I heard Mexico has issued a statement warning their citizens about going to Arizona. Mexican President Calderone believes Arizonans are 'racist' for passing a law that says it is illegal to be an illegal.
I thought Arizona was trying to do something that both Bush & Obama have failed to do. Enforce our immigration laws.
Mexico sounds like Arizona is the only place with enforceable immigration laws. That is where the hypocrisy becomes blatant.
Mexico has some of the most punitive immigration laws on the books that far surpass Arizonas. Our media in the US are in favor of granting citizenship to the illegal aliens here, so they do not tell their readers or viewers that fact.
Instead they try to play on peoples fears of being labeled with the overplayed term 'racist'. Yes in the US if you oppose the radical lefts agenda, you are a racist. If you ask our elected officials to enforce our laws, you are a racist.
I believe the elected officials who take an oath of office to uphold our constitution & laws are guilty of a derelection of duty when they refuse to do so.
Here is a brief summary of Mexico's immigration laws as they relate to foreigners in Mexico. i did call the Mexican Embassy in DC, and gasp, they would not comment on their own laws. They are happy to comment on US law, but would prefer not to discuss their own.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has accused Arizona of opening the door “to intolerance, hate, discrimination and abuse in law enforcement.” But Arizona has nothing on Mexico when it comes to cracking down on illegal aliens. While open-borders activists decry new enforcement measures signed into law in “Nazi-zona” last week, they remain deaf, dumb or willfully blind to the unapologetically restrictionist policies of our neighbors to the south.
– The Mexican government will bar foreigners if they upset “the equilibrium of the national demographics.” How’s that for racial and ethnic profiling?
– If outsiders do not enhance the country’s “economic or national interests” or are “not found to be physically or mentally healthy,” they are not welcome. Neither are those who show “contempt against national sovereignty or security.” They must not be economic burdens on society and must have clean criminal histories. Those seeking to obtain Mexican citizenship must show a birth certificate, provide a bank statement proving economic independence, pass an exam and prove they can provide their own health care.
– Illegal entry into the country is equivalent to a felony punishable by two years’ imprisonment. Document fraud is subject to fine and imprisonment; so is alien marriage fraud. Evading deportation is a serious crime; illegal re-entry after deportation is punishable by ten years’ imprisonment. Foreigners may be kicked out of the country without due process and the endless bites at the litigation apple that illegal aliens are afforded in our country (see, for example, President Obama’s illegal alien aunt — a fugitive from deportation for eight years who is awaiting a second decision on her previously rejected asylum claim).
– Law enforcement officials at all levels — by national mandate — must cooperate to enforce immigration laws, including illegal alien arrests and deportations. The Mexican military is also required to assist in immigration enforcement operations. Native-born Mexicans are empowered to make citizens’ arrests of illegal aliens and turn them in to authorities.
– Ready to show your papers? Mexico’s National Catalog of Foreigners tracks all outside tourists and foreign nationals. A National Population Registry tracks and verifies the identity of every member of the population, who must carry a citizens’ identity card. Visitors who do not possess proper documents and identification are subject to arrest as illegal aliens.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Our Presidents Missing Spine
In December China issued an ultimatum to the remaining American manufacturing base. At that time China issued new rules to American companies that sell to the Chinese government.
The new rule will require these companies to transfer all of their research, development and patents to China as a condition of selling goods and services there.
Many of the impacted American trade groups joined together and sent a letter to several US government officials in protest.
Here are some excerpts from these letters:
"Of most immediate concern are new rules issued by the Chinese government in November to establish a national catalogue of products to receive significant preferences for government procurement. Among the criteria for eligibility for the catalogue is that the products contain intellectual property that is developed and owned in China and that any associated trademarks are originally registered in China. This represents an unprecedented use of domestic intellectual property as a market-access condition and makes it nearly impossible for the products of American companies to qualify unless they are prepared to establish Chinese brands and transfer their research and development of new products to China.
We respectfully request that your agencies make this issue in particular a strategic priority in your bilateral economic engagement with China; develop, in consultation with the business community and like-minded foreign governments, a strong, fully coordinated response to the Chinese government; and raise this issue with your Chinese counterparts in all appropriate unilateral and bilateral settings and forums." - US Trade groups
In response the White House has taken the following action as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
"In an unusually broad response, U.S. officials from several government agencies have approached the Chinese to relay concern over the proposed rules, according to people familiar with the situation. "We are expressing our serious concerns with all appropriate counterparts in the Chinese government," said Carol Guthrie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative's office."
It never occurred to the Obama administration to respond in kind. With the current trade imbalance favoring the Chinese, that would have gotten their attention.
Instead Obama is expressing his "concern".
Last September Obama got the G-20 members to agree to a Paper Tiger communique protesting Chinese business practices.
All talk with no bite.
It could be that Obama is afraid of getting China angry since they are financing his dangerous deficits. They already dumped some U.S. Treasury Bonds a couple months ago just to let Obama know who is in control.
When they do this, it raises the interest rates the US pays to them for financing our deficits.
With China maintaining a false currency they can keep the exchange rate where it is, and not impact the trade imbalance. It has not wanted to diminish the value of the dollar relative to the yuan because that would raise the prices of Chinese goods to Americans and reduce the prices of U.S. goods to the Chinese.
"There is little chance that China will dump the dollar while America still has lots of industry and research and development left that China wants to steal. If it were to crash the dollar, it would cause investment in the U.S. manufacturing sector to come roaring back, which would wreck its plans. The U.S. should, however, fear the Chinese government's threats to bring about a dollar collapse in the future." - Howard Richman
We are currently losing our blue collar manufacturing base to China. With Obama refusing to impose a trade balance between the two countries as is allowed through the World Trade Organization, we will soon lose our good paying white collar research and development jobs as well.
"We could impose a tariff on Chinese products in proportion to the trade deficit. When the U.S. trade deficit with China goes up, the tariff rate goes up; when the trade deficit goes down, the tariff rate goes down. When trade reaches approximate balance, the tariff disappears. If the Chinese government continues to exclude American products from its markets, it would be excluding Chinese products from American markets." - a/t
China is fighting a trade war with the US, and just like the War on Terror, Obama's lack of a spine does not bode well for us winning.
The new rule will require these companies to transfer all of their research, development and patents to China as a condition of selling goods and services there.
Many of the impacted American trade groups joined together and sent a letter to several US government officials in protest.
Here are some excerpts from these letters:
"Of most immediate concern are new rules issued by the Chinese government in November to establish a national catalogue of products to receive significant preferences for government procurement. Among the criteria for eligibility for the catalogue is that the products contain intellectual property that is developed and owned in China and that any associated trademarks are originally registered in China. This represents an unprecedented use of domestic intellectual property as a market-access condition and makes it nearly impossible for the products of American companies to qualify unless they are prepared to establish Chinese brands and transfer their research and development of new products to China.
We respectfully request that your agencies make this issue in particular a strategic priority in your bilateral economic engagement with China; develop, in consultation with the business community and like-minded foreign governments, a strong, fully coordinated response to the Chinese government; and raise this issue with your Chinese counterparts in all appropriate unilateral and bilateral settings and forums." - US Trade groups
In response the White House has taken the following action as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
"In an unusually broad response, U.S. officials from several government agencies have approached the Chinese to relay concern over the proposed rules, according to people familiar with the situation. "We are expressing our serious concerns with all appropriate counterparts in the Chinese government," said Carol Guthrie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative's office."
It never occurred to the Obama administration to respond in kind. With the current trade imbalance favoring the Chinese, that would have gotten their attention.
Instead Obama is expressing his "concern".
Last September Obama got the G-20 members to agree to a Paper Tiger communique protesting Chinese business practices.
All talk with no bite.
It could be that Obama is afraid of getting China angry since they are financing his dangerous deficits. They already dumped some U.S. Treasury Bonds a couple months ago just to let Obama know who is in control.
When they do this, it raises the interest rates the US pays to them for financing our deficits.
With China maintaining a false currency they can keep the exchange rate where it is, and not impact the trade imbalance. It has not wanted to diminish the value of the dollar relative to the yuan because that would raise the prices of Chinese goods to Americans and reduce the prices of U.S. goods to the Chinese.
"There is little chance that China will dump the dollar while America still has lots of industry and research and development left that China wants to steal. If it were to crash the dollar, it would cause investment in the U.S. manufacturing sector to come roaring back, which would wreck its plans. The U.S. should, however, fear the Chinese government's threats to bring about a dollar collapse in the future." - Howard Richman
We are currently losing our blue collar manufacturing base to China. With Obama refusing to impose a trade balance between the two countries as is allowed through the World Trade Organization, we will soon lose our good paying white collar research and development jobs as well.
"We could impose a tariff on Chinese products in proportion to the trade deficit. When the U.S. trade deficit with China goes up, the tariff rate goes up; when the trade deficit goes down, the tariff rate goes down. When trade reaches approximate balance, the tariff disappears. If the Chinese government continues to exclude American products from its markets, it would be excluding Chinese products from American markets." - a/t
China is fighting a trade war with the US, and just like the War on Terror, Obama's lack of a spine does not bode well for us winning.
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Bumbling American Government
For over a year many Americans have watched their vote for 'hope' & 'change' turn into a remake of the bumbling Keystone Cops.
We have watched as the Obama administration bumbles its way from one debacle to another. When they came into office the US had 7.7% unemployment. Obama told Americans that if we would give him a nearly $800 billion stimulus he could hold unemployment to 8%. The Democrats had identified a plethora of 'shovel-ready' jobs that were just waiting for funding. Obama pledged to voters that they would be able to track this spending on a special government website.
Obama and the Democrats told us this was emergency legislation that had to be passed immediately to keep the world from devolving into an economic abyss.
Congress passed the emergency bill without even being given time to read the bill. Was there a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, delivering this emergency legislation to an awaiting signature from our President?
No.
He had taken his family and returned to Chicago for the weekend. So much for the emergency.
The tracking website took months to set up, and then was discovered to be full of 'inaccurate' information. It stated that stimulus funds were going to nonexistent zip codes and Congressional Districts.
When you use false information to justify spending, you invite skepticism, distrust and resentment.
This brings us to Obama's next bumbling of a questionable issue.
Our House of Representatives took up the White House's next major agenda item, Cap & Trade.
Here's a fine example of watching fools rush in. The House devised yet another monstrosity of a bill that was written so nobody could be sure what all was in it. Then they passed this on a near party line vote without members being allowed to read the bill. Over 300 pages had been added in the middle of the night.
The political European left has already passed & implemented a similar law. They have also watched as their energy costs have soared. In Munich, I had the pleasure of experiencing their version, as our hot water was metered to shut off at 10pm and come back on at 6am. They are all doing their part to uphold this new religion.
After our House passed this, the Senate has taken a more measured approach to this bill. They have not acted.
The House bill will result in far higher across the board prices, as anything relying on transportation or production will incur higher operating costs. These increases will be passed onto consumers through higher prices.
Obama told us this will result in many new green jobs. Some funding for green jobs were included in the stimulus bill.
It has produced some green jobs. Remember those green jobs revolve around wind, solar, hydro, et al. Well it was announced that Obama's wind farm in Texas that has consumed hundreds of millions of taxpayer borrowed money. It will deliver around 300 new jobs there during the construction phase.
The company building the Wind Turbines will get 2,000 new jobs. Unfortunately, the company is located in China. Taxpayers borrowed this money from China to create jobs in China. Did I mention Americans will have to pay this money back to China with interest?
"Most of the jobs are going overseas," said Russ Choma at the Investigative Reporting Workshop. He analyzed which foreign firms had accepted the most stimulus money. "According to our estimates, about 6,000 jobs have been created overseas, and maybe a couple hundred have been created in the US. -ABC News
Iberdrola, one of the largest operators of renewable energy worldwide, is based in Spain and has received the most U.S. stimulus dollars -- $577 million. It buys some of its turbines from another Spanish manufacturer, Gamesa, which has a U.S. connection. Gamesa has two facilities to manufacture turbine blades in Pennsylvania, but the company said the market forced it to temporarily lay off nearly 100 workers.
A Chinese company called A-power is helping to build a massive $1.5 billion wind farm in West Texas. The consortium behind the project expects to get $450 million in stimulus money.
Walt Hornaday, an American partner on the project, said it would create some American jobs. "Our estimation," he said, "is that we are going to have on the order of 300 construction jobs just within the fence of the project."
Since the House passed Cap & Trade more information has came out regarding the integrity of warming alarmists.
The exposure of several emails between climatologists who are at the forefront of this movement have shown the finely orchestrated effort to manipulate data, hide a decline in global temperatures, and manipulating the climate model used to produce the desired outcomes.
The main climatologist behind the man driven climate change theory, Professor Phil Jones, has lost or misplaced his research with the data to back up his claims. The left is still willing to trap the taxpayers in this mess regardless of whether the original data supporting it can be found or not.
"Every government on Earth has changed its policy, hundreds of academic institutions, entire school curricula and the priorities of broadcasters and newspapers all over the world have been altered – all to serve the new doctrine that man is overheating the planet and must undertake heroic and costly changes to save the world from drowning as the icecaps melt." -UK Daily Mail
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) won the Nobel Peace Prize based on its report on the melting of the Himalayan Mountains ice caps. It claimed they would be completely melted by 2035.
A couple weeks ago it was revealed that this Nobel Peace Prize winning report was based on casual observation versus sound science.
It was from a mountaineering magazine and the thesis of a student.
The Nobel Peace Prize is not what they used to be.
The far left in American politics seems all too willing to put taxpayers on the financial hook for their climate fantasy.
Folks, real science does not need to rely on manipulated data, avoidance of the Freedom of Information Act, and falsehoods.
Our bumbling President and his cohorts in Congress are gambling with our country's ability to compete on the global marketplace with this boondoggle. The emerging countries of India and China have both rejected this, and refuse to abide by the carbon limits it would impose.
This is an attempt by the left to fulfill their ultimate goal of redistributing the wealth of the west to developing nations through environmental or social justice, and perhaps padding their own pockets along the way. Remove the money from this equation and watch the lefts interest wane.
After failing to get action on Cap & Trade in the Senate, Obama jumped right to health care. With 85% of Americans reporting they are happy with their health care, Obama and the Democrats told us there is a crisis in health care
With a super-majority in Congress, Americans watched as the Democratic Party began infighting amongst the left wing and the centrist 'Blue Dogs'.
The bill in the House was very liberal, and cuts $500 billion from Medicare. It still covers the same amount of people. It just has $500 billion less to do it with.
The Democrats claim that they can provide the same treatment to seniors with $5oo billion less in funding.
The White House and Congressional Democrats said it was fear mongering to point out that this cannot be done. It was actually just common sense.
In late summer details of the plan began to emerge and leak out. It had to leak out, because the pledge of televising the debate on C-Span turned out to be another lie.
As Americans learned more of the contents of the bill, they began to challenge Congress at Town Hall meetings.
This exercise in free speech was met with charges of racism, hate speech, and people speaking out were also told they were being unAmerican.
I recall the previous eight years when protests were met with a warm embrace by those on the left, and described as patriotic.
That was before their own agenda was held up to the light of day.
Now the Senate has passed its version of health care. After telling voters that the GOP was beholden to the insurance lobby, the Democrat's senate bill hands the insurance lobby and big pharma 30 million new customers.
If any of the 30 million cannot afford this new insurance, the rest of the taxpayers will be forced to subsidize them.
Meanwhile the administration continues to ignore the voters vocal opposition to this agenda. Voters in purple Virginia and deep blue New Jersey sent a message in November when they dumped the Democrats in the elections.
The Democrats misread this outcome and continued to push this agenda.
Voters did notice that after nearly a year of rising unemployment, Obama did get around to holding a 'jobs summit' in December and eventually came up with a weak bipartisan jobs bill that was going to produce precious few jobs for the cost. The Congress decided to scrap the plan this past week.
Obama reminded voters of the money given to the banks during the bailouts, and vowed to get our money back. This flew in the face of Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, stating before Congress that the banks were paying back their borrowed money.
Obama said he would impose a fee on the banks. He ignores the fact that the banks will merely pass this fee onto taxpayers.
Not only did taxpayers have to borrow the money from China to give to the banks, we are now expected to pay additional bank fees, so we can recover the monies which are already being paid back.
Typical of the critical thinking skills demonstrated by the Obama administration.
This bumbling administration and Congress continue to push their failed policies, and now threaten to govern by fiat if the public continues to reject the direction they are taking us.
How Obama & Congress bungled so much, in such a short period of time, is cause for concern amongst the governed.
In January the voters of deep blue Massachusetts turned Ted Kennedy's senate seat over to the GOPs Scott Brown who ran as the 41st vote against Ted Kennedy's life's work.
Poll after poll indicates voters are disenchanted with the high unemployment and high deficits this administration has to offer.
Voters are equally concerned with the radical lefts approach to national security and overall foreign policy.
We watched during Obama's first year as he made his worldwide, America is bad, apology tour. He has bowed his way through Asia and the Middle East apologising for American exceptionalism at every turn.
At home, Obama's poll numbers indicate a growing dissatisfaction with his agenda and horrible results.
During the primaries, Hillary Clinton warned of Obama's naive plan for dealing with Iran. He had proposed high level meeting with Iran without any preconditions. Clinton warned that this would give the Iranian regime undue legitimacy. She suggested we agree to meet on the condition that Iran suspend their nuclear aspirations.
Obama has ignored this advice. This week, Iran announced that it was now enriching uranium at 20%. This is much higher than is needed for energy use alone.
Americans have been told that the US is not in a War on Terror. We are only fighting al Qaeda. What we previously witnessed were not acts of terror, they were "manmade disasters".
The administration ignores that Hamas, and other terrorist organizations have launched a jihad against the US that goes beyond al Qaeda. The Obama White House was loathe to acknowledge the terror implications of the attack at the Little Rock, AR recruiting station or Fort Hood in Texas.
In both cases early warning signs were ignored, and the seriousness of the situation has been lost on a naive administration.
On Christmas day when a radical Islamist tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet over Detroit, the administration felt compelled to mirandize the suspect, provide an attorney and shut down any further intelligence gathering from him.
Now this White House wants to hold the terror trials in federal court to show the world our justice system works. Right after 9/11 the US did try Richard Reid the convicted 'shoe bomber' in federal court as we did the 20th high jacker, Moussoui.
What those trials yielded was to provide these nutcases with a public forum to spew their hatred for western culture.
We now have experience with these cases and most people favor trying the terrorists in military courts where the public is not put in danger. The costs of prosecuting them in civilian courts are estimated to be around $200 million because of the disruption to New York commerce and safety.
The military bases are already more secure, and located in less populated areas. The military already has capable lawyers and prosecutors to try these cases for a lot less money.
They are bumbling their way through their insistence on closing the prison at GITMO as well. This proposal has been met with public outcries yet the administration insists on moving forward.
This past weekend, Americans heard the administration state that the GITMO released prisoner recidivism rate has increased to 20%. They feel this is an acceptable level.
One out of five that are released are returning to fight us, and they feel that number is acceptable!
Every indication from this administration is that they do not understand the reality of what the west faces with regards to radical Islam. This calls for heavy lifting, and the White House is clearly not up to the task.
This past week has also heard Obama state that he will get this agenda. He stated that he will impose large swaths of this agenda using executive orders and bypassing Congress. He also has stated that the EPA is poised to act in the interest of Cap & Trade if the Senate fails to pass it.
"In the aftermath of a special election in Massachusetts that cost Democrats unilateral control of the Senate, the White House is getting ready to act on its own in the face of partisan gridlock heading into the midterm campaign".- New York Times“We are reviewing a list of presidential executive orders and directives to get the job done across a front of issues,” said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff.
The EPA has already begun its push when they declared regulatory domain over any waters in the US. This includes every river, stream, farmers pond, or state owned lake. Even the mud puddle in your driveway. All water in the US means just that.The results of this administration have been dismal thus far. Voters have watched as dangerous policies are imposed that they have repeatedly rejected.
This bumbling administration and Congress continue to push their failed policies, and now threaten to govern by fiat if the public continues to reject the direction they are taking us.
How Obama & Congress bungled so much, in such a short period of time, is cause for concern amongst the governed.
We have watched as the Obama administration bumbles its way from one debacle to another. When they came into office the US had 7.7% unemployment. Obama told Americans that if we would give him a nearly $800 billion stimulus he could hold unemployment to 8%. The Democrats had identified a plethora of 'shovel-ready' jobs that were just waiting for funding. Obama pledged to voters that they would be able to track this spending on a special government website.
Obama and the Democrats told us this was emergency legislation that had to be passed immediately to keep the world from devolving into an economic abyss.
Congress passed the emergency bill without even being given time to read the bill. Was there a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, delivering this emergency legislation to an awaiting signature from our President?
No.
He had taken his family and returned to Chicago for the weekend. So much for the emergency.
The tracking website took months to set up, and then was discovered to be full of 'inaccurate' information. It stated that stimulus funds were going to nonexistent zip codes and Congressional Districts.
When you use false information to justify spending, you invite skepticism, distrust and resentment.
This brings us to Obama's next bumbling of a questionable issue.
Our House of Representatives took up the White House's next major agenda item, Cap & Trade.
Here's a fine example of watching fools rush in. The House devised yet another monstrosity of a bill that was written so nobody could be sure what all was in it. Then they passed this on a near party line vote without members being allowed to read the bill. Over 300 pages had been added in the middle of the night.
The political European left has already passed & implemented a similar law. They have also watched as their energy costs have soared. In Munich, I had the pleasure of experiencing their version, as our hot water was metered to shut off at 10pm and come back on at 6am. They are all doing their part to uphold this new religion.
After our House passed this, the Senate has taken a more measured approach to this bill. They have not acted.
The House bill will result in far higher across the board prices, as anything relying on transportation or production will incur higher operating costs. These increases will be passed onto consumers through higher prices.
Obama told us this will result in many new green jobs. Some funding for green jobs were included in the stimulus bill.
It has produced some green jobs. Remember those green jobs revolve around wind, solar, hydro, et al. Well it was announced that Obama's wind farm in Texas that has consumed hundreds of millions of taxpayer borrowed money. It will deliver around 300 new jobs there during the construction phase.
The company building the Wind Turbines will get 2,000 new jobs. Unfortunately, the company is located in China. Taxpayers borrowed this money from China to create jobs in China. Did I mention Americans will have to pay this money back to China with interest?
"Most of the jobs are going overseas," said Russ Choma at the Investigative Reporting Workshop. He analyzed which foreign firms had accepted the most stimulus money. "According to our estimates, about 6,000 jobs have been created overseas, and maybe a couple hundred have been created in the US. -ABC News
Iberdrola, one of the largest operators of renewable energy worldwide, is based in Spain and has received the most U.S. stimulus dollars -- $577 million. It buys some of its turbines from another Spanish manufacturer, Gamesa, which has a U.S. connection. Gamesa has two facilities to manufacture turbine blades in Pennsylvania, but the company said the market forced it to temporarily lay off nearly 100 workers.
A Chinese company called A-power is helping to build a massive $1.5 billion wind farm in West Texas. The consortium behind the project expects to get $450 million in stimulus money.
Walt Hornaday, an American partner on the project, said it would create some American jobs. "Our estimation," he said, "is that we are going to have on the order of 300 construction jobs just within the fence of the project."
Since the House passed Cap & Trade more information has came out regarding the integrity of warming alarmists.
The exposure of several emails between climatologists who are at the forefront of this movement have shown the finely orchestrated effort to manipulate data, hide a decline in global temperatures, and manipulating the climate model used to produce the desired outcomes.
The main climatologist behind the man driven climate change theory, Professor Phil Jones, has lost or misplaced his research with the data to back up his claims. The left is still willing to trap the taxpayers in this mess regardless of whether the original data supporting it can be found or not.
"Every government on Earth has changed its policy, hundreds of academic institutions, entire school curricula and the priorities of broadcasters and newspapers all over the world have been altered – all to serve the new doctrine that man is overheating the planet and must undertake heroic and costly changes to save the world from drowning as the icecaps melt." -UK Daily Mail
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) won the Nobel Peace Prize based on its report on the melting of the Himalayan Mountains ice caps. It claimed they would be completely melted by 2035.
A couple weeks ago it was revealed that this Nobel Peace Prize winning report was based on casual observation versus sound science.
It was from a mountaineering magazine and the thesis of a student.
The Nobel Peace Prize is not what they used to be.
The far left in American politics seems all too willing to put taxpayers on the financial hook for their climate fantasy.
Folks, real science does not need to rely on manipulated data, avoidance of the Freedom of Information Act, and falsehoods.
Our bumbling President and his cohorts in Congress are gambling with our country's ability to compete on the global marketplace with this boondoggle. The emerging countries of India and China have both rejected this, and refuse to abide by the carbon limits it would impose.
This is an attempt by the left to fulfill their ultimate goal of redistributing the wealth of the west to developing nations through environmental or social justice, and perhaps padding their own pockets along the way. Remove the money from this equation and watch the lefts interest wane.
After failing to get action on Cap & Trade in the Senate, Obama jumped right to health care. With 85% of Americans reporting they are happy with their health care, Obama and the Democrats told us there is a crisis in health care
With a super-majority in Congress, Americans watched as the Democratic Party began infighting amongst the left wing and the centrist 'Blue Dogs'.
The bill in the House was very liberal, and cuts $500 billion from Medicare. It still covers the same amount of people. It just has $500 billion less to do it with.
The Democrats claim that they can provide the same treatment to seniors with $5oo billion less in funding.
The White House and Congressional Democrats said it was fear mongering to point out that this cannot be done. It was actually just common sense.
In late summer details of the plan began to emerge and leak out. It had to leak out, because the pledge of televising the debate on C-Span turned out to be another lie.
As Americans learned more of the contents of the bill, they began to challenge Congress at Town Hall meetings.
This exercise in free speech was met with charges of racism, hate speech, and people speaking out were also told they were being unAmerican.
I recall the previous eight years when protests were met with a warm embrace by those on the left, and described as patriotic.
That was before their own agenda was held up to the light of day.
Now the Senate has passed its version of health care. After telling voters that the GOP was beholden to the insurance lobby, the Democrat's senate bill hands the insurance lobby and big pharma 30 million new customers.
If any of the 30 million cannot afford this new insurance, the rest of the taxpayers will be forced to subsidize them.
Meanwhile the administration continues to ignore the voters vocal opposition to this agenda. Voters in purple Virginia and deep blue New Jersey sent a message in November when they dumped the Democrats in the elections.
The Democrats misread this outcome and continued to push this agenda.
Voters did notice that after nearly a year of rising unemployment, Obama did get around to holding a 'jobs summit' in December and eventually came up with a weak bipartisan jobs bill that was going to produce precious few jobs for the cost. The Congress decided to scrap the plan this past week.
Obama reminded voters of the money given to the banks during the bailouts, and vowed to get our money back. This flew in the face of Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, stating before Congress that the banks were paying back their borrowed money.
Obama said he would impose a fee on the banks. He ignores the fact that the banks will merely pass this fee onto taxpayers.
Not only did taxpayers have to borrow the money from China to give to the banks, we are now expected to pay additional bank fees, so we can recover the monies which are already being paid back.
Typical of the critical thinking skills demonstrated by the Obama administration.
This bumbling administration and Congress continue to push their failed policies, and now threaten to govern by fiat if the public continues to reject the direction they are taking us.
How Obama & Congress bungled so much, in such a short period of time, is cause for concern amongst the governed.
In January the voters of deep blue Massachusetts turned Ted Kennedy's senate seat over to the GOPs Scott Brown who ran as the 41st vote against Ted Kennedy's life's work.
Poll after poll indicates voters are disenchanted with the high unemployment and high deficits this administration has to offer.
Voters are equally concerned with the radical lefts approach to national security and overall foreign policy.
We watched during Obama's first year as he made his worldwide, America is bad, apology tour. He has bowed his way through Asia and the Middle East apologising for American exceptionalism at every turn.
At home, Obama's poll numbers indicate a growing dissatisfaction with his agenda and horrible results.
During the primaries, Hillary Clinton warned of Obama's naive plan for dealing with Iran. He had proposed high level meeting with Iran without any preconditions. Clinton warned that this would give the Iranian regime undue legitimacy. She suggested we agree to meet on the condition that Iran suspend their nuclear aspirations.
Obama has ignored this advice. This week, Iran announced that it was now enriching uranium at 20%. This is much higher than is needed for energy use alone.
Americans have been told that the US is not in a War on Terror. We are only fighting al Qaeda. What we previously witnessed were not acts of terror, they were "manmade disasters".
The administration ignores that Hamas, and other terrorist organizations have launched a jihad against the US that goes beyond al Qaeda. The Obama White House was loathe to acknowledge the terror implications of the attack at the Little Rock, AR recruiting station or Fort Hood in Texas.
In both cases early warning signs were ignored, and the seriousness of the situation has been lost on a naive administration.
On Christmas day when a radical Islamist tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet over Detroit, the administration felt compelled to mirandize the suspect, provide an attorney and shut down any further intelligence gathering from him.
Now this White House wants to hold the terror trials in federal court to show the world our justice system works. Right after 9/11 the US did try Richard Reid the convicted 'shoe bomber' in federal court as we did the 20th high jacker, Moussoui.
What those trials yielded was to provide these nutcases with a public forum to spew their hatred for western culture.
We now have experience with these cases and most people favor trying the terrorists in military courts where the public is not put in danger. The costs of prosecuting them in civilian courts are estimated to be around $200 million because of the disruption to New York commerce and safety.
The military bases are already more secure, and located in less populated areas. The military already has capable lawyers and prosecutors to try these cases for a lot less money.
They are bumbling their way through their insistence on closing the prison at GITMO as well. This proposal has been met with public outcries yet the administration insists on moving forward.
This past weekend, Americans heard the administration state that the GITMO released prisoner recidivism rate has increased to 20%. They feel this is an acceptable level.
One out of five that are released are returning to fight us, and they feel that number is acceptable!
Every indication from this administration is that they do not understand the reality of what the west faces with regards to radical Islam. This calls for heavy lifting, and the White House is clearly not up to the task.
This past week has also heard Obama state that he will get this agenda. He stated that he will impose large swaths of this agenda using executive orders and bypassing Congress. He also has stated that the EPA is poised to act in the interest of Cap & Trade if the Senate fails to pass it.
"In the aftermath of a special election in Massachusetts that cost Democrats unilateral control of the Senate, the White House is getting ready to act on its own in the face of partisan gridlock heading into the midterm campaign".- New York Times“We are reviewing a list of presidential executive orders and directives to get the job done across a front of issues,” said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff.
The EPA has already begun its push when they declared regulatory domain over any waters in the US. This includes every river, stream, farmers pond, or state owned lake. Even the mud puddle in your driveway. All water in the US means just that.The results of this administration have been dismal thus far. Voters have watched as dangerous policies are imposed that they have repeatedly rejected.
This bumbling administration and Congress continue to push their failed policies, and now threaten to govern by fiat if the public continues to reject the direction they are taking us.
How Obama & Congress bungled so much, in such a short period of time, is cause for concern amongst the governed.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Fort Hood terrorism attack report
Since taking office one year ago today, Obama and America's liberal establishment have bent over backwards in their attempts to maintain their political correctness.
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton echoed the administrations new refrain that this is not a War on Terror, but rather a war against al Qaeda. Terrorist attacks are no longer called such, now they are "man-made disasters".
Man-made disasters? That's akin to calling the sun an alternative heat source.
The Obama team refuses to acknowledge the fact that these extremists have declared Jihad against the western countries. It is not limited to al Qaeda. They no longer mention Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, or Hezbollah as enemies of the west.
They ignore the fact that these organizations have been involved in this struggle against the west.
They are not fighting the west because we are in the Middle East. They are waging war against our lifestyle, religions, and democratic institutions. Their stated goal is the Islamization of the west. In Europe this transformation is much further along and received a boost recently with the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty.
This treaty opens the European borders to northern African countries. Movement between countries will be free and easy. Work permits will be extended to all who qualify under these provisions.
The treaty also makes it impossible for an individual European country to pass a law for self-preservation. All laws must fully comply with the E.U. laws and mandates.
The overwhelming majority of Muslim people do not support the extremists and are no more a threat than you or I.
Under the direction of the Commander-in-chief, the Pentagon has issued a report that studied the terrorist attack on Fort Hood, Texas.
Nowhere in the report is any mention of Nidal Hasan's belief in radical Islam. Nowhere does it mention "man-made disasters", terrorism or terrorists.
Now Congress opens two days of hearings today into the Pentagon probe of the Nov. 5 attack that left 13 dead, lawmakers want explanations for that omission.
The Pentagon report's silence on Islamic extremism "shows you how deeply entrenched the values of political correctness have become," he told TIME on Tuesday. "It's definitely getting worse, and is now so ingrained that people no longer smirk when it happens."
Yet the leaders of the two-month Pentagon review, former Army Secretary Togo West and the Navy's onetime top admiral, Vernon Clark, told reporters last week that they didn't drill down into Hasan's motives. "Our concern is with actions and effects, not necessarily with motivations," West said. Added Clark: "We certainly do not cite a particular group."
"The report demonstrates that we are unwilling to identify and confront the real enemy of political Islam," says a former military colleague of Hasan, speaking privately because he was ordered not to talk about the case. "Political correctness has brainwashed us to the point that we no longer understand our heritage and cannot admit who, or what, the enemy stands for."
The Congressman whose district includes Fort Hood agrees. "The report ignores the elephant in the room — radical Islamic terrorism is the enemy," says Republican Representative John Carter. "We should be able to speak honestly about good and bad without feeling like you've done something offensive to society."
The report lumps in radical Islam with other fundamentalist religious beliefs, saying that "religious fundamentalism alone is not a risk factor" and that "religious-based violence is not confined to members of fundamentalist groups." But to some, that sounds as if the lessons of 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq, where jihadist extremism has driven deadly violence against Americans, are being not merely overlooked but studiously ignored.
Voters in the Massachusetts special election cited national security as a concern, as well as jobs and the overall economy.
It is a shame our President and Congressional leaders do not see the errors in their assessment of what we are facing as a nation.
For them to place "political correctness" ahead of national security is alarming and dangerous.
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton echoed the administrations new refrain that this is not a War on Terror, but rather a war against al Qaeda. Terrorist attacks are no longer called such, now they are "man-made disasters".
Man-made disasters? That's akin to calling the sun an alternative heat source.
The Obama team refuses to acknowledge the fact that these extremists have declared Jihad against the western countries. It is not limited to al Qaeda. They no longer mention Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, or Hezbollah as enemies of the west.
They ignore the fact that these organizations have been involved in this struggle against the west.
They are not fighting the west because we are in the Middle East. They are waging war against our lifestyle, religions, and democratic institutions. Their stated goal is the Islamization of the west. In Europe this transformation is much further along and received a boost recently with the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty.
This treaty opens the European borders to northern African countries. Movement between countries will be free and easy. Work permits will be extended to all who qualify under these provisions.
The treaty also makes it impossible for an individual European country to pass a law for self-preservation. All laws must fully comply with the E.U. laws and mandates.
The overwhelming majority of Muslim people do not support the extremists and are no more a threat than you or I.
Under the direction of the Commander-in-chief, the Pentagon has issued a report that studied the terrorist attack on Fort Hood, Texas.
Nowhere in the report is any mention of Nidal Hasan's belief in radical Islam. Nowhere does it mention "man-made disasters", terrorism or terrorists.
Now Congress opens two days of hearings today into the Pentagon probe of the Nov. 5 attack that left 13 dead, lawmakers want explanations for that omission.
The Pentagon report's silence on Islamic extremism "shows you how deeply entrenched the values of political correctness have become," he told TIME on Tuesday. "It's definitely getting worse, and is now so ingrained that people no longer smirk when it happens."
Yet the leaders of the two-month Pentagon review, former Army Secretary Togo West and the Navy's onetime top admiral, Vernon Clark, told reporters last week that they didn't drill down into Hasan's motives. "Our concern is with actions and effects, not necessarily with motivations," West said. Added Clark: "We certainly do not cite a particular group."
"The report demonstrates that we are unwilling to identify and confront the real enemy of political Islam," says a former military colleague of Hasan, speaking privately because he was ordered not to talk about the case. "Political correctness has brainwashed us to the point that we no longer understand our heritage and cannot admit who, or what, the enemy stands for."
The Congressman whose district includes Fort Hood agrees. "The report ignores the elephant in the room — radical Islamic terrorism is the enemy," says Republican Representative John Carter. "We should be able to speak honestly about good and bad without feeling like you've done something offensive to society."
The report lumps in radical Islam with other fundamentalist religious beliefs, saying that "religious fundamentalism alone is not a risk factor" and that "religious-based violence is not confined to members of fundamentalist groups." But to some, that sounds as if the lessons of 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq, where jihadist extremism has driven deadly violence against Americans, are being not merely overlooked but studiously ignored.
Voters in the Massachusetts special election cited national security as a concern, as well as jobs and the overall economy.
It is a shame our President and Congressional leaders do not see the errors in their assessment of what we are facing as a nation.
For them to place "political correctness" ahead of national security is alarming and dangerous.
Monday, January 18, 2010
It's the Agenda, stupid
In 2008, voters ushered in a new chapter of the American story. The nation elected our President of 'hope' and 'change'. We were free of Bush and happy days were here again.
Upon taking the reigns, Obama and the Democrats running Congress kicked off their term by forcing a stimulus spending bill filled with "shovel-ready" jobs.
Congress could not have time to read the bill as it was deemed an emergency that could not wait a couple more days. So members tossed caution to the wind and voted blind.
Was the passed bill rushed up Pennsylvania Avenue for signing by an awaiting Obama?
No.
Obama had flown to Chicago with Michele and the girls for the weekend. So why didn't they want members to read it again? Emergency?
After that we saw the House take up Cap & Trade.
To be the most punitive tax levied against Americans, the Dems in the House appeared to have a ready-written plan. American business is to be put at a competitive disadvantage, facing CO2 emission caps while they barter for others allotments.
These related fees will hit companies hard in direct increase production costs. Don't feel bad for them. They are going to pass those cost increases onto us through price increases.
This will hit Americans hard financially. We will see increases in gas, fuel oil, groceries, clothing, etc.
The bill goes further. It contains some costly changes to building codes. Initial construction costs in Alexandria, VA is around 30% higher. California just took this same route, statewide.
The senate has yet to take up their version of this bill.
Voters now know that the claims of global warming being caused by man and at the rate they indicated are dubious.
They claim they lost the raw data, but were clear in their attempts to manipulate data and change raw numbers. NASA is also unable to provide their data.
More & more people are expressing skepticism about this.
Hard to really grasp when you see those touting this wasting mass amounts of tax dollars to attend a Copenhagen Conference that accomplished nothing.
As I recall, John Kerry could not 'ride share' with Nancy Pelosi , other members, family & friends. Selfish John had to have a government plane all to himself. Don't pity Nancy either. She wasn't too cramped. Her entourage used three aircraft.
When people voiced concern for what they saw coming out of congress and the White House, they were met with scorn, derided as racists, tea baggers, and Nazis.
Of course the people grew angry and yelled at them when they refused to listen.
They were really mad when the SEIU thugs were deployed to the Town Hall meetings to 'keep order'.
Americans responded by keeping two Governorships from the left in states carried by Obama.
A sense of frustration continued to rise as Obama & the Democrats placed Cap & Trade ahead of much needed jobs.
Obama waited until December to notice his high unemployment and call a "jobs" summit.
The whole of this agenda is based on liberals fantasy and not one ounce based in reality.
Americans believe their president is completely disconnected from them, and following an agenda that seems foreign to them. Voters are going to slap Obama & the Democrats upside the head at the ballot box in Massachusetts, one more time to try to get their attention.
Watch Wednesday morning.
The White House and the left will blame Coakley just like they blamed Corzine & Deeds for their respective losses.
They never take blame.
They want us to believe its the messenger and not the message.
Folks, if the voters in the liberals deep-blue Massachusetts reject this agenda, then there is a problem with the agenda.
To play off James Carville:
It's the agenda, stupid!!
Upon taking the reigns, Obama and the Democrats running Congress kicked off their term by forcing a stimulus spending bill filled with "shovel-ready" jobs.
Congress could not have time to read the bill as it was deemed an emergency that could not wait a couple more days. So members tossed caution to the wind and voted blind.
Was the passed bill rushed up Pennsylvania Avenue for signing by an awaiting Obama?
No.
Obama had flown to Chicago with Michele and the girls for the weekend. So why didn't they want members to read it again? Emergency?
After that we saw the House take up Cap & Trade.
To be the most punitive tax levied against Americans, the Dems in the House appeared to have a ready-written plan. American business is to be put at a competitive disadvantage, facing CO2 emission caps while they barter for others allotments.
These related fees will hit companies hard in direct increase production costs. Don't feel bad for them. They are going to pass those cost increases onto us through price increases.
This will hit Americans hard financially. We will see increases in gas, fuel oil, groceries, clothing, etc.
The bill goes further. It contains some costly changes to building codes. Initial construction costs in Alexandria, VA is around 30% higher. California just took this same route, statewide.
The senate has yet to take up their version of this bill.
Voters now know that the claims of global warming being caused by man and at the rate they indicated are dubious.
They claim they lost the raw data, but were clear in their attempts to manipulate data and change raw numbers. NASA is also unable to provide their data.
More & more people are expressing skepticism about this.
Hard to really grasp when you see those touting this wasting mass amounts of tax dollars to attend a Copenhagen Conference that accomplished nothing.
As I recall, John Kerry could not 'ride share' with Nancy Pelosi , other members, family & friends. Selfish John had to have a government plane all to himself. Don't pity Nancy either. She wasn't too cramped. Her entourage used three aircraft.
When people voiced concern for what they saw coming out of congress and the White House, they were met with scorn, derided as racists, tea baggers, and Nazis.
Of course the people grew angry and yelled at them when they refused to listen.
They were really mad when the SEIU thugs were deployed to the Town Hall meetings to 'keep order'.
Americans responded by keeping two Governorships from the left in states carried by Obama.
A sense of frustration continued to rise as Obama & the Democrats placed Cap & Trade ahead of much needed jobs.
Obama waited until December to notice his high unemployment and call a "jobs" summit.
The whole of this agenda is based on liberals fantasy and not one ounce based in reality.
Americans believe their president is completely disconnected from them, and following an agenda that seems foreign to them. Voters are going to slap Obama & the Democrats upside the head at the ballot box in Massachusetts, one more time to try to get their attention.
Watch Wednesday morning.
The White House and the left will blame Coakley just like they blamed Corzine & Deeds for their respective losses.
They never take blame.
They want us to believe its the messenger and not the message.
Folks, if the voters in the liberals deep-blue Massachusetts reject this agenda, then there is a problem with the agenda.
To play off James Carville:
It's the agenda, stupid!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Democrats & Racial Hypocrisy
There are some Republicans who hold racist viewpoints.
There are some Democrats who hold these very same racist views.
I am free of such a burden. I am fortunate to be young enough to have been raised more in an era where a man is judged by his actions & deeds.
My only reason for bringing up racial feelings is what I believe to be a glaring double-standard on the subject.
Several years ago, then-GOP Senate-Majority Leader, Trent Lott was forced to give up his leadership post after commenting at Strom Thurmond's birthday celebration that things might have been different if the old segregationist had won the presidency in '48.
Some may disagree with me on this, but his observation was correct, things would have been different.
The difference would not have been for the better, but for the worse.
How would a majority-Christian nation condone such disdain for his fellow man?
There may be some behaviors in some people we may not like, and we may chose to avoid them for that reason. We are certainly smart enough not to be sucked into avoiding someone based on the color of their skin.
Yet to hear the liberals speak; all Republicans hold such views.
The liberals will tell you that, yes some racists were Democrats, but after the Civil Rights passage, they left the Democratic fold and joined forces with the GOP.
The Democrats are quick to jump and shout if a member of the GOP makes a racially insensitive remark.
In typical knee-jerk reaction they call for the offenders resignation. Many times this reaction is justified as there is no more room in the US for a person holding such feelings to participate in the public discourse.
It is quite telling when a party points to insensitive remarks of the other party's leader making such remarks, and your own party has made a former member of the KKK the leader of your own party. I am speaking of Robert Byrd, D-WV.
The Democrats elected Byrd to lead their senate efforts after it was known he was a former Grand Wizard of the KKK.
Can you imagine the outcry if the GOP had done this?
With that said, I would like to get to the crux of my point.
I find it totally hypocritical for the Democrats to point to the GOP as a party of racists (when we know that is not true), when their own leaders get caught espousing the very same racist feelings.
There is a new book out called 'Game Changer'.
This book is bound to set Washington on its head.
The book quotes contemporary politicians making racially insensitive remarks.
Were it not for the blatant hypocrisy coming from the left on this issue, I would not bring it up.
In the book, Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid is quoted as buttressing his support of the Obama candidacy by claiming that Obama is a "light skinned" and does not have a "negro-dialect" unless he wants to.
What are we to make of such a statement?
In 2008, did Harry Reid still feel the need to justify his support for an African-American? Did he need to point out that Obama was "light skinned" and had no "negro-dialect"?
What message was Reid trying to convey?
Would Reid not have supported Obama if he was dark skinned or spoke in stereotype slang?
All weekend the liberals have taken to the television airwaves defending Reid for comments that they would have ran a member of the GOP out of town for making.
What they are ignoring in their rush to circle the wagons, is that Reid made these comments in private believing they would not go beyond their intended audience.
What is alarming about this is that they show the mindset of the Democrats chosen leader in the US Senate.
Reid really thinks this way................and the Democrats are attempting to defend him.
The book serves to reinforce a perception whose groundwork was laid during the campaign by who many believed and touted as the first African-American President, Bill Clinton.
During the campaign, Bill Clinton raised the ire of the black community for his comments about how the Obama campaign was merely a "fantasy", and dismissively pointed out that Jesse Jackson had also won the South Carolina primary when Jackson ran for the nomination.
Now the book brings up a conversation that Bill Clinton had with then-Senator, Ted Kennedy when trying to get Kennedy's endorsement for Hillary's campaign.
Bill Clinton was attempting to belittle the Obama candidacy as nonsensical.
Clinton told Kennedy, "a few years ago, this guy would have been serving us coffee", meaning that Obama was only a few short years beyond being able to merely serve coffee to the Democratic stalwarts, much less actually being worthy of serving as President.
Again in this exchange, Bill Clinton tipped his hand to his inner way of thinking.
Similar to people who have been drinking, many are less inhibited in their speech when they believe they are in a private conversation.
Kennedy was angry with this comment from Clinton.
The Massachusetts Lion of the Senate came out and endorsed Obama over Clinton's private objections.
While Harry Reid has apologized for getting caught airing his true beliefs, Clinton has not as of yet.
Before applauding Reid for his apology, put into context. It took the publishing of a book and passage of two years beofre that apology was forthcoming.
Sunlight truly is the best disinfectant.
Had either of these two men been members of the GOP, we would have experienced a weekend of GOP-bashing more intense than that given the Democrats.
Racism comes in all shapes, colors, sizes, and political parties.
While I believe racism is a dying belief, there are obviously still remnants of bygone days.
The hypocrisy on this issue from the Democrats is so transparent and obvious, it will be a long time before the left dares to rear its ugly head on this.
Each time they do, we will have these quotes and the pictures of Bob Byrd in his KKK robes ready to trot out for all to see.
There are some Democrats who hold these very same racist views.
I am free of such a burden. I am fortunate to be young enough to have been raised more in an era where a man is judged by his actions & deeds.
My only reason for bringing up racial feelings is what I believe to be a glaring double-standard on the subject.
Several years ago, then-GOP Senate-Majority Leader, Trent Lott was forced to give up his leadership post after commenting at Strom Thurmond's birthday celebration that things might have been different if the old segregationist had won the presidency in '48.
Some may disagree with me on this, but his observation was correct, things would have been different.
The difference would not have been for the better, but for the worse.
How would a majority-Christian nation condone such disdain for his fellow man?
There may be some behaviors in some people we may not like, and we may chose to avoid them for that reason. We are certainly smart enough not to be sucked into avoiding someone based on the color of their skin.
Yet to hear the liberals speak; all Republicans hold such views.
The liberals will tell you that, yes some racists were Democrats, but after the Civil Rights passage, they left the Democratic fold and joined forces with the GOP.
The Democrats are quick to jump and shout if a member of the GOP makes a racially insensitive remark.
In typical knee-jerk reaction they call for the offenders resignation. Many times this reaction is justified as there is no more room in the US for a person holding such feelings to participate in the public discourse.
It is quite telling when a party points to insensitive remarks of the other party's leader making such remarks, and your own party has made a former member of the KKK the leader of your own party. I am speaking of Robert Byrd, D-WV.
The Democrats elected Byrd to lead their senate efforts after it was known he was a former Grand Wizard of the KKK.
Can you imagine the outcry if the GOP had done this?
With that said, I would like to get to the crux of my point.
I find it totally hypocritical for the Democrats to point to the GOP as a party of racists (when we know that is not true), when their own leaders get caught espousing the very same racist feelings.
There is a new book out called 'Game Changer'.
This book is bound to set Washington on its head.
The book quotes contemporary politicians making racially insensitive remarks.
Were it not for the blatant hypocrisy coming from the left on this issue, I would not bring it up.
In the book, Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid is quoted as buttressing his support of the Obama candidacy by claiming that Obama is a "light skinned" and does not have a "negro-dialect" unless he wants to.
What are we to make of such a statement?
In 2008, did Harry Reid still feel the need to justify his support for an African-American? Did he need to point out that Obama was "light skinned" and had no "negro-dialect"?
What message was Reid trying to convey?
Would Reid not have supported Obama if he was dark skinned or spoke in stereotype slang?
All weekend the liberals have taken to the television airwaves defending Reid for comments that they would have ran a member of the GOP out of town for making.
What they are ignoring in their rush to circle the wagons, is that Reid made these comments in private believing they would not go beyond their intended audience.
What is alarming about this is that they show the mindset of the Democrats chosen leader in the US Senate.
Reid really thinks this way................and the Democrats are attempting to defend him.
The book serves to reinforce a perception whose groundwork was laid during the campaign by who many believed and touted as the first African-American President, Bill Clinton.
During the campaign, Bill Clinton raised the ire of the black community for his comments about how the Obama campaign was merely a "fantasy", and dismissively pointed out that Jesse Jackson had also won the South Carolina primary when Jackson ran for the nomination.
Now the book brings up a conversation that Bill Clinton had with then-Senator, Ted Kennedy when trying to get Kennedy's endorsement for Hillary's campaign.
Bill Clinton was attempting to belittle the Obama candidacy as nonsensical.
Clinton told Kennedy, "a few years ago, this guy would have been serving us coffee", meaning that Obama was only a few short years beyond being able to merely serve coffee to the Democratic stalwarts, much less actually being worthy of serving as President.
Again in this exchange, Bill Clinton tipped his hand to his inner way of thinking.
Similar to people who have been drinking, many are less inhibited in their speech when they believe they are in a private conversation.
Kennedy was angry with this comment from Clinton.
The Massachusetts Lion of the Senate came out and endorsed Obama over Clinton's private objections.
While Harry Reid has apologized for getting caught airing his true beliefs, Clinton has not as of yet.
Before applauding Reid for his apology, put into context. It took the publishing of a book and passage of two years beofre that apology was forthcoming.
Sunlight truly is the best disinfectant.
Had either of these two men been members of the GOP, we would have experienced a weekend of GOP-bashing more intense than that given the Democrats.
Racism comes in all shapes, colors, sizes, and political parties.
While I believe racism is a dying belief, there are obviously still remnants of bygone days.
The hypocrisy on this issue from the Democrats is so transparent and obvious, it will be a long time before the left dares to rear its ugly head on this.
Each time they do, we will have these quotes and the pictures of Bob Byrd in his KKK robes ready to trot out for all to see.
Friday, January 8, 2010
85,000 MORE JOBS LOST; Obama's priorities & Judgement called into question
Leading up to the release of the December unemployment numbers the administration said they expected to lose 8,000 jobs, despite retailers adding Christmas help.
The US usually experiences an uptick in employment during the busy holiday season.
Obama actually lost 10 X their estimate for a loss of 85,000 jobs.
Unemployment did remain at 10%, a full 2% higher than Obama promised after receiving his “stimulus”.
The reason the unemployment percent did not go up was because more people lost their benefits during December and are no longer included in the unemployment figures. Those no longer being counted are still just as unemployed, but now have no income.
How can this White House be so wrong on so many issues affecting American voters such as jobs and national security?
Why did Obama sit back & watch unemployment rise for nearly a year before holding a “jobs summit” in December?
Instead of focusing on jobs & national security, Obama chose to address health care & global warming.
Folks, we had a terrorist shoot our military recruiters in Little Rock, Arkansas, another terrorist went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, and yet another attempted to blow up a planeload of people flying into Detroit on Christmas Day.
The liberals claim Obama is a “certified intellectual”. I am not sure of their criteria for such a dubious claim, but they may want to revise their standards. For those who have no job or rely on the administration to protect them as they fly; they may have a different evaluation of his intellectual prowess.
Many are justified in questioning Obama’s judgement & priorities.
How does a president come to the conclusion that the country needs him to address health care & global warming, while he sits back and ignores unemployment & national security?
I heard the liberals state that Obama was following Bush’s national security policies and therefore it was Bush’s fault.
Excuse me, but if this guy is so smart, and Bush was believed to be so dumb, why didn’t he review the Bush policies and update them when he came into office?
If you think you are a “certified intellectual”, why would you follow the same policies of someone you think is not as smart as you?
Obama is simply not as smart as advertised.
Folks, to put it another way: ‘the Emperor has no clothes’!!
The US usually experiences an uptick in employment during the busy holiday season.
Obama actually lost 10 X their estimate for a loss of 85,000 jobs.
Unemployment did remain at 10%, a full 2% higher than Obama promised after receiving his “stimulus”.
The reason the unemployment percent did not go up was because more people lost their benefits during December and are no longer included in the unemployment figures. Those no longer being counted are still just as unemployed, but now have no income.
How can this White House be so wrong on so many issues affecting American voters such as jobs and national security?
Why did Obama sit back & watch unemployment rise for nearly a year before holding a “jobs summit” in December?
Instead of focusing on jobs & national security, Obama chose to address health care & global warming.
Folks, we had a terrorist shoot our military recruiters in Little Rock, Arkansas, another terrorist went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, and yet another attempted to blow up a planeload of people flying into Detroit on Christmas Day.
The liberals claim Obama is a “certified intellectual”. I am not sure of their criteria for such a dubious claim, but they may want to revise their standards. For those who have no job or rely on the administration to protect them as they fly; they may have a different evaluation of his intellectual prowess.
Many are justified in questioning Obama’s judgement & priorities.
How does a president come to the conclusion that the country needs him to address health care & global warming, while he sits back and ignores unemployment & national security?
I heard the liberals state that Obama was following Bush’s national security policies and therefore it was Bush’s fault.
Excuse me, but if this guy is so smart, and Bush was believed to be so dumb, why didn’t he review the Bush policies and update them when he came into office?
If you think you are a “certified intellectual”, why would you follow the same policies of someone you think is not as smart as you?
Obama is simply not as smart as advertised.
Folks, to put it another way: ‘the Emperor has no clothes’!!
Monday, December 28, 2009
The High Cost of Political Correctness & Naivety
It has been a short period of time since a homegrown terrorist made repeated threats against the US and was ignored by our government.
He killed 13 unarmed Americans waiting to ship out to Afghanistan and wounded 30+ others.
He sent up enough red flags before going on his jihadi rampage to alert those interested in fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities of protecting our homeland and citizens from harm.
How did Nadal's plan go uninterrupted.
He spoke of his convictions and thoughts on the subject. He made no secret of his feelings.
Regardless of the 800# Gorilla in the room, the liberals still refuse to call Ft. Hood massacre a terrorist act.
Why?
Political correctness.
Our current President & administration is so naively concerned with not hurting the radical Muslims feelings that they allow these things as result of their naive commitment to political correctness.
Early in the administration the White House adopted the policy of not referring to terrorists as terrorists. Such a term was deemed 'mean spirited'.
No longer would there be mention of a War on Terror.
The Obama administration has taken the position that these terrorists just need a hug.
They are too politically correct to acknowledge that the radicals plans call for the murder or conversion of all who fail to embrace Islam. These radicals believe they are acting on divine inspiration from Allah.
The administration naively believes they can negotiate a "peace for our time" with these nut cases. Similar to Chamberlain's naive assessment of Nazi Germany.
In doing so, they ignore the inconvenient fact these radicals are not interested in 'negotiating'. Nobody is going to negotiate with them when they believe they are acting on the commands of Allah. How do we negotiate with that?
How do we negotiate with someone willing to be a suicide bomber against innocent peoples?
These folks openly call for Islam to dominate the world. They do not intend to stop short of their stated goal.
They are poised to become the majority population of Europe by 2050. Why? Because Europeans have capitulated to these extremists views and taken the approach of political correctness.
They ignore the radicalization of their youth that is taking place on their own soil. This is similar to the ignoring of training camps these radicals are operating here in the US and elsewhere around the world.
Radical Muslims have even won the "right" to have a Sharia Law court system that operates parallel to the English courts.
One set of laws for the Muslims in England and another for all other religious & nonreligious groups there.
That my friends is cowardice.
Three days ago a young Nigerian man attempted to celebrate Christmas by blowing himself and 200+ people out of the sky while his flight approached Detroit Airport.
Britain had this young man on their "no-fly" list and revoked his passport.
His own father warned US officials about him two months ago. Explained Clarke, "The kind of person, who's being radicalized increasingly in the U.S. and in Europe, are people who are sons of the middle class, the upper middle class, sons of well educated families, people who have radicalized at long distance over the Internet."
Did the administration put him on a 'no-fly' list?
No.
DHS Secretary, Janet Napolitano said he acted alone.
This is contrary to what we are learning about him.
According to this young wannabe terrorist, there will be more bombers coming behind him.
Britain is reporting that as many as 25 more young radical men are in Yemen training to bring down airliners. They all have the same al Qaeda ties as him, same Imams as him, same sentiments as him, but alas..............he acted alone.
Folks did you hear the prime time speech that our President gave in addressing this act of terror? The one where he gave as much effort as he did during his myriad of health care speeches?
Of course not. It is difficult to keep the teleprompter upright when placed in the warm sands of Hawaii's beaches.
Friends, I for one choose life, and the embrace of freedom over foolish state sponsored political correctness.
Things to consider in the elections of 2010 & 2012.
He killed 13 unarmed Americans waiting to ship out to Afghanistan and wounded 30+ others.
He sent up enough red flags before going on his jihadi rampage to alert those interested in fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities of protecting our homeland and citizens from harm.
How did Nadal's plan go uninterrupted.
He spoke of his convictions and thoughts on the subject. He made no secret of his feelings.
Regardless of the 800# Gorilla in the room, the liberals still refuse to call Ft. Hood massacre a terrorist act.
Why?
Political correctness.
Our current President & administration is so naively concerned with not hurting the radical Muslims feelings that they allow these things as result of their naive commitment to political correctness.
Early in the administration the White House adopted the policy of not referring to terrorists as terrorists. Such a term was deemed 'mean spirited'.
No longer would there be mention of a War on Terror.
The Obama administration has taken the position that these terrorists just need a hug.
They are too politically correct to acknowledge that the radicals plans call for the murder or conversion of all who fail to embrace Islam. These radicals believe they are acting on divine inspiration from Allah.
The administration naively believes they can negotiate a "peace for our time" with these nut cases. Similar to Chamberlain's naive assessment of Nazi Germany.
In doing so, they ignore the inconvenient fact these radicals are not interested in 'negotiating'. Nobody is going to negotiate with them when they believe they are acting on the commands of Allah. How do we negotiate with that?
How do we negotiate with someone willing to be a suicide bomber against innocent peoples?
These folks openly call for Islam to dominate the world. They do not intend to stop short of their stated goal.
They are poised to become the majority population of Europe by 2050. Why? Because Europeans have capitulated to these extremists views and taken the approach of political correctness.
They ignore the radicalization of their youth that is taking place on their own soil. This is similar to the ignoring of training camps these radicals are operating here in the US and elsewhere around the world.
Radical Muslims have even won the "right" to have a Sharia Law court system that operates parallel to the English courts.
One set of laws for the Muslims in England and another for all other religious & nonreligious groups there.
That my friends is cowardice.
Three days ago a young Nigerian man attempted to celebrate Christmas by blowing himself and 200+ people out of the sky while his flight approached Detroit Airport.
Britain had this young man on their "no-fly" list and revoked his passport.
His own father warned US officials about him two months ago. Explained Clarke, "The kind of person, who's being radicalized increasingly in the U.S. and in Europe, are people who are sons of the middle class, the upper middle class, sons of well educated families, people who have radicalized at long distance over the Internet."
Did the administration put him on a 'no-fly' list?
No.
DHS Secretary, Janet Napolitano said he acted alone.
This is contrary to what we are learning about him.
According to this young wannabe terrorist, there will be more bombers coming behind him.
Britain is reporting that as many as 25 more young radical men are in Yemen training to bring down airliners. They all have the same al Qaeda ties as him, same Imams as him, same sentiments as him, but alas..............he acted alone.
Folks did you hear the prime time speech that our President gave in addressing this act of terror? The one where he gave as much effort as he did during his myriad of health care speeches?
Of course not. It is difficult to keep the teleprompter upright when placed in the warm sands of Hawaii's beaches.
Friends, I for one choose life, and the embrace of freedom over foolish state sponsored political correctness.
Things to consider in the elections of 2010 & 2012.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Terrorism by any other name...a follow up
I wish I were amazed by Obama & Holder deciding to bring the terrorists into our civilian courts as if they robbed a 7-11. Obama naively believes terrorist should receive the same constitutional rights as any real American citizen.
Keep in mind that during our Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea & Viet Nam, we did ot allow enemy combatants into our civilian courts where they would be given a platform to spew their anti-American rhetoric, or risk them getting off on a technicality.
Unfortunately, I am not amazed. This incompetence has been evidenced for the past 11 months.
The administration has asked Congress to not launch an investigation at this time of the Fort Hood terrorist attack.
Some in this administration are loathe to go after terrorists or even acknowledge what the rest of the world already knows. Radicals will never be "negotiated" with.
The only thing they want from the west is to see the west destroyed.
Why? We are nonMuslim infidels. No amount of talking will change that fact or their hearts & minds.
Yet the administration treats these wackos as if all they need is a hug!!
We all have read about the numerous "red flags" the Fort Hood terrorist sent up that went ignored.
I am attaching a link that shows the sideshow this extremist gave in lieu of the expected presentation on medicine & treatment.
After watching the sideshow, I ask:
1. If you were in the audience anticipating a medical presentation and instead were shown this garbage, what would your reaction have been?
2. I am curious if you believe this is the sideshow of a terrorist, or of a medical doctor about medicine & treatment?
3. Do you believe this act was terrorism?
4. Do you support bringing terrorists into civilian court?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/gallery/2009/11/10/GA2009111000920.html
Keep in mind that during our Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea & Viet Nam, we did ot allow enemy combatants into our civilian courts where they would be given a platform to spew their anti-American rhetoric, or risk them getting off on a technicality.
Unfortunately, I am not amazed. This incompetence has been evidenced for the past 11 months.
The administration has asked Congress to not launch an investigation at this time of the Fort Hood terrorist attack.
Some in this administration are loathe to go after terrorists or even acknowledge what the rest of the world already knows. Radicals will never be "negotiated" with.
The only thing they want from the west is to see the west destroyed.
Why? We are nonMuslim infidels. No amount of talking will change that fact or their hearts & minds.
Yet the administration treats these wackos as if all they need is a hug!!
We all have read about the numerous "red flags" the Fort Hood terrorist sent up that went ignored.
I am attaching a link that shows the sideshow this extremist gave in lieu of the expected presentation on medicine & treatment.
After watching the sideshow, I ask:
1. If you were in the audience anticipating a medical presentation and instead were shown this garbage, what would your reaction have been?
2. I am curious if you believe this is the sideshow of a terrorist, or of a medical doctor about medicine & treatment?
3. Do you believe this act was terrorism?
4. Do you support bringing terrorists into civilian court?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/gallery/2009/11/10/GA2009111000920.html
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Terrorism by any other name
I have been quiet since the attack last week at Fort Hood, TX. While I find our President to be naive and glaringly inexperienced on matters of Foreign Policy, I fully anticipated his denouncing this tragedy as the terrorist attack that it clearly was.
Our brave men and women in the armed services explained through the media why there is a reluctance on their part to report troubling and suspicious behavior. If they report this type of behavior it may lead to the reporting service member being labeled a racist. They may also find themselves on the wrong end of an EEOC violation.
After a presentation where medical team members were presenting on new medicines and treatments, the members reported Hasan for his presentation. He did not present on medicine & treatment. He reported how it was acceptable for Muslims to kill the infidels. Cut off their heads and pour hot oil down their necks.
Hasan also expressed concern for the US foreign policy, and felt Muslims were the target of two wars.Superiors at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC also expressed concern for Hasans bizarre behavior. All to no avail.
The authorities knew of his contacts with members of al Qaeda well in advance. Prior to shipping out, Hasan stood up in the Fort Hood Processing Center, yells at the top of his lungs "God is great", and opens fire upon his unarmed fellow soldiers.
This was not the act of a crazy person. This was the act of a Jihadist carrying out a terrorist attack on American soil.
America's liberal media and supporters have gone to great pains to downplay the act of terrorism, and tried to play it off as someone mentally ill. Terrorism by any other name is still terrorism. I believe the terrorist mindset is very limited within the Muslim community and does not represent the the beliefs of that community. It is a fringe element.
There are radicals within all religions, but not many fly planes into buildings or target innocents.
America's political left and their blind pursuit of political correctness led to this attack. This same liberal mindset clouds their ability to see what is staring them straight in their face.
The Muslim organization CAIR was an unnamed co-conspirator by the FBI in a case last year regarding raising funds for the Hamas terrorist organization. No charges filed.
An undercover investigation over the past year alleges this organizations intent to take over the US and impose Sharia Law in the US. They have already succeeded in getting Sharia Law implemented in Britain to be used in cases involving Muslims.
Can you imagine the US having dual court systems? One for Muslims and one for the rest of us.
This morning the liberals mindset became more obvious, and shown for the naive nature that it is. They announced that the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheik Muhammad, will be tried in US criminal court.
They have equated an organization that declared war on the US, with a group of thugs that robbed a convenience store! Liberals appear more concerned with the "feelings" of those who subscribe to this ideology than they are to the safety of American citizens.
I will repeat that these extremists represent a minuscule fraction of Islam. With that said, I believe we need to take off the leftish rose-tinted glasses and react when faced with overwhelming evidence and leave the political correctness behind.
Folks, if you see something that does not sound or look right report it! In the meantime, we can hope this administration wakes up to reality before anyone else gets hurt.
Our brave men and women in the armed services explained through the media why there is a reluctance on their part to report troubling and suspicious behavior. If they report this type of behavior it may lead to the reporting service member being labeled a racist. They may also find themselves on the wrong end of an EEOC violation.
After a presentation where medical team members were presenting on new medicines and treatments, the members reported Hasan for his presentation. He did not present on medicine & treatment. He reported how it was acceptable for Muslims to kill the infidels. Cut off their heads and pour hot oil down their necks.
Hasan also expressed concern for the US foreign policy, and felt Muslims were the target of two wars.Superiors at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC also expressed concern for Hasans bizarre behavior. All to no avail.
The authorities knew of his contacts with members of al Qaeda well in advance. Prior to shipping out, Hasan stood up in the Fort Hood Processing Center, yells at the top of his lungs "God is great", and opens fire upon his unarmed fellow soldiers.
This was not the act of a crazy person. This was the act of a Jihadist carrying out a terrorist attack on American soil.
America's liberal media and supporters have gone to great pains to downplay the act of terrorism, and tried to play it off as someone mentally ill. Terrorism by any other name is still terrorism. I believe the terrorist mindset is very limited within the Muslim community and does not represent the the beliefs of that community. It is a fringe element.
There are radicals within all religions, but not many fly planes into buildings or target innocents.
America's political left and their blind pursuit of political correctness led to this attack. This same liberal mindset clouds their ability to see what is staring them straight in their face.
The Muslim organization CAIR was an unnamed co-conspirator by the FBI in a case last year regarding raising funds for the Hamas terrorist organization. No charges filed.
An undercover investigation over the past year alleges this organizations intent to take over the US and impose Sharia Law in the US. They have already succeeded in getting Sharia Law implemented in Britain to be used in cases involving Muslims.
Can you imagine the US having dual court systems? One for Muslims and one for the rest of us.
This morning the liberals mindset became more obvious, and shown for the naive nature that it is. They announced that the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheik Muhammad, will be tried in US criminal court.
They have equated an organization that declared war on the US, with a group of thugs that robbed a convenience store! Liberals appear more concerned with the "feelings" of those who subscribe to this ideology than they are to the safety of American citizens.
I will repeat that these extremists represent a minuscule fraction of Islam. With that said, I believe we need to take off the leftish rose-tinted glasses and react when faced with overwhelming evidence and leave the political correctness behind.
Folks, if you see something that does not sound or look right report it! In the meantime, we can hope this administration wakes up to reality before anyone else gets hurt.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
America's dangerously naive Foreign Policy
Our troops continue to be killed in Afghanistan as Obama dithers on whether to send his generals their requested 40,000 troops or come up with any sort of policy. To show our military that he knows their needs better than they do, he is quietly sending 13,000 more troops. He can not decide on what the final number should be.
The president continues to insist on meeting with Iran without preconditions. Despite the IAEA's warnings that Iran is close to developing nuclear weapons. During the campaign last year Hillary Clinton cautioned against such a stupid move. During the campaign, Obama, himself said a nuclear Iran was not acceptable.
This weekend, N. Korea continued to thumb their nose at Obama as they launched a volley of missiles in a show of defiance.
Chavez has announced a deal to buy Russian missiles to be staioned to our south. When the Soviets tried to put missiles in Cuba, JFK stood them down.
Not Obama. He smiles and apologises.
Hillary is returning from Russia empty-handed, having achieved nothing on her foray to Russia. Obama sent her to meet with Russia's president, and was met with a "nyet" when she brought up sanctions against Iran.
This despite Obama's gesture of abandoning our European allies missile defense shield.
How does our naive president respond to this slap down?
He grants the Russians access to our nuclear sites, knowing that Russia is looking to develop their next generation of nuclear weapons.
Tentative Inspection Program Would Allow Russia to Visit U.S. Nuclear Sites
The plan, which Fox News has learned was agreed to in principle during negotiations, would constitute the most intrusive weapons inspection program the U.S. has ever accepted.
Russia and the United States have tentatively agreed to a weapons inspection program that would allow Russians to visit nuclear sites in America to count missiles and warheads.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=asbOYPkD.ZH0
What did Obama get in return for compromising our security? Nothing!
Obama not satisfied whith the speed to which he can let our former & current adversaries access to our miltary, has also invited the Chinese into the Pentagon. He forgot how many military secrets the Chinese stole when Clinton allowed them acccess to Los Alamos, NM, nuclear facilities. So he is doomed to repeat the same naive history.
What is he getting from the Chinese for compromising our national defense? Nothing.
China's second-ranking military officer will travel to Washington later this month on a week-long visit designed to promote trust and avoid "misunderstandings," the Pentagon said Wednesday.
General Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the People's Liberation Army central military commission, will hold high-level meetings from October 24-31 and visit military commands and bases across the United States, press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b2e1961b55d6773018513c4bd51816bb.581&show_article=1
I hope the US can survive a reckless presidency until he gets booted to the curb in 2012.
The president continues to insist on meeting with Iran without preconditions. Despite the IAEA's warnings that Iran is close to developing nuclear weapons. During the campaign last year Hillary Clinton cautioned against such a stupid move. During the campaign, Obama, himself said a nuclear Iran was not acceptable.
This weekend, N. Korea continued to thumb their nose at Obama as they launched a volley of missiles in a show of defiance.
Chavez has announced a deal to buy Russian missiles to be staioned to our south. When the Soviets tried to put missiles in Cuba, JFK stood them down.
Not Obama. He smiles and apologises.
Hillary is returning from Russia empty-handed, having achieved nothing on her foray to Russia. Obama sent her to meet with Russia's president, and was met with a "nyet" when she brought up sanctions against Iran.
This despite Obama's gesture of abandoning our European allies missile defense shield.
How does our naive president respond to this slap down?
He grants the Russians access to our nuclear sites, knowing that Russia is looking to develop their next generation of nuclear weapons.
Tentative Inspection Program Would Allow Russia to Visit U.S. Nuclear Sites
The plan, which Fox News has learned was agreed to in principle during negotiations, would constitute the most intrusive weapons inspection program the U.S. has ever accepted.
Russia and the United States have tentatively agreed to a weapons inspection program that would allow Russians to visit nuclear sites in America to count missiles and warheads.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=asbOYPkD.ZH0
What did Obama get in return for compromising our security? Nothing!
Obama not satisfied whith the speed to which he can let our former & current adversaries access to our miltary, has also invited the Chinese into the Pentagon. He forgot how many military secrets the Chinese stole when Clinton allowed them acccess to Los Alamos, NM, nuclear facilities. So he is doomed to repeat the same naive history.
What is he getting from the Chinese for compromising our national defense? Nothing.
China's second-ranking military officer will travel to Washington later this month on a week-long visit designed to promote trust and avoid "misunderstandings," the Pentagon said Wednesday.
General Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the People's Liberation Army central military commission, will hold high-level meetings from October 24-31 and visit military commands and bases across the United States, press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b2e1961b55d6773018513c4bd51816bb.581&show_article=1
I hope the US can survive a reckless presidency until he gets booted to the curb in 2012.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Obama and the cheapened Nobel Peace Prize
There was a time when winning the Nobel Peace Prize was a badge of honor that the recipient and their country could point to with pride.
That is no longer the case with the announcement Obama has won, based not on accomplishment, but on "promise".
The committee cited his promise and goals, and accepted his nomination after only 12 days in office. Submission of nominations deadline was February.
The world gasped this morning with the announcement, few believe the prize had merit.
As for the educated, it was quite a different story as disbelief circled the globe faster than the drop in the presidents poll numbers. Even the Muslim community which was mentioned by the committee believe the award undeserved and premature.
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and opposes a peace treaty with Israel, said the award was premature at best.
"Obama has a long way to go still and lots of work to do before he can deserve a reward," said Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri. "Obama only made promises and did not contribute any substance to world peace. And he has not done anything to ensure justice for the sake of Arab and Muslim causes."
"EMBARRASSING JOKE"
Issam al-Khazraji, a day laborer in Baghdad, said: "He doesn't deserve this prize. All these problems -- Iraq, Afghanistan -- have not been solved...The man of 'change' hasn't changed anything yet."
Liaqat Baluch, a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a conservative religious party in Pakistan, called the award an embarrassing "joke."
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5981JK20091009?sp=true
Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize
Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.
Instead, the prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, patronising in its intentions and demeaning in its attempt to build up a man who has barely begun his period in office, let alone achieved any tangible outcome for peace.
East-West relations are little better than they were six months ago, and any change is probably due largely to the global economic downturn; and America’s vaunted determination to re-engage with the Muslim world has failed to make any concrete progress towards ending the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
There is a further irony in offering a peace prize to a president whose principal preoccupation at the moment is when and how to expand the war in Afghanistan.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6867711.ece
Analysis: He won, but for what?
For one of America's youngest presidents, in office less than nine months — and only for 12 days before the Nobel nomination deadline last February — it was an enormous honor.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_nobel_analysis_1
He was nominated 12 days into his presidency!! Since then he has destroyed the morale of the troops fighting two wars, who have no clear guidance of what they are trying to accomplish nor how they are to do it.
American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains
“The many soldiers who come to see us have a sense of futility and anger about being here. They are really in a state of depression and despair and just want to get back to their families,” said Captain Jeff Masengale, of the 10th Mountain Division’s 2-87 Infantry Battalion.
“They feel they are risking their lives for progress that’s hard to discern,” said Captain Sam Rico, of the Division’s 4-25 Field Artillery Battalion. “They are tired, strained, confused and just want to get through.” The chaplains said that they were speaking out because the men could not.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6865359.ece
Our disheartened troops that are dying every day while Obama dithers on an Afghan policy will certainly be uplifted that, despite no peace, their Commander-in Chief has won the Peace Prize!!
The award will never be viewed the same again. It has been cheapened beyond recognition and will never regain the status and esteem it once enjoyed.
So while the White House and American liberals on the fringe applaud the announcement, the rest of the world is aghast.
As an aside, Ghandi was nominated 5 times for his life's work......he never won.
http://washingtonroundup.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-and-cheapened-nobel-peace-prize.html
That is no longer the case with the announcement Obama has won, based not on accomplishment, but on "promise".
The committee cited his promise and goals, and accepted his nomination after only 12 days in office. Submission of nominations deadline was February.
The world gasped this morning with the announcement, few believe the prize had merit.
As for the educated, it was quite a different story as disbelief circled the globe faster than the drop in the presidents poll numbers. Even the Muslim community which was mentioned by the committee believe the award undeserved and premature.
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and opposes a peace treaty with Israel, said the award was premature at best.
"Obama has a long way to go still and lots of work to do before he can deserve a reward," said Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri. "Obama only made promises and did not contribute any substance to world peace. And he has not done anything to ensure justice for the sake of Arab and Muslim causes."
"EMBARRASSING JOKE"
Issam al-Khazraji, a day laborer in Baghdad, said: "He doesn't deserve this prize. All these problems -- Iraq, Afghanistan -- have not been solved...The man of 'change' hasn't changed anything yet."
Liaqat Baluch, a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a conservative religious party in Pakistan, called the award an embarrassing "joke."
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5981JK20091009?sp=true
Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize
Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.
Instead, the prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, patronising in its intentions and demeaning in its attempt to build up a man who has barely begun his period in office, let alone achieved any tangible outcome for peace.
East-West relations are little better than they were six months ago, and any change is probably due largely to the global economic downturn; and America’s vaunted determination to re-engage with the Muslim world has failed to make any concrete progress towards ending the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
There is a further irony in offering a peace prize to a president whose principal preoccupation at the moment is when and how to expand the war in Afghanistan.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6867711.ece
Analysis: He won, but for what?
For one of America's youngest presidents, in office less than nine months — and only for 12 days before the Nobel nomination deadline last February — it was an enormous honor.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_nobel_analysis_1
He was nominated 12 days into his presidency!! Since then he has destroyed the morale of the troops fighting two wars, who have no clear guidance of what they are trying to accomplish nor how they are to do it.
American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains
“The many soldiers who come to see us have a sense of futility and anger about being here. They are really in a state of depression and despair and just want to get back to their families,” said Captain Jeff Masengale, of the 10th Mountain Division’s 2-87 Infantry Battalion.
“They feel they are risking their lives for progress that’s hard to discern,” said Captain Sam Rico, of the Division’s 4-25 Field Artillery Battalion. “They are tired, strained, confused and just want to get through.” The chaplains said that they were speaking out because the men could not.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6865359.ece
Our disheartened troops that are dying every day while Obama dithers on an Afghan policy will certainly be uplifted that, despite no peace, their Commander-in Chief has won the Peace Prize!!
The award will never be viewed the same again. It has been cheapened beyond recognition and will never regain the status and esteem it once enjoyed.
So while the White House and American liberals on the fringe applaud the announcement, the rest of the world is aghast.
As an aside, Ghandi was nominated 5 times for his life's work......he never won.
http://washingtonroundup.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-and-cheapened-nobel-peace-prize.html
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Mr. President, while you were in Copenhagen.......
While our president was in Copenhagen last week, tending to the high priority matter of securing the Olympics for Chicago, another issue was playing out in other parts of the world. The other event did not even register as a blip on the administrations radar screen.
OPEC and other nations are in discussions on use of the dollar for oil trade, I see a key player missing from the talks regarding the US’ economic fate.
In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.
Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars.
The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong, may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices, but it also augurs an extraordinary transition from dollar markets within nine years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar-1798175.html
Our president & administration are not taking part in these talks that will have a huge impact on our future.
Certainly this is something Obama should be involved in. This is some of the heavy lifting we expect our president to involve himself in.
It may not be as exciting as jet-setting off to Copenhagen in a failed Olympic bid, but it will have more relevance & impact on the voters.
Obama is missing in action on this important issue.
Where is the leadership, Mr. President?
The United Nations called on Tuesday for a new global reserve currency to end dollar supremacy which has allowed the United States the “privilege” of building a huge trade deficit.
“Important progress in managing imbalances can be made by reducing the reserve currency country?s ‘privilege’ to run external deficits in order to provide international liquidity,“ UN undersecretary-general for economic and social affairs, Sha Zukang, said.
Speaking at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul, he said: “It is timely to emphasise that such a system also creates a more equitable method of sharing the seigniorage derived from providing global liquidity.“
He said: “Greater use of a truly global reserve currency, such as the IMF?s special drawing rights (SDRs), enables the seigniorage gained to be deployed for development purposes,“ he said.
The SDRs are the asset used in IMF transactions and are based on a basket of four currencies—the dollar, euro, yen and pound—which is calculated daily.
China had called in March for a new dominant world reserve currency instead of the dollar, in a system within the framework of the Washington-based IMF.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e272eaa74dccc30f21c6ff7638b0f37b.461&show_article=1
I work with organizational development, identifying opportunities for performance improvement and showing my employer how to strategically align OD with the organizational mission & strategy. I am also involved with designing training programs to support these efforts.
One of the things I find is that my organization loses focus on what is important if not actively kept on track. We sometimes get confused in prioritizing.
This is what I see with this administration.
Who sets this agenda and prioritizes the initiatives?
It appears they are more interested in only the "low hanging fruit", getting the photo-ops and hoping the more arduous topics disappear.
Flying off to Copenhagen while Rome burns is a character trait of Obama that I do not find very endearing.
In fact it is dangerous.
OPEC and other nations are in discussions on use of the dollar for oil trade, I see a key player missing from the talks regarding the US’ economic fate.
In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.
Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars.
The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong, may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices, but it also augurs an extraordinary transition from dollar markets within nine years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar-1798175.html
Our president & administration are not taking part in these talks that will have a huge impact on our future.
Certainly this is something Obama should be involved in. This is some of the heavy lifting we expect our president to involve himself in.
It may not be as exciting as jet-setting off to Copenhagen in a failed Olympic bid, but it will have more relevance & impact on the voters.
Obama is missing in action on this important issue.
Where is the leadership, Mr. President?
The United Nations called on Tuesday for a new global reserve currency to end dollar supremacy which has allowed the United States the “privilege” of building a huge trade deficit.
“Important progress in managing imbalances can be made by reducing the reserve currency country?s ‘privilege’ to run external deficits in order to provide international liquidity,“ UN undersecretary-general for economic and social affairs, Sha Zukang, said.
Speaking at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul, he said: “It is timely to emphasise that such a system also creates a more equitable method of sharing the seigniorage derived from providing global liquidity.“
He said: “Greater use of a truly global reserve currency, such as the IMF?s special drawing rights (SDRs), enables the seigniorage gained to be deployed for development purposes,“ he said.
The SDRs are the asset used in IMF transactions and are based on a basket of four currencies—the dollar, euro, yen and pound—which is calculated daily.
China had called in March for a new dominant world reserve currency instead of the dollar, in a system within the framework of the Washington-based IMF.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e272eaa74dccc30f21c6ff7638b0f37b.461&show_article=1
I work with organizational development, identifying opportunities for performance improvement and showing my employer how to strategically align OD with the organizational mission & strategy. I am also involved with designing training programs to support these efforts.
One of the things I find is that my organization loses focus on what is important if not actively kept on track. We sometimes get confused in prioritizing.
This is what I see with this administration.
Who sets this agenda and prioritizes the initiatives?
It appears they are more interested in only the "low hanging fruit", getting the photo-ops and hoping the more arduous topics disappear.
Flying off to Copenhagen while Rome burns is a character trait of Obama that I do not find very endearing.
In fact it is dangerous.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Obama & the Wimp Factor
The emerging picture of Obama and his foreign policy should come as no surprise to Americans familiar with a Democratic presidency.
In the past it has been termed the "Wimp Factor".
I was reading a more contemporary version of this phenomenon called the 'Beta Male'.
The analogy was used in comparing dogs behavior. It discussed how Alpha dogs are dominant and Beta dogs are submissive.
Obama is assigned the role of 'Beta dog' on the world stage.
In the analogy, the beta dog greets alpha dogs by bowing and exposing his neck to the worlds alpha dogs. This lets the alpha dog know that the beta dog has no intention of challenging him. In this case Obama is exposing Americas collective neck.
Obama gave a beta response to the disclosure of Iran's nuclear ambitions recently. After stating in the campaign that a nuclear Iran would be unacceptable, how did he respond?
His response was to go against conventional wisdom, and agree to our State Dept.to meet with Iran face-to-face without preconditions. We can all remember Hillary Clinton advising against such a move.
Saturday Night Live did a skit on this last year in which Obama was shown calling Hillary late at night seeking advice. He was in a predictament and did not know what to do. Hillary calmly talked him through the crisis.
Beta's are at a loss when the call comes for firm resolve.
Obama lacks the ability to confront those that need confronting. Beta's back down in the face of adversity.
He has repeatedly shown his inability to work with our allies Sarkozy & Merkel. He can not cooperate with them for fear he might be called upon to exercise alpha behaviors that are foreign to him.
The beta male is concerned with avoiding aggression of the alphas'. Around the world we have a lineup of alpha males, although in the case of Merkel, she is an aplha female.
The despots such as Chavez, Ortega, Jong Il, Ahmadinejad et al., are all salivating at the prospects of spanking Obama on the world stage.
Chavez is now buying missiles and weaponry from Russia. What was Obama's response to this announcement? Nothing, nada!!
In Afghanistan, Obama promised to rely on the recommendations of his Generals. These Generals prepared a report that calls for an additional 40,000 troops.
Obama has chastised General McChrystal for putting him in a bind. During a speech in London, McChrystal did not support Obama's plan for Afghanistan.
Insiders say that the Obama plan offers no winnable solution and leaves allied forces short changed.
While Obama dithers on such a commitment, more & more of our kids are being slaughtered by his indecisiveness.
Putin already has stared down Obama. He demanded the abandonment of our allies in Poland & Czech Republic, and Obama submissively complied to the Putin demands.
As reward for suppressing American & NATO interests, Putin is now working closely with Hugo Chavez, which I will address shortly.
When Obama approached Merkel & Sarkozy and invited them to join the US in deficit producing stimulus spending, both leaders gave a resounding "no".
Both countries are now enjoying their respective countries economic recovery while America's economy continues to shed jobs.
On the question of Climate Change, Obama is willing to commit the US to a competetive disadvantage by cutting our greenhouse gases, while China & India go unabated.
In short, US companies will have to comply with these punitive greenhouse measures, thus cutting our ability to compete with countries who do not abide with them.
At the UN, Obama put the world on notice that he is willing to give up our nuclear arsenal adavntage. Obama proposed slashing our arsenal without securing a firm commitment from Russia.
Putin did agree to talks on the subject without making such declarations.
So folks, as long as we have a Beta Male in the White House, we will have to pray that Hillary keeps her ringer volume set on 'high' when she goes to bed at night.
The world does not question her testosterone levels.
Obama on the other hand..............
As for closing the alpha/beta analogy.
The worlds alpha's will continue to look for ways to exploit Obama and make him their female dog.
In the past it has been termed the "Wimp Factor".
I was reading a more contemporary version of this phenomenon called the 'Beta Male'.
The analogy was used in comparing dogs behavior. It discussed how Alpha dogs are dominant and Beta dogs are submissive.
Obama is assigned the role of 'Beta dog' on the world stage.
In the analogy, the beta dog greets alpha dogs by bowing and exposing his neck to the worlds alpha dogs. This lets the alpha dog know that the beta dog has no intention of challenging him. In this case Obama is exposing Americas collective neck.
Obama gave a beta response to the disclosure of Iran's nuclear ambitions recently. After stating in the campaign that a nuclear Iran would be unacceptable, how did he respond?
His response was to go against conventional wisdom, and agree to our State Dept.to meet with Iran face-to-face without preconditions. We can all remember Hillary Clinton advising against such a move.
Saturday Night Live did a skit on this last year in which Obama was shown calling Hillary late at night seeking advice. He was in a predictament and did not know what to do. Hillary calmly talked him through the crisis.
Beta's are at a loss when the call comes for firm resolve.
Obama lacks the ability to confront those that need confronting. Beta's back down in the face of adversity.
He has repeatedly shown his inability to work with our allies Sarkozy & Merkel. He can not cooperate with them for fear he might be called upon to exercise alpha behaviors that are foreign to him.
The beta male is concerned with avoiding aggression of the alphas'. Around the world we have a lineup of alpha males, although in the case of Merkel, she is an aplha female.
The despots such as Chavez, Ortega, Jong Il, Ahmadinejad et al., are all salivating at the prospects of spanking Obama on the world stage.
Chavez is now buying missiles and weaponry from Russia. What was Obama's response to this announcement? Nothing, nada!!
In Afghanistan, Obama promised to rely on the recommendations of his Generals. These Generals prepared a report that calls for an additional 40,000 troops.
Obama has chastised General McChrystal for putting him in a bind. During a speech in London, McChrystal did not support Obama's plan for Afghanistan.
Insiders say that the Obama plan offers no winnable solution and leaves allied forces short changed.
While Obama dithers on such a commitment, more & more of our kids are being slaughtered by his indecisiveness.
Putin already has stared down Obama. He demanded the abandonment of our allies in Poland & Czech Republic, and Obama submissively complied to the Putin demands.
As reward for suppressing American & NATO interests, Putin is now working closely with Hugo Chavez, which I will address shortly.
When Obama approached Merkel & Sarkozy and invited them to join the US in deficit producing stimulus spending, both leaders gave a resounding "no".
Both countries are now enjoying their respective countries economic recovery while America's economy continues to shed jobs.
On the question of Climate Change, Obama is willing to commit the US to a competetive disadvantage by cutting our greenhouse gases, while China & India go unabated.
In short, US companies will have to comply with these punitive greenhouse measures, thus cutting our ability to compete with countries who do not abide with them.
At the UN, Obama put the world on notice that he is willing to give up our nuclear arsenal adavntage. Obama proposed slashing our arsenal without securing a firm commitment from Russia.
Putin did agree to talks on the subject without making such declarations.
So folks, as long as we have a Beta Male in the White House, we will have to pray that Hillary keeps her ringer volume set on 'high' when she goes to bed at night.
The world does not question her testosterone levels.
Obama on the other hand..............
As for closing the alpha/beta analogy.
The worlds alpha's will continue to look for ways to exploit Obama and make him their female dog.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Obama dangerously believes the world revolves around him
Obama who continues to be more interested in his own cult of personality than actually performing the job of president is making many nervous and frustrated.
The guy is distracted by building his own image and brand than he is in finding real solutions to our nations problems.
The way he performs his job is quite telling and dangerous.
He wants to stand up & take a bow for other peoples work, and self-congratulate himself at our countries peril.
Domestically, Obama claimed a great need for a stimulus. With it he would hold unemployment to 8%. He got the stimulus rhammed through Congress and our representatives were not given time to read it. What choice did they have? They were told the sky would fall if they didn't act that afternoon. They passed it.
Instead of running the emergency legislation to the White House for Obama's signature, he bowed ans self-congratulated himself for its passage. As soon as the photographers left, so did he. He went to Chicago for four days of rest, without signing this emergency bill.
Same with Cap & Trade. Rhammed it through without members reading the bill. It is only the largest tax increase to be levied against the American public in the country's history. Why read it. Once again, Obama took a bow.
In both instances he implored Congress to act. He failed to give leadership or guidance on either piece of legislation.
Now we have our economy still floundering as his policies have failed to give any relief, and he insists that health care is yet another emergency. He gave Congress until the August recess to act. They didn't get it done on time. Why? Because the American voters decided to do the job of congress and actually read the bill.
What they found was disturbing. They stood up & spoke out.
The biased media called them Nazi's, unAmerican, and racists for daring to question such a plan.
Obama did what he always does when given the opportunity. He went on TV. He had been on more TV at this point than any previous president. He doesn't really say anything new, but at least he is kind enough to allow the little people to see & hear him.
He attempted to use the children to reach their parents. He even sent out topics for the teachers to discuss. When the voters got word of this impending indoctrination, they protested.
So Obama changed his speech to try to dissuade his critics. Never mind that the speech he gave did not match the instructions given to the teachers. Upon finishing the speech, he took a bow and asked what all the criticism was about.
I would be remiss not to mention the "Czars" appointed under Obama.
Van Jones finally resigned. He was the self avowed communist & black nationalist, who had been appointed as our 'Green Czar'.
There is Cass Sunstein, our 'Regulatory Czar'. He has written and spoke that he believes it is highly "desirable" for American wealth to be redistributed to poor countries. He also believes that we should have a new constitution by 2020 that grants a new 'Bill of Rights' embracing every liberal cause you can think of.
Have to include John Holdren, the 'Science Czar'. He is for forced abortion, and population control. Removing children from unmarried mothers. He cowrote 'Ecoscience' that can be googled. He is about the most bizarre of the bunch.
Kevin Jennings is our 'Safe School Czar'. He is charged with keeping our kids safe in school.
He is a former teacher who had a 15 yo. boy confide to him that the boy was being sexually abused by an adult male. The law states clearly that such a staement is to be reported to authorities. He chose not to and advised the boy to use a condom.
Another incident was the "fistgate" scandal in which he led discussions at a seminar where "young teens were guided on how to perform dangerous homosexual perversions including 'fisting,'" the website said.
Yet another was Jennings' address in a New York City church on March 20, 2000. He said:
"Twenty percent of people are hard-core fair-minded [pro-homosexual] people. Twenty percent are hard-core [anti-homosexual] bigots. We need to ignore the hard-core bigots, get more of the hard-core fair-minded people to speak up, and we’ll pull that 60 percent [of people in the middle] over to our side. That's really what I think our strategy has to be. We have to quit being afraid of the religious right. We also have to quit — I’m trying to find a way to say this. I’m trying not to say, '[F—] 'em!' which is what I want to say, because I don’t care what they think! [audience laughter] Drop dead!"
Jennings was appointed the assistant deputy secretary in the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the U.S. Department of Education. He founded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which "makes schools safe for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."
On domestic & foreign policy issues Obama fluctuates between eglomaniac and narcassist.
On foreign policy he puts his own personal interests ahead of Americas or the worlds interests. Its all about him.
He treats allies as enemies and naively treats enemies as allies.
He caved into Russian pressure to abandon a missile shield based in Poland & the Czech Republic. I agree with the decision, but would not have promised it in the first place. They can buy their own.
In April he claimed it was needed and said so during a public speech in Prague. The crowd roared with approval, and he took a bow.
In announcing his decision to scrap the program, he said it was because Iran did not have the means to produce a nuclear weapon or a missile to reach Europe, and wouldn't for some time.
That was another of his oft told lies.
He was told before coming into office what the real situation was with Iran. They are on the cusp of being capable of producing nuclear weapons and delivering them much further than he said in his speech.
Iran proved it the next day when they began war games & test firing a series of medium and short-range missiles.
Last week at the UN, while flanked by the UK's Brown & France's Sarkozy, he claimed to believe the world would be free of nuclear weapons. Even while he was making this proclamation he knew the truth about Iran.
The foreign leaders had the same info on Iran, but were frustrated with Obama not wanting to confront Iran.
Both countries wanted to confront Iran a day earlier at the United Nations. Mr. Obama was, after all, chairing a Security Council session devoted to nonproliferation. The latest evidence of Iran's illegal moves toward acquiring a nuclear weapon was in hand. With the world's leaders gathered in New York, the timing and venue would be a dramatic way to rally international opinion.
President Sarkozy in particular pushed hard. He had been "frustrated" for months about Mr. Obama's reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didn't want to "spoil the image of success" for Mr. Obama's debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy.
"We are right to talk about the future," Mr. Sarkozy said, referring to the U.S. resolution on strengthening arms control treaties. "But the present comes before the future, and the present includes two major nuclear crises," i.e., Iran and North Korea. "We live in the real world, not in a virtual one." No prize for guessing into which world the Frenchman puts Mr. Obama.
"We say that we must reduce," he went on. "President Obama himself has said that he dreams of a world without nuclear weapons. Before our very eyes, two countries are doing exactly the opposite at this very moment. Since 2005, Iran has violated five Security Council Resolutions . . .
"I support America's 'extended hand.' But what have these proposals for dialogue produced for the international community? Nothing but more enriched uranium and more centrifuges. And last but not least, it has resulted in a statement by Iranian leaders calling for wiping off the map a Member of the United Nations. What are we to do? What conclusions are we to draw? At a certain moment hard facts will force us to make decisions."
We thought we'd never see the day when the President of France shows more resolve than America's Commander in Chief for confronting one of the gravest challenges to global security. But here we are.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574441402775482322.html
I won't go into the Obama mistakes regarding capitulation to the UN. on several matters.
The guy is distracted by building his own image and brand than he is in finding real solutions to our nations problems.
The way he performs his job is quite telling and dangerous.
He wants to stand up & take a bow for other peoples work, and self-congratulate himself at our countries peril.
Domestically, Obama claimed a great need for a stimulus. With it he would hold unemployment to 8%. He got the stimulus rhammed through Congress and our representatives were not given time to read it. What choice did they have? They were told the sky would fall if they didn't act that afternoon. They passed it.
Instead of running the emergency legislation to the White House for Obama's signature, he bowed ans self-congratulated himself for its passage. As soon as the photographers left, so did he. He went to Chicago for four days of rest, without signing this emergency bill.
Same with Cap & Trade. Rhammed it through without members reading the bill. It is only the largest tax increase to be levied against the American public in the country's history. Why read it. Once again, Obama took a bow.
In both instances he implored Congress to act. He failed to give leadership or guidance on either piece of legislation.
Now we have our economy still floundering as his policies have failed to give any relief, and he insists that health care is yet another emergency. He gave Congress until the August recess to act. They didn't get it done on time. Why? Because the American voters decided to do the job of congress and actually read the bill.
What they found was disturbing. They stood up & spoke out.
The biased media called them Nazi's, unAmerican, and racists for daring to question such a plan.
Obama did what he always does when given the opportunity. He went on TV. He had been on more TV at this point than any previous president. He doesn't really say anything new, but at least he is kind enough to allow the little people to see & hear him.
He attempted to use the children to reach their parents. He even sent out topics for the teachers to discuss. When the voters got word of this impending indoctrination, they protested.
So Obama changed his speech to try to dissuade his critics. Never mind that the speech he gave did not match the instructions given to the teachers. Upon finishing the speech, he took a bow and asked what all the criticism was about.
I would be remiss not to mention the "Czars" appointed under Obama.
Van Jones finally resigned. He was the self avowed communist & black nationalist, who had been appointed as our 'Green Czar'.
There is Cass Sunstein, our 'Regulatory Czar'. He has written and spoke that he believes it is highly "desirable" for American wealth to be redistributed to poor countries. He also believes that we should have a new constitution by 2020 that grants a new 'Bill of Rights' embracing every liberal cause you can think of.
Have to include John Holdren, the 'Science Czar'. He is for forced abortion, and population control. Removing children from unmarried mothers. He cowrote 'Ecoscience' that can be googled. He is about the most bizarre of the bunch.
Kevin Jennings is our 'Safe School Czar'. He is charged with keeping our kids safe in school.
He is a former teacher who had a 15 yo. boy confide to him that the boy was being sexually abused by an adult male. The law states clearly that such a staement is to be reported to authorities. He chose not to and advised the boy to use a condom.
Another incident was the "fistgate" scandal in which he led discussions at a seminar where "young teens were guided on how to perform dangerous homosexual perversions including 'fisting,'" the website said.
Yet another was Jennings' address in a New York City church on March 20, 2000. He said:
"Twenty percent of people are hard-core fair-minded [pro-homosexual] people. Twenty percent are hard-core [anti-homosexual] bigots. We need to ignore the hard-core bigots, get more of the hard-core fair-minded people to speak up, and we’ll pull that 60 percent [of people in the middle] over to our side. That's really what I think our strategy has to be. We have to quit being afraid of the religious right. We also have to quit — I’m trying to find a way to say this. I’m trying not to say, '[F—] 'em!' which is what I want to say, because I don’t care what they think! [audience laughter] Drop dead!"
Jennings was appointed the assistant deputy secretary in the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the U.S. Department of Education. He founded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which "makes schools safe for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."
On domestic & foreign policy issues Obama fluctuates between eglomaniac and narcassist.
On foreign policy he puts his own personal interests ahead of Americas or the worlds interests. Its all about him.
He treats allies as enemies and naively treats enemies as allies.
He caved into Russian pressure to abandon a missile shield based in Poland & the Czech Republic. I agree with the decision, but would not have promised it in the first place. They can buy their own.
In April he claimed it was needed and said so during a public speech in Prague. The crowd roared with approval, and he took a bow.
In announcing his decision to scrap the program, he said it was because Iran did not have the means to produce a nuclear weapon or a missile to reach Europe, and wouldn't for some time.
That was another of his oft told lies.
He was told before coming into office what the real situation was with Iran. They are on the cusp of being capable of producing nuclear weapons and delivering them much further than he said in his speech.
Iran proved it the next day when they began war games & test firing a series of medium and short-range missiles.
Last week at the UN, while flanked by the UK's Brown & France's Sarkozy, he claimed to believe the world would be free of nuclear weapons. Even while he was making this proclamation he knew the truth about Iran.
The foreign leaders had the same info on Iran, but were frustrated with Obama not wanting to confront Iran.
Both countries wanted to confront Iran a day earlier at the United Nations. Mr. Obama was, after all, chairing a Security Council session devoted to nonproliferation. The latest evidence of Iran's illegal moves toward acquiring a nuclear weapon was in hand. With the world's leaders gathered in New York, the timing and venue would be a dramatic way to rally international opinion.
President Sarkozy in particular pushed hard. He had been "frustrated" for months about Mr. Obama's reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didn't want to "spoil the image of success" for Mr. Obama's debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy.
"We are right to talk about the future," Mr. Sarkozy said, referring to the U.S. resolution on strengthening arms control treaties. "But the present comes before the future, and the present includes two major nuclear crises," i.e., Iran and North Korea. "We live in the real world, not in a virtual one." No prize for guessing into which world the Frenchman puts Mr. Obama.
"We say that we must reduce," he went on. "President Obama himself has said that he dreams of a world without nuclear weapons. Before our very eyes, two countries are doing exactly the opposite at this very moment. Since 2005, Iran has violated five Security Council Resolutions . . .
"I support America's 'extended hand.' But what have these proposals for dialogue produced for the international community? Nothing but more enriched uranium and more centrifuges. And last but not least, it has resulted in a statement by Iranian leaders calling for wiping off the map a Member of the United Nations. What are we to do? What conclusions are we to draw? At a certain moment hard facts will force us to make decisions."
We thought we'd never see the day when the President of France shows more resolve than America's Commander in Chief for confronting one of the gravest challenges to global security. But here we are.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574441402775482322.html
I won't go into the Obama mistakes regarding capitulation to the UN. on several matters.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Obama & the radical left prepare their counter attack
Obama is preparing to put average Americans back in their place. After watching helplessly as average folks stood up in protest to a government takeover of our healthcare system, Obama and his thugs are prepping to hit back.
Obama was caught off-guard when the electorate decided it was time to speak out against his radical experiment. He wondered how the country that he so carefully lulled into voting for him suddenly think for themselves? They had been so compliant when he rammed the stimulus and Cap & Tax through. Why take notice of socialism now, he must have thought.
The spontaneity of the protests at the Town Hall meetings came out of nowhere. The crazies on the left were sent back on their heels. Many meetings were cancelled for fear the villagers would actually demand answers or worse.......accountability to the voters.
How dare they?
Over the next two weeks we will see several Town Halls full of Obamacare supporters. Despite the poor polling, it is going to appear that everyone suddenly supports this travesty.
What Obama has planned is to stage these pep rallies to mislead the public into believing America has had a change of heart. He is calling out his brigade of the Obama Youth Corp aka, Organizing for America. This is the same group of little thug-wannabes he used in last years campaign. Obama will couple this group with his union thugs and bus them from event to event.
This going to be 'astroturfing' on steroids.
Fortunately the voters are already onto this scam and are ready to tune out this kabuke theater.
Americans are much smarter than the left gives them credit for. It is insulting to voters to have their intelligence questioned by the fringe on the left. Does the left think they will pull this off? Voters have made up their minds. They do not want a government takeover.
Obama may decide to forgo any chance for a second term, but he should not make that decision for the rest of his party. It appears he is willing to risk his political career on this bill, and take his whole party down with him.
The left is going to try to win support for a trillion dollar program that will continue the financial crippling of our country's future long after these politicians are gone. They have abandoned any guise of actually addressing the problem of rising healthcare costs. Costs will continue to rise. Just all taxpayers will be taking up the slack for the less productive members of our society.
Government will have control of an additional 16% of our economy, and our health.
So hang onto your hats and watch what the radicals on the left have in store for the next few weeks. They are preparing to sell America a glass of p*ss & try to convince you its lemonade.
Obama was caught off-guard when the electorate decided it was time to speak out against his radical experiment. He wondered how the country that he so carefully lulled into voting for him suddenly think for themselves? They had been so compliant when he rammed the stimulus and Cap & Tax through. Why take notice of socialism now, he must have thought.
The spontaneity of the protests at the Town Hall meetings came out of nowhere. The crazies on the left were sent back on their heels. Many meetings were cancelled for fear the villagers would actually demand answers or worse.......accountability to the voters.
How dare they?
Over the next two weeks we will see several Town Halls full of Obamacare supporters. Despite the poor polling, it is going to appear that everyone suddenly supports this travesty.
What Obama has planned is to stage these pep rallies to mislead the public into believing America has had a change of heart. He is calling out his brigade of the Obama Youth Corp aka, Organizing for America. This is the same group of little thug-wannabes he used in last years campaign. Obama will couple this group with his union thugs and bus them from event to event.
This going to be 'astroturfing' on steroids.
Fortunately the voters are already onto this scam and are ready to tune out this kabuke theater.
Americans are much smarter than the left gives them credit for. It is insulting to voters to have their intelligence questioned by the fringe on the left. Does the left think they will pull this off? Voters have made up their minds. They do not want a government takeover.
Obama may decide to forgo any chance for a second term, but he should not make that decision for the rest of his party. It appears he is willing to risk his political career on this bill, and take his whole party down with him.
The left is going to try to win support for a trillion dollar program that will continue the financial crippling of our country's future long after these politicians are gone. They have abandoned any guise of actually addressing the problem of rising healthcare costs. Costs will continue to rise. Just all taxpayers will be taking up the slack for the less productive members of our society.
Government will have control of an additional 16% of our economy, and our health.
So hang onto your hats and watch what the radicals on the left have in store for the next few weeks. They are preparing to sell America a glass of p*ss & try to convince you its lemonade.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
'R' is for Recall
Thanks to Obama's economic illiteracy, the US saw a massive increase in foreclosures in July. A 7% increase in July over June.
The Congressional Democrats nor the Obama administration are doing anything to stem the tide as their citizens sink. There are no life preservers being thrown in their direction.
Folks, many of Obama's supporters are coming down with an upset stomach. It has been diagnosed as "buyers remorse".
They see his policies continue to fail and it is the voters who suffer as a result.
I say it is time to begin talk of another "R". No, not recession.
The word is RECALL. If we wait until 2012 to get rid of this guy it may be too late.
Obama and his thugs in the White House are bringing the wrong kind of 'change' to America. We no longer recognize the late great USA. What we have now resembles a totalitarian regime of government takeovers and massive irresponsible spending.
Same goes with the out-of-touch leadership on Capital Hill. This group is too lazy to read the legislation that their staff & lobbyists are writing. They complained about the deficits that took Bush & Republicans 8 years to run up. So what did they do? Did they bring it down when they had the chance?
No !! They increased it 4x.........in just 6 months.
If you mention cutting spending, their eyes glaze over, and their mouths go agape as if you are speaking a foreign language.
Just earlier this week, 'Nancy in Wonderland' tried to buy her royal self 8 luxury jets for more than $550 million taxpayer dollars. Her constituents must be sending her too many 'poppers'. She is delusional!
Speaker Pelosi and her sock puppet, Steny Hoyer have taken to calling American voters Nazis and unAmerican. Really Nancy, put that bottle of poppers down long enough for your brain to clear.
Next fall we need to vote Nancy-in-Wonderland out of office in the midterm election.
Obama needs to be recalled, and sent back to academia.
The America that God so generously blessed for over 200 years; Obama and the radical left has cursed in just 6 months.
The Congressional Democrats nor the Obama administration are doing anything to stem the tide as their citizens sink. There are no life preservers being thrown in their direction.
Folks, many of Obama's supporters are coming down with an upset stomach. It has been diagnosed as "buyers remorse".
They see his policies continue to fail and it is the voters who suffer as a result.
I say it is time to begin talk of another "R". No, not recession.
The word is RECALL. If we wait until 2012 to get rid of this guy it may be too late.
Obama and his thugs in the White House are bringing the wrong kind of 'change' to America. We no longer recognize the late great USA. What we have now resembles a totalitarian regime of government takeovers and massive irresponsible spending.
Same goes with the out-of-touch leadership on Capital Hill. This group is too lazy to read the legislation that their staff & lobbyists are writing. They complained about the deficits that took Bush & Republicans 8 years to run up. So what did they do? Did they bring it down when they had the chance?
No !! They increased it 4x.........in just 6 months.
If you mention cutting spending, their eyes glaze over, and their mouths go agape as if you are speaking a foreign language.
Just earlier this week, 'Nancy in Wonderland' tried to buy her royal self 8 luxury jets for more than $550 million taxpayer dollars. Her constituents must be sending her too many 'poppers'. She is delusional!
Speaker Pelosi and her sock puppet, Steny Hoyer have taken to calling American voters Nazis and unAmerican. Really Nancy, put that bottle of poppers down long enough for your brain to clear.
Next fall we need to vote Nancy-in-Wonderland out of office in the midterm election.
Obama needs to be recalled, and sent back to academia.
The America that God so generously blessed for over 200 years; Obama and the radical left has cursed in just 6 months.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Fake outrage from the political left
This week we have seen average Americans voicing their legitimate concerns over the healthcare debate. During consecutive Town Hall meetings voters are stepping up their protest to a government takeover of an industry that comprises 16% of our economy.
The idea that there is really anything to debate is a misnomer. The radicals on the left have already decided the direction they want to go and have no intention of considering the concerns of average Americans. The intention has been to throttle this legislation through Congress without meaningful debate.
Much the same as they did with the stimulus bill and Cap & Trade.
Much to the lefts chagrin, voters took time to begin reading & dissecting the healthcare bill before they could get it to the floor for a vote.
Just about all members had not and have not bothered to read the bill themselves. A great disservice to voters who elected them.
The radicals on the left of the political spectrum have been knocked back on their heels at the public reaction.
They have told the citizens that what the citizens read in the bill is not there. The left cries out "scare tactics" and "racism" as if the terms are somehow interchangeable, and applicable. The left has used the terms so dubiously in the past that they no longer hold sway.
The radical left has implied that citizens who read the bills should not "believe their lying eyes".
The left has complained that the citizens have burned members of Congress in effigy. I say they should be happy it was only in effigy.
I heard no complaints from the left when Bush was burned in effigy.
The left complains that the angry constituents shout the speakers down when the speaker only wants to provide information about the bill. Truth be told, they are only providing a censored version of the bill. They are not covering it with a point-by-point explanation.
The left knows if they did tell constituents what was really in there, they would be facing tar & feathers.
The left says insurance companies & rich conservatives are emailing their followers to show up & protest. I never received such an email or request.
Obama and his Chicago style cronies are preparing to strike back at the average citizens very hard.
Thursday & Friday saw the White House dispatch union thugs to these Town Hall meetings to rough up anyone opposing the bill. Obama wants any dissenters silenced. Anyone watching the numerous videos these past couple of days can see the SEIU (union thugs) labels emblazoned on their shirts.
Now the White House website has employed the Orwellian tactic of requesting our citizens to "report" anyone, saying or emailing, anything they find 'fishy' with regards to healthcare. In violation of our Privacy Laws. Nixon compiled lists of opponents too.
That is disturbing.
Question - How many readers have been asked to take a bus to a Town Hall meeting simply to disrupt it? Me neither.
The idea that there is really anything to debate is a misnomer. The radicals on the left have already decided the direction they want to go and have no intention of considering the concerns of average Americans. The intention has been to throttle this legislation through Congress without meaningful debate.
Much the same as they did with the stimulus bill and Cap & Trade.
Much to the lefts chagrin, voters took time to begin reading & dissecting the healthcare bill before they could get it to the floor for a vote.
Just about all members had not and have not bothered to read the bill themselves. A great disservice to voters who elected them.
The radicals on the left of the political spectrum have been knocked back on their heels at the public reaction.
They have told the citizens that what the citizens read in the bill is not there. The left cries out "scare tactics" and "racism" as if the terms are somehow interchangeable, and applicable. The left has used the terms so dubiously in the past that they no longer hold sway.
The radical left has implied that citizens who read the bills should not "believe their lying eyes".
The left has complained that the citizens have burned members of Congress in effigy. I say they should be happy it was only in effigy.
I heard no complaints from the left when Bush was burned in effigy.
The left complains that the angry constituents shout the speakers down when the speaker only wants to provide information about the bill. Truth be told, they are only providing a censored version of the bill. They are not covering it with a point-by-point explanation.
The left knows if they did tell constituents what was really in there, they would be facing tar & feathers.
The left says insurance companies & rich conservatives are emailing their followers to show up & protest. I never received such an email or request.
Obama and his Chicago style cronies are preparing to strike back at the average citizens very hard.
Thursday & Friday saw the White House dispatch union thugs to these Town Hall meetings to rough up anyone opposing the bill. Obama wants any dissenters silenced. Anyone watching the numerous videos these past couple of days can see the SEIU (union thugs) labels emblazoned on their shirts.
Now the White House website has employed the Orwellian tactic of requesting our citizens to "report" anyone, saying or emailing, anything they find 'fishy' with regards to healthcare. In violation of our Privacy Laws. Nixon compiled lists of opponents too.
That is disturbing.
Question - How many readers have been asked to take a bus to a Town Hall meeting simply to disrupt it? Me neither.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Spying on our neighbors
Americns have been voicing their concerns about having government run healthcare foisted upon them.
Polls show we would rather end the reckless spending by Obama and his comrades. Instead those polls show we could use additional tax cuts to allow us to stimulate the economy. The feigned attempt by the radical left has not stimulated anything.
We have seen the Democrats offer up failed ideas that reflect the inexperienced leadership of the White House. Look at 'cash for clunkers'. The administration plays it up as a success. A success? They are to busy self-congratulating themselves to notice the profits generated by the generosity of voters are not going to US car manufacturers. Those profits & our tax dollars are being sent to the Japanese & Germans.
Americans are showing up at Town Hall meetings held by members of Congress to voice their disapproval. Citizens are resoundingly rejecting the idea of rationed healthcare. The administration wants to silence this dissent.
Most Americans are satisfied with their coverage.
Obama and the Democrats insist the system is broken. They claim the government is going to "fix it". Rarely do we hear or believe the government is going to "fix it".
Not happy nationalizing, and taking over the auto industry & banking sector, now they are going to take over healthcare.
The radical left is not happy with average voters showing up and openly opposing their radical agenda. This regime in Washington is rapidly changing the face of America. Not for the better.
Now they are asking us to spy on our neighbors. They want us to report our neighbors, family, and friends to a White House email address. The Obama administration wants to know who dares question their wisdom.
The governments of the Soviet Union, Fascist Italy, N. Korea, Cuba, Yugoslavia, and the People's Republic of China employed the same citizen informer techniques. Citizens of those societies were reduced to either silence or whispered discussion only among those they trusted the most. Of course none of those things would ever occur here in the land of the free. But wait...
Now on the White House website posted by Macon Phillips comes an eerily similar request for citizens to inform on their neighbors. It states,
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to the end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."
This is a dangerous precedent for America and a sad day for her people.
Polls show we would rather end the reckless spending by Obama and his comrades. Instead those polls show we could use additional tax cuts to allow us to stimulate the economy. The feigned attempt by the radical left has not stimulated anything.
We have seen the Democrats offer up failed ideas that reflect the inexperienced leadership of the White House. Look at 'cash for clunkers'. The administration plays it up as a success. A success? They are to busy self-congratulating themselves to notice the profits generated by the generosity of voters are not going to US car manufacturers. Those profits & our tax dollars are being sent to the Japanese & Germans.
Americans are showing up at Town Hall meetings held by members of Congress to voice their disapproval. Citizens are resoundingly rejecting the idea of rationed healthcare. The administration wants to silence this dissent.
Most Americans are satisfied with their coverage.
Obama and the Democrats insist the system is broken. They claim the government is going to "fix it". Rarely do we hear or believe the government is going to "fix it".
Not happy nationalizing, and taking over the auto industry & banking sector, now they are going to take over healthcare.
The radical left is not happy with average voters showing up and openly opposing their radical agenda. This regime in Washington is rapidly changing the face of America. Not for the better.
Now they are asking us to spy on our neighbors. They want us to report our neighbors, family, and friends to a White House email address. The Obama administration wants to know who dares question their wisdom.
The governments of the Soviet Union, Fascist Italy, N. Korea, Cuba, Yugoslavia, and the People's Republic of China employed the same citizen informer techniques. Citizens of those societies were reduced to either silence or whispered discussion only among those they trusted the most. Of course none of those things would ever occur here in the land of the free. But wait...
Now on the White House website posted by Macon Phillips comes an eerily similar request for citizens to inform on their neighbors. It states,
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to the end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."
This is a dangerous precedent for America and a sad day for her people.
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