“I did sacrifice a goat. I know that’s probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans…” [Emphasis added]
He's got that finger firmly on the pulse of the electorate.
Category: Western Culture
A Next Generation Captain For A Trek Classic Kind Of World
Obama vs. Putin:
An out-of-his-depth desk jockey from Star Fleet parleys with Klingons (while Kirk convalesces in Sick Bay).
CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK
— Barack Obama desperately hitting Reset Button
The 1930s called. They want their foreign policy back.
Overheard at the Pentagon: "Right now, we are Putin's prison bitch."
— Nancy Youssef, نانسى (@nancyayoussef) September 30, 2015
Dune: A 50-Year Retrospective
Islamofascists Attempt To Impose Sharia Law In Texas
Although this was a pretty strong contender, too:
My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front.
— Evan Sayet (@EvanSayet) May 4, 2015
For those who not keeping score:
First Amendment 1 Second Amendment 1 Jihad 0
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 4, 2015
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Variations On A SlutWalk In D-Minor
I don't even know what that means.
But it was so loopy, it had to be a post title…
Postscript: Ten years ago, I'd have dealt with the Temple University ROTC cadet hazing episode in a 6 screen essay. But the serious points I tried to make over the last week are:
- It's bad for military leaders to deliberately humiliate their subordinates.
- Those that do humiliate their subordinates expose them to public ridicule.
- Humiliation of subordinates results in a smaller pool of willing recruits.
- Superiors who become aware of hazing are responsible for setting things right, or they will be seen as tolerating the practice. (I'm looking at you, President Obama…)
- Humiliation of subordinates is provocative in that it causes America's enemies to lose respect for the U.S. military.
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The Art Of Deterrence
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Required Supplies For First Semester Temple University ROTC Students
UPDATE: Hmm. More men in U.S. military experienced "unwanted sexual contact" than women.
Does that mean Brigadier-General Peggy Combs and Major Michelle Bravo will be requiring cadets to attend mandatory "Walk a mile in HIS shoes" marches?
Nah. Doesn't fit with Teh Narrative™
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Resolved: This House Will In No Circumstances Fight For Its King And Country
Postscript: This is one of the last of the posts related to the Temple University ROTC hazing incident (and the last featuring Barack Obama).
It would be fair to object, "What does President Obama have to do with this case? He surely didn't give the order for this!"
And that would be true, but somewhat besides the point. Because as commander-in-chief, Mr. Obama's silence implies his consent. The real question is: Will President Obama hold the perpetrators accountable, subjecting them to either punishment, demotion or outright termination?
On that score, I have little confidence that he will. When a man kneels at the altar of political correctness and transforms a clear-cut case of religious terrorism into a mundane act of "workplace violence", then he cannot be trusted to do what's right in a case such as this.
Of course, I could be wrong. But if not, my only regret will be that my posts on the matter were not cruel and biting enough.
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We Had To Destroy Consent In Order To Save It
Everything not forbidden is compulsory. An anonymous cadet at Temple University's ROTC program speaks:
“Attendance is mandatory and if we miss it we get a negative counseling and a ‘does not support the battalion sharp/EO [Sexual Harassment / Assault Response and Prevention / Equal-Opportunity] mission’ on our CDT OER [Cadet Officer Evaluation Report] for getting the branch we want. So I just spent $16 on a pair of high heels that I have to spray paint red later on only to throw them in the trash after about 300 of us embarrass the U.S. Army tomorrow.”
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This Isn’t What We Signed Up For…
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