Shattered Trust

Trust must be answered by responsibility. This is where Ozero blew it, as responsibility is a concept utterly foreign to him.

It’s not possible to trust anyone anymore. Constant lying seems to be the modus operendi in our society and with lies, trust goes out the window. It’s impossible to tell which collection of lies to believe. The constant lying from D.C. and Big Biz has turned our whole nation into a schizophrenic zoo.

This is a thoughtful and wise post, Pat. There was a line in your previous post that made me think:

And, as you have probably noticed, we here at No Quarter are animal lovers.

I doubt that you will find any group of bloggers in one place who are as distrustful of politicians and the media in general as the folks here at NQ. After the past election season and what has happened thereafter, we are cynical and skeptical to the bone. We just don’t trust them.

And perhaps that is why we are also “animal lovers.” We can trust them, and they can trust us. And it is necessary to nurture that trusting part of our souls.

Never forgive a traitor. There is finally a group that is suing. They have constitutional points to make and laws etc to back them up. I hope you will go and see what they are doing.

Once more Pat, you are ever well written and thoughtful. Thanks for your insight and NQ

http://riseupforamerica.com/

Never did trust him, and never will. He’s a two-faced liar.

I’ve run across a few of them in my life and have learned to stay far away from them. I just hope that congress listens to their constituents, or they will be looking for another job.

One of Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People–I was once trained as a facilitator in that program) gems:

You can’t talk yourself out of a problem you behaved yourself into.

Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO

Good topic and toon, Pat. Having been burned a lot by being overly trusting much of my life, I have become more self-reliant and less trusting. I am from Kansas, but beginning to feel more like a Missourian. Show me. Promises are just words, and regardless of someone’s good intentions at the time, promises are easily broken, and when they are, one is left with excuses. Promises not accompanied by a sense of obligation and responsibility are empty promises.

It’s a matter trust.

Oowawa, Right on target about the trust between us and our “animals”. They are the one constant in my life that I know beyond any doubt would never betray my trust nor I theirs.

As for The One, I never for a nanosecond trusted his scrawny ass. My distrust has evolved into fear. I am powerless to stop anything he wants to do to “transform, fundamentally transform, America”.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

John Adams

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

John F. Kennedy

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

Abraham Lincoln

Most in positions of authority want that authority but none of the accountability. Blame-shifting, finger-pointing, the-sun-was-in-my-eyes excuses, manipulation, diversion, and outright fabrications are the order of the day. It didn’t begin with politicians and isn’t limited to politicians as it is going on everywhere. I see it at work–every day. Everyone has an excuse but no answers; and the honest ones are usually the ones who ultimately take the fall. This is a fundamental failure of society to instill in its members the value of ethical and moral standards. If this country spent a tenth as much time on standards of conduct as it did on chasing the all-mighty greenback, I’m certain we’d see a Renaissance in society.

some excellent points and it goes along with one of my long held views that once the american people turn on something, they don’t go back. thanks for bringing the subject up, pat.

I don’t know what I said but I lost another comment to Spammy. Can an administrator please extricate it from its purgatory, please

Pat, this is one of my favorite toons of yours. I found it very moving because that broken trust was the reaction I had to the Democratic Party last year.

Trust is a huge word for me. I give people the benefit of the doubt as long as I can, but when that trust is lost, it ain’t coming back.

I am continually shocked by how many people will believe empty promises from politicans with no record to back it up. Then they have the temerity to be surprised when it doesn’t work out.

I NEVER trusted Obama and never will. I did at one time trust the Democratic party to be on the side of every day people and fight for their interests, their rights and their well being. The last election cured me of that. John Adams is exactly correct, bless his curmudgeon old heart.

Okay, here’s my latest smarty-pants analysis of your cartoon, Pat. It is very interesting that the broken letters are made out of brick, and that they are shattered and falling out of a clear blue sky. This implies that they were up there floating around like balloons before they broke apart. Brick doesn’t float, so they were being held up by what–magical hopium? Of course, when the illusion that brick-trust floats magically in the cloudless sky like hopium-filled balloons is finally shattered, the whole house-of-cards collapses (to mix a metaphor) and falls to Earth.

Those bricks were doubtless from a shovel-ready project.

Though I have never trusted Obama to begin with, I can see why he tried to rush the health care reform i.e. he didn’t want to give the other side the time to organize opposition. Btw I think his health care reform is too little too late.

I have never been a fan of Obama, but am starting to feel sorry for him lately, the way he has been maligned is a bit unfair.

Great post. I think you trust buster is an excellent choice.

And now they all have been trying to back track from their push, their name calling and accusations. Then the numbers plummeted. Then they now believed in “conversation” and not to rush things.

These kind of actions show the respect and expectations from Americans.

oowawa–I just love your analyses of my work. I hope you don’t mind if I use some of them while speaking in an upcoming show! : )

Thanks, Pat–Yes, of course my screwball ideas are in the public domain, as far as I’m concerned. An upcoming show, you say? I can also sing and dance!

I trust that something bad is going to happen, most likely in the economy. There’s no way to just cover it up with “Stimulus” money that has yet to get used (I read about 15% is in circulation). We are not prepared. Eight years of W. and Cheney, we have NO TRUST LEFT TO HOLD. IT WAS TAKEN AWAY, and HOPE AND CHANGE IS NOT TRUST.

Yes Pat, great article and cartoon. And what an insightful comment, Oowawa. The betrayal of my former Party, and some closest to me has been shattering yet at the same time informative. Those who have chosen to disregard what the Democrats did in the the primaries with the gamed caucuses, intimidation, and harassment, and fraud in the GE, seem to lack real integrity. Anyone who says in response to a comment from me, “so what, the Republicans did it,” worries me as to what we’ve become as a society. When was cheating, defrauding, and disenfranchising voters ever acceptable? And yet we saw it on such a huge scale this past year with nary a whisper being voiced. Thank you NQ and its faithful posters for being the light in the lighthouse that brings us home.

I lost trust in the Democratic party back in January 2008 when Howard Dean refused to intervene while the Obama campaign used misogyny against Hillary and claims of racism against Hillary and Bill Clinton. I played along and hoped for the best until May 31st when I lost all trust for the Democratic party. Still something in me decided to fight on (probably stupidity). But when Pelosi refused to have a roll call vote at the convention and after much lobbying and pressure finally allowed a sham of one concluding in Hillary conceding to Obama I lost every shred of trust for the Democrats. And it is likely lost for the rest of my life.

If anyone at any point in my life would have told me that I wouldn’t support the Democrats before January 2008 I would have given them a lot more than a piece of my mind. I was a loyal, though admittedly upon reflection, blind supporter of the Democratic party since I was a child. Never again. Instead I will fight against them as hard as I fought for them most of my life. If not more so.

I am sickened and disgusted with that piece of sh*t tying his name to 9/11!

How dare he officially name 9/11 some piece of crap that has to do with him and his acorn buddies!

We will neverrrrrrrrrr be able to erase his disgusting presence from memory!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

IMPEACH THE F*CKING TRAITOR!

CAROL HAKA

I think this is an excellent piece. Shattered, indeed, when lifelong Dems now are Indies, or like a good friend, so angered at Judas Richardson this a.m that she went and registered Republican. Shattered hopes for fairness in a presidential nomination convention. Shattered expectations that speaking out is the right thing to do, and not be called a “neanderthal, moron, evil-mongerer, trouble maker, far-right loon.” Shattered trust in any MSM. We could make giant lists, and the hits keep coming.

I doubt anyone could “malign” him unfairly.

Perhaps he could just brush it off; maybe with say a sweeping motion on each shoulder, as if it doesn’t matter?

Without trust, there is nothing else.

The day Ted Kennedy endorsed that one was the day I walked away from the democratic party forever. What an eye opening experience that was. I am still in disbelief at the democrats these days and can’t believe I ever related to them in any way.

Pat. Great work. And the comments above are sincere and thought provoking. A good piece brings that out in readers. Being an independent I have always trusted the wingtips of both parties to be so engaged to their beliefs and their leaders’ agendas that they can loose intellectual integrity and justify any and everything said and done in the name of their cause. I wish they could learn to question themselves before they question the motives of those who disagree with them. I also wish for world peace and all I get is whirled peas. I don’t think anyone TRUSTs Obama. Most just lack the knowledge to distrust him. I wonder how many every-day voters care or take the time to track his record of delivering promises.

We all need to become barroom barristers and educate our friends and family. We need to tell them to not just watch sports and entertainment, , quit smiling down at their bowl of peas, look up and try watching a news channel before they are all van banned. Six months ago if I critiqued an Obama action my bot family and friends would leave the room. Now they stare through me with the same lost eyes seen in the children of the damned.

Therefore, I trust there is hope for a change in how Americans use their great education and intellect.

Hey, carolhaka. What are you talking about the 9/11 name thing?

I had the same immediate reaction upoin reading Pat’s article – that I used to trust the democratic party. I “knew” they were the good guys. Until my eyes were opened on May 31, 2008 – but many on this blog had the same rude awakening.

Great toon. In my personal life I am very trusting (and got burnt by that many times.) But with Obama it was too easy. There were so many signs using which any intelligent person could surmise that this guy was not to be trusted.

In April, Obama authorized the establishment of 9/11 as a National Day of Service when he signed into law the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.

Brilliant!

“I have never been a fan of Obama, but am starting to feel sorry for him lately …”

Try to remember this man is President of the US. On a whim, he could declare you an enemy combatant, target you with Justice Dept or IRS, blackmail your lawyer or assign a crony to judge your case. As individuals, our only safety from him is our insignificance. If he had a reason, he could destroy any one of our lives as easily as you can blink your eyes. And If you somehow managed to survive his whim, well, that would be the plot of a Denzel Washington movie.

Any one of the Townhallers, singled out, could end up like Joe the Plumber.

He’s not a sick puppy. He’s the most powerful man in the world.

I saw Obama as a charming salesman who will promise anything to get votes. I guess those who voted for him were either trusting or greatly influenced by the media.

I have some things to say about SEIU and others in that organization, but will not no because I am out of town and away from my research.

Does the Serve America Act require college grant recipients to perform public duty? And does this not make it harder for lower income, grant-needing families, to get their sons and daugthers into high-paying internships with corporations, because their kids are working for ACORN, when they should be high-level interning? It seems like a blockade for the not rich to enter the world of the rich, only to add another body to the Obama-Axelrod/Chicago machine to re-elect the punk.

Oh. Did I say punk. My bad. “Stupid Punk.” .. with bad ideas.

Obama might just say he was rushing the healthcare bill because he knew Kennedy was dying and he wanted to honor him while he was still alive. If he does, that would really make me sick, sick, sick!

Naming the bill aftrer Kenedy is sick! Obama is a suckwad.

I just read this article about the 9/11 National Day of Service:

http://www.examiner.com/x-3678-Baltimore-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Obama-911-will-now-be-known-as-National-Day-of-Service

That’s about it. Amazing as it seems to me, Ralph Nader had it right, but was too early with it. His preventing Al Gore from winning in 2000 gave us the Bush/Cheney disaster. But Ralph’s message is right on now. Both parties are completely in the pockets of special interests. Like Karl Marx said “The government is simply the board of directors of the wealthy.” Its up to us citizens to keep up the pressure to bring about real change (oh, there’s that word again!).

Especially after Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted for Hillary in the Democratic primary.

I am absolutely disgusted. He wants to make 9/11 a positive instead of the negative the Republicans made it (per the O camp). How F—ing dare he! I mean really. Now families who lost loved ones in that evil attack on America are suppose to view 9/11 as a positive???!!!!

Obama you are the biggest f—ing America hater ever and Osama loves him some Obama for sure! I kind of drew the line at thinking Obama was a secret terrorist, but man oh man! I do not know what to think about the President of the United States wanting to say 9/11 is a positive! I think some heads are going to explode when this is made public and there may even be some people show up on the White House lawn! Mass numbers of some people. Of course if you don’t like the idea, you’ll be racist!

supposedly O will make a big announcement of it after his vacation! I truly despise that man. How insensitive to the families of the victims!

Whether O is really evil or if he just believes he can erase 9/11 and the war on terror, he is nuts. I remember watching O go on the superstar tour to Germany during the primary and thinking, I do think that man is insane! Now there is just no other explanation for what he does. Criminally insane. That has to be it! Quick, he is not competent to stay in office. Impeach him now!

Well, seeing what this proud Hillary supporter from the Bay State posts tomorrow should make you feel a little better. http://jbjd.wordpress.com

What are you and Carol talking about? Link?

The reason Ozero tried to rush the alleged health care bill through Congress was so that he could get it passed before any non-worshipers could get a chance to actually read it.

It is the co-opting of 9-11 by the left. Just like the war on terror was just renamed into non-existence, so 9-11 is to be co-opted.

http://www.911dayofservice.org/

I also lost faith in the democratic party during the primary season of 2008. I also lost trust in most of the MSM. I’m afraid it is forever gone.

Because I never supported or voted for Obama, there was no sense of betrayal for me concerning him. However I do distrust many other democrats that I have supported and voted for in the past. My husband and I attended a health care protest rally about a week ago at our congressman’s local office. He is a “blue dog democrat”. It was peaceful and there was a nice turn-out for basically a “word of mouth” protest. However neither our congressman nor any members of his staff were present even though there were a few people on the other side of the street showing their support for health care reform.

I have also e-mailed my congressman several weeks ago expressing my concerns about the “House” health care proposal. To date, I have received no response from his office.

My husband and I had been life-long democrats until the 2008 presidential election. But 2008 became the year that we were told our votes didn’t count and we literally became “invisible” to the party. My husband is now an “independent” and although I’m still a democrat on the “books”, I will never ever follow the “party” with blind loyalty again.

Yep, all they wanted anybody to know was coming from the focus group inspired campaign ads. Bills now are sold through ad campaigns. The media has become little more than sock puppet whores. The left can stick their hand up in them and cause them to speak eloquent things. But none of those elegant things are true. Maybe because nothing is true anymore, then nothing can be false either. We no longer have a moral compass or point of reference in Washington D.C. So, anything goes now. It is like the White House and congress is some kind of an MTV reality show.

I really like Covey. The book is deep – very deep.

I especially like it when he talked about the inability to break the law. He says you don’t break the law – but you break yourself against the law.

Think about the law of gravity. You can say you don’t believe in it, but when you throw yourself off a building, the law of gravity wins – and splat! there you go on the sidewalk – breaking yourself against the law of gravity.

Obama just broke himself against many laws.
He will pay the consequences. So will many people that supported this man who has no respect for the rule of law.

agreed.

How’s the country doing on Obama’s “Trust Me” thing?

Well, here’s your answer:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/27/big-beck-goes-over-3-million-viewers-beats-oreilly-in-demo-cable-news-ratings-for-wednesday-august-26-2009/25541

You’d think that the people in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast trusted in Obama to bring hope and change to their lives, especially after Bush. How’s that workin’ out for them?

SPECIAL REPORT: How is Obama doing on Gulf Coast recovery?

By Chris Kromm

For many people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the election of President Barack Obama to the White House last November brought a sense of renewed hope — or at least an opportunity to change the course of the region’s stalled Katrina recovery.

But a report released today by the Institute for Southern Studies [pdf] finds that, so far, many Gulf Coast advocates give the administration low marks for their Gulf recovery — and they don’t think Washington has lived up to its promises to make rebuilding a priority.

The report also includes a “Katrina Recovery Index” with 80 indicators on housing, health care, coastal protection, hurricane readiness and other measures of Gulf recovery.

Promises to the Gulf

President Obama had made the federal government’s obligation to Gulf Coast rebuilding — and the Bush administration’s failure to fulfill that promise — a centerpiece of his campaign and agenda. As Obama said on a campaign stop [pdf] in New Orleans in August 2007, “Let New Orleans be the place where we strengthen those bonds of trust, where a city rises up on a new foundation that can be broken by no storm.”

Obama repeated his commitment in New Orleans in February 2008:

The broken promises did not start when a storm hit, and they did not end there … I promise you that when I’m in the White House I will commit myself every day to keeping up Washington’s end of this trust. This will be a priority of my presidency.
But the Institute’s new report [pdf], based on surveys with over 50 Gulf Coast community leaders, reveals ongoing frustration with the scope and pace of federal initiatives.

Survey respondents included leaders from faith, community and environmental groups working in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. They were asked to grade the president and Congress in eight key areas — and many expressed belief that, to date, little in Washington has changed:

* Gulf Coast leaders give the Obama administration’s recovery efforts a grade of “D+.” The only area where Obama ranked higher than a “D” was in the administration’s willingness to “publicly acknowledge the challenges facing recovering Gulf Coast communities,” which earned a “C-.”

* The Obama administration scored lowest on tackling some of the biggest recovery priorities, scoring only a “D” for efforts to help displaced families return home, revitalizing infrastructure, increasing coastal hurricane protection and creating living-wage jobs and business opportunities.

* Surprisingly, Gulf Coast leaders didn’t report much improvement over the previous administration: The Obama’s grade of “D+” was only slightly higher than the “D-” grade for President Bush.

[..]

Less Stimulus for the Gulf

But Gulf Coast advocates view the president’s $786 billion stimulus bill passed this spring as another missed opportunity. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the White House announced before the Congressional vote that the bill “would create or preserve fewer jobs in Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District than any in the nation, chiefly because the calculations were based on the district’s storm-depleted population.”

Congress and the president also rejected proposals for a Gulf Coast Civic Works program for “shovel-ready” green rebuilding, and a recommendation from President Bush’s Gulf Coast advisor to inject $1.5 billion into stalled Gulf projects.

[..]

Clearly, many Gulf Coast leaders believe that — whatever the reasons — the current leadership in Washington has not lived up to its pledge to strengthen recovery efforts in the region.

If the President and Congress are to keep their promise — and regain the confidence of community leaders — they must signal a more focused commitment to renewal in the still-struggling Gulf Coast.

http://www.southernstudies.org/

And a well placed cheek scratch

Wow, did you see Glenn Beck’s numbers…Amazing!

In case you didn’t know, Sarah tweeted for all of her 800,000 followers to start watching Beck, starting on Wednesday.

Evidentally, they listened.

Go Sarah Go!!!!!!

Impeach the piece of Sh*t!

CAROL HAKA

you betcha.

Obama’s Trust Problem:

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-were-going-right-back-into-the-tank-2009-8

John Adams was an amazing person–did you see the HBO miniseries on him? Based on the David McCullough book, it’s available on DVD now. HIGHLY recommended!

One more quote to add:

Trust but verify. –Reagan

How is Obama doing on his promises to rebuild the Gulf Coast–New Orleans and surrounding communities–four years after Katrina, a special report shows Obama has broken this trust:

http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/08/special-report-obama-congress-get-d-grades-from-gulf-advocates-for-katrina-recovery-efforts.html

Whoframedrudy,

Seems like you are confusing Obama with Bush. If what you wrote is true, we have only ourselves to blame for that, as we have been negligent in safeguarding our Constitution, which aims to prevent those sort of things from happening.

As the saying goes: each nation gets the government it deserves or deserves the government it gets.

Counter to this, please keep your eyes and ears open for a National Strike Day, November 4, 2009.

It’s being planned as a day when no one goes to work and no one buys anything–to make the politicians take notice.

Don’t know any more details, but it is certainly an interesting idea.

IMHO, this is an excellent comment, whoframedrudy.

As individuals, our only safety from him is our insignificance.

HaHa–how true! Oh, it’s such a blessing to be a meaningless insect. If we gadflies ever become too much of a nuisance, he’ll simply find some way to order the whole colony here at NQ poisoned with the latest insecticide.

(I’m kidding. Sort of.)

politicsisdirty,

Most politicians, especially in this country, are more or less charming salesman, otherwise they wouldn’t get very far. Remember Mondale, Dukakis, Carter etc. This is because too many American voters can’t take the truth.

We apparently value style over substance, personality over character, appearence over reality, words over deeds. Democracy requires educated and informed voters capable of critical and independent thought to be fully functional. Too many of our voters are susceptible to mass media propaganda and are brain washed and manipulated by lies. They can’t see and think clearly.

Actually that is a translation of a Russian proverb and predates Reagan.

What Docelder said (he said it much better than I could have)

It is pretty clear now what happened. Pollsters in front of every campaign stop found out what was important to the people there… speech writers crafted the stump speech mixing these words into the necessary NLP mix… then That One showed up and read it to the hapless people. People were too busy fainting and crying to figure out it was just a campaign. And it is still a campaign to this day. It is the best they have got.

I trust because I must, how ever when that trust is broken and betrayed I am NOT Surprised.
Then I always recall the broken trust in that event and never trust again that person, place or thing.
Washington DC is a circus full of clowns.
I have never trusted a clown.

Obama doesn’t like opposition. In his senate races he won by default after removing the opposition. He isn’t wired the way most of us are wired. He is unbounded by conscience. In that light here is the latest headline… Bill would give President emergency control of the Internet. We are just eight months in… still this is the fourth quarter for us nonetheless. Last call for freedom.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html

Needs to be sooner than that!

Just heard on Fox that Obama and minions knew months ago that PanAm bommber would be released!

I can’t stand this BS anymore.

This country is really in trouble!

IMPEACH THE CREEP!

CAROL HAKA

charming salesman

Liars and flim flam artists.

Thanks for putting me on to this sobering report, Mountainaires. It’s going to be a toon soon.

Trollbot

does anyone get the impression that all this fuss over the healthcare bill is just a distraction to keep the public from seeing his real agenda? they had to know folks would get upset over this bill and while they are busy protesting ,obama and his minions are busy setting up their shadow goverment. all one needs to do is look at the people he has installed as czars(?) ,who answer to no one but him. why does congress allow this? also look at all the chicago thugs he has put in place in the government. while we are busy protesting at town hall meeting he is creating his own private army. anyone wonder why he needs that? we must stay vigilant.

if one of my students submitted this document as his or her dissertation I would have handed it back after the first 50 pages with a two-word message, “Try again.”

Well, it wasn’t exactly written as a dissertation. I think the styles are quite different. What do you teach, anyway?

here’s one possible solution. come the 2010 election, we need to get rid of as many dems in the congress and senate and replace them with republicans (im not a republican but dont consider myself a member of this particular democtatic party anymore). then we can start calling for obamas impeachment before he completely destroys this country. we need to ask those republicans running if they would consider it..if so they will have our votes. if not, then at least we will have some checks and balances and they can (hopefully) stop him before he gives away the store.

Pat, you hit the nail on the head. It is all about trust. I hated Bush, but I never felt this kind of distrust I now feel about Obama, and I am a democrat.
I trust my feelings of distrust, they are genuine, and they are the lens that I look through when evaluating everything about him.

Good idea. Then in 2012 we can either stay Republican or maybe there will be a new party that truly represents we the People. Whatever we do we have to get every single liberal out. The Democratic party has been hijacked.

Yes, but our voices starting over a year ago are finally being heard. I started in Feb 2008 at the Political Machine. There we lots of trolls and the worst were the so called writers. Then I found a haven here with like minded people.

The HC thing really has galvinized a lot of people. A distraction,yes and no, because they are throwing so much against our country. They own the MSM and the bully pulpit. Now it looks like they may take our freedom on the internet.

BILL WOULD GIVE OBAMA ‘EMERGENCY’ CONTROL OF INTERNET

http://www.drudgereport.com/

oops reading this forum backwards and posted same at the end of the que. I read magazines back to front too.

I think Beck said 10 YEARS to repay 4 years of educational loans.

Shattered trust indeed. Wonder how the people who risked their lives escaping Castros wonderful life care feel about this.

LA Rep: ObamaCare Opponents Want to Destroy ‘First President Who Looks Like Me’
then Praises Cuban Revolution & Castro’s Health Care
System

http://www.breitbart.tv/la-rep-obamacare-opponents-want-to-destroy-first-president-who-looks-like-me/

http://www.breitbart.tv/la-congresswoman-praises-cuban-revolution-castros-health-care-system/

This is why they want control of the 2010 census where they can register illegal aliens and skewer the elections.

Did anyone here realize that the right was responsible for the deaths of RFK, JFK?

Imagine that. hmmmmmm

Libtalker Malloy accuses the right of killing RFK, JFK

And you know what the term lynchpin means. So with the death of Ted Kennedy last night, liberalism in this country has lost its champion; the person who, in the modern era, personified liberalism to a greater degree than anyone in Congress; I think that his death heralds the beginning of a very, very very dark period in this country.

I remember feeling that way in 1963 and in 1968-when his two brothers were murdered by the right wing in this country.

Oh my ……

Since the day after JFK was shot and Lee Harvey Oswald, an admitted “Marxist,” was implicated in the assassination, the left in America has desperately tried to disown him. They have concocted the wildest conspiracy theories involving LBJ, the CIA, defense contractors – anyone and anything except Lee Oswald – a pathetic creature who understood Marxism about as well as your average chipmunk. I personally believe Oswald acted alone but all of the realistic conspiracy theories involve Castro and/or the mob – hardly right wing fanatics.

And what of Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian who murdered RFK? Some right winger, huh? Radio Equalizer’s Brian Maloney:

Hey Mike, if Sirhan Sirhan was a right-winger, then why did left wing radical / Obama confidant Bill Ayers dedicate his book to RFK’s assassin?

The death of Ted Kennedy will no doubt bring other smears from the left, eventually leading to some idiot liberal accusing the right of killing Teddy.

Don’t worry, they’ll find some way to pin it on conservatives. They always do.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/libtalker_malloy_accuses_the_r.html

Let us know as soon as you do, please.

Yes start at the head and it will collapse like a straw man. But these other things are good too.

Newt Gingrich: President Obama should fire Attorney General Eric Holder

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/President-Obama-should-fire-Attorney-General-Eric-Holder-8162995-55452607.html

Are Pelosi’s lies impeachable?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/are_pelosis_lies_impeachable.html

Or vaccinated ?

I couldn’t help but notice a big drug company (Glaxo) is advertizing on this official 9/11 National Day of Service site that Docelder provided the link for.

If anyone wants to avoid boosting its number of hits but still wants to know about this new “holiday” (and an opposing POV), try this site instead (it was the first one that popped up when I did a search last night):

http://www.examiner.com/x-3678-Baltimore-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Obama-911-will-now-be-known-as-National-Day-of-Service

Pat, I truly agree with your first paragraph. Trust and respect go hand in hand.
Politically, I wanted to believe that there were many more earnest public servants than those we see exposed as greedy power players.
I am now repulsed by so many politicians that I’m almost a “throw all the bums out”!

This is such a very thought-provoking article and cartoon Pat! In fact I can’t get it out of my mind.

It’s a good feeling to trust people, and since first reading this I’ve been taking a tally of all those who’ve earned my trust. It’s happily a longer list than I would’ve imagined! However when it comes to the politics, trust is as rare as a wrinkle on a baby’s behind.

During these past few days of information overload about Sen. Kennedy, I’ve belatedly become aware of the gory details of Chappaquiddick (as a young girl in 1969 I was unconscious of this event) and other sordid aspects of his personal life. I have to say I’m absolutely shocked. And last night, hearing Sen. McCain go on and on about him so glowingly, I’m beginning to understand why Republicans stayed home last November. There’s no denying Kennedy was a formidable legislator, but knowing what I now know, I have a very sick feeling about him. And not only him — I feel sick about the people who make light of his personal shortcomings. None of us is perfect — like Nicholas Cage says in Moonstruck, “snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us.”

For not only Democrats — but also Republicans, most of the voters of MA, and most of the MSM — to brush aside the appalling personal behavior of Sen. Kennedy has made me once again feel a gut-wrenching disillusionment about our political process. I don’t expect politicians to be of the highest moral character — I’m too old for that. But I guess I’ve nevertheless harbored a maturer version of idealism and trust that is shattering piece by piece, just as your cartoon depicts.

blue orchid, my point is Obama has the same power as Bush.

Remember when Bush had low poll numbers, lost the Congress in 2006, while being savaged by the anti-war left over the unpopular Iraq War, he still had the power to push through the ‘Surge.’ That’s the power of the Presidency. And regardless of who is in the office–Bush, Obama or Mother Theresa–the President’s feet must be kept to the fire.

So no, I don’t feel sorry for Obama because he’s getting a little heat. Its that heat that keeps us all out of ‘camp.’

I was just considering recently whether to trust our government on swine flu vaccination.
I concluded that I would use the net to poll other governments and health professionals worldwide and use that info to make up my mind.

Sad when you don’t trust your own government.

Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!
Eremeeff

Research ethics.

Whoops–didn’t get to finish. The styles may be different but one needs to communicate clearly. Ambiguities must be absent. And the stockholders must be able to understand it. This is one fifth of our economy, AND our very lives in terms of the care we can expect to receive. There is no reason why this particular document cannot be intelligible to a reasonably intelligent layperson.

(Note: My professional name is different than my cartoonist name–separate personas for sure!)

Chappaquiddick was a shock to be sure. I was younger then, of course, and not quite into politics. But I didn’t see how any politician could survive that multi-dimensional tragedy.

Thank you for your kind comments about the toon.

To the question, “why we need term limits?” Ted Kennedy’s picture should be plastered next to it.

Should the public believe that he was actually effective versus complacent and enjoyed luxury and privilege instead after 47 years?

The real question is, did he use and hide in the Senate as he got away with 1969 Chappaquiddick murder because of family name and monies compared to the average Joe on the street who would rot in jail for the same crime?

With Obama’s support, did Ted Kennedy faked his own death to distract the world from his specific role behind the scenes in the orchestrated murders and theft of targeted opponent and wealth accumulated for 7 generations and to celebrate (with new disguise and identity) with fellow culprits at upcoming G20 Financial Summit Meeting scheduled on September 25 in Pittsburgh, PA naturally attended by Obama?

Under close and independent scrutiny, it is people like Ted Kennedy that confirms our country can’t afford not to have “Term Limits” ASAP!!!