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The Patriot Post Digest 8-18-2015
From The Federalist Patriot
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Daily Digest
Aug. 18, 2015
THE FOUNDATION
“A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” —James Madison, essay in the National Gazette, 1792
TOP RIGHT HOOKS
Democrats Poison the Water Hole1
Back in 2012, Nancy Pelosi attacked Republicans for having “an ideology [that says] we shouldn’t have a government role.” She went on, “And I say to them, do you have children who breathe air? Do you have grandchildren who drink water? … If you could depend on the government for one thing it was that you had to be able to trust the water that our kids drank and the food that they ate. But this is the E. coli club. They do not want to spend money to do that.” Which brings us to the EPA spilling three million gallons of toxic waste2 in Colorado, wreaking havoc on a river system that flows in three states and is critical for the Navajo Nation. The American Action Forum estimates3 the cleanup will cost a bundle. “If we were to trust past agency estimates: between $338 million and $27.7 billion.” That’s quite a range because “there is no direct precedent for the toxic Animas River spill.” Sam Batkins, American Action Forum’s regulatory affairs director, cautioned, “I think it is more likely to be in the millions [than billions] because the high-end figures are based off of oil spills in the Arctic (a close comparison), however the total volume for this is less than the average major oil spill.”
Regardless of the cost, does anyone doubt that such a spill during a Republican administration would yield ‘round the clock Leftmedia coverage? But because Barack Obama “cares about the environment,” they’re content to look the other way. Just don’t tell Nancy Pelosi the government ruined some drinking water.
Sacked: Labor Board Declines Football Players’ Attempt to Unionize4
The National Labor Relations Board blocked the unionization attempt by a group of football players at Northwestern University by saying it didn’t have authority to regulate state-run schools. While Northwestern is a private school, “every school in the Big Ten, except Northwestern, is a state-run institution,” said an NLRB statement on the decision5. “As the NCAA and conference maintain substantial control over individual teams, the Board held that asserting jurisdiction over a single team would not promote stability in labor relations across the league.” While this decision overrules a March 2014 decision6 by an NLRB regional director, it leaves the question unresolved, as the board said it might reconsider the issue in the future. It used to be that college sports were the sideshow to the pursuit of knowledge. We’ve arrived at this point because we’ve elevated college sports so much that the players are athletes first, students second. Still, if you have the physical prowess and discipline, it’s a good way to get an education in the age of skyrocketing college debt. Such an opportunity doesn’t entitle unionization.
Romney Was Right: Big Bird Heads to HBO7
“I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it,” Mitt Romney said in the 2012 campaign. He was referring to public funding for PBS in the current media age — such funding is a relic of a bygone era, on top of the fact that funding a guy in a big yellow bird costume is about as far from constitutional governance as one can get. But Romney took it on the chin from Barack Obama, who blasted him for refusing to “get rid of regulations on Wall Street, but he’s going to crack down on ‘Sesame Street.’” It was a clever line, and the millions of Americans who grew up watching Big Bird felt the emotional heartstrings pulled. Fast forward to 2015, and Sesame Workshop, the company that produces the show, has announced it will team up with HBO to produce twice as many episodes for this season of the 46-year-old show, and then release them to PBS later. Oscar the Grouch meets Game of Thrones? Not likely, but it is a sign of the times. Sesame Street co-founder Joan Ganz Cooney said, “Over the past decade, both the way in which children are consuming video and the economics of the children’s television production business have changed dramatically. In order to fund our nonprofit mission with a sustainable business model, Sesame Workshop must recognize these changes and adapt to the times.” We realize that’s a novel concept for liberals still wearing capes and pretending to be Super Grover.
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FEATURED RIGHT ANALYSIS
Obama Lied, Americans Died10
By Arnold Ahlert
The scope of the Obama administration’s utter fecklessness with regard to the Iranian nuclear deal has widened considerably.
Earlier this month, it was revealed11 that Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani made a recent trip to Moscow, where he met with a senior Russian official — for the purposes of conducting weapons deals. He did this despite the reality he has been subject to UN Resolution 174712 that froze the assets and restricted the travel of individuals engaged in Iran’s “proliferation-sensitive” nuclear activities since 2007. Soleimani was one such individual, and any country that abides his travel is violating that resolution. Since Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, it is impossible for the Kremlin to feign ignorance in that regard. Nonetheless, the man suspected13 of orchestrating the failed 2011 assassination attempt14 on the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu.
During the Aug. 6 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) reminded Americans of the far more germane aspects of Soleimani’s thuggery, along with Russia’s thinly veiled contempt for the Obama administration Soleimani’s visit represents. “He’s directly responsible for the murder of over 500 American servicemen in Iraq and part of this Iranian deal was lifting international sanctions on Gen. Soleimani,” Cruz declared. “The day Gen. Soleimani flew back from Moscow to Iran was the day we believe Russia used cyber warfare against the Joint Chiefs15.”
Outgoing U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno backed up that assertion. “Qassem Soleimani is the one who has been exporting malign activities throughout the Middle East for some time now,” Odierno said. “He’s absolutely responsible for killing many Americans. In fact, I would say the last two years I was there, the majority of our casualties came from his surrogates, not Sunni or al-Qaida.” |
