“Gruber Democrats”: You can’t be that stupid again, can you?

As I stated in Grubergate, Obama and his administration think democrats are stupid. I like to call them Gruber Democrats. You fell for Obamacare which was a massive power grab dressed up like compassion, backed by purposely deceptive math, obfuscation, and downright lies. (For you Gruber Democrats: obfuscate means to be evasive, unclear, or confusing.) Obama must figure Democrats were stupid enough to be duped into supporting Obamacare, let’s try amnesty.

Allow me to point out some things about Obama’s executive order on immigration now so you are not embarrassed that you supported this later, when a “Gruber” is caught on video saying how stupid you were for believing Obama.

The President said in the announcement of his executive order on immigration, “It does not grant citizenship or the right to stay here permanently, or offer the same benefits that citizens receive. Only Congress can do that. All we’re saying is we’re not going to deport you”. That is a downright lie, or a Gruberism, as I like to call it. What he didn’t tell you was that this executive order also gives certain illegal immigrants work papers and social security numbers. This is where he runs afoul of the constitution. I won’t bother belaboring the unconstitutionally of this action because I have become painfully aware of the fact that few Democrats even pretend to care about the constitution any more. So let me focus on other aspects of this travesty.

Obama says there are not enough money and people to enforce the immigration laws so he is deferring deportations for certain illegal immigrants. To do this he is going to set up offices and hire government employees to process these new applications including fingerprints, criminal background checks, and verification of residence in the US for at least five years. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website says that application fees will cover the increased cost. Even you Gruber-democrats can’t believe that!

And consider this: when it became too onerous to check if people applying for subsidies for Obamacare really deserved them, they allowed people to “self certify”. All they had to do is sign a paper saying they qualified. It is clear Obama wants as many people as possible to take advantage of this new executive order. Does anyone really think he is going to demand that the applications be thoroughly reviewed?

Applicants must pay Social Security taxes. So what do you think will happen if they get their work papers and don’t pay their taxes? Will they be deported? After all, Obama asked in his announcement, “Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents’ arms, or are we a nation that values families and works together to keep them together?” And does anyone doubt that they will be eligible to receive Social Security, Medicare, and other benefits if the executive order is not reversed?

According to the USCIS website they plan to process the applications within a year. Why then, don’t they use these resources to clear out the backlog of legal immigrants waiting for their application to be approved?

And how do illegal immigrants prove they have been in the country for the minimum amount of time? They can show utility bills. Illegal immigrants can get fake social society cards and IDs, does anyone doubt they can get fake water bills?

It has also come to light that employers do not have to provide healthcare to illegal immigrants with the new work authorizations, as is required for American citizens because of Obamacare. So if an employer has to decide between hiring an illegal immigrant or an American for whom he has to provide healthcare or pay a $3000 fine, who do you think he will hire?

As the old saying goes; “Fool a Gruber-democrat once, shame on you. Fool one twice, shame on the stupid Democrat”.

Gruber-gate

 

I would like to discuss two aspects of the whole Gruber controversy that I think are being missed.

1. The following is a transcript from the video of Gruber that started the controversy:

“This bill [Obamacare] was written in a tortured way to make sure CBO did not score the mandate as taxes. If [Congressional Budget Office] scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. Okay, so it’s written to do that. In terms of risk-rated subsidies, if you had a law which said that healthy people are going to pay in -– you made explicit that healthy people pay in and sick people get money — it would not have passed… Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter, or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass." [Emphasis added.]

Who is Gruber calling stupid in the last line of this quote? Generally, Obamacare was never popular among Republicans across the country and not a single Republican voted for it in Congress.  So who was stupid enough to be duped by Obama and his cohorts?  He must be talking about Democrats!  Gruber is calling Democrats stupid.

2. The following is a transcript of Obama’s answer when asked about Gruber and if Obama mislead Americans to get the bill passed:

“No, I did not. I just heard about this. I get well-briefed before I come out here. The fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with in terms of the voters, is no reflection on the actual process that was run." [Emphasis added.]

So Obama claims he disagrees with the part about Americans being stupid.  What about the rest of what Gruber said!?

After all the damage this president and his administration have caused, the Democrats I talk to still support him.  Maybe Gruber is right after all.

The Ostrich Effect

We will never have a better example of the stupidity of thinking that Islamic extremist will leave us alone if we only leave them alone than what has happened in Iraq. Obama pulled every U.S. troop out of Iraq.  Now extremists have overrun the country and are threatening to destroy America, and Obama is less popular than George W. Bush in the Middle East. We should also learn a lesson about giving military equipment to untrustworthy people to fight our battles. It’s sickening to see ISIS driving around in our Humvees and tanks firing our weapons.

So, what are we to do? The time for good options was squandered so we are only left with bad options and really bad options. One really bad option is to do nothing. That would have far reaching consequences around the world and back here at home. Another really bad option is to do what we are doing now: pretending bombing is affective and giving military equipment and training to untrustworthy people to fight our battles.

The least bad option, and the only one I think we are left with, is to send our troops in to wipe these barbarians out and take back our stuff! But before we go in I would get a Status of Forces agreement with the leadership in Iraq that Obama failed to get at the end of the war. That agreement would include the establishment of two permanent U.S. military installations/airfields, one near the border with Iran and one near the border with Syria. Yes, we have to have a presence there. I agree with Victor David Hansen when he said this in a recent Nation Review Online article:

“It is popular to think that America’s threats can be neutralized by occasional use of missiles, bombs, and drones without much cost. But blowing apart a problem for a while is different from ending it for good. The latter aim requires just the sort of unpopular occupations that calmed the Balkans, and had done the same in Iraq by 2011.”

For the full article go here http://www.nationalreview.com/article/389326/bomb-occupy-or-neither-victor-davis-hanson.

Like it or not, the U.S. is a super-power and a force for good in the world. We must stay engaged on the world stage. We have powerful enemies who will exploit any sign of weakness. The world needs a strong America to keep the peace. Who else is going to do it? France?

Don’t Forget About Iran

With so many things hitting the fan around the world because of Obama’s incompetence, it’s easy to forget about Iran.  With the tough sanctions lifted, the powerful in Iran are stockpiling money so they can afford to make their final push to obtain a nuclear weapon and withstand the inevitable sanctions that will come when it becomes apparent they broke the terms of the agreement to get the sanctions lifted.  They have already missed established deadlines.

What makes me think that, you ask?  I think that because the leaders in Iran are a lying bunch of lunatics who know they could dupe our hapless president.

They would never be stupid enough to use a nuclear weapon, you say.  They won’t have to.  Just threatening to use it will cause to our weak-kneed president to give them anything they want.

The White House Launches a New Sit-Com: Obama’s in Charge

In the new sit-com, Obama’s in Charge, which aired last night at 9:00, Obama plays the part of the leader of the free world.   This is quite a departure from the Urkle-like role he has played the last six years and should really test his acting chops.  Let’s review some of the major laugh lines from last night’s season premiere.

The sit-com starts out with Obama touting his foreign policy “successes” ending with “America is safer”.  It is always good to start out with a strong joke.

Obama follows up the farcical opening with this whopper.  “Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not ‘Islamic.’ No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim.”  His use of emphatic statements like “let me be perfectly clear, make no mistake about it, in point of fact, you can take that to the bank”, always sets the audience up for the big laugh which follows.  Saying that ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is not Islamic is pure comic genius.

One of the biggest laughs of the night came next.  “This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.”  This line must have had our enemies all over the world rolling in the isles.  Obama surely meant this as a parody of George W. Bush.  I swear he said this with a slight southern drawl.

Obama sets up a future comic episode by saying, “I will chair a meeting of the UN Security Council to further mobilize the international community around this effort.”   What makes that so funny is that Russia in on the UN Security Council and has veto power.  He would need Russia to support his efforts.  The same Russia that he says he is smacking down because of its invasion of Ukraine.

Then Obama comically pats himself on his back when he says “This is American leadership at its best: we stand with people who fight for their own freedom; and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.”  American leadership at its best…priceless!

Obama keeps the laughs coming.  He said, “This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years.”  Yemen and Somalia are a mess!

Then comes this: “My fellow Americans, we live in a time of great change. Tomorrow marks 13 years since our country was attacked. Next week marks 6 years since our economy suffered its worst setback since the Great Depression.”  What’s funny is he leaves out that the next day would be the two year anniversary of the attacks on our embassy in Benghazi.

 When it seemed he had milked all the comedy out of foreign policy statements, he deftly threw in this domestic joke “our businesses are in the longest uninterrupted stretch of job creation in our history.”

Then, he pivots back to foreign policy by stating “Abroad, American leadership is the one constant in an uncertain world” and “but as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead” - This from our lead-from-behind president.

He finishes strongly with “And our own safety — our own security — depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation”.  The funny thing is Americans know this, but does Obama?

If this situation weren’t so serious it would be comical.

Deferred Action for 7-Eleven Thieves (DA7-11T)

Let’s say a mayor of a town decides he is not going to use the police to arrest people who rob 7-Elevens. Then, say he makes it an official policy, names the new policy Deferred Action for 7-Eleven Thieves and even assigns an acronym (DA7-11T) to that policy. (Nothing in government is official until it has an acronym.) And say he advertises the new policy on the city’s official website.

Now, you are probably not a Yale and Harvard grad, but what do you think would happen? Do you think there would be an increase in 7-Elevens robbed in that city? Do you think criminals from other cities would come to that city to rob 7-Elevens? And what would you think of the mayor who would take such a irresponsible action?

The following is copied from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website on their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) page 
(http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca):

What Is DACA
On June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that certain people who came to the United States as children and meet several guidelines may request consideration of deferred action for a period of two years, subject to renewal. They are also eligible for work authorization. Since this new policy was enacted there have been a flood of children illegally entering the U.S. The president says that this increase in illegals has nothing to do with his policy. He says because of the humanitarian crises that has been created, Republicans need to implement the immigration reform he has been promoting (for a related topic see Killing Mosquitoes).

Does Obama think Americans are stupid? Or maybe the real question is, are Americans that stupid?

The Prisoner Swap: The Real Story

If you look at the trade of five high-value Taliban murders to get the release of a deserter and possible traitor it doesn’t make any sense.  The negotiations should have gone something like this:

Taliban Negotiator:  We want the release of five top Taliban leaders from Gitmo or we keep Bergdahl.

Obama:  The guy’s a deserter and a traitor.  I’ll give you a pack of gum and if you’re lucky I won’t chew it first.

Taliban Negotiator:  Throw in a pack of baseball cards and it’s a deal.

Obama:  Done!

It doesn’t make sense if you look at it from the position of what was necessary to get Bergdahl released.  What this trade was really about was Obama getting rid of the most hard-core detainees from Gitmo that under any other circumstance would be political suicide.  All this so he can close Gitmo.   I can hear Obama talking to his most senior advisers now:

Obama:  We can’t close down Gitmo until we get rid of the detainees.  We can probably convince most of the bleeding heart Americans to release the least dangerous prisoners.  But how do we release the ones that are responsible for the death of thousands of Americans and will surely kill more Americans if given the chance, without causing a big stink?

Recent Brown Graduate:  How about making them stand trial in a civil court.

Obama:  We tried that.  They won’t go for it.

Michelle Obama’s College Roommate:  How about moving them to a prison stateside.

Obama:  We tried that.  They won’t go for it.

Top Obama bundler during his last presidential campaign:  I got it!  Does the Taliban still have that traitor, Bergdahl, in Afghanistan?  Let’s use him to get rid of these guys.  I can see the braking news story on MSNBC now, “Our Dear Leader Single-Handily Obtains the Release of an American War Hero”.  We already have gag orders on the people he served with, right?  We can even spin this into a cause for national celebration!  We can invite his parents to the Rose Garden after he is released!  You know, the usual dog and pony show.

Obama:  That’s brilliant!  Let’s make it happen!

This is probably how the negotiations went:

Taliban Negotiator:  How can we get you to take this Jihadi wannabe, Bergdahl, off our hands?  He’s a real pain in the ass with all his “Death to America” chanting all night!  No one can get any sleep!

Obama:  We’ll take back Bergdahl, if you take back all the Taliban we currently hold at Gitmo.

Taliban Negotiator (scratching his beard):  I don’t know.  With you pulling troops out in 2016, we were hoping you would house and feed them until then, when we can really use them.

Obama:  That’s a problem.  I really need something to knock the VA scandal out of the headlines.

Taliban Negotiator (shaking his head):  Yeah, we heard about that?  We don’t even treat your military that bad.

Obama:  Look, how about you take ten Taliban.

Taliban Negotiator:  Five.

Obama:  OK, but they have to be five of the worst scum we have there.

Taliban Negotiator:  Done!