Nasty Little Man Update

Stop the presses! The NLM has apologized to Israel!

Wait…

The only thing worse than no apology is a convenient apology. Funny, I didn’t think I could like Jimmy Carter less, I guess I was wrong.

Go ahead and roll the presses, I guess.

Nasty Little Man: Kettle

Calling the pot… well, you know.

How the Nasty Little Man Helped Mugabe

I guess that when you’re the worst president ever there’s no thug like a Marxist thug.

Messrs. Carter and Young would only countenance a settlement in which Mr. Mugabe, a Marxist who had repeatedly made clear his intention to turn Zimbabwe into a one-party state, played a leading role. Mr. Young, displaying the willful naiveté that came to characterize Mr. Carter’s mindset, told the London Times that Mr. Mugabe was a “very gentle man” whom he “can’t imagine … ever pulling the trigger on a gun to kill anyone.”

The Nasty Little Man is a Traitor

America’s Worst (ex) President has committed treason as far as I’m concerned. The man is a walking outrage. I guess he’ll get locked up right after this other traitor, I guess.

Nasty Little Man Explained

Ramirez elucidates.

Nasty Little Man Too Nasty for Islamic Jihad

Oh, this is just so weird. Not content with wanting to meet with merely evil terrorists, the Nasty Little Man wanted to meet with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an even more violent and evil terrorist group. But they snubbed Mr. Peanut thinking, unbelievably, that he’s on our side and Israel’s.

In turning down the request, Shallah declared that Carter is “carrying an American-Israeli agenda,” while PIJ spokesman Daoud Shahab blasted Carter’s criticism of Palestinian rocket attacks during the former president’s visit to Sderot.

Note to PIJ: He only criticized the missile attack because his littlebrained notions of “can’t we all just get along” kicked in. You can relax. He really is on your side.

“When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people. But in a democracy like Israel, there is a wide range of opinions and that counterbalances the disappointment that I have in not meeting with the people shaping Israeli power now in the government.”

-Nasty Little Man

And you’re welcome to him.

Nasty Little Man Flirts with Treason

If this report is true, America’s worst ex-president will meet with the leader of a genocidal terror gang.

It would be right in character.

Nasty Little Man Update

Click the thumbnail to go to Cox & Forkum.

(America’s worst ex-president is never called by name here in Buttle’s World.)

Nasty Little Man Update

His book is a best-seller… guess where. And guess what other book his is promoted with?

I’d say that book store knows its market.

Nasty Little Man Watch

You’ll never guess who is sending copies of his vile little book to public libraries.

Nasty Little Man At It Again

Just when you think he’s hit bottom, he finds a new low.

Nasty Little Man Update

Alan Dershowitz calls the Nasty Little Man* a hypocrite.

YOU CAN ALWAYS tell when a public figure has written an indefensible book: when he refuses to debate it in the court of public opinion. And you can always tell when he’s a hypocrite to boot: when he says he wrote a book in order to stimulate a debate, and then he refuses to participate in any such debate.

*America’s Worst Ex-President is never mentioned by name in Buttle’s World.

Will Obama be the Nasty Tall Man?

Michael Medved, wanting to have his cake and eat it too, wonders if The One might emulate the Nasty Little Man’s political failure without doing his concomitant damage to the country.

Good luck with that. I fear that The Messiah is just Jimmy without the funny accent, and in a nicer suit.

Update:

There is, ironcially, the possibility of a Willie Horton scenario.

The man who makes Neville Chamberlain look like Dirty Harry

Yes, it’s a multi-part roundup of the marvelous works wrought by the worst President of the last half century, and worst-ever ex-president, the Nasty Little Man.

Take the Quiz

I scored 100%. That’s because I’m old enough to remember the Nasty Little Man. See how you do.

War Zone

Zombie proves once again why he’s one of the best bloggers in the world. You must read this entire piece.

Why, I ask myself, must they contaminate their legitimate grievances over the left-wing bias of school curricula? By coupling patriotism with creationism, they are discrediting not only their own but everyone else’s attempts to counteract the leftist agenda.

Read it all, then go on to Part 2.

In 2004, liberal historian Thomas Frank published What’s the Matter with Kansas?, a bestselling book in which the author expresses his utter mystification at how the citizens of Kansas could hold conservative values and vote Republican, when socialist economics and the Democratic Party were so self-evidently superior. While the author looked down his nose at the inscrutable ignorant rubes of Kansas, insultingly treating them like laboratory rats unable to solve the simplest maze, the book and its popularity ended up being more of a commentary on the ideological blindness of the author and his left-leaning readers: try as they might, they just don’t get it. As the book revealed, it’s not that left-wingers disagree with conservative principles; they actually cannot grasp the notion of having any principles whatsoever.

As part of the inevitable discussion of the most idiotic thing they’ve tried to do in Texas, Zombie summarizes his clear stance on evolution, which I whole-heartedly endorse:

• The debate about the reality of evolution is over. Evolution happens, and it happens through natural selection. The evidence is beyond overwhelming and is conclusive.
• If you quibble about the meaning of the word “theory” without knowing its definition in a scientific context, then you unintentionally have disqualified yourself from the conversation.
• Intelligent design, creationism, or any other euphemism you care to use to describe “directed evolution,” are not scientific theories; they are religious beliefs, and as such have no place in a science class.
• Denial of evolution is not a necessary adjunct of being Christian or having religious sentiments; it is entirely possible to be religious and to accept scientific realities like evolution, and many evolutionary scientists are also Christians.
• “Darwinism” is not some sort of faith-based religion in its own right nor is it competing with Christianity, and anyone who claims so is either seriously misinformed or is purposely deceiving you.
• The scientific community takes an extremely dim view of any official in a position of power who tries to undermine the teaching of evolution; this is a make-or-break “litmus test” issue for most scientists.
• Therefore, the insistence by officials such as the Texas State Board of Education on tampering with evolution curriculum unnecessarily creates enemies out of many clear-thinking science educators who might otherwise applaud the TSBE’s pro-America and pro-factuality stance on other issues.

Part 3:

If anything, the textbooks approved by the California State Board of Education are even more politicized than Texas textbooks, and more ideologically biased. So: Why does the media ignore what happens in California textbooks? Because the state’s bias goes the other way. California-approved social studies textbooks are politically correct in the extreme, with multiculturalism and “social justice” as the defining characteristics. The pressure groups and board members setting policy for California’s (and hence a substantial portion of America’s) textbooks exceed their Texan counterparts in their extremism, but since California pushes the “correct” kind of extremism, you never hear about it.

Part 4:

This was a significant change from Marx’s and Lenin’s original ideas about communist revolution, which basically involved simply seizing power, public opinion be damned, and afterward propagandizing the masses to accept the new order. Gramsci realized that Marx had it reversed, and that the propaganda and indoctrination must happen first, in order to make the populace open to the idea of revolution; otherwise, rendered complacent by middle-class values and comforts, the populace would never consent to the upheaval of a revolution.

The media and public schools were correctly identified by Gramsci as the most influential cultural institutions, and it was therefore those that the left realized must be targeted.

And:

This explains the otherwise mystifying insistence by leftist educators on ignoring facts in favor of “politically correct” ideas and frameworks. I have little doubt that the majority of teachers and educators don’t even know they’re part of a Gramscian project but still plow ahead with their ideologically driven careers anyway, unaware that they are myrmidons paving the way for revolution.

Part 5:

Many good suggestions, most of which I agree with. One of the most important comes near the end: Break the teachers’ unions.

Teachers’ unions have become a major hindrance to decent education in this country. They prevent the firing of bad instructors, impose political orthodoxy on curricula, and in general resist any reforms which threaten their own power.

Furthermore, the teachers’ unions have been the driving force behind the Gramscian control of education (as discussed in Part IV of this essay), and are one of the reasons schools are politically biased in the first place.

I have no idea how to diminish the power of unions, so for now we’ll have to file this one under “wishful thinking.”

The teachers’ unions are arguably the most destructive force in the country. Part of breaking them will be opening education to a free market. Part would be pulling the plug on the cabinet seat given them by the Nasty Little Man. The entire Department of Education is unconstitutional anyway.

I seriously hope you read all five part. I’ve bumped this post to encourage it.

The Messiah’s Most Astonishing Accomplishment

The One has achieved something I didn’t anticipate. He has not only made me miss Bill Clinton, but he’s starting to make me nostalgic for the Nasty Little Man.

It’s a given that the United Nations is a systemically-corrupt enemy of freedom. When our own president sides with the thugs over the rule of law it just rubs salt in the wound.

[D]on’t expect President Obama to stand up for justice and the rule of law. As NR’s Jay Nordlinger recently pointed out, Obama has decided to revoke the visa of Honduran president Roberto Micheletti, preventing his entry into the United States. Obama apparently feels more comfortable sharing a cappuccino in the U.N. Delegates Lounge with a deposed Chávez acolyte than with its authentic, constitutionally legitimate president.

I am genuinely ashamed of the actions of our president. Too bad He has no sense of shame.

Spin This

The One, 100 days in, is less popular than Nixon and the Nasty Little Man.

According to Gallup’s April survey, Americans have a lower approval of Mr. Obama at this point than all but one president since Gallup began tracking this in 1969. The only new president less popular was Bill Clinton, who got off to a notoriously bad start after trying to force homosexuals on the military and a federal raid in Waco, Texas, that killed 86. Mr. Obama’s current approval rating of 56 percent is only one tick higher than the 55-percent approval Mr. Clinton had during those crises.

And the chickens haven’t even turned toward the roost yet. Except maybe one big blue one…

YouTube Diplomacy

The Obamateur Hour continues. The Bush administration had a frustrating lack of clarity in its Iran policy. But sending a video? Words fail me.

For nearly three decades relations between our nations have been strained. But at this holiday we are reminded of the common humanity that binds us together.

Yeah, nothing like bombing our civilians and killing our troops to “strain” relations, huh Barry?

Charles, at LGF, put it well:

The mullahs are laughing today, knowing that Barack Obama will do nothing to stop them from gaining the ultimate weapon. This isn’t just ill-advised, it’s disastrous. Barack Obama just hung a huge “Kick Me” sign on America’s back.

Well, I’m sure He’ll show ’em. If Iran nukes Israel He’ll put some stern comments on Ahmadinejad’s FaceBook page.

At this rate The Messiah is going to do the impossible: He’s going to make me long for the days of the Nasty Little Man.

Update:

Mark Steyn says not to worry. The video probably won’t work in Iranian VCRs.

Another Update:

Just for the record, I chose the title for this post before Drudge did. Or at least before I saw his page. A case of (obvious) parallel development.

Are We Depressed Yet?

If not, just consider what we have to look forward to judicial-wise if Obama takes control.

[Obama] also noted that the Court “didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it has been interpreted.” That is to say, he noted that the U.S. Constitution as written is only a guarantee of negative liberties from government — and not an entitlement to a right to welfare or economic justice.

This raises the question of whether Mr. Obama can in good faith take the presidential oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution” as he must do if he is to take office. Does Mr. Obama support the Constitution as it is written, or does he support amendments to guarantee welfare? Is his provision of a “tax cut” to millions of Americans who currently pay no taxes merely a foreshadowing of constitutional rights to welfare, health care, Social Security, vacation time and the redistribution of wealth? Perhaps the candidate ought to be asked to answer these questions before the election rather than after.

and

If Mr. Obama wins we could possibly see any or all of the following: a federal constitutional right to welfare; a federal constitutional mandate of affirmative action wherever there are racial disparities, without regard to proof of discriminatory intent; a right for government-financed abortions through the third trimester of pregnancy; the abolition of capital punishment and the mass freeing of criminal defendants; ruinous shareholder suits against corporate officers and directors; and approval of huge punitive damage awards, like those imposed against tobacco companies, against many legitimate businesses such as those selling fattening food.

I say again to those who chant “But Carter gave us Reagan” that there are two things to consider. First, Obama is so far left he makes Carter look like Barry Goldwater. Second, we have still not recovered from the damage Carter did. And Obama has already proven to be much, much nastier than the Nasty Little Man.

Update:

If thinking of the Courts doesn’t depress you, just think of how you’ll be investigated if you dare to ask the wrong question.

Obama’s Real Ayers Problem

A good question for the man who wants to be the “education president”.

I shudder when I hear the phrase “education president” (I’m looking at you, W). Besides the fact that the federal government is not authorized by the constitution to administer interfere with education, it brings back memories of the Nasty Little Man giving the most destructive union in America a cabinet seat.

Would Obama put a terrorist in charge of the department? It’s a fair question.

Update:

Andy McCarthy’s not buying Stern’s analysis.

Obama did not call Ayers an English teacher because he was confused or misinformed.  He called Ayers an English teacher because he was lying.  That is, he was intentionally minimizing his relationship with an anti-American revolutionary with whom Obama has been friendly, collaborative and entirely comfortable.

Point well taken. I still submit that teachers have done more damage than the Weathermen ever did.

I’m Shocked.

Shocked.

Cliff May asks,

What’s the dictionary definition of “useful idiot”?

I looked it up. It said, “See Nasty Little Man.”

A Call to Censure

Here’s a suggestion that we call our senators and ask them to censure the Nasty Little Man. Seems like a fine idea, especially if you agree with Jerry Pournelle:

[Nasty Little Man] has been meeting with Hamas leaders for years. Where is the Logan Act now that we need it?

There is, on the other hand, a more direct approach.

Good for Israel

They have declined to help the Nasty Little Man’s security detail. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

Don’t you love the way he “thinks“?

[Nasty Little Man] said he hoped to help open talks between Hamas and U.S. leaders, saying Washington’s policy of not meeting with people it labeled terrorists was counterproductive.

Why does the moron think we “labeled” them terrorists?

The first time I heard his voice was on a radio broadcast in 1976. I was in Santiago, Chile, wondering “who’s this dummy?” until his name was back-announced.

I had no idea.

Treason is a Habit

The Nasty Little Man says he’s been meeting with terrorists “for years“. Even the State Department says our Worst Ex-President shouldn’t go.

I’ll grant him this: He’s consistent.

Obama the Surrender Monkey

If you had just told me he said this I’d think it were a parody. But BlackFive links to the video.

If McCain doesn’t hammer the crap out of him on this I’ll know he’s not in it to win. This is just terrifying. Obama makes The Nasty Little Man look like Barry Goldwater. At least the peanut farmer didn’t try to give away the nukes.

Wanna Barf?

The Nasty Little Man is getting a movie.

The trailer is laugh-out-loud funny. If you can keep your lunch down.

Thug-In-Chief

The Messiah continues to demonstrate that, whichever side He’s on, it’s not America’s nor that of the rule of law.

The U.S. government revoked the visas of four members of Honduras’s de facto government Tuesday, escalating the pressure on officials there to reinstate the president, who was kicked out of the country a month ago. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly did not identify the Hondurans whose visas were yanked, but he indicated that other officials also could have their visas revoked. He said U.S. authorities were reviewing the visas of all members of the current government and their dependents.

and

MEXICO CITY — The Obama administration has pulled the plug on an electronic billboard outside the American diplomatic mission in Havana that was used to tweak the Cuban government with pro-democracy messages and became a symbol of the bad blood between the two countries.

Reminds me of someone else who has, apparently, never met a thug he didn’t like.