{"id":33515,"date":"2015-10-15T18:16:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=33515"},"modified":"2015-10-15T18:16:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:16:49","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-october-14th-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=33515","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, October 14th, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Wednesday, October 14th, 2015…and no, we didn’t waste a single moment of our limited life listening to five Liberals out-drivel each other. \u00a0But since we’re on the subject of Liberal drivel, in a picture truly worth a thousand words, here’s how Progressives and their minions in the MSM and every level of our education system portray the Founding Fathers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And oh, by the way; any<\/em><\/span> demands\u00a0Paul Ryan might make<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0on House Conservatives in exchange for deigning to be crowned Speaker are in our mind unreasonable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, here’s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First up, as Noah Rothman observes at\u00a0Commentary Magazine<\/em>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obama Has Given Up<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“…\u201cHe\u2019s challenging your leadership, Mr. President,\u201d Kroft reiterated as though he was trying to snap an addlepated mind out a hallucination<\/em><\/span>. \u201cHe\u2019s challenging your leadership<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy<\/em><\/span> definition of leadership would be leading on climate change<\/span><\/em>, an international accord that potentially we\u2019ll get in Paris,\u201d the president replied.<\/span> Allow that to sink in<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Even if you\u2019re of the opinion that the amorphous threat of climate change, which exists forever just over the horizon, is of a greater danger to American national security than a nuclear power engaging in kinetic warfare against American-backed forces in a strategically vital part the world<\/em> \u2013 thus rendering you an unserious person<\/em><\/span> \u2014 this answer should disturb you<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>…<\/p>\n

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…The inescapable impression that the president gave viewers last night was that his highest priority is not the advancement of American national security priorities but political damage control and face-saving.<\/strong><\/span> The Anbar Awakening was an outgrowth of the success of the Iraq surge, and there would have been no surge if George W. Bush had not been possessed of the ability to accept that his original approach to the war in Iraq was a failure. America is again in need of a strategic about-face, but the current president seems unable or unwilling to admit his mistake<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>“<\/p>\n

Two thoughts: (1) that would be “mistakes<\/em><\/span>“…as in plural<\/em><\/span>…as in too many to possibly count<\/em><\/span>! \u00a0(2) For The Obamao to have “given up” would require he was ever actually acting on America’s part in the first place; an assumption we’re far<\/em><\/span> from willing to accept.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of those consistently acting contrary to the best interests of the United States and her citizens, the great Thomas Sowell explores the parasitic relationship between…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlatans and Sheep: Part III<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“The prevailing social dogma of our time — that economic and other disparities among groups are strange, if not sinister — has set off bitter disputes between those who blame genetic differences and those who blame discrimination.\u00a0Both sides ignore the possibility that groups themselves may differ in their orientations, their priorities and in what they are prepared to sacrifice for the sake of other things.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Back in the early 19th century, an official of the Russian Empire reported that even the poorest<\/em><\/span> Jews saw to it that their daughters could read, and their homes had at least ten books.<\/strong><\/span> This was at a time when the vast majority of the population of the Russian Empire were illiterate.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

During that same era, Thomas Jefferson complained that there was not a single bookstore where he lived.<\/span> In Frederick Law Olmsted’s travels through the antebellum South, he noted that even plantation owners seldom had many books<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But in mid-18th century Scotland, even people of modest means had books, and those too poor to buy them could rent books from lending libraries, which were common throughout Scottish towns.<\/p>\n

There is no<\/em><\/span> economic determinism. People choose<\/em><\/span> what to spend their money on, and what to spend their time<\/em><\/span> on.<\/span> Cultures differ<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Everybody<\/em><\/span> makes choices, every single day: how they spend their time, money and energy; how hard they study, work and practice; whether or not to do what they know to be right…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…or simply opt for what’s personally expedient.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, we all make choices; Liberals just don’t want to be held accountable for making consistently poor ones!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next up, courtesy of NRO<\/em>, Eftychis John Gregos-Mourginakis (talk about a mouthful!) and Joshua Jacobs detail how…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bad Regulations Can Kill: El Faro\u2019s Sinking Is a Tragic Example<\/span><\/h1>\n

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“The search for survivors from El Faro has been called off, the crew consigned to the depths. We are left to mourn the loss of 33 brave mariners, 28 of whom were American. But as we mourn, we should also be angered, because their deaths may very well have been avoidable. Hurricane Joaquin wasn\u2019t the sole culprit; it had an accomplice,\u00a0and that accomplice is a monstrous piece of legislation known as the Jones Act<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Between the lines of this disaster, something should jump\u00a0out at the reader: What were those sailors, in the middle of a Category 4 hurricane, doing onboard a vessel dating back to the Ford administration? In an era where we replace our phones every two years and trade in our car leases in not much longer than that, why is it that these people were stranded in the middle of a maelstrom aboard what El Faro seaman Chris Cash called a \u201crust bucket<\/em><\/span>\u201d?<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

In another item related to the lives of innocents offered up on the altar of Progressive politics, National Review<\/em>\u00a0recently interviewed Casey Mattox, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom<\/em>, regarding the…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forensic Report on Planned Parenthood Videos<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

A lawyer\u2019s notes for Congress<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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“Can the undercover videos from the Center for Medical Progress with Planned Parenthood executives be trusted? Planned Parenthood and the New York Times<\/em> certainly don\u2019t think so. But the Alliance Defending Freedom set out to answer that question when they commissioned a forensic analysis of the videos. Now, with a congressional committee established to investigate Planned Parenthood, ADF\u2019s senior counsel Casey Mattox answers some questions about the report.<\/p>\n

…LOPEZ: \u201cCoalfire\u2019s analysis of the recorded media files contained on the flash drive indicates that the video recordings are authentic and show no evidence of manipulation or editing.\u201d But that is in absolute contrast with what Planned Parenthood argues. Who is to be believed<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MATTOX: It\u2019s in contrast to what Planned Parenthood and its allies argue, but it\u2019s actually consistent with Planned Parenthood\u2019s own report. The Fusion GPS report commissioned by Planned Parenthood confirms that the audio is not tampered with and that its \u201canalysis did not reveal widespread evidence of substantive video manipulation.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Coalfire confirms that finding, looking even at the raw source footage. But where the Fusion GPS report only had access to the full videos on YouTube and raised suspicion about the \u201cedits\u201d in those videos, Coalfire looked at the full raw footage and confirmed David Daleiden\u2019s explanation that the \u201cedits\u201d to the full videos that CMP has posted on YouTube are \u201cnon-pertinent.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Here’s the juice: Planned Parenthood and their Progressive protectors lie like rugs. \u00a0But since wisdom oftentimes emanates from the mouth of babes, we’ll leave the last word to a youngster wise beyond his years; and these days…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…lucky to have made it full term.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Moving now to the Muddled East, writing at Israel Hayom<\/em>, one\u00a0Mudar Zahran suggests his fellow anti-Semites consider more than their unreasoned hatred of the Jewish state. \u00a0For,…<\/strong><\/p>\n

If Israel Disappears, Others Will Too<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“Since 1948, we Arabs have been taught that all we need to do is get rid of the Jewish state, and \u200eeverything else will go well after that. Our dictators took full advantage of this idea. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser locked up and executed his opposition members \u200eusing his famous excuse: “No voices are to be allowed except for those for the war with \u200eIsrael.” Iraqi President Saddam Hussein adopted the Palestinian flag and had it \u200eprinted, distributed and flown alongside his own flag, and even said, “Palestine and Iraq share the same \u200eidentical cause.” In short, we Arabs have put 70 years of our existence on hold while awaiting that \u200e\u200e”glorious day” when we defeat Israel and “feed the Jews to the fish.”<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But that day did not come, nor does \u200eit seem to be coming, as Jordanian opposition figure Emad Tarifi once told me: “It seems the fish in \u200ethe sea are not betting on us feeding them Jews.” \u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

…<\/span>In<\/span> addition, we Arabs have given our dictators carte blanche to impoverish, terrorize, oppress and \u200edestroy us all in the name of “the great Arab struggle to end the Zionist entity<\/span><\/em>.” The outcome of this has \u200ebeen clear: While Israel made 10 new breakthroughs in cancer and cardiac treatments in the last two years \u200ealone, we Arabs developed new execution methods<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The latest is death by drowning in a cage, as \u200eshown in an Islamic State group video two weeks ago.\u200e<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We Arabs have wasted seven decades of our existence awaiting Israel’s demise<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It is time to think of the future, and whether Israel’s “disappearance” should be our \u200eultimate wish<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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…If Israel were to disappear and be replaced by a Palestinian state, the Palestinians would most likely end up \u200ewith another Arab dictatorship that oppresses them and reduces them to poverty.<\/strong> <\/span>We have partially \u200eseen that with the Palestinian Authority and the “liberated” areas it rules. I regularly visit the West \u200eBank and have interviewed scores of Palestinians there. I can confirm that, as much as they hate \u200eIsrael, they still openly yearn for the days when it administered the West Bank. As one Palestinian told me, \u200e\u200e”We prayed to God to give us mercy and rid us of Israel; later, we found out that God had<\/span> \u200egiven us mercy when Israel was here<\/span><\/em>.”\u200e<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To those Arabs, Muslims, Westerners and others insisting that Israel must be erased from face of the \u200eplanet, I say: Don’t bet on it, as Israel is becoming stronger every day through its democracy and \u200einnovation, while Arab countries are getting weaker through dictatorship and chaos. And be careful \u200ewhat you wish for, because if you were to get it, you too would most likely disappear, unless you \u200eyearn to be ruled by Iran or Islamic State<\/em><\/span>.\u200e<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In short, if the day were to come when Israel falls, Jordan, Egypt and many others would fall, too, and \u200eWesterners would be begging Iran for oil.\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

We can hate Israel as much as we like, but we must realize that without<\/span> it, we too would be \u200egone<\/span><\/em>.\u200e<\/strong><\/span>“<\/span><\/p>\n

What we find amazing is while Zahran recognizes reality, he remains unable to overcome his inbred antagonism towards anything Israeli.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a related item, courtesy of the WSJ<\/em>, Bret Stephens suggests Zahran and his ilk have entered…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Palestine: The Psychotic Stage<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

The truth about why Palestinians have been seized by their present blood lust<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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“…Treatises have been written about the media\u2019s mind-set when it comes to telling the story of Israel. <\/strong><\/span>We\u2019ll leave that aside for now. The significant question is why so many Palestinians have been seized by their present blood lust\u2014by a communal psychosis in which plunging knives into the necks of Jewish women, children, soldiers and civilians is seen as a religious and patriotic duty, a moral fulfillment<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> Despair at the state of the peace process, or the economy? Please<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It\u2019s time to stop<\/em><\/span> furnishing Palestinians with the excuses they barely bother making for themselves.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Above all, it\u2019s time to give hatred its due<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span>We understand its explanatory power when it comes to American slavery, or the Holocaust. We understand it especially when it is the hatred of the powerful against the weak. Yet we fail to see it when the hatred disturbs comforting fictions about all people being basically good, or wanting the same things for their children, or being capable of empathy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today in Israel, Palestinians<\/em><\/span> are in the midst of a campaign to knife Jews to death, one at a time<\/span><\/em>. This is<\/em> psychotic<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It is evil<\/span><\/em>. To call it anything less is to serve as an apologist, and an accomplice<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>“<\/p>\n

Yes, they’re psychotic:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yes, they’re evil:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now allow us to introduce two of their most ardent apologists\/accomplices:<\/b><\/p>\n

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And no, Barry:<\/b><\/p>\n

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Islam’s “golden age” of science ended in the 13th century; the only advancements Muslims have made since then are in the fields of terror, mayhem and murder.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turning now to today’s Environmental Moment, also writing at\u00a0NRO<\/em>, Ian Tuttle pitches fact instead of the fiction:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 97 Percent Solution<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“Unable to address Texas senator Ted Cruz\u2019s questions about \u201cthe Pause<\/span>\u201d<\/em> \u2014 the apparent global-warming standstill, now almost 19 years long \u2014 at Tuesday\u2019s meeting of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Sierra Club president Aaron Mair, after an uncomfortable pause of his own, appealed to authority: \u201cNinety-seven percent of scientists concur and agree that there is global warming and anthropogenic impact<\/em>,\u201d he stated multiple<\/em><\/span> times.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The relevant exchange begins at 1:39 (though the whole segment is worth watching):<\/p>\n