Clearing the Browser Tabs – What’s Worse than “Crass” Thursday Edition
I’m not sure the word “crass” is broad enough to apply to this White House. This week, the military brought home the bodies of the brave soldiers who recently died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. As a show of respect to the families of the fallen, the Pentagon kept journalists away and didn’t even send its own staff photographer to document the ceremony.
That did not stop President Obama. The White House had its photographer there, and he took a picture of the President that the administration promoted on its website as the “Photo of the Day”. This happened without the knowledge or consent of the Pentagon or the military families whose dead loved ones became just another political prop in the President’s effort to shore up his plummeting approval numbers.
And he’s not done.
The same Barack Obama who refused to release photos of a dead Osama bin Laden because it would be “an incitement to additional violence” (though he eventually relented and released a single photo) is working with Hollywood to make a major motion picture out of the “gutsy” mission to kill bin Laden. The film is slated for release a month before the 2012 Presidential election.
I’m not sure “crass” is a big enough word for this administration at all.
And now, links!
- Dear labor unions: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Love, me.
- It really is a shame this judge couldn’t have throw the top brass of ACORN in jail for a decade. It would have been far less than they deserve for their rampant crimes, but it would have made a good start.
- Teach your children well, and don’t forget to keep your eyes on the other kids around you. It does take a village to raise a child and if we abdicate our responsibilities to the government, we will get a generation of feral young adults not all that much later.
- Again with the Angry White Men meme? Didn’t the left play that one out back in the 1990s?
- Economic growth is good, not just because it fills our coffers but also because it gives us room to dream big dreams.
- If all those wealthy left-wingers who constantly whine about how much more they’d pay in taxes want to do something worthwhile with their money, they could fund a project to see if this idea, found by Glenn Reynolds, would actually work. Instead of enriching bureaucrats and politicians, they could provide potable water to millions. Surely that’s worth a shot.
- There is crazy and there is truly barking insane. It’s the latter brand of nuts to which Standard and Poor’s reacted.
- This weekend marks the return of the Perseid meteor shower. I’m not quite sure how this year’s event will rate compared to others, but as heavenly fireworks shows go, pretty much any shower is a treat. Hit the link for helpful tips and good viewing hours Friday and Saturday.
Other Posts of Interest:
- Clearing the Browser Tabs – Gee, It’s Only Thursday Edition
- Clearing the Browser Tabs – Partisan, Mean, and Selfish Thursday Edition
- Clearing the Browser Tabs – Candidate Overload Thursday Edition
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[...] Jimmie Bise: The same Barack Obama who refused to release photos of a dead Osama bin Laden because it would be “an incitement to additional violence” (though he eventually relented and released a single photo) is working with Hollywood to make a major motion picture out of the “gutsy” mission to kill bin Laden. The film is slated for release a month before the 2012 Presidential election. [...]