This is absolutely unbelievable.  No matter how skeptical one becomes about this administration, things turn out to be worse than we could imagine. Now the CDC has “quietly” released posters on its website warning that Ebola can be spread by a sneeze:

http://nypost.com/2014/10/29/cdc-admits-droplets-from-a-sneeze-could-spread-ebola/

 “If you are sniffling and sneezing, you produce microorganisms that can get on stuff in a room. If people touch them, they could be” infected, said Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC.

“Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person,” 

Talk about an October surprise. After arrogantly telling us we didn’t understand science and you can’t get Ebola from sitting next to someone on the bus, it turns out you could get it from touching the door handle on the way out.

I strongly suspect that Ebola is a lot harder to catch than this implies and that is the real shame.  If they just told people the truth, things would be a lot calmer.  The only thing we know now is that this administration refuses to tell the truth, about anything.  That means the information regarding Ebola is going to come from a lot of sources, most of them wrong.  The CDC has lost the last shred of credibility.  Obama appointing a spin doctor to be Ebola czar and then doing a photo op in the same room with people who may be at risk makes this even worse.

There are reports that there are only 13 hospital rooms in the entire country are capable of properly handling an Ebola patient.  This is a recipe for disaster. FDR famously said the only thing we need to fear is fear itself.  Unfortunately that is no longer true.  What we need to fear is a totally inept government capable to taking any crisis and through inept mismanagement making things geometrically worse.

Governor’s Cuomo and Christy suddenly look a lot better today, because they at least tried to deal with this responsibly.  The doctor who traveled all over New York even after he had symptoms was incredibly irresponsible.  So is the nurse  defying any attempt to quarantine her because she arrogantly believes her medical expertise will protect the world from Ebola.

We are paying a terrible price for promoting junk science.  For years we have been inundated with proof of global warming when behind the scenes real scientists were warning us that this was a big fraud.  The global warming hysteria only cost tax payers billions of dollars and devastated our economy.  The damage from pretending Ebola is under control is incalculable.

TDM

It is really hard to like Van Jones.  He is that rare breed of individual too radical even for the Obama administration.  Public pressure forced him to resign as a White House advisor in September 2009.  That is why it was so stunning to hear him tell the truth about Sarah Palin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7lW8gIN3OI

Van Jones admitted that Democrats realized that Sarah Palin was actually very smart and they considered her to be a real threat.

“Sarah Palin …people forget.  She had the Democratic party shaking in our boots in 2008.  She came out, she gave that speech at the convention.  That was, hands down, one of the bust convention speeches – not by a woman, by anybody in 2008.  People were running for the hills.”

When Dana Loesh pointed out that the narrative by Democrats in 2008 was that Palin was too dumb to be considered for office, Van Jones said the following:

“Now it can be told!  Now it can be told! We were scared.”

The main stream media owes a huge apology, not just to Sarah Palin, to the entire country.  At the same time they were ignoring Barack Obama painfully thin resume, they participated in the irresponsible personal assault on Sarah Palin. The news media descended on Wasilla, Alaska pouring over Sarah Palin’s library card records. They couldn’t find anyone available to investigate Barack Obama..Saturday Night Live (“SNL”) ran a steady skit featuring a Sarah Palin clone who was ridiculed as a stupid, out of touch, female.  Imagine if SNL had run a skit with a black candidate and portrayed him as too stupid to run for office. No one dared hint that Obama wasn’t up to the job, because they feared being charged with racism. Yet they showed zero restraint with regard to the unrelenting sexist attacks on Sarah Palin.

The Democratic narrative on Sarah Palin was utter nonsense then just as it is utter nonsense now.  This continues to this day. Just recently the main stream media hyperventilated over a meaningless physical altercation involving some members of the Palin family, but not involving Sarah Palin.  But they didn’t notice that Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, had to resign from the Navy because of a cocaine habit.

This is soldi proof that Democrats were lying about Sarah Palin because they were terrified that people would listen to her.  Democrats will say and do anything to get elected.  They will destroy anyone or anything that stands in the way of power.

This video should be forwarded to all your liberal friends with the following comment:

Liberal Democrats handled you a pile of pure crap and you all bought it hook, line and sinker.”  “You must be really proud!”

TDM

The following article in the NYT is very revealing.  It is interesting to note the panic among Democratic candidates.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/opinion/alison-lundergan-grimes-kay-hagan-and-other-candidates-avoid-obama.html?_r=0

The NYT is stunned to learn that none of the Democratic candidates are not running for re-election promoting the success of the stimulus package:

Few voters know that the 2009 stimulus bill contributed heavily to the nation’s economic recovery, saving and creating 2.5 million jobs. Not a word of it is spoken on the campaign trail, where little credit is also given to the White House for months of promising economic news.

Few voters know this because it is absurd to pretend our economy is doing well. We have a record low number of people with jobs and changing the way we count unemployment is not a substitute for an actual paycheck.

The NYT is also shocked to learn that few candidates are not running on the success of ObamaCare:

Similarly, the Affordable Care Act, one of the most far-reaching and beneficial laws to have been passed by Congress in years, gets little respect even among the Democratic candidates who voted for it. Though none support the Republican position of repeal, most talk about the need to “fix” the health law, as if it were a wreck alongside the road rather than a vehicle providing millions of people with health coverage.

The reason Democrats are talking about a need to fix the health care law is that it actually is a wreck along the road.  One has to wonder how bad it would have to get before the NYT noticed.  If the NYT considers this to be success it is frightening to imagine failure.

This is proof positive that the main stream liberal media is not just biased, it is delusional.  This opinion was written by the NYT editorial board.  How much more out of touch can you get?  No wonder these people believe in global warming.  I am surprised they don’t believe the Easter Bunny is some reincarnated Deity.

It sure looks like Democrats running for election are finally waking up to reality. One suspects that their constituents are sending this message loud and clear. We are two weeks away from fundamental change in this country.  Even if Democrats miraculously stay in power, there will still be major changes. If Republicans win they will consider this election to be a mandate for action.  But even if they don’t, surviving Democrats are unlikely to rush back onto the Obama bandwagon.  Those who survive will know that this happened in spite of Obama, not because of him.  The NYT may not realize that, or more likely may not want to believe that but change is on the way.

TDM

According to Fox News, if the election was held today, and the current polls are accurate, then Republicans would win control of the Senate by a healthy margin.  Republicans would end up with 53 seats and Democrats would end up with 47 seats.  What is shocking is that it is possible that Republicans will do even better than that.  For example if Republicans were to pick up three more seats, which is certainly possible, they would end up with 56 seats and Democrats would have 44 seats.  That result would be considered a mandate by both parties for significant change.  Some of those conservative Democrats might just join with Republicans at least with regard to important issues.  Currently no Senate Democrat in his right mind would cross swords with Harry Reid.  But if Republicans take control of the Senate, Harry Reid will be reduced to a loud noise in the background.  That will not only impact Republicans, it will impact Democrats.  The significance of Republicans taking back control of the Senate cannot be overstated.

At the same time Senate Democrats are desperately trying to distance themselves from Obama, he is making the election all about him.  Just recently Obama said that those Democrats trying to avoid him are secretly supporting his policies.

Maybe Obama thought that only the five remaining devoted followers would hear what he said to Al Sharpton:

http://hotair.com/archives/2014/10/20/obama-hey-all-these-red-state-democrats-running-away-from-me-are-strong-supporters-who-vote-with-me/

“Well, look, here’s the bottom line, we’ve got a tough map.  A lot of states that are contested this time are states that I didn’t win.  And so some of the candidates there, you know, it is difficult for them to have me in the state because the Republicans will use that to try to fan Republican turn-out.  The bottom line is, though, that these are all folks who vote with me.  They have supported my agenda in Congress. “…So, this isn’t about my feelings being hurt.  These are folks who are strong allies and supporters of me.”

Perhaps Obama secretly thinks he is still wildly popular. When you consider the other issues where he is oblivious to the obvious this is entirely possible.  Regardless of why he said it, it is the gift that keeps on giving.  By all accounts Obama is absolutely toxic in this election and he just gave Republicans the ultimate campaign video clip.  That sound you hear is Democratic strategists all over the country throwing up.  If Democrats get pummeled across the board on November 4^th they will blame Obama.

I guess when you think about it, why would any expect Obama to do better at fighting Democrats than he has done fighting ISIS?

TDM

BROMIDROPHOBIA = Fear of “BO”

Just two years ago Democrats thought they were on their way to eliminating the Republican Party.  Who could blame them?  They had just succeeded in re-electing the most radical, naïve and incompetent person to ever run for President of the United States.  Getting him elected the first time was an accomplishment.  Getting him re-elected caused Democrats to believe they could elect anyone, anywhere, anytime, regardless of circumstances and with zero regard to qualifications.  What could possibly go wrong?

All of the opinion polls show that Americans are equally upset with Republicans and Democrats in congress.  But the reason for that constempt is very different.  The consistent theme here is that both parties are sick and tired of congress, but for the exact opposite reasons.  Democrats are angry because congress has stood by while Obama  mucked things up to a fair thee well and they fear the gravy train running off the rails.  Republicans are angry because congress has been either unwilling or unable to stop Obama from trashing the constitution and shoving idiot programs down our collective throats.

The reason this election may be a real wave election is that both parties are exhibiting symptom of the same thing; “bromidrophobia” or fear of “BO.”  With Democrats the primary symptom is the rapid onset of amnesia where Obama’ strongest supporters can’t remember voting for him.  With Republicans it is the sudden growth of a spine and promises of the resolve necessary to stop Obama.  They are both lying.

The question is whether Democrats will be able to generate enthusiastic voter turnout from people who are depressed, tired, disillusioned and skeptical that Obama is capable of doing anything right under any circumstances.  Or will Republicans energize voters who believe everything we stand for is on the line and this may be our last chance to save the country.

Perhaps I am wrong, but I suspect that Republicans are prepared to crawl two miles on broken glass just to get within the shadow of an election box. Republicans are disgusted with Republicans in congress, but they fear Democrats in congress. I think that Democrats will stay home, because while they don’t like Republicans or Republican parties they flat out don’t trust Obama.

TDM

Just when you thought the Ebola crisis couldn’t get worse, it got worse.  It turns out that a lab surpvisor from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, who apparently worked on the blood on the Ebola victim, decided this was a great time for a cruise:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-scare-creates-utter-panic-caribbean-cruise-ship/story?id=26276019

Imagine this October surprise.  You are on a cruise ship.  Suddenly there is announcement saying “that someone who worked in the lab who handled the person in Dallas’s blood was on the ship.”  Then you learn that the cruise ship has placed her in isolation, but don’t worry because there’s no risk. And by the way, the ship is headed back to Texas, because no other port will let you dock.

The following article includes an eye witness account of life on board that ship:

Though the cruise line has not released the name of the passenger or her location, the Malones fear that her room may be on their floor because when Jeremy walked outside his room this morning, he saw a group of 30 to 40 workers gathered with buckets of what looked like cleaning chemicals.

“Some of them had masks on,” Jon Malone said.

“They had a pink liquid in clear spray bottles and they had little wagons that had grey containers – like mop buckets – filled with chemicals,” he said. “They’re cleaning elevators. I’ve seen people with pink liquid cleaning the bar area and the handrails.”

How about that seafood buffet?

John Kerry, who hasn’t noticed the Marine imprisoned in Mexico for making the wrong turn lept into action on this one.  Kerry called the Belizean Prime Minister and begged him to allow the ship to dock so the passenger to be evacuated. He was turned down.  Then he tried to arrange for a helicopter evacuation to a medevac plane but that was turned down too. It turns out the Belizean Prime Minister is not about to take advice from John Kerry.

This is insane.  Obama is wondering if he needs to consider a travel ban for people traveling to and from West Africa.  It is far too late for that.  If anything, we are likely to see a travel ban for anyone traveling to or from the United States.

We already know that the CDC let someone who now has Ebola travel on a Frontier Airlines flight, even after she reported having a fever. We also know that Obama starred in a video for people in West Africa saying that you can’t get Ebola from sitting next to someone on a bus.  He missed the part where the CDC said if you have Ebola symptom don’t take public transportation because you might expose others to the disease.  Impressive!

So what could make this worse?  Easy, appoint an Ebola czar and have him report to both Susan Rice and Lisa Monaco.  Susan Rice is the person famous for spouting utter nonsense on all the Sunday talk shows following Benghazi.  Lisa Monaco is the Homeland Security Advisor who inspired people to call for an Ebola czar in the first place.  Then pick someone who was Chief of Staff for both Al Gore and Joe Biden, possibly the only two people in the country less qualified to be President than Barack Obama.  Oh, by the way, he had a key role in approving the $535 million loan to Solyndra. I think the real problem here is that anyone acceptable to Obama is extremely unlikely to be qualified for the position. It is increasingly difficult to be optimistic about this.

The good news is that the U.S. health care community will just ignore these clowns and do the necessary themselves. They are not about to rely solely on the CDC to deal with this and that is very good news.  They will review the CDC guidelines, but they will also apply something totally missing in Washington, D.C., logic and common sense.  In addition, we are going to see other people step in to the gap with some common sense recommendations to greatly reduce the risk. Following is an example of exactly that:

Good advice.  This is why Ebola is unlikely to be an umitigated disaster.  Yes, the Obama administration has botched this big time and they will botch it even more in the future.  But we are not totally dependent on the Federal Government. In spite of the best efforts of the Obama administration, we will figure out a way to handle this.

That does not mean there won’t be a lot of problems.  There is always the usual core group of idiots.  Like the guy with the clip board standing next to someone in a hazmat suit taking notes to make sure they were doing it right. But ultimately common sense will prevail in spite of the best efforts of the Obama administration to turn crisis into catastrophe.

TDM

It is now clear that Democrats suffer from chronic amnesia.  This strikes without warning whenever the truth would cause political problems.  This was observed in 2006 when Democrats forgot they had supported the decision to attack Iraq.  Hillary forgot that she was the one that said there was no doubt about WMD in Iraq.  John Kerry forgot that he said he had known about the WMD in Iraq for years.

More recently, Hillary developed amnesia about Benghazi.  Based on the collapse of our foreign policy I wouldn’t be surprised if she has difficulty remembering that she was once Secretary of State.   President Obama suffers from chronic amnesia with regard to a wide range of subjects. This is so pronounced that when Obama does remember something it comes as a complete surprise. Eric Holder can’t remember not remembering.

There were prior incidents.  Hillary had difficulty remembering key details about Waterwater and the White House Post Office scandal.  Fortunately for her, the Special Prosecutor decided that although it was clear that Hillary wasn’t telling the truth about the White House Post Office scandal, it didn’t rise to the level of perjury. One must assume that he considered this to be early onset of amnesia.

John Kerry also had previous episodes of amnesia.  For example Kerry said the memory of President Richard Nixon ordering his swift boat into Cambodia during Christmas 1968 was seared in his memory.  The problem was that Kerry was never actually in Cambodia and Nixon wasn’t President in 1968.

This may be a genetic defect, at least with regard to Hillary.  That is because apparently her mother remembered naming Hillary after Edmund Hillary after he climbed Mt. Everest.  It was an amazing accomplishment, since Hillary was born in 1947 and Edmund Hillary didn’t climb Mt. Everest until 1953. This means that either Hillary was lying, her mother was lying to her, or her mother also suffered from amnesia.

Now we have a whole rash of Democrats coming down with amnesia.  They don’t remember supporting Obama Care. They don’t remember supporting other Obama policies either.  Recently the amnesia became so severe that they can’t remember voting for Obama. It won’t be long before they can’t even remember being Democrats.

Wait, that has already happened. The Democrat running for Senate in Kansas starting tanking in the polls, so he quit. Greg Orman forgot he was a Democrat and became an independent. He can’t remember supporting all those other Democrats. He also can’t remember which party caucus he will join.  My prediction is that if Republicans win control of the Senate, Orman will remember he was a Republican.

Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor forgot he supported gay marriage until a gay man told him his wealthy partner was considering donating to his campaign. Pryor suddenly remembered he was secretly in favor of gay marriage. Then a video of this surfaced , which caused problems because the people in Arkansas aren’t that thrilled about gay marriage.  Now Pryor can’t remember remembering.

I am sure there are more examples, but I am so confused by the CDC bulletins regarding Ebola that I can’t remember.

TDM

In 1997 the Atlanta Braves were involved in a playoff with the Florida Marlins.  The pitcher for the Marlins was Livan Hernandez.  The home plate umpire was Eric Gregg.  It became obvious that Livan Hernandez could throw the ball six inches outside and Gregg would still call it a strike.  Hernandez struck out 15 batters.  Attached is a video where you can see this for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR3eK5gCChM

History shows us that this may not have been favoritism by Gregg.  He was also the home plate umpire during other games when other pitchers got near miraculous results. But regardless of the reason, the results were devastating for the Atlanta Braves.

The main stream media gave Barack Obama much more than the benefit of the doubt.  They pulled an “Eric Gregg.“ Anyone who dared challenge Barack Obama about anything was charged with racism.  Bill Clinton knew that Obama wasn’t remotely qualified to be President.  But when he told the truth and said this was a “joke” the main stream media screamed racism.  Clinton never dared question Obama’s qualifications again.

Eric Greg may have given Livan Hernandez a really wide strike zone, but he didn’t make Livan Hernandez a better pitcher.  When Hernandez had to throw the ball over the plate like every other pitcher, he got results similar to other pitchers.  The main stream media may have given Obama a free ride, but they didn’t make him qualified to be President.  This would actually be funny, if it were a script for a silly Hollywood movie.  But this is no movie.  This man is now the President of the United States, things are spiraling out of control and no one thinks Obama is up to the job.

It started with all the lies.  Anyone who was paying attention knew these were lies, but the main stream media couldn’t bring themselves to believe that.  Obama lied about everything.  He lied about William Ayers.  He lied about Reverend Wright.  He lied about his father.  He even lied about his own mother’s health insurance.  A five minute investigation would have destroyed his credibility on a number of subjects.  But there was no investigation.  Obama could say anything, no matter how absurd and it was called a strike.

Now the main stream media is shocked to discover that Obama lies about everything.  That is what shocks them so much about this latest Secret Service scandal.  Obama didn’t even need to lie about this.  But this administration is so used to lying that it never considered just telling the truth.

The main stream media no longer believes this President or anyone in his administration.  The question is:  “why did you ever believe him?”

TDM

Have you noticed something lately?  People close to this administration are turning on it. Something is definitely happening here. The most recent example was Leon Panetta who absolutely ripped Obama with regard to his decision to leave no troops in Iraq. We have now reached the point where the stench of incompetence and defeat is overpowering.  The following quote from John Kennedy is appropriate:

 “Victory has a thousand fathers, But defeat is an orphan.”

Not defeat in just one area, defeat in every possible way on every possible issue.  They have run out of lies or at least out of believable lies. For example once again the unemployment rate dropped miraculously below 6% just before the election.  But this time the media just yawned, probably because we have more people not working than at any time in the last 36 years.

Few, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, believe this President any more.  There is a residual group of Kool-Aid drinking habitually uninformed Democratic voters still on board, but not enough.  The latest Fox News poll shows devastating changes in key demographics:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/09/11/fox-news-poll-gop-has-advantage-in-upcoming-midterm-election/

Obama is losing ground among women, blacks and Hispanics.  Just a few years ago many conservatives thought that Republicans would never win another national election because of changing demographics.  That was based on the assumption that Democrats would continue to automatically get a majority of women, an overwhelming majority of blacks and a huge majority of Hispanics.  Thanks to this administration, Democrats have lost significant support in each of these groups.

If this poll is accurate we are going to see a 2014 wave election of tsunami proportions.  When you add in Democratic apathy and Republican enthusiasm it gets even worse.  Now we have an Ebola epidemic and few trust this administration to handle this crisis.  If you can’t remember to lock the front door to the White House it is hard to have faith in your ability to protect anyone.

Only one person could make this worse for Democrats and that is President Barack Obama. He said that even though he is not on the ballot, this election is all about him. That sound you heard was Democrats running tough re-election fights throwing up all over the country.

Piers Morgan who is wrong about most things may be right in saying that when Obama threw the intelligence community under the bus he reached a tipping point. He now has as many enemies within his administration as he has on the outside. We may see an avalanche of people in the know dumping on Obama.  They are not just deserting the ship.  They are shooting at it on the way out.

TDM

The real problem with this administration is that they live in a fantasy world viewed through the blurred filter of political correctness.  The fiasco at the Secret Service has exposed this in graphic detail.  The following article in the Washington Post reveals the quality of the leadership in this administration:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pierson-failed-to-provide-fresh-start-for-secret-service-that-administration-wanted/2014/10/01/51a642a2-49a8-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html

Assuming the following quote is accurate, it sure looks like political correctness is the root cause of our problems:

 “We need to be more like Disney World. We need to be more friendly, inviting.”

Political correctness sees a world wrapped in fantasy.  Obviously not every senior official in the Obama administration was a costumed character at Disneyland, but they all live in a fantasy world.  They are remarkably incapable of seeing the real world.  For example, Obama cannot bring himself to believe that there is a causal relationship between Islam and Islamic terrorists.  Instead Obama really believes that Islam is a religion of peace and that it a wild coincidence that so many people believe that Islam requires them to carry out jihad.

This is the same reasoning used to justify taking guns away from law abiding citizens to reduce gun violence.  It is the same reasoning that believes we need more schools and fewer prisons.  They do not understand the bitter reality of the world.  If good guys do not restrain bad guys, bad guys NEVER restrain themselves.  That is why in most civilized societies the first thing you build in a prison, the second thing you build is a church and then you can start thinking about building schools.

This is why a man with a knife was allowed to run across the White House lawn, overpower a female guard and then run loose until a male, off-duty, secret service agent tackled him.  The focus was not on protecting the White House and protecting the President.  The focus was on looking good in the process.  We are very fortunate that this gross negligence wasn’t discovered doing the follow-up to an assassination.  We are also fortunate that no one killed Benjamin Netanyahu because the Secret Service was worried about traffic flow.

We are relying on people incapable of even recognizing reality to protect us against imminent threats to national security.  How can we expect them to make good decisions? Josh Ernest recently said that the administration is going to protect the country from EBOLA by teaching our border patrol to look for symptoms.  He missed the part where people are flooding into our borders without exactly checking in with the border patrol.

The question is which is worse; the fact that people might be stupid enough to buy this, or the distinct possibility that the people responsible for national security are that stupid?  After reading this article, the answer seems pretty obvious.

TDM