BloggeRhythms

For those watching the terrorism plaguing Paris that are forgetful, a couple of older news items might prove helpful. 

Michael Daly @thedailybeast.com, reported last year: “When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi walked away from a U.S. detention camp in 2009, the future leader of ISIS issued some chilling final words to reservists from Long Island. 

“The Islamist extremist some are now calling the most dangerous man in the world had a few parting words to his captors as he was released from the biggest U.S. detention camp in Iraq in 2009. 

“He said, ‘I’ll see you guys in New York,’” recalls Army Col. Kenneth King, then the commanding officer of Camp Bucca.

Terence P. Jeffrey @cnsnews.com on June 14th, 2014 followed up with: “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), issued a rare audio message back on January 21 in which he flatly stated his group’s intention to march on Baghdad and move into “direct confrontation” with the United States. 

“Our last message is to the Americans. Soon we will be in direct confrontation, and the sons of Islam have prepared for such a day,” Baghdadi said. “So watch, for we are with you, watching.” 

Yet, on the other hand, some people either don’t seem to grasp the magnitude of the threats that have been issued, are too arrogant to accept reality, or simply remain street–corner community organizers, capability-wise.

For example, this story reported by Reuters on November 6th: “The Obama administration is moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States by opening new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon. All because, “President Barack Obama pledged in September to admit an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, torn by four years of civil war and disorder.”

That’s followed up by an article yesterday @theblaze.com, as reported by the Associated Press that says: “Five men who have been held for more than 13 years at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been released and sent to the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon said Sunday.

“None of the men had been charged with a crime but had been detained as enemy combatants. They could not be sent to their homeland because the U.S. considers Yemen too unstable to accept prisoners from Guantanamo. These are the first prisoners accepted by the UAE for resettlement.”

Thus, one has to truly wonder what it would take to get the POTUS to stop campaigning and pandering to his political base, and actually try to perform the job he was elected for. To preserve and protect the citizens of the United Sates of America. 

PS: Here’s a link to an article well worth reading on the same subject: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/555434/Islamic-State-ISIS-Smuggler-THOUSANDS-Extremists-into-Europe-Refugees

 

On another issue, Lisa Rein @washingtonpost.com, reported about recent actions by Lamar Smith (R-Tex.,) Chairman of the House science committee. “The longtime skeptic of climate change touched off a furor in the climate world in October when he accused NOAA of altering the data in its study to “get the results they needed” to advance President Obama’s climate change policies. Smith has rejected mainstream scientific views about climate change and said the Obama administration undermined the U.S. economy with policies that sought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” 

To date he’s gotten no real cooperation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA,) forcing him to issue subpoenas from them demanding e-mails, correspondence and other records of internal deliberations from the scientists who participated in the study and other officials at the top of the agency. 

“Meanwhile, the American Meteorological Society and other scientific groups went public with their concerns, telling Smith that his subpoena set a dangerous precedent for interference with independent scientific research.” 

What’s most interesting here is that those refusing cooperation are actually confirming Chairman Smith’s suspicions by their actions. Because if the information they’re hiding about the global-warming fiction were factual, they’d be more than pleased to produce it everywhere they could. Wouldn’t they?  

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

But, before beginning reading the update, close your eyes and picture this worn out old hag reviewing the troops, or becoming their commander in chief. Maybe she’ll suit up like Bush senior and parachute with them, slinging an assault weapon. Perhaps she could float down alongside Trump, both letting their hair flow behind them.

As far as reality goes, though, a “new RallyPoint/Rasmussen Reports national survey of active and retired military personnel finds that only 15% have a favorable opinion of Clinton, with just three percent (3%) who view the former secretary of State Very Favorably. Clinton is seen unfavorably by 81%, including 69% who share a Very Unfavorable impression of her.” 

As far as all voters go, 47% of all Likely Voters viewed Clinton favorably back in April, while just as many (47%) viewed her unfavorably. 

Which means that, as things stand now it looks like she’s only favorable to about half of her own party, approximating 40% of the electorate. Thus, for the remaining 60% of voters, primarily Republicans and Independents, it’s likely not many will choose her at all. Leading to the continuing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this?  

That’s it for today folks.

Adios