PINOCCHIO LIVES

PINOCCHIO LIVES! ©

by

JC Sullivan

This former Democrat watched the comings and goings of the 2012 Democratic National Convention and I would use the “Shock and Awe” term to describe the sideshows that were created.

The Washington Examiner reported DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) falsely quoted Michael Oren, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. “We know, and I’ve heard no less than Ambassador Michael Oren say this, that what the Republicans are doing is dangerous for Israel.” She added, “They’re undermining Israel’s security by suggesting that the United States and Israel don’t have anything other than a unique and close and special relationship. It undermines Israel’s security to its neighbors in the Arab world and to its enemies. And we need to make sure that the fact that there has never been and will never be daylight between the two parties or the support for Israel that we have in the United States, that that is conveyed to Jewish Americans across this country. That’s our responsibility. It’s the responsibility we’re asking all of you to take on.”

Following the conventioon FOX News asked her about the comment and the fact that Oren denied saying it.  “I didn’t say he said that. And unfortunately, that comment was reported by a conservative newspaper. Not surprising that they would deliberately misquote me.” Unbeknownst to her, the Washington Examiner’s Beltway Confidential blog had posted audio (http://washingtonexaminer.com/dws-attacks-examiner-for-deliberately-misquoting-her-but-heres-the-audio/article/2506980#.UEnyz7JlQY7). She now has the distinction of having earned “4 Pinocchios” by Pinocchio Tracker.

As of this writing I’m still waiting for any other American media outlet with integrity to report the story. Locally, there hasn’t been any mention of it in Cleveland’s Plain Dealer daily newspaper.

Through Sullivan’s Eye it’s perpetuation of “The Big Lie.” 

North Korea and Russia - Is Anybody Else Seeing Through It?

According to news reports, the Obama administration is now thinking about offering North Korea incentives to abandon its nuclear programs. I saw it coming when they ranted and raved about attacking the U.S. Yeah, right. But now it looks as if, with the support of the Obama administration, the bastard son of China might get his own way,

I don't know about you but while growing up, when I tried acting that way, my parents were able to see through my thinly-veiled manipulations. Maybe that's why I can see through North Korea's intentions.

When Obama visited Berlin, Germany during his campaign, he addressed the international crowd there as "we". His supporters weren't Americans but Internationalists. He now would have us believe that Russia has a lot to worry about from the eastern nations of Europe. Huh? Anybody remember Poland's Katyn Forest? The murder of millions of Russian citizens? The starving of Ukraine?

J. Edgar Hoover once called it "The Big Lie". I've lived long enough to see it become a reality.

The officials, who are traveling with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Thailand, told reporters that the package is only in its early stages and will not be offered to North Korea unless and until the allies sign off on it. Pyongyang would also have to first take specific, concrete and "irreversible" steps to begin destroying its arsenal of nuclear weapons.

The aides said that the administration needs to see concrete action. Mere assurances from North Korea that it will take action in the future would not be enough to trigger the presentation of the incentives package, they said.