Obama Ready for Congress Approval on ISIS

In the face of growing criticism about ISIS, the President is preparing to seek authorization from Congress on using Military against ISIS.

Obama is finally going to seek the proper authority?

The problem for the Administration is, they may not get the authority from Congress. 

It isn't that Congress isn't ready to take out ISIS, the problem is the Obama Administration.  They have no plan to deal with the growing threat from ISIS.  Their plan is to keep dropping bombs. 

Every expert has said that it will take ground troops to destroy the threat.  It doesn't necessarily have to be our ground troops, but we do have to be a leader and rally the forces. 

Brian Williams of NBC News Makes Up Story

It seems that NBC Newsman, Brian Williams has been doing a little more than embellishing a story.  He has flat out lied.

He has on multiple occasions told a story of how he was involved in a situation in the Gulf War in 2003.  The event involved a Helicopter he was supposedly on being shot down. 

However, now the truth is coming out.  He was never on the Helicopter, nor was he ever in grave danger.  People who were actually involved have come forward and told the real story. 

As Paul Harvey would put it, "Now for the rest of the story"

Williams was actually on a different Helicopter that arrived at the scene of the incident after the fact and that he was never in any real danger. 

I guess that doesn't make for as good a story.

Then to make matters worse, Williams failed attempt at an apology.  He claims he didn't remember the story right. 

Really?  You didn't remember that it wasn't your helicopter being hit with an RPG and fire? 

Obama Getting It from All Sides on ISIS

As Obama continues his no plan on ISIS, Both Republicans and Democrats are on the full attack to get aide and in some cases even troops to Jordan to go after ISIS.

This could be a defining moment in the battle against ISIS and the Lawmakers know it. 

Obama doesn't seem to understand that yet.

FOX News:

McCain and the rest of the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee later urged the administration to do more -- specifically, to help Jordan in its own military campaign after a captured Jordanian pilot was burned alive by the Islamic State.

Jordan's King Abdullah II has vowed to strike back, and already has launched airstrikes against ISIS over Syria in response. Reports from the Middle East said the latest strikes killed 55 members of ISIS, including a senior commander known as the "Prince of Nineveh."
According to U.S. lawmakers who met with Abdullah on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the king has asked for more military assistance from the U.S.

"They literally need ammo, bombs, and they need fuel," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told Fox News on Thursday. He also urged the Pentagon to embed troops with the Jordanian military and other fighting forces, so they could help call for U.S. airpower as needed.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi also said Thursday the administration should "move quickly to give more capacity to the Jordanians."

Republicans and Democrats alike are pressing the Obama administration to move swiftly to provide aircraft parts, night-vision equipment and other weapons to Jordan.

Obama Failing against ISIS

As we watch ISIS continue to Terrorize the World with the Videos of people captured and tortured, we are still content with dropping Bombs.

Every report and indication is that this group is the bad of the bad when it comes to terrorists and we are taking a more hands off approach. 

No one wants to go to war and send American Lives in harms way, but it doesn't appear that the Strategy by the Obama Administration is making much headway.

What is our next move?

Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman Putting Our Safety at Risk

Alderman Bob Bauman is the man in charge of issuing licenses for Cab Drivers.  He chairs the Public Works Committee and he thinks they are doing a good Job.

Really?

TMJ4 took a look and it doesn't appear Alderman Bauman cares much about our safety.

TMJ4:

MILWAUKEE - The next time you are in the back seat of a city-licensed taxi, you could be sharing a ride with a convicted felon or a driver with a checkered history behind the wheel.

For more than a year, the I-Team has been keeping track as a city committee responsible for weeding out troubled taxi drivers approved all but one person to appear before them.

 

Alderman Bob Bauman chairs the Public Works Committee, and believes it has been doing the job well.

 

"Are we vetting people? Absolutely," Bauman said.

 

Bauman's committee comes into play when Milwaukee Police object to a public passenger license application.

 

Those objections happen for a variety of reasons, including criminal violations or driving infractions.

 

In 2014, the I-Team watched as police raised objections to applications made by drunk drivers, sex offenders, even a man convicted of a felony fatal hit and run.

 

Of the 79 applications where police objected and the prospective driver appealed to the committee, the challenge was overruled and the license granted all but once.

 

"We look at the nature of the offense, we ask the applicant to explain the circumstances, we evaluate their credibility, and in most cases we do grant the license," Bauman said.

 

What this means is drunk drivers and sex offenders were all approved to drive a taxi in the city of Milwaukee.

United Steelworkers Union Plans to Make Us Pay More

The United Steelworkers are calling for a strike at the refinery's. 

As they plan to force the hand on a new contract, we will be the ones paying the price.  If the refinery's start seeing a reduction in production and there is any type of interruption, guess who pays the price?  We will, with higher prices at the pump.

It was nice while it lasted.

Seattle Gives Away Super Bowl

I said it as the play unfolded, "What are they doing?"

As I watched Wilson drop back, I was trying to figure out what in the world was on the minds of the Seahawks.

You are at the 1 yard line with one of the best Running Backs in the game and you try to pass?

The only thing that I can believe is that they thought they would catch the Patriots off guard and sneak one in there.  However that didn't work.  It will go down as one of the worst play calls in history.

You have to give your Running Back and Offensive Line the opportunity in that situation to win the game.