Video: Rep. Trey Gowdy Responds to Holder Playing Race Card

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) is on the House Oversight Committee and has been one of the bull dogs in that committee's attempt to get to the bottom of the Fast and Furious scandal. Here he is on Greta Van Susteren's program responding to Attorney General Eric Holder's comments to the New York Times that he is being targeted because both he and Barack Obama are black.

Let there be no doubt that Gowdy is serious.

Via Oversight and Reform:

Video: Ron Paul Explains why he isn't Publicly Supporting Truthers

C'mon, we all knew it. The reason Ron Paul doesn't publicly support the Truthers is because he knows it's a radioactive issue, not because he disagrees with them. In this video, he all but confirms it. If you're a hardcore Paulien, you can explain this one away but c'mon, we all know the truth, right?

There is a reason Paul has the Truther vote locked up.

Fast forward to the :50 mark to witness the moment of 'truth.'



h/t Verum Serum

Video: UN Demonizes Santa Clause in Christmas Ad

Regardless of where you come down on the issue of whether or not there is a 'War on Christmas,' this is beyond disgraceful. Even if you think Christmas has become too commercialized, this is beyond disgraceful. If you're in the camp of folks that says Christianity has been merged with a pagan holiday and aren't a fan of Santa Claus, this is still beyond disgraceful.

The United Nations has put together an ad that actually demonizes Santa Claus as someone not interested in landing his sleigh in poor countries; he's only interested in helping the rich.

This takes class warfare to a new low.

Shockingly, UNICEF actually thinks this will motivate people to shop with them for Christmas gifts.

The tagline at the end is also a disgrace:

"UNICEF: We go where Santa doesn't"

Via NYDN:



h/t Weasel Zippers

Video: Prepare to be Emotionally Scarred

Is it any coincidence that one week after announcing he will not seek re-election, Rep. Barney Frank takes to the House Floor without covering up?

I think not.

It looks like he has some sort of brace on his left wrist, which could explain the lack of a suit and tie but it's no excuse for failing to button the jacket. Then again, it's probably gay pride.

Via MediaIte:

Arrest Warrant Issued for Iraq's Vice President on Terrorism Charges

We might be able to call this Islam's version of partisanship. What do you get in a country with a government majority and Prime Minister that is Shi'ite, coupled with a Vice President that is Sunni? In the case of Iraq, VP Tariq al-Hashimi is being charged with terrorism.

Via Washington Post:

Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government on Monday accused its Sunni vice president of terrorism, plunging the country into its deepest political crisis in years only one day after U.S. troops departed. 

As an arrest warrant was issued for Tariq al-Hashimi, three men said on Iraqi television that they had worked as his bodyguards and had carried out bombings and assassinations, killing as many as a half-dozen people. 

They said Hashimi knew what they were doing. But many Iraqis questioned whether the allegations rang true. 

Neither Hashimi nor his spokesman could be reached for comment. Hashimi was in the semiautonomous region of Kurdistan holding crisis talks with Kurdish leaders. 

Iraqi Kurds called for calm, as did U.S. officials in Washington. The charges came despite talks over the weekend among President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Sunni politicians and U.S. Embassy officials, which appeared to resolve the issue with the creation of a judicial committee to “thoroughly investigate” the terrorism charges.

Contrast the terrorism charges against al-Hashimi with the royal treatment Hadi al-Ameri, Iraq's Transportation Minister, received just last week; he was part of an Iraqi delegation that visited Barack Obama in the Oval Office.

Al-Ameri's history when it comes to terrorism is off-the-charts but remember, he is Shi'ite. There is also video of him kissing the hand of Iran's Ayatollah Khameini: