Is Our Director Of Intelligence Really This Clueless?

I knew as soon as I heard this remarks that clapper was in hot water. many many people will have a field day with this. 
http://johnwsmart.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/mubarak-out/

Such as Anticipating Also..That Mubarek could be Killed by members of his own Securirty Forces or Military Like Anwar sadat Was..?
“Who Could have Anticipated..”  Moment..?

Oh yeah this will quiet things down. What a dumb ass.

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/10/6026741-he-just-lit-the-final-fuse

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE CHATTERING PEOPLE RULE

James Clapper, announced at a House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday that the Muslim Brotherhood wasn’t all that, they were basically a secular group
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Wow, RRRA. Which part of the fact that the term Muslim is not a secular one did Claptrap completely fail to comprehend? These boneheads need remedial courses in English, as a minimum. On second thought, they should be fired for incompetence.

And, by the way, Hillary should find the right time to resign. It’s time to distance herself from this debacle that is not her doing.
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And the sooner, the better.

Yes, that richardweed might may as well have handed the demonstrators a few RPGs. Wow, some people do need to keep their stream of unconsciousness to themselves.

Rev. Amy–Oh dear sweet Jeezus! This is unbelievable.
The term “dumber then dirt” comes to mind.

My dog Blue, whose two favorite things are sleeping and chasing houseflies, would make a better Director of Intelligence and provide better security for our nation than the Huey, Dewey and Louie interviewed by Sawyers…..in fact, that interview even made Sawyers  look smart!

Thanks for the exceptional post……..and hope you’re feeling better!

I agree that they are spreading propaganda.  He doesn’t look like Goebels but he does remind me of him the way he tells us up is down and black is white (sorry about the racism).

That’s what I don’t understand; why is no one asking Obie the difference between Iran and Egypt.  I thought we didn’t get involved in other countries.  Why do you think Obama supports Sharia law? What benefit is it to him?

Yeah, That One is being played like a cheap fiddle. The problem is that we’re forced to be a captive audience while he’s played. It’s all off-key.

Yeah, no kidding, right?  What a crock.  They have been working recently to try and make themselves appear like they are “moderate.”  I heard someone say today – sorry, can’t remember who – so many talking heads on this subject – that yes, they have moderates as a way to try to pass (essentially).  But they cannot HELP but let out their true plans, like one of their spokespeople the other day said in a press conference – they want Islam as the way of the land. And that includes the “justice” – HUH?? – of Sharia Law.

They need to stay calm – even if they have to wait for elections.

No one ever remembers the names of those who died in the name of freedom.  Live and blog about it later, Egyptians.  Don’t let them ask you to spill your blood for them.

>:o

Pretty much every intelligence professional knows that Clapper is clueless.  It’s pretty amazing that someone of his ilk has risen so high in intelligence, but I guess this speaks to how highly political and admin skills, as opposed to intelligence skills, are valued by the system in choosing its intelligence leadership.

Butt, butt, butt … we’ve all been eating our veggies and shunning tater tots. Isn’t that what will save the world?

Fox just showed a result of a poll that shows that 50% of the American people approve of Obama’s handling egpt;  32% disapprove.  Talk about dumber than dirt; how  can anyone think he is handling this well? 

ROTFLMAO – hey, I will support Blue in pursuit of that position.  I bet you $100 Blue would do a FAR better job than Claptrap!

Amazingly, he actually has an impressive resume.  He is a retired Lt. Gen. from the Air Force, for starters.  Here is a link.

Given James Clapper’s background, I am astonished that he could honestly be so clueless. I find it almost unbelievable to be quite honest.

Is the administration putting him up to statements like this?

Beats the hell out of me.  They aren’t paying attention.  Or else, all they hear is “Democracy!  The people want Democracy!” without looking closer, or without some critical thinking into Obama’s flipflops and machinations when it comes to Egypt.  It doesn’t help when WaPo has become a propaganda rag with the piece by Soros first, and now by this MB dude…

I don’t understand what is going on.  Now Paul Wolfowitz and Elliot Abrams also dumping on Mubarak.  Is there anyone who is just taking a step back, a deep breath, and saying that there is a constitution and no way to mount a credible election to start tomorrow?   

on CNN at Tahir Square, two egyptians, who had been living in the USA for 16-years and have traveled to Egypt to stand with the demonstrators are being interviewed.  “Mubarak has to leave,” the say.  great.  WTF do they know about the situation in Egypt.  who else are the people demonstrating?   

No!  We need our tater tots!  Dip them in ketchup (a proven vegetable), and they will sustain life for the hungry people, and help the poor Idaho farmers to keep their farms.  I wholeheartedly agree with the campaign slogan that Cindy suggested a few days ago: “A Tater in Every Tot!”

Oops – jr, I see you beat me to it – sorry I didn’t see this! 

As I said below, this statement to “clarify: is almost as stupid as the one Clapper initally made! 

Does NO ONE in this Administration utilize logic and just a BIT of fact checking??

This is more of Elbaradi fulfilling his role of usefull idiot by claiming that the sky is falling. 

52% voted for Obozo.
This only says that 6% got a clue;the rest are still out of it.

Portia—LOL ….that’s so funny!
& oowawa—thanks for the shout-out… and I must say:
To be quoted by oowawa is the equivalent of being a novice comedian on the old Tonight Show and after your routine, having Johnny motion for you to come over and sit on the couch!

Quite so, R3A.  I say we get…oh, maybe half of Beck’s August crowd…and demand Dear Reader put his presidency where his big loud mouth is and acceed to our demands to step down NOW cause we’re sick to death of his brand of hopey changey BS.

A classic W. O. R. M. occasion.

Chasing houseflies?

Ya-ho Blue!  You good dog,  you . . .

Thee One needed to get him a real fly-chasin’ dog like Old Blue, instead of that pure-bred critter he got . . .

FREE HILLARY!

What they are saying is that the Muslim Brotherhood is working through the current government, which is secular, so, Clapper’s conclusion is that they must be secular.  Whoa…this guy needs to go back to logic 101. Pathetic. I mean, even the explanation is pathetic.  He needs to retire and so does whoever wrote the explanationl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjfUfO9CgmY

Crowd in front of Egyptian Army Northern Command in Alexandria

full text of Mubarak’s speech

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12427091

Krauthammer just showed up on Special Report in his tux unloading the same chicken-little crap. If you’re speaking for the cocktail party, what better way to dress to make that clear!

They are responding to buzz words just as they did when they elected the incompetent.
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Like flies to crap–all a-buzz.

“The big shame and embarrassment, which I have not done and never will do, would be listening to foreign dictations whatever may be the source or pretext.”

Gee, I wonder whom he was thinking of?  I think that Thee-One’s chin was not sufficiently tilted upwards when he informed Mubarak what was “unacceptable.”   Next time, when He tells him what is “totally unacceptable,” He will need to strike a more lofty, forceful, and manly chin profile:

Here’s another

the crowds will have pizza hut sandwiches.

http://twitpic.com/3yg0o2

Oh, dang, Madame, wouldn’t you just love to do that?  And then China could step in (like the US did) and demand that Obama step down because he was squandering the nation’s (and China’s) wealth (since they give us a ton of money like we give Egypt), was violating the Constitution, etc., etc., etc.

I am sure we could muster more than 250,000 people, don’t you? 

I wonder if the Obots would feel the same abt THAT kind of revolution??  (I know – no, they wouldn’t.)

will egypt become like Pakistan?

http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2011/02/09/egypt-and-pakistan-something-borrowed-something-new/

on Fox News backtrack’s response to Egypt,
He is giving orders again.

That’s a good one, Ferd. Sometimes I think of the bots as lemmings.

“NBC: Obama, finding speech ‘dispiriting,’ to make written statement

By M. Alex Johnson, msnbc.com reporter
Update 6:48 p.m. ET: NBC News’ Chuck Todd reports that White House officials say President Barack Obama found Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s speech “extremely dispiriting.”
After making upbeat remarks earlier in the day at a speech in Michigan, in which he said the world was watching “history unfold,” Obama is now expected only to issue a written statement this evening.”

I am so confused by the Obama administration! First we never saw these protests coming. Next, they urged for a peaceful resolution. Next Mubarak must go. Then Mubarak must stay. Then the Muslim Brotherhood is secular and good and must have a seat at the table. Then they re-clarify. Then the reports say Mubarak is stepping down. Then he goes on TV and says he’s not going anywhere. Then the Obama administration says they never saw this coming……aren’t we right back where we started, they never saw this coming?

The only thing I can deduce from all this back and forth is that Obama administration and his people are completely clueless. He looks weak and ineffectual. You don’t declare a dictator must leave and than back off from that and just keep flopping around like a fish! And if you were truly “completely caught off guard” when he refuses to resign, you don’t run around saying that!

Get your ducks in a row before you start shooting all these blanks. It’s getting embarassing.

Yep, the whole Muslim Brotherhood probably found Mubarak’s speech “extremely dispiriting.”

Reminds me of Janet Napolitano saying the Mexican border is 100% secure

tek—well, actually it IS secure, if you’re only talking about Taco Bell, which just may be what the administration is referencing.

GALT!!!!  Woohoo!!!!!! 

Well said, yttik.  Spot on.

Israel must be watching this fiasco with dismay and astonishment . . .

Oh, dear goddess, MUST he??  Good grief – Obama has been on the tee-vee almost every single day, and every single day, he has been wrong, wrong, wrong…

Found my old avatar!

Well, Napolitano is correct: the border IS still secure.  If you look at the latest maps, you will see that it is still where it always has been, following along the Rio Grande.  It’s the people coming across the border that are a matter of concern….

There are polls and there are polls…

I’m clueless on Egypt. Wow, that makes me qualified to be President, these days!

Seriously, I think most of us haven’t got a clue about Egypt, but none of us claim to be “Ready on day one” President, either.

Written is better for him.

Look at Oliver North…

Rofl!

This reporter yesterday made me laugh, he said, “here we are, in a war zone less than a mile from the US border. Should US officials be concerned?” The look on his face was priceless, because it was that phony quizical look reporters have when they are pretending to be neutral.  After a second  his face fell into a WTF?? Heck yeah we should be concerned!! Did you just make me say something really stupid?

Amy, yeah. The tide was against us in 08. The tidal wave is against the bots this time around. Should be fun to watch them all implode.

ohhh, that makes a difference; so most people are not paying attention or listening to NBC, which is the same thing.

Wow–the patronizing tone of this is remarkable.  This is not only going to piss off the Mubarak partisans, but it will also irritate all of the Egyptians who do not like US meddling in their affairs–and that is, let’s see, everybody….

U.N. agency to send foot-and-mouth experts to N. Korea: report

I love it! A tater in every tot!

And to think I was afraid his speech wouldn’t make any difference!

Amy,

I am sure the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, knows more about the Muslim Brotherhood than you, Larry Johnson, FOX News and all you looney noncredible Internet links combined.

Again, I challenge you to provide one example from a credible source where the MB have been linked to any violence in the last 30 years. You have written three post now trying to say the MB is some kind of extremist group, but you have provide no proof or facts as such. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Why has the MB never been on the U.S. terrorism watch list? Why in 2007 did the Bush Adminstration reach out to the MB and increase ties to the group?

There are many interpretations of Sharia, some moderate and some extreme. Just like interpreting the Bible or the Ten Commandments. Sharia might not be for you or me, but we are not Muslim.

Again, your hatred for Muslims is on display. NQ and AMY loves to take swipes every chance they get at one of the great religions of the world, whether it was the faux controversy about the Muslim center near ground zero or now some kind of fear-mongering about the MB, for what reason I do not know. Amy, what actually is your point with all this?

That’s why, as much as I fantasize about marching on the WH with pitchforks and torches, I know we can’t go down that road. Our country is great because we solve our problems through our votes. Our votes are our voices. The last two years have been excruciatingly painful as we watched our country being raped, but last November showed us and the world how it’s done in a democracy. I hope the US can continue to be an example for good.

Actually, that interview made them look like the Three Stoogies  - Moe, Larry (i.e Napolitano), and Curly (i.e. Clapper).

………… well, your vote is actually Acorn’s ………..

She meant on the Mexican side of the border!

=-O

That’s cool, Mr. Natural, but with that cutout of Elle, how are you going to pick up swingin’ chicks?  But why even mess with cardboard cutouts: here’s a female companion that never complains and also “never needs a comfort stop”:

LOL oowawa, so funny!

The problem is Egypt has not had elections in about 100 years and a high percentage of the people support the MB. Most likely, they do so w/o really knowing who the MB is. A democratic society takes awhile to build and needs the supporting structure to be in place before hand. I think this is what Mubarak was alluding to in his statement today.

The “50%” are being fooled by the LSM and the left shouting about how wonderful it is that the protesters are calling for democracy. They have no idea what democracy is and they won’t find it in an Islaamic caliphate.

Carol,

Not sure what Sadat has to do with anything. If you are suggesting that the MB assassinated Sadat that is factually incorrect. They have never been linked to the assassination.

If you can provide a credible link proving that they have, please provide it. Sadat was assassinated by an officer in the Egyptian military. He was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a radical extremist group that is not affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. In fact, the Muslim Brotherhood has fought against Egyptian Islamic Jihad. In addition, extremist groups like Egyptican Islamic Jihad have denounced the Muslim Brotherhood and the are arch enemies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Islambouli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Islamic_Jihad

Amy,

How about this from the Jewish Daily. Can you imagine a Jewish newspaper call the Muslim Brotherhood a moderate group?

“Muslim Brotherhood: In Egypt, a Pragmatic Player, but Less Likely To Rule”

Although proponents of democracy can only be excited by the prospect of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak leaving office after a 30-year dictatorship, they also fear that a possible successor in leadership of the country of 80 million could be worse — not only for Egypt, but for Israel.

But despite alarms about the Muslim Brotherhood raised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some other observers, most scholars of Egyptian politics view the Muslim Brotherhood as actually the most moderate among Islamist groups.

The group, they say, rightly raises a variety of democratic concerns. But most doubt that the Brotherhood, as it is known, would pose an existential threat to Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, or that it would win a popular election currently set for September.

“There is a lot of exaggeration and Islamist hysteria,” said Dina Guirguis, a longtime activist for Egyptian democracy and a research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “Many of those who talk about the Brotherhood don’t understand the reality on the ground.”

“I don’t know anyone who had studied the Muslim Brotherhood and thinks they can take over,” said Nathan Brown, political science professor at George Washington University who has researched the Egyptian political system. “The best they can hope for is a seat at a crowded table.”

Researchers, however, see a more nuanced picture of the group and of its ability to influence Egyptian policy. They point to the fact that the Brotherhood is unique, as it is one of few Islamic organizations that have explicitly debated the use of violence and decided against it, living up to this decision for the past four decades. Earlier, at the time of its founding, the group did not refrain from violence against the British. It became a model for similar Brotherhoods established in other Arab countries, which still operate throughout the Middle East, making the Brotherhood the largest and oldest international Islamist organization. Since it is outlawed in Egypt, there are no exact figures regarding membership and support. Experts estimate the Brotherhood has less than half a million active members, but that support for the group among Egyptian voters could reach several million.

It was in 1970 that the group officially renounced violence, stating it would focus on promoting its social services network as a means of advancement toward its goal of an Islamic state. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is not on the U.S. State Department list of terror organizations, which is considered the most comprehensive documentation of groups involved in terror.

Stephen P. Cohen, president of the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development, argued that despite Israeli fears of such a move, it would be a mistake to believe the Brotherhood could actually drive Egypt down the path of revoking the peace accord with Israel. “This is a self-defeating assumption,” he said. “In fact, the peace with Israel reflects the consensus in Egypt.”
 

Marshall Breger, a Catholic University law professor who was President Ronald Reagan’s liaison to the Jewish community and has been active in outreach efforts to Muslim groups, said he sees no reason to refrain from engaging with the Brotherhood, either privately or publicly. “They are part of the fabric of the Egyptian society,” he said. “They are a relevant player.”

Brown estimated that the Brotherhood would be less successful electorally now than in 2005 when, under tough limitations, it won 20% of the seats in Parliament. Dina Guirguis estimates that the group’s share in future elections will range between 15% and 20% of the votes.

http://forward.com/articles/135318/

Get rid of the cameras, get rid of the crowds.

By George you know how to cut and paste! Good job! Now is that the kind of attention you’ve been looking for?

Yeah – he can get his crayons out and print his widdle speech……

Oh Susie, don’t throw cold water all over my fuzzy warm denial! Mark Steyn said last night that 90% of the women in Egypt have undergone genital mutilation. The only hope is that they are not among those protesters present now in Tahrir Square.

There are two forms, taqiyya and ketman. Taqiyya involves concealment of religion and ketman involves political or religious camoflage, paying lip service to the incumbent form of governance while secretly holding opposing views. Ketman often ends up in uprisings and revolution. They are what enables Muslims to do things like swear the NY mosque is not a victory mosque and that Muslims have no quarrel with Americans when saying the opposite in Arab countries. And lying to an infidel is not really lying since they are infidels and not deserving of the truth since they have not come to the truth of Islam. Of course, all these things come from Mohamed, not God. God said “Do not bear false witness”, “Thou shalt not kill” and Muslims do both, in the name of God, because Mohamed said they should. Sort of a damned if you do, damned if you don’t sort of religion.

He will be retired again soon….

It is a bit misleading – yes, the article is in the Jewish Daily Forward, but it is written by someone in Washington, DC. The two comments at this article are well-worth reading, including this conclusion of one reader: “This naïve substitute for a rational international policy based on realpolitik is not only leading to the end of the US as the worlds only “superpower,” but creates enormous instability in countries already unstable, is the direct cause of tens-of-thousands and more lives needlessly lost on the altar of American arrogance, its self-righteous ideology of remaking the world after its own image.”

Or this one: “It’s so silly to present arguments that the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to political power is not such a serious possibility. The dynamics of events in Egypt are quite beyond guessing. However, the attempt to calm us, pretending that a Muslim Brotherhood regime would not renew the state of war with Israel is really going too far. Of course, they would cancel the peace treaty with Israel. And with the cancelation of the peace treaty, there will be no point expecting any more peace treaties in the Middle East.”

Yes I heard that… herrendous! OMG!

This is the article I used.

http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Lying_for_Islam

So, Angela Merkl says that state multiculturalism has failed in Germany, and David Cameron concurs the same is true in the UK.  Now France has weighed in. Holy moley.

What do y’all think abt this – whenever the talking heads mention this, they say that communities in the US are far better integrated than in those countries. True? False? Inbetween?

really, then why did Clapper’s office have to clarify his statement?

Oops!
BY Richard FernandezWith Mubarak thumbing his nose at the U.S. by refusing to step down, the Obama administration may manage to achieve what only few governments in history have done: alienate their enemies as well as their friends. (Update: At the Tatler, Egypt’s ambassador to the U.S. tells CNN that Egyptian Vice President Suleiman is now that nation’s “de facto” president.)Read <img src=”http://pajamasmedia.com/wp-content/themes/pjm/images/orangebullet.gif” border=”0″ alt=”bullet”/> |

The Forward began as a socialist publication and remains left to center-left.  Lots of nice articles about Jewish life and culture, but quite unreliable and unrealistic on politics and world affairs.  

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FALSE:

The US has not had the ‘experience’ with the Muslims like Europe has had.

Give them time, if we don’t pay attention to what they have done in
Europe.  It seems only Italy has been able to keep ahead of them by
passing some really tough laws.

Well, that’s what they are trying to get us to swallow here about “moderate” Muslims too.  Ain’t no such thang.

this is interesting. US monitering Egyptian prisons for terrorist escapes.
Since backtrack has made such an outstanding impression on the Egyptian government I am sure they will go out of their way to help us.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/10/us-checks-prisons-for-terrorist-escapes/

Now we can see what ‘Voting Present’ Diplomacy will turn out like. This will be studied by students for the next 50 years.

It doesn’t help AT ALL that Fox has gone over to the dark side since that Ailes memo to be more pro-obama.

So regular viewers there turn on Fox for a few minutes and hear someone — and it could be just about anyone other than Sean or Greta – spouting about the people’s revolution in Egypt and how well obama is staying on top of things, etc. — et voila.  

interesting thoughts on Egypt’s uprising.

http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/egypt-again/

Odd and uninformative–you got it, JB.

And because I’m getting tired now, I’m going to say that maybe it’s due to the fact that they could be members of “The Living Dead”. Paul Wolfowitz has always looked a little vampire-ish with those Eddy Munster bat ears. And the first time I saw Krauthammer in his own box on the screen I thought he looked like someone buried then exhumed George Hamilton.

So…the head of Google Dubai claims he’s the big cheese in this.  He’s pretty full of himself about now…proclaiming he did it on a Facebook page with all faux modesty that the “real heros” are the people who died.  Spoken like a true Mulsim.   
 
My question is since Dubai is all about $ and biz, how is this going down there?  Will he be welcomed back with open arms?  Will he have now found his true calling as the Che of the MIddle East?  Really, his future is wide open and his ego is reaching overload about now.  Another clueless “progressive” unable to comprehend the unintended consequences of his actions.

The most excellent Michelle Malkin:

http://michellemalkin.com/2011/02/10/egypt-a-fluid-situation/

This is someone the left tries very hard to portray as a firebreathing hellbeast. I heard her again debating some clueless leftie on Hannity’s radio show. She was a real lady and smart as a whip.

does anyone else feel like it has been one hell of a day?
Usually I can find something beautiful to take the bad feelings away.
Today I am worried about how this Egyptian situation can spiral out of control and start a 3rd world war.
We have a clueless government, with a president who does not have the best interest of our country at heart. We never had that before in this country.

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE CHATTERING PEOPLE RULE

I didn’t know no women lived in Egypt.

sowsear, I’ve been busy perfecting my secret pizza recipe for the bots. It contains an antidote to koolaid poisoning.

can’t happen soon enough – he’s been past his sell by date for some years now……………….

I guess call me bad penny?

So the Pizza Parlor is closed for the night? 

BTW, nice to see you back.  I hope this wasn’t just a “teaser”…

AKA AnnieCarmel

Galt—-no, a lucky  penny!

Hey nice to see you as well.

Maybe Obama has the same contempt for the Egyptian constitution
as he does the American constitution.

LOL, Galt!

I guess that Ob is now a centrist/Ronald Reagan thing is over before it started.

per AlArabiya Egyptian military to make statement soon. No time given or idea of what will be said.

http://www.breakingnews.com

I guess that Ob is now a centrist/Ronald Reagan thing is over before it started.
 
Galt—-Oh horrors!  What will become of all the thousands of t-shirts the DNC ordered?! (tee-hee)

TONIGHT I SPOKE TO THE SMARTEST PERSON I KNOW ABOUT THE LOOMING CRISIS IN EGYPT. SHE IS A SCHOLAR, A WRITER AND A STUDENT OF CHICAGO POLITICS. SHE IS ALSO A CLAIRVOYANT FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN SUCH THINGS.  WHAT I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE IS. SHE KNOWS OBAMA’S EVERY MOVE BEFORE HE MAKES IT. 
SHE SAID WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN EGYPT–BECAUSE NOBODY GETS IT. THEY THINK HE IS INCOMPTENT WHEN IN FACT HE IS QUITE PURPOSEFUL IN WHAT HIS IS DOING. OR YOU CAN UNDERSTIMAE HIM AT YOUR OWN PERIL,
BEFORE YOU CAN DO SO HOWEVER YOU MUST UNDERSTAND HOW CHIACAGO POLITICS WORKS, AND WHY UNTIL NOW IT WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO GO NATION WIDE. TED KENNEDY RELEASED THAT DIFIGURING DISEASE ON AMERICA IN 2008 . AND NOW IT IS TRANSMORGIFYING THIS COUNTRY LIKE IT HAS DAMAGED THE CITY OF CHICAGO–BUT ONCE AGAIN
NOBODY GETS IN. LEAST OF ALL BIG MEDIA WHO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOX GET THEIR CONTENT DIRECTLY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE–WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE STATE MEDIA.
MY FRIEND HASTENED TO ADD THAT CHICAGO POLITICOS ARE NOT BRILLIANT. THEY DO NOT OPERATE OFF ELABORATE PLAN. BUT THE STUDY AN OPPONENT CLOSELY, WHETHER IT IS THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, OUR FOREIGN POLICY , OR THE MUBARAK GOVERNMENT. THEY PUT THEIR PEOPLE IN PLACE, THEY POKE HERE, SEE WHAT POPS UP THERE AND PLAN TO HOLD POWER IN PERPETUITY BY KEEPING THEIR OPPONENT COMPLETELY OFF BALANCE, UNTIL THE TIME IS RIGHT TO STRIKE AND KILL THEM. THEREAFTER, CLAIM PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY. .
THEN SHE ASKED ME TO THINK ABOUT WHERE OBAMA STOOD ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO. HIS STATE OF THE UNION PRODUCED ZERO BOUNCE. THE BENEFIT OF THE TUSCON SPEECH WAS FADING. THE REPUBLICANS WERE POISED TO BEGIN THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE AND TO SHOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW THEY HAD BEEN SOLD DOWN THE RIVER. THE TEA PARTIES WERE GETTING THEIR SECOND WIND. THEN CAME THE CRISIS IN TUNESIA AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT OBAMA REALIZED THAT IF HE COULD PRECIPITATE A SIMILAR CRISIS IN EGYPT AND PUSH FORWARD THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD THEN HE COULD CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS WHICH WOULD DRAW ATTENTION AWAY FROM HIS DOMESTIC FAILURE.
HE MET MUBARACK BEFORE AT THE CAIRO SPEECH. HE KNEW HE WAS A PROUD AND BRITTLE MAN. HE KNEW THAT IF HE COULD EMBARRASS HIM THAT HE COULD CAUSE HIM TO OVERREACT. SOROS OPERATIVES LIT THE FUSE IN EGYPT. AND JUST AS HILLARY COMPLETED HER WORK ARRANGING FOR THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION TO REAL DEMOCRACY WHICH THE WORLD WANTED, HE CALLED UP MUBARACK AND INSULTED HIM NOT JUST ONCE BUT THREE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS. EVEN THE ESTIMABLE CHARLES KRATUTHMAMMER MISSED WHAT THE GAME WAS HERE, AND IT HAS AXELROD’S FINGER PRINTS ALL OVER IT. IT CREATED THE CRISIS HE WANTED, NEEDED AND USED MOST EFFECTIVELY TO SHIFT PUBLIC ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE JOB LOSSES, RISING FOOD PRICES AT HOME, THE LOSS OF OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. NOW BIG MEDIA IS COVERING HIM WITH GARLANDS AND PROCLAIMING HIS LEADERSHIP AND RIGGING THE POLLS TO REFLECT IT. (NOTE: ZOGBY OF ALL PEOPLE–AN OBAMA MOLE WAS ON FOX TONIGHT TELLING US NOT TO BELIEVE ANY OF THE POLLING GOING ON NOW.)
SHE CONCLUDED THAT OBAMA HAS HIT UPON THE PERFECT RELELECTION STRATEGY WHICH IS TO KEEP INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN SUCH A STATE OF TURMOIL. AS THIS VIRUS SPREADS TO OTHER VENUES IN THE EAST IT WILL CUT OFF OUR OIL SUPPLY AND THREATEN THE VERY EXISTENCE OF ISRAEL. OBAMAS HATRED OF THE UNITED STATES AND HIS CONTEMPT FOR ISRAEL ARE ALL IMPLICATED IN THE GRAND SCHEME. YET NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY SEEMS TO CARE. THEY ARE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES, AND THAT IS WHAT OBAMA IS COUNTING ON. BIG MEDIA WILL NOT REPORT THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE TOTALLY RELIANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THEIR CONTENT.

Coming right up!

*USELESS*, sorry folks, SEE can’t see from the test today, LOL!

Goodnight all…it’s been a long day.

Yes, this has all been a crock-pot of Obama and companies, BS.  
 
It’s like the song says “Joker’s to the left of me  
clowns to the right, here I am stuck in the middle again”  
 
I am worried for Israel’s safety, I have never been but  
from what I read and have seen, there seems to be so  
much beauty and history there.  
 
It is to bad that the rest of the world  
can’t see that too.

Yes, this has all been a crock-pot of Obama and companies, BS.      
 
It’s like the song says “Joker’s to the right of me 
Clowns to my left,  here I am stuck in the middle again”  
      
I am worried for Israel’s safety, I have never been but      
from what I read and have seen, there seems to be so      
much beauty and history there.      
     
It is to bad that the rest of the world      
can’t see that too.  

<Quote>Why do you think Obama supports Sharia law? What benefit is it to him?<Unquote>

One word – Michelle.

Shocking, isn’t it?! 

Where “Intelligence” is an oxymoron! Emphasis on “Moron.” 


Who started that rumor about Mubarak leaving anyway?

Oh. It was LEON PANETTA, HIMSELF! 

All day, as rumors swirled Mr. Mubarak would step down, administration officials struggled to understand what was happening, and even U.S. intelligence officials appeared baffled at one point. At a Capitol Hill hearing, Leon Panetta, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, told lawmakers there was “a strong likelihood that Mubarak may step down this evening.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703745704576136743649012416.html

I don’t know, someone may want to poll the people of Michigan about how well that Arab-American melting pot thang is going.  I don’t know this website I linked, but it’s a rather interesting story:

http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2009/07/special-report-sharia-comes-to-dearborn.html

Our country’s in the very best of hands.

Yes, he is way overstepping here.  And Lawmakers are now worried about the MB and are telling him to ratchet it the hell back, that their participation “should not be on the table.”

I guess they weren’t buying what Claptrap was selling.  And good on them for it.

I just found this op-ed piece on israelinationalnews.com and worry that Israel might consider using nuclear options if provoked:

A message from Jerusalem should now be sent to Cairo, telling it that whoever comes to power must respect the accord. Jerusalem must declare that If the new regime abrogates even the smallest clause of the treaty, this will be seen as the right to tear the whole treaty apart.
While Egypt may seek war with Israel, she must understand that Israel’s people and armed forces are ready and willing to inflict painful blows in such an event. Sinai will be seen as occupied territory and Israel will feel free to regain all of parts of the region when and where it suits it best.
The Egyptians should also be made aware that the pain of conventional wars of the past will be but a drop in the ocean in the numbers of dead Egyptians should they foolishly seek to attack the region’s only superpower.

Obama is finishing up what his mother started.  She was in with Bill Ayers and Bernadine D. and this is the culmanation of what was happening in the 1960′s.  I don’t, for a minute, believe OB is this stupid.  He know what he is doing.  Bring down the middle east and by the time we go to the polls in 2012 and vote his azz out there will be an uprising and revolution here like no one has ever dreamed of.  This man is dangerous.  He has sent Code Pink to do his bidding for him and look what they have accomplished.  OB is a muslim and you cannot–EVER–change from a Muslim to a Christian.  It would be his death knell if he did.  JMO

Here’s Sharia Law:

February 10, 2011Afghan Proposal Would Clamp Down on Women’s SheltersBy ALISSA J. RUBIN

KABUL, Afghanistan — After her parents threw her out of the house for refusing to marry a 52-year-old widower with five children, Sabra, 18, boarded a bus that dropped her, afraid and confused, in downtown Kabul. She slept in a mosque for days, barely eating, until a woman took pity on her and put her in touch with human rights workers, who escorted her to a women’s shelter.
That journey — terrifying enough for a young woman who had never ventured beyond the corner bazaar — would become harder still under new rules being drafted by the Afghan government that women’s advocates say will deter the most vulnerable women and girls from seeking refuge and are placing shelters under siege.
The new rules speak to the suspicions that women’s shelters still generate in this deeply conservative society, where the shelters have come to symbolize the competition between modern values and traditional Afghan ways. Many believe their very existence at best encourages girls to run away from home and at worst are fronts for brothels.
The changes in the law would require a woman like Sabra to justify her flight to an eight-member government panel, which would determine whether she needed to be in a shelter or should be sent to jail or back home, where she would be at risk of a beating or even death. She would also have to undergo a physical exam that could include a virginity test.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/world/asia/11shelter.html
See Also:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/10/us-afghanistan-women-idUSTRE7193NB20110210

Amy & JB,

Great Amy you can quote a couple of readers comments who have no particularly expertise or knowledge in Egypt and the MB. I could go get a generic comment from a nobody that would say just about anything. That is not a credible comment or analysis.

As far as trying to discredit the Jewish Daily, the source of this article, that is bullshit. First of all, so what if the article is written in Washingon. It is still done by someone who writes for a Jewish Newspaper, which is powerful if there are Israelis that are not particulary worried or are not fear-mongering about the MB.

Also, what is more important is the sources of the statements made in the article: Washington Institute for Near East Policy, political science professor at George Washington University, Stephen P. Cohen, president of the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development (this guy is even Jewish), Marshall Breger, a Catholic University law professor who was President Ronald Reagan’s liaison to the Jewish community etc. etc. etc.

These are real, important and credible sources of analysis on the MB and Egypt, unlike Amy’s very weak and not very credible sources: FOX, extremist anti-muslim websites, The Daily Caller, etc. etc.

Amy, what is your point of all this? Seems to me you are just fear-mongering and being anti-muslim. You and NQ have a long history of being anti-muslim. That is pretty lame and narrow minded. I thought your use to represent a pretty liberal church that was open to all kinds.

Noogan,

You have no idea what you are talking about? Even within the different sects of Isalm there are different interpretations of Sharia law. The Sunnis and the Shia have very different interpretations of Sharia law. In addition, moderates and extremists within Islam interpret Sharia much differently.

“Modern perspectives on Sharia
Muslims have responded in a variety of ways to the forces of modernity. These responses cross the lines of tradition, sect and school. They affect the way Sharia is interpreted by the individual in their personal lives, and the extent to which Sharia is implemented in the public sphere by the state. These diverse movements can be referred to collectively as contemporary Sharia(s).”

Otto, Jan Michiel. Sharia and National Law in Muslim Countries: Tensions and Opportunities for Dutch and EU Foreign Policy . Amsterdam University Press, 2008, pp. 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia#cite_note-35

You mention that you have done lots of reading on Sharia, which supports your claim that their is only one interpretation of Sharia. Can you let me know what you have been reading that says that? That would be very interesting to read. I would love to see a credible academic piece that says that all muslims are the same and interpret Sharia exactly the same.

My own view is that a strict or extreme interpretation of Sharia is not compatible with modern life. However, if people on this planet want to live by their own codes and rules, like the Hasidic jews, who actually are very similar to strict muslims, who am I to say.

Great, anyone can point to extreme examples of any religion. However, you cannot generalize and say all 1.6 billion muslims on this planet are the same. The vast majority of muslims, like most of those in Egypt, are moderate and are just like you and me.

Again, the Muslim Brotherhood is no different than the Christain Coalition or Evangelicals in the U.S. They are a moderate muslim religious group.

Noogan, honestly, it is not worth your while.  No matter how many facts are presented abt the reality of Sharia Law, or anything else, for that matter, it will not make a damn bit of difference to someone like this who passes pff an article as if it came from Israel, and does nothing but attack and belittle.

Democrats like Kristen Powers, who worked in the Cllnton Admin., have said flat out, from family IN Egypt, that the MB is BAD for Egypt.  Doug Schoen, a pollster for the Clinton Admin., and still a Democratic pollster, has said FLAT OUT that the MB will lilely take over Egypt, and it will be bad for the USA.

The insistence to attack and name call outweighs critical thinking on the issues, so really – while I appreciate your links, do it for us, not for those who are not willing to engage in honest dialogue.

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/anger-in-egypt-as-mubarak-clings-to-power-1.760546

Mubarak said to have left the palace

What strikes me about it is how reminiscent this whole situation is of the run-up to the Iraq war.  Remember how “everybody knew” there were WMD in Iraq, and Saddam Hussein was a mortal danger to Israel, Europe and even the US, although credible voices — muted by the media — were saying it was all a crock. 

By all means let’s push through a “people’s revolution” representing less than 1% of the Egyptian people, and let’s do it NOW. By all means let’s destabilize the entire Middle East, throw longtime allies under the bus, and let the secular, peaceful, justice-seeking Muslim Brotherhood lead us to ”real” democracy, and let’s do it NOW. 

After all, our government and world leaders always get it right, and the media always know better than anyone. Don’t they?   

I’m so sick of all this made-up and/or ignorant, self-serving sh*t. 

IMF calls for dollar alternative

on another front, this can’t be good.  or maybe it’s the same front  — our incompetence.  http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/10/markets/dollar/index.htm

I wonder if he has some form of dementia.  He even looks a bit dazed.  He needs a physical exam.

army statement earlier today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12429628

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41528763

no one is flocking to the dollar in the ME unrest

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0211/w_h_on_mubaraks_move_to_sharm_elsheikh_5ae2c32d-c65d-4df8-8d58-1c293104a61d.html

backtrack says Mubarak leaving Cairo is a good first step.

Well backtrack moving to kenya would be good for our country and the world

helenk——perfect song for Gibbs and everyone else in WH!LOL

This blew my mind.  WHO does Oprah think she is anyway?  Never heard her speaking up for Bush or Clinton during their times in office.  OB baby has had enough of our time and money to learn the ropes.  As Moochelle said during an interview with Oprah–”OB is not yet ready for the Presidency”.  Truer words were never spoken.  Yet she allowed him to do it and look where we are at today.

The “real” media is too busy telling us that Bristol Palin is “planning” to run for office.

Oa, there’s about as much chance of this being our “old Jackie” as there is of it being Jackie Gleason….

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41526422/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Sharia is Sharia! Regardless of interpretation.
 
We do not need it anywhere near the western world.

Popular in Afghanistan, “dancing boys” are actually sex slaves, lured off the streets by pimps, taught to dance and sing, to wear make-up and to dress like girls. Then they are made to perform before large groups of men. ALL of them are sexually abused. More here

Onofre  and Oowawa—-LOL! I was wondering the same thing………..

Sharia is Sharia! Regardless of interpretation.  
   
We do not need it anywhere near the western world.  
 
Also let’s not forget the young boys who are abused…    Popular in Afghanistan, “dancing boys” are actually sex slaves, lured off the streets by pimps, taught to dance and sing, to wear make-up and to dress like girls. Then they are made to perform before large groups of men. ALL of them are sexually abused. More here  

Well, there goes the Egyptian tourism industry.

Breaking NEWS-Mubarak does finally step down.  
Armed Forces and Speaker of the Parliament will be in charge.  
This can last for two years. Per Egypt Constitution.  
Best solution so far.  
Mubarak gone. No Sulieman, No Muslim Brotherhood. ————— Good! This is an administration run by childish, inexperienced group, whose half-baked attempts at pushing causes for the sake of liberal ideology is causing he ruination of this country both here and on the international stage. ————————- Comments from the blogs around the web.  This is NOT bc of babyO, it is the decision of how to work this out in Egypt.  Now, they are waiting on a press conference from babyO.  I am sure he is going to take credit.  I pray the leaders that step up are not the MB CULT!  So, the military will be in charge.   

WHEN CAN WE DO THIS IN THE USA TO GET RID OF babyO, LOL?

this guy from google who is said to have started the protests in Egypt, will he stay with google and forment unrest in other parts of the world?
Will he do it in google’s name. I guess google is not just information any more.

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE CHATTERING PEOPLE RULE

oowawa, there’s no doubt that this is fraught with danger.  Change always is.  And it could fall apart in a New York minute.  But the Egyptian people deserve huge kudos for what they managed to pull off–ousting a seemingly intractable leader with a minumum of bloodshed, putting themselves on the front line with no guarantees.

The really hard, important work begins now in forming a civil and hopefully democratic society, building and nurturing the institutions they’ll need for the future.  But this is huge.  And yes, there was Iran.  But we also saw the transformation of South Africa.  Not perfect but far better than it was.

I must tell you I have grown more pessimistic about this whole thing over night,  It is one of those unforunate situations where the worst cas scenario is also the most likely scenario although most people are caught up in the spectacle of watching a 3 alarm fire.  The main point here which is beyond cavil, is that Obama was not negligent or inexperienced when he publicly humiiated Mubarak.  And as we have seen with others he gets his opponent to sing he praises before he slips the knife between their shoulder blades.  The starting point for dealing with this guy is to recogiize who he is where he comes from and that he does not have the interests fo this coutry in mind anymore than the Chicago Machine has the interests fo Chicago in misd.  The American Public it seems is too naive to grasp this essential truth.

During the course of this past two years, many cherished beliefs about our political system and the world have proven to be hollow shibboleths.  Two years ago, I would agree with you that Israel would not allow their existence to be threatened by Iran or others.  But think about what has occurred since Obama was elected, and I am sure you will agree that Israel cannot control many of these event.  It is just the nature of things.. What I do not want to see is Obama give Bibi the same treatement that Obama gave Mubarek.  If you think back to the time he left Bibi waiting while he and his wife had dinner upstairs.  Personal snubs are a big thing for him.  The bottom line: I do not think the jewish people in this country can or will stop him.  I have Jewish friends who are of the same vies, and they bedevil me with questions like will we ever wake up to the fact that he is a Muslim? Will we ever face the fact that he is not on our side?

A word about my friend.  The “gift” that she has is not alway correct.It comes with the territory. Nevertheless, roughly one month before the Gulf disaster she had a dreaem about Obama swimming in a black sea. 

“so where does Egypt go from here?”

Barack will let them know what is acceptable and unacceptable–probably standing on a huge stage with styrofoam pyramids in the background….

Ferd….Not soon enough!!

“Say What You Will…It Feels So Good”

Peggy Sue, I can’t give the Egyptian mob huge kudos any more than I could give the Iranian mobs huge kudos.  The events of those days are too fresh in my mind.  What I see is people who can be and will be manipulated by shrewd Muslim extremists.  I can’t give them “kudos” any more than the people reading their newspapers in Tel Aviv can give them kudos. 

LOL–Also, unless you’re in the front row, you are receiving an in-your-face reminder of your significance as an individual in the Islamic world view….

After Muburak’s resignation, chaos and the MB will follow.  After the Shah left, the NYSlimes were comparing the Ayatollah to Ghandi.  The Iranians are under the dictatorship of a Theocracy Nazi regime. 

Where are the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence or a Jefferson, Washington in Egypt?  NBC, CNN, and ABC are all shills for Obama and the public knows it.  This is why blogs, the Telegraph, and others are crucial to getting the truth out.

I agree with what you say.  Very obvious that he kept his POV about joining the Muslims if push came to shove.  I feel so helpless sometimes with people who can’t see him for who he is.  When someone tells you flat out who and what  he’s all about…believe him.

Not to make light of this situation but is your friend sure he was swimming in a black sea and not drowning?  BTW, I do believe in precognigance and we’ve all experienced it on some level (you think of someone and the phone rings and it’s them)…the gifted ones are those who can pay attention to what they’re picking up.

This made me wonder if Obama could become an Iman after he leaves office?  I know he’d relish all those supplicants….and I mean that in the nicest possible way.

OA, they’re facing East toward Mecca, only mooning the West.

He and his ego are too big for Google now.  He’s the Head Revolutionary of the ME. But he is faux humble.

I’m pretty sure the Mossad has his current address…nah, that would be too obvious.  I’m sure the other heads of state in the ME are considering how to deal with revolution via twitter.

Cindy, this is the Jackie of the East. The Jackie of the West had a house fall down on top of her.

Probably a few miles from Upshitscreek.

Upshitscreek

Hey Galt! You should open a paddle concession there….to accompany your pizza bidness!

I’m with you, but that sqeeky-high-pitched voice is like nails on a chalkboard!

Added to my virtual to-do list. Thanks.

LOL Galt…..

The “black sea” could have been the Chicago cesspool in which he was spawned….

Amy,

How about some real facts and not your continuous bullshit. Kristen Powers has absolutely no expertise and knowledge of Egypt and the muslim world. Her expertise is restricted to a business man brother-in-law who lives in Egypt who she occasionally talks to. That is the extent of the source of your bullshits facts. What does Doug Schoen know about Egypt. The guys is a U.S. pollster. What possibly could a pollster know about Egypt and Islam. Any idiot that thinks the MB will take-over Egypt has no idea what they are talking about. The only name calling around here is done by you NQbots.