inexcusable.

Terry Hill
Reston, Va.

Democrats are such hateful, horrible people who in fact spit on the poor and rob them of their dignity.

Shame on them. Shame on anyone who calls themselves a Democrat.

Jaguar Attacks Caiman

Amazing video.

At National Geographic, "Exclusive Video: Jaguar Kills Caiman":

Dramatic still images of a jaguar ambushing an unwary caiman in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands went viral on the web this month. National Geographic has exclusive video of the attack that reveals what the pictures only hint at.

With one bite, the big cat likely delivered an immediate blow to the caiman's central nervous system, leaving the animal unable to fight or flee, according to Luke Dollar, a conservation scientist who helps manage National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative.

"This guy knew his business," said Dollar. Suffocating an animal with a bite to the neck is a classic big-cat maneuver, but caimans don’t have a discernable neck. So the jaguar—which has the strongest bite of any cat—went right for the skull.

"This guy got right in the thickest part of the brain case and sunk those teeth in," he said. "And that's pretty amazing when you consider a caiman’s brain is probably the size of a walnut."

Kedar Hippalgaonkar, of Berkeley, California, shot the footage while vacationing in Brazil with his wife, Parul Jain.  The couple were hoping to spot some jaguars on an eight-hour boat tour of the Pantanal with ecotourism operator SouthWild.

More at that top link.

'Talk of the Town'

From yesterday's drive-time, on the Sound L.A.

You May Be Right - Billy Joel 08:20 AM

Money - Pink Floyd 08:14 AM

Talk of the Town - Pretenders 08:11 AM

Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds 08:08 AM

Fame - David Bowie 08:04 AM

The Wanton Song -  Led Zeppelin 08:00 AM

Down On the Corner -  Creedence Clearwater Revival 07:57 AM

Born In the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen 07:53 AM

You Won't See Me - The Beatles 07:41 AM

PREVIOUSLY: "'You've changed your place in this world...'"

#ObamaCare 'Has Raped My Future...'

See the Facebook post from Ashley Dionne, at Ironic Surrealism, "College Grad's Viral Open Letter: Obamacare Has “Raped My Future”."

Debt Ceiling Dirty Deal

"Dirty deal."

Sounds, well, dirty.

Via ReasonTV.

#StopRush Troll Melissa Brewer and the Kimberlin-Schmalfeldt Axis of Criminal Harassment and Intimidation

Robert Stacy McCain posted an entry the other day explaining the significance of the conservative campaign against Brett Kimberlin and his associates.

See, "WHY BRETT KIMBERLIN MATTERS."

It might seem funny that Robert would write such an entry, especially given the massive anti-Kimberlin blog-burst that erupted 18-months ago in defense of a number of TCOT bloggers who'd been targeted by the convicted Speedway Bomber and nascent left-wing "justice-through-music" shakedown scam artist. (See Michelle Malkin for a refresher, "Free speech blogburst: Show solidarity for targeted conservative bloggers; Update: It’s Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day; Donation fund for targets.")

But as anyone who's even sporadically kept up with this situation knows, Kimberlin maintains a deep bench of malicious hate-activists ("hatevists") conducting long-term intimidation campaigns to harass into silence conservative voices online, on Twitter and the right blogosphere. While no doubt many of the original participants in the Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin blogburst have moved on --- either having lost interest, or in fact having little skin in the game to keep them angry and engaged against the haters --- the core group of bloggers targeted by the Kimberlin axis are still battling the hate, most prominently by defending themselves against a $1 million Kimberlin lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Maryland, in September.

I confess to often overlooking the need to stay up-to-date on the Kimberlin cabal, and I certainly haven't blogged as much as I should have on this --- against an utterly depraved program of hatred, perversion and criminal violence attempting to destroy anyone who dares speak truth against the evil.

I'm now updating after seeing the latest developments at the Other McCain, "The #Shutuppery Files: ‘Twitter Gulag’ #StopRush Crew Joined Team Kimberlin." The entry focuses on the nefarious #StopRush troll Melissa Brewer (pictured above), who in a previous incarnation posted under the Twitter handle "Melisssa in DC (@subculturestuff). Brewer, under that nom de guerre, organized a campaign against Sister Toldjah, which included the creation of an enemies list of conservatives to be targeted for dispatch to Twitter gulag. Right-blogger Serr8d was on the list and has it posted at his blog, "Twitter 'Hit List', Organized by the #StopRush Liberal Fascists Who Are All Hatetivists."

Brewer's harassment went well beyond Twitter malevolence campaigns. This is someone who was deeply involved in criminal harassment of conservatives, including publishing the personal information of her targets, as well as contacting employers of the people she'd targeted for destruction. Check this post for an idea of this woman's machinations, "Twitler's List."

It turns out that new information links Brewer to Bill Schmalfeldt's completely unhinged psycho-killer campaign against Kimberlin target Aaron Worthing and others. New information also ties her to the various mob-style smear campaigns of Kimberlin’s associate Neal Rauhauser.

I'm not an expert on these things, as mentioned. It's hard enough keeping up on my day job. But I've been targeted in equally evil campaigns of workplace intimidation and harassment. These attacks are among the signature methods of the anarchist-Alinskyite-nihilist left. Frankly, I was shocked at the enormity of lies that leftist enemies were willing to spew in their disgusting and wicked campaigns of workplace harassment. I now know there's no depth to which regressive leftists won't stoop to literally annihilate those whom they detest. And thus, for true patriots there is no higher battle than standing up for decency and right. In the end, defending truth is the ultimate virtue, for if you don't have truth you have tyranny. And what the left wants more than anything is to destroy any semblance of virtue that stands athwart its totalitarian project. They have not reason nor faith. Only brute force and the legions of Lucifer willing to do their bidding. I don't exaggerate on this. Brett Kimberlin's personal jihad against any and all who deign to even mention his name speaks to the left's genuine existential hatred of goodness and righteousness. I suspect most people haven't the personal constitution and fortitude to withstand the onslaught. Indeed, many will simply run and hide from the hate-addled monstrosity of progressive intimidation. But it can't be ignored. Civil society will perish if no one stands in its defense. As I get older, and I see how the U.S. has become largely a shell of itself and its past glory, I know the fight is long but that conservative values will again prevail with nurture and perseverance. The defense against the Kimberlin axis is but one theater in the right's long campaign against the left's postmodern socialist takeover of America. These are truths of my being. I will die vindicating them.

In any case, more from the Other McCain:

So, to recap: The same Melissa Brewer who was part of the hateful #StopRush boycott effort to silence Rush Limbaugh, the same Melissa Brewer who was part of the hateful effort to silence @SisterToldjah and other conservatives on Twitter, this was the Melissa Brewer who claimed to have an “Anon leak about people being PAID to blog about Kimberlin,” and this same Melissa Brewer was communicating multiple times daily with Bill Schmalfeldt, who has harassed Aaron Worthing, Ali Akbar, Lee Stranahan, Patrick “Patterico” Frey, John Hoge and others. Lee Stranahan, Feb. 16:

Cease & Desist: Melissa Brewer aka @CatsRImportant Is Working With Bill Schmalfeldt

That was at the time Stranahan was pursuing harassment charges against Schmalfeldt. It has been alleged by Kimberlin Unmasked that Melissa Brewer is “Xenophon,” who has published multiple attacks on Team Kimberlin targets. And guess what? Kimberlin Unmasked also is a defendant in the Kimberlin v. Walker et al. lawsuit. Now, after all this, Melissa Brewer has posted a long article with this headline:

My Story: PTSD, Survival, and Feminism

Go back and RTWT.

#ObamaCare Deductibles a Dose of Sticker Shock

Everyday, another report of the law working exactly opposite of the way Democrats promised it would.

Consumer costs are supposed to be coming down, but they're not.

See the Chicago Tribune:

Obamacare deductibles a dose of sticker shock http://t.co/St0ZS9k1nm

— Anne Leary (@backyardconserv) October 14, 2013

Adam Weldzius, a nurse practitioner, considers himself better informed than most when it comes to the inner workings of health insurance. But even he wasn't prepared for the pocketbook hit he'll face next year under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

If the 33-year-old single father wants the same level of coverage next year as what he has now with the same insurer and the same network of doctors and hospitals, his monthly premium of $233 will more than double. If he wants to keep his monthly payments in check, the Carpentersville resident is looking at an annual deductible for himself and his 7-year-old daughter of $12,700, a more than threefold increase from $3,500 today.

"I believe everybody should be able to have health insurance, but at the same time, I'm being penalized. And for what?" said Weldzius, who is not offered insurance through his employer. "For someone who's always had insurance, who's always taken care of myself, now I have to change my plan?"


Many Illinoisans buying health coverage on their own next year will face a similar dilemma spurred by the health care overhaul: pay higher monthly insurance premiums or run the risk of having to shell out thousands more in deductibles for health care if they get sick.

To promote the Oct. 1 debut of the exchanges, the online marketplaces where consumers can shop and buy insurance, Obama administration and Illinois officials touted the lower-than-expected monthly premiums that would make insurance more affordable for millions of Americans. But a Tribune analysis shows that 21 of the 22 lowest-priced plans offered on the Illinois health insurance exchange for Cook County have annual deductibles of more than $4,000 for an individual and $8,000 for family coverage.

Those deductibles, which represent the out-of-pocket money consumers must spend on health care before most insurance benefits kick in, are higher than what many consumers expected or may be able to stomach, benefit experts said.

By comparison, people who buy health insurance through their employer have an average individual deductible of just more than $1,100, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Although millions of Americans will be eligible for federal assistance to help offset some of those costs, millions will not, underscoring one of the trade-offs wrought under the law's goal to ensure most people have access to health insurance.

"It's been major sticker shock for most of my clients and prospects," said Rich Fahn, president of the Northbrook-based insurance broker Excell Benefit Group. "I'm telling (clients) that everything they know historically about health plans has changed. They either have to pay more out-of-pocket or more premiums or both. It's an overwhelming concern."

Keep reading.

Veterans Take Over Washington Mall, Liberate War Memorials — #1MVetMarch

William Jacobson had the awesomely-titled post yesterday, "Liberation of WWII Memorial."

In all my years of tea party protests and anti-ObamaCare rallies, I don't think anything has resonated so viscerally with American freedom.

At Fire Andrea Mitchell, "Pictures From Million Veteran March – Media AWOL in Coverage."

And one hella roundup at Weasel Zippers, "DEVELOPING… Veterans Storm D.C. #VetMarch."

Also at Gateway Pundit, "Patriots at the Million Vets March Carry Barricades from Lincoln Memorial to Set Up at White House (Video)."And from the Mad Jewess, "Vets, Patriots & Truckers Throw Obama’s Bolshevik Barriers On The White House Lawn."

Follow @RealJamesWoods on Twitter!

He's freakin' amazing.

Yesterday he was tweeting a storm on the veterans' march on D.C.

Thank God we have baton wielding riot police to protect us from 85 yr old vets in wheelchairs. Thanks, Mr. Obama pic.twitter.com/hrxWzMkO18

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 13, 2013

And last week, at Twitchy, "‘My country first’: James Woods doesn’t ‘expect to work again’ after brutally honest criticism of Obama."

New Versions Question Dakota Meyer's Account of Battle at Afghanistan’s Ganjgal Valley in September 2009

I was reading this story Saturday night on my iPhone before bedtime, at WaPo, "For Medal of Honor recipient Capt. William Swenson, a rocky path to the White House."

It turns out that retired U.S. Army Capt. William Swenson will be honored this week with the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony, although it took tremendous pressure to bring about the recognition. According to the report:

After returning from the battlefield, Swenson engaged in a lengthy and bitter dispute with the military over the narrative of one of the Afghan war’s most notorious firefights.

The questions he raised resulted in reprimands for two other officers and what he and others say was an effort by the Army to discredit him. His account also cast doubt on the exploits of another Medal of Honor recipient from the same battle, Dakota Meyer of the Marine Corps.

United in war, the two men have taken far different paths since. Meyer has found celebrity and success, with a book and a personal assistant, boosted by a story that Swenson considers an inflated and misleading account of that harrowing day.

Swenson — the first Army officer since the Vietnam War to be awarded the medal — has been unemployed since leaving the service in 2011. He is single and lives in Seattle, growing a thick beard and long hair, in contrast to the clean-cut look of his military days, and escaping often to the mountains to find solitude in “my forced early retirement.”

“Are you familiar with Pyrrhic victories?” Swenson said in a recent interview. “That’s what I specialize in.”

The details of the battle at the link, but here's more:

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) has never spoken with Swenson, but he was incensed when he learned about his case last year.

A former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hunter was frustrated by what he called the “armchair bureaucracy sitting back at the Pentagon changing what the guys on the ground are saying happened.”

The congressman took up Swenson’s cause, writing letters to high-ranking military officials. “It’s taken four years for Swenson to get the medal,” Hunter said in an interview. “Don’t tell me you can’t do it in six months.”

After an internal investigation, Army officials concluded that Swenson’s digital nomination packet had been lost in the computer system for 19 months. Landay also reported that the Army’s investigation had uncovered evidence that military officials may have improperly attempted to downgrade the original nomination to a Distinguished Service Cross.

An Army spokeswoman said this past week that Swenson’s award had not been downgraded and that Medal of Honor award procedures were not violated. Swenson was renominated in 2011 after Marine Gen. John R. Allen, then the commander in Afghanistan, took interest.

“The Army is reviewing ways to ensure this type of injustice does not happen again,” said spokeswoman Tatjana Christian, adding that it typically takes one to three years to process a Medal of Honor nomination before it reaches the White House. She also noted that a medal was awarded this spring to Army Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun, a Korean War prisoner of war who died in captivity in 1951.

During the delay, Westbrook’s widow, Charlene Westbrook, who lives in Colorado, shared her frustrations in telephone conversations with Swenson. “It was almost like a blacklist,” she said in an interview. “He said something, criticized the upper ranks, and he’s being punished for it.”

Swenson retreated further into private life while Meyer became a prominent public figure. Last fall, Meyer published an autobiography titled “Into the Fire,” co-written by military author Bing West. Meyer said in the book that he killed a Taliban fighter by bashing him on the head with a rock — a detail he had not told investigators after the battle.

In the book, Meyer and West praise Swenson and criticize the Army for its handling of his case. But Swenson remains skeptical of Meyer and the publicity he has sought. Swenson has not spoken publicly about the Ganjgal battle.

RTWT.

I'm not one to question anyone's service, and since I wasn't there it's difficult to be sure exactly what happened. Still, as I finished the article I closed the app on went back on Twitter, and up pops this tweet from Laura Ingraham in my timeline:

A great time w/ @JonahNRO & @Dakota_Meyer at @GoldwaterInst Gala last night. #MedalofHonor #Phoenix pic.twitter.com/Py08jlPLDT

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 13, 2013

I thought to myself, "Damn, that guy Dakota's indeed a huge self-promoter, hmmm." And then tweeted this out:

.@Dakota_Meyer For Medal of Honor recipient, a rocky path to White House. @JonahNRO @IngrahamAngle http://t.co/RtgDLsPO0M

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) October 13, 2013

Never did hear back from any of 'em on Twitter. So, wtf?

Spectacular David Ortiz Grand Slam Sparks #RedSox Come-From-Behind Victory to Tie #ALCS at One Apiece

Ima post the video when it's up at MLB's YouTube page.

Meanwhile, here's the Vine of Jarrod Saltalamacchia walk-off singe in the bottom of the 9th.

No words. https://t.co/TDT5Sh0eFv

— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) October 14, 2013

More At LAT, "David Ortiz spurs Red Sox to 6-5 comeback win over Tigers."

And at Fox Sports, "Red Sox-Tigers Live: David Ortiz’s Grand Slam Highlights Red Sox’ Amazing Walk-Off Victory in Game 2."

BONUS: At NYT, "Facing Unbeatable Starters, Red Sox Exploit Tigers’ Bullpen."

Dodgers in Trouble, But They've Overcome 0-2 Series Deficits Before

I'm not happy about it, obviously, but I would't count out any team down 0-2 in a best-of-seven series.

At LAT:

The Dodgers' 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday put the team in a bad position in their best-of-seven National League Championship Series and sent their fans reeling on social media. In the hours after the loss, so-called fans took to Twitter and Facebook, sending out messages of "Series over" or "Dodgers need to make some big changes."

How soon they forget.

In 1965, the Dodgers faced the Minnesota Twins in the World Series. They were heavily favored, especially since they had Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax pitching Games 1 and 2. No way they lose both those games.

But they did, losing 8-2 and 5-1 in Minnesota.

Game 3 was set for Dodger Stadium, but the Twins were pitching noted Dodgers-killer Camilo Pascual, so a 3-0 series deficit seemed likely. If there had been social media then, the reaction would have been similar to the reaction Sunday. Up next this time, the Dodgers face Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright.

So, Dodgers fans, pay attention to this history lesson: In Game 3, 1965, Claude Osteen shut out the Twins, 4-0. Drysdale and Koufax then won Games 4 and 5, and the Dodgers won Game 7 in Minnesota, 2-0, to win the Series. Koufax pitched a three-hit shutout on two days' rest in the clincher and was named Series MVP.

Big deal, though, right? Its happening once doesn't mean much.

Well, it happened three other times.

In the 1981 National League division series, with their two best pitchers, Fernando Valenzuela and Jerry Reuss starting, the Dodgers lost Games 1 and 2 in Houston. They won the next three at Dodger Stadium to win the best-of-five series.

In the 1981 World Series, the Dodgers lost the first two games in New York before sweeping the next four from the Yankees to win the title.

Still more examples at the link.

No matter, Ima be holding my breath through most of the game tomorrow, only gulping some oxygen to say a prayer.

More, "Dodgers' offense remains in hiding, Cards win 1-0 on unearned run."

See also Bill Plaschke, "Dodgers' title hopes take a one-two punch in St. Louis."

Sunday Cartoons

At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."



Also at Randy's Roundtable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."

More at Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Got Your Back, Ted."

CARTOON CREDIT: William Warren.

Sunday Roundup of the Roundups — And Some #Rule5 Too!

Let's start it off with the Other McCain, "FMJRA 2.0: Cold Rock the Mike."

More, "An Interesting Admission: The Lies of Team Kimberlin and ‘The Gaped Crusader’."

Also from Bob Belvedere, "Resistance to Tyranny Forever – #OUTLAW."

And at the Conservative Hideout, "Sunday Links: Facebook Friends Pic Edition, Volume 83."

At Proof-Positive, "Best of the Web* Linkaround."

And from Blackmailers Don't Shoot, "Pretty Girls on a Thursday, Oh My Edition."

Plus, from Director Blue, "Larwyn's Linx: Obamacare -- Mind-Boggling Incompetence," and "AWESOME: Vets Dismantle Fences Around War Memorials, Then Barricade the White House."

More at Marooned in Marin, "Veterans, Citizens Take Back Their Memorials From Obama's Spite House."

At Maggie's Notebook, "The Real Story of Opening the WW II Memorial Barricades on October 5th, 2013."

And at BCF, "'If Muslims were treated in this country as Christians are in Egypt and Syria, there would be international outrage'."

At Maggie's Farm, "Saturday morning links."

Also from Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."

And Egotastic!, "Melissa Debling, Chanelle Hayes, and Stacey Poole Topless Monthly Mammaries Kick Off 2014 Calendar Season."

See also Warner Todd Huston, at RWN, "Illinois School Gives Kids a Death Panel Assignment."

And at the Smoking Jacket, "She's Pretty: Get to Know Playmate Kayla Collins All Over Again" (via Linkiest).

At AoSHQ, "Republicans Spooked by NBC Poll, Ready to Cut a Deal For Like Whatever, Man."

And Michelle's Mirror, "Shutdown Day 13: A WTF Theatre Episode, “Shelter in Place.”

Still more at Sweetness and Light, "AP: Obama Brings Chilling Effect On Journalism."

Daley Gator, "DaleyGator DaleyBabe Marisol Gonzalez."

And finally, at Pirate's, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a watering hole that has obviously been dried up from Someone Else preparing chili for football Sunday, you might just be a Warmist."

Drop your links in the comments to be added to the next roundup!

CNN, Salon Hatemonger Joan Walsh Tout Confederate Flag at Million Vets March — #1MVetMarch

Look, this is just the start of it. You'll see attacks on the "racist, Confederate" veterans all next week during the primetime newscasts. And "tea baggers" too.

@AmPowerBlog I'm waiting for media headlines "veteran tea baggers."

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 13, 2013

Here's Ben Shapiro at Big Government, "CNN MOCKS MILLION VET MARCH AS TEA PARTY CRAZIES."

And at CNN, "Rallier tells Obama to ‘put the Quran down’."

Notice how CNN positions the Confederate flag front and center in its reporting:



And disgusting hate-merchant Joan Walsh took to Twitter to smear veterans as "racist neo-Confederates":

That Confederate flag at the White House today is really a nice touch: pic.twitter.com/avXiBME6Xd

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 13, 2013

More, ICYMI, from Dana Loesch, "Media Targets Million Veteran March."

Powerful Photos From #1MVetMarch!

I'm overwhelmed with all the incredible news out of Washington. I'll try to post more, but the photographs from the Million Vets March are some of the most powerful of the Obama era.

See Twitchy, "Powerful photo from Million Vets March sums up ‘American spirit’," and Protein Wisdom, "Vets remove barrycades from memorial, carry them to the #SpiteHouse [Darleen Click] UPDATED!"

Added: "‘Shut down the White House!’ Million Vets March protests outside the Spite House [pics]."

This protest is so devastating to the left's narrative that now we have "mainstream" media outlets attacking veterans as "a 'group of conservatives' who are basically birthers and racists and hate Obama." In other words, "tea baggers." See Dana Loesch, "Media Targets Million Veteran March."



PREVIOUSLY: "Million Vets March."

Backlash Against Britain's Treasonous Guardian Newspaper

I check Louise Mensch's Twitter feed everyday.

She's been on a crusade to bring charges against the Guardian UK for its treasonous publication of the NSA files, including the identities of UK intelligence personnel.

The Guardian backtracking frantically, trying to avoid Terrorism Act 2000 prosecution over GCHQ ... http://t.co/wgOCj5KMzC

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

My questions about Guardian trafficking GCHQ names panicking paper - they only deny SPIES names ... http://t.co/0inH1wfaNF

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

You will note the @Guardian does not deny trafficking names of GCHQ staff - a clear crime under the Terrorism Act http://t.co/cNu0KEDVEG

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

Did it FedEx names of GCHQ personnel to ProPublica? Did you, @Guardian? #Snowden #TerrorismAct http://t.co/cNu0KEDVEG

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

There is no public interest defence to the crime of disclosing identity of anyone who works in the intelligence services. Guardian panicking

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

And you better believe I have been collating the tweets and quotes of vainglorious Guardianistas who now realize trafficking data a crime

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

There is a difference in law between receiving files and reporting on them, and then copying, trafficking and distributing them #Snowden

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

The Guardian have copied, duplicated and trafficked the files as @janinegibson and @arusbridger have both boasted online

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

Meanwhile, it seems all is not well with Edward #Snowden. His father was promised he could see him. #Wikileaks now keeping him from his son.

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

#Snowden's father traveled to Russia to see his boy and now is being denied access. What a surprise.

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013

And see the devastating editorial at London's Daily Mail, "The paper that helps Britain's enemies."

Also at CIF Watch, "The paper which hates Britain? Guardian leaks ‘worst blow to British intel ever’":

The focus of this blog is of course to monitor the Guardian for antisemitism and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy, but it’s vital to understand the broader ideology which inspires the anti-Zionism we are constantly documenting.  Glenn Greenwald, as with his fellow political travelers at the Guardian, is not a mere “progressive” commentator (yet alone a “journalist) but, rather, a radical activist inspired by an “anti-imperialist” ideology which holds his own country and its democratic allies in contempt, and advances propaganda which amplifies the message of our enemies.

The Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger, typifying the vitriol directed against the West by many within the leftist intelligentsia, in defending his paper’s right to publish classified documents, referred to George Orwell’s book ’1984′ and argued that US and British intelligence gathering went “beyond Orwell’s imagination”. However, Orwell understood the advantages of even flawed democracies over totalitarian regimes and realized the danger of an intellectual elite which doesn’t understand such stark moral differences.

In 1945, Orwell published “Notes on Nationalism” which argued that within the leftist intelligentsia there is “a derisive and mildly hostile attitude towards Britain [that] is more or less compulsory”, and that that, to such intellectuals, political outrage is inevitably directed not towards truly totalitarian regimes, but “almost entirely against Britain and the United States.”

The Guardian’s role in nurturing indifference towards its own country’s national security – a political orientation John Stuart Mill characterized as a “decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling” – should rightly be seen as a genuine threat to the Western political values to which true liberals remain loyal.

Guardian editors and contributors may not hate Britain, but their activism certainly serves to aid and abet those who do.

Actually, I disagree there: They hate their country with a white-hot revulsion, as do any hard-leftists in any country, such as the American left supporting traitors such as Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden himself.

Million Vets March

I wish I was there.

At the Washington Times, "UPDATED: "Million" vets are in DC to demand their monuments be opened."

And at CBS News DC, "'Million Vet March' Storms DC Memorials."

How this great nation was founded and how it will be resurrected. MR. OBAMA, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL: pic.twitter.com/j9nUQobGhW

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 13, 2013

More a Twitchy, "#1MVetMarch: Barrycades down! Spite House barricades no match for Million Vets March [photos]."

And, "‘It belongs to the people!’ Sarah Palin and Sens. Cruz, Lee address Million Vets March [pics]," and "‘Awesome!’ Veterans remove Barrycades from memorials, transport to White House [pics]."