Colonel Bernie Sanders: I am not a Liberal

Focused
“I’m not a liberal. Never have been. I’m a progressive who mostly focuses on the working and middle class.” (Bernie Sanders, quoted by Nate Cohn, New York Times, 7/13/2015)

We are guessing that Liberals and Progressives agree on raising taxes, cutting military spending, immigration policy, gay marriage, abortion, legalizing marijuana, climate change, voter ID (or lack thereof), campaign finance, etc. What don't they agree on? In fact, you could not shine a photon between the two. They are one and the same.


The Gambler
Mr. Obama will be long out of office before any reasonable assessment can be made as to whether that roll of the dice paid off. The best guess today, even among the most passionate supporters of the president’s Iran project, is that the judgment will be mixed. Nothing in the deal announced Tuesday eliminates Iran’s ability to eventually become a nuclear threshold power — it just delays the day. To Mr. Obama’s many critics, including Henry A. Kissinger, the architect of the China opening, that is a fatal flaw. It does nothing, Mr. Kissinger wrote recently with another former secretary of state, George P. Shultz, to change “three and a half decades of militant hostility to the West.” (New York Times, 7/15/2015)

So the question is, if it all goes south, will the New York Times write the story ten or fifteen years from now about how Obama's deal with Iran led to a Middle East nuclear arms race?

And then there is this:
Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, made a brief statement, saying that the Iranian people’s “prayers have come true.” (New York Times, 7/14/2015)

Yes, sadly for the world it's true.


Harms Way
The Pentagon is moving to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military by early next year and end an “outdated” regulation that harms the armed forces, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said on Monday. (New York Times, 7/15/2015)

Quick show of hands. How many out there feel more secure knowing that America is protected by transgenders? We thought so. The military long ago caved in to the political correctness of Liberal politicians.

RedStateVT: Your Source for All Things Transgendered

Quadrangle
The Pentagon, shamefully, has yet to rescind anachronistic personnel guidelines that prohibit openly transgender people from joining in the military, labeling their condition a “paraphilia,” or perversion. The policy has forced thousands to serve in silence, repressing an essential part of their identity. (New York Times editorial, 6/4/2015)

Yes, there are "thousands" of transgenders in the Pentagon. You didn't know that did you? In fact, transgenders are everywhere and you probably don't even realize it. That might be a transgender sitting next to you at Starbucks. You could be living next door to a transgender. You could be living WITH a transgender! You yourself could, in fact, be a transgender and not even know it.


Pitiful
Just a few years ago, lawmakers in this left-leaning state viewed President Obama’s Affordable Care Act as little more than a pit stop on the road to a far more ambitious goal: single-payer, universal health care for all residents.

Then things unraveled. The online insurance marketplace that Vermont built to enroll people in private coverage under the law had extensive technical failures. The problems soured public and legislative enthusiasm for sweeping health care changes just as Gov. Peter Shumlin needed to build support for his complex single-payer plan. Finally, Mr. Shumlin, a Democrat, shelved the plan in December, citing the high cost to taxpayers. He called the decision “the greatest disappointment of my political life.” (New York Times, 6/4/2015)

When the New York Times is writing about the Vermont health care debacle, it cannot be good. And no matter how bad they say it is, remember this: it is worse.


Intrusive
The Obama administration on Thursday announced what appeared to be one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data, involving at least four million current and former government workers in an intrusion that officials said apparently originated in China. (New York Times, 6/5/2015)

It needs to be pointed out that had this happened when George Bush or Scott Walker were president, the New York Times, Washington Post and MSNBC would personally blame the (Republican) president.

Obama is president....crickets.