What’s interesting in the news today?
I’m a little under the weather, so just a few from me today.
1. Sadly, it’s Mission Accomplished for the Obama admin. The new wussified version of the US Army Drill Instructor is officially complete. They’re no longer fearsome, just fabulous. 🙄
From StarsAndStripes “In the old Army, this probably would be accompanied by a torrent of curses and oaths. Butts would be kicked. But this is the new Army and Brooks just shakes her head, sternly calls the group together and starts instructing the recruits on the right way to do the exercise.
“I don’t like to yell and scream a lot,” said Brooks, who has trained recruits for nine 10-week cycles over the past three years. “If you’re yelling and screaming all the time, when are you going to teach them? Patience is a virtue when you are trying to instill discipline.””
“Brooks doesn’t fit the image Hollywood usually assigns to Army drill sergeants or Marine drill instructors. They most often are portrayed as hulking, red-faced, profanity-spewing brutes, a terror to any recruit unfortunate enough to enter their universe.
Conversely, Brooks is 5-foot-41/2-inches tall, and proud of the half inch. She lives in Northeast Richland with her wife, Shakerian. And she spent five years as a vocalist with the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus.”
“”We don’t smoke people anymore,” said Brooks, meaning using excessive physical training — running or push-ups — to break or wash out a recruit. “But sometimes you have to give them a little extra TLC.”
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2. Just like the Boston bombers, they operate in plain sight with no fear of the authorities. You’d think after the bombers, the feds would keep an eye on them, but I guess that’s asking too much from this administration.
From TheNYPost “When it was revealed that the Boston Marathon bombers attended a Cambridge, Mass., mosque, its leaders were quick to disavow their actions.
Elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s ideology was not their own, the leaders of the Islamic Society mosque claimed. In fact, he was admonished for an extremist outburst he made during one sermon.
So, one crackpot in a congregation. Who can blame the mosque?
But what about eight — including a prominent member of ISIS?
“Now it can be revealed that another regular worshipper at the Islamic Society mosque was Ahmad Abousamra, who is now the top propagandist for ISIS.”
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3. Sacrificing the 1st Amendment to rally the base. That’s low, even for Democrats.
From HotAir “Democrats have a real problem with their base voters. Heading into a contentious midterm election season in which the party faces headwinds and the increasingly likely prospect of losing control of the Senate, this condition is forcing the “in-party” to act in a peculiar and erratic fashion.
President Barack Obama rendered the judgment of Solomon over the weekend when he decided to save vulnerable red state Democrats a headache and postponed the issuing of an executive order which would have extended legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. While a handful of embattled incumbent Democrats are breathing easier today, a number of progressive activists, liberal lawmakers, and immigration groups are hyperventilating.
This decision will only exacerbate the problems Democrats have mobilizing their traditionally unenthusiastic base voters to turn out in a midterm year. To satisfy the wounded liberal ego, Democrats in Congress are turning to another progressive bête noire in order to gin up some enthusiasm among their supporters: That pesky First Amendment to the Constitution.
Yes, the cornerstone of the Bill of Rights has been driving Democrats nuts ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 2010’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms, which would have prohibited the airing of a corporately-financed documentary critical of Hillary Clinton within 30 days of the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, were unconstitutional. The decision paved the way to allow corporations, unions, and other groups to spend unlimited sums on political speech and advocacy. To prohibit such activities would constitute a violation of the First Amendment.”
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Wandering Views 
This is what liberals are doing to their kids:
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And on the daily thread, they are wondering if certain crafts would be appropriate for boys.
Indeed, it is a “binary” world when raising children.
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Yes, Chas. God is omniscient. There is a very good reason that liberals have so few children.
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I have often given two children of the same developmental age the same toy. Boys and girls do not play the same, given a choice. Give them a piece of paper and a crayon: one draws kitties and ponies, the other draws guns and tanks. I will not tell you which is which.
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Evil is back:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-the-islamic-state-is-evil-returned/2014/08/25/93eccd9c-2c85-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html
” … The Nazis are back — differently dressed, speaking a different language and murdering ostensibly for different reasons but actually for the same: intolerance, hatred, excitement and just because they can. The Islamic State’s behavior is beyond explication, not reacting as some suggest to the war in Iraq — although in time it will try to settle some scores with the United States — but murdering and torturing and enslaving because this is what it wants to do. It is both futile and tasteless to lay off blame on others — the West, the colonialists of old or the persistent Zionists — or to somehow find guilt in the actions of the rich or powerful because they are rich or powerful. You can blame the victim. You can even kill him. …”
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Interesting, out of the UK:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/09/sharia-student-loan-system-muslim-students-government_n_5790544.html
“The government is to develop a student loan system complaint for Sharia Law in order to boost the Muslim population at England’s universities, it has announced….”
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Once you cater to sharia in one case, it opens the system for sharia to be a standard.
That’s the way the Overton Window works.
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Chas, as a South Carolinian, you should have been a Democrat. Were you? If so, why did you change? If you never were a Democrat, why not? How did you grow up in the Deep South and avoid being a Democrat?
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3. Some republican senators signed on to discuss the proposed constitutional amendment to nullify citizens united. I believe only 17 /senators opposed it. I really think thus could be an issue that both the left and right can agree on. Inviduals would participate in the electoral process not corporations or unions. Just imagine unions not spending their members money on causes they don’t like.
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Ricky – I could almost agree with your link but he called Rachel a butch lesbian. She is a lesbian but she’s not a butch at least in my opinion. Mumsee is right but every once in awhile someone breaks stereotypes.
Donna – the better solution would be to return to the old system where interest equaled inflation only. Once they charged real interest they had to rename it charity to appease some Muslims.
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Caught some of this interview on CNN on my car radio last night driving home, interesting.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/steven-sotloff-family-criticize-white-house-110744.html?ml=po_r
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hwesseli,
No, they should leave the 1st Amendment alone. The first 10 Amendments are just fine the way they are. This is not a Republican thing, this is an American thing.
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HRW, I don’t know what “butch” is, but I will sometimes watch Rachel Maddow. I almost always disagree with her, but she is smart and generally not a demogogue. I agree with you that the author of the article didn’t need to call her names.
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