Wes Clark, the General Who Can’t Be Quiet

Wesley Clark is at it again. I have posted about him before. Every time he talks on a TV show it becomes more apparent why he was fired as the NATO commander.

Now he attacks John McCain’s military service as irrelevant for the position of our commander in chief. This guy is sickening.

With Obama planning to visit the Middle East and Europe in an apparent effort to burnish his foreign policy credentials, the credentials of his likely presidential rival, Senator John McCain, were attacked Sunday from a man considered a possible Democratic vice presidential candidate (even Obama is not that stupid).

The retired and fired general Wesley Clark said McCain had not "held executive responsibility" and had not commanded troops in wartime. Clark, a fellow military man who was once the NATO supreme commander (and fired from that job too, for issues around his integrity and character) launched a sleazy attack on McCain because "he hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall" as a wartime commander, the general said on CBS.

When the interviewer, Bob Schieffer, noted to Clark that McCain had been shot down over Hanoi, Clark replied, "I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president."

When Schieffer then asked what executive responsibility Obama had held - the Democrat's résumé includes work as a community organizer in Chicago and eight years in the Illinois legislature - Clark said that Obama was running on the strength of his character and good judgment.

Clark has neither of those two qualities – strength of character or good judgment. So I am not sure why he thinks he can assess those traits in another. Of course, I don’t think Obama has them either.

Wasn’t it back in 2004 at the Democrat Convention where Clark praised John Kerry’s naval service as the right kind of service? Clark is amazing in his ability to be wrong about everything.

The sad thing is that he cannot see that the Left is using him. He is pathetic.

A-6Dude

Alien Secretion
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1 part Malibu® coconut rum
1 part pineapple juice

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Unintended Consequences? Or Deliberate Stupidity?

The Left loves Europe. They want to be like them in every way they can. It doesn’t matter how bad the idea is, they will embrace it with passion.

When the left is in charge of the economy it flounders. I don’t make this up; statistics show it to be true. So here is an economic train wreck that is being seen in Europe because of the global warming hoax. And this is what the Left wants in this country too.

In the Netherlands, Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest airports is expecting to see about 55,000 fewer travelers this summer because of the global warming tax they have levied on air travelers.

"We're expecting zero growth in 2008, and in fact a decrease (in passenger numbers) in July and August," an airport spokesman was quoted as saying by the domestic ANP news agency.

The Netherlands is the only country that levies an global warming tax on flights departing the country -- 11.25 euros per passenger (17.75 dollars) for European destinations and 45 euros for intercontinental points.

With higher fuel prices pushing up air fares worldwide, travel industry experts say the tax will hurt business at Schiphol and see many Dutch travelers go to nearby German airports instead. It won’t only be at the airport where business is affected, it will touch a whole lot more.

I hope you people see what we’re in store for if we go down the road on this global warming hoax. The Left’s answer will be more taxes and less freedoms and the economy will truly suffer. History has shown that when taxes are increased, the economy declines. It also shows that when taxes are cut, the economy grows. It doesn’t matter what the tax is for, the effect is the same. And in this case it would also be the global economy that suffers too.

These geniuses that think that mankind is so powerful that we, in less than 200 years of industrialization, can destroy a planet that has been around for 4.5 billion years. Aside from the arrogance of their premise, it’s just preposterous.

But the environmentalist wackos have them (and some Republicans too) so afraid that they will march in step with them.

So, my liberal friends, watch what happens in Europe with this belief that we can tax our way into a cooler climate. If you watch what happens in Europe with an objective mind (and, for the world's sake, please try!) I think you will see the economic impact that will occur if we continue down this path of arrogance and stupidity. But I guess we're supposed to judge them on their intentions, not their results.

A-6Dude

Raspberry Truffle Martini
1 1/2 parts Raspberry Vodka
1 part White Creme de Cacao
3/4 part Cream
1/2 part Chambord Liqueur

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice until VERY cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with raspberries or maraschino cherry. Perfect for those global warming days of summer.

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