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However there was an accident on the mover’s truck. A freak fire broke out and all 6 thousand pounds of life long, worldly possessions all perished in the fire…well the majority of it anyway. A few items did survive but not much.

Not the best way to start our new life together as newlyweds to say the very least, it was both tragic, and awful. The first month there my wife, and I, filled out paperwork for our insurance company, Farmers Insurance. They wanted to know everything we owned, a written description of each, and every, item lost. What it’s replacement value was, where we purchased it, etc. It was a nightmare.

I mean really, close your eyes for just a minute…humor me. Now think about everything that you own, then make an itemized list including all the info listed above. Six months after completing this daunting task I would wake up during the middle of the night in cold sweats. I would remember a pair of rattlesnake skin cowboy boots, with sterling silver spurs, that I had neglected to include in my paperwork to the insurance company. This went on for two plus years.

That’s roughly how long it took them to get around to settling our case. We were eventually paid off in three payments during all of that time. We had even purchased a 40 thousand insurance policy with United Van Lines, the moving company that caused all of this. However, those bastards refused to pay us. They had lawyers on retainer, I didn’t. So they could drag the case on forever if they wanted. I consulted three different lawyers that all told me the same thing. That I would eventually win my case but any funds that I won would pretty much all go to the lawyers in fees so, basically, it was not worth my time to pursue it legally.

I couldn’t believe what they were saying, but after hearing it from three separate attorneys I realized that I was screwed with a capitol S.

Thankfully my wife had a homeowner policy that covered some of it. In the end though we didn’t even get enough funds to replace my heavy comic book collection, as I had 39 long boxes, plum full of silver age, to current, wonderful gems. The collection was my life’s pride and joy.

They are totally and completely wrong. Certainly they know that the war was engaged with the full consent and approval of nearly every single Democrat in Congress. Unlike Obama, Bush followed the law and sought and got Congressional approval before attacking Iraq.  Hillary Clinton solidly supported it as did John Kerry, each gave speeches in favor of it and voted for it. When the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007, they could have ended the war at any time, they did not. Now they choose to ignore that Saddam’s Iraq was the functional equivalent of Nazi Germany.

The Democrat legislators voted to attack Iraq. Saddam had ordered ethnic cleansing, he killed thousands of his subjects with poison gas. He invaded neighboring countries. He bragged of his possession of weapons of mass destruction. He ignored repeated UN resolutions to permit examination of his WMD capacity. He used torture and executions as a spectator sport. He attempted an assassination of the President of the United States. Bubba Clinton ordered a military strike against Saddam for that episode. Then the left finally voted to go to war against Saddam. Now the left leaners and Bush bashers ignore the fact of their support and role in beginning the war. They also ignore the fact that the US was supported with a coalition of 60+ nations who all agreed that Saddam must be ousted.

The notion that Obama ended the war is disgustingly false. The governments of the US and the new democracy, Iraq, began negotiating the departure of US troops in early 2008. GWB was President. President Bush signed that agreement with Iraq PM Malaki. That agreement certified that all US troops would be withdrawn from Iraq by December 31, 2011. Obama had no choice but to honor that agreement. Obama played no role in casting the end of the war. He only followed Bush’s agreement.

When the 2008 Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) was signed, it was fully expected that the next US President (Obama) would negotiate an additional SOFA which would call for a limited US military presence in country. Our military presence in Germany, Italy, Japan, and all over the world is the result of such SOFA’s. Obama/Clinton failed or simply refused to negotiate that agreement. We now are seeing the results of that failure in Iraq. Terrorism and Jihadists will now gain treasure and power that they never have had before thanks to Obama/Clinton’s failure!

Newly minted President Obama had a new, free, functioning, conflict free Iraq democracy when he entered office. Now, only 4 ½ years later, Iraq is on the cusp of falling into the hands of the most vicious jihadists on the face of this earth. That spells huge trouble for the US and the rest of the world.

They know all of that, yet they continue to propagandize.

FTR’S RESPONSE: Apparently our left leaning friend who wrote that Cantor and Bratt are “psyco” (the posters spelling, not mine) and “crazy” believes that sort of rhetoric is not rude. I disagree. Apparently the left leaning poster has no knowledge of history because contrary to the posters statement that Cantor and Bratt had gerrymandered their district to ensure that one of them would be elected is not true, no surprise there.  Eric Cantors 7th District of Virginia was redrawn in 1993 long before Cantor was elected to Congress. Or maybe, just maybe, the poster has not a clue as to the meaning or mechanics of “gerrymander.” That’s probable.

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The Obama administration and the Democrats have led our nation into a dreadful minefield full of explosions that seem unending.

Last week, the Obama administration was astonished that AQI’s newest iteration, ISI had seized about a third of Iraq, and was well on its way to conquering Baghdad. ISI of course is AQI. The same AQI that Obama bragged he had defeated. On their march toward Baghdad they have left a trail of beheaded bodies and crucified Christians. Mr. Obama has decided that leaving DC and taking part in a Sioux Indian ceremony is of more import than the explosion of power of AQI and the near certain loss of Iraq to AQI.  Obama tells us he with “think about” his course of action  for a few days. Deer Friends, what happened to leadership?

Obama claims to be surprised at the flood of children illegally crossing our southern border. It is becoming a humanitarian catastrophe. It is a direct result of Obama’s dithering on an immigration policy that would actually close our borders and protect us. Many say that Obama purposefully set in place the situation that would result in the wave of children. Saul Alinsky, Obama’s meme, preached that only from crisis can political gains be won.

Just the other day, the IRS, with a straight face, told Congressional investigators that 5 years of Louis Lerner’s emails had been lost in a computer malfunction. That is yet another Obama admin redux of “The Dog Ate My Homework” excuse. It is painfully unbelievable.  Please recall that the Congressional Committee is looking into the IRS’s unlawful pressuring of political organizations that are critical of Obama. Not all of the 5 years’ worth of email has disappeared, just some of them. That stinks to high heaven. You can be certain that one or more of the “lost” emails will provide a direct link from Lerner to the White House wherein they discuss using the power of the IRS to assault the Tea Party.

It is impossible to believe that there is no back up process in place at the IRS or White House. Back up is a prime priority in any government or business computer system. We know that tampering with evidence is a crime, we know that refusal to comply with a subpoena is a crime, we know that Obama and his administration considers itself above the law. What’s next?