bonnie Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Obama: Shutdown for thee, but not for me Thomas Lifson It is now quite clear that President Obama is managing the shutdown of 17% of the government to inflict pain, while sparing himself and his family any discomfort. Although his media lickspittles will not publicize the worst abuses, social media offers us the chance to spread the word of his peculiar priorities. Today, we learn that the Amber Alert website, which helps rescue kidnapped children, has been taken down "due to the lapse in federal funding." Meanwhile, as Weasel Zippers points out, Let's Move, Michelle Obama's pet project against childhood obesity had its site, letsmove.gov still up. In a White House of skewed priorities, who in their right mind could possibly think that helping to save missing children was 'less essential"? But then again, who in his right mind would deprive our troops overseas of their NFL football games, but keep the military gold course favored by the President open. Elixabeth Shields of Breitbart.com reports: One of Obama's preferred golf courses, the course on Andrews Airforce Base remains open during the government shutdown. The grocery stores on the base, where troops get discounted groceries for their families are, however, closed. They will shop "at local stores that cost about 30 percent more, Lieutenant General Raymond Mason, the service's deputy chief of staff for logistics, said yesterday at a House hearing." As Ed Lasky points out, anger and not goodwill towards men drives Obama. He has an empathy deficit. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013...l#ixzz2h2fDE5vc Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Ted Oplinger Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Due to the immediate bad optics of the Amber Alert site being down, while Michelle Obama's site never was taken down, The Amber Alert site was put back on-line rather quickly. Drudge had that early this morning, and the outcry was immediate. Between this and Harry Reid's comment about children with cancer, some really bad/cynical inferences can be made about the Democrats and their pleas "for the children".... Still, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for the alphabet media outlets to come down hard on the Democrats for this kind of optics and messaging.... Quote "As iron sharpens iron, so also does one man sharpen another" - Proverbs 27:17 "The offense of the cross is that the cross is a confession of human frailty and sin and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. But let the cross be preached, let it be made known that in man dwells no good thing and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway someone is offended." Ellet J. Waggoner, The Glad Tidings "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" - John Wayne "The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated" - Ronald Reagan
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