Monday, September 26, 2011
Gun Control By Government Must Be Stopped
With the Obama administration, a political
bureaucracy has emerged that is unprecedented in
its arrogant disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution
and co-equal branches of government. Nowhere is that
usurpation of power more glaring than in the Justice
Department’s decree establishing a centralized registry of
firearm owners in total violation of law.
Using the big lie that American firearm retailers are fueling Mexican drug cartels, the administration has demanded that in four states (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California) personal information on law-abiding purchasers of two or more semiautomatic rifles (above .22 cal.) in a five-business-day period
will become part of a centralized database.
This is gun owner registration,
pure and simple. Keeping a central
registry of information on law-abiding Americans and the
firearms we own or acquire is specifically forbidden in federal law
and has been voted down in Congress.
It may be only four states and some firearm owners today,
but as with all “gun control” it will never end until all Americans
suffer under its yoke.
Gun owners must begin
marshaling our collective
power to unelect not only
Obama and his crowd, but to
unelect his anti-gun-owner
axis in Congress.
S T A N D I N G G U A R D
Government Edict
nra immediately organized and funded lawsuits in several federal courts to stop the order, and we are moving aggressively in the Congress to reverse this unlawful bureaucratic act.
Attorney General Eric Holder has pledged the full resources of the u.s. Justice Department to “vigorously fight” the nra’s legal challenge. He has at his command an army of anti-gun lawyers and unlimited taxpayer dollars to wage war against us.
This move by unelected bureaucrats is part of a plan that was hatched at the outset of the Obama administration with the full support of a host of media enablers. Those in the gun-ban crowd are ghouls, always in search of a “crisis” to feed on. And what they seek is the power to extinguish our rights and freedom.
With the extreme violence of the narco-anarchy in Mexico, they seized on that opportunity.
Try this from the Jan. 5, 2011, Los Angeles Times demanding the registration scheme: “Mexico has some of the strictest gun laws in the hemisphere. ... for Mexico, however, its weapons management strategy is sabotaged by an accident of location—its residence next door to the gun capital of the world.” That’s us. That’s our freedom.
For two years, the mainstream media has been hustling the government line that federally regulated firearm dealers are the virtual sole source of firearms acquired by the multibillion-dollar Mexican drug cartels. But the truth is those vast, ruthless criminal enterprises obey no laws. As u.s. Rep. Darrell Issa, r-Calif., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,
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said during congressional hearings, the cartels are “incredibly rich—with billions of dollars of drug money. ... to buy anything they want anywhere in the world in vast quantities.”
With black market surplus full-automatic aks and Vietnam-era m16s easily available, combined with master gun-running criminals on the level of the cartels, the notion that cartels are arming themselves from average gun stores is nuts.
To show that murder weapons in Mexico could originate in u.s. gun shops, superiors at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (batfe) made it happen through “Operation Fast and Furious.” Over the objection of gun dealers who reported suspected criminal activity, batfe refused to allow street agents to make arrests of actual criminals and gun smugglers. All of this was done so that those guns would “walk,” thus ending up in Mexico to be traced from the scenes of bloodletting back to dealers who did everything right.
In one of the best descriptions of “Fast and Furious,” Robert Farago wrote in The Washington Times that “ ... The agency’s motive for creating a program that violated Mexican sovereignty and put innocent lives at risk: inflating the number of American firearms recovered at Mexican crime scenes. The more blood-soaked American guns in Mexico the atf could identify for its congressional paymasters, the more compelling its case for increased federal funding and new agency-enforced gun-control regulations.
In short, ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ was an anti-gun-running
gun-running program.”
All of this was done to bring about Barack Obama’s promised “under the radar” gun control. The batfe/Justice response to getting caught in this bloody scandal is to double down. Breathtaking.
nra has demanded the ouster of Attorney General Eric Holder
for starters, but that’s not nearly enough.
With President Obama ignoring the law and the Constitution,
and with his total lack of cooperation with Congress in the oversight of “Operation Fast and Furious,” the only way we will truly change this continuing outrage is to change the regime this coming election year.
Gun owners must begin marshaling our collective power to unelect not only Obama and his crowd, but to unelect his anti-gun-owner axis in Congress.
With a new administration, we can end “gun control by government edict” and press for independent criminal investigations into “Fast and Furious” so that government officials responsible for that indefensible operation are brought before the courts to answer for what may well be criminal conduct.
For the families of those who have lost their lives because of this deadly and despicable scheme—on both sides of the border—we can demand no less.Straight From The SourceNew book from NRA is the authority on guns, ammo, shooting, ballistics, safety and fi rearms history. Order your copy today!
Foreskins for Everyone
Opinion
Greg Shapiro: Foreskins for Everyone!
Friday 16 September 2011DutchNews.nl is reporting that the Dutch doctors federation KNMG is again speaking out against the practice of circumcising young boys. The organization says “10 - 15,000 boys are circumcised in the Netherlands every year, often on religious grounds and without anesthetics.”
“10-15,000 circumcisions per year!” It would seem that you can’t get a cup of coffee in this country without someone trying to cut off your foreskin.
I can tell you from experience that we considered circumcision for our son, and it was not easy to find anyone to do it. The main reason we considered it was for hygienic reasons: I have no idea how to take care of a foreskin. Having been born in America, I was circumcized along with every other male infant of my generation, and – personally – I’ve never regretted it.
We finally did find a Dutch doctor who performed the circumcision. He used a local anaesthetic, and the procedure was over in 5 minutes. Healing took about a week. In all, it felt about as barbaric as the heel prick or the DTKP inoculation, or any of the needles we jabbed into him, full of disease.
Already, 3 of the KNMG claims are untrue in my experience (circumcisions are common, they are performed for religious reasons, no anesthetic).
IF you want to slice it off of my insurance package (pun intended), then go ahead. But if the Netherlands is going to put a ban on male circumcision, then watch out. Next, I’m afraid males without foreskins will be made to re-attach their foreskins.
BUT the KNMG goes further! They also object to circumcision because it is often for religious reasons and ‘not normal.’ Now you’ve made it into an issue of religious freedom.
Folks, I’d take your argument a lot more seriously – IF your country hadn’t turned in all those Jews a couple generations ago. First, the Dutch crack down on Kosher butchers and now penis butchers. If you’re so darned interested in people’s penises and what they do with them, go to JeffStryker.com.
And as to ‘AjaxFan1983,’ who tweeted ‘Circumcision makes you no doctor. It is a SHAME.’ My response is this: You, sir, are no Joden supporter.
I think the Dutch can all agree that extremism is bad. No one is making circumcisions mandatory (that’s the Yanks). But they also shouldn’t be forbidden. Meanwhile, KNMG, your foreskins are all very nice.
Greg Shapiro is a comedy/newsman, actor/writer, speaker/coach from Chicago, living in Amsterdam
What if a White President Had Said This
What if a White President Had Said This?
No, self-appointed black leaders and this president are the ones injecting race into politics. Conservatives are the ones trying to move beyond racial politics, but the racialists won’t let us. They need the racial vote to stay in power. They need the plantation system to maintain their power.
I often wondered why
I often wondered why it is that Conservatives are called the "right" and Liberals are called the "left".
By chance I stumbled upon this verse in the Bible:
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)
Thus sayeth the Lord. Amen.
Can't get any simpler than that.
Spelling lesson -- The last four letters in American.......I can.
The last four letters in Republican.....I can.
The last four letters in Democrats......rats.
End of lesson. Test to follow in November, 2012.
I Have a Bridge to Sell You
If You Believe the President, I Have a Bridge to Sell You
The President said that his choosing to speak there had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with promoting his jobs bill. He went on to say:
“Now, the bridge behind us just happens to connect the state that’s home to the Speaker of the House with the home state of the Republican leader in the Senate…Just a coincidence. Purely accidental that that happened…The reason I came here is because Mr. Boehner and Mr. McConnell are the two most powerful Republicans in government. They can either kill this jobs bill, or they can help us pass it… Mr. Boehner, Mr. McConnell, help us rebuild this bridge. Help us rebuild America. Help us put this country back to work. Pass this jobs bill right away.”If you truly believe that the President’s choice to speak at the base of that bridge had nothing to do with politics, I’ll sell you that bridge and several others along with it. Interestingly, I did a little research and learned that the Brent Spence Bridge is already scheduled for replacement in the future and the President’s jobs bill may help send some funds to help pay for it, but it won’t do anything to make it happen any faster than is already planned.
The one thing he said that may hold some truth is that Boehner and McConnell may be the key factors as to whether or not Obama’s jobs bill gets passed. For the sake of the nation, I truly hope and pray that these two leaders have enough intelligence to see that the jobs bill is nothing more than a guise to raise taxes. It will not create more jobs and in fact, may actually cut jobs.
House Speaker Boehner and Senate Minority Leader McConnell need to stand firm and reject the President’s jobs bill and not compromise in any way shape or manner like they did on the debt crisis issue in August.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
make mining's voice heard!
Help Stop EPA's Job-Destroying New Rules |
New EPA regulations that specifically target coal-fueled power plants, like the "MACT Rule" and the "Transport Rule", will significantly raise energy prices, impact the reliability of America's electricity supply and destroy hundreds of thousands of high-paying American jobs.
'Deliciously ironic' offense
The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has requested that Orange city Councilman Jon Dumitru apologize for posting remarks on Facebook concerning the anniversary of 9/11. According to Dr. Gary Cass of DefendChristians.org, CAIR is upset that the councilman linked the teachings of Islam and the Koran to the terrorist attacks.
"This is just another attempt on the part of CAIR to try to silence any opposition to Islam -- even if it's honest, even if it's legitimate, and even if it's fully protected constitutional speech," Dr. Cass contends. "And we're here to say [that] some Americans are not going to be silenced, no matter what CAIR says, or no matter what CAIR does."
In the DefendChristians.org spokesman's opinion, "What's so deliciously ironic about this is CAIR was connected to the Muslim Brotherhood; and the Muslim Brotherhood, along with CAIR, [was] helping to raise money through the Holy Land Foundation that was being sent to Hamas, a terrorist organization."
Even so, CAIR has responded to the firefighter's words by writing: "Your hateful statement, in which you falsely insinuate that the teachings of Islam and the Koran would allow the terrorist attacks of 9/11, is deeply troubling to all Muslims."
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
Congressional Reform Act
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void
The American people did not make this contract with
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
Want Coffee
Indian Want Coffee:
An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun In one hand pulling a male buffalo with the other. He says to the waiter: "Want coffee." The waiter says, "Sure, Chief. Coming right up." He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee..... The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, Turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, Causing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere and then just walks out. The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand, pulling Another male buffalo with the other. He walks up to the counter and says to The waiter: "Want coffee." The waiter says, "Whoa, Tonto! We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What was all that about, anyway?" The Indian smiles and proudly says, "Training for position in United States Congress: Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, Leave mess for others to clean up, Disappear for rest of day." |
Economic storm threatens the Netherlands
Economic storm threatens the Netherlands, says finance minister
Tuesday 20 September 2011The Netherlands will have to dig its heels in to withstand the coming economic storm, finance minister Jan Kees de Jager told MPs on Tuesday, as he formally handed over the government's 2012 spending plans to parliament.
'We are being threatened by something, but we don't know what is heading for us, or when, the minister said.
'It is clear that 2012 is going to be a difficult year for a lot of people,' De Jager said. 'We have to make difficult choices and they will hurt.'
€70m too much
The Netherlands is a financially solid country, but still runs a deficit and the debt is increasing. This year alone the country will spend €70m too much every day.
The cabinet is trying to carve out a leading role in restoring financial stability to the EU, he said. This is why the government is keen to tighten up eurozone budget rules and prevent the spread of the Greek crisis. In the long term 'we have to ensure our weaker brother does not bring down other countries in its wake,' De Jager said.
MPs and ministers will hold two days of debate on the 2012 plans on Wednesday and Thursday. The actual documents were published last week but ministers have refrained from commenting on them since then.
Monday, September 19, 2011
The Thief-in-Chief
The Thief-in-Chief
- “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.” — Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Joseph Milligan, April 6, 1816
- “A wise and frugal government… shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” — Thomas Jefferson, “First Inaugural Address,” March 4, 1801
- “Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.” — Thomas Jefferson
- “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If ‘Thou shalt not covet’ and ‘Thou shalt not steal’ were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free.” — John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 1787
- “With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.” — James Madison in a letter to James Robertson
- In 1794, when Congress appropriated $15,000 for relief of French refugees who fled from insurrection in San Domingo to Baltimore and Philadelphia, James Madison stood on the floor of the House to object saying: “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” — James Madison, Annals of Congress 4:179, 1794
- “[T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” — James Madison
Taxpayer Monies Illegally Funding ACORN Affiliate
Taxpayer Monies Illegally Funding ACORN Affiliate
AHCOA was previously named Acorn Housing Corporation and still occupies the same Chicago office and address. They are also using the same Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number to apply for and receive taxpayer funded grants. DUNS numbers are unique to specific organizations and location. For AHCOA to be legally using the same DUNS code, it legally has to be the same organization.
However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled that AHCOA separated itself from ACORN and that under the law is no longer considered to be an affiliate or allied with ACORN and therefore can legally apply for and receive taxpayer monies.
According to the executive director or the Freedom Through Justice Foundation, Dan Epstein, the GAO’s interpretation of the law is ‘twisted’, saying:“The recent grant of $300,000 of taxpayer dollars to the Affordable Housing Centers of America reflects the degree to which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ignored the will of the Congress and the people it represents to stop wasting federal funds on organizations which have a history of mismanagement and fraud, ACORN, its affiliates and subsidiaries, represent the kind of fraud that put all Americans in this economic recession in the first place.”
Realizing that AHCOA is a Chicago based organization and Chicago being the home of one Barrack H. Obama, it’s no surprise that the current administration would try to find a way to divert taxpayer money to AHCOA. ACORN officials and their affiliates have not only been involved with fraud, but they have always been strong supporters of Obama and he still has ties with them.
Chicago politics has had a long history of corruption and graft. It seems that history is repeating itself only this time the corruption and graft extends all the way to the White House.
Read more: Taxpayer Monies Illegally Funding ACORN Affiliate | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/1012/taxpayer-monies-illegally-funding-acorn-affiliate/#ixzz1YQYHBhqF
RUN, YOU OLD BUZZARD, RUN!!
RUN, YOU OLD BUZZARD, RUN!!
A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!
Did you notice who Obama threatened when he wasn't getting
He threatened to not pay: Social Security Retirees, Military Retirees, Social
Security disability and Federal Retirees.
Now.. Let this sink in really good -
He did not threaten to stop payments to illegal aliens
He did not threaten to take frivolous benefits such as Internet
He did not offer to fire some of the thousands of unnecessary
He did not offer to cut down on his or his wife's frivolous gallivanting around
He did not threaten to not pay the senators and representatives or
He did not threaten to take benefits away from welfare recipients
He did not threaten the food stamp programs
He did not threaten to not pay foreign aid
He did not threaten to cut back on anything that involves his base voters.
The list could go on and on. He is in full political re-election mode!
Why are we allowing this person to destroy this wonderful country
His type of change is killing our country.
Do not forget about his tactics when it's election time.
2012 - THE END OF AN ERROR!
Democracy... is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty ... is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- Benjamin Franklin
HOME OF THE FREE
BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS
EVIDENCE OF TREASON COMMITTED
“WE HAVE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF TREASON COMMITTED”
by Sharon RondeauMonday, September 12, 2011
Opinion
too many pigs (maybe we could apply this to our problem with Government)
Friday 19 August 2011Dutch agro-industrialists are building ever bigger pig stables with ever growing numbers of pigs eating ever cheaper feed. In Trouw, director of environmental organisation Milieudefensie Hans Berkhuizen warns we are heading for a major pork pile up.
There are simply too many pigs and there is a limit to export possibilities.
Eighty percent of Dutch pork is exported abroad. Production costs are scaled down to a bare minimum causing farmers to cut corners. They are using cheap feed from South America and are concentrating enormous numbers of pigs in huge mega stables. The animals are given antibiotic feed additives to keep disease at bay thereby creating antibiotic resistance in bacteria, a serious threat to human health.
Predictably, the answer of the Dutch pig farmers union NVV to dwindling sales is another scale-up. But that is exactly what got the sector into trouble in the first place and what will bring it to its knees.
Ever decreasing production costs are not a solution. In the cheap stakes, emerging meat exporters like Brazil will finally win. And then what are we going to do with all those pigs in all those mega stables?
Fortunately there are ways of tackling the problem. Smaller stables would enable farmers to produce meat in a more sustainable manner, with more regard for animal welfare. Animals that are allowed to behave naturally will need less medication.
There is another important advantage. Producing less pork would allow us to close the nutrient circle.
At the moment, scarce arable land in South America is used to produce cheap soy for animal feed. We are now in a situation where South American food production is endangered for a food stuff used to produce meat on such a scale that it has to be thrown away.
In the Netherlands itself the pig population is creating problems for the soil. It is struggling to cope with the amount of manure that is being produced. If the number of pigs were to be brought down, our own farmland could be used to produce feed.
It will mean less export abroad. But that is happening already. The question for the pig farmers and their unions is: do you want a reduced export or no export at all?
Scripture Warns Us About Obama
Scripture Warns Us About Obama
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.”There is no doubt that Obama campaigned wearing sheep’s clothing, but once he got into the White House, he shed them to reveal his true self, a ravenous wolf. And how do we know? Scripture says by his fruit. Obama’s actions will reveal all.
Since becoming President, Obama forced healthcare on us with the promise that it will make heath insurance more affordable to everyone. Yet, since its passage, the cost of health insurance has risen quite sharply and the coverage for what you pay for has equally decreased.
Also contained in the healthcare are provisions that are in direct violation of the US Constitution, including the mandate that every person purchase health insurance.Hidden within the healthcare bill are a number of taxes that will only hurt middle and lower income families. Most experts are predicting that these taxes are going to hurt the housing market, manufacturing of medical supplies among others and will ultimately result in the loss of thousands of jobs.
Obama has given orders to no longer enforce a number of federal laws including the Marriage Protection Act and immigration laws. And as we have seen of recent, he has extended legal protection to millions of people who broke federal laws by entering the country illegally. He has taken more legal action to protect these federal criminals than he has to protect the US citizenry.
He has also been involved with questionable Department of Justice practices of releasing known terrorists and refusal to prosecute others guilty of hate crime and violating election laws.
These are only a few of the bad fruit this false prophet of change has born upon the American people. And according to Scripture, this wicked and vile tree needs to be cut down at the polls this next election and thrown into the fires of the US prison system for all of his crimes against the American people.
Read more: Scripture Warns Us About Obama | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/874/scripture-warns-us-about-obama/#ixzz1XlENRJra
Friday, September 09, 2011
Department of Justice Bowing to Mecca
Department of Justice Bowing to Mecca
Among the evidences for this statement are the actions of the Department of Justice and its people.
Pam Geller was conducting research for her new book, Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance, and filed a request with the DOJ for documents via the Freedom of Information Act. She narrowed her request parameters to a 5 year period of DOJ related activities to Muslim organizations, especially ones involved with terrorist activities.
After submitting her request, Geller was shocked to hear that there were 14,100 documents that fit her parameters and the DOJ wanted over $1400 to cover the cost of printing them all.
Among the things Geller has learned is that one DOJ employee, Lema Bashir, who happens to be Muslim was responsible for the delay in mailing ballots to servicemen and women from Virginia in the 2008 elections. It also appears that Bashir made the same ‘mistakes’ in 2010 and again the mailing of military ballots were delayed. Being a devout Muslim, Bashir regularly refers to Israel as northern Palestine.
Geller also discovered evidence that Bashir was involved in the DOJ’s effort to convert a religious class into a racial one which would have to create majority Muslim legislative districts.
What really struck Geller was her discovery of just how involved the DOJ has become with Islamic supremacist groups in the US. She said it was far more extensive than anyone had realized.
But should we be surprised by the extent of the US Department of Justice’s involvement with Muslim extremists when we have one occupying the Oval Office?
I hope and pray that someone else can take over the White House next year and that one of the first things he or she does is to clean out all of the radical Muslims from the government, starting with the DOJ.
Read more: Department of Justice Bowing to Mecca | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/872/department-of-justice-bowing-to-mecca/#ixzz1XU6WaVTQ
Friday, September 02, 2011
Beware of Obama’s ‘Crisis’ Government
Beware of Obama’s ‘Crisis’ Government by Emergency
How could this administration be so lame on what it takes to create jobs? Maybe it’s because they want another crisis. Maybe this is a planned crisis. The latest economic news is bad. The stock market is down two percent. No jobs were created in August, the first time since 1945 that the economy added exactly zero net jobs! Zero . . . Zip . . . Nada . . . None.
Rahm Emanuel, Obama operative and now mayor of Chicago, let the cat out of bag when he said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Sure enough, a “crisis” was averted when nearly a trillion dollars was selectively pumped into the economy to ensure political support from Wall Street and the unions. Everything is a crisis. A mild earthquake rocks DC, and liberals call for more spending. The same is true for Hurricane Irene. Even a mini crisis will lead to the claim that more taxes and more spending are the solution, and only the president can make the crisis go away, even if he has to do it without the consent of Congress
Obama’s address to Congress is going to include the word “crisis” or enough synonyms to put America into fear mode so they will concede that something extraordinary needs to be done. Maybe the president should exercise independent powers like he did with Egypt and Libya. Of course, he’s not the first president to uses a crisis to expand the reach of government, but he seems to be the first president to do it with the encouragement of the press. Here’s what Bruce Ackerman, a professor of law and political science at Yale, wrote:
In taking the country into a war with Libya, Barack Obama’s administration is breaking new ground in its construction of an imperial presidency — an executive who increasingly acts independently of Congress at home and abroad. Obtaining a U.N. Security Council resolution has legitimated U.S. bombing raids under international law. But the U.N. Charter is not a substitute for the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress, not the president, the power ‘to declare war.
He and his fellow liberals might claim that the failing economy is like fighting a war, it may be time to implement the War Powers Act to “fight” this invisible but real enemy.
People do desperate things in desperate times. Who would have thought that Germany would embrace a Hitler? “It can’t happen here” is an often-heard refrain. It is happening here. We elected a socialist president who is wrecking the greatest economy in the world. To rub salt in our wounds, he is about to destroy the greatest military power on the world. Homosexuals will be permitted to serve opening in the military. OutServe Magazine, a homosexual oriented military publication will appear on shelves at Army and Air Force bases on September 20, the day the Pentagon will end enforcement of the “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Read more: Beware of Obama’s ‘Crisis’ Government by Emergency | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/801/beware-of-obamas-government-by-emergency/#ixzz1WpEtEjCE
Thursday, September 01, 2011
President is Out of Touch
President is Out of Touch with Reality
In the past few weeks, President Obama has repeatedly told the press and the public that the American economy is still strong and that there is no reason for concern or danger of another recession.
Yet, that is not the perception of the general public. The Conference Board Consumer Research Center’s recent report said that the Consumer Confidence Index fell from 59.2 to 44.5 in the month of August. This is the lowest consumer confidence level since April 2009.
Americans are growing more and more pessimistic about the over all economy. With the weak job market, stock market bouncing all over the place, the continued record number of home foreclosures, rising prices on food and clothing and the congressional fiasco that took place on the debt ceiling and budget, people are afraid to spend what little money they have. Nearly 70% of the US economy is dependent on consumer spending, so when people are afraid to spend, it affects everything else.
Even though there are official qualifications to declare a recession and those qualifications have not been reached at this time, the overall view of the general public is that we are in one regardless. A number of people I know do not feel secure in their jobs and are trying to not only survive but save as much as they can in case they find themselves looking for employment.
Then when you hear Obama say that we are not in a recession and that there is no danger of entering another, you can’t help but wonder in what world of reality is he living in? Maybe he has it made financially, but most of the rest of us don’t.
I wonder what would happen if Presidents and other politicians didn’t get their government retirement packages once they are voted out of office and have to work for a living in the real world like the rest of us?
Read more: President is Out of Touch with Reality | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/760/president-is-out-of-touch-with-reality/#ixzz1WizjXUGU
Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients
I’ve long been an advocate for mandatory drug testing for anyone getting government aide. And yes all of the liberal civil rights people claim it’s an invasion of privacy and all that other garbage. But where are these same civil rights activists when millions of Americans are required by their employers to have drug tests done first to qualify for a job and then to keep it?
If honest hard working Americans are required to take drug tests in order to earn their wages and pay their taxes, then shouldn’t those trying to live off of those taxes also have to take drug screening tests?
One Alabama state congressman feels the same way. Kerry Rich, newly elected to the Alabama State House of Representatives, is planning on introducing a bill that would require drug testing for all Alabama welfare recipients. Rich was part of a group of Republicans that took control of the Alabama legislature for the first time in 136 years, indicating a growing trend among voter dissatisfaction with Democratic performances.
In a statement made by Rich, he said, “I’m fed up with being politically correct. We’re at a point in this country where we need to start telling it like it is and not worry if it hurts somebody’s feelings…I know it’ll be controversial, and I’ll be called every name in the book. They’ll say I’m mean and I don’t like poor people. But I promise you this: We’re trying to help these people so much that we’re actually hurting them. And that is completely upside down.”
According to Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard: “We wanted the people of Alabama to know that there were new sheriffs in town, and things were different…Why should the taxpayer be required to give money to somebody to go out and buy drugs with? “I’m sorry, I’ve just got a problem with that.”
And to no surprise, one of the local liberal Democrats, Rep. Napoleon Brady said: “We’re singling out certain groups of people, particularly the poor and powerless, and punishing them. Sadly, not much has changed since the civil rights days.”
Yes they’re singling out a specific group of people – drug users. What has trying to stop illegal drug users from using taxpayer dollars to buy their drugs, to do with the civil rights days or how is it punishing poor people? With this type of logic, no wonder the Dems lost control of the Alabama legislature.
This author applauds Rep. Rich and his fellow GOP House members and prays that they prove successful in this long overdue piece of legislation. I also hope and pray that GOP politicians in every state follows suit and helps to clean up part of the abused welfare system.
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