Do Liberals Have Security Tourette Syndrome?

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics. The disorder is named for Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the pioneering French neurologist who in 1885 first described the condition in an 86-year-old French noblewoman. ...Tics are classified as either simple or complex. ...Perhaps the most dramatic and disabling tics include motor movements that result in self-harm such as punching oneself in the face or vocal tics including coprolalia (uttering socially inappropriate words such as swearing). - National Institutes of Health

When it comes to operational security, I can't help but wonder if  liberals have a form of Tourette Syndrome. I am reminded again of the damage liberal Democrats have done by today's newspaper reports that the Pakistani doctor who help the US locate Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping the CIA. You may remember that it was the Obama administration's public "end zone dance and locker room interviews" that helped identify Dr. Shakil Afridi. Liberals need to learn to keep information regarding methods and sources to themselves. If you recall, shortly after the Bin Laden raid, 25 members of SEAL Team Six were killed when their helo was shot down during a similar mission. The bad guys DO learn from our "loose lips." 

Other liberal security "give aways" were the NSA's warrantless intercepts of phone calls to known terrorist, our ability to track terrorist cellphone calls, and revealing that if Israel is going to attack Iranian nuclear sites, it would have to happen in the next couple of months. All of these incidents resulted in grave damage to our ability to combat terrorism.

Then there was the recent revelation by a high-level US intelligence official (read intel agency or Obama administration official) of the double agent that penetrated al Qaeda and helped thwart the latest underwear bombing attempt. Forgetting for a moment that the credit grab by the US was entirely un-deserved, it completely compromised the agent, placed his family in danger, revealed critical information about our counter-terrorism capabilities and made the possibility of future cooperation by foreign agents and governments unlikely. Who would trust us?  

So liberals need to seek professional help for their Tourettes. In the meantime, I wish their TS would manifest itself in "self-harm such as punching oneself in the face..." rather than vocalizing national secrets that harm our security.

Obama's John Kerry Moment and Then Some

Amidst all the liberal media's fawning over Barack Obama's "historic" announcement that he is now in favor of same-sex marriage, I couldn't help but remember the words of Senator John Kerry during his 2004 presidential bid, "I actually voted for the war before I voted against it." President Obama went one better: He was actually for same-sex marriage, before he was against it, before he was for it.

For Kerry, his poor choice of words notwithstanding, there were actually extenuating circumstances behind the flip-flop. In President Obama's case, it is clearly more of a matter of political expediency than core belief. This of course will be overlooked by Obama's liberal base, won't do anything to help him with moderates and will motivate conservatives even more to turn out on election day. Time will ultimately tell if this will have the same effect on Obama in 2012 as it did for Kerry in 2004.

Forward: What's Old is New

The new slogan for President Obama's 2012 presidential campaign, "Forward", is pretty revealing. The word "forward" has long been associated with communism and socialism. Given the president's apparent philosophy and his administration's previous tone deafness and history of gaffs, it is just as easy to believe that the choice was made in an information vacuum or it actually reflects the true ideology of Barack Obama. However, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the president's campaign staff didn't do even a Google search of the word "forward" which would have enlightened them as to the history of the word's association with communism and socialism. Remember this is the administration that gave Queen Elizabeth a set of CDs in a format that isn't usable in the UK, gave the Dalai Lama cuff links (if you don't get this, find a picture of the Dalai Lama), announced the cancellation of the plan to deploy anti-ballistic missiles in Poland on the anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 which was an opening step to World War II and the list goes on. One must also consider the fact that Mr. Obama named Van Jones, a self-proclaimed communist, as his Green Energy Czar, the White House Christmas tree had an ornament that pictured Chairman Mao, and numerous other statements made by Obama associates, such as Anita Dunn's expression of admiration for Mao Zedong. Then there is the non-stop class warfare language used by Mr. Obama and his advisors. What you believe is up to you but either explanation is pretty alarming.