Close. In reality Obama has mastered the Jedi mind trick. But it only works on other liberals.

So if I read this Thomas Pickering guy correctly, a bunch of low to mid level flunkies at State totally screwed up the defense of our Consulate in Benghazi resulting in the deaths of 4 Americans. They further convinced the Defense Department not to mount a rescue operation. They did all of this without any significant notice to either the President or Sec. Clinton. And having done all this they convinced both Obama and Clinton that it was all caused by a cheesy video. Really? We're supposed to buy that?

The issue is the combination of information and profit. Whoever gets the news out first gets the most viewers, and therefore can charge the most for advertising. But first is not always best, in fact it seldom is. I am not a huge fan of the Mcneil / Lehrer news hour, but their news is viewer supported and not for profit. They do lean left but that is nothing new. However they seldom get their facts wrong because profit is not an issue. They can take their time and get it right.

Hindsight isn't always 20/20. Looking back at history, the bigoted, and narrow minded will see what they want to see. They will blithely ignore the grave concerns about dropping the bomb. They will also ignore the estimates of over 1 million total combined casualties to invade Japan. And they will ignore the fact that no one was totally certain what the bomb would do. The will only use their single stilted lense of "I, right now , today, with no connection to the past, think it;'s wrong so that is what will be taught." How sad and dangerous at the same time.

I guess it makes a difference to State Department staffers serving in embassies in countries where there is significant hostility towards Americans. I would think that it makes a difference to them that their government considers them little more that grist for their political mill and is indifferent to their lives and safety. I would think that would make a difference.

Now we know at least some of the names of the Buffaloans for Dead Babies chapter. Their all professors of intolerance.

Furthermore, the poverty of destroyed families compounds the need for educational spending. Compare the success of schools with children from largely stable homes that have high parental involvement with those of schools in poor neighborhoods with lots of single parent families and low parental involvement. The differences are dramatic and the conclusion is basic: traditional families create a better academic environment and actually decrease the need for funding.

Boy, the scintillating observation cuts right to the heart of the issue. Any other piercing observations to add. That last one was devastating.

For those who have been paying attention over the last half century, this is the next logical step. The left has been viciously ripping apart traditional families for much of that time. Now as they survey the damage, having created unsustainable families units (impoverished single mothers for one) with the attendant problems of juvenile crime and pregnancy rates, their solution is predictable. They have worked tirelessly to turn our schools into brainwashing camps. Their plans for "collectivist" child rearing is more than terrifying.

Amen. our culture has embraced a multi-point attack to destroy traditional families. Ms. Liebau correctly address most of these gruesome strategies and the REAL, TRUE, and HONEST solutions.