Old Glory Petraeus Fired for Opposing Benghazi Coverup

CBS News Benghazi Reporter Sharyl Attkisson discusses the departure of General David Petraeus shortly after opposing the cover-up talking points memo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Recently, the administration has attempted to use the CIA as a CYA by falsely claiming that the White House made only minor changes to talking points that originally identified the attack as terrorism. The Obama administration attempted to focus the American people on a false narrative accusing a youtube video for the Benghazi, Libya attack. An innocent video producer was arrested, he remains in jail and mothers of dead American patriots were lied to face to face while standing over the caskets of their fallen sons.

Sharyl Attkisson discusses the fact that emails now show that Gen. Petraeus, as the Director of CIA, was unhappy with the final, misleading talking points memo used to deceive the American public. She also reminds us that Petraeus promised the release of declassified drone video footage of the Benghazi attack. Since the departure of the former General from the CIA, the drone footage has been withheld.

You may recall that we had high hopes in November 2012, post election, that David Petraeus would offer the truth on the Benghazi story. He did not give a full account, which was disappointing, but he did lay some breadcrumbs toward the truth. Now it seems that he may have been in position to be blackmailed which affected his ability to be forthright.

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More revelations on Benghazi will be forth coming either today during the President's press conference or when the Accountability Review Board is heard by the House of Representatives.

Please show support for Sharyl Attkisson who has been doing an excellent job as an investigative reporter on the Benghazi story. Reports indicate her job at CBS News is on the line. Twitter profile HERE.

THANK YOU #benghazi Reporter Sharyl Attkisson (@sharylattkisson) The #Truth Matters!
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Democrats Ask Zero Questions on Benghazi Events In Hearing

During the Benghazi hearings on the Al Qaeda attack on an American consulate in Libya the Democrats have not asked a single question about the attack. Despite four dead American patriots, the Democratic Congressmen and women have failed to address the issue at all.

The leading Democratic Congressman in the hearing, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, began by stating his support for the whistle-blowers who testified. However, it appears that his statements were intended to be a veiled final effort to offer amnesty in exchange for silence.

"I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO PROTECT YOU" (if you shut up.)

Other Democrats attempted to provide cover for Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State. One towering man who testified as a "whistle-blower" is named Eric Nordstrom. Mr. Nordstrom was the Libyan Regional Security Officer for the State Department during the attack. The security officer battled tears as he countered Hillary Clinton's claim by stating "It Matters!"

Gregory Hicks, Foreign Service Officer & Former Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya:

"My Jaw Dropped" when Susan Rice went on TV saying there was a protest in Benghazi related to a video.

Mr. Hicks has been praised by President Obama shortly after the attacks in Benghazi. He informed the State Department and senior Libyan officials asking for assistance throughout the attacks on September 11th 2012. Rep. Elijah Cummings repeatedly attempted to push against Hicks by stating that the U.S. military air power could not have arrived over Libya during the attacks. This is in direct opposition to the fact that drones were flying over the attack for several hours. It is nonsensical when one considers that the revolution in Libya relied upon U.S. air power.

The people on the ground who make security decisions were not able to get the resources needed to defend themselves and Ambassador Stevens. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decreased resources and then denied requests to save Americans surrounded by terrorists on American soil. The administration then lied about the situation. After that, the administration obstructed the investigation of the events in Benghazi both materially and through political proxies.

Hillary Clinton's right hand Cheryl Mills was directly referenced as the point person in the cover-up and silencing of whistle-blowers.

From Ho Hos to Bimbos: Enjoying My Last Twinkie

The Obama economy would make Sandra Fluke proud. Declining sales and increasing union costs have been driving up the price of Hostess products. The price reached the breaking point and now it looks like our beloved all-American Ho Hos could be sold off to Mexico's Grupo Bimbo.

HotAir reported on Hostess:

“I think we’ll find buyers,”  CEO Gregory F. Rayburn told ABC News on Sunday.  ”A few have surfaced already since Friday expressing interest in the brand to acquire them.”

Con Agra and Flowers Foods are among the companies that have expressed interest in Hostess, but Mexican company El Grupo Bimbo may have an edge, the Christian Science Monitor reported Saturday.  Grupo Bimbo, headed by Mexican billionaire Daniel Servitje Montull, is the largest bread-baking company in the world.

The Daily Herald added:

Economists say part of the reason Hostess struggled was due to high sugar tariffs meant to protect local producers, the Monitor reported.  Grupo Bimbo could take advantage of lower sugar prices in Mexico.

David Margulies, a spokesman for Bimbo Bakeries USA, didn’t respond to an e-mail seeking comment on that company’s potential interest in Hostess assets. Bimbo, based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, is the U.S. division of Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo SAB, the maker of Entenmann’s cakes and Thomas’ English muffins.

Even before the strike, Hostess endured years of declining sales as Americans turned to rivals’ snacks and breads, while ingredient costs and labor expenses climbed.

Tim Ramey, an analyst for D.A. Davidson & Co., said he expects Twinkies and other Hostess brands to disappear from the marketplace. Any buyer would need a distribution system to get the products into stores, he said.

“Without your own distribution, it’s pretty problematic,” Ramey said yesterday in an interview. “Twinkies has been on a slow death spiral for a long time. Somebody might decide they want something to do with it, but it’s not likely.”

As your intrepid blogger, I took it upon myself to go buy some of the last Wonder Bread. I found that two loafs of bread cost $9.18. That seems a high price for bread.

As we reported earlier today, the Obama Recession has been hard on Hostess to the point that some people are wondering where is the Hostess bailout? Liquidation is being portrayed by the bankruptcy judge as the 18,000 workers "last chance."  The Hostess CEO believes that buyers will pick up portions of the business in a liquidation, but the Bimbo bailout does not look realistic.

Bloomberg quotes Hostess CEO Gregory Rayburn as stating the Bimbo deal is a "misconception":

“One misconception in the market is that Bimbo would be a buyer and bakery leadership told us in several plants that Bimbo would come in and buy, which is absurd,” Rayburn said today in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

Rayburn cited Bimbo’s agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to sell some Sara Lee brands in order to complete its acquisition of Sara Lee’s North American bakery business.

“Due to antitrust, it would never happen,” Rayburn said.

We also reported that the bankruptcy judge urged Hostess and the bakery union to meet for mediation. Unfortunately, that solution does not look promising:

After Hostess’s unions had agreed to more than $100 million in annual cost concessions during Hostess’s previous bankruptcy, the bakery union thought it made little sense to agree to further cuts. It feared a deal would pull down wages and benefits throughout the industry, without saving Hostess.

Well, it looks like Hostess will disappear forever. We might as well enjoy the last of our Obama Zombie Apocalypse Twinkies Stash for Thanksgiving.

We should be thankful. We weren't left for dead in Benghazi to cover-up the President's sale of weapons to Al Qaeda.