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A B+? How About an F??

After watching President Obama accept an award he didn't earn and doesn't deserve, I guess we shouldn't be surprised that he'd grade his first year in office as a "solid B-plus." It seems that he's been watching MSNBS again and his ego is inflating accordingly. However, given that his popularity is taking a solid nose dove, most Americans see it differently.

In my view, he'd be lucky to get an "F."

As far as unity, "transparency," reaching across party lines and "change you can believe in" go - all consistent campaign promises - he is an abject failure. However, since I don't believe he really intended any of those things to begin with, I'm not surprised. It's just those wacky things you say to get elected, ya know?

He gets a "D" in dealing with Afghanistan because it only took him some 15 months to work up the courage to do the right thing, but his pathetic delay has cost us both lives and morale there. Alienating the CIA, the Secret Service, veterans and police officers doesn't do anything to improve his homeland insecurity grade either.

His choices to surround himself with some of the craziest and dirtiest people in politics also rates a fail. Racists, animal rights nuts, tax cheats, incompetents, liars and Communists have no place beside the POTUS.

Economy? F. Jobs? F.Obamacare? F. Leadership? F. Honesty? F. Handling of Gitmo and the KSM fiasco? F-. The list goes on and on.

However, in keeping with the tradition of if-you-can't-say-anything-nice-don't-say-anything-at-all, I do give his speechifying a solid C. It's just too bad you can't believe a word the guy says.

He's hoping for even a slight improvement in year two.

Army Loses, America Wins

OK, so Navy beat Army yet again, but who's counting? As Navy Coach Ken Niumatalolo points out, there's a much larger picture here. Why can't we find leadership like this in Congress, the Senate or the White House?

Obama Accepts Nobel "Prize"

Incredibly, President Obama is so self-absorbed that he actually flew to Norway - using taxpayer dollars - to collect the most undeserved award in history. You may remember that, at the time nominations for this joke of an award were due, Obama had been in office all of two weeks.

He then has the arrogance to say things like this:

The president accepted the award in Oslo, Norway, with "deep gratitude and great humility."

Humility? What humility? What could be less humble than accepting an award that the entire world knows you didn't earn? And then there was this gem:

"It was a great surprise to me," Obama said after meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. "I have no doubt that there are others who may be more deserving."

Are you kidding me? I know police officers and firefighters who are more deserving, and that's just people that live on my block.

And how pathetic are the Norwegians on this panel? Could their bias be any more obvious? And then the uber snob snubs the very people he went there to suck up to! Unbelievable!

So, to sum up as teaching points for your children, it's now okay to 1) accept credit for something you didn't do; 2) accept an award that someone else earned and clearly will now not get; and 3) feign humility when you are clearly anything but humble.

All in a days work for the current administration. What a colossal embarrassment. Hey, maybe he could donate the $1.4 million cash prize to ACORN to make the debacle complete!

Also on topic:

The Nobel Prize is a Joke

Funeral for Lakewood Police Officers

The funeral for Lakewood Police Officers Mark Renninger, Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold and Gregory Richards, is underway in Washington. You can watch it live here.There are reportedly more than 30,000 people in attendance.

Friday (not so) Funnies

Paratrooper Awarded Silver Star

Staff Sgt. Matthew Matlock, 26, a native of Amarillo, Texas, assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, was recently awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest award for combat valor, for his actions in Zerok, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2008.

From Army.mil:

"Everything broke loose. We kept trying to push through. But they targeted our truck with RPG's and disabled it," Matlock said. "They just kept hitting us one after the other, until finally the truck caught on fire and I had to get everybody out of there."

An RPG struck an external fuel tank, sending flames and shrapnel inside - seriously wounding three Soldiers from Matlock's squad. Under direct fire and wounded himself, Matlock evacuated his injured comrades and treated them with first aid. He fired back and directed his squad to shoot at enemy positions.

But RPGs poured in, sending hot metal fragments through the air. Each time, Matlock used his body to shield fellow Soldiers, receiving shrapnel wounds in the process. That's where training pays off, allowing instincts to take over, Matlock said.

"You never know, really, what you're made of until you're put into that situation," Matlock said. "You don't really think about anything else except getting your guys out of there. That was all that was going through my head - these guys are going to make it home. And I made sure of that."

Eighteen months passed since that day in Afghanistan. Matlock listened from the theater's front row as Garrett spoke of his actions.

"Staff Sgt. Matlock fought with such incredible bravery, deliberately putting himself at risk time and time again to save the lives of his men," Garrett said. "He stepped forward without hesitation and did everything we expect of a seasoned combat leader of any rank."

If the damned politicians would get out of the fricking way, men like this would win the day for us in a few weeks. Fortunately, he didn't give anyone a fat lip.

Congratulations and well-earned, SSgt Matlock! All the way!

Huckabeen Now Blaming Racism for Commutation of Clemmons

When you're a politician that wants to be POTUS and all else has failed, play the race card. Now it's Mike Huckabeen's turn:

The reasons were straightforward -- a unanimous recommendation from the board, support from a trial judge and no objections from officials in a case that involved a 16 year old sentenced to a term that was exponentially longer than similar cases and certainly longer than had he been white, upper middle class, and represented by effective counsel who would have clearly objected to the sentencing.  (His race, economic status, or education level are not excuses for his behavior because many people of color who are uneducated and living in abject poverty are civil, trustworthy, and honest to a fault and many well-educated, wealthy, white people are dirtbags -- think Bernie Madoff).  But sadly, Arkansas has had numerous instances of disproportionate sentencing in which a probation and fine would be meted out to white upper class kids whose parents were able to obtain the services of excellent defense attorneys, while young black males committing the same crimes and represented by public defenders would end up with inexplicably long prison terms.  Blacks comprise 15% of the state’s population, but 50% of the inmate population, some of which is due to the fact that their sentences are often longer and they are less likely to be paroled. 

Four police officers are dead, a little girl raped, all because of racist juries, not because Huckabeen commuted the sentence of a violent felon. Or so he would have you believe. Isn't it funny how he says he accepts responsibility for the decision but spends most of his time blaming everyone else for his poor choices? He certainly has the political time honored tradition of passing the buck down, doesn't he? Just once, I'd like to hear a politician say "It's my fault, I screwed up," then walk away from the microphone. Fat chance.

I do agree that he is not solely to blame for this incredible tragedy. There were certainly several inept judges along the way who bear an equal - perhaps even greater - share of the blame. Each of them should be disbarred and kicked from the bench for incompetence. Sadly, I doubt that any of them are truly bothered by this loss, Huckabeen included.

Dance away, Governor. Keep your pathetic talk show gig, because your hopes of ever holding public office again are gone.

Huckabee Dodges the Truth on O'Reilly

Can you believe how pathetic Mike Huckabee was on The O'Reilly Factor tonight when offering his explanation of why he commuted the sentence of a violent criminal who would eventually murder four Washington police officers? And what's with O'Reilly totally giving him a pass?

Isn't it funny how he forgot to mention all of the other questionable clemencies he granted as Governor, and how many of them went on to offend again? As The Seattle Times notes, Huckabee fell for the "Christian card," granted clemency to Clemmons and set the stage for yesterday's ambush. How he can sit there and blame the system, the judges and the prosecutor is astounding. Any hopes he had for a run at the presidency just dissolved into nothingness. There's a lot more blame to go around, to be sure, but it starts and ends at Huckabee's feet.

Hot Air has the video of the pathetic interview.

Most importantly, however, is the fact that these four officers have been lost to us. There are four grieving families, nine parentless children to think about. If you would like to help them, you can visit the Lakewood Police Independent Guild website to offer your donations and condolences.

Four More Washington Officers Ambushed and Murdered

Such a sad and angry day.

We lost four more good ones this morning. Lakewood Police Officers Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; and Officers Ronald Owens, 37; Tina Griswold, 40; and Greg Richards, 42, all ambushed and murdered as they drank coffee and wrote reports at a local coffee shop. Just days after Seattle Police Officers Timothy Brenton and Britt Sweeney were ambushed.

The suspect, as usual, is a violent repeat offender with a long criminal history. He once had a lengthy prison sentence for armed robbery which was commuted by none other than Mike Huckabee, who, as far as I can tell, has refused to explain why. It's not surprising then that Huckabee's email account at Fox News is currently closed and his own site isn't accepting email and comments after posting this pathetic statement. What a typically worthless and cowardly politician.

Mike Huckabee doesn't bear all of the burden for this one, but he has long since lost any chance whatever at being POTUS.

After even more violent crimes, including those against a child, this piece of garbage was paroled or released on bail to hurt even more people. When are we going to learn? There is no more worthless a human being than someone who would harm a child and no more dangerous a human being than one who would attack an armed and well-trained police officer, yet this piece of shit was still out walking around. Why?

The Army and FBI refused to confront an obvious terrorist in our midst because he is Muslim and they didn't want to offend anyone. And now that more than a dozen are dead, they are trying to cover up their utter disregard for the safety of our soldiers. Navy SEALs rough up a terrorist that they should have killed and - instead of being hailed as heroes - are brought up on criminal charges. Four Oakland police officers were murdered by a convicted felon that should never have been among civilized people, and we lost four more today because judges and politicians refuse to do their jobs properly.

And with budget cuts on the horizon for virtually every city and county, you can bet that this problem will worsen. Fewer cops on the street, early release for convicts, legalized drugs by the Liberals, unemployment rising, the economy about to crash, a clueless president and worthless AG, a DHS Sec that thinks vets are terrorists and actual terrorists aren't, Liberals out to take your guns so you can't defend yourself... what is happening with our society?

Who will protect us if these people cannot or simply will not? Our police officers and military personnel are protecting us but who is protecting them? The answer is simple: nobody. And I'm fucking sick of it. And yes, I just broke my own rule about not allowing profanity on my site. So sue me.

A Day of Thanks

Today, and every day, I am thankful for my family and friends, for their continued support and love, for their continued health and happiness.

I am also thankful that there continue to be men and women in this country who are willing to set aside their own lives and comforts to take an oath to protect and defend the rest of us. Whether soldier, sailor, Airman, Marine or Coastie, whether cop or firefighter, I thank God for your sense of honor and duty, for your courage, for your love of country. May God keep you and see you home safely.

On this day, I am thankful that one full of Obama's administration is nearly over and that we, thus far, have been able to limit the damage he's done to our great nation. He has all but destroyed the morale of our troops, done everything possible to sell us out to foreign governments, placed us more deeply in debt than ever before, angered our allies, widened the divide between Conservative and Liberal, made race relations worse, ignored both North Korea and Iran and earned himself the distinction of being the weakest president ever. That's a Hell of a first year. Hopefully, his poor policies, and those of his ilk in Congress, will see to it that many of these clowns are voted out od office by this time next year.

Finally, I am thankful to you, dear reader, for spending a little of your time here every so often to listen to me rant about the state of our great nation. She was once great - and will be again - if we refuse to allow the rich and powerful to exploit her - and us - for their own money-making purposes. Keep up the good fight. Never sit idly by while these fools lie and steal and cheat us all. Never give up. Never surrender.

Happy Thanksgiving. May God bless you.