NYPD AVERTS CRISIS AFTER U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

IRANIAN, ISRAELI DELEGATIONS CONFRONT EACH OTHER

Bibi Netanyahu and BB King had a tense encounter with the Iranian delegation

as the United Nations General Assembly concluded today.

(Sept.28, 2012 NY, NY: AP, UPI, SOB, BLT, TKO, DOA, CNN, SRO, NY1, MTV, FTS)  In what could have sparked a major international crisis with dire repercussion, the ready forces of NYPD were on hand to intervene in what could have been the catalyst for a wide spread war in the already volatile Middle East.  According to one UN security official who needs to remain anonymous for fear of losing his job, as members of the Iranian and Israeli delegations were departing from the UN, they crossed paths at the First Avenue carport and exchanged words.  Quickly the situation escalated and if not for the rapid response of NYPD Officers from the UN detail, Intelligence Unit and the Emergency Services Unit, the confrontation could have become a physical altercation the echoes of which could have ignited conflagration between the two hostile nations.

The ground for this hostility had been set on Thursday when Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu berated the General Assembly for their “failure” to act with urgency to derail Iran’s “nuclear ambitions”. Shortly after Bibi Netanyahu challenged the G.A. to initiate tougher sanctions on Iran, the Israeli Ambassador for Rhythm and Blues, BB King, appealed to the gathered delegates by way of singing a song.  Some of the delegates appeared a bit confused as to why BB King was representing Bibi Netanyahu and the state of Israel since BB King is an African American without any Jewish ancestry. Apparently BB King took the Israeli job after Barbra Streisand turned it down.  Sources say that Ms. Streisand was looking for a "higher level" position in the Israeli government but does serve as an "unofficial adviser" to BB to help him become informed about Israeli politics and Jewish issues.

Speaking for the Israeli’s, Spokesman Ezekiel Moshe Platz noted, “BB speaks for and stands with Bibi.  If some of our enemies have a problem with that, all I can say is that the Blues is a universal language apparently not understood by radical Islamists.”  Platz continued, “If any people on the face of the earth know the Blues and can relate to the Blues, it is surely us Jews.”  In a terse response the Communications Director of the Iranian delegation, Shali Wali Bingbang commented, “We too know the Blues.  We have known the Blues since the infidels corrupted the Muslim world.  We would have issued a fatwa on Elvis Presley but the Shah was still in charge of our nation before Elvis died.”  Delegate Bingbang later commented while appearing on the FOX-News program, The O’Reilly Factor, saying, “We have lost all respect for Bibi and BB.  We will not even permit BB guns in our country. We are officially banning all BB King music, CD's or other forms of media.  We might ban all R&B music but we must first consult with the Ayatollah who is partial to Celine Dion and Ethel Merman. And, let me be clear, we will defend ourselves against any Israeli aggression with the greatest amount of military force we can muster.”

According to NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Brown it was a “logistical error” that the Iranians and Israelis met at the carport.  “We had, as always, planned every aspect of the general assembly down to the last detail.  We had factored in all matters of diplomatic protocol, political correctness and safety for the delegations, the public and the press.  What appears to have happened is that one of the UN security officers assigned to monitor the order in which the delegates left the UN building abandoned his post to purchase a gyro, a bottle of Snapple, a pack of Zig Zag Rolling papers, and a lottery ticket across the street.  Currently his conduct is under investigation and he is being held on Riker’s Island awaiting transport to Guantanamo Base, Cuba.  We are confident we will get to the bottom of this, one way or the other.”

New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomburg, himself a semi-observant Jew, spoke to the press from Katz’ s Deli.  The Mayor said, “We take very seriously our duty to protect the world leaders who come to our City.  We are acutely aware of the threats, risks and complexity of having the leaders of 192 sovereign nations assembled here at the same time.  I work closely with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to assure that every contingency has been anticipated, that all our resources are deployed accordingly.  I’m just thankful that Barbra Streisand did not insist in singing with BB King.  It could have been far worse than it was.”

NYPD Deputy Commissioner and Commander of the highly regarded Intelligence Unit, David Cohen, a former CIA official, spoke to the press while the Mayor finished off his borscht and pastrami, adding, “Frankly, one of my biggest concerns was the safety of the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  We knew his presence here in New York City would, as always, present formidable security challenges.  We assigned him the code name “Aqua Velva” so as not to have our personnel waste time trying to say his name correctly.  So, as I monitored events from One Police Plaza and heard Officers on the scene reporting that ‘Bibi and BB were about to run into Aqua Velva’ I knew I had to send the orders to my people in the field to do whatever was necessary to avoid what could have been a stinky collision.”  Cohen continued, “I am very proud of the quick and poised reaction of the members of NYPD at the UN and actually quite disappointed that Ms. Streisand could not attend.  She has always been a favorite of mine.  I also like Mel Torme and Tony Bennett but they were never in the mix to begin with.”

As the dramatic and tense altercation played out at the UN carport, many pedestrians passing by took out their cell phones and other devices to capture the unfolding drama.  Within minutes videos were posted to YouTube, Facebook and other social media sites.  One passerby, Hector Labia, an unemployed pest control technician from the Bronx, was able to record the entire scene.  Labia later told Pablo Guzman of WPIX News, “ Ehhh, I’m goin’ downtown to see this beach…ehhh this lady fren of mines and I walkin by the UN and see this old black dude with a guitar gonna smack this odda little dude in de head. So, I stop and take out my Android and start to record.  Den, I realize the little dude is tha guy from Iran, ehhh…I think hees name is Imadinnerjacket..  I knows this stuff because I watch Telemundo.  Anyhoze, I know it is heem because he look like a guy I know, Skunky, from Sedgwick Avenue who is doin’ 7 to 15 for armed robbery or sum sheet.” (Commissioner Kelly later informed the press that Mr. Labia was being held on several outstanding warrants and may be sent to Gitmo just for the hell of it).

After those few tense moments all members of both the Iranian and Israeli delegations departed safely from the UN premises.  Bibi Netanyahu was later to appear as the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the political action committee, Jewish Americans For Justice And Peace (JAFJAP) at the famed Borscht Belt resort Grossinger’s.  Prior to delivering his speech to the 1300 member audience, he commented on the events earlier in the day.  “I have nothing but the highest respect for the NYPD, the UN Officers, as well the US State Department Security Service.  Also, I always travel a several members of the Mossad who act as our personal body guards.  They are very well trained in all the black arts and would do well in the world of the MMA. We have invited WFC president Dana White to come to Israel several times.  But that is beside the point.  I admit that I was troubled that we had to encounter the vile, evil Iranians who are intent to wipe the state of Israel off the map but, I was proud when BB King started swinging his guitar at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  BB would be a good Jew.  I just wish he could play chords.”  Netanyahu continued, “I am here now at Grossinger’s to speak to the loyal members of JAFJAP because JAFJAP has always been A-Okay with me.  The Jews of JAFJAP are all good Jews; they are Jew’s Jews who respond ASAP anytime we need their support.”

At the same time many miles from the Catskills, BB King was partying in the famous Greenwich Village establishment, The Blue Note.  As he sipped on a glass of straight gin he seemed to be somewhat amused by the afternoon’s happenings.  “Hell, I had a blast.  I put on a good show, met some real nice fellas from all over the world and almost had a crack at that crazy guy from Idaho…Iowa…I mean Iran, yeah, Iran.  Hell, I almost ran my Fender right into his head!”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spent the rest of the night in his hotel suite playing Grand Theft Auto on an X-Box, eating food from McDonalds, and enjoying the company of several highly regarded, alluring employees from Ahmed’s Escort Service in Jackson Heights Queens.  Several other members of his contingent were seen shopping at the Odd Lots Discount Store on Malcolm X Boulevard.  Iranian delegations spokesman Shali Wali Bingbang spoke to reporters as he perused the Health and Beauty Aids aisles.  Bingbang seemed in a good mood despite the tension of the afternoon. “I love this about America!  Look at all these choices! There must be 30 different toothpastes, 20 deodorants, many, many bath soaps and oh, so many laxatives, stool softeners, and gas medications!!  I must stock up and bring these treasures home to my family.  I will purchase a large supply of Beano since my Mother-in-Law will be visiting next week.  She does not tolerate hummus and lamb like she once did and tends to eat too many dates when she stays with us.”

Other members who accompanied Bingbang on his bargain shopping spree were seen purchasing underwear, socks, condoms, over the counter pain medications, light bulbs, Saran Wrap, AAA batteries, Silly Putty, Preparation-H as well as a bizarre assortment of canned goods such as Vienna Sausage, Corn Beef Hash, Pork and Beans, Chili con Carne, sardines (in oil), tuna, Spaghetti-O's, chipped beef, creamed corn, Brussels Sprouts, and Spam.  Cashier LaShawanda Monique Phipps-Ellis Green reported that the Iranians also, ""purchased all kinds of shit. They bought alot of Lysol, aluminum foil, Skittles, Draino, baby wipes, and them sneakers with the velcro ties.They justa weird bunch of motherfuckas and one of them tried to grab my ass.  I smacked him upside his Iranian head but, I really couldn't blame him cause I do have one super fine thick booty."

There was yet another small segment of the Iranian delegation shopping in others stores in Midtown. Plain cloths Officers from the Intelligence and Counterterrorism Units assigned to follow this group of bargain hunters reported some of the items these men purchased.  One NYPD Detective speaking not for attribution commented, “The three Iranian individuals my partner and I were assigned to monitor spent many hours in the usual tourists’ shops from 38^th Street and Sixth Avenue up to the side streets between 7^th and 8^th Avenues south of 42^nd Street.  They bought a number of NY Yankee caps, hip-hop CD’s, iPods, postcards, pornographic DVD’s and, oddly enough, a lot of FDNY Tee shirts.  At one point they entered the Blarney Stone on 6^th Avenue and drank a fair amount of beer and cheap scotch, ate corned beef sandwiches and, according to the manager, Eamonn O’Halloran, stiffed the bartender. “They didn’t leave him a foockin’ dime as a tip the dirty bastards”, said a semi-intoxicated O’Halloran.  “For fucks sake, even the Koreans leave a tip”, O’Halloran noted as he went off to break up a fight between a groups of tourists from Manure Springs, Iowa and 3 NYC Sanitation Department workers. The surviving Iowans were later airlifted to a hospital somewhere in the swamps of Jersey and remain in critical condition.

Tags: Political Satire, Parody, Political Humor, United Nations General Assembly, Bibi Netanyahu, BB King, NYPD, mayor Bloomberg, Grossinger’s, Odd Lots, Nuclear Iran, JAFJAP, You Gotta Laugh

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ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SHOWS DISDAIN FOR AMERICA

NETANYAHU IRATE AT FAILURE TO FORCE OBAMA’S HAND

INSERTS HIMSELF INTO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Benjamin Netanyahu angrily lashes out because President Obama

does not share his sense of urgency over a “nuclear Iran”.

(Sept. 16, 2012 – New York, NY)  Of all the complexities, nuances, facts and fictions that have defined United States foreign affairs, foreign policy and all our geopolitical relations since the end of World War II, the most enduring fallacy is that the nation of Israel is our closest “friend” and “ally” in the Middle East.  That this belief is accepted by so many today is a testament to the herculean efforts by decades of American and Israeli leaders, politicians, and special interests to perpetuate what is in harsh reality a myth.  The truth is that the relationship between our two countries is the most one-sided of the many that America is engaged in around the world.  Time and time again, in well-known episodes and deeply held secretive operations, Israel has clearly proven she is neither friend nor ally, not an equal partner with America but rather a parasitic, duplicitous entity that has used the United States in selfish, self-serving ways since its very creation in 1949.  Self-righteously standing behind the dark horror of the Holocaust, Israel has operated under the misguided premise that the atrocities of Nazi Germany somehow imbue them with a special, if not sacred place in the community of nations.  That is simply not the case.  As tragic and inhumane as the Holocaust was when it was perpetrated in the late 1930’s until the American led Allied victory over Germany and the Axis in 1945, it no longer has any relevance to the realities of  the seemingly intractable issues that keep the Israel, her neighbors and the entire Middle East mired in perpetual conflict and turmoil.

The latest demonstration of Israel’s belligerent, petulant insistence that America stand with her no matter what the cause or ramifications is heard in the bellicose blustering Israel’s current Prime Minister, a hard line militant conservative of the Likud Party, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu.  Bibi declares with a rabid certainty that the impending realization of “Iran’s nuclear capability” has his nation, today or tomorrow, “facing annihilation”.  Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press earlier today he assured the viewing audience that Iran is “within six months of having a 90% capability to make an atomic bomb”;  an eerily reminiscent statement much like George W. and his crew’s assertion about the existence of WMD in Iraq. We watched the tragic consequences of those lies.  Netanyahu bloviates and barks about drawing “red lines” with Iran and that they are already in the “red zone and we cannot allow them to make a touchdown”.  Well, if that is in fact the case, do what you must Bibi, to eliminate the “existential threat” you must feel Iran poses.  But, you should be well advised and consider that if you are wrong, if your own fanaticism and extremism is driving your policy and you are trying to somehow force President Obama’s hand, you will not succeed. 

For the first time in recent memory or at least since the days of the George H.W. Bush Administration, we have an American president with the resolve to stand up to a bullying Israeli Prime Minister and not be conned into making statements and commitments that indicate to the world that Israel can do whatever she pleases.  At a time of real overt hostility and violence towards the United States in the Middle East as demonstrated by the attacks on our Embassies in Libya and Egypt that took four American lives, President Obama is putting some much needed distance between the Jewish State and the United States.   And this is how it should be.  This is not “anti-Semitic”; no.  This is good, sound policy that places our interests ahead of the parasitic Israel that has for far too long depended on us for support if not protection.

FALLACIES ABOUND

The fundamental argument for our unimpeachable support of Israel has always been that she is the “only bastion of democracy” in a hostile region surrounded by neighbors committed to her destruction.  Israel is no more a democracy than was South Africa during the brutal Apartheid era.  Democratic nations do not oppress a substantial segment of their population as Israel continues to do to the Palestinians.  Democracies do not commit human rights violations on an epic scale nor do they consistently ignore dozens of United Nations Security Council resolutions with galling impunity.  For decades the only “ally” Israel has had in the United Nations has been the United States who has always vetoed pro-Palestinian resolutions as well as any international efforts aimed to stop Israel’s unchecked abuse of millions of her non-Jewish citizens.

Israel, thanks to arms of every type supplied by the United States, has a very powerful military apparatus.  The Palestinians forced to live in small segregated noncontiguous portions of Israel have no military, no weaponry that comes close to that of Israel’s.  When the Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza Strip manage to lob a rocket or grenade over one of the towering walls that confine them, Israel responds with a level of disproportional military might that results in the murders of unknown innocents as well as the destruction of entire neighborhoods.  Some Palestinian kids throw rocks at the Israeli troops who control every aspect of their lives and Israel with drop a bomb on the neighborhood those kids lived in.  The criminal asymmetry of this on-going conflict defies international law and clearly demonstrates Israel’s disdain for the morals and ethics that define democratic society.

Inextricably linked to the litany of lies sold to the American people regarding the imperative that we stand ‘shoulder to shoulder” with Israel are a host of hypocrisies and disingenuous pseudo-explanations for the crimes Israel has perpetrated on the United States.  Israel is a nuclear power (yet refuses to admit it) due largely to the theft of our nuclear secrets and the cooperation of a cadre of Zionist scientists who labored on the Manhattan project.  Israel has and continues to conduct active espionage operations on our soil.  They have never fully apologized for the attack of the USS Liberty and they continue to try to barter for the release of Jonathon Pollard, a convicted spy responsible for providing Israel with some our most valuable technical data about our intelligence satellites. 

Israel has so coopted many of our politicians that they are confident that the United States will continue to do its bidding.  Israel has no friends; they use the United States under the flimsy guise of ‘friendship”.  Well, we won’t be fooled again.  We must not allow Netanyahu to influence the presidential race between President Obama and his pandering opponent, Mitt Romney who looks out at the Middle East from within the hip pocket of his old Boston buddy Bibi.

Israel is a sovereign nation free to act in her own security concerns.  If Netanyahu’s paranoia compels him to launch preemptive strikes against the alleged nuclear facilities of Iran, that is his business and he must deal with all the complications and ramifications of thrusting the entire Middle East into lethal turmoil. 

TAGS: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nuclear Iran, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Middle East Policy, National Security, Presidential Politics, Israeli Interference

UPDATED LINKS:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/15/benjamin-netanyahu-iran-nuclear-weapons-containment_n_1887155.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/world/middleeast/netanyahu-says-iran-is-20-yards-from-nuclear-bomb.html?_r=1&hp

http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/israeli-fallout/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/under-obama-or-romney-us-mideast-policy-wont-change/2012/09/14/5acaa358-fdd0-11e1-a31e-804fccb658f9_story.html?hpid=z2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19565910

http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/Home.aspx

http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/letters/might-as-well-make-israel-st-state/article_ce1ba7c3-e79b-5457-acc8-579a63e92f25.html

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/18/has_bibi_lost_it/


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NYPD: UNDER THE GUN, AGAIN

BRONX BODEGA SHOOTING LATEST FUEL FOR CRITICS FIRE

NYPD Officers on Franklin Avenue in The Bronx after shooting during armed robbery

(Sept. 7, 2012, The Bronx, NYC)  It’s as sad as it is sickening and, for the men and women of the NYPD it is disheartening, insulting, offensive and overtly wrought with bias.  

Another tragic episode transpired here in the small hours of this morning when a 20 year old bodega employee was fatally shot by an Officer responding to the call of an “armed robbery in progress”.  A grainy surveillance video captures the defining moment when the fleeing bodega worker, Reynaldo Cuevas, ran from the store behind his uncle who owns the Aneurys Deli on Franklin Avenue at East 169th Street.  As Cuevas quickly exited the store, he collided, head first into an Officer who had drawn his service weapon shortly after arriving on the scene.  Presently the shooting is being designated as an “accidental discharge” by NYPD.  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly commented, “The tragedy here, of course, is that Mr. Cuevas was shot, but I see nothing wrong with the procedure.”

The fact of the matter is that there was nothing wrong with the procedure, nothing at all.  One of the first four responding Officers peered into the bodega window and observed a man pointing a gun at two other men on the floor.  Clearly this was an armed robbery in progress, a potential hostage situation and a volatile scenario that could have resulting in others present being injured or killed.  No excuses or explanations negate the tragic loss of an innocent young man’s life.  That goes without saying.  However, the torrent of vicious, vile and venomous criticism being leveled at the Officers involved and the entire NYPD speaks volumes about the knee jerk reaction, rush to judgment large segments of New Yorker’s make whenever there is what they perceive as a “controversial” shooting by a member of NYPD.

This is just the latest episode in what has been a long hot bloody summer in our City with a disturbing increase in gun violence throughout the Boroughs.  This too is the most recent opportunity for all the critics and activists, pundits, “community leaders” (whatever the hell that means), race-baiting bigots who stand ever at the ready to pounce on NYPD.  Just two weeks ago a disgruntled fired employee of a Midtown accessory company gunned down his former boss on 33^rd Street and he himself was shot and killed in front of the Empire State Building.  The hue and cry was initially the predictably ignorant rhetoric accusing the Officers involved of “excessive force” and as being “trigger happy”.   That was just not the case once numerous video clips that captured the dramatic scene were made public.

(Just for the record and the sake of truth and clarity, one would be hard pressed to identify any current of former member of NYPD who would honestly say they are or were ever “trigger happy”.  Typically, an Officer involved in a shooting incident especially when that Officer’s actions result in a death is forever a changed soul and will replay the memories of that event over and over for the rest of their lives.)

If anything, given the myriad challenges of policing an urban environment as diverse, disparate, congested, crowded and often hostile in certain Precincts, as is New York City, NYPD should be commended and appreciated for their collective restraint and individual professionalism by all the millions who live, work or visit here.  Unfortunately, that is not the case. 

THE OTHER SIDE

There are two sides to every controversial issue, two perspectives in every civilian encounter with a Police Officer.  There are two usually divergent perceptions of every sudden Police action as has been proven time and again by the various, often conflicting accounts provided by “eye witnesses”.  Sadly in some of our most troubled neighborhoods, in the roughest sectors, the darkest streets, the almost alien and hostile landscape that emerges on these blocks in the small hours of the morning when the pulse of the rest of the City is quietly beating at a restful pace, the residents are more prone to see what they want to see, to call virtually any Police action “excessive”, and haul out the old worn ugly charges of a Police force out of control. 

But it is not that way.

Decisions are made in a fraction of a fraction of a second; a nanosecond.  Adrenaline, excitement, the sense of duty, danger and one’s own morality and mortality collide and repel against each other within the minute confines of a synapse.  Training, experience and reflex interact on a sub or even unconscious level and it is there that choices are determined.  The confrontation becomes all consuming; the desire to “do the right thing” somehow remains tantamount amid the confusion of the chase.

Armed or unarmed, who is it that I chase, I confront, is running into me?  What danger does he pose to the innocent bystander, my partners and me?  The heartbeat escalates more than the physical exertion warrants.  Everything appears in the crystal clarity of slow motion yet the reality of the moment allows for no “replay.”  This is it.  I will see my wife or husband and children again, I will do the best I can but; why won’t he stop, why does he keep coming?  The throat burns from the rapid breath and frantic, emphatic yelling yet, the perp keeps running at a pace that appears otherworldly, still fights savagely or simply, inexplicably refuses a direct order from a Cop.  All this in the blink of an eye, in that one single heartbeat, lives can change forever or end.  Only those who’ve lived through such a lethal synapse know its depth, its heat and its longevity.

THE USUAL

The Crime Scene Unit had not yet completed their grim tasks before this particular event was being labeled a “scandal”.  We’ve come to expect it if not accept it.

What is truly scandalous is the attitudes and opinions of our teeming City when it comes to the performance of their Police Department.  The public wants to feel “safe” yet is willing, sometimes eager, to render harsh, misinformed judgments on those they count on to keep them safe.  The irony is stupendous, the hypocrisy used to be just puzzling; now it is just a sorry fact of life.

The public can wonder where the “us against them” attitude they assign to NYPD comes from.  They can speculate on its origins and ramifications when, in actuality, it is in large part the direct result of an organization of hard working men and women grown weary of the criticism, the lack of respect – not appreciation – that would be far too much to ask for.  The lack of respect is what cuts the deepest.

The population of this City dials 911 over 40,000 times a day on average with the NYPD responding to approximately 30,000 of those calls.  People call, NYPD responds.  People call about all manner of complaint, conflict, disruption, disaster, illness, injury, altercation, suspicion, and crime in progress.  Every time Police Officers respond to a call no matter how innocuous, silly or harmless as it may appear they are acutely aware that no call, no call is “routine”.  Any situation can erupt and turn volatile; every call has the potential to be out of the ordinary. 

But, the complaining public continues to call and will continue to call because they know they will get help, assistance, a response.  Members of NYPD will always be there for the City.  Every now and then the City should be there for them.

TAGS; NYPD, BRONX SHOOTING, NYPD CRITICISM, NYC, PUBLIC DISTRUST OF NYPD

Links (Some updated Sept. 8, 2012)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/nyregion/police-bullet-kills-bronx-bodega-worker-fleeing-robbery.html?_r=1&hpw

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/store-employee-shot-bronx-article-1.1154084

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/nightmare_as_cop_kills_bx_worker_o3RmjsMCsiRCNg8ClzSpwM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/07/reynaldo-cuevas-shot-killed-by-nypd-bronx-bodega-robbery_n_1864303.html?utm_hp_ref=new-york

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CLINTON SCHOOLS ROMNEY

SCOLDS LYIN’ RYAN AND

TUTORS THE VIEWING PUBLIC

 

Former President Bill Clinton delivers powerful

speech at DNC strongly endorsing Obama for re-election

ELECTION 2012 ANALYSIS PART II

(Sept 6, 2012, Charlotte, NC) It was Bill Clinton at his oratorical best.  Perhaps the best political speaker this country has seen in a generation, in his trademark way, accomplished more to further his Party’s cause in just over 45 minutes than the Obama campaign has in months.  He did what only he could do; he laid out in simple understandable terms the details of some of the most pressing issues weighing on voters’ minds.  He did it with grace, humor, and authority; the authority he commands as the last successful, accomplished and widely recognized as the most effective President in decades. 

While out of necessity, shame, embarrassment and political desperation the GOP ran from their last standard bearer, the disastrously inept former President George W. Bush, conversely, the Democratic Party embraced and celebrated their favorite son here tonight.  Bill Clinton conducted a veritable clinic in wide scale retail politics before a national viewing audience estimated to be upwards of 33 million citizens. 

Point by point he masterfully dissembled the incoherent tripe spewed by Romney/Ryan while assembling a cogent, logical reasonable case for the merits of reelecting President Obama and Vice President Biden.  Clinton engaged the audience with his easy manner and delivered a concise informative tutorial on issues ranging from the tax code, health care reform, immigration, education, and made a powerful argument for the ideology of developing and implementing policies aimed towards the greater good.  At the GOP convention in Tampa virtually every speaker including imbecilic Mitt Romney espoused the failed Republican ideology that champions the notion that the most successful in our society should be rewarded.  This horribly misguided notion was first introduced by addled Ronald Reagan in 1980 and was simplistically yet deceptively touted as “trickle-down economics”.  The underpinning of that particular approach was that “a rising tide lifts all boats”.  Prior to being chosen by Reagan to be his Vice Presidential running mate, George H. W. Bush had mocked Reagan’s plan as “Voodoo economics” and it certainly proved to be a curse on the middle class.   It has become painfully obvious that if elected Romney/Ryan intend to resurrect that very same approach to the economy at a time it can ill afford it.

President Obama came into Office facing more challenges than any of his modern era predecessors since Franklin Roosevelt.  The economic woes were staggering, the financial industry was collapsing, banks were not loaning money, the automotive industry and its many related enterprises comprising its supply chain were about to go bankrupt, home foreclosures were epidemic, jobs were vanishing at a head spinning rate, and that large segment of our population loosely defined as the “middle class” found themselves under crippling pressures.  By virtually every independent, objective non-partisan appraisal, those profound problems were the direct result of the policies of the George W. Bush administration, just the latest version of the only playbook the Republicans ever read.

One of the most humble, gracious comments Bill Clinton made was when he discussed his work with “Both President Bush’s” and his inherent “inability” to “hate” his political adversaries.  Surely if any former President would be justified in despising his adversaries and critics, especially the Republican lead sham impeachment in 1999, it is Clinton.  But he is not constructed that way; he has far more character and integrity than his abysmal judgment regarding his private life while in Office indicates.  His larger message was that no real governing, no actual legislating, policy making or any of the people’s business will ever be conducted unless the venom is extracted from the viciously partisan discourse that has come to define the paralysis in Washington DC, in the corridors of Congress and behind committee room doors.

President Clinton clearly articulated the stark contrasts between President Obama’s Administration and a hypothetical Romney Administration.   Hopefully most among that huge television audience were paying attention.  We have the most at stake in this election the outcome of which has the potential to alter our lives in very dramatic, profoundly negative ways.

TAGS: BILL CLINTON’S DNC SPEECH, PRESIDENT OBAMA’S REELECTION, MITT ROMNEY IS AN IMBECILE, PAUL RYAN LIES, DEMOCRATS BEST HOPE FOR MIDDLE CLASS

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80819.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-2012-bill-clintons-speech-at-the-democratic-national-convention-excerpt/2012/09/05/f208865e-f7a4-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/bill-clinton-dnc-speech_n_1859839.html

http://www.policymic.com/articles/14181/dnc-2012-speaker-schedule-live-bill-clinton-speech-time-elizabeth-warren-speech-time

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