{"id":18815,"date":"2013-05-23T22:07:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T02:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=18815"},"modified":"2013-05-23T22:07:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T02:07:43","slug":"the-daily-gouge-friday-may-24th-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=18815","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge, Friday, May 24th, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Before we begin, we lost over 2 hours of work to what may have been a careless keystroke.\u00a0 And since we&#8217;ve neither the time nor inclination to recreate what was, we&#8217;re going with a somewhat shortened format.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 24th, 2013&#8230;and the fur&#8217;s flying so fast on Capitol Hill we&#8217;re truly having a hard time keeping up.\u00a0 So we were very appreciative of Balls Cotton forwarding a format which helps us stay on top of what Republican&#8217;s should be painting as the inevitable result of Progressive policies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18834\" alt=\"Scandal_Bracket\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Scandal_Bracket.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Scandal_Bracket.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Scandal_Bracket-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, as the plot continues to thicken&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"Holder OK's Seizure of Fox Reporter Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/openchannel.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/05\/23\/18451142-holder-okd-search-warrant-for-fox-news-reporters-private-emails-official-says?lite\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Holder OK&#8217;d Seizure of Fox Reporter Emails<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AP_Phone_Records_Holder.JPEG-0814f-1391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18884\" alt=\"AP_Phone_Records_Holder.JPEG-0814f-1391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AP_Phone_Records_Holder.JPEG-0814f-1391-300x204.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AP_Phone_Records_Holder.JPEG-0814f-1391-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AP_Phone_Records_Holder.JPEG-0814f-1391.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Progressive attempts to defend the indefensible grow not only ever more desperate, but utterly inane:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0F1qUkaF-o\" height=\"235\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QelPtCeHeYI\" height=\"235\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heaven forbid anyone in the press pool or MSLSD panel should seriously question this nonsensical nattering, particularly as it was the product of the most partisan Speaker in House history and the former Communications Director for the DNC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And though The Obamao&#8217;s never to blame for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"hd-font entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Obama Blames Internet for Terrorism\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/obama-increase-in-domestic-terrorism-fueled-by-internet\/article\/2530391\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Obama: Increase in domestic terrorism fueled by Internet<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;it&#8217;s good to know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>something&#8217;s<\/em><\/span> Al Gore&#8217;s fault!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For a different <\/strong><strong><strong>take on the events we hope and pray make Liberals an endangered species, here&#8217;s<\/strong> Jonathon Turley writing at <em>USA Today<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 itemprop=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nixon has won Watergate<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"lead-in\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Barack Obama&#8217;s imperial presidency is just what his controversial predecessor wanted.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama-imperial-presidency.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18890\" alt=\"obama-imperial-presidency\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama-imperial-presidency.jpeg\" width=\"355\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama-imperial-presidency.jpeg 355w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama-imperial-presidency-300x243.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This month, I spoke at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal with some of its survivors at the National Press Club. While much of the discussion looked back at the historic clash with President Nixon, I was struck by a different question: Who actually won? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From unilateral military actions to warrantless surveillance that were key parts of the basis for Nixon&#8217;s impending impeachment, the painful fact is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Four decades ago, Nixon was halted in his determined effort to create an &#8220;imperial presidency&#8221; with unilateral powers and privileges. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In 2013, Obama wields those very same powers openly and without serious opposition.<\/strong><\/span> The success of Obama in acquiring the long-denied powers of Nixon is one of his most remarkable, if ignoble, accomplishments. Consider a few examples:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><b>Warrantless surveillance<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Nixon&#8217;s use of warrantless surveillance led to the creation of a special court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA). But the reform turned out to be more form than substance. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The secret court turned &#8220;probable cause&#8221; into a meaningless standard, virtually guaranteeing any surveillance the government wanted.<\/strong><\/span> After hundreds of thousands of applications over decades, only a couple have ever been denied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/droney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18897\" alt=\"droney\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/droney.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/droney.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/droney-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Last month, the Supreme Court crushed any remaining illusions regarding FISA when it sided with the Obama administration in ruling that potential targets of such spying had to have proof they were spied upon before filing lawsuits, even if the government has declared such evidence to be secret. That&#8217;s only the latest among dozens of lawsuits the administration has blocked while surveillance expands exponentially.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><b>Unilateral military action<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Nixon&#8217;s impeachment included the charge that he evaded Congress&#8217; sole authority to declare war by invading Cambodia. In the Libyan &#8220;mission,&#8221; Obama announced that only he had the inherent authority to decide what is a &#8220;war&#8221; and that so long as he called it something different, no congressional approval or even consultation was necessary. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>He proceeded to bomb a nation&#8217;s capital, destroy military units and spend more than a billion dollars in support of one side in a civil war.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Kill lists<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/judge-jury-and-executioner-obama-drones-executioner-comingt-politics-1338929977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18891\" alt=\"judge-jury-and-executioner-obama-drones-executioner-comingt-politics-1338929977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/judge-jury-and-executioner-obama-drones-executioner-comingt-politics-1338929977.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/judge-jury-and-executioner-obama-drones-executioner-comingt-politics-1338929977.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/judge-jury-and-executioner-obama-drones-executioner-comingt-politics-1338929977-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>But for pity&#8217;s sake don&#8217;t waterboard &#8217;em and obtain any useful intelligence!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Nixon ordered a burglary to find evidence to use against Daniel Ellsberg, who gave the famed Pentagon Papers to the press, and later tried to imprison him. Ellsberg was later told of a secret plot by the White House &#8220;plumbers&#8221; to &#8220;incapacitate&#8221; him in a physical attack. It was a shocking revelation. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>That&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span> compared with Obama&#8217;s assertion of the right to kill any U.S. citizen without a charge, let alone conviction, based on his sole authority.<\/strong> <\/span>A recently leaked memo argues that the president has a right to kill a citizen even when he lacks &#8220;clear evidence (of) a specific attack&#8221; being planned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><b>Attacking whistle-blowers<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Nixon was known for his attacks on whistle-blowers. He used the Espionage Act of 1917 to bring a rare criminal case against Ellsberg. Nixon was vilified for the abuse of the law. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Obama has brought twice as many such prosecutions as all prior presidents combined.<\/strong> <\/span>While refusing to prosecute anyone for actual torture, the Obama administration has prosecuted former CIA employee John Kiriakou for disclosing the torture program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Other Nixonesque areas include Obama&#8217;s overuse of classification laws and withholding material from Congress.<\/strong><\/span> There are even missing tapes. In the torture scandal, CIA officials admitted to destroying tapes that they feared could be used against them in criminal cases. Of course, Nixon had missing tapes, but Rose Mary Woods claimed to have erased them by mistake, as opposed to current officials who openly admit to intentional destruction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Obama has not only openly asserted powers that were the grounds for Nixon&#8217;s impeachment, but he has made many love him for it.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>More than any figure in history, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Obama has been a disaster for the U.S. civil liberties movement<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> By coming out of the Democratic Party and assuming an iconic position, Obama has ripped the movement in half. Many Democrats and progressive activists find themselves unable to oppose Obama for the authoritarian powers he has assumed. It is not simply a case of personality trumping principle; it is a cult of personality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/iStock_000005832945-Sheep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18893\" alt=\"iStock_000005832945-Sheep\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/iStock_000005832945-Sheep.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/iStock_000005832945-Sheep.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/iStock_000005832945-Sheep-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Long after Watergate, not only has the presidency changed. We have changed. We have become accustomed to elements of a security state such as massive surveillance and executive authority without judicial oversight. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We have finally answered a question left by Benjamin Franklin in 1787, when a Mrs. Powel confronted him after the Constitutional Convention and asked, &#8220;Well, Doctor, what have we got \u2014 a republic or a monarchy?&#8221;<\/span> His chilling response: &#8220;A republic, if you can keep it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>We appear to have grown weary of the republic and traded it for promises of security from a shining political personality.<\/strong><\/span> Somewhere, Nixon must be wondering how it could have been this easy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And as this video clip from <em>Special Report<\/em> details, it&#8217;s not only the public who&#8217;s blindly following the Missiah:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yj45PyqicnE\" height=\"235\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liberals, RINOs, an uninformed, disinterested electorate and the Socialist sycophants in the MSM have sown the wind&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama_presidencynowa-dictatorship.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18898\" alt=\"obama_presidencynowa-dictatorship\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama_presidencynowa-dictatorship.jpg\" width=\"511\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama_presidencynowa-dictatorship.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/obama_presidencynowa-dictatorship-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and now America&#8217;s reaping the whirlwind!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, Peter Wehner, writing at <em>Commentary Magazine<\/em>, reports how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Liberals Are Now Shocked, Shocked at Obama\u2019s Culture of Intimidation<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shocked.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18853\" alt=\"shocked\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shocked.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shocked.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shocked-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Now that the Obama administration has conducted an unprecedented intrusion into newsgathering activities, it\u2019s dawning on liberals\u2013four years and four months into the Obama presidency\u2013that something is slightly amiss.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For example, the <em>New York Times<\/em>, Dana Milbank\u00a0and Eugene Robinson of the <em>Washington Post<\/em> have all expressed concerns about the Obama administration tactics. They have done so, of course, with a fraction of the umbrage they would be showing if this had occurred under a Republican administration. But at least it\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>It\u2019s late in coming, however, and let\u2019s be honest: it would have been helpful if liberals had expressed some alarm years ago when top Obama White House aides like David Axelrod and Anita Dunn were targeting Fox News in an effort to de-legitimize it.<\/strong> <\/span>Some of us warned at the time that \u201cThe White House\u2019s effort to target a news organization like Fox is vaguely Nixonian.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Yet very few members of the elite media shared those concerns. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In fact, they seemed to be sympathetic to what the White House was attempting to do.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"more-825609\"><\/span>But what the White House was attempting to do was quite problematic. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>On this site back on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>October 23, 2009<\/em><\/span>, we read this:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">We have seen from this White House Nixonian tendencies and, it would appear, a burning anger and resentment toward its critics.<\/span> Whether it\u2019s Fox News, the Chamber of Commerce, or companies that sponsor reports that take issue with the administration\u2019s assessments, there seems to be a cast of mind that views critics as enemies, as individuals and institutions that need to be ridiculed, delegitimized, or ruined\u2026<\/strong><\/span> there are lines that ought not to be crossed, temptations that need to be resisted, and people in the White House who need to say \u201cno\u201d to tactics that begin to drag an administration, and a country, down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And then came this warning:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Obama White House is showing a fondness for intimidation tactics that might work well in the wards of Chicago but that don\u2019t have a place in the most important and revered political institution in America.<\/strong> <\/span>To see these impulses manifest themselves so early in Obama\u2019s presidency, and given all that he has said to the contrary, is rather startling. <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The danger is that as the pressures mount and the battles accrue and the political heat intensifies, these impulses will grow stronger, the constraints on them will grow weaker, and the voices of caution and reason will continue to be ignored. If that should come to pass \u2014 if what we are seeing now is only a preview of coming attractions \u2014 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">then the Obama administration, and this nation, will pay a very high price.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mark my words.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/may18e11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18904\" alt=\"may18e11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/may18e11.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/may18e11.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/may18e11-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Like Captain Renault, liberals are now shocked, shocked to discover Obama &amp; Co. have been using intimidating tactics (including punishing whistle blowers and slandering Romney campaign donors). <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>But these tactics were obvious long ago to those who were not blinded by ideology.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msnbc-com-to-become-liberal-political-hub.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18896\" alt=\"Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msnbc-com-to-become-liberal-political-hub.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msnbc-com-to-become-liberal-political-hub.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msnbc-com-to-become-liberal-political-hub-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Liberals in the press have been enablers of this president.<\/strong><\/span> Now that Mr. Obama has turned out to be a rather minacious chief executive, overseeing an out-of-control executive branch, I wonder if the president\u2019s press courtiers are having second thoughts. I doubt it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Absolutely, positively no bout adout it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of intimidation, <em>The Washington Times<\/em> via <em>The New Media Journal<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; font-weight: bold; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;\">Bloomberg to Cabbie: &#8216;I&#8217;ll Destroy Your F*&amp;kin&#8217; Industry&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bloomberg-angry_zps213281d2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18858\" alt=\"Bloomberg-angry_zps213281d2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bloomberg-angry_zps213281d2.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bloomberg-angry_zps213281d2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bloomberg-angry_zps213281d2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mayor Michael Bloomberg cursed out the chief executive officer of a taxi company who won a court case against the city and pledged a post-mayoral revenge against the entire industry, the CEO and one witness said. &#8220;[I will] destroy your [expletive] industry,&#8221; Mr. Bloomberg said to Taxi Club Management CEO Gene Freidman, The New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">He made the comments during last Thursday&#8217;s game at Madison Square Garden during an impromptu meet at the 1879 Club, a witness told The Post. Mr. Friedman subsequently confirmed the exchange to The Post and added that Mr. Bloomberg also said that come January &#8212; when his mayoral term wraps &#8212; he would destroy &#8220;all you [expletive] guys. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;It was like Gene had kidnapped his child,&#8221; the witness told The Post. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;He used the f-word twice.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The court case centered on the mayor&#8217;s attempt to replace the city&#8217;s cab fleet with hybrid vehicles &#8212; a plan called the Taxi of Tomorrow.<\/span> The judge ruled that the mayor couldn&#8217;t order the fleet change because it violated city code.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mr. Friedman reportedly saw Mr. Bloomberg at the club a day after the court ruling, and asked him about the Taxi of Tomorrow plan, The Post said. Mr. Bloomberg then made the threats, Mr. Friedman said, in The Post. &#8220;He was very angry, very scary, very violent in a non-physical way. He was grinding his teeth, he was spitting, he was red, and he was in my face,&#8221; Mr. Friedman said, in The Post. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;When we walked away, I asked a friend who was with me, &#8216;Did the mayor just threaten me?&#8217; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">My friend responded, &#8216;No, he threatened you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>twice<\/em><\/span>.'&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> The Post reported that the mayor&#8217;s office did not respond to requests for comments.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gee&#8230;where have we heard this sort of rhetoric before?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Khrushchev_We_will_barry_you_Slogan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18860\" alt=\"Khrushchev_We_will_barry_you_Slogan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Khrushchev_We_will_barry_you_Slogan.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Khrushchev_We_will_barry_you_Slogan.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Khrushchev_We_will_barry_you_Slogan-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh, yeah&#8230;from another Socialist who knows what&#8217;s best for everyone.\u00a0 Any question the MSM reaction had Boobberg been a Conservative?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of Socialists, here&#8217;s today&#8217;s installment of &#8220;The Fox Guarding the Henhouse&#8221; segment, courtesy of the Department of Injustice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"content_0_headlineimage_0_h1Headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">U.S. Attorney Investigating Fox News Donated to Obama<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/machen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18832\" alt=\"machen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/machen-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/machen-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/machen.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald C. Machen &#8211; the man responsible for the aggressive surveillance and phone record scrutiny at Fox News &#8211; is also a big donor to the Obama Campaigns. At the time of his appointment, the Washington Post wrote a profile on Machen including this tidbit:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>Over the years, he has donated $4,350 to Obama&#8217;s campaigns. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">He gave $250 to Obama&#8217;s U.S. Senate campaign in 2003, a year <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">before<\/span> Obama, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then an Illinois state senator<\/span>, emerged on the nation&#8217;s political radar, according to campaign finance records.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Furthermore, in June of 2012, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) questioned Attorney General Eric Holder about the appointment of Mr. Machen to head-up the leaks investigation. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">During the questioning Sen. Cornyn revealed that not only was Machen a donor to the Obama campaign, he was also a volunteer for Obama for America.<\/span> Cornyn called into question whether he could conduct the leaks investigation in a fair and non-partisan way.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Watch the exchange here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkG2EfshIn0\" height=\"235\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bear in mind, this was back in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>June 2012<\/em><\/span>; does anyone deem Cornyn&#8217;s conern any less pertinent now?!? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving to today&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Muslim Minute<span style=\"color: #000000;\">, we learn of an eerie parallel between the Marathon Massacre and the latest expression of the Islamic definition of peace:<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"medium above\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Woolwich terror suspect revealed as Muslim convert known to MI5<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/man-hacks-soldier-550x341.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18909\" alt=\"man-hacks-soldier-550x341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/man-hacks-soldier-550x341.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/man-hacks-soldier-550x341.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/man-hacks-soldier-550x341-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A man seen ranting at a video camera moments after a soldier was beheaded in the street is Muslim convert Michael Adebolajo &#8211; who was known to MI5. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Michael Adebolaj, 28, had reportedly been looked at during probes into extremism in recent years &#8211; and was also known to hate preachers Anjem Choudary and Omar Bakri.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052313dAPR20130523014516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18907\" alt=\"mrz052313dAPR20130523014516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052313dAPR20130523014516.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052313dAPR20130523014516.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052313dAPR20130523014516-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet another example of political correctness trumping common sense.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the IRS targets Conservatives, Christians and the Tea Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And heaven forbid&#8230;or more accurately, British law&#8230;any of the numerous bystanders have easy access to a gun with which to send these murderous Muslims to Hell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the Lighter Side&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bg052313dAPR20130523024511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18906\" alt=\"bg052313dAPR20130523024511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bg052313dAPR20130523024511.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bg052313dAPR20130523024511.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bg052313dAPR20130523024511-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052113dAPR20130520074514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18905\" alt=\"sk052313dAPR20130523074516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sk052313dAPR20130523074516.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sk052313dAPR20130523074516.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sk052313dAPR20130523074516-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18856\" alt=\"gmc10954020130522032600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gmc10954020130522032600.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gmc10954020130522032600.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gmc10954020130522032600-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18816\" alt=\"mrz052113dAPR20130520074514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052113dAPR20130520074514.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052113dAPR20130520074514.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mrz052113dAPR20130520074514-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kn052213dAPR20130521024527.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18823\" alt=\"kn052213dAPR20130521024527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kn052213dAPR20130521024527.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kn052213dAPR20130521024527.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/kn052213dAPR20130521024527-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lb0522cd20130521084751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18824\" alt=\"lb0522cd20130521084751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lb0522cd20130521084751.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lb0522cd20130521084751.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lb0522cd20130521084751-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ATT00004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18819\" alt=\"ATT00004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ATT00004.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ATT00004.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ATT00004-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h59C60745.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18825\" alt=\"h59C60745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h59C60745.jpg\" width=\"492\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h59C60745.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h59C60745-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h702E3156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18845\" alt=\"h702E3156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h702E3156.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h702E3156.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/h702E3156-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And finally, in today&#8217;s edition of the Crime Blotter, another example of wholly-misplaced Liberal sympathy and compassion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" id=\"article-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Killer&#8217;s execution delayed indefinitely by Colorado governor<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/nathan-dunlap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18910\" alt=\"nathan-dunlap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/nathan-dunlap.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Nathan be groovin&#8217; after gittin&#8217; a shotgun &#8216;n killin&#8217; awl da Whiteys he see!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap on Wednesday and said he was unlikely to allow it as long as he is governor. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Hickenlooper said he had doubts about the fairness of Colorado&#8217;s death penalty system and about the state&#8217;s ability to get the lethal drugs required for an execution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dunlap, whose execution was scheduled for the week of Aug. 18, got only a reprieve, not the clemency he sought. Clemency would have removed the possibility of execution and changed his sentence to life without parole. Hickenlooper said he listened to all sides and considered the decision carefully. &#8220;We heard a variety of sides and obviously this has weighed heavily on me for well over a year now,&#8221; he said at a news conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Dunlap has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>acknowledged<\/em><\/span> fatally shooting four employees<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; three of them teenagers &#8212; who were cleaning a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant after hours in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Dunlap, then 19, had recently lost a job there as a cook. On the night of Dec. 14, 1993, he hid in a restaurant bathroom until the restaurant closed, then shot and killed Crowell; Ben Grant, 17; Colleen O&#8217;Connor, 17; and Margaret Kohlberg, a 50-year-old mother who was on her first day on the job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Each was shot in the head. A co-worker Bobby Stephens, then 20, was also shot in the head, but he survived and testified against Dunlap. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>One of the victims was down on her knees and begging for her life when Dunlap shot her.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">In his reprieve, <em>Hickenlooper said Colorado&#8217;s capital punishment system is flawed, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">citing a study that showed the death penalty was sought and imposed inconsistently across the state<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> He also said the state doesn&#8217;t have the drugs in place to carry out an execution by lethal injection, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and that many states and nations are repealing the death penalty<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Hickenlooper <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> mention was the Colorado Supreme Court determined Dunlap had told a doctor during his mental-health evaluation, &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna play crazy as long as I can &#8230; The police have no case against me, they&#8217;re stupid.&#8221;\u00a0 Nor did the gutless governor note <\/strong><strong>Dunlap also made disparaging remarks about the victims, stated the victims meant nothing to him and that he would kill again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And so what if &#8220;many states and nations are repealing the death penalty&#8221;, or, for that matter, if Colorado were executing killers inconsistently (which they&#8217;re NOT!); THIS particular individual undeniably <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>DID<\/em><\/span> the crime, and deserves to forfeit his life in return.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liberals: killing the innocent and defending the guilty for as long as we can remember.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we begin, we lost over 2 hours of work to what may have been a careless keystroke.\u00a0 And since we&#8217;ve neither the time nor inclination to recreate what was, we&#8217;re going with a somewhat shortened format. 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