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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Don't Bring A Metal Pipe To A Gunfight!! A Gun Saves Another Homeowner

Crooks break into home, beat owner with metal pipe. But victim grabs his gun — and the tables turn.

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After crooks broke into a home in Baker, Louisiana, on Monday afternoon, they proceeded to beat the homeowner with a metal pipe. But the victim got a gun — and the tables quickly turned. (Image source: WAFB-TV video screenshot)

Home intruders, take note: It isn’t terribly wise to bring a metal pipe to a gunfight.

At least one alleged robber learned that the hard way after he and two apparent accomplices entered a home in Baker, Louisiana, on Monday afternoon, WVLA-TV reported.

According to WAFB-TV, the back door of the home was kicked down.

With that, the owner of the home was beaten with a metal pipe, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s officials told WAFB.

But the homeowner was able to retrieve a gun, WAFB reported. He opened fire, the station added, hitting one of the robbery suspects.

While the homeowner was battered and is expected to survive his injuries, WAFB said the shot suspect was in critical condition.

Police are searching for the other two alleged intruders who fled the scene, WVLA reported. k-9 units lost the scent.

Investigators told WAFB they believe the two at-large suspects were picked up by another car and left the area, but authorities know who they are.

The female driver of a suspected getaway car was detained and questioned, WAFB reported, adding that she wasn’t aware of the situation and wasn’t charged.

Guess who lives across the street from the crime scene?

Central Police Chief James Salsbury resides across the street from the scene of the crime, WAFB reported, adding that he heard the gunshots, grabbed his own gun and ran to the house to confront the suspects.

“One of the suspects had a white bandana on his face, walked around the corner of the house, had a gun in his hand, and actually pointed it toward the police chief, but immediately turned and ran,” Sheriff Sid Gautreaux told WAFB.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Kerry Is The Loser Secretary Of State

Secretary of State Report Card is in! Guess Who’s Last on the List?

February 7, 2015 By Bill Chandler

CLUE: His James Taylor/Paris appeasement faux paux seems to have taken the cake!

Poll: Universities named John Kerry ‘Least Effective’ Secretary of State in 50 Years

John Kerry has been named by American academics as the least effective secretary of state in the past 50 years, a new survey finds.

The survey, conducted by Foreign Policy Magazine, polled professors at the top 25 foreign policy universities across the country.

Kerry, and President Barack Obama’s foreign policy have come under fire from critics.

Arizona Senator John McCain, for example, attacked Kerry’s efforts to “force through a peace agreement” with the Palestinian Authority on Israel, calling him a “human wrecking ball” last November.

Other foreign policy-related issues which have been criticized include the Administration’s handling of the crisis in Russia, as well as a deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan which saw the group release Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban terrorists.

Here is the list:

Henry Kissinger (Richard Nixon & Gerald Ford)- 32.21 percent

James Baker (Ronald Reagan) – 17.71 percent

Madeleine Albright (Bill Clinton) – 1.53 percent

Hillary Clinton(Barack Obama) – 8.70 percent

Gorrge Shultz (Ronald Reagan)- 5.65 percent

Dean Rusk (Kennedy-Johnson) – 3.51 percent

Warren Christopher (Bill Clinton) – 1.53 percent

Cyrus Vance (Jimmy Carter) – 1.53 percent

Colin Powell (George W. Bush) – 1.07 percent

Condoleezza Rice (George W. Bush) – 0.46 percent

Lawrence Eagleburger (George H. W. Bush) – 0.31 percent

John Kerry (Barack Obama) – got 2 votes out of 660!

don’t know – 18.32 percent

Look Who’s Last! Are You Surprised?

Friday, December 21, 2012

Late Senator Inouye--Last Friend of Israel?

In a previous posting (America's Decline Defined), we posited that the US problems come from a lack of support of Israel by our Presidents and State Department. In the following article, we will learn more about the issue. The Late Senator Inouye, even though he spent 9 terms in the Senate, was a supporter of Israel and had he not been there, the decline of the US might have been even more steep.

Conservative Tom

A second thank you to a great American and great friend of the Jews – Senator Daniel Inouye

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By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought”
“Israel Hayom”, December 20, 2012
http://israel-commentary.org/?p=5485
The late Senator Daniel Inouye, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and President Pro Tempore (third in the line of succession to the presidency) was the most effective architect-ever of mutually beneficial US-Israel strategic cooperation. He was a tenacious defender of the US Constitution and the role of the legislature as a co-determining, co-equal branch of government; a humble American patriot and a realist who rejected wishful-thinking in the interest of advancing US national security.
In 1990, while most foreign policy and national security mavens were under the spell of the “Peace Dividends” mirage – following the dismantling of the USSR – Senator Inouye, then the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense alarmed Capitol Hill about the smothering Iraqi and Iranian “sandstorms,” threatening US economic and national security interests.
Thus, while lowering the US military profile in the post-Cold War Europe, Senator Inouye initiated a series of amendments, leveraging Israel’s unique capabilities, enhancing the win-win US-Israel cooperation in the face of mutual challenges in the Middle East and beyond (e.g., counter- terrorism, missile defense, military intelligence, battle tactics, industrial research and development).
Inouye initiated a significant transfer of US military systems from pacified Europe to Israel, due to Israel’s geographic location, which is most critical to vital US economic and national security interests. This enhanced the US-Israel posture of deterrence in the Middle East, reassuring pro-US Arab allies such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and deterring anti-US rogue regimes such as Libya, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Inouye was, also, responsible for expanding pre-positioned ammunition and medical supplies, in Israel, for American use during Middle East emergencies.
Inouye’s amendments were signed into law, in defiance of President Bush and Secretary Baker, who were on the verge of cutting off their noses to spite their faces, by holding the win-win bilateral cooperation initiatives hostage to their opposition to Israel’s settlements policy.
For example, Bush and Baker opposed Inouye’s amendment to upgrade the facilities of the Israeli ports of Haifa and Ashdod in the crucial eastern flank of the Mediterranean, for the benefit of the Sixth Fleet. During one of the exchanges with the Secretary of the Navy, Senator Inouye stated: “Under the US Constitution, Congress possesses the oversight authority, and as the Chairman of the Defense Subcommittee I’ve concluded that the Sixth Fleet would benefit from the upgrade.” The port of Haifa was upgraded and became the most favorite port for Sixth Fleet repairs, maintenance, training and recreation.
Upon learning that Secretary Baker did not implement an amendment, which stipulated an expansion of US-Israel counter-terrorism cooperation, Inouye sent a letter threatening to “fence” part of the counter-terrorism budget. Implementation was underway by the following day!
AIPAC officials were concerned about the Bush/Baker opposition to the Inouye amendments. They suggested that “the legislative pipe may not bear such a huge traffic.” Inouye quipped back: “I am the Chairman and I know that the pipe can bear such traffic.”
Inouye was aware – more than most legislators and observers of Congress – that the US Constitution provides Congress with the power to both directly shape foreign and national security policy, and to constrain presidential actions. (Unfortunately the current Congress has lost sight of this Constitutional power and Obama runs wild)
In 2001, Inouye briefed Dr Uzi Landau, then Israel’s Minister for Homeland Security, on Israel’s unique contributions to the national security of the US, Inouye: “The scope of intelligence received by the US, from Israel, exceeds the scope of intelligence received from all NATO countries combined.” He then contended that the Soviet military hardware (e.g., the P-12 Soviet radar, the Mig-21 and Mig-23 Soviet fighter aircrafts) – captured by Israel and transferred to the US – tilted the global balance of power in favor of the USA and amounted to a mega-billion dollar bonus to the US defense industries.
Jointly with Senator Bob Kasten (WI-R) – who co-led each of the above amendments and in defiance of Bush/Baker – Inouye introduced the 1992 legislation to extend $10BN loan guarantees to Israel, and the 1987 legislation to allow Israel to refinance its exceptionally high-interest loans, which saved Israel some $2BN over 20 years.
In 1993, Inouye expressed his concern about the potentially devastating consequences of the Oslo Accord. He participated in the White House ceremony because “I could not disappoint my good friend, Prime Minister Rabin.” Once again, Inouye demonstrated his ability to vanquish wishful-thinking, in defiance of political and social pressure.
During our last personal meeting, at his office, Inouye asked: “Are you aware of Daniel Inouye-like legislators, who will carry the torch when I am gone?!” In the words of Bruce Springsteen, “When they built you, brother Daniel, they turned dust into gold; when they built you, brother Daniel, they broke the mold!”
Shabbat Shalom and have a pleasant weekend,