Her Name Was Neda: A Generational Chance for Freedom
by Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-MI)
Her name was Neda. In Farsi, it means “the voice.” True to her name, she loved music; sought freedom; and she’s dead – shot down in the streets by the Iranian regime’s state sanctioned murderers. She must not have died in vain.
Today, Iranians and Americans face a generational chance for freedom – one that ensures a rogue regime’s implosion prevents a nuclear confrontation.
Regrettably, our president’s “post-American” foreign policy presumes talk can thaw the murderous mullahs’ hearts and attain a “grand bargain” for peace in our time; consequently, while Iranians demanded their freedom from a barbarous regime, the president vapidly opined: “It is up to Iranians to make decisions about who Iran’s leaders will be… We respect Iranian sovereignty.”
Then, as the crisis escalated, the president optimistically noted:
“You’ve seen in Iran some initial reaction from the supreme leader that indicates he understands the Iranian people have deep concerns about the election… And my hope is – is that the Iranian people will make the right steps in order for them to be able to express their voices, to express their aspirations.”
Tragically, the supreme leader’s deep concern drove him to step on the throats of pro-democracy demonstrators, like Neda.
Next, on June 20th, the president stated, “The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.” It was painfully evident just how far behind them he stood: “The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for those forces inside Iran who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States.”
With these contradictory statements of support and appeasement, the president returned to square one: “The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.”
In truth, the Iranian people have already judged the regime and found it wonting. The supreme leader, his cleric cronies and their puppet government have never respected the dignity of the Iranian people or governed through consent. This is why the regime stole the election and shoots peaceful, pro-democracy demonstrators. Implying otherwise mocks the Iranians risking and losing their lives for liberty.
As for the claim that American “meddling” in support of the demonstrators plays into the mullahs’ hands, the Iranian regime will claim this regardless, for as our president noted, “That’s what they do.”
Yet, what matters is not what the regime says about America, but what the demonstrators think about America. Presently, brave Iranians watch as our president still holds an open hand to the regime that opened fire on them…that opened fire on Neda. This is the passive, disastrous policy of Jimmy Carter that led to the rise of this rogue regime; not the courageous policy of Ronald Reagan that led to the demise of an evil empire.
The surest, safest termination of Iran’s nuclear weapons program and support of terrorism is to hasten this fanatical tyranny’s collapse by supporting its people’s liberty. Taking its rightful place amongst the community of free nations, a democratic Iran will necessarily realize and reverse the insanity of this terrorist regime’s homicidal obsession with nuclear weapons. Thus, for their liberty and our security, the United States and the world must do everything in our power to further the Iranian demonstrators’ sacred claim to freedom. We know Neda did.
Further, in the grand strategy of our War for Freedom over terrorism, how we aid pro-democracy Iranians’ will remind the world who we are – we are Americans: the revolutionary children of freedom who have lived and died defending our liberty and extending it to the enslaved and oppressed. We will do no less today in support of our Iranian brothers and sisters.
Today, Neda’s voice calls to our consciences and warns that the fate of Iranians’ liberty is entwined with the fate of Americans’ security. We must not miss this generational chance for freedom – again one that ensures a rogue regime’s implosion prevents a nuclear confrontation; and that Neda and all liberty’s martyrs shall not have died in vain. As Americans, we must seize this moment and help Iranians seize their freedom.
That’s what we do.
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Mr. McCotter, I can't tell you how happy I am to see you here. I've been waiting for someone to put words to the terrible images I've seen on TV of Neda's death and I can think of no one better to articulate the horror of what happened to this young woman, and the travesty that has been our President's handling of the situation. Thank you.
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Biden said that in six months, Obama would be tested. But I don't think it is only a military type crisis that can be a test. I believe that it can be a moral one. And Obama has failed. He failed Neda and all the others killed. In a time when he needed to be leader of the free world, Obama was silent. All he needed to do was say that he condemns the current regime for its actions regarding the senseless killing of their citizens and the the United States of America believe in civil rights and liberties for all. Just like Reagan did in 1981 for the people of Poland. That is all the man had to do. Stand up and say this was wrong and should not continue.
Instead, the President voted present with his silence, more concerned about ice cream, swatting flies and the worship of his main stream media sycophants. Of course, next he will see that military test. Because time and again, he has proven that he does not have the moral nor internal fortitude to make the decisions. All he cares about is the consolidation of his own personal power and his messianic rock star status. So when Al-Qaeda finally gets its hands on a Pakistani nuke and comes over our porous southern border and turns Anytown USA into a pile of radioactive cinders, will his adoring throng then realize the mistake they have made in helping bring this man to power? One can only hope.
Rest in peace Neda, you are the catalyst dear.
Forntually, I think the tide is turning and at least the moderates who voted for O are now starting to see him for what most of us already knew what he was and is.
WOW. Thank you for that.
The word eloquence has been used a lot lately. Here is an example of what eloquence REALLY is:
"we are Americans: the revolutionary children of freedom who have lived and died defending our liberty and extending it to the enslaved and oppressed"
Palin / McCotter 2012!
Indeed, Øbama's record of being 'present' instead of actively seeking the moral high ground manifested itself again this past weekend. A surprise it isn't. As an Illinois senator in 1997, Øbama voted "present" on two bills (HB 382 and SB 230) that would have prohibited a procedure often referred to as partial birth abortion. He also voted "present" on SB 71, which lowered the first offense of carrying a concealed weapon from a felony to a misdemeanor and raised the penalty of subsequent offenses.
In 1999, Øbama voted "present" on SB 759, a bill that required mandatory adult prosecution for firing a gun on or near school grounds. The bill passed the state Senate 52-1. Also in 1999, Øbama voted "present" on HB 854 that protected the privacy of sex-abuse victims by allowing petitions to have the trial records sealed. He was the only member to not support the bill.
In 2001, Øbama voted "present" on two parental notification abortion bills (HB 1900 and SB 562), and he voted "present" on a series of bills (SB 1093, 1094, 1095) that sought to protect a child if it survived a failed abortion. In his book, the Audacity of Hope, on page 132, Øbama explained his problems with the "born alive" bills, specifically arguing that they would overturn Roe v. Wade. But he failed to mention that he only felt strongly enough to vote "present" on the bills instead of "no."
And finally in 2001, Øbama voted "present" on SB 609, a bill prohibiting strip clubs and other adult establishments from being within 1,000 feet of schools, churches, and daycares.
So when it comes to the value of human life, Øbama is 'present' only as a bystander, while we need a leader.
Thaddeus McCotter: Now why couldn't this eloquent, decent, intelligent man be Speaker of the House? He puts to shame the pathetic, corrupt regime now in power.
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Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is truly one the most gifted orators in the Republican party. This speech helps to put the Iran situation in terms that Americans can relate to: Freedom.
The GOP needs more good men like Thaddeus McCotter. Needs them desperately.
I hate to break it to you, but most democratic countries have nuclear weapons. What exactly makes you believe that Iranian reformists do not want to continue the nuclear program?
Thaddeus McCotter, that's a great name for a President.
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Thaddeus is the ONLY decent man representin' us gun clingin', bible totin' rednecks here in the once Great Lakes State of Michigan. Love him on Redeye.
as i ramrod my way through life, neda's images, the devastating and the brilliant, causes a stillness within me that speaks to the supreme sacrifice of those who have gone before in the name of freedom.
indeed, may her death not have been in vain.
Bravo, Bravo, Bravo
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Auntie once again rears her ugly thoughtless head.
It's a time for:
A time for mourning.
A time for freedom.
A time for hope and change for the suppressed people of Iran.
A time for trolls to shut the fark up and go back under your bridge.
Not Over.
"Yet, what matters is not what the regime says about America, but what the demonstrators think about America. "
That's not what President Obama seems to believe. In fact at the press conference this morning, just minutes after saying that he was being careful with his statements because of what the leaders of Iraq might do with them he said:
"And, frankly, a lot of them [Iraqis who want their voice to be heard] aren't paying a lot of attention to what's being said on Capitol Hill, and probably aren't spending a lot of time thinking about what's being said here."
Is he really that naive? Does he not notice that many of the signs at the protests are in English? Does he not understand that every person in the world who yearns for freedom looks to us, the great beacon of freedom in the world, for encouragement, inspiration and guidance?
And while we are on the subject, is he really naive enough to also believe that the leaders of Iraq are motivated by what the "world community" thinks of them? He seemed to be relying upon that belief quite a bit this morning.
Thaddeus is proof positive that a conservative can not only win, he carries the day with his rapier like wit. He jousts with the best on red eye, and shows that a conservative needn't be a crusty moneygrubber that molests owls in the middle of the night. Indeed, if we could garner the mold and elect them, this world not might be so dangerous tonight. RIP Neda. May your voice electrify the cause of freedom.
I am with Bosch. Bravo, and Thank You! Eloquently stated.
So you Republicans are going to try and run with THIS? Pathetic…
This guy is a pandering toadie who is using a horrific tragedy to boost his party… In other words, it's typical Republican BS.
He needs to be kicked out after this naked attempt to tie a tragic death to the ridiculous GOP agenda.
They've got my vote!
You should watch him on 'Red eye'. He's got a great dry wit about him.
We as a nation need to stay out of this. Obama is right to not go in "guns a-blazin'" like the Cons would have…
YES! A sure ticket to FAILURE… Please do
Saddly, to THE ONE, it is.
Oh please buzzyboop… GET OFF OF IT.
That nonsense is SOOOOOOO 2008. You lost, get over it.
God bless you for this post, Mr. McCotter.
I wish others in the house and senate, both parties, would find their voice so strong to make a stand.
Obama: "present"
I for one would like to know how it is a comment can be "deleted by the administrator" the instant you hit "send". That would be nice to know.
…but since THIS one went up, I'll ask again with more nuance: Can I take the now WEEKS worth of calls for the President to make some essentially meaningless "end-of-a-Jerry-Bruckheimer-movie" declaration of macho feel-goodness in the direction of Iran to mean that the question of whether or not no longer having to "back up" Bush would cure "conservatives" of their disasterous interventionist streak has been answered in the negative?
To Planet_Hero:
I am NOT a republican…
Never have been.
I'll say it though just like a good libtard so you might understand it better…Shut the Fark up toddie.
Not Over.
I find it appalling that not only is barry not standing up for the beliefs that truly make America what it is, both on our shores as well as the shores of Iran, he still thinks that appeasement and dialogue will solve the problems of the world. HEY BAMBI !!!!!! wake up!!!! when I was growing up, I was viciously beaten by bullies. daily. for years. My parents told me that if I ignored them, they'd go away…never happened. It wasn't till I broke my wrist knocking 3 teeth outta a bully's mouth that the violence stopped. The mullahs are scared. they know that if they lose, they have no retirement plan. they'll end up like Mussolini. Hung on a street corner, with his face pounded in by little old ladies. We need to stoke the fires of their fear. We need to support those that aspire to repeat our OWN fight for INDEPENDENCE. What these people are fighting for is not for a re-vote, but or the destruction of the Islamic Regime in Iran… That has a tremendous domino effect… hamas, hezbollah, syria, North korea, etc etc…
Neda… You and Your Name have entered the Hallowed Halls of Valhalla. Sleep Sweet Darling Sleep Sweet.
Hey planet_herpes, you contribute nothing to everything. Go giggle to yourself until you start crying again, I'm sure your Mom will help you out with that, like she always does.
Well said, Congressman McCotter.
You make me proud to be an American.
Thank you.
And you are a sad excuse for a human being who needs to be put out into the trash to be collected and deposited into a maggot heap.
I'd say you're an idiot, but it would be so redundant after reading your post.
So, as mature revolutionary children ourselves, isn't it our elder duty to allow these nascent revolutionary children to come to terms with their own revolution as we did? What is a revolution but a revolt from within. It's not our place to interfere with their destiny. Let their revolution grow on its own terms or let it fade. This is not the time to impose our will. Let their revolution grow to an actual revolution, if that is what it is meant to be. If it is to grow from what it is now, it can't be because we stoked it in hopes of bringing forth our idea of democracy in Iran.
What did we do for the Chinese? The Ugandans? The Georgians?
Video: Her name was Neda
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So do we wait til after Jerusalem or Tel Aviv glows in the dark?
Plus, "idiot" is such a big word. I'm not sure Planet Zero can process any words that large.
MovieBob,
How can the events that are transpiring actually strengthen your misguided logic?
Do you really think that….
A)The Iranian people would be inspired to do this if it were not for the fact that they see democracy gaining traction on either side of them? All thanks to the United States and no thanks to the liberal members of our government and society.
B)Anti-Americanism and "disastrous intervention" are realities and not the invention of our enemies and those who seek to oppress their people? Even with a completely weak, timid government who refuses to, even in words, support the ideals of freedom and democracy, the ruling dictators of Iran are blaming the West and the United States. So this time they are full of it, but all the other times it was true?
C)The current posture and plan of our government is the right one? When has this ever gone well for us? Name one time when the United States successfully negotiated with tyrants, dictators, murderers and liars.
And sure, bring up how "The U.S. back Saddam and Bin Laden" blah, blah, blah…but that just proves my point. It delayed the battle, but ultimately the enemies of liberty have to be fought.
Straightforward, moral clarity is the only way to go.
If the GOP agenda is to support liberty and freedom around the world, then okay…good agenda.
What is YOUR agenda? What is Obama's? What is the liberal vision for the world and America?
Crickets….crickets….crickets…..I'll wait until you have a chance to take a poll on what you should say to get back to me.
Clown.
Because he and his party have done nothing but chastise the current administration while offering no other real option since they are smart enough and sufficiently well-versed in history to know that there is nothing to do at this point.
Oh, to answer your question, constitutionally-speaking, because the minority party doesn't pick the Speaker of the House. No matter how eloquent or decent.
That "nonsense" is Obama's record. The truth hurts, doesn't it?
Yes, we lost an election. But you sold your soul for political correctness.
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Leigh, nice comments earlier in response to "nickname". For some reason I couldn't reply there — all my comments were being instantly deleted, but I wanted to say that you did a great job outlining all of the relevant points.
Also, nice post here — I concur.
So you want to murder a bunch of people in real-life based on your imagination? What could possibly go wrong
Yeah right. Get back to us in 2010 when Lowbama's poll numbers are in the 20's, and we'll talk failure.
"Name one time when the United States successfully negotiated with tyrants, dictators, murderers and liars."
I don't recall ever saying we ought to be negotiating over this. I don't think we should be engaging it AT ALL, because in this particular case any "help" we give will only make things worse.
I'M WITH the Iranian protestors, I think they're doing something thats been a long time in coming, and I want them to SUCCEED. On this point, I imagine we agree. Our point of contention is the methodology. My read of the situation – taking into account the current geopolitical makeup of the region, the history of similar events, etc. – is that "aid" from us will only make their success LESS likely, by uniting the Muslim World against them and giving the regime carte-blanche to crush them.
If we try to help, these people will be massacred. That is my reading of where we are. It is wholly possible that I am incorrect, but as of yet I am not persuaded.
Oh please VincentV… What do YOU contribute? Nothing but ridiculous attacks on ME, that's what.
MY post has relevance to the discussion, whereas yours is nothing but another right-wing smear attempt against me. That, and you, are pathetic.
Looks like I got it RIGHT ON THE HEAD yet again… Else these BABIES wouldn't be crying like they do
So now the truth proves you are an idiot? That, my dear, is IDIOT thinking.
You might want to get your brain levels checked out… They seem a bit LOW.
No, I know what the word means… I'm not some toothless hillbilly who says "Idjit"
Oh please Leigh Scott… You need to pay better attention.
Let me summarize: Our agenda is to prevent and repair the damage that you GOP CLOWNS do to America, bring our nation into the world (instead of becoming a Pat Robertson Theocracy like you want) and work towards environmental harmony, socio-economic justice, racial equality, and CHANGE from the neanderthal ideology of the Right.
Is that too complicated for you?
Freedom — that's what we do.
Right on, Congressman! Good to hear SOMEONE has balls in Washington. Wish that condition were more contagious. For the world, for all of us. The signs they hold are in English — they know we're watching. Regime change won't solve they're/our problems, but it'll be a start. "The disastrous passive foreign policy of Carter' indeed.
Please continue kickin' ass in Congress.
Ah, the "you got angry so I'm RIGHT" claim.
Sadly for you, the more likely answer is people get angry because you're acting like an abrasive twit.
And no, I don't think the possibility that you're some parody is going to let you off the hook.
…and you've devolved to "I know you are but what am I?" as a defense?
Perhaps you should change your handle to "Pee Wee" or similar?
Is that too complicated for you?
Nope. You seek to demonize the people who disagree with you and use that as an excuse to crush them.
Same old, same old.
@ Anti –
Yes, we want to murder innocent Iranians, you dumba##.
Pay attention, for once.
Nobody wants to go to war with Iran. Iranian people are not the problem. It's the government .
Pay attention to the words coming out of Kotter's mouth not the voices you hear in your head.
Talk about an imagination.
You're a disgrace to trolls everywhere.
I can think of another Thaddeus who would be proud of this speech: Anti-Slavery Representative Thaddeus Stevens.
Thank you Congresman McCotter.
Troll Day @ Big Hollywood. Just more evidence that their messiah is crashing and burning and they're getting scared. I don't blame them. After all, the criticisms of Obama during the campaign are coming to fruition rather quickly.
Obama thinks that he can bring peace to the Middle East by demonstrating to Iranian regime that he won't do them any harm; what they're reading from him is that he CAN'T do them any harm. The murder of innocents like Neda is evidence of their contempt for his impotence.
Help always takes time, comes in a variety of ways and has different costs.
When the colonies revolted against the King George III, they did not do it entirely alone. Baron von Steuben was sent by Germany to help the Continental Army drill and train soldiers. A French nobleman, Marquis de Lafayette, became a Major General under Washington. These are just a couple examples, there are lots more.
The US has historically helped emerging democracies, even when they weren't in the midst of shooting style revolutions. This help has always required a strategic interest for our country. It is a misnomer to say nations have "friends". People in nations create friendships across borders, but ALL nations have only "interests". So while we do not help every nation in every instance, the US has always tried to assist where it has an interest. No one has an interest (a stake) in pouring money down a drain. Many countries may need help for a variety of things, but other nations considering help must see a benefit for that aid.
These interests take a variety of forms: political, financial, strategic. They are not based on emotion and must be weighed against how they affect our interests with other countries. Very briefly addressing the three you list here, starting with China, our help to the Chinese people is our influence with their leadership over trade, as it was with Russia. Plus, fostering more capitalism causes business owners there to want less government interference. President Bush took many opportunities over trade to pressure Chinese leaders about their human rights violations.
As a nation, the US has no significant geopolitical, business, or trading interests in Uganda… thus the perceived "lack" of "help". However, the US has given a lot of humanitarian aid to Uganda.
As for Georgia, President Bush immediately publicly rebuked Russia for their invasion, sent Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Tbilisi to show support for the Georgian government, ordered the military to provide humanitarian aid to the Georgian people and solicited help from France and other European countries to bring pressure on the nuclear arsenaled Russians… without provoking them to war. Only after a week of criticism has President Obama condemned violence against the people of Iran, a country in which the US has great interest. So far, he has sent no officials, ordered no aid or even "dialoged" with the Iranian government. What he has done is give a speech that started out about Iran but wound up being about health care.
That's it? That's your argument? There isn't enough substance in your thought process to actually produce even a facsimile of an argument? Come back when you have enough wattage to post something worth troubling with.
Wow. Are you copying these brilliant repartees from the HuffPo Trolls' Little Book of Pointless Comebacks, or are you just a legend in your own mind?
As a pandering toadie, I apologize to you all for sponsoring a thread that clearly attracted troll excrement. Live and learn. You're not a planet_hero, you're a subterranean_skunk!
So you want to murder a bunch of people in real-life based on your imagination? What could possibly go wrong
The strawman you struck might beat you up and send you into another bath in the lava, Anti-kin.
I'm not going to jump all over you, Bob, for this comment.
I would just ask that you do a little research into your" Muslim world" comment as it relates to Iran.
Specifically Persian culture.
Persians are not Arabs
Great point, G.
The signs are in English.
Says it all in technicolor
NO ONE is talking about material aid, MovieBob, so that is a strawman–but I get the sense that you are at least interested in doing the right thing here. To see why an unambiguous rhetorical statement of support from the U.S. President is not, as you cynically put it, a "meaningless 'end-of-a-Jerry-Bruckheimer-movie' declaration of macho feel-goodness," all you have to do is focus a tiny bit of that much remarked-upon liberal empathy from your full-to-bursting heart on the Teheran protesters in the street. Imagine for half a second that you are there with them, risking your life just by showing up, holding up a sign in English. See? That wasn't hard, was it?
RIP Neda…
Sadly, your death is being used by some American politicians for their own gain.
Sad…
I had the pleasure of meeting Rep McCotter he is as down to earth, smart and warm as he appears in these speeches. I think he has a a great and important future if he wants it.
Anti – obviously the voices in your head don't believe in 'real-life' people. But we do. They are real to us and precious. And it's not right that they die. You don't care. But we do. And it's not our 'imagination'. It's our compassion. And in extending freedom to the oppressed, it's also our duty.
I don't know if you noticed. BUT DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING! Anything republicans put forward is already DOA! So we'll sit back and let the democrats implode and try to sell that it was all the fault of those damn dastardly republicans.
Minch – I don't think he's naive. Frankly, my dear, I don't think he gives a damn. This President is a person who, imho, is a person who does not now, nor ever has, believed in anything except his own ambition. He certainly does not believe in his country. Thus – why should he care about another? That's not naive. That's nihilism.
Uhh, Stergeye, how can he be a legend in his own mind? That would mean he'd first have to HAVE a mind.
I don't want to murder anybody. I want to defend this nation. Cause Iran with a nuke is a threat against America. And sticking your head in the sand like a little boy won't make that go away.
Well said, Mr. McCotter.
President Obama's double-talk on Iran is no substitute for an unambiguous moral stance, and no amount of spin is going to change that.
It isn't an argument, it's the axelturfer's cut-and-paste generic script:
"You Republicans are demonstrating you're so irrelevant…blah blah" and its twenty variations.
There isn't an argument becuase the intention isn't to argue; it's purely Alynskiite drivel.
A great speech, that points to the real apsect of international policy to the people. A good artcile on BOzo's similar failings regarding Cuba (among other assorted dictatorships)is
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGMzYTBmYWM1...
Wish there were more like you, Rep. McCotter!
Obama Bought The Presidency
Are you even capable of distinguishing religious psychopaths from normal people? Sometimes I can't tell if you're joking.
Thaddeus, if you become a contributor to Big Hollywood, can you do some rock music articles too? Maybe review a New York Dolls show while they're on tour. I'm pretty sure that no congressmen have done that yet.
Well said, Congressman.
Too bad our President thinks our foreign policy should start and end with strongly-worded letters and finger-wagging.
How maudlin. How many republicans cried for the 20,000 children of the 100,000 Iraqi civilians we killed when Bush invaded on lies? Cheesy partisan crap. Every child's death is a tragedy, but even more so when there are thousands of them and they died because of our military invasion based on lies…
I live in Representative McCotter's District. He's pretty awesome.
Ewww… Planet_Zero and Auntie are teaming up, ladies and gentlemen I give you the future.
Let the freedom fighters in the streets of Iran know that we are on their side. We have an opportunity that may not appear for another generation to lance the theocracy of the mad Ayatollahs of Iran. It must not be squandered on the hope that somehow Akmadenanutjob and his present day fascist can be negotiated with and take a position somewhere sort of, “death to America,” maybe they’ll just let us bleed for a while?
I guess you would rather rush in with guns blazing?
Iran is a sovereign country. I guess you would "NUKE them all and let God sort it out?"
Our president is avoiding nuclear war and further destabilization because he is smarter than GW and the Republican war mongers.
You said:Regrettably, our president’s “post-American” foreign policy presumes talk can thaw the murderous mullahs’ hearts and attain a “grand bargain” for peace in our time; consequently, while Iranians demanded their freedom from a barbarous regime, the president vapidly opined: “It is up to Iranians to make decisions about who Iran’s leaders will be… We respect Iranian sovereignty.”
I say: My country never signed up to be "world police".
And one poltician is using her death to further his chances of dealing with the mad mullahs!
Many big words, same little thought: We paid our dues and earned our place, so should they.
But, the French helped us out during our revolution. This nation has seen a successive chain of immigrants, the new building on what those before built, and it has been a very long time since any faced what the very first immigrants to this new land had to overcome. The experienced people will help out the new ones on the job, just enough to get them going without ending up doing their work too.
We were helped. We help. We give others a hand so they can stand up with us. Sure, we can stand back and say it will "mean more" if they "earn it." Well, blood has been spilt, they are working on earning it, they are making the attempt, showing the effort.
So, which outcome do you want? We do nothing and they are crushed, it takes at least a generation until they try again, and those are bitterly aware we did nothing to help those who tried before. We do nothing and they win a long hard battle after overwhelming odds, and have nothing but contempt for us since we could not be bothered to do anything while they were getting killed. Or, we do something significant to help, and at least some will have gratitude towards us.
What should an American do?
But if we're not the "world police" why should we be the "worlds sugar-daddy"? Think about that.
) I can attest to the brilliance of McCotter. This guy is the complete package. Brains, logic, pride of country and even humor. He is someone to watch within the GOP.
As someone from Michigan (I refuse to call myself a Michigander
Way to go Thad!
More to the point, it's probably an attempt to demoralize those who do not support Obama. They're doomed, irrelevant, worthless, etc. and if folk like Planet_Hero keep throwing those words at the people Planet_Hero no-likey maybe they'll believe it.
Or perhaps not.
Amen, 'nuff said
Your post has relevance to nothing but the DUmmies, where you belong. Go away.
I so love the sound of that!
I doubt he can either…
"avoiding nuclear war"?? As if there is any logic or predictability to that regime? Get real, it might already be too late to avoid it. You're mistaking cowardice for intelligence.
Thank God the French didn't follow your advise 230 years ago.
"THIS" as you put it, is called the beginning of democracy and freedom. "THIS" is what America stands for.
"THIS" is a young woman that was murdered for daring to believe she was free to express herself.
So you just sit there and sip your latte' and furrow your little brow with fake concern. Just sit there and wax superior with your fellow intellectuals while in a country ruled by maniacs people are being murdered for their desire to be free. Just sit there and do nothing, it doesn't effect you after all, right?
Rep, McCotter, while I am not in your district (I'm on the west side of Michigan) you can be sure that if I were, you would have my vote. It's good to know we have integrity over in the east.
LOL I also refuse the monicker "Michigander". Dont know who came up with that one.
[...] The full text of Rep. McCotter’s floor speech is available at Big Hollywood [...]
[...] The full text of Rep. McCotter’s floor speech is available at Big Hollywood [...]
Jimmy, ignore Planet_hero. He has nothing substantial to say and it is a waste of time to converse with him. People who denigrate others in order to make themselves relevant are not to be taken seriously and are best ignored. It is much more meaningful to speak with others who may or may not share your views but are at least willing to converse with you as equals – instead with "Planet" and his ilk all we get is the toxic spew of an ideological sycophant and there is nothing to be gained by engaging with such fools.
Cheers.
"Our president is avoiding nuclear war and further destabilization because he is smarter than GW and the Republican war mongers."
Wrong. Obama is quickening the pace to a nuclear confrontaion, whether it's AQ buying nukes from N. Korea or Iran using nukes against Israel or selling their nuclear material to terrorists. Obama has made it clear that he intends to look the other way as all of this unfolds. Isn't there a ship out of N Korea on it's way to Burma with illegal weapons? Who knows what that crazy bastard Kim Jong Il put in that cargo hold?
He's been handed a golden opportunity paid for with the blood of Iranian protestors and he's done…..nothing…..which is like giving carte blanche to maniacs like Khomeini to oppress their people with extreme violence.
Iranians are screaming at the top of their lungs for freedom and all we get out of the White House is crickets…..this is not what America is about. Also, your use of the typical left-wing nutbag name calling technique drops your IQ about 60 points. Now you're as smart as Obama….
He's certainly made a fan out of me.
[...] Name Was Neda: A Generational Chance for Freedom Her Name Was Neda: A Generational Chance for Freedom by Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-MI) Her name was Neda. In Farsi, it means
Not at all. It adds up to fascism.
(BTW, I'd love to hear you attempt to construct an economic argument as to how conservative policies created the financial crisis. Go ahead, emptyhead. We're waiting.)
"100,000 Iraqi civilians we killed"
Who killed them? WHO??????
Libtard liar.
It does seem that we're experiencing a notable uptick in the number (and incoherent slavering) of trolls here, and especially on the Iran issue. Could it be that the Soros astroturf factory is getting nervous about this? That the number of pinheads on payroll has been increased as a damage control measure? They certainly can't be happy with the polls, which are saying "Smells Like Carter Spirit."
Speaking of Jimmah, trolls: he wasn't bothered about meddling in Iran; in fact he actively pushed Khomeini over the secularists. And 'non-meddling' wasn't the order of the Democratic day when Jimmy the Useless refused to accept Muzorewa's election victory, insisting that Mugabe and only Mugabe was acceptable. Come to think of it, your lot never worried about the sanctity of Rhodesia's internal affairs, or South Africa's, did you? As a matter of fact The Won himself in his godlike wisdom thinks meddling in other nations' affairs is a good thing- as long as the nation in question is a "Zionist Entity."
What's your problem with speaking honestly? The mullacracy is a vicious, odious tyranny. Does it hurt so much to tell the truth? (I know, dumb question. You're libs).
What's the difference between a toddler and a liberal? The toddler eventually grows up and stops whining. (except the 20% of Americans like "Hero" here)
Where do you get these numbers? It can't be outta your arse cause your head is blocking the way….
Congressman,
You are a beam of light in an increasingly darker room. You honor Neda, her family, and freedom-loving people in Iran and in this country. Thank you for making her memory permanent. My hope is that her sacrifice will create freedom in her country and remind us of the value of freedom in our own. Some of us forget or belittle the sacrifice of so many to be where we have been, and she is a reminder of where we could be (or could be headed). Thank you sir.
[...] for the popular uprising in Iran. Funny how that worked out. When the president finally figured out what was the right side to be on, then it was the side he’d always vociferously been on, and in fact, he caused the whole [...]
Great idea BC.
Thaddeus, thank you. I have posted your video on my blog today. you have won the distinction of bad*ss of the week. well done.
As a practicing Catholic, I am compelled to believe that he has one, hidden back there somewhere. Many of us on the conservative side used to dwell over there and the dark side.
On the other hand Patrick, the beauty of a Planet Zero is how clear he is in stating what his agenda is:
"…bring our nation into the world …work towards environmental harmony, socio-economic justice, racial equality, and CHANGE from the neanderthal ideology of the Right."
Planet Zero/Leftist Hero.
Thaddeus in 2012!
" . . . our president’s 'post-American' foreign policy . . . "
Perfectly stated. Excellent column, Rep. McCotter. Thank you.
Are you really as dense as you seem, or are you playing the devil's advocate?
I second that notion: President McCotter, sounds great.
It's a fallacy that anyone supporting democracy in Iran must advocate war. It's an immature stereotype which allows modern liberals to change the subject of the debate in order to frame Iran to a non-existent subject.
I don't fall for it. I would suggest anyone else supporting Iranian protesters refuse to follow this red herring.
The mad mullahs are going to do what ever they want regardless of what the US does or does not do. Believing they are watching us is pointless. They've got bigger fish to fry at the moment.
They've already started busing in Hamas thugs, most likely because the don't understand farsi, and so won't be able to understand the protesters pleading with them to join them. It's the same thing the Chinese communists did in Tienanmen Square, where they bused in troops from the country side who spoke a different dialect.
Sadly I predict this will get very bloody, soon.
Not likely son… Once your Republican whining gets old again Obama will pick right back up to his highs, mark my words.
In the meantime, campaign to get FAILIN PALIN and her filthy kids back on the ticket… PLEASE! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!
That would be Israel's problem, not ours… Stop bowing down to the Israelis!
So you admit he is a caveman and an imbecile? Sounds like the PERFECT Republican!
:: Yawn :: The poor girl is dead and Republicans are trying to prop her up for their own sick uses… NEXT…
TMAC!!!
Sir, thank you for speaking up on behalf of the children of democracy everywhere. You allow us to have some hope in the integrity of those who hold elected office, and truly serve the people who elected them. Your district should be proud to have you represent them.
I just watched the footage on Youtube. Maybe this will make us pull our heads out of our collective asses and realize we're heading down this very same road with Obama at the wheel.
In a few years, that could be our daughters killed in the streets…
Oh please… Even if there were such a thing I am sure it would have 10,000x more intelligence in it than "Rush Limbaugh's Big Fat Book of Big Fat Lies" does..
You certainly "TALK" like a Republican… Idiot.
::: Crickets ::: from the Republican side… Oh wait, I heard something! Nevermind… It was the sound of some redneck ripping one in bed with his sister.
Don't be a stupid alarmist Ken… This is AMERICA you're talking about.
I see someone's been channeling Letteman.
I gotta know, who did you go down on to get 46p? I mean, seriously, do you have pictures of someone or something??
You come off as nothing more than a brainless Obamabot spouting off the usual left-wing nutbag talking points. Do you just blindly love everything Obama does? I wonder if you've ever had an original thought that didn't require toilet paper immediately afterwards.
maybe if Obama stops bowing down to muslims…..literally
what a complete puss…..
Indeed, me caveman! Me hate Geico!
Don't be a stupid Automaton Planet Zero.
This isn't the same America that you think it is. If you don't see that by now then you are drwoning in kool aid.
Yeah, "it could NEVER happen here". You echo the sentiments of so many Germans from the 1930's. They heard great speeches, too, and then millions were murdered. I'm sure the Bolsheviks sounded wonderful, too.
Is "O" similar? Probably not. Nationalizing banks and car companies isn't a good start, though. Spending more in 6 months than the past 230+ YEARS isn't good either. Talk of reeducation, nationalized health care, and "fairness" over sound fiscal responsibility moves the alert and intelligent among us from concern to alarm. So, yeah, unless you're a blind follower of "hope and change", or a fascist, you're gonna be pretty alarmed right now.
They sell a nuke to Al-queda, it becomes our problem.
Hows that any different than Olbermann pinning Dr. Tiller's murder on Bill O'Reilly?
Or Clinton pinning the OK City bombing on Rush Limbaugh?
He based his Foriegn policy on dealing with the Mullahs, WITHOUT PRECONDITION! If they only could experinse the love of THE ONE that we do, they would give up their nukes and stop being murderous douchebags!
If they are gone, Obama won't know what to do.
No, the media gave it to Obama.
And yet it was foaming at the mouth liberals with the "Buck Fush" bumpers stickers.
classy…..
Planet_Zero/Leftist Hero
About as sentient as a turnip and proud citizen of Dirt.
You are the typical liberal. You either believe things that are incorrect, or you cointinually make up facts.
most democratic countries have nuclear weapons.
NO. Most democratic countries do not have nuclear weapons.
in the year 2000, Freedom House counted 120 democracies, the highest number and the greatest percentage (63) in the history of the world
-Hoover Institutuion, Stanford University
There are 10 countries in the World that are known to have tested Nuclear Weapons. US, UK, France, China, Russia, Pakistan, India, Israel, North Korea, Sout Africa. South Africa has dimsanted their Nukes. China & North Korea are not Democraices. Whether Russian and Pakistan are is debatable. If we include them, that would be 7 Democratic countries out of 120 that have nuclear weapons.
This guy continually begins arguments by saying things that are factaully untrue.
I just want to know how he got a positive rating with the idiotic rants he posts here.
Really? Are all Obama supporters Anti-Semites or are Barry and yourself just an abberation?
Seriously, why do you people hate Jews?
Aha! There you are Planet HeeHaw–Winning friends and influencing people everywhere you go. I see.
"It's the same old story, everywhere he goes. Slander,Libel…….."
Simon & Garfunkel-a tribute to….. Planet Here0!
Wake up Here0 old buddy, Things have been happening to the America we knew, that you are not tracking.
Now, now 'Hear0' child, I told you before, don't go putting labels on people and calling names. It's just not mature.
"I would just ask that you do a little research into your" Muslim world" comment as it relates to Iran.
Specifically Persian culture.
Persians are not Arabs"
I'm unaware that that was a mistake I made. Unlikely, as I'm well aware that they are Persian. They are also, however, Muslims and thus part of the Muslim World… a world where religious affiliation seems to trump ethnicity much of the time.
Same reason why Hitler hated them. THE ONE needs a scapegoat.
What they both said.
signed ReaderRedux, former Reader.
" . . . our president’s 'post-American' foreign policy . . . "
Perfectly stated. Excellent column, Rep. McCotter. Thank you.
ReaderRedux formerly was Reader. Had to change name due to log-in technical difficulty.
And: Liberty!
You forgot to mention that we are bitter, too, according to The One.
I don't think the Iranian public are allowed to have guns.
Liberals always say and/or imply that conservatives love war.
Conservatives love liberty.
I still can't believe he did it. (although I actually can believe it, ya know?)
Thank you Thad, for speaking this.
Imagine if they WERE… What a horrid mess that would be!
You would see 1000x as many killings, guaranteed… Thank GOODNESS they aren't armed!
It is absolutely impossible for BO to stand up for freedom and liberty because he doesn't believe one wit in freedom or liberty. He's probably got the mullahs on speed dial trying to obtain tips on how to control the masses. I pray for the people of Iran. The good news for America is that BO will be a one termer. How can you not love Congressman McCotter?
" . . . one termer . . ."
Oh, I pray that you are right.
Mouth breather.
Please… "One Termer"…
You have NO IDEA how popular Obama is, nor do you care. All you have is your ridiculous beliefs…
Don't give ME that "Good German" crap after you sat around for 8 YEARS during Bush's reign of terror and plunder!
The only reason Obama has to do ANY of the above is because of BUSH'S MONKEY BUSINESS from 2000-2008, when YOU sat on your big butt and plucked your banjo without concern for your dying country! While you morons whine and complain about "tyranny" you allow snake-oil salesmen in your corrupt party to plunder and steal anything that isn't locked down… So shuddap about it.
Yeah sure… The "liberty" to own assault rifles, shoot civilians "in the name of preserving freedom", and the "liberty" to hate based on ridiculous antiquated ideology from a fairy tale book.
I am NOT an Anti-Semite but I DO know that Israel has kept the Palestinians down for DECADES now…
You reap what you sow, just sayin' …
Seems to me that in an Iran vs. Israel scenario that ALL SIDES are religious psychopaths…
Just callin' it how I see it, that's all…
That goes without mentioning… Hell, if I was on the losing end of history I would be bitter too.
Um… Those things happened in AMERICA, and they happened because of REPUBLICANS? Hello?
Conservative policies, like allowing CEOs to make millions while draining companies of revenue and keeping the average worker downtrodden?
Conservative policies like allowing the filthy rich to keep MORE money while placing the tax burden onto middle class families and the poor?
Conservative policies like allowing corporations to poison the environment for a quick buck?
Conservative policies like letting companies get away with producing TOXIC products which have unintended consequences for the consumer?
Conservative policies like "bridges to nowhere" while millions starve and can't afford health care?
Shall I go on Bohemond, or are you thoroughly trounced already?
And BUSH was classy, how?
Why can't you just admit that Obama won the presidency based upon his MERIT?
Is it too much for you to accept that a person of mixed ethnicity can win based on that? Must you always have some "excuse" like that fake birth cert nonsense?
Thank you for self-identifying, Stergeye.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step in recovery
Why can't you just admit that Obama won the presidency based upon his MERIT?
Because he didn't?
Bush not being an obnoxious boor like yourself certainly helped.
Shall I go on Bohemond, or are you thoroughly trounced already?
No, you've pretty much committed genocide in Strawmania.
The U.N. is getting the pen out for that stern letter as we speak.
Then you go through the world blinded by your own prejudice.
No.
Actually, there is much that you do not know.
You're a virtual black hole of ignorance and hate.
Though you have stumbled upon one truth. One does reap what one sows. Whatever mask you use in real life to cover the diseased personality you display here will slip away one day. I'm sure much hilarity will ensue.
Now there is the problem: it seems to you.
Garbage In, Garbage Out.
If you mean Planet_Hero, he has a whole bunch of postings on other blogs. Maybe that brings up the average.
"Reign of terror and plunder"?! Wow, really going after the kulaks this time around…
So shuddap about it.
No.
*Andrew* someone gave the (Planet) a dictionary just this week. I know he used a multi-syllable word. Ti's true I saw it.
Ah, Hero . What a recovery I am impressed. You and your friends. have with your policies released over 600,000 of the Americans you 'love' from the daily burden of WORK. thankyou
More hysterical nonsense. What're you, like 10 years old or something??
You're boring…..
"Actually, there is much that you do not know."
Gee, ya think?? This person is worthless….
I have been reading your posts, and you are indeed very bitter. Also petty.
In his old posts, among the frequent comments about conservatives being inbred southern uneducated hicks living in trailers etc, he boasts of his $300,000 condo.
So while he is complaining about the rich who belittle and marginalize others…
I'm thinking this Planet hero person is just a poser…..
Now remember the guy who did the "Leave Brittany Alone!" video, picture him saying Planet_Hoagie's words, see if that makes them make any more sense.
Are you saying that because deep down, you're horrified at the possibility that Planet_Hero is not posing and really believes what he spews?
I've been reading Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Letter." This excerpt is timely
I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action";
Well he either signed up here and posted things to get his rating to 46p and then once he got that he showed his true colors (yellow). Or he's posting pure satire to get replies.
If he truly is the dullard he plays on Big Hollywood, then I have 2 questions:
1. How did he get such a positive rating?
2. When are the guys in white coats with the big nets coming to get him?
Off topic, I worked a helpdesk for a long time, I feel your pain….
Are all those other postings complete crap too?
That's going to be a long post.
I'll start simple, say, gifts between dignitaries…….wanna go there??
DVDs that won't play…….BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Once again you demonstrate your complete lack of intelligence. I don't have the energy to point out everything that's wrong with this stupid statement.
1. By hanging around the news comment part of the overall site and making lots of posts where he was the only poster, collecting plus-ones. Also over there topics go by fast, he made many posts on well-discussed articles at least a half-day after the topic was virtually abandoned. In both cases, he selected where there would be virtually no chance of opposition to "make a stand." Very macho.
I just completed two days of going through his posts (I am not asking for a medal, so you know) as an examination of a trollish mind. (BTW I think Crowder okayed laughing at his behavior recently.) Along the way I corrected oversights. I also saw his rating go from 42 to 36, then up to 49, he also picked up two followers. The ID system is slow and apparently only does the rating calculation so often, it may go down soon. More people going through his comments and correcting oversights may also help.
2. I have the strong impression he expects to become a supervisor in the New Order with his greatness finally acknowledged. There were quite a few like him, oh, about 65 years ago. Thus he may disagree with your assessment. In any case, despite his desire for the "oppressors" (read dissenters to his greatness) to be crushed by government force, it is still a free country with free speech so not much will be thought about his comments. Very little is thought of them as it is.
Well excuuuuse me for having standards and working for my money kadaka…
Maybe after you go to college for 8 years and become someone you can come back and talk to me, until then forget about it.
More CAPS please, more CAPS.
'I have money, I am educated, I am important! You are not important, you are a little person. Now shut up and go away while I continue to fight for oppressed voiceless minorities. I care about the little people!'
You may not be asking for a medal, but you've earned one. I imagine that the majority of his posts are similar. Filled with talking points and hate for conservatives, sprinkled with lame attempts at humor while deflecting blame and heaping adoration upon Obama, right?
This is not someone that should be trusted with a driver's license much less a voter registration card….
Aren't you the idiot that said if the Iranians had guns there would be "1000x the killing GUARANTEED…."
Talk about alarmist…..
Man you have to be one of the dumbest people walking….
So were you actually foaming at the mouth when you were typing this crap?
"I care for the little people"
Only little people say that kind of garbage… But I don't doubt that you're little, kadaka… Very little. And bitter… And, frankly, kind of stupid for not working for a better life than being a mechanic or a farmhand…
I doubt that you even got half a semester in. Probably failed to get to class and began drinking with the frat boys…
Um, janpain… Republicans and Bush are NOT my "friends".
BUSH is the reason we have lost millions of jobs, not Obama! Try not to be so disingenuous…
(is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action) ….can we say Obamoi!
This guy is a pandering toadie who is using a horrific tragedy to boost his party…You Mean OBAMO!!
(have a change of heart?)
hey.. planted hoho.. You and Obam-bam are alike in may ways, love to give you views on everything, while enlightening on nothing, getting attention anyway possible.
No right wing smear attempt here-Ho-Ho, you do a good enough job discrediting your own party.
Well, at some point he may get completely fed up with a Mother Gaia-destroying carbon-spewing SUV driven by conservative inbred rednecks (driving between the bar and their trailer) and try to heroically take them out with his ecological tiny hybrid put-put…
Don't choose to play "I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I" with a parrot. Go play with yourself.
Hm. Someone's certainly very little and very bitter.
Might wish to look up the term "projection" and ponder a bit.
Oh and do act this way towards people in real life. I'm sure hilarity will ensue at some point.
Darn those kulaks, keeping their farms to themselves instead of releasing them to THE PEOPLE!!! Everything is THEIR fault!
Hilarity, maybe some punches. You can tell how much he wants to be like his idol, Perez. Best of luck with that.
No, if he got punched he'd feel martyred. There are other possibilities that could be even more painful than bruises.
And two college degrees later, I can be truly amazed at your pretentiousness. Please share your great wisdom with the ones who fix your car, grow your food, even those who fix your plumbing, your electrical systems… All of those "kind of stupid" people without which you are hardly able to survive one day.
Do you share your enlightened wisdom at the hospital and the doctor's office, informing the nurses and similar medical staff if they were truly smart they would be doctors, or even university professors? It is "kind of stupid" to choose to deal with "enlightened" individuals such as yourself.
He may wish he could be martyred. Is there any group out there with a drop of political sense who would want to be associated with him?
At least someone will care about him, the police will be professional in their investigation, despite finding out they are "kind of stupid" for getting stuck in go-nowhere government jobs.
[...] The full text of Rep. McCotter’s floor speech is available at Big Hollywood [...]
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