And not just regarding journalism. The Left has strongly approved of Obama ignoring Constitutional limits on his power. Only when liberal journalists find themselves in the crosshairs does the tune change. Funny, that.

Don’t worry, mike; again, we know you won’t answer. You aren’t mentally or morally capable of admitting that your Barack Obama, your Barack Obama Party, and your unionized Federal workforce that overwhelmingly discriminates against and harasses conservatives did anything wrong.

The USA needs a strong 4th estate to keep the sunlight on government actions. Hopefully congress can pass a shield law to give protections to journalists and ensure they can continue to dig into the government actions.

Comment by mike — May 24, 2013 @ 12:51 am – May 24, 2013

Because, of course, a “shield law” will be observed by Barack Obama, when none of the other EXISTING laws to this effect were.

Don’t worry, mike, we know you won’t reply. Like V the K put it, you’re Mugabe’s bootlicker, mentally and morally incapable of holding your Obama to the same standards you demand of others.

Sit back and watch the numbers of those involved in the Boy Scouts to decline dramatically over the coming years.

More likely the reverse.

The “no gays allowed” rule has been a major reason behind the already dramatic decline in membership in the BSA as many Mainline Protestant Churches and public schools closed-down the Scout troops in protest or refuse to be complicit. And the BSA lost billions in donations of cash and in-kind corporate donations due to their newly-exclusionary practices over the last 20-years. Most of corporate America—especially publically traded corporations— will not touch the BSA any more. By comparison, when I was in the BSA in the 60s and 70s, we did a lot of activities with the Delaware Delmarva Council through my father’s business connections even though we were in NJ. In those days DuPont Chemical, Hercules and the other Wilmington-based corporations covered most of the operating expenses of the entire Council and their summer camps gratis. The DuPont family also contributed both facilities and substantial cash. Now all that support is gone. Now the individual Scouts’ families have to pay hugely-increased fees to attend camp.

Here in my own town, all three Protestant churches closed-down their troops a decade ago, and only the RC Church’s troop struggles for members.

By politicizing the BSA, they have transformed it into an “exclusionary organization” that is no longer welcome or tolerated in places that were it’s traditional homes…and alienated many of it’s traditional supporters. Now a business-owner thinks twice before openly giving support or money to the BSA for fear of offending someone.

When I was in Scouting the reverse was true, to NOT SUPPORT the Boy Scouts was seen as unpatriotic, un-American and suspect.

I believe the numbers are that current BSA membership is 1/10th that of when I was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

As a Cub Scout up through Boy Scouts to Asst Scoutmaster while in college, and as someone’s who’s family was involved in Scouting for over 50 continuous-years from the 1930s through the 80s, it’s shameful what the “novel” introduction of institutional homophobia has done to a once proud and useful organization. It has no place in traditional Scouting and I’m glad to see it at-least partially repealed.

“Today, the president gave one of those speeches — an Obama speech. One of those signature speeches by this person at this moment in history that somehow rise up out of normal politics and address a taboo with an uncommon level of frankness and clarity and nuance.” — MSNBC’s Christopher Hayes

“Today’s speech was an important historic moment. It was a speech worthy of a man who has won the Nobel Peace Prize.” – MSNBC’s Al Sharpton

“This is a big historic speech. This is a turning point for the way America talks about its role in the world.” – MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow

“It was, I believe, the kind of presidential leadership many of us applaud. It probably helps I agree with everything the president said today.” – MSNBC’s Chris Matthews

So… it’s just a COINCIDENCE… that the tactics of the Obama campaign precisely mirror the policies of the IRS after Obama became president?

Up next, “It’s time to move on and let the president get back to doing his important work for the American people.”

They see homosexuality as immoral. Period. No other explanation needed.

OK, since “no other explanation is needed” I will proceed to offer one. (Funny about how throwing down the glove makes others get really feisty.)

The scouts have not heard from God that homosexuality is completely moral. That is because homosexuals who need God’s approval have not been able to reach Him and get the appropriate documents of moral neutrality or, better, moral encouragement. (Something like “And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein” – but, different.)

On the other hand, if the scouts would dump all the God stuff (“To do my duty to God”) and just substitute mother earth, they would be fully free to be wedded to moral relevancy and make the ends justify the means of the moment.

I rather like a scheme of moral relevancy toward loosing up the meaning of: honor, my best, duty, Scout Law, help, at all times, physically strong, mentally awake, morally straight, duty to country, being trustworthy, being loyal, being friendly, being courteous, being kind, being obedient, being cheerful, being thrifty, being brave, being clean and being reverent to mother earth. You can chant the doctrine and do what you want in living up to it. Just a lazy, hazy, crazy night out with the guys with no fouls and no points recorded.

You can twist those suckers into pretzels. Cool. No actual belief system, just words.

But, maybe, just maybe, the scouts have decided to open their ranks to gays on the basis that gay is not gay until sex is involved and dealing with that issue through exclusion is counter to their actual belief system.

However, it does leave the young gay boy with the problem of whether he can take the oath to do his duty to God and and be morally straight as he deals with his adolescent development which includes a discovery of being homosexual and all of its societal and libido driven ramifications.

Frankly, I feel sorry for any gay scout who would have to closet part of who he is becoming in order to go along with others who are becoming like 95% or more of society.

In the city, I can imagine a large enough group to form a gay scout troop where they can control their diversity issues in ways particularly relevant to their perceived needs.

As I look over the century of scouting, I see a group that has largely dwindled in size and importance in the community. I rarely see signs of the scouting organization and when I do, I am surprised they are still going at it.

We don’t have town parades any more. So, the scouts don’t get to march. We don’t have scouts helping people park at the country fair. We don’t have scouts doing projects like planting trees at the park on arbor day. We don’t have scout troops formed out of the congregations of churches all over town. We don’t have scouts wearing their uniforms to school on meeting days.

Our society through its culture has kissed the scouts goodbye and only by the dint of effort among some die hard adults does the scouting programs even exist.

So, I wonder, will the adult gays now infuse scouting with the much needed direction and energy to revitalize it? Or, is all of this just an other step in the death of scouting progression? Has scouting outlived its time and usefulness and all this business over gays in scouting is just a momentary fuss that makes people aware that scouting is not completely dead yet.

Much of the new evidence disclosed Thursday in filings by Zimmerman’s attorneys comes from Martin’s cell phone, including photos showing a semiautomatic pistol and ammunition and small marijuana plants growing in pots.

In other pictures, Martin is pictured making obscene gestures in an apparent self-portrait

Gee, you mean Trayvon Martin wasn’t the innocent little schoolboy gunned down by a trigger-happy racist like the narrative presented by the 4th estate? Gee, which side got *that* story right?

Bonus points: What is Candy Crowley eating and who is feeding her?

I don’t know about that, but I bet when she dresses in black, she looks like a stolen Mercedes.

Rumor has it she once devoured an entire country.

Regards,
Peter H.

Dana Milbank, of all people, wrote an article for WaPo earlier this week, basically saying that not only is the Rosen scandal real, but that the admin has clearly crossed the line in its pursuit of journalists it deems disloyal.

You should see the comments…one big collection of idiots covering their ears and screaming, “LIES, LIES,LIES!!!! Faux News had it coming!”

Almost comical, were it not so fascist.

An analogy to this is when Augusta National let in two women as members earlier this year. As a private organization, if they desire to be men only, that is their prerogative. If they want to be coed, then that is also their right, WITHOUT government influence.

The USA needs a strong 4th estate to keep the sunlight on government actions.

Which of the following has stayed focused and reported, summarized and broken news regularly on Benghazi, the IRS scandal, and Obamacare (you may choose up to three):

MSNBC
CNN
ABC
CBS
NBC
FOXNews
The NYT
The WaPO
The Washington Examiner
NPR
Jon Stewart
Rush Limbaugh

Do you see any sort of a pattern?

Explain how a shield law would have helped the others strengthen their shining the light of the sun on the government.

Bonus points: What is Candy Crowley eating and who is feeding her?

Extra Credit: Write an essay of up to 500 words on whether looking the other way, shading the truth or flat out lying works best as a strategy for a bootlicking journalist in protecting the man he loves.

Meanwhile, MMFA, a clearly partisan group that, like the bootlicker, simply echoes the admistration’s talking points, never has its tax exempt status question.