And those poor innocent fellows in Guantanamo. Really, what could be more innocent than bombing a market, planting an IED, burning down a girls’ school, or beheading the entire family of a village headman because he wouldn’t knuckle under? They’re just trying to get into Paradise so they can screw 72 virgins. We just don’t appreciate their culture. Who are we to say one culture is better than another?

I am so glad, Andrew, you took the time to show us how awful America is. Can I make a suggestion? Why don’t you go live in North Korea? I’m sure it’s just the kind of place you’d love!

In some ways, it’s merely a difference in philosophy.

This idea that the fate of any entity is predetermined, has certain real life consequences and ramifications.

Perhaps evil is too strong of a word, but I would argue that virtually any bureaucracy contains the seeds of corruption, and will inevitably morph into an authoritarian, bullying entity over time–if not controlled. And control is exceptionally difficult.

Tell it like it is, brother!

Amen.

Doesn’t matter what it is. The Left, and their Democrat founding members, are responsible for.

Obama is just the latest scion of the aristocracy here. There’ll be plenty more people, like the Caligulas and the Neros, that the Left will make into an “autocrat” and people like A here will swallow it up whole being the storm troopers that they are.

These are the “people of good intent” that reside on the Left, as we can see. What’s the difference between a human shield and a terrorist, from a US drone’s point of view?

Andrew, we’ll be happy to talk of the ones you cite and have frequently on this blog.

There would be no need …”

Time will tell, but my guess is that you are attempting to reason with a rhetoric machine.

There would be no need for a militarization of the border if millions of Mexican’s weren’t entering ILLEGALLY.

We are not responsible for the deaths in the desert. The coyote’s and the illegal immigrants are responsible.

The tens of thousands of immigration detainees are being held in far better facilities than ‘gulags’ and are being treated far better than Mexico treats its criminals. And by breaking the law, they are ALL criminals.

There would be no mass deportation of 1.5 ILLEGAL immigrants, if they hadn’t broken the LAW.

Obama sentencing Muslims abroad to death with cluster bombs and drones would not be happening if those societies weren’t engaged in TERRORISM.

The forced feeding of guilty TERRORISTS are being legally held in Guantanamo TO PREVENT THEM FROM KILLING YOU. Personally, I’d let them starve themselves to death.

The hundreds of thousands of low-income and minority citizens have been locked up because THEY BROKE THE LAW.

The ‘dark-skinned’ are not poor because of their race or because of societal racial prejudices. They are poor because they refuse to embrace three basic cultural values; education, a strong work ethic and familial loyalty.

While obviously there are individual exceptions, in the aggregate a culture’s embrace of the three factors above, exactly parallels that group’s success in America.

Asian Americans from Japanese, Chinese and most Southeast Asian cultures embrace all three.

Asian cultures are also ‘shame’ cultures and place tremendous pressure upon their children to excel, which is why Asians exceed whites, both in school and professionally. Even when not excessive, parental expectations are high.

Asian Americans prove that ‘white privilege’ is a leftist myth and, that minority success in America depends upon these three simple cultural factors.

Pacific Islanders and Native Americans including Hawaiians do embrace familial loyalty and Hispanics embrace familial loyalty and a strong work ethic but none of those cultures embrace education.

Black American culture embraces none of the three and, that is why blacks reside at the bottom of the ‘totem pole’.

Again, while there are individual exceptions, as a group these stereotypes hold true.

When cultures also value and practice traditional virtues like respect for the rule of law, self-control, persistence, delayed gratification, honesty, thrift, and sobriety… they create abundance.

When a culture embraces the unalienable right of the individual to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” the full flowering of human genius is harnessed in service of that culture.

All of the above is also why the left is so anxious to make of minorities a ‘threatened’ group. It’s to protect their myth, that ‘white privilege’ condemns America to permanent racism.

You’re not helping poor, dark skinned people, you’re entrenching their dependence.

I’m sure there are more Owebama scandals than 24. One I thought of and checked to see if it was listed (it was not) was the auto union bailout, where the auto companies’ bond holders were sacrificed first in the bankruptcy proceedings, when they should have been paid first. Owebama completely overturned bankruptcy law on his whim with that slick maneuver.

Oh, and don’t forget the closing of Republican/conservative GM dealerships in another example of crony socialism, many more successful than those which were not shuttered (they grew thanks to getting rid of the competition). Owebama looked at the 2008 voting map and closed dealerships based upon that map, you know, punishing one’s enemies.

24 scandals? Owebama has that many a day before breakfast (because he probably sleeps well past noon due to his partying, including with illegal drugs).

“The odds of dying in a terrorist attack are a lot lower than they are of dying in a car accident, unfortunately,” Obama said. ”The general rule is just show some common sense and some caution.”

How about the general rule is: you are the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces and it’s your job, to the best of your ability (with the most powerful and expensive military in history, not to mention Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, NSA etc) to prevent terror attacks on U.S. citizens.

He’s a freak.