{"id":32138,"date":"2015-07-09T20:24:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T00:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=32138"},"modified":"2015-07-09T20:24:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T00:24:40","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-tuesday-july-7th-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=32138","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Tuesday, July 7th, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Tuesday, July 7th, 2015&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>First up, Erick Erickson reports on what he terms just another case of&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/erickerickson\/2015\/07\/03\/mass-hysteria-in-america-n2020690\/page\/full\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mas<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">s Hy<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">ster<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">ia in<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0Ame<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">rica<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27T085818Z_2_LYNXMPEB5P13M_RTROPTP_3_USA-COURTS-GAYMARRIAGE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27T085818Z_2_LYNXMPEB5P13M_RTROPTP_3_USA-COURTS-GAYMARRIAGE.jpg\" alt=\"2015-06-27T085818Z_2_LYNXMPEB5P13M_RTROPTP_3_USA-COURTS-GAYMARRIAGE\" width=\"400\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27T085818Z_2_LYNXMPEB5P13M_RTROPTP_3_USA-COURTS-GAYMARRIAGE.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-06-27T085818Z_2_LYNXMPEB5P13M_RTROPTP_3_USA-COURTS-GAYMARRIAGE-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;The United States of America and much of the West are currently in a fit of hysteria. A wildfire is burning through it. Up is down. Down is up. Good is evil. Evil is good. Wrong is right, and right is wrong. Boys can suddenly be girls. Sex and gender are suddenly different things. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>And Justice Anthony Kennedy believes that because someone may look at the horizon and find loneliness, the Constitution guarantees him the right to marry another man.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Leave aside the fact that any judge who can redefine a multi-thousand-year-old institution on a whim has more power than our Founders would want. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Our society is going through a round of hysteria<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>There is also a relentless desire to make those who recognize the madness think they are alone.<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> Voices of dissent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be silenced<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> You must think you are all alone so that you might decide to go along to get along. The media elite are in cahoots with the censors, having picked a side now declared a &#8220;fundamental right,&#8221; and you are not to know others disagree with elite consensus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But you are not alone. Wildfires eventually burn out. The question for you is not whether you take a break from it all and step back to protect your family. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The question for you is whether, <em>after you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do<\/span> step back<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you prepare yourself to step forward into the rubble, smoke and char to help rebuild civilization once the fire burns itself out<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While we&#8217;ll continue to hate the sin while loving the sinner, like Joshua and the Israelites, America faces a decision:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Joshua_24-151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32075\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Joshua_24-151.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua_24-15\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Joshua_24-151.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Joshua_24-151-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Joshua_24-151-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>We&#8217;re down with Joshua; besides, we&#8217;ve always been adamantly opposed&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-messiah.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32076\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-messiah.gif\" alt=\"obama messiah\" width=\"396\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8230;to idol worship.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item of Progressive-promoted insanity, as you&#8217;ve likely heard&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2015\/07\/03\/man-arrested-in-connection-with-san-francisco-killing-had-been-deported-several\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Man arrested in connection with San Francisco killing had been deported several times, officials say<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hn_carr_070315.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hn_carr_070315.jpg\" alt=\"hn_carr_070315\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hn_carr_070315.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hn_carr_070315-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The man arrested in connection with the seemingly random killing of a woman who was out for a stroll with her father along the San Francisco waterfront <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported five times, federal immigration officials say<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Further<\/em>, <em>Immigration and Customs Enforcement says <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">San Francisco had him in their custody earlier this year but failed to notify ICE when he was released<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;DHS records indicate ICE lodged an immigration detainer on the subject at that time, requesting notification prior to his release so ICE officers could make arrangements to take custody. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The detainer was not honored,&#8221; ICE said in a statement Friday afternoon.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;On Friday, ICE revealed their records indicate the individual has been previously deported five times, most recently in 2009, and is from Mexico.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>His criminal history includes seven prior felony convictions, four involving narcotics charges<\/em><\/span>,&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: every time they&#8217;re looking to rewrite the Constitution, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly<\/em><\/span> the 2nd Amendment, Dimocrats deem eviscerating the rights of hundreds of millions of law-abiding citizens worth the resultant tyranny were only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span> life saved. \u00a0Yet when it comes to protecting innocent Americans from marauding illegal aliens&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/obama-voters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/obama-voters.jpg\" alt=\"obama-voters\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/obama-voters.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/obama-voters-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;not only do they refuse to even enforce laws already on the books, they blame the all-too-predictable result\u00a0<\/strong><strong>on REPUBLICANS!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">T<\/span>he fact is that the president has done everything within his power to make sure that we are focusing our law enforcement resources on criminals and those who pose a threat to public safety <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and it\u2019s because of the political efforts of Republicans that we have not been able to make the kind of investment that we\u2019d like to make in securing our border and keeping our community safe<\/span>,\u201d Earnest said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Josh Earnest&#8230;and every other Progressive; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> the offspring&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/300xNxFatherOfLies.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.V40ksvrx2B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32077\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/300xNxFatherOfLies.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.V40ksvrx2B.jpg\" alt=\"300xNxFatherOfLies.jpg.pagespeed.ic.V40ksvrx2B\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;of their father!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And for those still confused as to why Se\u00f1or Lopez-Sanchez chose the City by the Bay as his residence, wonder no longer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/abc7news.com\/video\/embed\/?pid=830325\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco; it&#8217;s an asylum alright:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of collective insanity, in his latest installment of the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty voices a well-founded suspicion we&#8217;d all be wise to emulate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<h1 class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>I Fear the Greeks, Even When They Bring Gifts<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I see the Greeks gave their answer to their creditors Sunday<\/em><\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Flip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Flip.jpg\" alt=\"Flip\" width=\"302\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Flip.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Flip-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Take a good look, young people. This is where quasi-socialism, with unaffordably generous pension programs and early retirement, runaway borrowing and spending, and a kleptocratic unenforced system of tax collection leaves you:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec302sojm.74at\/VZff38PoL6PXKMBwA4945\"><span class=\"s2\">helpless, penniless, and crying in the streets<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Greek1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Greek1.png\" alt=\"Greek\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Greek1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Greek1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\">Retiree Giorgos Chatzifotiadis had queued up at three banks in Greece\u2019s second city of Thessaloniki on Friday in the hope of withdrawing a pension on behalf of his wife, but all in vain.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The 77-year-old told AFP that he had broken down because he \u201ccannot stand to see my country in this distress\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThat\u2019s why I feel so beaten, more than for my own personal problems,\u201d Chatzifotiadis said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\">The image of him sitting outside the bank, openly crying in despair with his savings book and identity card on the floor, was captured by an AFP photographer illustrating how ordinary Greeks are suffering during the country\u2019s debt crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\">Athens had imposed capital controls and shut all banks since Monday to stem a haemorrhage of cash, but on Wednesday allowed some branches to reopen for three days so retirees who have no bank cards could withdraw their pensions \u2014 capped at 120 euros.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">That\u2019s about $132. Imagine being told you\u2019re only allowed to take that out, and God only knows when the banks will reopen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">You\u2019ve got money in a safe deposit box?<\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> Tough luck<\/em><\/span>, <em>the left-wing Greek government declares<\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><em><span class=\"s1\">Greeks cannot withdraw cash left in safe deposit boxes at Greek banks as long as capital restrictions remain in place, a deputy finance minister told Greek television on Sunday.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\">This may seem harsh to the Greeks. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>But they willingly and knowingly tried to build a society where everyone was allowed to retire early \u2013 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span> early<\/em>:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">Early<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span> \u201cTrombone players and pastry chefs get to retire as early as 50 on grounds their work causes them late-career breathing problems. Hairdressers enjoy the same perk thanks to the dyes and other chemicals they rub into people&#8217;s hair.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then there are masseurs at steam baths: They get an early out because prolonged exposure to all that heat and steam is deemed unhealthy.<\/span><\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Really<\/span> Early<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span> \u201cThe Greek government has identified at least 580 job categories deemed to be hazardous enough to merit retiring early \u2014 at age 50 for women and 55 for men\u2026 The law includes dangerous jobs like\u00a0coal mining and bomb disposal. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>But it also covers radio and television presenters, who are thought to be at risk from the bacteria on their microphones.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">Really, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span> early<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cIn the public sector, 7.91 percent of pensioners retire between the ages of 26 and 50, 23.64 percent between 51 and 55, and 43.53 percent between 56 and 61.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Yes, in the past years, they raised the retirement age, trimmed pensions, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tried<\/em><\/span> to raise taxes \u2013 although because they have a deep-rooted culture of not paying taxes, it didn\u2019t do nearly enough good.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong> Once a people get a taste of unbelievably generous entitlement spending, they begin to feel . . . well, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>entitled<\/i><\/span> to it.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bg98BvqUvCc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>In the case of Greece, <em>they will demand that they keep getting those benefits <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">long after the money runs out<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even as it grows clearer and clearer no one will loan them any more money<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>They\u2019ll vote, overwhelmingly, \u201cno\u201d to bailout offers they deem insufficiently generous . . . <em>ignoring that the alternative is unknown, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and probably worse<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Not &#8220;probably&#8221;; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inevitably<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Greece may currently be the word, at least as regards state insolvency; but closer to home, <\/strong><strong><em>NRO<\/em>\u00a0wonders&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/420714\/puerto-rico-bankruptcy-chapter-9-congress?utm_source=jolt&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=Jolt&amp;utm_campaign=Proving%20Socialism%20Does%20NOT%20Work\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What to Do About Puerto Rico<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10181286w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10181286w.jpg\" alt=\"10181286w\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10181286w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/10181286w-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Puerto Rico is broke.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Puerto Rico cannot pay its debts. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The question now before us is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> how it will go about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>making good<\/em><\/span> on its financial obligations but how it will go about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not making good<\/em><\/span> on them.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A number of factors have contributed to this sorry state of affairs. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Puerto Rico\u2019s government spends too much relative to its income<\/em><\/span>, and the commonwealth is plagued by familiar problems: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">dysfunctional tax and regulatory policies imposed by Congress;<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>excessive pension and benefits promises offered to government employees as a cowardly way to keep compensation increases off the books<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a political environment dominated by public-sector unions<\/em><\/span>, which threw out Luis Fortu\u00f1o, the last governor to make a halfway serious attempt at fiscal reform;<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an economy hampered by relatively low work-force participation, with the concomitant loss of private-sector production<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an electorate susceptible to gimmicky non-solutions that promise real results without real reform<\/em><\/span>;<\/span> brain drain as its most skilled, energetic, and entrepreneurial residents leave as quickly as they can for better economic opportunities elsewhere in the United States<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Make no mistake about it: California, Illinois&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/california-empty-pockets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/california-empty-pockets.jpg\" alt=\"california-empty-pockets\" width=\"400\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/california-empty-pockets.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/california-empty-pockets-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Stantis-pension-hindenberg-full-e1404763634679.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Stantis-pension-hindenberg-full-e1404763634679.jpg\" alt=\"Stantis-pension-hindenberg-full-e1404763634679\" width=\"400\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Stantis-pension-hindenberg-full-e1404763634679.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Stantis-pension-hindenberg-full-e1404763634679-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8230;and the rest of the country aren&#8217;t far behind. \u00a0To borrow a couple lines from Tinseltown:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yn45pl8yXzk?start=194\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Emdzsz_XvfA\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now to International News of Note, in the <em>And If You Buy\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THAT<\/span>, I&#8217;ve Got This Bridge In Brooklyn<\/em> segment, America&#8217;s most implacable foe tells Team Tick-Tock <em>exactly<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what they want to hear<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2015\/07\/04\/iranian-fm-believes-nuke-deal-could-lead-to-joint-fight-against-extremism\/?intcmp=latestnews\" class=\"broken_link\">Iranian FM believes nuke deal could lead to joint fight against extremism<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Iran-Rouhanis-Deal_Horo-e1424337963228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Iran-Rouhanis-Deal_Horo-e1424337963228.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Rouhanis-Deal_Horo-e1424337963228\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Iran-Rouhanis-Deal_Horo-e1424337963228.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Iran-Rouhanis-Deal_Horo-e1424337963228-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif urged world powers in a video message Friday to stop the \u201ccoercion and pressure\u201d at the nuclear talks, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>suggesting a favorable agreement could open the door to cooperation on fighting extremism in the Middle East<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Though Zarif didn\u2019t mention the U.S. by name, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the seemingly bilateral talks between the two sides make his words clearly directed at the Americans<\/em><\/span>, who have been the primary drivers of the crippling economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Which of course has John Kerry&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Idiot-on-Parade.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-32053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Idiot-on-Parade-244x300.png\" alt=\"Idiot on Parade\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Idiot-on-Parade-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Idiot-on-Parade.png 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;skipping the life, quite literally, all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too<\/em><\/span> fantastic. \u00a0Which just goes to prove, if something <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sounds<\/em><\/span> too good to be true, it undoubtedly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span>&#8230;an irony which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>totally lost<\/em><\/span> on the fools&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/13785015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32078\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/13785015.jpg\" alt=\"13785015\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/13785015.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/13785015-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;currently conducting America&#8217;s sorry excuse for a foreign policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, courtesy of <em>EAG News<\/em>, coming soon to a school near you&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Teachers granted power to \u2018confiscate and destroy\u2019 unhealthy school lunches<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Oreos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-32010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Oreos-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Oreos\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Oreos-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Oreos.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The British government is urging school leaders to use their \u201ccommon law powers\u201d to search student lunches and potentially confiscate any items they deem \u201cunhealthy or inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"more-48482\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Education minister Lord Nash tells Express, \u201cSchools have common law powers to search pupils, with their consent, for items.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There is nothing to prevent schools from having a policy of inspecting lunch boxes for food <span id=\"itxthook3w\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\"><\/span>items that are prohibited under their school food policies.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">A member of staff may confiscate, keep or destroy such items found as a result of the search if it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;There have been glimpses of such policies in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A teacher at an Aurora, Colorado school blocked a preschool girl from eating Oreo cookies in her home-packed lunch.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>They were accompanied by a ham and cheese sandwich and string cheese.\u00a0When the girl returned home from school, the cookies were still in her lunchbox, along with a note:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><i>\u201cDear Parents, it is very important that all students have a nutritious lunch. This is a public school setting and all children are required to have a fruit, a vegetable and a heavy snack from home, along with a milk. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">If they have potatoes, the child will also need bread to go along with it. Lunchables, chips, fruit snacks, and peanut butter are not considered to be a healthy snack.<\/span> This is a very important part of our program and we need everyone\u2019s participation.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Pearson\u2019s daughter says her teacher didn\u2019t allow her to eat the cookies during lunch, because \u201cthey don\u2019t have enough nutritional value,\u201d according to 9 News.<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cWhat the school thinks is healthy for her is not what I think is healthy for her,\u201d the mother says. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cThat\u2019s between me and her and our doctor \u2013 not the school.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>And now, <em>apparently<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to progressives in power<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item detailing utterly misguided and maleficent Liberal policies, courtesy of <em>Life News<\/em>, we learn public schools in Washington state, instead of concentrating on instructing students in the Three R&#8217;s, are instead focused on preaching the Progressive gospel of infanticide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post_title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2015\/07\/02\/schools-implant-iuds-in-girls-as-young-as-6th-grade-without-their-parents-knowing\/\">Schools Implant IUDs in Girls as Young as 6th Grade Without Their Parents Knowing<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2011-03-03T055734Z_01_MAN502_RTRIDSP_0_PHILIPPINES.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32046\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2011-03-03T055734Z_01_MAN502_RTRIDSP_0_PHILIPPINES.jpg\" alt=\"2011-03-03T055734Z_01_MAN502_RTRIDSP_0_PHILIPPINES\" width=\"400\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2011-03-03T055734Z_01_MAN502_RTRIDSP_0_PHILIPPINES.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2011-03-03T055734Z_01_MAN502_RTRIDSP_0_PHILIPPINES-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Middle and high school students <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can\u2019t get a Coca-Cola or a candy bar at 13 Seattle public schools<\/em><\/span>, but they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span> get a taxpayer-funded intrauterine device (IUD) implanted <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without their parents\u2019 consent<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>.<\/em><\/span>..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>After all, who cares if Dick and Jane can&#8217;t read, write or do arithmetic; Liberals can at least ensure they can practice problem-free, under-age premarital sex!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And since we&#8217;re on the subject of things which don&#8217;t add up, proof <em>The Gang Who Still Can&#8217;t Shoot Straight<\/em> is every bit as willing to obfuscate the truth as the opposition. \u00a0Remember Cindy Archer, the lesbian advisor to Wisconsin governor Scott Walker whose rights were egregiously violated by Dimocratic Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm in what was indisputably an unconstitutional, Lois Lerner-like witch hunt? \u00a0 Writing at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, Archer seeks to explain&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-im-filing-a-civil-rights-lawsuit-1435694608\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Why I\u2019m Filing a Civil-Rights Lawsuit<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-im-filing-a-civil-rights-lawsuit-1435694608\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and his agents ransacked my house and ruined my career<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/archer-walker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-32008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/archer-walker-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"archer walker\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/archer-walker-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/archer-walker.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;I was a close adviser to Scott Walker in the county executive\u2019s office and then in the statehouse, but it never occurred to me that my own happiness would be collateral damage in a political vendetta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Nothing could have prepared me for waking up to the shouts of men with battering rams announcing that they were about to break down my door on that morning in 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;In the months following the raid, I was interrogated by the district attorney\u2019s deputies numerous times on a variety of topics related to the governor\u2019s tenure as Milwaukee county executive, but I was never charged with a crime. I faced seven grueling confrontations that seemed designed simply to intimidate and harass me into providing damaging information about Gov. Walker\u2014though I had none.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I have also been subjected to derogatory headlines and made the butt of jokes on talk radio and anti-Walker websites about everything from my personal appearance to my sexual orientation and mental stability. Neighbors became distant and suspicious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Worst of all, I have discovered that my demotion as Gov. Walker\u2019s deputy director of administration, which came four weeks before the raid on my house, appears to have been engineered by the governor\u2019s team after word reached them that I had been targeted by the district attorney. Subsequently, I have not been given any role in the administration that may bring public attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My reputation and career <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have been damaged beyond repair<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;My reputation and career have been damaged beyond repair&#8221;; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/longtime-scott-walker-aide-archer-lands-new-state-job-with-big-raise-b99304333z1-265692821.html\" class=\"broken_link\">Longtime Scott Walker aide Archer lands new state job with big raise<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b99304333z.1_20140703182657_000_g1o6tblr.1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-32007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b99304333z.1_20140703182657_000_g1o6tblr.1-1-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"MJS Cindy Archer.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b99304333z.1_20140703182657_000_g1o6tblr.1-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b99304333z.1_20140703182657_000_g1o6tblr.1-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The state&#8217;s public defender passed over two finalists to award a plum state position to a longtime former aide to Gov. Scott Walker, <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>setting the official&#8217;s salary at $113,000 a year, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or 31% more than her predecessor in the same information technology job<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Cindy Archer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hadn&#8217;t applied<\/span> for the civil service job <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and she was not among the two finalists put forward to state Public Defender Kelli Thompson by a hiring committee<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span> Archer will receive a hefty increase over the $101,121 a year that she had been making in her previous job with the public defender&#8217;s office and over the $86,278 salary of her predecessor&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note: Archer&#8217;s home was invaded in September 2011; she was&#8230;&#8221;awarded&#8221;&#8230;her high-paying government gig July of 2014; yet she&#8217;s still singing the blues in June 2015. \u00a0Sorry, but we believe in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truth<\/em><em> in advertising<\/em><\/span>, regardless of religion, race, sexual preference&#8230;or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>party affiliation<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to The Lighter Side:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/RAMclr-070315-sanders-IBD-COLOR-FINAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/RAMclr-070315-sanders-IBD-COLOR-FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"RAMclr-070315-sanders-IBD-COLOR-FINAL\" width=\"462\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/RAMclr-070315-sanders-IBD-COLOR-FINAL.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/RAMclr-070315-sanders-IBD-COLOR-FINAL-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070315dAPR20150703064520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070315dAPR20150703064520.jpg\" alt=\"gv070315dAPR20150703064520\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070315dAPR20150703064520.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070315dAPR20150703064520-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gmc13180820150706081500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gmc13180820150706081500.jpg\" alt=\"gmc13180820150706081500\" width=\"462\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gmc13180820150706081500.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gmc13180820150706081500-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sk070215dAPR20150702084518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sk070215dAPR20150702084518.jpg\" alt=\"sk070215dAPR20150702084518\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sk070215dAPR20150702084518.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sk070215dAPR20150702084518-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cb070315dAPC20150702114517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cb070315dAPC20150702114517.jpg\" alt=\"cb070315dAPC20150702114517\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cb070315dAPC20150702114517.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cb070315dAPC20150702114517-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lb0702cd20150701091115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lb0702cd20150701091115.jpg\" alt=\"lb0702cd20150701091115\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lb0702cd20150701091115.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lb0702cd20150701091115-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070515dAPC20150704064521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32073\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070515dAPC20150704064521.jpg\" alt=\"gv070515dAPC20150704064521\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070515dAPC20150704064521.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/gv070515dAPC20150704064521-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"download (1)\" width=\"492\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download-1.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download-1-300x278.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"download\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download.png\" alt=\"download\" width=\"448\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download.png 448w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/download-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with this well-deserved homage to&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-intrepid-missionary-elisabeth-elliot-1435261809\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">The Intrepid Missionary Elisabeth Elliot<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-intrepid-missionary-elisabeth-elliot-1435261809\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">After a jungle tribe killed her husband in a notorious incident, she did the unthinkable<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jim_Elliot_no_fool_quote_bgc_archives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jim_Elliot_no_fool_quote_bgc_archives.jpg\" alt=\"Jim_Elliot_no_fool_quote_bgc_archives\" width=\"480\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jim_Elliot_no_fool_quote_bgc_archives.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jim_Elliot_no_fool_quote_bgc_archives-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Last week marked the passing of a woman whose missionary work and writings inspired hundreds of thousands of Christians to live lives of faith and obedience to God, and led thousands to bring the gospel to people in countries around the world. Elisabeth Elliot died June 15 at age 88, but her legacy will continue through the lives transformed by her example. I knew her simply as \u201cAunt Betty,\u201d as she was my father\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Elliot first entered the news in January 1956, when her husband, Jim Elliot, and four other missionaries were killed by a group of Auca Indians, today known as Waorani, in the deepest jungles of Ecuador. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">The five missionaries\u2014three of them, like Elisabeth, were former students at Wheaton College in Illinois\u2014felt called by God to bring the gospel to this fiercest of tribes, one that had no connections to the outside world.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pete_Fleming_palm_beach.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pete_Fleming_palm_beach.gif\" alt=\"Pete_Fleming_palm_beach\" width=\"368\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">After months of groundwork, the missionaries made friendly contact with three tribal members near the main Waorani village.<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong> But two days later, several warriors burst out of the jungle and speared and hacked the men to death. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">The missionaries were armed, but when the attack came they only fired their weapons into the air, as they had agreed they would in such an event.<\/span> Why? <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>Because they believed that they were ready to meet their maker, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">while the Waorani were not<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> The incident made headlines around the world, including articles in Life, Time and Reader\u2019s Digest magazines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fivemissionaries01.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fivemissionaries01.gif\" alt=\"fivemissionaries01\" width=\"325\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The story might have ended there, but it didn\u2019t. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Less than two years after her husband\u2019s death, Elisabeth Elliot and Rachel Saint, whose brother had been among those killed, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>left their homes to live with the tribe that had murdered their loved ones<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> Elliot also brought her daughter, Valerie, a toddler at the time. For most of us, living with the people who killed your spouse and the parent of your child would be unthinkable. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Elliot, who had previously worked in Ecuador as a missionary, saw it as obeying God\u2019s call.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cThe fact that Jim loved and died for the Aucas,\u201d she wrote, \u201cintensifies my love for them.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Later she wrote: \u201cMy reason for being a missionary was one of the few things I had never doubted. I knew one thing\u2014I must obey God, and I believed this was the thing He meant me to do, just as He meant others to be fishermen . . . draftsmen, housewives. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">The role seemed incidental.<\/span> <em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">goal<\/span> was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all-important<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jim-elisabeth-elliot.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31965\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jim-elisabeth-elliot-300x249.jpeg\" alt=\"jim-elisabeth-elliot\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jim-elisabeth-elliot-300x249.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jim-elisabeth-elliot.jpeg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Elliot lived among the Waorani for two years and discovered that the tribe\u2019s need for God mirrored her own. In her 1961 book \u201cThe Savage My Kinsman,\u201d she wrote that \u201cthe Aucas are men. Human beings, made in the image of God. . . . We have a common source, common needs, common hopes, a common end.\u201d <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>The \u201clucid recognition of the Auca as my kinsman was at the same time a new acknowledgment of Jesus Christ, of our common need of Him.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> The two American women worked to decipher the tribal language and they shared meals, traditions, and most important, the news of Jesus Christ. <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>The tribe numbers around 2,000 people<\/em>\u2014up from about 250 in the 1950s when the tribe settled disputes by spearing one another\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and about a third have become Christians<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well done, thy good and faithful servant; greater love hath NO man&#8230;or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>woman<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ElisabethElliot-Fill.jpg\" alt=\"ElisabethElliot-Fill\" width=\"310\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ElisabethElliot-Fill.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ElisabethElliot-Fill-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;than they lay down their life for their friend&#8230;let alone their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>enemy<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Tuesday, July 7th, 2015&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge! First up, Erick Erickson reports on what he terms just another case of&#8230; Mass Hysteria in\u00a0America &nbsp; &#8220;&#8230;The United States of America and much of the West are currently in a fit of hysteria. A wildfire is burning through it. Up is down. Down is up. 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