{"id":26157,"date":"2014-07-13T23:03:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T03:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=26157"},"modified":"2014-07-13T23:07:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T03:07:13","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-july-11th-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=26157","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, July 11th, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, July 11th, 2014&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong> <strong>First up on the last edition of the week, another must-see edition of Bill Whittle&#8217;s <em>Afterburner<\/em>, courtesy of Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zkN4XiqRnrE\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>So how bad will The Obamao&#8217;s deliberate dissolution of our southern border hurt him? \u00a0As <em>Commentary Magazine<\/em>&#8216;s Jonathan Tobin sees it&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0076b4; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/2014\/07\/09\/obamas-katrina-its-actually-worse-illegal-immigration-george-w-bush\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Obama\u2019s Katrina? It\u2019s Actually Worse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10526103_893403497342851_2313606059573355167_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10526103_893403497342851_2313606059573355167_n.jpg\" alt=\"10526103_893403497342851_2313606059573355167_n\" width=\"350\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10526103_893403497342851_2313606059573355167_n.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10526103_893403497342851_2313606059573355167_n-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;For once, I have to agree with the White House. They\u2019re right to deny that the debacle along the border with Mexico is President Obama\u2019s Hurricane Katrina moment. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s actually much worse.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8230;what we are witnessing is a\u00a0humanitarian\u00a0disaster that was created by a thoughtless administration that has trashed the rule of law on immigration and found itself surprised by a crisis of its own making.<\/strong><\/span> As bad as Bush\u2019s hurricane optics were, history will judge Obama\u2019s behavior far more harshly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faster than a speeding bullet? \u00a0Able to leap tall buildings with a single bound?<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Obama_superman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26097\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Obama_superman.jpg\" alt=\"Obama_superman\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Obama_superman.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Obama_superman-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <strong>Not hardly. \u00a0<\/strong><strong>More powerful than any possible combination of natural disasters?<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26095\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/ObamaKatrina.jpg\" alt=\"ObamaKatrina\" width=\"350\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/ObamaKatrina.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/ObamaKatrina-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/> <strong>You bet!<\/strong> <strong>But as Politico reports, there&#8217;s at least one demographic group (other than die-hard Dimocrats and dimwits) still supporting Der Obafuhrer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #2c2c2c; padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Obama approval high with Muslims\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/07\/poll-obama-approval-muslims-highest-108797.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Obama approval high with Muslims<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/360983537_obama_muslim2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/360983537_obama_muslim2.jpeg\" alt=\"360983537_obama_muslim2\" width=\"250\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/360983537_obama_muslim2.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/360983537_obama_muslim2-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a> <strong>Speaking of Dimocratic dimwits, the <em>WSJ<\/em> reports on the latest on the scandal which just won&#8217;t go away:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #000000; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Lerner's 'Perfect' Plan for IRS Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/lerners-perfect-plan-for-irs-emails-1404995692?tesla=y&amp;mod=djemMER_h&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702303473204580020872229993454.html?mod=djemMER_h&amp;cb=logged0.9066768786869943\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Lerner&#8217;s &#8216;Perfect&#8217; Plan for IRS Emails<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"subHed deck\" style=\"color: #666666; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Lerner's 'Perfect' Plan for IRS Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/lerners-perfect-plan-for-irs-emails-1404995692?tesla=y&amp;mod=djemMER_h&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702303473204580020872229993454.html?mod=djemMER_h&amp;cb=logged0.9066768786869943\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">The tax official warned colleagues about creating electronic records.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/061814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/061814.jpg\" alt=\"061814\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/061814.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/061814-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On Wednesday the House Oversight Committee released an April 2013 email chain between Lois Lerner, who headed the IRS division that harassed philosophical opponents of President Obama, and an IRS technology specialist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Less than two weeks after the IRS inspector general had circulated a draft report on the agency&#8217;s unlawful targeting of conservative groups,\u00a0Ms. Lerner reached out to IT specialist Maria Hooke\u00a0to inquire about IRS record-keeping of internal communications. Ms. Lerner wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;<strong><em>I had a question today about OCS [Microsoft Office Communications Server]. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">I was cautioning folks about email and how we have several occasions where Congress has asked for emails and there has been an electronic search for responsive emails \u2013 so we need to be cautious about what we say in emails.<\/span> Someone asked if OCS conversations were also searchable \u2013 I don&#8217;t know, but told them I would get back to them. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Do you know?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ms. Hooke responded that individual employees could choose to save their communications, but that the software was not set to automatically save any messages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Ms. Lerner&#8217;s response: &#8220;Perfect.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which makes this recent ruling from the U.S. District Court even more important:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #222222; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost Lerner emails \u2018under oath\u2019\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2014\/07\/10\/federal-judge-orders-irs-to-explain-lost-lerner-emails-under-oath\/?intcmp=latestnews\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost Lerner emails \u2018under oath\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/and-then-said-not-even-smidgen-corruption-because-there-hasn-politics-1391748507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26099\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/and-then-said-not-even-smidgen-corruption-because-there-hasn-politics-1391748507.jpg\" alt=\"and-then-said-not-even-smidgen-corruption-because-there-hasn-politics-1391748507\" width=\"350\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/and-then-said-not-even-smidgen-corruption-because-there-hasn-politics-1391748507.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/and-then-said-not-even-smidgen-corruption-because-there-hasn-politics-1391748507-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <strong>But as the\u00a0<em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kimberly Strassel details, rank corruption and unconstitutional abuses of power are what makes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>THIS<\/em><\/span> Administration&#8217;s world go round:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #000000; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Fumes From Obama's Chemical Board\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/kim-strassel-fumes-from-obamas-chemical-safety-board-1405034881\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Fumes From Obama&#8217;s Chemical Board<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"subHed deck\" style=\"color: #666666; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Fumes From Obama's Chemical Board\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/kim-strassel-fumes-from-obamas-chemical-safety-board-1405034881\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">The charges of &#8220;serious or flagrant problems&#8221; at an executive branch agency have an all-too-familiar ring for this administration.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-tyranny-610x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-tyranny-610x400-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"obama-tyranny-610x400\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-tyranny-610x400-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-tyranny-610x400-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-tyranny-610x400.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;In the smallest stories we sometimes find the biggest themes. The small story of the past month has been dysfunction at a backwater federal agency known as the Chemical Safety Board. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Yet in this tale of obstruction, bullying and lawlessness we find what is now the clear pattern of the Obama administration<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as Ann Coulter observes, the Mississippi contingent of the Tea Party exhibits the same errant aim as the rest of The Gang Who Still Can&#8217;t Shoot Straight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Tea Party: Learn From Al Gore\" href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/anncoulter\/2014\/07\/09\/tea-party-learn-from-al-gore-n1860603\/page\/full\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Tea Party: Learn From Al Gore<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mad-as-hell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mad-as-hell-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"mad-as-hell\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mad-as-hell-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mad-as-hell.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Chris McDaniel, candidate for the U.S. Senate from Mississippi, lost the Republican runoff to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran last month, and now he is being led down a primrose path to political oblivion. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>McDaniel&#8217;s passionate supporters think that a moment of crisis for the country is a good time to treat control of the Senate as if it&#8217;s a prom queen election.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Hoping for yet a\u00a0<i>third<\/i>\u00a0primary vote, McDaniel&#8217;s crew is going to prevent him from having any political career, ever again&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And no, Sarah; any attempt to impeach The Obamao, though certainly appropriate and well-justified, is a losing proposition.<\/strong> <strong>On the Lighter Side&#8230;<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29385_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26103\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/lb0710cd20140709081957.jpg\" alt=\"lb0710cd20140709081957\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/lb0710cd20140709081957.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/lb0710cd20140709081957-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26085\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29385_image.jpg\" alt=\"29385_image\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29385_image.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29385_image-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29699_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29699_image.jpg\" alt=\"29699_image\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29699_image.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/29699_image-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ltdanvaappointment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26087\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ltdanvaappointment.jpg\" alt=\"ltdanvaappointment\" width=\"462\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ltdanvaappointment.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ltdanvaappointment-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/somegavein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26088\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/somegavein.jpg\" alt=\"somegavein\" width=\"462\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/somegavein.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/somegavein-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RInn1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RInn1.jpg\" alt=\"RInn\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RInn1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RInn1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/download8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26104\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/download8.jpeg\" alt=\"download\" width=\"500\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/download8.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/download8-224x300.jpeg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with this tidbit from the Entertainment Section:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #222222; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"&#039;Screaming&#039; pig threatens children walking through Maine woods\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2014\/07\/10\/screaming-pig-threatens-children-walking-through-maine-woods\/?intcmp=latestnews\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8216;Screaming&#8217; pig threatens children walking through Maine woods<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/screaming-Rosie-ODonnell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26094\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/screaming-Rosie-ODonnell.jpg\" alt=\"screaming Rosie O'Donnell\" width=\"204\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/screaming-Rosie-ODonnell.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/screaming-Rosie-ODonnell-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a> <b>If Rosie in the woods is terrifying, heaven help anyone unfortunate enough to be trapped in the studio audience of\u00a0<em>The View<\/em>!\u00a0<\/b> <strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, July 11th, 2014&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge! First up on the last edition of the week, another must-see edition of Bill Whittle&#8217;s Afterburner, courtesy of Balls Cotton: So how bad will The Obamao&#8217;s deliberate dissolution of our southern border hurt him? \u00a0As Commentary Magazine&#8216;s Jonathan Tobin sees it&#8230; Obama\u2019s Katrina? It\u2019s Actually Worse &#8220;For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26159,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26157\/revisions\/26159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}