{"id":64624,"date":"2018-11-13T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T00:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64624"},"modified":"2018-11-13T19:18:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T00:18:44","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-november-12th-veterans-day-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64624","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, November 12th, Veterans Day 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, November 12th, 2018…but before we begin, we take a moment to honor our Veterans, past and present, for their service in the cause of Freedom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

First up, Fort Lauderdale’s Sun-Sentinel<\/em>\u00a0offers an article which tells you all you need know about Broward County Election Supervisor Brenda Snipes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A look at Broward elections chief Brenda Snipes’ long history of trouble<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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…Gov. Jeb Bush removed Snipes\u2019 predecessor, Miriam Oliphant, in 2003 after a disastrous 2002 election in which polls opened late and closed early after experienced senior staff had been fired by Oliphant and replaced by friends and acquaintances with little or no experience<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bush<\/em> named Snipes<\/em><\/span> to replace Oliphant<\/span><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

…The removal of Oliphant had been a political firestorm, with a Republican governor removing Broward\u2019s only countywide black Democratic official.<\/span> Bush replaced her with another black female Democrat, possibly defusing some of the tension<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

So after firing<\/em><\/span> the Election Supervisor in the crookedest county in Florida, in part for hiring inexperienced friends and acquaintances to staff her department, Jeb hires<\/em><\/span> a replacement whose only qualification for the position was her skin color.\u00a0 The Bush family really is<\/em><\/span> the gift that keeps on giving…provided you’re a Dimocrat<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next up, writing at NRO<\/em>, Andy McCarthy recounts how…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Obama\u2019s Judges Continue Thwarting Trump<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

To the Lawyer Left, elections represent a policy choice only when Democrats win<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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“A<\/span>s I write on Friday, the restraining order hasn\u2019t come down yet<\/em><\/span>. But it\u2019s just a matter of time<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Some<\/em><\/span> federal district judge, somewhere<\/em><\/span> in the United States, will soon issue an injunction blocking<\/span> enforcement of the Trump administration\u2019s restrictions on asylum applications<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The restrictions come in the form of a\u00a0rule\u00a0promulgated jointly by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, and a\u00a0proclamation\u00a0issued by President Trump. In conjunction, they assert that an alien who wishes to apply for asylum in the United States must act lawfully<\/span><\/em>: An alien who is physically present here and wishes to apply must be in the country legally<\/span><\/em>; an alien outside<\/em><\/span> the country who wishes to apply must present himself at a lawful port of entry<\/em><\/span> \u2014 not<\/em><\/span> attempt to smuggle his way in or force his way in as part of a horde<\/em><\/span> (i.e., no invasions by caravan).\u00a0Of course, what used to be assumed<\/em><\/span> is today<\/em><\/span> deemed intolerable<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It is no longer permitted to expect of non-Americans<\/span> what is required of Americans<\/span><\/em> \u2014 adherence to American law while on American soil<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the fact that the administration\u2019s action is entirely<\/span> reasonable will not matter<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> No more will it matter<\/span> that<\/em>, contrary to numbing media repetition<\/em><\/span>, the rule and proclamation derive from federal statutory law<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Nor will it make any difference<\/em><\/span> that, in part, the president is relying on the same sweeping congressional authorization based on which, just four months ago<\/span>, the<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Supreme Court affirmed<\/a><\/em>\u00a0his authority to control the ingress of aliens based on his assessment of national-security needs<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just two things<\/span> will matter<\/em>.<\/span> The first<\/span> is that the asylum restrictions represent a Trump policy that reverses Obama policies<\/span><\/em> \u2014 specifically, policies of more lax border enforcement,\u00a0and of ignoring<\/em><\/span>\u00a0congressionally\u00a0authorized means<\/em><\/a>\u00a0of preventing illegal aliens from filing frivolous asylum\u00a0petitions<\/span> (with the result that many of them are released, evading further proceedings and deportation).<\/em><\/span> The second<\/span> is that, precisely to thwart<\/span> the reversal of Obama policies,<\/em> President Obama made certain that the vast majority of the 329 federal judges he appointed were progressive activists in the Obama mold<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The media-Democrat complex will tell you this is \u201cthe rule of law.\u201d<\/span> In reality<\/span>, it is the rule of lawyers<\/span>: the Lawyer Left on the front line of American decision-making, a line that runs through courtrooms<\/span>, not Capitol Hill<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

In a related item also courtesy of NRO<\/em>, Kyle Smith details how Progressives continue to channel the…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Keystone Cops: How Democrats Kill American Infrastructure<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

Democrats favor improving infrastructure as long as it takes longer and costs more<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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“W<\/strong><\/span><\/span>hy can\u2019t the United States build or repair infrastructure on a par with countries in Europe or Asia? Why can\u2019t we have all the nifty new airports, bridges, and trains that seem to spring up overnight in other parts of the world?<\/span> The answer, in one word, is Democrats<\/em><\/span>. Two groups<\/em><\/span> that are <\/em>virtually owned-and-operated subsidiaries of the Democratic party retard infrastructure progress here<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> One<\/span> is labor unions<\/span>, and the other<\/span> is environmental activists<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The latest example of the absurd reach of the latter is to be found in the U.S. district court of Montana, where Obama-appointed Judge Brian M. Morris<\/em><\/span> halted completion of the Keystone XL pipeline once again<\/em><\/span>, ruling that President Trump\u2019s permit to grant the bid by TransCanada Corp. to finish the pipeline that would transport oil from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska \u201chadn\u2019t considered all impacts as required by federal law<\/em><\/span>,\u201d the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The first<\/span><\/em> \u201cfinal environmental review\u201d approving construction<\/em><\/span> was released by Hillary Clinton\u2019s<\/em><\/span> State Department seven years ago<\/em><\/span>, concluding the impact on global warming would not be severe<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Another<\/em><\/span> \u201cfinal environmental review,\u201d also approving the project<\/em><\/span>, was released in 2014 by John Kerry\u2019s State Department<\/em><\/span>, which also<\/em><\/span> foresaw little impact on global warming.<\/span> Floundering for any excuse to block the pipeline<\/em><\/span>, Judge Morris concern-trolled members of the energy industry by wondering whether the project would be profitable enough given fuel prices<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> That is for oil guys<\/em><\/span> to worry about, not judges<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> One interested party<\/em><\/span> observed that Keystone would have \u201cvery little impact\u201d on U.S. gas prices.<\/span> That observer<\/em><\/span> was the person who gave Judge Morris his job, Barack Obama<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0(And who can argue with the Smartest Man in the World…at least the Smartest Man in the World to never release his college transcripts!<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0problem<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span>is larger than the endless delays on Keystone, though. Because of what Robert Kagan dubbed \u201cadversarial legalism,\u201d routine<\/em><\/span> public improvements are tied up like Gulliver by the Lilliputians with a<\/em> thousand environmental reviews<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> In a given year, some 350 Environmental Impact statements and 50,000 Environmental Assessments are being produced by the federal government. Meanwhile individual states and municipalities duplicate these requirements by slathering on their own regulations. Let it not be said that the U.S. doesn\u2019t produce anything: We are the masters<\/em> of paperwork<\/em><\/span>. Progressive columnists keep wondering<\/em> why we can\u2019t be more like China and get things done<\/em><\/span>; then they go out to brunch with their human-roadblock friends<\/em><\/span>, all those litigators from the NRDC and Greenpeace and all the other economic reactionaries who spend their lives on lawsuits to stop American progress<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

…European and Asian governments usually don\u2019t have these redundant layers of city-state-federal bureaucracies. Their<\/em> ideas get proposed and approved and built in the time it takes us to mull the environmental impact<\/em><\/span>. And<\/em><\/span> their stuff gets built much more cheaply<\/em><\/span>. <\/span>A 2011\u00a0study<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0by Israeli mathematician Alon Levy found that a mile of subway track in Japan or continental Europe typically costs $200 million to $450 million per mile<\/span><\/em>. In Vancouver, the Canada Line, a 40-percent underground rail system, in a densely populated area with more than one station per mile, cost $130 million per mile<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

…In New York City, the Second Avenue Subway, a two-mile, three-station extension of an existing line, took ten years<\/em><\/span> and cost $2.4\u00a0billion\u00a0per mile<\/em><\/span>. I can\u2019t stress that b hard enough<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It costs\u00a0ten times as much<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to build subway track here as it does in some other rich countries. Yet the story gets worse<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The East Side Access project, built to spare Long Island residents wishing to travel to the East Side of Manhattan the arduous chore of traveling one mile from Penn Station to Grand Central, cost an astonishing $3.5 billion per mile<\/em><\/span>, according to the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>, which calls that \u201cseven times the average cost in other cities across the world<\/em><\/span>.\u201d Construction began in 2007 and hopes to wrap up in 2022.<\/span> (It won\u2019t.<\/em><\/span>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The American<\/em><\/span> infrastructure policy is: Work slowly and charge more<\/em><\/span>. New York City\u2019s Sandhogs union, which is critical to such projects, costs an astounding $111 per hour in wages and benefits according to the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0investigation.<\/span> A task that could be done in Madrid with nine<\/em><\/span> workers requires 24<\/em><\/span> in New York City, according to an estimate by Metropolitan Transportation Authority\u2019s head of Capital Construction, Michael Horodniceanu. An investigation of East Side Access construction found that roughly 200 of 900 workers<\/em><\/span> on the underground project were being paid to do nothing<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

…Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats say they want an infrastructure bill. President Trump seems amenable, but Republicans in Congress traditionally are hesitant to approve gargantuan spending. Let any<\/em><\/span> infrastructure bill be contingent on cost-cutting reforms such as public-private partnerships<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Otherwise the next one will have as little to show for its price tag as President Obama\u2019s infamously non-shovel-ready 2009 stimulus<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>“<\/p>\n

And remember, it’s all<\/em> <\/span>on the taxpayer’s\u00a0tab<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moving on to The Left’s continued assault on Conservatives, as\u00a0Breitbart.com<\/em>\u00a0reports, a Charlottesville, VA…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Country Club Bars Man After Calling Tucker Carlson\u2019s Daughter a \u2018C*nt,\u2019 \u2018Whore<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n

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“A\u00a0Virginia country club revoked the membership of a man accused of verbally accosting Tucker Carlson\u2019s teenage\u00a0daughter last month<\/em><\/span>, according to the Fox News Channel host. Conversely, the man referred to as Juan\u00a0alleges Carlson assaulted him<\/em><\/span> and is purportedly being represented by television lawyer\u00a0Michael Avenatti<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Carlson provided a lengthy\u00a0statemen<\/a>t<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span> to The Hill\u2019s\u00a0Joe\u00a0Concha\u00a0Saturday, detailing the eyebrow-raising incident that reportedly involved the unnamed\u00a0man, Carlson, and two of his children.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn October 13, I had dinner with two of my children and some family friends at the Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Virginia,\u201d Carlson\u2019s\u00a0statement\u00a0begins. \u201cToward the end of the meal, my 19-year-old daughter went to the bathroom with a friend. On their way back through the bar, a middle aged man stopped my daughter and asked if she was sitting with Tucker Carlson. My daughter had never seen the man before.<\/span> She answered: \u2018That\u2019s my dad,\u2019 and pointed to me. The man responded, \u2018Are you Tucker\u2019s whore?\u2019<\/span> He then called her a \u2018f*** c***.\u2019 \u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter returned to the table in tears. She soon left the table and the club.<\/span> My son, who is also a student, went into the bar to confront the man. I followed,\u201d Carlson\u00a0continued.<\/span> \u201cMy son asked the man if he\u2019d called his sister a \u2018whore\u2019 and a \u2018c**t.\u2019 The man admitted he had, and again become profane.<\/span> My son threw a glass of red wine in the man\u2019s face and told him to leave the bar, which he soon did.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Carlson said he notified the staff at\u00a0Farmington Country Club immediately following the incident, prompting a three-week investigation by the management<\/em><\/span>. Juan\u2019s club membership was annulled last week<\/em><\/span>, the prime-time newsman\u00a0told\u00a0Concha<\/span><\/strong>…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

…Carlson\u2019s statement came after Avenatti announced on Twitter Saturday afternoon that he is \u201cinvestigating\u201d an alleged assault on a \u201cgay latino immigrant\u201d by Carlson and \u201cmembers of his inner circle.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

As always, we report<\/em>, you decide<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 To aid you in your decision, here’s Juan Manuel Granados’ version of events as relayed by Michael Avenatti…a proven liar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“…In a statement<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0released via Avenatti<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Granados said, \u201cI NEVER<\/em><\/span> called any member of his family any names. I never<\/em><\/span> attacked his daughter as Tucker claims.<\/span><\/strong> I never<\/em><\/span> called his daughter or son a \u201ccunt\u201d or a \u201cwhore\u201d or anything approximating<\/span> that<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span> I certainly never<\/em><\/span> apologized for using those words or admitted to saying them because I never said them<\/em><\/span>. Many witnesses support this fact<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Tucker has created this story out of thin air\u2014 it never happened<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Let’s approach this logically.\u00a0 To believe Mr. Granados, one must conclude<\/em><\/span> Tucker Carlson and his son deliberately<\/em><\/span> interrupted their dinner to confront, without provocation<\/em><\/span>, a total stranger<\/em><\/span> at the bar of the Farmington Country Club with fabricated charges of verbal assault, then dumped a glass of red wine on his head.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One must also<\/em><\/span> conclude, after a three-week investigation<\/em><\/span> which surely took into account eyewitness testimony from the “many witnesses” Juan Manuel mentions in his statement, the Farmington Country Club revoked GRANADOS’\u00a0membership<\/em><\/span>, NOT<\/em><\/span> Carlson’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Furthermore, though Carlson and his son are specifically cited as targets of Granados’ “intended” lawsuit, the absence of the Farmington Country Club, which revoked his membership despite<\/em><\/span> his assertion of innocence, as a defendant speaks volumes<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>After all, history indicates<\/em><\/span><\/a> Mr. Granados certainly isn’t hesitant to file suit against those he feels have wronged him, his ethnicity or his homosexuality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And hiring Michael Avenatti as his lawyer?!?\u00a0 That’s just sauce for the goose!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry, this is one tall tale which has our bullsh*t meter…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…pegged<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Then there’s this series of memes forwarded by Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Finally, we’ll call it a day with an amazing video which demonstrates the awful power of nature:<\/strong><\/p>\n