Cenk Uygur is a moron; Clueless, creepy and downright disturbing

Seeing how you don’t hear about this guy from anyone else, I figured I might as well lay into Cenk Uygur. The host of TheYoungTurks (TYT) syndicated internet show, he has been scraping the bottom of the barrel for quite some time. After losing co-host Jill Pike in July of 2007, followed by Ben Mankiewicz leaving shortly thereafter, his show was cut from Air America Radio due to poor ratings. After being picked up by XM/Sirius Channel 167, America Left, they were dropped and picked up again. For the most part, it seems this partisan hack spends the majority of his time keeping his show’s “head above water”, struggling to remain relevant by attracting scores of uneducated teenagers, the type that speak about making an impact in politics then don’t show up to vote come election day.

I could spend the rest of this blog post talking about his irrelevancy, about how it took his Youtube Channel four years to get 100 million views, while those he criticizes, like Glenn Beck, have millions of viewers and listeners on a daily basis, but let’s get down to the point. After wasting my time sitting through his videos, reading his nonsense on the Huffington Post, I can tell you that he doesn’t know what he is talking about. A little information can be a dangerous thing, and it is obvious that he has only that. I will pick a handful of his videos and posts and deconstruct them to show just that, so that even the most devoted TYT enthusiast can see that Cenk Uygur is simply wrong. It’s not “blasphemy”, it is the truth…

Part 1: Glenn Beck, Nazis and Cenk’s nonsense

Finished watching? If you can’t stomach it, I don’t blame you. It doesn’t surprise me that he doesn’t know about the treatment of the Jewish people under the Nazi regime, but what do you expect from a man who denied the Armenian Genocide? The Nazis did more than kill the Jews, first they stripped them of their basic rights by passing the Nuremberg Laws in 1935. For those who don’t understand what Glenn Beck is saying, let me start with this…

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me. – Pastor Martin Niemöller

Glenn Beck’s referenced this poem to point out that under tyrannical rulers, there will always be another political enemy to be targeted. It isn’t a secret that the White House has set its sights on the Fox News organization, not after Robert Gibb’s comments and Anita Dunn’s rant on CNN. For this administration to actually attack a news organization for stories which aren’t favourable to them should raise some eyebrows. Now I don’t agree with Beck on this, I actually find myself in agreement with David Gergen and Gloria Borger on this, that it isn’t a smart strategy and that they can only lose a fight with Fox News, but it doesn’t mean there isn’t merit to compare this to other such incidents, not with what the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “Diversity Czar” Mark Llyod has been saying. In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has taken action against media outlets critical of him, as the Open Source Center reported in August. While the reference may be a tad extreme, it does go to show that this government is acting in a way which is counter to the teachings of the country’s founding, a point purposely ignored by Cenk during his nonsensical rant with airhead Ana Kasparian. You have to ask yourself, where did Cenk find this twit?

Part 2: Cenk’s delusions on Afghanistan

Now I found this post on the Huffington Post rather offensive since he purposely ignores that Canada and its NATO allies took the lead in Afghanistan in 2005. This from The New York Times,

NATO troops that will replace American soldiers in southern Afghanistan next spring are planning to conduct counterinsurgency missions against Taliban fighters and other militants despite initial opposition from some alliance members, American and allied commanders said Friday…

…Britain and the Netherlands will join Canada in assuming control in the south, along with a much smaller contingent of American support troops. Maj. Gen. Jason K. Kamiya, the senior American ground commander in Afghanistan, expressed optimism on Friday that all three allies would heed pleas that they not limit troop operations.

Such restrictions, called national caveats, have severely limited the kinds of missions allied forces can carry out in Afghanistan and Iraq, and have been a source of frustration for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his top regional commanders.

With NATO moving into the south, the Pentagon has said it will be able to reduce the overall number of American troops in Afghanistan to about 16,500 troops from 19,000 now. The United States will still have the largest number of foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, and will keep control of the country’s eastern sector, the scene of many firefights and skirmishes along the mountainous border with Pakistan…

How is it that a leftist tool like Cenk didn’t read this article or watch any of the coverage about this on CNN? In 2005 NATO was called in to free up American soldiers in Afghanistan and continue the counterinsurgency operations in the country. By this time, America had given up leadership in Afghanistan to its allies, so from that point onwards, it was the responsibility of NATO to maintain stability in the region. How is former President George W. Bush to blame for this? Cenk purposely leaves this out, citing an article from the Washington Post which doesn’t even discuss allied troop numbers, let alone how many of the 64,500 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops are American. The number this twit is referring to is most likely the number of non-ISAF American troops are stationed there. Why is this important? Because Iraq was a US-led Coalition effort while Afghanistan was a NATO effort. The reason for the higher US troop levels in Iraq, aside from the 2007 troop surge, was because it was THEIR WAR, not NATO’s. Let’s not forget that the Afghan forces themselves exceed 100,000 troops, while Iraqi forces number only 60,000 (armed and trained). With all the allied troops in Afghanistan, it would be foolish for America not to redeploy some of their forces to Iraq to reinforce its struggling military. Come on Cenk, do your research.

So after getting this wrong, this moron rambles on about how the Bush administration let Osama bin Laden get away, citing opinion pieces he wrote previously about his belief that they would have captured this man by now if they cared. I don’t think prior nonsense you yourself wrote is proof that George W. Bush didn’t care about Afghanistan, not when he is the one going over to that war zone to visit the troops. Not only that, but this talk about Tora Bora is nonsense, an outright lie. They didn’t know bin Laden was there, as Cenk would like his readers to believe, they only thought he could be, and after overrunning the Taliban in the region (that’s right, they did go after Osama), they couldn’t find any sign of the terrorist leader. Instead of debating whether or not the previous administration cared about catching Osama bin Laden, let’s talk about a shift in strategy. After a few years pursuing the al Qaeda mastermind, experts realized that killing him wasn’t going to destroy the terror organization. Aside from his son (who may or may not be dead already), there are a number of potential replacements, including Ayman al-Zawahri, to take up the mantle. Cenk doesn’t seem to care about this as he rants about how Dick Cheney is “downplaying the importance of capturing Osama bin Laden” by repeating what the experts have told him. So why was capturing Saddam Hussein different from capturing bin Laden? Because Saddam was actually an identifiable leader of a state government, and that his capture and execution would in fact mean something, especially to the country he terrorized for decades. There is the different between cutting off the head of a snake versus cutting off one of the heads of the hydra.

This article doesn’t address any of the real issues with the war in Afghanistan, like the Pakistani support the Taliban has, what will become of the mission when NATO allies reach their pullout dates or how the new rules of engagement are hampering the soldiers’ ability to fight. All it is is simply more raving from a moron suffering from the later stage of Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS)… Pathetic…

Part 3: Cenk’s continuing BDS, passing opinion off as fact.

This moron’s post, “Presidents Kill, Especially Bush” is among the worst anti-Bush columns I have ever read. Cenk comes out swinging like Mike Tyson with just as much regard for decency as the former heavyweight champion. This moron says Bush doesn’t have a conscience, calls him a terrible person, and say that the former President “shows sick indifference to the lives of others”. Really? His proof is a story about a wedding being bombed in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.

At least 20 people have been killed in a missile strike by coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan.

Locals in Nangarhar province say the group was a wedding party and most of the dead were women and children.

But the US has denied this, saying those killed were militants involved in previous mortar attacks on a Nato base…

…Coalition media officer Capt Christian Patterson told AFP they had received no reports of civilian casualties.

“It was not a wedding party, there were no women or children present,” he said.

In a separate incident on Friday, 15 civilians were reported to have died in a missile attack in Kunar province…

Once again, the TYT host leaves out a few facts. CBS also covered this story, pointing to statements from the military claiming that this is more militant propaganda and that they didn’t bomb a wedding. Could it have been possible that this story is legitimate? Of course, but it isn’t as if we haven’t seen terrorists making up stories to shape public perception on the war. In a time where stories aren’t getting the proper verification, one should be cautious about what they are getting from the news media. Instead of doing this, Cenk throws caution to the wind, claiming this suspicious story as proof positive that former President Bush is a terrible human being. Okay, I’ll see your wedding and raise you a funeral bombing…

An airstrike believed to have been carried out by a United States drone killed at least 60 people at a funeral for a Taliban fighter in South Waziristan on Tuesday, residents of the area and local news reports said.

Details of the attack, which occurred in Makeen, remained unclear, but the reported death toll was exceptionally high. If the reports are indeed accurate and if the attack was carried out by a drone, the strike could be the deadliest since the United States began using the aircraft to fire remotely guided missiles at members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the tribal areas of Pakistan. The United States carried out 22 previous drone strikes this year, as the Obama administration has intensified a policy inherited from the Bush administration…

Intensified Bush’s strategy? Doesn’t that mean that Obama is going further than the former President in killing civilians, as per Cenk’s twisted reasoning? The former President and his intelligence officers made it known that they didn’t feel right about bombing funerals, refusing to pull the trigger even if they found high priority targets at Taliban funerals. What does that say about President Barack Obama’s appreciation for life? Once again, following your reasoning, the man in power now must be war criminal for making a decision like that. If that isn’t enough, what about the President not responding to General Stanley McChrystal’s request for more troops? He doesn’t seem to care about the soldiers dying in Afghanistan since instead of even reading the report which was submitted in late August, Obama ran off to Copenhagen to give a speech to the IOC.

In America, a family is sitting around the kitchen table when they get the news that their family member was killed in a fire fight because this President refused to give his soldiers the support they needed. How can Obama even sleep at night knowing his indecision is killing Americans? And why won’t he act? Political reasons… I can play that game too Cenk… Moron…

Part 4: Cenk’s obsession with a 14-year-old boy’s sexuality.

If anything, this is the most disturbing video I could find from the TheYoungTurks. 14-year-old Jonathan Krohn is still very young, so there is a reason why he has a higher voice than the average political pundit, but Cenk and Ana don’t seem to realize this, nor do they bother actually addressing any of the points he raises (Social Security is going broke Cenk), discussing instead about why is lips are so pink and of course whether or not he will have sex before he is 22. Yes, that’s right, these two perverts are obsessed with whether or not 14-year-old Jonathan Krohn will be having sex soon. As I discussed before, I find it downright disturbing that anyone would sexualize a child, so it is fair to say that I was pretty angry while watching this video. This is just one more reason why TYT won’t be getting a show on MSNBC, because even that network, as awful as is it, has enough dignity to not stoop this low. THEYOUNGTURKS (TYT) BOYCOTT blogged about this story and here is what one commenter, Richard Wagner said,

I saw that clip. He said that the kid is so nerdy that he will never get laid. I thought that was pretty pathetic…I canceled my subscription and haven’t watched them since…there are other liberal sites I can get my liberal fill in everyday. No more tyt for me.

Is it any surprise that Cenk’s ratings on Air America Radio were so low? Common sense dictates that you don’t talk about little boys and sex at the same time, especially in jest, but I don’t think he nor Ana realize this. Instead of sounding like smart and savvy political pundits like Jonathan Krohn does (both Fox News and CNN had this kid on, so you know these two losers were pretty jealous), Cenk and Ana come off as sexually disturbed individuals picking on a defenseless little kid. The only thing that can be said about these two is that they lack even the slightest shred of morality, that their is no line they won’t cross. Sooner or later, it is Cenk who will be sued and it definitely won’t be something to laugh at…

Part 5: Cenk’s anti-gay bigotry and his desire to be sued

As if his obsession with the sexuality of a 14-year-old-boy wasn’t creepy enough, here he is living out his gay conservative host fantasy. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) just tore out Perez Hilton for this kind of nonsense, so what does Cenk think he is doing by repeating it? No one is being fooled by his “not that there is anything wrong with that” disclaimer before and after calling these conservative hosts homosexuals, it isn’t a pass on political correctness, let alone common decency. Instead of further discussing the content (or lack thereof) of this rant, how about we discuss the content of the statements?

In the late 1980’s, there was a revival of talk radio. The repeal of the FCC’s “Fairness Doctrine” by the Reagan administration had allowed editorial commentary to be broadcasted without the need to present an opposing view point, which allowed Rush Limbaugh to host his talk show from KFBK in Sacramento, California. His success brought about the modern talk radio market, which allowed for other conservatives like Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck to find their own success. Even Air America Radio owes its existence to Limbaugh’s pioneering, it was because of Rush that there is a market for any kind of political talk radio, something Cenk would know if he bothered researching it.

Rush’s influence is undeniable, and many people including myself, credit those like Limbaugh for our own personal awakenings to politics. My political beliefs were heavily influenced by Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin and Larry Elders, aside from my own experiences in Nantong, China as well as my time following Canadian politics. I will also admit that I am a fan of PajamasTV’s Bill Whittle and Joe Hicks, two pundits I encourage my modest readership to listen to. Just because you enjoy this sort of political discussion, it doesn’t mean you should have your sexuality questioned, especially by those who are confused about their own…

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I could go on and on, but I think I have made my point. Cenk Uygur continues to play the political game “without a full deck”, refusing to report the news honestly or with any sense of dignity, instead substituting fact for fiction and mindless nonsense. Whether it is his Bush Derangement Syndrome, his sexual perversions or simply the fact that he doesn’t bother with the facts, it should be pretty clear that TheYoungTurks isn’t even worth the bandwidth necessary to watch their Youtube videos. Depending on how well this post performs, I might just write more on Cenk’s continuing stupidity…

An endless source of clueless, creepy and downright disturbing material… Mind-boggling…

Deficit Spending Running Wild!

The new season of the Rick Mercer Report has started and Rick is ranting about the ever growing Canadian deficit. This from Bloomberg,

Canada reported a C$5.82 billion ($5.39 billion) budget deficit in July, following a surplus in the same month a year earlier, because of lower tax revenue and spending measures taken to spur growth.

The country’s deficit in the first four months of the fiscal year that began April 1 was C$18.3 billion, the Finance Department said today from Ottawa. Last year, the federal government had a surplus of C$2.18 billion in July and a four- month surplus of C$2.94 billion.

The governing Conservatives have forecast a record deficit of C$55.9 billion this fiscal year because of slowing revenue, increased claims for unemployment benefits and the costs associated with an auto industry bailout.

Program spending increased 30 percent from a year ago in July to C$21.8 billion, and is up 21 percent for the four-month period, the finance department said. Revenue in July was down 15 percent from last year to C$18.4 billion, bringing the fiscal drop to 11 percent in the first four months.

This is the problem I have with the Conservative Party of Canada, when it comes to fiscal matters, they just aren’t conservative. Mind you, the Tories haven’t driven the country off a cliff like President Barack Obama and his administration, but second place in a contest about fiscal mismanagement isn’t something we should be applauding. I am a registered Liberal, but I cannot bring myself to support their policies now, especially when they have been taking them from the NDP platform. If the Harper government would cut back on spending and make a serious effort to balance the budget, I could see myself and many other Canadians feeling better about casting our vote for the Conservatives in the next election. Provide transparency on spending and you might just get your majority in the next election.

I know it is a short post, but I needed to get that off my chest. Instead of addressing Canadian’s concerns about spending, Stephan Harper has been tight lipped about it. Just give us some transparency, we would like to know how our hard earned money is being spent…

As for my feelings on the Liberal Party right now, I turn it over to Rick Mercer once again…

Obama’s Peace Prize; He did what to get it?

The National Post ran this article on their front page, but I figured Americans would rather know how Canadians are feeling about President Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. After all, isn’t that what Northern Thoughts And Reflections is about? Let’s begin…

Absolutely unbelievable. This is pathetic and reeks of socialist dogma. This Prize has just halted all efforts by the United States to bring about freedom to millions of enslaved people around the world. What absolutes fools the Noble Committee have become…

…We have just witnesses the power of the media dominated by the Left. All flash and no substance. This man a few years ago was nothing more than a Community Activist is that cesspool called Chicago. I remain in stunned disbelief at his nomination. He will be the laughing stock of the world in another year. Realty sucks. – MBC26

Let us not forget, so that this “award” does not diminish the value of the prizes already awarded for chemistry, medicine, and physics, that the peace prize is awarded out of Norway, not Sweden. But my reaction to this news this morning was a visceral reaction to puke! – hoppy96

If the Nobel peace prize had any credibility left at all they just flushed it. Not only was the deadline for nomination only two weeks after he took office (Feb 1 ) at which point he hadn’t accomplished anything; he is still entirely accomplishment free. What a joke. – jimk777

The Nobel Peace Prize stopped having value when they gave it to the terrorist Arafat. Obama has done wonders – he’s alienated long standing allies – thrown them in the garbage – and made friendships with our enemies. – Jane1

Arguably, it could be that all those who think this is wonderful are still in bed, but I doubt there will be a dramatic shift in the comment written about this story by the end of the day. Hot Air’s Allahpundit isn’t too impressed and neither am I. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize, like the one given to Al Gore and Jimmy Carter previously, cheapens the meaning of the award. He has done nothing to earn this award and no matter what is being said, appeasement of our enemies, like the Taliban, only makes the world a more dangerous place. I don’t care what Dalia Mogahed, Obama’s Muslim affairs adviser says about Sharia Law being “gender justice”, when you don’t confront oppressive barbarism, you encourage it.

Isn’t funny that the IOC wouldn’t accept this kind of nonsense when Team Obama-Obama-Oprah was in Copenhagen, but the Nobel committee is going to award it? This award seems more like a fourth place ribbon in comparison, especially since Barack didn’t do anything to get it. Maybe we should be comparing the Nobel Peace Prize to those surprises children find in cereal boxes. He put just as much effort into achieving world peace as he would have to sit down and have breakfast. I also feel that receiving this award furthers the belief that Obama is a self-serving elitist. He isn’t President of the United States because he wants to fulfill his duties, not at all, he is there to strengthen his resume so that he can brag to his friends next time he goes down to Martha’s Vineyard. Snobbery at its finest…

As many others have been saying, Obama doesn’t deserve this award. The Nobel Peace Prize should be given to those who work hard to actually achieve peace, and giving a few speeches and appeasing our enemies isn’t that, not even close… Downright pathetic…

UPDATE: More from Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey, who is covering the confused reaction by the mainstream media to The One getting the Nobel Peace Prize. This from The New York Times,

…The announcement stunned people from Norway to the White House. “There has been no discussion, nothing at all,” said Rahm Emanuel, the president’s chief of staff, in a brief telephone interview…

…But while Mr. Obama has generated considerable good will overseas — his foreign counterparts are eager to meet with him, and polls show he is hugely popular around the world — many of his policy efforts have yet to bear fruit, or are only just beginning to do so. North Korea has defied him with missile tests; Iran, however, recently agreed to restart nuclear talks, which Mr. Obama has called “a constructive beginning.”…

Nuclear talks? Last time I checked, Iran was test firing rockets. Doesn’t sound like peace talks to me. Aside from the spin, Sheryl Gay Stolberg makes the point about his policies bearing no fruit. Doesn’t sound Nobel Peace Prize worthy to me…

And no Rahm Emanuel, Oslo doesn’t beat Copenhagen, not when Jimmy “The Racist” Carter has that award too… Pathetic…

UPDATE: Racist or terrorist? It seems that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) it taking the low road again according to Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey. Ed raises a good point on accusing the Republicans for siding with the Taliban, especially after yesterday’s announcement about how they aren’t the enemy. Does that mean they are peace-loving people we can work with or not? It seems, as per usual, this administration can’t make up its mind.

As for Canadian thoughts on this, let’s return to the comments section at the National Post…

Irena Sendler who Saved 2500 Children during WW2 was nominated, but price went to Gore. What can you expect now? – Sig226

What peace has he exactly brought to the world? Nobel has simply become an endorsement machine for those handing them out. “I like you…here have an award.” – freedomwriter

WTH? I thought to get a nobel prize for something you had to do something in area that the prize is awarded for. I can’t remember Obama actually having done much of anything . . . mmm . . . I wonder when I will get it? Or even better, when I will get an award for the great scientific research that I haven’t done!!! – dharok

Aside from one drone spamming DNC talking points, it seems that Canadians are still pretty confused about how a man with no accomplishments could receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama’s supporters can talk all they want about “potential”, but that won’t mean anything once he is booted out of office in 2012… Hilarious…

UPDATE: I almost forgot, what do you think Barack Obama will do with the money he is award with the Nobel Peace Prize? Michelle Malkin would like to know, as would I, but I think we already know a few things The One WON’T be doing with the 1.4 million he will get, like giving it to charity…

I would bet The One would purchase a home near Martha’s Vineyard so that once he is laughed out of office, he can attend exclusive events and brag about how he once was President of the United States while proudly showing off his Nobel Peace Prize. Hopefully neither Jimmy Carter nor Al Gore show up and commit a fashion faux pas by wearing the same award… That would be awkward…

UPDATE: Another from Ed Morrissey, this time pointing to comments made by former UN Ambassador John Bolton and liberal writer Steve Kornacki, two individuals on either side of the political aisle agreeing that this nomination of Obama is nonsensical…

…So when they see that Obama is going to receive the Nobel Peace Prize even though he may soon send tens of thousands of fresh troops to a war that’s probably unwinnable, well, it makes it a lot easier for them to buy into what the right’s been saying—that gullible Americans and socialist Europeans have been seduced by a fantasy.

The early reaction to your Nobel decision here in America is revealing: Even Obama’s own supporters don’t feel too good about this. One of them, a rather liberal friend of ours, just wrote on her Facebook page: “I now have every hope of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m a great speech writer and I’m full of good intentions.”

This is exactly what the right has been trying to get Americans to say and think for a year. You mean well, Norway, we know. But in one fell swoop, you’ve just advanced their cause immeasurably. Some are even wondering: Can Obama get away with turning this down?

Aside from Kornacki’s sour grapes about former President George W. Bush (he won both elections, GROW UP!), I can agree that awarding Obama the prize for “potential” does more harm than good. It highlights the point that he is more style than substance, and as Bolton stated, it shows people that he got the award for simply representing the kind of American the Europeans want. You know, the kind that hates America?

We don’t need European socialists tell us how to run our respective countries, not after they destroyed their own… Pathetic…

UPDATE: And because I can’t help but agree with this rant, Drinking with Bob…

UPDATE: You would think Barbara Boxer would learn to keep her mouth shut, especially after all the trouble it has caused her lately. Hot Air’s Allahpundit posted a story about how she thinks GOP Republican National Chairman Michael Steele sounds like the Taliban in his criticism of Barack Obama. Is this veiled racism? Knowing Boxer, it could very well be… Disgusting…

UPDATE: A new from Allahpundit. Remember what I said about America hating Americans? This from the Washington Post,

…Mr. Obama sees the U.S. differently, as weaker than it was and the rest of the planet as stronger, and so he calls for a humbler America, at best a first among equals, working primarily through the U.N. The world’s challenges, he emphasized yesterday, “can’t be met by any one leader or any one nation.” What this suggests to us—and to the Norwegians—is the end of what has been called “American exceptionalism.” This is the view that U.S. values have universal application and should be promoted without apology, and defended with military force when necessary…

The end of “American exceptionalism”? Yes, you heard it right, these failed ideologues in Europe don’t like how exceptional the American people are, they don’t like that the United States is a driving force for good in this world because it makes them look pathetic. I was listening to Rush Limbaugh earlier today and I heard him discussing how awarding Obama the Nobel Peace Prize would be a way for them to force him to make decisions that they believe is in the world’s best interests. Pulling out of both war zones and not disciplining Iran would be the first two that come to mind. It is no surprise these nonsensical ideas about the possible future of the Taliban in Afghanistan are being floated by the White House right now. It is obvious that neither the Nobel committee nor this administration have any idea what is going on outside the bubbles they occupy.

As for Obama saying that the award he will be receiving being dedicated to everyone who’s “dared to hope”, this would be laughable if it wasn’t so disturbing. The campaign is over, all this talk about “Hope and Change” should have stopped a long time ago because that bullshit doesn’t work anymore. We have seen this empty platform cause serious damage in the nine months The One has been in office, so to say this award is for all those who supported his nonsense strikes me as arrogance bordering on narcissism. With that said, knowing Barack, he isn’t the type to share anything with anyone. This award is for him and him alone, but he will let his followers “bask in his presence”…

This is, on top of what we have been seeing from the elementary schools across America, is just downright scary… No single word can describe how disturbing this is…

Olympic-Sized Failure; Team Obama-Obama-Oprah can’t bring the games to Chicago

Both Hot Air’s Allahpundit and Michelle Malkin are now reporting that Chicago’s Olympic bid has been rejected. What can I say? Congratulations President Obama, you wasted taxpayer money to embarrass the city of Chicago… Congratulations Michelle Obama, your “sacrifice” was in vain, but at least you got to going shopping with Oprah… Congratulations Oprah Winfrey, you have gone from being the most influential television personality in America to the goofy sidekick of the unlikeable First Lady… Hilarious…

Now, as discussed on Sean Hannity’s show, Obama’s motives were purely political. I would go as far as to say that it wasn’t simply “back scratching” that brought him and his wife to Copenhagen, but a possible lucrative payoff. It isn’t like we haven’t seen this before, remember the million dollar earmark Senator Obama got for the University of Chicago Hospital, the same hospital which Michelle Obama worked for? And who could forget the romantic trip the two of them took to New York City at the taxpayer’s expense? You have to hand it to them, these two have always found ways to spend other people’s money to line their own pockets…

I could go on, I could discuss the other people, like Valerie Jarrett, who were hoping to make a few bucks on Chicago getting the 2016 Olympics, but has Michelle Malkin outlined this in a previous article I recommend you read. That, and Chicago has now been eliminated from the running. Can you say “Hope and Change”? Well the International Olympic Community (IOC) couldn’t…

Now that they have all embarrassed themselves abroad, hopefully they can return to the United States without further displays of stupidity. I know it may shock those in the mainstream media who are still in love with The One, but his appeal isn’t what it used to be, and if his charm couldn’t solve this issue, maybe they will figure out that it can’t fix the other problems facing the city of Chicago and the rest of the country… Pathetic…

UPDATE: With the Chicago Olympic now lost, many in the mainstream media are trying to figure out just how it could have happened with Barack Obama leading the charge in Copenhagen. There are quite a few things to cover here, so let’s get to it…

The mental deranged Ed Shultz was blaming Republicans (like a good drone for the Democrats), comparing their “traitorous actions” to that of “Hanoi” Jane Fonda. No American troops were spit on, let alone tortured and killed, when the Republicans pointed out that the President shouldn’t have been in Copenhagen when there were many pressing issues at home for him to deal with. As for Shultz’s trying to make this about the economy, this was all about Obama’s political image. Which leads me to the next story…

David Axelrod is blaming this whole event on “international politics”. So if the Republicans aren’t to blame, it must be all those countries which showed their affection for Obama during the last big United Nations event? For Axelrod to complain that America doesn’t have the political connections that Brazil had is just silly. The IOC most likely wanted Rio de Janeiro to have the 2016 Olympic games because it would be the first time the a South American city would have the honour of being host. It is kind of like how many Americans voted for Obama because he would be the first African-American President, ain’t that right Tom Hanks?

UPDATE: Continuing with the updates, Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times wrote that the White House had no idea that Chicago hadn’t a real chance of winning the 2016 bid. As Ed Morrissey points out, this is the same Jeff Zeleny who asked Obama is his first 100 days as President were enchanting, so it isn’t a “conservative hit piece”. Ignorance isn’t bliss, especially when it makes you look moronic on the world stage.

The British came out hitting hard after gave a speech following his failure in Copenhagen. As Tim Reid at TimesOnline points out, this defeat doesn’t bode well for The One.

…Mr Obama was greeted — as usual — like a rock star by the IOC delegates in Copenhagen — then humiliated by them. Perception is reality. A narrow defeat for Chicago would have been acceptable — but the sheer scale of the defeat was a bombshell, and is a major blow for Mr Obama at a time when questions are being asked about his style of governance…

…This has all added to the perception that Mr Obama’s soaring rhetoric — which captured the imagination during last year’s election — is simply not enough when it comes to confronting the myriad challenges of the presidency. His spectacular Olympic failure will only add to that.

Tough words. No matter how Newsweek tries to spin this, it still ends up looking bad for Obama. With even the Brazilians poking fun at The One’s Olympic failure, this event won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

As for Michelle Obama, as Michelle Malkin points out, it looks equally as bad for her.

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection.

Sitting on your dad’s lap at the age of twenty? That is just creepy. Other than showing Michelle “Muscles” Obama’s awkward relationship with her father, this statement demonstrates her dishonest nature. She could care less about this Olympics, this trip was simply about politics. As Michelle Malkin pointed out, this is the kind of nonsense which Hillary Clinton got caught on during the campaign. It didn’t work for that former First Lady, and it definitely won’t work for you… Pathetic…

What about Oprah Winfrey? Once again, she comes off looking like a goofy sidekick to “Muscles”. Take a look at the Twitpic Michelle Malkin has up. I highly doubt Rio de Janeiro will have her carrying, let alone lighting the torch for their games… Hilarious…

UPDATE: I would have let this go, but I am just want to point out how deranged some of these Barack Obama supporters are. This from Hot Air’s Allahpundit, an article from the Chicago Sun-Times…

Some Chicago officials say anti-American resentment likely played a role in Chicago’s Olympic bid dying in the first round Friday.

President Obama could not undo in one year the resentment against America that President Bush and others built up for years, they said.

“There must be” resentment against America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, near the stage where he had hoped to give a victory speech in Daley Center Plaza. “The way we [refused to sign] the Kyoto Treaty, we misled the world into Iraq. The world had a very bad taste in its mouth about us. But there was such a turnaround after last November. The world now feels better about America and about Americans. That’s why I thought the president’s going was the deal-maker”…

Aside from Reverend Jesse Jackson’s lunacy, we also have Chicago Democratic Representative Susana Mendoza and Illinois Democratic Representative Jan Schakowsky jumping on this nonsense. So a prominent black bigot and two Democrats from Obama’s state are attacking former President George W. Bush? If their judgment was so skewed, maybe they would have noticed that Chicago was nominated by the IOC as a candidate city in 2007, when Bush was still in office. If they hated him so much, why didn’t they deny the American city a spot then instead of waiting for Obama to give the games to Rio de Janeiro?

With the Democrats taking hits in the polls, it doesn’t surprise me that they would be this desperate… Pathetic…

Roman Polanski’s Plight

UPDATE: I will keep this post unchanged because I believe it would be dishonest to do otherwise, but I want it known that I didn’t know about his actions thirty years ago until last night, and I will definitely not ignore his statement recently about young girls. I hope this man is thrown in a cell with an inmate who doesn’t have a problem “administering” even the lowest forms of “prison justice”… Disgusting…

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I have mixed feelings about this, and while I don’t condone the sexual assault of a 13-year-old, I have trouble supporting the efforts to prosecute Roman Polanski. I know this has been Ed Morrissey’s “axe to grind” for the last few days, reading his first post and now his second post criticizing those who don’t want to see the film director put in jail. Call me naive, but I really think this was the result of the brutal murder of his wife, Sharon Tate and his unborn child by Charles Manson and his followers. The media blitz, the constant reminder of what he had lost, the publicity stunts by Manson’s supporters, etc had taken their tole on Polanski. Reports of his excessive drinking in the years following should show us that this man wasn’t of sound mind. He admitted as much in his autobiography Roman by Polanski,

Since Sharon’s death, and despite appearances to the contrary, my enjoyment of life has been incomplete. In moments of unbearable personal tragedy some people find solace in religion. In my case the opposite happened. Any religious faith I had was shattered by Sharon’s murder. It reinforced my faith in the absurd.

If you ask me, it does sound like he is still serving a self-imposed sentence. I don’t know how the statute of limitations would apply here, if it did at all, but I feel there is more than enough here to at the very least hang the jury. With all the other offenders out there, with all the crime being committed by truly evil men and women, I don’t see why we should bother with prosecuting Roman Polanski. I fail to see what there is to be gained by this…

I would like to know what good will it do society to see a man who has suffered like he has locked up? Is this the legal victory we are looking for in an “age of immorality”? What do we have to gain by uncovering these ugly wounds? I am waiting for Morrissey’s response to these questions… Pitiful…

UPDATE: I said I had mixed feelings about this, and here is why. As Allahpundit pointed out, this isn’t about preserving “art”, this is about the legality of it. It doesn’t surprise me that the Hollywood community is upset by this, but the reasons they are giving for keeping him out of jail is, for the most part, a little ridiculous. Do I think that this arrest is ill-advised after 30 years? Yes, but it isn’t because of Polanski’s contributions to the film industry.

The more I read about this incident, the more I am confused about what is going on here. According to Patterico, he already plead guilty thirty years ago, so that would mean that the statute of limitations doesn’t apply. Does this mean though that there will be a new trial or will it simply be a hearing to pass sentence? If it isn’t the latter, I would advise against it since Los Angeles juries are well known for being irrational.

Since this crime was well before my time, I know very little about what happened. If it was as heinous as some have been saying, it doesn’t sound like the actions of a troubled man. On the other hand, having not dealt with the brutal murders of my wife and unborn child, and the media circus which follow, I really wouldn’t know what is and what isn’t normal behaviour. The problem I am still having is what is the purpose of reopening this thirty year old case? What is there to gain by locking up this man?

You are going to have to give me a better answer than “he is a fugitive from justice”. As a somewhat religious man, I know that just because he has escaped the American courts, doesn’t mean he has escaped God’s judgment… Confused…

UPDATE: What did I say about celebrities not getting it? “Rape-rape” Whoopi? Ed Morrissey has the video up of Goldberg’s stupidity on the view. There are only a few things that can be said in Polanski’s defense, like his emotional state at the time of the crime, the fact that his career suffered because of this, and that his arrest comes thirty years after the crime was committed. This isn’t about his “dedication to art”, this isn’t about the heinous crime he committed, it is about him “fleeing justice for so long”. Why not debate that point?

Once again, what is there to be gained by dragging him and his victim through the courts after thirty years? Can a conviction be gained if his prior plea is thrown out? I would prefer not to take a side in this debate, but those on the right of this issue have failed to answer any of these questions. You have to give Morrissey and the rest of the anti-Polanski crowd credit for their dedication to seeing justice done, but this whole ordeal doesn’t sit well with me…

Let me know what you think, even if you don’t really know what to think at all… Confused…

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin is weighing in on Anne Applebaum’s blog post which failed to mention her husband’s political connection to this mess. Patterico has more on Applebaum’s dishonesty if you are interested.

I can’t wait for this fiasco to be over, but knowing Hollywood trials, that isn’t going to be anytime soon…

UPDATE: Guess what? Not so confused anymore. Michelle Malkin has a post up about what Roman “Rapist” Polanski said about how everyone would want little girls the way he does. This from Micheal Deacon at the Telegraph,

If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… f—ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f— young girls. Juries want to f— young girls. Everyone wants to f— young girls!

I can tell you that I don’t like young girls the way he does, and it is just creeps me out that this guy would sexualize a child. As for the questions I asked earlier, I can answer them now. The reason why he SHOULD be prosecuted and locked up is because not only hasn’t he truly paid for his crime, but he had no remorse for the heinous act he committed over thirty years ago. Also, with Polanski behind bars, his victim can now truly find closure on the event which changed her life so many years ago. Finally, any jury that hears this statement won’t have trouble sending him to prison, especially if even one or two of the jurors have daughters. Does he even have a soul? Outrageous!

For all those celebrities signing the petition that is floating around, ask yourself a question; Do you really want to defend a man who drugged and viciously sodomized a 13-year-old girl?

UPDATE: More from Allahpundit on the Roman Polanski fiasco. After getting caught trying to forward her husband’s political agenda, Anne Applebaum comes out with another misguided post about how it is the victim’s fault she was raped. Huh? Let me explain…

As Allahpundit pointed out, nowhere in the transcripts is there this “proof” that it is the girl’s fault. She didn’t give permission to be photographed in a jacuzzi, but even if she did, that doesn’t mean she gave Polanski permission to drug and rape her. I really don’t understand what Applebaum is trying to say here, but it seems that knowing what we know now, they have no other way to defend a man who committed such a horrible offense. Why else would they take this approach?

With even the French people turning against Polanski as I have after learning the disgusting truth, his support is dwindling and getting desperate… Pathetic…

UPDATE: Another post from Ed Morrissey, this one concerning what Hollywood does and doesn’t tolerate. So they won’t forgive Elia Kazan for speaking out against Communism, but they will forgive Roman Polanski for drugging and raping a 13-year-old? Talk about their perverted perceptions… Mind-boggling…

UPDATE: And the fiasco continues. Allahpundit has a post up about the unusual support Polanski is getting from feminists. Do they understand that they should be standing AGAINST a man who drugged and anally raped a 13-year-old girl? Pathetic…