That photo made me see red, too.  It is yet more evidence of Obama's contempt for the American people.  He thinks that we are so easily manipulated (apparently, he is right about 53% of Americans, alas) as to believe that when a natural disaster occurs (the tornado, Sandy) or a no-brainer military operation (Bin Laden raid), that he is hands-on, Presidential, heroic, in charge!   Photos  of his brave leadership are everywhere!

But when there are riskier decisions that actually require courage (Benghazi) or integrity (not using government agencies to harass, intimidate, and punish your political enemies), we are supposed to believe that he needed his sleep, that he doesn't know anything, that "there's no there there." 

If we didn't have a nation of low-info nincompoops this guy would have a 10% approval rating.

Horrific and shocking.   God bless the poor soldier who lost his life, and his family.

"...in our land our women have to see the same."  What land is he talking about?  The guy is speaking with a British accent.  Has he not been living in England for many years, probably most of his life?   But still he's got the allegiance to whatever Islamic country he or his parents came from -- with absolutely zero to England.

Bystanders with cameras.  Nice.  I'd like to think that if this happened in the States, we'd have at least one Concealed Carry permit holder pull out his/her gun to keep him subdued until police arrive.

Wow.  The face of tyranny might change -- this time it's a cool, basketball-playing mixed race skinny Marxist instead of a powdered-wig wearing George III -- but it always behaves in the same way.

This article is a must-read. The headlines on this whole IRS scandal are appalling and outrageous enough, but when you actually read this one person's story, with all of the details, it becomes even more chilling.  We are heading towards a Stalinesque state here.

I have to think that Catherine Engelbrecht and others can get together and file a massive suit against the government and all of the agencies that have been doing the harassing and intimidating.   Any lawyers care to comment on this?  Any talk of such a lawsuit?  

You had me until #5.   We of the Red U.S. do not need to invade the blue states.   Let them gaze at our success longingly and figure it out for themselves.  It is the only way they will learn.   I am through with these people.

I have to agree with Casey's original post.  At one point I was hearing so much Elton John on the radio in my car that I wondered if he had an upcoming concert in our area.  As I continue to hear Elton John, I realize, no, there's no concert coming up.  It's just more Elton John...  I'm more nostalgic about the 70's than most, and even I don't get the fascination.

LOVED the Dave Grohl version of Tiny Dancer. (comment #38)  Hilarious.  That guy is an entertainer.

Currently overplayed:  any song by "fun."  At first I gave them a chance, and my teenagers like them, but now, the instant I hear that guy's voice, it's to the next station.

Yes.  Abortion thrives on the (ironically) sanctimonious euphemism "a woman's right to choose."  

How about a photo of the one baby boy in the plastic box in Gosnell's clinic, with the subtitle, "A woman's right to choose?"  Maybe this has already been done in an internet meme.  

But yes, we need more of this.  As you pointed out, the only way pro-abortionists can seduce people to their side  is by getting them to deny that basic human instinct.

An update:  just now, before turning off the TV after watching the panel on Bret Baier, Shepard Smith led the broadcast with "The verdict heard 'round the world...Jodi Arias..."  

And we wonder how we get 'low-information voters.'   If even the supposedly right-leaning media leads with the sensationalized celebrity-style murder cases (who decides that these are national stories and not local ones, anyway?) and NOT a huge scandal like Benghazi and today's hearing, then we really are on our own in getting the word out.  

My thoughts exactly!  I even saw today on FNC while trying to catch these hearings, an ad for Greta's show, highlighting that they'll be covering the Arias case.  I thought, time spent covering this local story is time NOT spent covering Benghazi, or even the Gosnell trial.  And this is on Fox?  What in the heck people!

Yes.  And now we just had Eleanor Norton play the other part of the indignation strategy with Thompson, the "how dare you suggest the Obama Administration did this for political reasons!" card.  

I wanted Thompson to respond, "Well, with all due respect, Congresswoman, I don't know why these decisions were made.  That's why we are having this hearing."

I love this.   Leftists who always claim that our side only cares about fat cats and that they are the one who care about the little guy seem incapable of seeing the irony that is right under their noses.  

Our side should do an ad campaign highlighting this delicious irony.   Make fun of that liberal shibboleth, rip the mask off.  Kind of like the Samsung ads making fun of Apple's supposed advanced technology and hipness.     It might make some of these celebrity-obsessed low-info voters actually stop and think.

Thank you for posting this.  In the immortal words of Joe Biden, this is a big f'ing deal.  (Hope it's okay to quote that.)  And what I love about the spreadsheet is that it's just the facts.  It's not breathless outrage that the Left can easily wave off as mere partisanship.

I am not naive and I know that the media wants to cover for Obama, but this Benghazi case  is stunning.  Jaw-dropping, even for an ol' cynical political junkie like me.   The same media that whipped the Valerie Plame non-story into a huge scandal is yawning at this.  It's a new low.  It's not just bias but outright corruption.

I agree with Percival's comment about shaming the reporters via Twitter, etc., into doing their job.  And our side buying up newspapers, magazines, and networks.

Agreed.   That response is really dumb.  I wonder if it is just a childish, knee-jerk reaction to the Left, who talks about our side and our media in this way, wanting to shut us down, Fairness Doctrine, etc.  Kind of a "oh, yeah?  We can say the same things to YOU!" response.  Embarrassing.  Our side should be above this.

I love this idea.   Does anyone among TPTB here on Ricochet have the ear of Rupert Murdoch?  Why not do this?   Maybe Murdoch doesn't do broadcast news on the Fox channel because there's not enough money in it?  That never stops the lefty decision makers at other networks.    They just plow ahead and lose money!  But the flip side is that they control the flow of information.  Not a bad "investment" after all.

I get what Rob is saying about pulling in those who agree with 65% of what we say.  I really do.  

The problem is that those areas where we disagree are the social issues.  These are not just political positions for us, but moral and religious ones.  It's not like giving in on taxes or entitlements or immigration or whatever, where I could at least consider dealing.   I will never support abortion or SSM (and SSM's ultimate goal, which will be to end religious freedom).   My deeply held religious beliefs make these stands non-negotiable.  

So if, to get those who agree with us 65% of the time, I have to cave on those, I just cannot do it.   I also have confidence that ultimately we will be proven right on those issues.  How long that will take though, I don't know....

About your discussion of the inevitable crash of the Obama cult followers, thank you for giving me something to look forward to.  If only the schadenfreude were worth all the pain and suffering which we all experience with eight years of this guy.

It's My Life by Talk Talk, and later by No Doubt.   While I appreciate how No Doubt updated it with a modern sound, still....

Talk Talk version takes it.  Gwen Stefani is all nasal and annoying.  Kinda ruins it for me.

Kiss You All Over by Exile,and later by No Mercy.

Exile's version is sweet, and has that ultra-cool 70's vibe.   No Mercy's version has a killer latino sound to it.   I love them both!   Slight edge to No Mercy.

I think Howellis addressed this very well in #56.