Attention Drunken Crackhead Parents: No drug shortage this summer. The sale of your food stamps is safe once again!

6/2/2014

Plus your fat asses can stay in bed longer!

Summer program provides free meals for children

Maralis Norwood, 9, gets a cup of applesauce at the Gonzales Community School cafeteria Friday during lunchtime for children participating in Santa Fe Public Schools’ Summer Arts Program. This week, Gonzales and other schools will begin offering free summer meals to children between the ages of 1 to 18, regardless of whether they are public school students. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican

Ramirez Thomas Elementary School Principal Robin Noble has seen the negative aftereffects when children return to school in August after a summer of not eating right. All of her school’s students participate in the free and reduced-price lunch program, which is a federal indicator of poverty. This summer, however, her school also is one of about 20 sites within the city that will offer free meals to students through Santa Fe Public Schools’ Summer Food Service Program.

The program, which starts this week, offers free breakfast and lunch to children between the ages of 1 to 18, even if they do not attend public schools.

“The value of these free lunch programs is huge for our families that are struggling to make ends meet,” Noble said. “During the school year, these kids get free breakfast and lunch at school, so you can imagine that it’s quite an expense to do that for a family that lives paycheck to paycheck, or doesn’t have a paycheck at all.”

The summer program is funded entirely by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered by New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department. CYFD spokesman Henry Varela said the program last year served about 2 million meals at 690 sites statewide, at a cost of about $6.7 million.

Santa Fe Public Schools served more than 1,500 lunches per day and about 700 breakfasts a day last summer, said Betsy Cull, the district’s assistant director of student nutrition.

“The economy is not great for a lot of our parents,” Cull said. “We offer two meals that can help a family that may not be able to purchase that food in their home so their kids remain healthy and nourished.”

The food-relief charitable group Feeding America, using 2012 data, reports that 1 in 6 Americans suffer from “food insecurity,” meaning they don’t have enough food for their families. Feeding America’s most recent data shows that nearly 19 percent of New Mexicans deal with food insecurity. A 2013 Food Research and Action Center report listed New Mexico 21st in hunger ratings for 2012.

Jennifer Ramo, executive director of the Albuquerque-based nonprofit New Mexico Appleseed, which works to end hunger in the state, said many kids who do not have access to school food during the summer tend to eat junk food, which in turn can increase obesity rates.

The national Summer Food Service Program began in the late 1960s, and Cull said this is at least the 12th year Santa Fe Public Schools has participated in it. Many of the school sites where food is offered also have regular summer school or city-sponsored arts and athletics programs occurring at the same time, she said.

At Ramirez Thomas, for instance, about 280 kids are enrolled in various academic summer school programs at the site, and thus can easily partake in the program.

Parents and other adults also may eat at any of the sites, although they must pay $1.40 for breakfast and $3.50 for lunch. Exact change is required, Cull said.

Most of the sites serve breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and all offer lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For a full list of participating sites in Santa Fe, visit www.sfps.info.

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R U Effin' Kiddin' Me?: First ladies' frugal fashion do's and don'ts

6/2/2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sure, living in the White House has its perks. But a clothing allowance is not one of them.

First ladies feel all sorts of pressure to project a fashionable look, and over the decades they've tried a range of cash-saving strategies to pull it off without going broke.

Seven frugal do's and don'ts that first ladies have tried over the years:

1. TROT OUT RETREADS: Even first ladies recycle their clothes. Michelle Obama recently welcomed military moms to a Mother's Day tea wearing the same shirtdress she'd worn to lunch with Katy Perry in 2012. Lady Bird Johnson put her 1965 inaugural gala gown, a white peau de soie dress with a beaded bodice, back in the rotation three times over the next two years.

2. BUY OFF THE RACK: Laura Bush experienced the "ultimate in clothing faux pas" when she selected an $8,500 red lace Oscar de la Renta gown to wear to the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006 without modifying the design. "In the book, that red dress had looked perfect. It vaguely crossed my mind that someone else might see the dress and think exactly the same thing," Mrs. Bush wrote in her memoir, "but what were the odds of that woman wearing it to a White House party?" Pretty good, it turns out. Three other women turned up in the identical gown. They made the best of it by posing for a group photo at a White House reception. Then Mrs. Bush ran upstairs and changed into a navy blue dress from the back of her closet before heading to the Kennedy Center.

3. HUNT FOR BARGAINS: Betty Ford wasn't afraid to economize. She shared clothes with her teenage daughter and used scarves to make the same outfit look different. When she read about low-cost designer Albert Capraro, whose dresses retailed for as little as $70, she asked the New Yorker to bring her some sketches. She ordered spring dresses from him and asked him to make some evening gowns using fabric that President Gerald Ford had brought back from Japan.

4. FIND A BENEFACTOR: When Jacqueline Kennedy caught criticism for wearing pricey French fashions, her father-in-law stepped in to defuse the issue. Joseph Kennedy offered to pay her wardrobe bills, if she used Oleg Cassini, a family friend, as her personal couturier. "Jacqueline Kennedy accepted this offer, a move that was greeted with some astonishment by Seventh Avenue, where Cassini was not regarded as a designer of the first rank and something of a vulgarian as well," author Amanda Mackenzie Stuart wrote in a biography of Diana Vreeland.

5. BORROW STUFF: Nancy Reagan raised eyebrows by borrowing high-priced designer gowns and jewelry as first lady, sometimes without returning them or reporting them on her husband's annual disclosure forms. When it came out that Mrs. Reagan had kept up the practice even after she had pledged to stop, her spokeswoman, Elaine Crispen, acknowledged that Mrs. Reagan "broke her little promise." Mrs. Reagan said later: "I was just trying to help an industry that I could help and I was in the position to help. I didn't see anything wrong with that."

6. RAISE SOME CASH: Mary Todd Lincoln ran up $27,000 in bills for clothes and household items without her husband's knowledge, roughly equivalent to $700,000 in modern times, and then badgered Republican politicians to pay up to "help me out of my embarrassment." Some offered money or loans, but Mrs. Lincoln still came up short, according to historian Carl Anthony at the National First Ladies' Library. "At one point, she even considered selling the manure on the White House lawn as fertilizer to pay the bills," Anthony wrote in his history of first ladies.

7. TRY CREATIVE WRITING: Theodore Roosevelt's wife, Edith, would wear the same dress to multiple events, Anthony says, but vary the descriptions in her press releases. In the days before video and 24/7 media coverage, that made it seem as if she had more clothes than she did.

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Associated Press News Researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed from New York.

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Backdoor Abortion Promo: Teen "BIRTHS" cost New Mexico's taxpayers more than $100M a year

6/2/2014

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Teens giving birth are likely costing New Mexico more than $100 million a year according to a new report.
  
The Santa Fe New Mexican says state health officials cited the study Thursday, saying taxpayers spent $103 million in 2010 as a result of teen pregnancies.
  
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, which conducted the study, says the state spent $2.5 billion overall between 1991 and 2010.
  
The study attributes the spending to subsidized health care and growing participation in public benefits programs.
  
However, the report also says the birth rate for girls between ages 15 and 17 has dropped 43 percent since 2000.
  
In 2012, New Mexico ranked 50th nationally with a birth rate of 47.5 for every 1,000 teenage girls.
  
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Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, http://www.sfnewmexican.com

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American Dream: Immigrant employs underage girl as stripper, only faces one year in prison

6/2/2014

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A teenage girl ran away from home in Laredo but authorities found her working at a gentlemen's club just outside Alamo.

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agents arrested Ali Muñiz early Friday morning.

The 25-year-old is a manager with the Coliseum Gentlemen's Club off Sioux Road just north of Alamo.

Muñiz is now facing an employment harmful to children charge.

Under Texas state law, it is illegal for children under the age of 18 to work in a sexually-oriented business.

TABC agents told Action 4 News that they set up an undercover sting operation targeting the club after receiving complaints about it violating the law.

The bring-your-own-beer strip club legally features full frontal nudity but TABC agents reported seeing the 16-year-old girl clothed and working as a bartender.

Investigators learned the girl had been working there for at least two or three weeks.

Muñiz reportedly told agents that the girl told him she was 18 years old and even indicated it on her job application.

But investigators said Muñiz did not make the teen provide a copy of her driver's license or any other proof of age as required by state law.

TABC agents told Action 4 News that the girl is back with her family.

Muñiz was released from custody after posting a $5,000 bond.

The case is expected to be forwarded to the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office for review.

Under Texas State Law, employment harmful to children is a Class A misdemeanor.

If convicted, Muñiz faces up to one year in jail and/or a $4,000 fine.

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Illegals Found in Sealed Trailer

6/2/2014

Illegals Found in Sealed Trailer

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FALFURRIAS - Dozens of illegal immigrants are rescued at the Falfurrias checkpoint. The truck driver accused of smuggling them is now behind bars.

Border patrol agents tell us the driver pulled up to the checkpoint around one yesterday morning. K9s alerted agents to something in the trailer.

Thirty illegals were found inside a sealed unventilated area of the trailer. The driver then reportedly tried to get away, but was caught north of the checkpoint.

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Yet another strench-related desease crosses the Mexican Border

6/2/2014

Hantavirus diagnosed in Texas Panhandle

Due to a recent diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, residents are urged to take caution while cleaning possible rodent-inhabited buildings.

AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Due to a recent diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, residents are urged to take caution while cleaning possible rodent-inhabited buildings.

A recent diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in a local resident has prompted the City’s departments of Public Health and Environmental Health to remind area residents to take precautions to prevent exposure to the virus that causes HPS at their places of residence, work and recreation. Hantavirus is an infection of the lungs caused by several different strains of the virus found in rodents.

While this patient has improved, HPS can be a very serious illness. The exact source of this individual’s infection is not known. However, health officials are emphasizing that HPS can be contracted anywhere in the Texas Panhandle. Barns, outbuildings, sheds or any environments where rodents are living are the most common places for human exposure. The host of the virus is the deer mouse, (Peromyscus maniculatus), which lives in the western and central US and Canada, including the Texas Panhandle.

Human infection comes from breathing in the virus from dried rodent urine, droppings, nesting material and saliva. When these substances are stirred up by vacuuming, sweeping or similar activity, tiny droplets or particles containing the virus get into the air and can be inhaled.

The U.S. type of hantavirus has not been shown to transmit from one person to another. You cannot get the virus from close contact with a person who has HPS or from a health care worker who has treated someone with the disease.

Potential Risk Activities for HPS

• Opening or cleaning cabins, sheds and outbuildings, including barns, garages and storage facilities that have been closed is a potential risk for hantavirus infections, especially in rural settings.
• Cleaning in and around your own home can put you at risk if rodents are present.
• Construction, utility and pest control workers can be exposed when they work in crawl spaces, under houses, or in vacant buildings that may have a rodent population.
• Campers and hikers can also be exposed when they use infested trail shelters or camp in other rodent habitats.

HPS patients experience the following symptoms: 

• Fatigue
• Fever and muscle aches, especially in the large muscle groups—thighs, hips, back, and sometimes shoulders
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Chills
• Abdominal problems, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain

If you have these symptoms and believe that you have been exposed to rodent droppings in closed or confined spaces, contact your health provider immediately. For more information, please visit CDC website for hantavirus:  http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hps/symptoms.html.

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The Unspoken War: 3 Dismembered Bodies Discovered in Agua Prieta

6/2/2014

Borderland Beat 

Agua Prieta, Sonora, three dismembered bodies were discovered dumped in multiple plastic bags.  The bodies were that of two men and a woman.  The bodies had multiple gunshot wounds, signs of torture and dismembered.

The bags were found  on the Agua Prieta-Janos road, 20 kilometers from the Chihuahua state border.  

There are  indications  the killings possibly ensued in Chihuahua., where it is suspected   the assassins fled.  

Apparently there was a witness to the the bags being thrown from a vehicle and the license plate was noted.

Pueblo Yaqui 
In a police operation Friday evening, Juan Ignacio Quintero Molina aka  "The Juanini", 36, was shot and killed by police.  Quintero Molina was wanted by authorities for the "setlling of scores" deaths of more than 8 persons.  Just prior to his death, he was in the act of trying to kidnap another victim.  The victim managed to flee, as Quintero Molina shot at him multiple times.  The unnamed victim notified authorities who initiated the operation. 

Puerto Penasco
On the road to PP a body of a male was discovered lying on the asphalt on the side of the road leading towards PP.   The death appears to be from blows to the head causing skull fractures.

Source: La Bartolina-Thank you to the reader for the heads up

Maryland Bank Becomes 9th US Bank Failure of 2014

6/2/2014

Bay Bank, FSB, Lutherville, Maryland, Assumes All of the Deposits of Slavie Federal Savings Bank, Bel Air, Maryland

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Slavie Federal Savings Bank, Bel Air, Maryland, was closed Friday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Bay Bank, FSB, Lutherville, Maryland, to assume all of the deposits of Slavie Federal Savings Bank.

The two branches of Slavie Federal Savings Bank will reopen as branches of Bay Bank, FSB during their normal business hours. Depositors of Slavie Federal Savings Bank will automatically become depositors of Bay Bank, FSB. Deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC, so there is no need for customers to change their banking relationship in order to retain their deposit insurance coverage up to applicable limits. Customers of Slavie Federal Savings Bank should continue to use their existing branch until they receive notice from Bay Bank, FSB that it has completed systems changes to allow other Bay Bank, FSB branches to process their accounts as well.

Over the weekend, depositors of Slavie Federal Savings Bank can access their money by writing checks or using ATM or debit cards. Checks drawn on the bank will continue to be processed. Loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual.

As of March 31, 2014, Slavie Federal Savings Bank had approximately $140.1 million in total assets and $111.1 million in total deposits. Bay Bank, FSB will pay the FDIC a premium of 0.20 percent to assume all of the deposits of Slavie Federal Savings Bank. In addition to assuming all of the deposits of the failed bank, Bay Bank, FSB agreed to purchase approximately $129.9 million of the failed bank's assets. The FDIC will retain the remaining assets for later disposition.

Customers with questions about today's transaction should call the FDIC toll-free at 1-800-613-0378. The phone number will be operational this evening until 9:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT); on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., EDT; on Sunday from noon to 6:00 p.m., EDT; on Monday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., EDT; and thereafter from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m.EDT. Interested parties also can visit the FDIC's Web site at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/slaviefederal.html.

The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $6.6 million. Compared to other alternatives, Bay Bank, FSB's acquisition was the least costly resolution for the FDIC's DIF. Slavie Federal Savings Bank is the ninth FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the first in Maryland. The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was Bank of the Eastern Shore, Cambridge, on April 27, 2012.

Congress created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1933 to restore public confidence in the nation's banking system. The FDIC insures deposits at the nation's banks and savings associations, 6,730 as of March 31, 2014. It promotes the safety and soundness of these institutions by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to which they are exposed.

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Mexican Government Publishes Manual on Use of Force

6/2/2014

MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government has published a manual regulating the use of force by military personnel, requiring the army, navy and air force to “always observe unrestricted respect for human rights.”

The Defense Secretariat published the Manual on the Use of Force in the Official Daily of the Federation on Friday.

The manual requires military personnel to use persuasion and other non-lethal tactics in support of civilian authorities, allowing the armed forces to use force “under the principles of opportunity, proportionality, rationality and legality.”

“It should be remembered at all times that the use of force by those who can exercise it or order it should be a decision based on reason,” the manual says.

Force should be used in a way that causes the least damage possible and “always considering the seriousness of the act,” the manual says.

Military personnel involved in operations that may require the use of force should use video cameras, still cameras and recording devices to document incidents and their actions, the manual says.

The unnecessary use of force could subject armed forces members to criminal and administrative proceedings on an individual basis, while Mexico could face legal action “in the international arena,” the manual says.

The federal government has deployed military personnel in cities across Mexico in the past few years to fight drug cartels and other criminal organizations.

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SHOCKER: Bieber caught using N-word in racist joke

6/2/2014

Labels for me, but not for thee.

Justin Bieber in Cannes on May 22nd, 2014.Photo: WireImage

A teenage Justin Bieber was caught on camera dropping the N-word, while telling a tasteless joke to pals, it was reported Sunday.

“Why are black people afraid of chainsaws?” Bieber, now 20, asks a woman sitting next to him on the couch, according to a video published by Britain’s Sun.

A male pal off camera tried to stop the mop-topped singer from finishing the joke: “Don’t even say it, don’t say it.”

But Bieber couldn’t help but deliver the nasty punchline: “Run n—er, ­n—er, n—er, n—er, n—er.”

Bieber’s team knew about the offensive video clip — believed to have been recorded when the singer was 17 years old — and had offered big bucks to keep it quiet, according to The Sun.

A rep for Bieber could not be immediately reached for comment.

The video was reportedly shot during filming for his 2011 documentary, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.”

Warning: Graphic Language

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Another Big Effing Deal

6/2/2014

As the storm surrounding the VA medical scandal continues to build, Barack Obama is suddenly very, very interested in pretending that he cares about our military personnel. Which is why he's recently made two highly-publicized efforts to demonstrate his compassion...both of which are complete disasters.

He began with a "surprise" visit to our service people in Afghanistan. Which would have been nice if he hadn't spoiled the surprise by having his press people send out a PR release which accidentally (?) outed our top CIA operative in Afghanistan.

Undaunted, Barry then secretly negotiated an entirely illegal deal to release five top Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo Bay (including one with direct ties to Osama bin Laden) in order to secure the return of one US prisoner of war from Afghanistan, thereby proving "The United States does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind."

The deal, however, is more than a little problematic - and not just because it required Congressional approval which B. Hussein dismissed with a wave of his imperial pen and sets a rather nasty precedent for negotiating with terrorists to free other terrorists.

Because the POW, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, may actually have been a military deserterat the time he was captured (or conscripted) - and at the very least, was a man who held a singularly low opinion of the United States even before his alleged capture.  According to Bergdahl, our nation is "the most conceited country in the world" and "I am ashamed to be an American. And the title of US soldier is just the lie of fools. I am sorry for everything. The horror that is America is disgusting.”

Sentiments which, of course, match those of his commander in chief - the Great Liberator of Guantanamo Bay.

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Big problems with Bergdahl deal

6/2/2014

The return of a US POW back from five years in captivity is cause for great happiness. I pointed this out as the news was announced and said we should all take a bit of time to just enjoy that. But the grim reality of the bargain we made and how we made it requires a serious look at exactly what happened and why. First let me address all of the vitriol aimed at SGT Bowe Bergdahl; then we can focus on just how damaging this deal with the devil actually is.

There are plenty of tales out there about how he was captured that paint him in a very negative light: He was drunk and wandered off; he shed his uniform and headed into the mountains to be the Grizzly Adams of the Hindu Kush; or even that he left to join the Taliban. The bottom line is nobody but Bergdahl knows what he did or why and all the speculation is unseemly. If he was drunk or just deluded, he certainly paid a pretty heavy price with five years of his life. If he actually deserted, his guilt needs to be established by more than Internet chatter.

Yes, men were killed while looking for him. That was their job and that is the deal we make when we say we will leave no man behind. We don't caveat that with unless he is a dumb ass kid we think may have done something awful. No, we bring them home. Period. And the video he made talking about how the Taliban is better than us and that we are cowards hiding behind our technology is painful to watch, but so are the ones from Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War, etc. POWs are forced to say things to further the cause of their captors and we do not and should not hold it against our POWs when this propaganda occurs. Now if it turns out that Bergdahl was a traitor who left to join the Taliban and help their cause, then all of the slack I just gave him disappears and we can cut the rope. Again that remains to be seen and a little decorum is in order.

The problems with the deal we made is not the worthiness of Bergdahl, but the price we paid and the timing of the deal. We are releasing five of the most heinous and senior Taliban leaders we ever captured. Men with the blood of hundreds of US troops on their hands who will spend the rest of their lives adding to that toll. They are unrepentant, barbarian killers and the Afghan people we are supposed to have been helping all these years will pay the price when these men rejoin the resurgent Taliban. We are packing our things and loading planes to come home and the Talibs have known this since Obama unveiled his faux surge at West Point in 2009. He announced more troops were coming and he announced that those same troops would be leaving prior to his next election campaign. The Taliban plays the long war and they knew they could wait us out and they did.

If you want to know just how bad these five are, go read this and then weep for the innocents who will pay the price for their discharge. All the prisoners we still hold at Gitmo are evil terrorists who will perpetrate more evil given the slightest opportunity. Well we just handed it to these five and they will use it to undo any semblance of good we did in Afghanistan. This is not just a possibility; it is the undeniable reality of the deal we made.  There is also a good possibility that the Haqqani network, who were holding him, may have picked up a number of satchels full of cash in the exchange as well. They are essentially a crime syndicate and money talks with them. It is just not something we should be involved in doing, hence the Qataris involvement. 

The next point is why now? This deal has been on the table for several years. The Taliban proposed it and we could have agreed to it at any point. Why let Bergdahl rot for years if this was an option? The simplest answer is that this is and was a horrible deal that never should have been made. As much as it pains me to say, the life of one American POW is not worth the certain deaths of the hundreds or thousands who will die at the hands of the scum we have just unleashed. Those are the tough decisions and calculations that the Commander in Chief should weigh. We cannot pay any cost to regain a prisoner, because some costs are just too high. This was one of those times.

So what changed to make this happen? Several things did, starting with the fact that we have lost the war in Afghanistan and the Taliban know it. That makes their position stronger and the already prohibitive price we paid for Bergdahl would have gone up every day as we pack up our tents and go. Obama made another trip to West Point to use the cadets as props for a political speech and told the world again exactly when the last helicopter would pull out of Kabul. We would have had fewer resources to look for and potentially rescue Bergdahl every day and our clout at the negotiating table was rapidly approaching zero. 

The other reason was that Obama desperately needed a win of some kind. Spare me any howls of outrage that the President would never play politics with lives and national security. This one does, as a matter of fact it is pretty much all he does. The faux surge was based on a need to cover election promises more than a true faith effort to win the war.  He serves more as Campaigner in Chief than Commander and he hasn't had anything to crow about since the "gutsy call" to go after bin Laden. And keep in mind that operation was called off multiple times at the behest of Valerie Jarrett and his political team. In the end the fear that his inaction in the face of opportunity would be leaked was a major factor in getting a greenlight at all. 

It may seem cynical to say this was a political ploy, but as the lawyers say "Cui bono?" who benefits? Obviously Bergdahl does, but from a national security perspective he is the only one. Well except for Obama. He gets a complete game changer and goes from the guy who presided over the VA debacle to the guy who saved our prisoner. Live POW trumps dead veterans any day. It also spins the news away from the constant parade of dismal failures: His crack team outing the CIA station chief in Kabul; Benghazi; the IRS; the ongoing train wreck of ObamaCare; even his media allies were laughing at his sad little non mea culpa speech at West Point; and his own designated liar, Jay Carney, finally ran dry and headed for the hills. Obama desperately needed a win and that was enough to push this awful deal over the top. On the losing side, the Afghans get rabid dogs of war let loose on them, American troops become more attractive targets for kidnapping, and the world sees us as the weak horse again. Bravo Barack!

Obviously there were good intentions at play here, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't examine and call out the base ones as well. The White House has trotted out Susan Rice and her huge credibility to fight the charge that they are playing politics. Why does that sound familiar?

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