TSA: America's Maginot Line

by Rich Carroll

Instead of attacking France through
 the Maginot Line as the French expected,
the Germans went north and entered
France along its northern border.

Students of world history will remember that following WWI, France spent most of their GNP the next several years building a wall of gun fortifications along its borders with Germany and Italy. The french (not known for their military prowess) felt the effort and expense on these gargantuan fixed gun positions was “brilliant.” Not so the invading German army who simply moved around the Maginot Line, through the Ardennes forest and low countries and proceeded relatively unobstructed to take all of France in a matter of days. The costly symbol of France's “security” was laughed at immediately, and ever since.

TSA Agent pats down potential 6 year
old terrorist at New Orleans airport

Let's leap-forward to today and peek at America's sworn enemy; Islam, who have been guided by their murdering manual (the Qur'an) before and since September 1, 2001, to make life miserable for us infidels. Your insane Homeland Defense Department spends 60 billion dollars a year pretending to keep you safe by frisking grandmothers and children at our nation's airports. Do you think Al Qaeda, our smart and morphing nemesis, will continue to advance head-on into our Maginot line of airport screenings and pat-downs, or will they move around these defenses and walk into our country via an unguarded border? During the year 2010, 668 Muslims with ties to Middle East terrorist organizations were stopped at our borders. You be the judge, and while you're thinking about this, consider how many terrorist Muslims might have gotten through.

There are easier ways for terrorist Muslims to circumvent our ridiculous airport security. After all, Muslims are too smart to stand in line to be searched when they can:

Run for political office including President of the United States. Insane liberals and any disenfranchised meatball with an ax to grind against the US of A will put you in charge of our national security, giving you access to our military secrets regardless of your terrorist friends and background. Question 30A on form 80 “do you know or have you known or associated with communists?” No bother. There is no background check for political office in the United States; not even President.

Muslim soldiers in US Military

Enlist in our armed forces. Muslims can put themselves behind the stick of a massive jet bomber with massive killing power. The “screening” these applicants receive is far, far less than the one at the local airport. Oh, and if you kill an American while in an American military uniform you won't be prosecuted (so it appears). We are the country who will soon put an anti-gun nut root in charge of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms law enforcement division. This move will come on the heels of the most morally repulsive scandal to befall our Muslim administration: Supplying guns to Mexican drug cartels.

Is there any reason why Muslims bent on destroying America aren't laughing themselves silly over our buffoonery and would even bother with the hassle of an airport?

TSA Pat 'n Grope Drill

So before we continue spending $60 billion a year that could go for say, educating our children out of 31^st place in global mathematics competition or 21^st place in science, remember that terrorists consider this expenditure “tying-up our money and resources while they take another route.” We should simply not allow Middle East Muslims to fly in or out of our airports. If you think this is rather harsh, at the behest of Saudi Arabia Delta Airlines will no longer be allowed to fly Jews in or out of Saudi. Can we say what is good for the goose should apply to the gander?

France was sorry they wasted resources and their national capital on the Maginot Line. They were sorry too late. Now they are sorry they embraced “cultural diversity” and let Islam over run their nation. They were again, sorry too late. I am sorry to report we are following in their footsteps.

History is made more wonderful when you learn from mistakes and apply that knowledge to future endeavors; an idea we failed to grasp in time to save America.

Copyright  June 2011 - Rich Carroll

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Meet John Bolton

John R. Bolton

Our regular readers know that Two Sisters From The Right love to express our opinion on a variety of subjects, however each time we find an essay which echoes our thoughts and is written in a style which provides the information we would wish to relay, we feature it for our readers, always giving the  author and publication due credit of course.
That is the case with this article entitled, "Bolton 2012?"  It was written by Robert Costa and appeared in the June 20, 2011 edition of The National Review Online.

John Robert Bolton, the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 20, 1948.  He was the son of a fireman and grew up in a working class neighborhood in Baltimore.  The 62 year old Bolton is married and he and his wife have one daughter. 

If Bolton were to run for the presidency of the United States, he would be a formidable candidate.  A  pro-life conservative, John Bolton is a career diplomat and a nonpolitical figure.  He is however articulate, bold, and extremely knowledgeable. He also possesses an essentially  required quality -- He is an honest man.

The following article will enable the readers who are not familiar with Ambassador Bolton, to get to know the man who just might decide to join the 2012 presidential race.
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Bolton 2012?
The former U.N. ambassador weighs a presidential run.

If John Bolton runs for president — and he very well might — he will run to win.

“I would not run as a one-issue candidate,” Bolton says as we chat in his corner office, high above downtown Washington at the American Enterprise Institute. “Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.”
Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations, is no sideshow. His walls are dotted with presidential appointments: He served Ronald Reagan as an assistant attorney general. George H. W. Bush tapped him for a top post at the State Department. For Bush the younger, he returned to Foggy Bottom, overseeing arms control.
But it was in New York City, at that glassy rectangle towering over the East River, where Bolton left a bruising, indelible mark. As George W. Bush’s U.N. ambassador, he gleefully tangled with fussy Europeans, Third World despots, and international bureaucrats. That experience, he reckons, is more than enough to make GOP primary voters, at the very least, curious.

It is also why, even in mid-June, Bolton continues to make calls to close friends, pollsters, and political consultants, mulling his options. “Clearly the field is not fixed,” he says. “I do not sense any coalescing around a particular candidate. The ups and downs in the polls are an indication of how volatile things are, and how people want to find the right person to beat Obama.”

Could that person be a 62-year-old ex-diplomat with a snowdrift mustache? Bolton thinks it’s possible. As he sees it, 2012 will be an unusual year, the first in his lifetime where someone with his résumé could leap into contention. “Nobody is settling,” he says. “The momentum keeps shifting on the right. That’s why other people are thinking about getting in — and why even a relatively late start, in historical terms, by a nonpolitical figure, is not disqualifying.”

Watching the recent CNN debate, Bolton was unimpressed. “Bumper-sticker responses to bumper-sticker-length questions,” he says. “Are we going to have a debate about the Republican debate, or is the media going to have that debate? It’s that sort of thing that actually impels me to get in, just to stand up. I hope I would have had the courage in that debate, if I was asked the deep-dish-pizza question, to say that this is silly.”

Bolton pauses then rubs his chin. It all sounds good — almost too easy: fiery conservative enters the race, shakes up the field, and things snowball. In many respects, Bolton would love to join the presidential fray tomorrow, if it meant simply showing up. But he wonders whether he is ready to build a national political machine. “I am tanned, rested, and ready to govern,” he smiles. Mounting a slick, savvy campaign, well, that could be difficult.

His reluctance is more practical than personal. Bolton, more than he lets on, is a political junkie. In 1964, growing up in working-class Baltimore, he skipped school to campaign for Barry Goldwater. In almost every sense, the nitty-gritty of campaign life appeals to him. Rather, it is that looming climb up the fundraising mountain, where so many have been lost, that makes him cautious. “The overall effort requires very pronounced skills, and I have to decide whether I am prepared to go through with that,” he says. “But the other things, the handshaking at the plant gate at eight in the morning? I would enjoy that.”

He will decide by Labor Day, a self-imposed deadline. Until then, Bolton is drafting a multifaceted strategy, one that would enable him to enter late. He recognizes that his tenure at the U.N., or perhaps his appearances on Fox News, may be how many know him. If he runs, he would need to show voters that he is more than that smart guy on cable television, more than an elder statesman.

To the viability question, Bolton says, game on. “I would focus first on New Hampshire, followed by South Carolina, Florida, and Nevada,” he says. “I think that is a very understandable path to the nomination.” Iowa, however, is probably out of the equation. He is against ethanol subsidies, for one, and it may be a bit too late to build a base there, “where the 99 counties are like the 99 names of God.”

Still, even as the clock ticks, Bolton firmly believes that competency and leadership will be a major factor in the primary. And it is on this front, he says, where he could swoop in, make his case, and surprise.
“I have more experience in the executive branch of the federal government — which is what the presidential candidates are running to head — than anybody in the field, or those likely to get into the field,” he asserts. “There are members of Congress, but they have never been in the executive branch. And there is a huge difference — a huge difference — between being a member of Congress and being president.” President Obama, he insists, is “proof positive.”

Come October 2012, when the GOP nominee faces Obama in a national debate, Republicans will need an experienced voice at the podium, he says, one ready to blast the president’s aimless leadership, not merely rebut the president’s talking points. “Obama will be able to play being commander-in-chief; it will all be blue smoke and mirrors,” he explains. “If the Republican nominee is not prepared to hold his or her own in that debate, it will not be because they can’t answer the test question of who is prime minister of Equatorial Guinea — it will be because they do not project the requisite leadership qualities, the ability to sit behind the big desk.”

What about Jon Huntsman? The former Utah governor recently served as ambassador to China. If Bolton is not on that stage, maybe he could be an effective foreign-policy foil. Bolton scowls at the thought. “I continue to believe in the Eleventh Commandment,” he says, referring to Ronald Reagan’s maxim not to criticize fellow Republicans. “But I will say this, unequivocally: I would not work in Barack Obama’s administration.”

Bolton wonders why Huntsman, if he is a conservative, decided to accept the president’s appointment. “There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That’s not the call of patriotism,” he says. “I don’t understand it. This is not like World War II, when we are facing an existential threat to the country as a whole, and you do put partisanship aside.”

Turning to domestic issues, Bolton tells me that he is pro-life. “I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances,” he says. On fiscal issues, he is an avowed hawk who fully supports Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget “It is important that we are prepared to defend it, even if that is not ultimately the adopted plan,” he says. “It does not change for anyone 55 and older, but I honestly wish it did, that we could go further than that.”

Foreign policy, though, remains Bolton’s bailiwick. He remains a strong supporter of the military effort in Afghanistan. He is also frustrated with recent GOP primary chatter. “We should not be seduced by momentary swings in public opinion,” he warns. “It has been a rock of conservative policy that we protect the national interest, whether it’s popular or unpopular. If we deviate from that, just because it’s politically opportune to do so, we are really making a mistake.”

“What I am in favor of is destroying the Taliban and al-Qaeda’s capability to wage war,” Bolton says. “Doing that does not require creating a Jeffersonian, democratic regime in Kabul and eliminating corruption countrywide, because we are not going to do either of those two things. It means defeating the enemy.”

Of course, “people don’t like to talk about victory and defeat anymore,” he notes.  “But if you can’t talk about that, then you can’t define why we are there. That’s not  to say that it’s going to happen tomorrow; it’s going to take a long time. But that has to remain the objective. And that, I think, is the strategic posture around which Republicans can and should unite.”

GOP contenders, he hopes, will rally behind that mission. If not, we may yet see him in Manchester.

— Robert Costa is a political reporter for National Review
© National Review Online 2011.

When Is Enough, Enough?

Comedian Reggie Brown

We read the headline  below, printed in the pages of  POLITICO the magazine which reports political news about Capitol Hill and politics in Washington, D.C.  and were somewhat confused by what was  considered to be the importance of the story. We've become inured to comedians insulting conservatives. 

A liberal blog which does not merit publicity here, recently called Governor Rick Perry, "dumber that George W. Bush but meaner."  Bill Maher called former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, "a dumb twat."  Even rapper Kanye West suddenly became a political critic and personally attacked President George W. Bush.   Now, when Brown takes a few pot shots at the assembled gathering, he's accused of "crossing the line."  So what?   What liberal hasn't?  Everyone seems to feel entitled to pass judgement on others.  Let's analyze.

"Obama impersonator crosses the line at RLC"

By JONATHAN MARTIN

   

NEW ORLEANS – A comedian impersonating President Obama made racially tinged jokes Saturday at the Republican Leadership Conference before being pulled off the stage by an event organizer.
The Obama impersonator, Reggie Brown, said that while the First Lady celebrated all of Black History Month, the bi-racial president only celebrated half the month.Brown also said: "My mother loved a black man, and she was not a Kardashian." Flashing a picture on the screen of Fred Sanford of “Sanford and Son” fame, the comedian said that’s what Obama would look like when he got older. Brown didn’t just limit his jokes to Obama, though. He also mocked Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, ridiculed Newt Gingrich’s faltering campaign and suggested Tim Pawlenty needed a spinal transplant.
As Brown was preparing to make a Michele Bachmann joke, one of the conference’s officials came out to the lectern and told the comedian to leave the stage.  It was a remarkable display and came just one day after two high-profile Republicans —- Haley Barbour and Bobby Jindal — urged activists to focus only on going after Obama on policy and not engage in personal attacks."

Although liberal blogs are already saying that the GOP enjoyed the racist Obama jokes, but that Reggie Brown was pulled off the stage because he made jokes about the GOP candidates, we ask the question; What does it matter?  What is the difference between ridiculing a black president and ridiculing a white one?  In our opinion, there should be no difference.  It simply should not be done.  The Presidency of the United States is being disrespected for the purpose of shock value and a few cheap laughs. 

When the joke is on Obama, the race card is immediately played.  Why is it not considered objectionable to degrade and ridicule  white presidents or candidates, but it is considered racist to poke fun at Obama? Why is it that when black dignitaries accept posts in a white president's administration they are called "Uncle Toms?" Who is being racist here?

When you live long enough as we have, you experience historical changes that others have only heard of. Let's face it, you either lived during the Civil Rights movement or you didn't, and it really makes a difference in having lived it, or just heard about it.  We remember when discrimination was very open in the United States, as well as the struggles of black Americans to achieve equal status.  We also know for a fact that they were joined in their struggle by white Americans, some  of whom lost their lives for the cause.  They did so because they believed it was unfair to discriminate on the basis of race or skin color and above all, they believed that "All men are created equal." 

Life for black Americans in 2008, when Obama ran for the presidency, was vastly different from what it was in mid 20th Century America, which is why we were suddenly disturbed to see a significant division between the races that we'd not seen in years. With Obama's nomination, we had reached a period in American history that some never imagined would come for some time yet.  We had as a front runner in a presidential election a black candidate who appeared to be on the verge of winning the election. Whether one was a liberal or a conservative we all agreed that we were seeing history in the making once again. But instead of moving forward, race relations suffered a set back.

To set the record straight once again, we did not object to Obama because of his race, it was his ideology we could not accept.  When we read Barack Obama's words in "Dreams of My Father" -- "I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of twelve or thirteen, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."  the words left us with a sour taste.  This was the man who was seeking to govern ALL Americans, yet he had questionable doubts about race?

It mattered to some of us, but obviously others did not see the inner nature of the man that those words  revealed.  Those words were written, by the way, by the same man who is now seeking reelection and recently went to Ireland to meet with his white cousins while joking about seeking the "apostrophe" they'd lost along the way.  Suddenly, when the presidency of the United States is at stake, it is acceptable to "ingratiate yourself to whites"  and "members of your mother's race." But, we are not supposed to comment on that, nor even register that such hypocrisy took place.  If we do, that makes us "racists" as someone recently called us in the comments section of this blog.

During the 2008 campaign, "Speaking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, would-be First Lady Michelle Obama said, "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."  Later on in Madison, Wisconsin, Michelle Obama said:  "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."  Not all, and certainly not the changes he wanted to make.

To hear the  would-be FLOTUS publicly admit that she had not been proud to be an American was truly distressing, yet we were expected to sit quietly and not object to her remarks.  The fact is that we did.  We objected a great deal, and it gave us pause to think that this woman whose pride in her country was so newly found would be representing all of us who have always considered it a privilege to be called Americans. 

Such is the hypocrisy of racism, the belief  "that racism is exclusively perpetrated by whites against blacks."    That is a subject that has been explored in depth by scholars and sociologists.  A simple Internet search will lead the reader to varied sources on the subject.  This however is not the forum for this discussion which needs to aired out and understood.

Our concern here was peaked by the story of Reggie Brown being pulled off a stage for apparently mistaking his comedy gig for a celebrity roast.  From what we've read in other publications, Brown had already made some unsavory remarks about many of the candidates, regardless of race.   The event organizers were probably guilty of letting him go on for too long. Sometimes it takes a while to admit that enough is enough.  Our opinion is that he should have been asked to stop after his first tasteless joke.

Comedians, celebrities, media pundits, and all manner of self proclaimed critics have used their public platforms to belittle and degrade white politicians.  It is never called racism, but we consider it to be vicious hate speech.  Few ever object.  During the 2008 campaign when entertainers like Sean Coombs, Kanye West, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Maher, and others were insulting Obama's opponents, few outside of conservative circles objected to their meanness and their spitefulness. 

The racial undertones were deliberately  begun by  Obama supporters during the campaign. When Sean Coombs appeared wearing what we considered a threatening T-shirt, it became chic to wear one rather than offensive.  Yet, when conservative actors declared their political opinions they were often black listed and found it difficult to get a job.  The late Ron Silver, who left liberalism and went against the Hollywood majority is a reminder of how unfair and one sided celebrity blacklisting can be.  "Silver decided to change his politics based on how he felt rather than being trapped into a political party and capitulating to that party's belief by quasi coercion. Despite this, Hollywood  still turned this actor away with an eerie adamancy reminiscent of the 1950's HUAC that the movie industry has long openly condemned."  Dare Hollywood do this to a black actor?

When Black Panthers showed up at polling places to intimidate white voters, they were exonerated by the Obama administration.  Two Sisters From The Right do not condone ANY group, be their reason, race, ethnicity, or religion, that uses force or a semblance of threat of force to intimidate voters. 
We treasure our right to vote freely and to vote for the candidate of our choice.  This is what separates the United States of America from most other countries in the world. However, once the element of race was introduced, it has never gone away.

Note that those who removed comedian Reggie Brown for equally insulting all candidates because his performance was an out of place, display of tasteless, tacky humor, were the very same people who organized the RLC.  

The winner in this story is Reggie Brown.  Until this event, we'd never even heard of him.  Now, after all the publicity he'll be in demand and he has obviously demonstrated that his insulting and demeaning humor can go either way and cross political lines.   The Reggie Browns and those of his ilk will continue to make headlines until we Americans decide to recover some of our lost dignity and self respect and put a stop to it. 

There are important lessons to be learned from this bit of political news.  One is that until we stop laughing and encouraging the irreverent. lurid, and often obscene  treatment of our public political figures, we show that we have no respect for ourselves, and shouldn't expect others to respect us.  Another is that we give people whose job it is to entertain us entirely too much credit when it comes  to their political judgement. Rather than to depend on what others' opinions tell us, we should strive to educate ourselves.  Above all, we need to recognize that the ever changing demographics of our country leave no room for racial division.  The word "racism" should be eliminated from our vocabulary, right along with "political correctness."  The race card seems to be  the Democrats' shield.  Presently there is one black GOP candidate for president and another one who is hotly being encouraged to run.  Neither has ever used the race card to their advantage.  The time has come to stop exploiting race for political purposes. Only then will those who are profiting from so doing will find themselves at a loss.  It's time to say, enough IS enough!

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Copyright - June 2011  Two Sisters From The Right

To All The Fathers In Our Lives

Two Sisters From The Right

Wish All Fathers

A Safe And Happy Father's Day

~~~

We dedicate the song below to our beloved husbands.

We are blessed because of your love.

So many of the fathers in  our lives have passed on to their eternal home.  Our father Juan, our fathers in law Darrell and Silvio and our dear Uncle Rod who was a second father to us.  Most especially today we remember Sister Two's husband Sergio, who left this earth too soon, at an early age, but left a wonderful legacy behind.  We miss you all very much and we thank you for the influences you had in our lives and for the love you gave  so unconditionally.

The Anxiety of Defeating Obama

Seldom in our lifetime have we felt the degree of anxiety about a presidential election as we are as we begin the campaign season for the election of 2012.  The Nixon vs. Kennedy elections of 1960 probably come the closest.  We were fourteen and thirteen years old, attending junior high school in Newark, N.J.'s First Ward and there was a strong possibility that John F. Kennedy would become the first Roman Catholic president in U.S. history.  He won the mock election in our school, and because Roman Catholics were the majority in our neighborhood, we were in the minority in our support of Nixon.  It was a period of anxiety.

There is a similar atmosphere of anxiety about the presidential election of 2012.  It has nothing to do with religion or race.  Obama has already made history by being the first black man to be elected President.  Religion doesn't play a part either.  What does influence this election and create the anxiety for us it the fact that the survival of our nation as a sovereign republic hangs in the balance.

The incumbent, is a president who made promises of hope and change and has not done anything to improve our economic situation domestically and abroad.  We are burdened with unsustainable debts and he can't even pass a budget that reduces expenses.  He is trained in the ideology of "sharing the wealth" and anti capitalism, socialist beliefs which make many Americans nervous.

One would think that his defeat in the election of 2012 would be a slam dunk decision, as Americans are looking to a leader who will generate employment, cut wasteful expenditures, fix the problems surrounding health care, Social Security and Medicare.  Yet the Republican party offers a hodgepodge of candidates which make it difficult for party members themselves to agree on one person who can lead us out of this quagmire.

Those who foll0w the polls see them fluctuate between the Democrats and the GOP.  There is  speculation that Obama will be easy to defeat. and speculation that he is unbeatable.

Depending on your political affiliation, these are anxious times.  Perhaps today's featured article can assuage our fears, calm the nerves, and give us something to work towards - Saving America and defeating Barack Hussein Obama.
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Yes! You! Can!

(Defeat Obama, That Is)

Seven ways he could still blow this

by Lisa DePaulo

Barack Hussein Obama
___________________________________________________

If there's anyone who knows that nothing is a slam dunk in politics, it's Mark Penn. (Remember President Hillary Clinton?) The chief adviser to Hillary and Bill understands a thing or two about winning, losing, and Obama. Here he explains to GQ's Lisa DePaulo how Obama could still end up out of a job next fall.

1. He Takes Another Big Risk—and Flops

"Obviously, he took the biggest risk of his presidency with the Osama operation. He took a huge risk and it completely paid off. He was right. But watch out now for the over-confidence that comes with success. Don't try this again with Mullah Omar, the head of the Taliban. It's a common thing for presidents to do, particularly on the basis of a risky success. They think, "Well, that went great, let's try something like that again." The next risky mission could end up being a disaster that will be very difficult for his presidency to recover from. I sometimes think Bush got into Iraq because the original Afghanistan mission seemed to go so easily. It was won in two weeks, with very few troops involved. I think that led to a notion that he could have equally quick success in Iraq. Instead he wound up with something that defined the rest of his presidency. See, presidents often have two modes. One is: 'Hunker down, we gotta be careful.' And the other is: 'Things are great, don't worry about it.' It's when they get in that second mode that mistakes happen."

2. He Thumps His Chest Too Much About Bin Laden

"He's already mentioning it in speeches, and he has to stop. Never ever put the Osama mission in political terms. People are going to want him to put this in ads. Don't. Everybody knows he did a great job! This was a different kind of thing for sure, but after impeachment was over, Joe Lockhart had this great phrase: 'We're in a gloat-free zone.' The president's gotta stay in a gloat-free zone."

3. He Makes a Bush 41 Blunder on the Economy

"Obama no longer has national security as a deficit. He's answered the 3 a.m. call. But health care is still a vulnerability. The deficit is a huge vulnerability. Unemployment is a huge vulnerability. The whole economy is a huge vulnerability. If he doesn't get re-elected, it will be because someone really taps into one or more of those four vulnerabilities. And there are still questions about how in touch he is with people out in the heartland. After the Gulf War, I don't think Bush 41 got cocky. He just wasn't mindful of the economy, and then he had the moment with the supermarket scanner. You always watch out for that moment that symbolizes what might be a negative in the back of everyone's brain. So for Obama, this is not the time for another Broadway date. And the period between now and the election is a Martha's Vineyard–free zone."

4. He Ignores a Big Chunk of His Constituency"
Obama has more support from those making over $200,000 than any Democrat in history. So when he makes the fight about the Bush tax cuts for upper income voters, well, he has nearly as many upper income voters as the Republicans! Which is one of the reasons why, when he didn't agree to the tax-cut deal, the congressional elections turned out so badly. Then, after the election, when he agreed to the deal, his numbers soared. Now he is saying, once again, that one of his priorities is to raise taxes on "that group." "That group" is his voters! Believe it or not, those are his people. It used to be that upper income voters were 3-to-1 or 4-to-1 for the Republicans. Obama does best with people who make the least and people who make the most. So if he returns to the class warfare rhetoric of the budget fight, he is going to be recreating the midterms. And that kind of election is a loser for him."

5. He Acts Like a Presidential Candidate Instead of a President

"Which he's doing already, and that's a mistake. In the beginning of his presidency, he got overexposed. The tendency was—and still is—to throw him out there, for an intensive series of interviews. And I think he got overexposed. He does not want to be overexposed now. He has to be careful. One of the big pitfalls that's already happening here is that he's now making himself a presidential candidate again instead of a president."

6. Shit Happens

"Five-dollar-a-gallon gas. Continually plunging real estate prices. More bank defaults. If any of these things happen, it'd be seen as Obama not handling it. He owns all of this now."

7. A Sex Scandal
"I certainly doubt it with this president. But hey, even Al Gore wound up in one."

GQ © 2011 Condé Nast Digital



 

Illegal Immigration advocate Rep. Luis Gutierrez attacks Senator Marco Rubio

On June 15, 2001, Senator Marco Rubio, (R) Florida delivered his first speech on the floor of the United States Senate.   The speech has been called by some as the best speech of the presidential campaign, although Marco Rubio is not seeking the nomination. In his speech entitled "A New American Century", Rubio declared that the United States has now reached a turning point, and can usher in  a new era of American prosperity.

"We will either bring on another American century, or we are doomed to witness America’s decline. Another American century is fully within our reach because there is nothing wrong with our people. The American people haven’t forgotten how to start a business. The American people haven’t run out of good ideas," Rubio said."We Americans are as great as we have ever been. But our government is broken. And it is keeping us from doing what we have done better than any people in the history of the world: Create jobs and prosperity."

Senator Rubio's maiden speech to the Senate was an important one and it touched on many of the issues that we face today.  The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio spoke about the opportunities that this nation has offered  not only to his family, but immigrants from all over the world.  They have been given a chance for a new life, to prosper and grow in this free society. Although he did not dwell on it,  Mr. Rubio is also a supporter of laws that curtail the flow of illegal immigration in this country, and he opposes the DREAM Act.  This applies to all who come here illegally regardless of their country of origin. 

According to Politico's On Congress section, the Florida senator's speech prompted a personal attack by another member of Congress:
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) haven't met before. But Gutierrez, one of the House's most passionate pro-immigration advocates, is getting personal with the freshman tea-party senator, labeling him an "extremist" and saying his Cuban-born parents benefitted from the same type of "generous" immigration policies that Rubio opposes."I can't think of a more generous immigration policy than the one his parents benefitted from," Gutierrez, a liberal from Chicago of Puerto Rican descent, told POLITICO on Wednesday. "All they had to do was show up."

Two Sisters From The Right believe that such a statement cannot go unchallenged.  It is beyond ludicrous, that Rep. Gutierrez, a Latino of Puerto Rican ancestry can even begin to compare the plight of the Cuban people to that of other illegals.  Advocate of the illegal immigrants though he may be, let us remember that Puerto Ricans are American citizens and can come and go from the island to the mainland freely and at will, as Puerto Rico is an American Commonwealth ceded to the United States by Spain after the Spanish American War. We doubt Mr. Gutierrez has much personal experience with the subject.

Cuba on the other hand, is described by the United States Department of State as  totalitarian communist state; its  current government assumed power by force on January 1, 1959.  Cuba gained its independence from Spain in May 1902 after fighting a long and bloody war.  When the USS Maine was destroyed in Havana Harbor the United States intervened.  It granted Cuba its independence and did not keep it as was done with Puerto Rico.  The U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs to preserve Cuba's independence.  We all know about Fidel Castro's long Communist dictatorship. History buffs know well where that retained authority went.

It is completely absurd that Representative Gutierrez in his effort to keep American borders open and unprotected, would even dare to compare the struggle of Cuban immigration to that of others.  It is one thing to willfully emigrate from one's country for economic reasons, and yet another to flee an oppressive murderous government where human rights are non existent, and freedoms are but a distant memory.

Why then would Representative Gutierrez attempt to darken Marco Rubio's rising star?  Why attempt to ridicule him?  The reason of course has to be political.  Whereas Marco Rubio represents ALL the people of Florida, and is willing to abide with the rules of immigration for all, Mr. Gutierrez is attempting to please and gain the support and even votes of a growing population in Illinois - Illegals from other countries, mainly Mexico.

This  blog as most regular readers know is written by two sisters who live across the United States from one another.  One lives in the North West Suburbs of Chicago, the other is a scant two hours north of the border with Mexico.  We know illegal immigration.  We've seen what it does to our communities, and to our economy.  Even Mr. Gutierrez should know that there is a huge difference between fleeing for political reasons, and leaving one's country willingly because  the government is corrupt, inefficient, and is going through rough economic times.  Cubans who attempt to leave the island are imprisoned or killed. Given Mexican President Calderon's recent speech to Congress  criticising the Arizona laws  against illegal immigration, one can't help but believe that the Mexican government encourages it.  Calderon also went on to accuse the United States of  discrimination towards illegal Mexicans.  Does Representative Gutierrez agree with Calderon, yet opposes his own colleague in the Congress of the United States?   

We don't recall any other Freshman senator's maiden speech receiving the attention that Senator Rubio's has received. Perhaps Gutierrez has fallen prey to the green eyed monster.  Whether one agrees with the entire speech or disagrees with it, in whole or in parts, it is pathetic that Representative Gutierrez would attempt to occlude an inspiring speech delivered to motivate Americans to "reach for the stars" by interjecting his pet project, opening our borders to illegal immigrants who will only interfere with our growth and recovery.

We suggest that Representative Gutierrez reach out to Senator Rubio and at least assess the man,  gauge his honesty and his intent before he tears him apart.  The numbers of immigrants from Cuba and those from Mexico differ greatly. If he wants to get persona, we'd like to hear Gutierrez criticize Calderon and the Mexican government for their treatment of those persons from Central and South America who enter Mexico illegally. 

Two Sisters From The Right, from a humanitarian point of view  can understand what motivates the politically and  financially oppressed to seek to better their lives.   However,  this is a nation governed by the rule of law and we must abide by it.

If we thought that it was pathetic of Gutierrez to rain on Senator Rubio's parade, we find it even more contemptible and deplorable that Representative Gutierrez, either following orders, or for political reasons should attempt to incite a rift between immigrant groups who live and are citizens of the United States, especially Latinos.  It is a despicable act and defies comprehension.
 
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Copyright June 16, 2011


The complete text of Senator Rubio's maiden speech can be read here, courtesy of the Babalu Blog.

Meet "Governor Goodhair"...

...or why we worry about Rick Perry running for POTUS.

Some of us in our Texas family, jokingly and affectionately call Rick Perry, "Governor Goodhair."  It isn't because we don't like him, many of us do, but rather because that is one of his special  physical attributes most likely to be targeted by those who would seek to ridicule him and discredit the man and his accomplishments.  Whereas we unabashedly like and appreciate the man,  the jokes about his enviable coiffure  have already begun by those here in the state as they prepare to begin lambasting his possible candidacy.

The Unfair Observer Blog, written by the staff of the Village Voice owned Dallas Observer, a free "alternative" weekly newspaper has already begun its assault on Perry.  For "alternative" read liberal, critical, irreverent, and against Rick Perry.  This is so typical of the leftist press.   It doesn't hurt that the governor has better than average looks either.  Many liberals will also attempt to link that  to his intellectual ability.  The comments won't be fair,  they will not be truthful, and they certainly won't be flattering.

We're not certain that we're ready to see the nation's most successful governor and his lovely family  being put through the wringer that is presidential politics.  It isn't that we object to a possible Perry candidacy because we feel he's not qualified.  On the contrary,  unlike Barrack Hussein Obama, he is extremely qualified to lead this nation, and above all,  there are no mysteries about Rick Perry's life.

Born in Paint Creek, Texas, Perry is a fifth generation Texan.  He was an Eagle Scout who attended Texas A & M University and received a degree in animal husbandry.  He was also a member of the Texas A & M Corps of Cadets and a yell leader.  His birth certificate and transcripts are a matter of public record.  After graduation in 1972 he he was commissioned in the United States Air Force, completed pilot training and flew C-130 tactical airlift in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe until 1977. He left the Air Force with the rank of captain, returned to Texas and went into business farming cotton with his father.* 

Previously a Democrat, Rick Perry has served as a Texas State Representative, Agriculture Commissioner and Lieutenant Governor, before taking over the office  of Governor when George W. Bush was elected president. One cannot say that he is lacking in legislative experience.  Perry grew up a Democrat, supported Al Gore's first presidential campaign and even chaired his Texas campaign.  He became a Republican in 1989.  We are glad he saw the light!

A devout Christian, he is an ardent opponent of abortion.  On July 13, 2011 he joined Mexican-born movie actor Eduardo Verastegui, and Mexican soap opera star Veronica Castro, at a largely Hispanic anti-abortion rally in Los Angeles.  Speaking in English, Perry addressed the crowd of 5,000 at the event co-sponsored by Verastegui's non profit anti abortion organization, which was held to raise funds to build a new women's health center in South Los Angeles. **   

The current GOP field does not need any more candidates who will appeal to the Christian Pro Life voters in the country.   Along with his opposition to federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Perry also opposes the federal government's encroachment on state's rights.  It is not his religious beliefs, or  his stand on social issues that make Rick Perry an attractive candidate, nor the reasons why supporters seek to encourage him to run for president.  It is, in our opinion, a simple matter of economics. However, there is much more to Rick Perry than the ability to encourage job creation and economic growth in Texas.

Our hesitation in encouraging a Rick Perry candidacy, is that we feel that Texas needs Rick Perry leadership, and he does not need to become the Republican Party's sacrificial lamb. He is in a good position now, why put it all on the line?  The presently declared candidates are running because it is their ambition to do so. They haven't got nearly as much to lose.

The current candidates are not running because they have been openly courted by the GOP who feel that he can defeat Barack Obama in 2012.  They do so of their own volition.  Thus far, Rick Perry has only said that he's giving entering the race some thought.  Before he has even made up his mind, the anti Perry jokes, articles, mud slinging, and dirt digging has begun.

Besides the fact that Texas needs his leadership, we  hesitate to encourage a Perry candidacy, because we do not  believe that this country will be very welcoming to another candidate from Texas this soon after George W. Bush, whom the Two Sisters greatly respect.  Just as Jeb Bush is stigmatized by the family name and his kinship to GWB,  Rick Perry is by being a Texan, and having served in the same Texas state administration as George W. Bush.  There is also the fact that the liberal elitists do not necessarily want another candidate from a Southern state running for president.

The story of Texas' success during this recession surpasses that of other states.  Rick Perry's leadership is to be credited for much of it. Texas,  is the second-most populous state in the union, and has the world’s 12th largest economy.  It is where 70 percent of all new jobs in the United States have been created since 2008.   Here are two important facts about Texas that all should know:

1. Amongst the 40 largest states (accounting for 97% of the U.S. population), Texas is the only one that still had more jobs in March 2010 than before the national recession began three years ago (Jan. 2007-Jan. 2010). Texas’ net increase in jobs compares to California’s net loss of nearly 1.3 million during the same period.
2. Texas created more new jobs over the past decade than any other state in the nation. Most other U.S. states, on the other hand, actually ended the decade with fewer jobs than when it began. (Jan. 2000-Jan. 2010)

Texas' success story has much to do with the state's fiscally conservative, pro-growth approach.  Our state has undoubtedly weathered  the recession better than any other large state in America, and it has done it all under the leadership of Rick Perry.  However, Texas and Perry have not been untouched by the country's economic recession.

After final debates in the House and Senate, Texas lawmakers passed a two-year state budget on June 11, 2011,  that cuts $15.2 billion from current spending — most of that in health and human services — but avoids increased taxes and leaves $6.5 billion untouched in the state's Rainy Day Fund.

Many of Perry's critics will certainly use those statistics against him, especially the cuts  in education and in health and human services, which when combined make up 75 percent of the total budget.  They need to look at Perry's past accomplishments in those fields as well. It is a certainty that the Texas debt would be used against Rick Perry in a presidential campaign, in spite of the fact that according to Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, "When we started this process, liberal interest groups were clamoring for a $10 billion increase in spending. The Texas budget shows Washington and the other 49 states that it's possible to make government live within its means without raising taxes. This budget makes a historic $15 billion cut from current spending, while still providing ample funding for our good teachers, our school children and our seniors."

Other issues to look for in a Perry candidacy which will be soundly and selectively attacked by liberals  and some conservatives are his positions on the following subjects  ***

• Opposition to gay rights and recognition of same sex unions
• Supports the death penalty
•  Christian conservative who supports Israel believing that "the land  was given to the people of Israel a long time ago, by God, and that's ordained."
• Supports the teaching of "intelligent design" alongside evolution
• Opposes a border fence in favor of "boots on the ground" to combat illegal immigration
• Issued an executive order mandating that Texas girls receive HPV vaccine  that protects against some strains of the Human  Papilloma virus, a cause of cervical cancer
• Proposed the Trans Texas Corridor
• Opposes regulation of greenhouse gas emissions
• Faces some opposition in Texas by both Republicans and Democrats 

In analyzing the second round of GOP Debates, Ed Morrissey of Hot Air suggested that the winner had been Rick Perry, apparently because he had not been there. There is no perfect candidate for president.  There is no perfect  human being.  Every one running has faults, has made mistakes, and will not always meet all of our "requirements."   Two Sisters From The Right have reiterated this point on several occasions, and will continue to do so.  Rick Perry is by no means a flawless person.  It is our opinion that he has been a good Governor for Texas.  He has served our state well, and longer than any other governor.  We have mixed emotions about his proposed candidacy and the "draft Perry" movements.

We promised to highlight the candidates along the campaign trail.  This is the second time we've featured Rick Perry although he is not a declared candidate, but we must admit, he has been the easiest one  for us to write about. We like Rick Perry, the governor and the man. He lacks the arrogance and conceit of other politicians.  There is a simplicity in him that is admirable.   Sister One has a personal story about Rick Perry that  illustrates the quality of this man.

"We live in a small rural community in South Texas.  Rick Perry was scheduled to visit a local school, to speak to the students, giving them an opportunity to meet and greet their governor.  My youngest daughter was a Special Education teacher at that middle school.  Her students prepared signs and drawings welcoming the governor.  They waited a long time to be called to the assembly, and when she decided to investigate the hold up, she learned that the assembly had ended, and the school administration had decided to exclude the Special Education students.  Clutching their signs in her hands, she ran to the entrance of the school just as Governor Perry was preparing to leave.  His escorts attempted to hold her back, but she broke through and was greeted by the Governor himself.  He took the time to hear her out, asked her about herself, her schooling, why she'd returned to this small community to teach,  and  then took the drawings that the children had prepared for him.  One would think that he'd probably thrown them away, and perhaps he did.  But, one week later, she received a personal letter from the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry,  thanking her AND especially the Special Education students for their good wishes. He had not forgotten them.   She treasures it to this day." 

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Copyright Two Sisters From The Right -  June 15, 2011

THE RIGHT BLOGFEST - Honoring Flag Day

Two Sisters From The Right

 wish all of you a  joyful

 and a patriotic

Flag Day, 2011.

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Our Duty To Our Flag

by

Edgar Guest

Less hate and greed
Is what we need
And more of service true;
More men to love
The flag above

 And keep it first in view.

Less boast and brag
About the flag,
More faith in what it means;
More heads erect, More self-respect,
Less talk of war machines.

 The time to fight
To keep it bright
Is not along the way,
Nor 'cross the foam,
But here at home Within ourselves — today.

'Tis we must love
That flag above
With all our might and main;
For from our hands,
Not distant lands,
Shall come dishonor's stain.

If that flag be
Dishonored, we
Have done it, not the foe;
If it shall fall
We, first of all,
Shall be to strike a blow.

On this Flag Day, June 14, 2011

Two Sisters From The Right

Honor

United States Army,
Sgt. Shawn Dunham

Serving his Country and his Flag in Iraq.

(Second Tour)

God Bless  OUR TROOPS Defenders of our Flag