Reflections From a Murky Pond

Cats. There’s little in the way of middle ground when it comes to how humans feel about them; we either love them or fear and hate them.

So far this has been of little importance in the grand scheme of things. With time that could change…

Human, You Have Become Redundant

Cravendales‘ Cats with Thumbs advertising campaign has been so successful that they’ve started doing roadshows across England. 😯 They’ve also doubled in value over the last four years and currently enjoy sales of over £166 million.

Conversely, the Anglican church is considering issuing a series of edicts against cats… 😉

Allegedly the Obama Regime planned and launched a military operation that killed the jihadi vermin, Osama bin Laden – or at least that is what Obama announced last night and what a large number of Americans believe.

Yet, due to a variety of reasons, a have some serious doubts as to the veracity of this claim.

Does it really matter though?

Whether it’s true and we’ve just exterminated Osama bin Laden or it’s false and Obama is perpetrating another lie, it’s highly unlikely that Osama bin Laden is still alive at this time.

Either way, most Americans and many people in the rest of the world believe that a US Special Forces “kill team” exterminated him on Sunday. This will have certain effects, some good and some less so depending upon your ideology:

1. Americans are happy with this thought. Our forces killing Osama bin Laden give them orders of magnitude more closure and joy than his dying of kidney failure or having been assassinated in an Al-Qaeda power struggle would. Sometimes “at least he’s dead” just isn’t enough.
2. A lot of people across the world are going to have a better chance of understanding that, if they harm Americans, we will get to them and kill them no matter how long it takes. We won’t stop until they’re dead. That’s nothing other than a good thing in this day and age.
3. True or false, claiming the kill for Osama bin Laden at this time gives the US a “Victory Condition” that Obama can exploit to pull all or most of our forces out of Afghanistan.
4. Whether the facts as presented by Obama’s people are fully accurate, they’re partially false and he cynically manipulated the date of Osama bin Laden’s extermination for political gain, or this whole thing is a well constructed lie, the fact remains that Obama’s going to get a huge surge in popularity over this.

This is one of those cases where perception is more important than reality. Does it really matter if we just exterminated Osama bin Laden as long as a large enough majority of people believe that we did and it’s not in anyone with the power to act’s vested interests to prove it false?

Allegedly the Obama Regime planned and launched a military operation that killed the jihadi vermin, Osama bin Laden – or at least that is what Obama announced last night and what a large number of Americans believe.

Yet we have no body and no proof that this is actually the truth. It’s actually just something that we’ve been told and that we want to believe.

Some people, myself included, have their doubts about the veracity of Obama’s claim.

It doesn’t count until you bring me the body.

— jmochagrrl aka Mrs. jonolan #2

The above quote was said before her or I knew that Osama bin Laden’s body was not still in US custody for verification of the kill, and jmochagrrl shows far more trust in- and support for Obama than I do.

Too Conveniently Timed

As much as I really want to believe that Osama bin Laden has been exterminated, the number of significant coincidences in the timing of this along with the lack of tangible proof set off my “bullshit alarm.”

1. Obama just recently formally launched his 2012 reelection campaign and he kills (by proxy) Osama bin Laden.
2. Obama needs to end the Afghan Conflict in order to regain some support in his base and he kills (by proxy) Osama bin Laden.
3. It’s eight years to the day after President Bush made his oft-mocked “Mission Accomplished” speech and Obama kills (by proxy) Osama bin Laden.
4. Obama just released what is purported to be a PDF of his long form birth certificate, once again igniting the flames of race-baiting against his detractors and he kills (by proxy) Osama bin Laden but has no incontrovertible proof of this fact.

Miracles do happen and sometimes politicians get handed gifts out of blue at the whim of the Gods, but this strains credulity more than a little bit.

Good planning can take the place of miracles more often than not and it’s not impossible that the pertinent details of this reported event are both accurate and a result of that planning. It’s a big stretch though in this instance to put that all together.

Reports of Osama’s Death

It’s seems hard to believe that Osama bin Laden, suffering from renal failure and needing dialysis, could survive on the run as he supposedly has if the US just managed to kill him. Add to that Benazir Bhutto’s claim in the weeks just prior to her assassination – hmmmmm… – that Osama had been murdered in an Al-Qaeda power struggle some time ago and things get even more doubtful

In point of fact, the Left repeatedly brought up the improbability of Osama bin Laden still being alive during the latter half of President Bush’s tenure in office. Those claims, much like the “anti-war” movement didn’t stop until Obama was installed into office.

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Don’t get me wrong; I want to believe that we’ve exterminated this filthy vermin. I just have my doubts, doubts that partially stem from my – and most Americans – wanting to believe this is true and the sure knowledge that politicians and their staff know this.

Obama has once again broke with longstanding presidential tradition and normative American cultural mores. Once again he has chosen cheapness and Caligula-esque bullying as means of gaining “street cred” over the decorum and respectability that American presidents have almost always shown in public.

Per Obama – A Donald Trump White House

During Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner Obama, rather than exhibiting the expected humility and self-deprecating humor that has been exhibited by all prior Presidents since Calvin Coolidge, Obama chose to use the venue to attack and mock Donald Trump who, while in attendance, couldn’t respond.

With Trump in attendance, Obama used the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner to mock the reality TV star’s presidential ambitions. The president said Trump has shown the acumen of a future president, from firing Gary Busey on a recent episode of “Celebrity Apprentice” to focusing so much time on conspiracy theories about Obama’s birthplace.

After a week when Obama released his long-form Hawaii birth certificate, he said Trump could now focus on the serious issues, from whether the moon landing actually happened to “where are Biggie and Tupac?”

“No one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than ‘the Donald,”‘ Obama said, referring to Trump’s claims the same day that he was responsible for solving the issue.

For Trump’s decision to fire actor Busey instead of rock singer Meat Loaf from his TV show earlier this month, Obama quipped: “These are the types of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir.”

And then, as a coup de grace, Obama showed a screen with his vision of how Trump could bring change to the White House. “Trump” was prominently displayed in glittery letters and girls could be seen with cocktails on a Jacuzzi-augmented front lawn.

Obama’s juvenile attempts at humor and wildly inappropriate and utterly tacky behavior goes a fair bit towards causing me to reassess my feelings on the “inappropriateness” of an earlier image in a very similarly derogatory vein:

Obama’s New White House Watermelon Patch?

After all, American society maintains one set of rules for everyone. It’s only Liberal that excuse loathsome, antisocial, or criminal behavior by Blacks because they’re Black. Therefor, it’s right and proper for Americans to punish Obama for his lack of the basic level of class and respectability that has always been considered a prerequisite for the American presidency.

They say that we must show respect for the office if not the man. I say that, if we truly respect the office, we must show nothing but contempt for creatures like Obama who profane that office.

If Obama is going, in his narcissism and unwarranted arrogance, to start a game of “The Dozens“ then, not only is the image of his turning the White House grounds into a watermelon patch far less inappropriate, but much mention should be made of his and his wife’s personal stash of pot plants at the White House.

Perhaps Obama Will Change The Street Number To 420

Because that’s just so what America needs right now – a worthless pot-head POTUS with a wife who has a serious problem with everyone else’s munchies. 😉

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Keep your eyes open. Travel light but load heavy, and always put another round in the enemy after they’re down. 😉