Giving Thanks

It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do, therefore, invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recommend to them that, while offering up the ascriptions justly due to him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation, and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity, and union.

-- President Abraham Lincoln, October 3, 1863

H/T to SondraK

Obama: "You Guys Make A Pretty Good Photo Op" vs....

Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cellphones to snap pictures.

"You guys make a pretty good photo op," the president said.

And another....
Just sayin'.....

Last night former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura made a secret visit to the devastated military families at Fort Hood.

The Bushes instructed the commander of the mourning military base that they wanted no publicity. With their Secret Service detail, Bush and his wife made the 30 mile trip unannounced from their ranch near Crawford, Texas Friday evening.

Fox News broke news of the visit this afternoon. Other sources said the former first couple spent about two hours meeting with the wounded, family and soldiers, talking quietly and at times hugging them as they did in private at other times of crisis such as post-9/11.

Get'n Jiggy

It's a feel good thing...

@ SondraK

Checkmate...

Via NewsBusters

During Wednesday's Justice Department oversight hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) stumped Attorney General Eric Holder..

SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, (R-S.C): Can you give me a case in United States history where a enemy combatant caught on a battlefield was tried in civilian court?

ERIC HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL: I don't know. I'd have to look at that. I think that, you know, the determination I've made --

GRAHAM: We're making history here, Mr. Attorney General. I'll answer it for you. The answer is no.

Definitely A Must Read

Via InstaPunk

Americans -- remember them? -- should be asking themselves what it means that a woman of traditional American values can be so reviled, so relentlessly, so unscrupulously, so take-no-prisoners viciously. She doesn't need to become president to perform an invaluable role. Why is she so popular in the heartland? Because she is us. A good-hearted ambitious American doing her best to offer her best. If they -- and who are they, exactly? -- hate her so much, then it has to be the case that she's only a symbol of the hatred they feel for all the rest of us. If ordinary average Americans ever figure this part of the equation out, the 'liberals' are done forever. I'm thinking Sarah Palin is making that outcome more likely.
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H/T to SondraK

Obama's World Apology Tour Continues...

More from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez.

O'Baka: You're Doing It Wrong

"Obama's handshake/forward lurch was so jarring and inappropriate it recalls Bush's back-rub of Merkel.

"Kyodo News is running his appropriate and reciprocated nod and shake with the Empress, certainly to show the president as dignified, and not in the form of a first year English teacher trying to impress with Karate Kid-level knowledge of Japanese customs.

"The bow as he performed did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms....The last thing the Japanese want or need is a weak looking American president and, again, in all ways, he unintentionally played that part.

"Teinousha"

He Did It Too

You know you’re really skating on thin ice when you resort to ”Nixon did it too”.... ---JR

Emperor Akihito and President Nixon lean in toward each other in greeting

H/T to SondraK

It's A Cultural Sensitivity Thing, Something Like That

This is too much fun.

More Evening Brain Therapy

World class pianist and humorist, Victor Borge.

Oba Mao Mania In China

"The Chinese internet has been flooded with pages and pictures praising Obama and comparing him to Mao Zedong."

It seems Obama is huge in China, with comparisons between America's dear leader and the ruthless mass murderer who destroyed the Chinese economy and cultural institutions during his absurdly misnamed Great Leap Forward and subsequent Cultural Revolution.

H/T to SondraK at American Thinker

Saturday Evening Therapy

Just becuz...You know...

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Dog Watching...

Man's best friend welcoming home soldiers.


It's worth repeating

H/T to SondraK

Just Don't Eat The Yellow Snow

Insult or compliment? There is Obama toilet paper in Japan...

How Low Can He Go

This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference to a superior.

To some in the United States, however, an upright handshake might have looked better.

Are you stoopid or something?

@SondraK and HAP

"I May Be In Jail, But I Am Somebody"

Stone: Do you think it’s fair to send people to jail who don’t buy health insurance?

Pelosi: … The legislation is very fair in this respect.

The eyes are the window to your soul. And it says, "Vacancy." For real...

Paratrooper Mother Pleads With Obama To Act Now

As family and friends mourn a fallen U.S. paratrooper on Veteran's Day, his mother made an emotional plea to President Barack Obama that it's time to either bring home the troops or end the war in Afghanistan.

The body of Benjamin Sherman, 21, was recovered in Afghanistan Tuesday.

"It's time we do something. This has gone on too long. They either need to come home or we need to end it," a tearful Denise Sherman said.

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Shit or get off the pot..

Quotes of the Day

The Obama administration's decision to try self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators in the city that suffered the worst attack on U.S. soil presents monumental legal challenges and risks to U.S. national security, legal experts say, not least of which include establishing a trail of evidence and ensuring public safety in New York.

President Visits Wounded At Fort Hood

No, not Him ... the Hitler one:

Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited wounded soldiers and their families near the site of the worst mass shooting on an Army post in the United States.

The Bushes made their private visit to Fort Hood's Darnall Army Medical Center on Friday night. Bush spokesman David Sherzer said in an e-mail that the couple thanked Fort Hood's military leaders and hospital staff for the "amazing care they are providing."

{This is just too good not to copy as is}. Hat Tip to DougM at SondraK.

I miss him too....

Saturday Morning Brain Therapy

The best kind....

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