“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”.

(CNN) – Rep. Marcia Fudge, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, expressed concern in a letter to President Barack Obama over the lack of African Americans among his new Cabinet picks.

“Congressional Black Caucus offices have had numerous phone calls from constituents questioning why none of the new appointees will be able to speak to the unique needs of African Americans,” Fudge, D-Ohio, wrote. “Their ire is compounded by the overwhelming support you’ve received from the African American community.”

The president faced criticism at the beginning of the year when he picked white males for some of the highest spots in the administration, including secretary of state, treasury secretary, defense secretary and chief of staff (the latter of which has the status of Cabinet-rank).

White House staff, however, said Obama was not finished with his cabinet picks.  (more)

If you do not join the demand for co-dependent compliance – the media will ridicule you.  It has always been thus.    It’s just another angle of Alinsky Tacticians.     There are multiple ways to “Isolate” – “Ridicule” – “Demonize”…..

The destination is the goal.   A sailboat of evil constitution – headed to its home  port of wretched despair – will at times have to use a process of “tacking” left and right, to take advantage of a wind not directly at its rear.   But let that not blind you to the forward progress – toward the home port……

…… Only a fool would think such a manuever intends a change of course.   The destination is unchanged, it just takes a little longer when the Spinnaker is unable to be deployed. (more…)

[GWP] Obama scaled back spending on White House tours and tuition for US soldiers and Marines. …But the White House is already planning a big bash for Michelle Obama’s birthday. The Daily Mail reported:

Having picked up an Oscar, Adele might have thought her incredible US adventure couldn’t get much better.

But now I can reveal the Skyfall singer has landed the biggest gig of next year – singing for Michelle Obama during her 50th birthday party at the White House. (more…)

This probably, no… wait, check that,… This IS the most reflective example of Prog-logic twisted into Obamacare-like contortions to conflate an argument.   Just like Nancy Pelosi’s “we have to pass the bill to see what is in it” comment.   This comment that “It’s legal to hunt humans” by Dianne Feinstein shows, quite clearly, how logic is dispatched by the prog mind to shape ideology.

Let this sink in:

…”it’s legal to hunt humans”…

Deep Breath – Watch it again…… “it’s legal to hunt humans”

Really?

There is not a penguin big enough.

Visible signs are all around us – whether we pay attention to them or not, they still exist.

WASHINGTON DC – Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind closed doors, far away from the press, perhaps befitting his status as America’s top spy—the White House took pains to emphasize the symbolism of the ceremony.

“There’s one piece of this that I wanted to note for you,” spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters at their daily briefing. “Director Brennan was sworn in with his hand on an original draft of the Constitution that had George Washington’s personal handwriting and annotations on it, dating from 1787.” […] (more…)

Here’s a rather disturbing segment where Jimmy Kimmel interviews people on the streets of LA and asks them a confusing question. “What do you think about Obama pardoning the Sequester, and sending it to Portugal?” Scary comedy ensues….

Maryland schools may have dispatched counselers to evaluate the psychological damage from a child nibbling a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun, but Michigan goes one step further when cupcakes adorned with toy soldiers show up.

MICHIGAN – A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers.

Casey Fountain told Fox News that the principal of his son’s elementary school called the cupcakes “insensitive” — in light of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

“It disgusted me,” he said. “It’s vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic killers.”

Fountain’s wife made a batch of 30 chocolate cupcakes for their son Hunter’s classmates at Schall Elementary School in the town of Caro. The 9-year-old helped decorate the treats with plastic figurines representing World War Two soldiers. (more…)

Will the grown-ups please report to the White House…..

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is postponing an award for an Egyptian activist who rallied worldwide attention against forced “virginity tests” on female protesters because of anti-American and anti-Semitic comments discovered on her Twitter account.

The State Department announced earlier this week that Samira Ibrahim would be among 10 recipients of the International Women of Courage award presented by Secretary of State John Kerry and first lady Michelle Obama on Friday.

But State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Thursday the U.S. would hold off on awarding Ibrahim while officials investigate the tweets, which include support for attacks against U.S. diplomatic installations and praise for a terrorist assault against Israeli citizens in Bulgaria. (more…)

Hmmm, lets see…. how long do you think it will take John Brennan to begin deleting the information about his breaking into the State Dept website, scrubbing passport documents and covering up travel history when he was Obama’s campaign advisor?… just wondering’.   More to the story here

WASHINGTON DC – Senator Rand Paul’s nearly 13 hour filibuster may have started a conversation about U.S. drone policy, but it didn’t stop John Brennan from becoming CIA director.

Senators voted to 63 – 34 to elevate President Obama’s top counter-terrorism adviser at the White House to lead the Central Intelligence Agency after Paul, R-Ky., dropped his opposition to a vote Thursday afternoon.

Paul had mounted the filibuster because he wanted assurances that the government would not target a non-combatant American citizen in the U.S. under the secret legal justification it uses to kill suspected terrorists overseas with armed drone strikes. (more…)

This is why I hate some republicans only slightly less than progressives.

John McCain and Lindsey Graham Declared War on Rand Paul Today – Senator John McCain (R-AZ) took to the senate floor today and TRASHED Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Sen. John McCain took the Senate floor on Thursday afternoon to respond to Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster about drones — and made it abundantly clear that he does not in fact “stand with Rand.” Reading from the critical Wall Street Journal editorial urging Paul to “calm down,” McCain tore into Paul’s arguments.

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