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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Freedom Force

Brilliant! Why the TSA Doesn’t Stop Terrorist Attacks! - Adam Conover of College Humor’s and Tru TV’s Adam Ruins Everything recently released a very funny (and sadly accurate) sketch called “Why the TSA Doesn’t Stop Terrorist Attacks.” In the sketch Conover discusses the reality that the TSA is simply a very expensive placebo for American travelers. While there is little (to no) evidence that the TSA has ever done anything to protect travelers from the threat of terrorists attacks, we continue to pour millions of dollars in resources into the program. Even worse than the HUGE sums of money we waste on the TSA is the freedom that we abdicate to allow them to operate.  Watch as Conover brilliantly explains why we should dump the TSA and put the money we waste on them to better use.

Rudy Giuliani says We should Stop Underestimating Trump - Rudy Giuliani had an interesting conversation with the folks on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Tuesday morning. It was a wide-ranging discussion that began with Giuliani’s opinion on the recent MLB playoff controversy between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers, then progressed into any advice that Giuliani had for the GOP presidential candidates, particularly the frontrunner, Donald Trump. The former Mayor of New York (and also former presidential candidate) did indeed have some advice for Trump and the other leading candidates… Avoid talking about social issues.  While Giuliani may be a smart guy with a mind for politics, he’s wrong about this. The reason he lost wasn’t because social issues

Anderson Cooper Wonders of Hillary Clinton - "Will You Say Anything to get Elected?" - One of the best moments of the Democrat presidential debate on Tuesday night may have been when Anderson Cooper asked the best question of the night of Hillary Clinton. “Will you say anything to get elected?” First of all, yes. Yes, she would. Second… her answer was a lie.

Hillary Clinton’s Debate Performance was Rife with Lies - This past Tuesday was the first of six planned debates in the Democrat nomination process and as expected Hillary Clinton proved to be the only option among the current crop of contenders. It’s not so much that Hillary did such a great job… it’s that the other candidates were absolutely terrible. I’m not kidding this may very well be the absolute worst group of potential presidential candidates either party has produced in the history of our nation (and I’ll be the first to admit that the 2008 and 2012 crops of GOP candidates were not strong). What made it all so much worse was that Hillary walked away the clear winner even though her debate was performance was riddled with half-truths, obfuscations, hypocritical statements and outright lies….

Hillary Logic: Defunding Planned Parenthood Is BIG Government - Hillary Clinton called Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood an example of “big government” in the Democratic presidential debate Tuesday, in an effort to portray them as hypocritical.  “They don’t mind having big government to interfere with a woman’s right to choose and to try to take down Planned Parenthood,” Clinton said, when asked to defend the cost of her proposal for mandatory paid family leave. “They’re fine with big government when it comes to that. I’m sick of it.”  “We should not be paralyzed by the Republicans and their constant refrain, ‘big government this, big government that,’ except for what they want to impose on the American people,” she added. “I know we can afford it, because we’re going to make the wealthy pay for it.”  Congressional Republicans are working to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funds, after the Center for Medical Progress released a series of undercover videos exposing its dealings in fetal tissue. CMP alleges Planned Parenthood is illegally profiting from the exchange and illegally altering abortions for the sake of desirable tissue……

Planned Parenthood Abruptly Ends Compensation For Fetal Harvesting - Planned Parenthood clinics will no longer accept payment for their work harvesting and distributing aborted fetuses, the non-profit said Tuesday.  Clinics will continue filling the demand for fetuses, but will “immediately” stop accepting money for the service, the group’s president, Cecile Richards, wrote in a letter to the National Institutes of Health, reported The Wall Street Journal. Planned Parenthood is battling for continued funds from the federal government, after the Center for Medical Progress released a series of undercover videos revealing its dealings in fetal tissue. Top Planned Parenthood doctors talk frankly about some clinic’s practice of dismembering fetuses for the sake of medical research in the videos.

Police Allegedly Find Aborted Fetuses In Abortionist’s Car - Police found 14 containers of human tissue that appears to be the remains of aborted fetuses in the trunk of a Detroit abortionist’s car.  The evidence suggests the doctor may have performed illegal abortions, reported local ABC News affiliate 7 Action News. Police are investigating the man, identified as practicing OB/GYN Michael Arthur Roth, but have not pressed charges.  The New York Times quoted Roth in a 1988 story about the ethics of abortions based solely on the sex of a fetus. “I have no ethical problems with it,” Roth told TheNYT. “Absolutely not. I think that abortion should be available on demand.”

Democrat Presidential Candidate Jim Webb is Out of Step with Democrats - Jim Webb (D-VA) is a man without a home. The military hero and former Senator from Virginia was once a Republican, he left the GOP to become a Democrat, but at this point I’d argue he may be one of the most moderate/conservative Democrat in America. At Tuesday night’s Democrat presidential debate Webb may have finally demonstrated that, while he may be the most qualified Democrat for the job, he just doesn’t belong in the Democrat primary. He had several moments where he spoke his mind, proving that he is out-of-step with his party particularly on foreign policy and immigration. This may have been the best of those examples.

One-Third Of Obamacare CO-OPs Are Now Officially Dead - One-third of the Obamacare health insurance co-ops have now failed, causing about 400,000 policyholders in 10 states to scramble for new coverage for 2016. Seven of the 23 co-ops created by the Affordable Care Act in 2011 at a cost of $2.4 billion — including many launched by passionate but inexperienced health reform activists — have since closed their doors. An eighth, the Colorado Health Insurance Cooperative, appears on the brink of default as well. The failing Obamacare co-ops have canceled health insurance for largely poor and low-income customers in Iowa, Nebraska, Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisiana, Nevada, Tennessee, Vermont, New York and Colorado.

Oh. Snap. Chris Christie Calls Obama a “Weakling”! - New Jersey Governor and GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie (R-NJ) appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss his continuing campaign and the President’s weak efforts in the Middle East. The conversation was more than cordial as there is some obvious and genuine affection between the centrist New Jersey Governor and the liberals on MSNBC, but there was a very interesting exchange on the topic of Obama’s foreign policy and President Obama’s weak-kneed foreign policy.

Obama Passes Afghanistan Problem off on Next President - Anyone with any knowledge of history would tell you that the war in Afghanistan was unlikely to have a good outcome. Any Western nation who has found itself embroiled with the country has found that the country is untamable. From Britain to Russia and now America, all have failed. Every time, it seems that things are about to cross the hill and settle out, there is an upswing in violence.  Besides this, there seems to be little concern by the Afghanis for the central government. Troops are trained and equipped but do not perform. Just as the country stables and the security forces have things in hand, they begin to lose ground. And this has caused America to realize that departure from the country militarily is not now possible…

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