From June 19: Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 1/3 points! – Wolf Howling – Iran 6/16 – The Fire Still Burning Second place with 1 2/3 points – Bookworm Room – Obama’s belief in the power of his……

The council has spoken. First place with 2 1/3 points! – Wolf Howling – Iran 6/16 – The Fire Still Burning Second place with 1 2/3 points – Bookworm Room – Obama’s belief in the power of his own rhetoric First place with 2 points! – Michelle Malkin – …

Very wise statement.

Very good article. She’s right about pretty much everything she says.

I thought this statement was particularly observant:

“…his[Obama's] nonreaction to the fraudulent Iranian election shows that he will not allow facts to interfere with his slavish devotion to his ideological canon that claims that no enemy is unappeasable and no ally deserves automatic support.”

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2009/06/obamas-losing-streak-and-israe.php

Don’t mean to beat my own horn, but I had exactly the same impression when I compared what Reagan said to what Obama said. Obama is so desperately frightened that he will say the wrong thing, that he says nothing at all. He goes utterly milquetoast and totally worthless when placed under the slightest pressure.

This is because he believes his own words are of near-inexpressible holiness and power. His egocentrism knows no bounds. A Glorious Being Of Such Importance must never utter incorrect words, because the Whole World is hanging upon his every syllable, and the repercussions of the mistake happen within hours.

Look, Reagan gave those immortal words in 1983, and for all of Sharansky’s memories, it wasn’t until 1989 that the truly significant reverberations had their effect. Reagan knew the importance of speech and words, but he did not make Obama’s mistake. He knew that he could speak significantly in defense of freedom, love, and liberty, and the world would not end.

Obama The Pipsqueak Who Thinks He Casts A Mountain Of A Shadow needs to learn a lesson or two.

What is just as interesting is that I have yet to hear a single word, phrase, comment from the Arab world.

Hmmm…something in common with our leader?

Many of these same people around the globe that are outraged today about what is happening in Iran absolutely vilified George W. Bush and the Pax Americana for which he stood when Bush actually acted against outrages. He, of course, did stand up for the oppressed and he was despised for it…by Iranians, too. But, GW Bush is gone now and we are rapidly sliding into a post-America era, wherein our country pretty seems pretty well focused on destroying its economy and way of life, reading Miranda Rights to battlefield combatants, and coddling up to the most vicious of dictators like a battered woman to her abuser, sending terrorists on taxpayer-funded jaunts to tropical paradises about which most Americans can only dream, and hoping that he can get them all to act nice in kind and work collectively toward a new Obamatopian vision of how the world should be.

I don’t understand the fuss about Obama’s lack of action on Iran – he made it very clear where he stood early in his campaign. He is acting true to form, voting “present” at every moral crossroad. This is the new America, disengaged from the world and any semblance of a higher moral order. But, this is what many in our country and most people around the world wanted. They should have been careful of what they wished for.

I really, really feel sorry for the Iranians rioting in the streets and looking to us for a word of encouragement. I really fear that we won’t be there for them. Our government, you see, really doesn’t care…any more than Bill Clinton cared when Rwandans were put to the machete. This is the new vision of post-modern American. Ain’t it grand. I feel ashamed of what we are becoming and can only add my voice to all of us here who shout “stop” against the wind. I know this sounds cynical, but we need to let this play out under the new rules. In the meantime, we like-minded people on this blog need to resist, voice our outrage and believe that some time some day in the future, we can fix this…one person at a time. Perhaps someday someone somewhere will remember that we did speak out when nobody else did. I can live with that.