My Kind Of Marine

 Not that I ever said this to anyone who touched me while I was in uniform....

Detroit Surrenders

There is only one thing left that Detroit can do. Declare war on the United States and then immediately surrender unconditionally. Send the entire city population into other states as refugees.

After a tumultuous four years overseeing a city long riddled with blight, corruption, crime, and historic financial issues, mayor Dave Bing has had enough, telling a stunned audience at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History Tuesday that he’d leave when his term ends in December.

Modern Day Hiroshima, 65 years after the atomic detonation...

The 69-year-old Bing, a hall-of-fame NBA player who spent most of his career with the Pistons and then was a successful businessman in Detroit had never run for office before narrowly winning the 2009 race to replace Kwame Kilpatrick, who in less than a term in office had gone from rising Democratic star to scandal-embroiled mayor to convicted felon. After winning a full term the same year, Bing tried to turn around a city that has been losing population and sinking into an ever-deeper economic hole for decades, with a City Council resistant to his plans for radical changes to save Detroit and the looming prospect of the Republican governor appointing an emergency economic manager who would effectively take control of the city’s finances from its elected officials.

Modern Day Detroit, 51 years after the Democrats took over...

• Detroit, founded in 1701, at one point had a population of 1.8 million - today, 706,000.
• Geographically, 55% of the city's area is abandoned.
• In 1950, Detroit had the highest median income in the country; today it is 66 out of 68.
• Per capita, Detroit spends over $15,000 per year to educate a student, compared with about $11,000 nationally,  yet it graduates only 21% of students.
• Detroit's public education system is run completely by the Teacher's Union
• Detroit's population is 89.4% "non-white".
• Over 2% of Detroit residents are homeless (homeless rate of 20 per 1,000).
• A black man dropping out of high school will face a 73% rate of unemployment. He will have a 60% chance of going to jail before he leaves his 20's.
• Only 56% of the eligible workforce in Detroit is employed; of those employed, 17.2% work for the government.
• To hire someone legally in Detroit, you must pay the mandated minimum wage of $10/hour -  businesses can not afford it, so they leave.
• 47% of households made less than $35,000/year; only 1% had incomes over $200,000.

More here.

Government Gone Wild

It's now official. The US government has ripped offed off it's tube top and is flashing its tits at all passersby. And she won't stop there. From Healthcare IT News:

The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges.

According to a report by Courthousenews.com, an unnamed HIPAA-covered entity in California is suing the IRS, alleging that some 60 million medical records from 10 million patients were stolen by 15 IRS agents. The personal health information seized on March 11, 2011, included psychological counseling, gynecological counseling, sexual/drug treatment and other medical treatment data.

Avert your eyes 'cause Aunt Samantha just pried open another bottle of tequila and is struggling with the buttons on her cut off jeans. This bitch is gettin' real!

"This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal Revenue Service agents," the complaint reads. "No search warrant authorized the seizure of these records; no subpoena authorized the seizure of these records; none of the 10,000,000 Americans were under any kind of known criminal or civil investigation and their medical records had no relevance whatsoever to the IRS search. IT personnel at the scene, a HIPPA facility warning on the building and the IT portion of the searched premises, and the company executives each warned the IRS agents of these privileged records," it continued.

According to the case, the IRS agents had a search warrant for financial data pertaining to a former employee of the John Doe company, however, "it did not authorize any seizure of any healthcare or medical record of any persons, least of all third parties completely unrelated to the matter," the complaint read.

There is a new revenue program whereby all IRS agents will be issued latex examination gloves, information will be gathered on all taxpayer "ring sizes." Your government will get to "know you" in the biblical sense. So bite the pillow me hearties, 'tis a foul wind that be blowing through yer mizzenmast when yer pantaloons are down below yer knees.

All The President's Men - The Media

H/T to my buddy Bill

Jon Stewart - Apologies Now Accepted By IRS

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So that leaves the IRS to issue a new Apology Form, Form 1040WTF...

Penalty. Subtract line 16 from line 15. Enter the result here and on Form 1040, line 77; Form 1040A, line 46; Form 1040WTF, line 74; Form 1040WTF-EZ, line 26; or Form 1041, line 26. Do not file Form 2210 unless you checked a box in Part II. If you file Form 2210 without first checking a box in Part II there may be additional fines and penalties. If there are additional fines and penalties your apology must must be determined by looking up the IRS Violation Level in the appropriate Apology Schedule.

If your IRS Violation Level is between $0 and $9,999 use Apology Averaging Schedule A(Form 1040WTF), example:
"Gee, I am really, really, really sorry ... I can't tell you how sorry I am and I'll never, ever do it again."

If your IRS Violation Level is between $10,000 and $14,999 use Apology Averaging Schedule B(Form 1040WTF), example:
"Pinkie swear honest to God my mother was drunk when she signed it for me."

If your IRS Violation Level is between $15,000 and $19,999 use Apology Averaging Schedule C(Form 1040WTF), example:
"Holy crap, I didn't know my cat couldn't be a dependent. Are my fish still ok?"

H/T American Perspective

Wake Up Call For The AP

The ASSociated Press has learned that the Justice Department tapped the phones that perhaps as many as 100 of their journalists used for several months last year.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main number for the AP in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP. It was not clear if the records also included incoming calls or the duration of the calls.

Obviously a fishing expedition was initiated. What were they looking for?

In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown, but more than 100 journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.

In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies.

Now will you fools wake up? These people play for keeps and they care not a whit for the rules. They are a danger to our nation and will stop at nothing to gain an advantage.

Guilty!

The verdict is in on the operator of a Philadelphia abortion mill:

Former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies authorities said were born alive before having their necks cut with scissors. A jury found Gosnell not guilty of first-degree murder in a fourth baby’s death.

In addition to the murder charges, the 72-year-old was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the overdose death of former patient Karnamaya Mongar.

Gosnell was also found guilty of several other crimes including one count of infanticide, two counts of conspiracy, 21 of 24 counts of abortion of an unborn child of 24 weeks or more and 208 of 227 counts of violation of informed consent of an abortion.

In all, Gosnell was found guilty of 237 crimes. He will now face the death penalty in the sentencing phase, which will begin a week from Tuesday.

The conditions under which these women had their children butchered were unbelievable. That the jury found this monster guilty on three counts of first degree murder is incredibly satisfying; perhaps there actually are more than a few in this country who have not bent the knee to Baal.

The alleged crimes came to light on February 10, 2010 after investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency raided the inner-city clinic at 3801 Lancaster Avenue following a tip that a prescription pill mill was operating inside.

Agents were met, not with an illegal narcotics drug operation, but rather, unsanitary conditions. Investigators testified they found blood-stained rooms, filthy and old equipment and untrained staff. Aborted fetuses were stored in a basement freezer in plastic food containers and bags next to employee lunches. Severed feet from aborted babies were found preserved in jars around the clinic.

The conditions found inside the clinic led Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams to call the clinic a "house of horrors" in a 2011 grand jury report.

It is astounding how little attention was paid to this trial by the media. More here.

Mom's Everywhere

~ Sorry Mom ~
(Walk softly but carry a big bunch of flowers.)

Thank you Mom.
Thank you for not killing me when I threw my brand new shoes down the storm drain.
Thank you for not eviscerating me after my 1,000th trip to the principal's office.
Thank you for allowing me to survive my childhood and teenage years.
Thank you for not marrying a Muslim or a cannibal.

Thank you Mom.

Barack Obama, (Impeachment Be Upon Him)

As a matter of respect for the President's character, opinions and performance, from now on whenever I make reference to him, I will use the phrase "Impeachment Be Upon Him" after his name.

No Apologies - Mandatory Jail Sentences

New Party Headquarters of the Democrats

More government corruption. Is there no end to this?

From the AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.

IRS agents singled out dozens of organizations for additional reviews because they included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their exemption applications, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups. In some cases, groups were asked for lists of donors, which violates IRS policy in most cases, she said.

Of course this was released on a Friday so by time the next news cycle starts on Monday there will be another shiny thing drawing the media's attention.


More here.

The Devil's In The Blue Dress

H/T to iOTW

Hearings Reveal More State Department Lies

Elizabeth Jones, the acting Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, told the Libyan President that Islamic terrorists were responsible for the murder of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans four days before UN Secretary Sue Rice told the American people that an anti-Islamic video made in California was responsible.

Lies, upon lies, upon lies. If the Obama administration suddenly lost the ability to lie (ala Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar) they'd have absolutely nothing to say.

The following timeline is from the Daily Mail:

Secret email reveals top official told Libya's U.S. Ambassador that terrorists were behind Benghazi attack - four days BEFORE U.S. Ambassador to UN said it was a spontaneous attack

Sept. 11: Terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya

Sept. 12: State Dept. Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs tells Libya's President that Ansar al-Sharia was responsible

Sept. 13: CIA writes candid talking points for members of Congress

Sept. 15: White House deputies edit the talking points, removing all references to Islamic terrorism

Sept. 16: UN Ambassador Susan Rice, in five television interviews, blames the attack on a spontaneous mob angered by an anti-Islam YouTube video

And by the way, the man held responsible for the video, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, is still in jail even after it has been settled that the video had really nothing to do with the violence.

Making A Difference

The last time I saw something like this was at a restaurant and a four year old was screaming at her parents over some sort of vegatable. Of course it didn't make any difference in the short run if she ate her broccoli or not; what made the difference, what was important was that she got her little snippy ass slapped for being a brat and misbehaving in public.

It's a different story when an ex-Secretary of State acts like this, yelling, "What difference does it make?" when questioned about the circumstances leading to the brutal murders of her employees. It does indeed make a difference my dear and I only wish I was in the position to plant my foot where it would make a difference in your bowel movements.

Pucker Time

All routine until it gets real at about the 2:00 mark. Then TSHTF big time.

Only 400 Miles To Benghazi

I'm waiting for a movie to be made titled as above. It is 404 miles from Tripoli to Benghazi as the crow flies. And a C-130J loaded with armed soldiers will take that direct course traveling much faster than a crow - over 410 mph.

In less than two hours Stevens and the others could have been rescued in the midst of an eight hour long attack. If jet fighters were sent they could have arrived even faster to provide a CAP capability over the embattled Americans.

From CBS News:

The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden from doing so by U.S. Special Operations Command Africa.

The account from Gregory Hicks is in stark contrast to assertions from the Obama administration, which insisted that nobody was ever told to stand down and that all available resources were utilized. Hicks gave private testimony to congressional investigators last month in advance of his upcoming appearance at a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Who had the authority to force these soldiers to stand down as they were preparing to board the plane? One answer is here and his initials are Barack Hussein Obama.

According to the source, when the attack on the Consulate occurred, a specific chain of command to gain verbal permission to move special-forces in must have occurred. SOCAFRICA commander Lieutenant Col. Gibson would have contacted a desk officer at the time, asking for that permission.

That desk officer would have called Marine Corps Col. George Bristol, then in command of Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara. From there, Bristol would have made contact with Rear Admiral Brian Losey, then Commander of Special Operations Command Africa. Losey would have contacted four-star General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. AFRICOM at the time.

“Ham answers directly to the President of the United States,” said the source. It wasn’t a low-level bureaucrat making the call, the source adamantly added.

That call may have been made early in the engagement. Both Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey testified in January that they had no further communication with President Barack Obama after an initial briefing in the early hours of the Benghazi crisis, which continued through the night.