Expensive massages, top shelf vodka and five-star hotels: First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html
Friday, August 26, 2011
WHITE HOUSE SOURCES SAY QUEEN MICHELLE HAS SPENT $10 MILLION ON VACATIONS THIS PAST YEAR ALONE!
Here's an interesting link - all I have to say is - IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME SOMEONE PAID ATTENTION!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
LATEST FROM RASMUSSEN... 8/23/2011
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 19% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -26
This is the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for President Obama. The previous low was -24 reached yesterday and also in September 2010. Additionally, the level of Strong Approval matches the lowest yet recorded. By way of comparison, President Bush had ratings near the end of his second term in the minus 30’s.
Only 20% think government anti-poverty programs reduce poverty. Seventy-one percent (71%) believe too many people get welfare who should not be getting it. Only 18% believe the opposite is true. Fifty-nine percent (59%) think immigrants who follow the law and enter the United States legally should have to wait three years or more before collecting welfare benefits
Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-six percent (56%) at least somewhat disapprove. The president wins approval from 78% of Democrats and 44% of those not affiliated with either major party. Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans disapprove.
Forty-two percent (42%) of American Adults believe corporations pay too little in taxes, while 24% feel they pay too much. Most (59%) think it is better to have lower corporate tax rates and very few deductions than to have higher tax rates and lots of deductions. Seventy-nine percent (79%) recognize that corporations generally pass higher taxes along to their customers in the form of higher prices.
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
BOY SCOUT MEMORIAL IN D.C.
Here's one I missed...... I would think a Boy Scout Memorial might be a couple of scouts making a fire, or setting up a tent.... maybe an American flag in the background..... Boy WOULD I BE WRONG! (Would someone who's been there and seen this please tell me it was photoshopped!)
Friday, August 19, 2011
THE QUEEN HAS ARRIVED! LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
Yesterday, Michelle Obama traveled to Martha’s Vineyard in her own jet, rather than waiting to fly AF-1 with President Obama, costing taxpayers thousands in additional expenses to get her a few hours of extra vacation time.
Mrs. Obama and her daughters arrived just before 2 pm Thursday on a U.S. government jet, according to the Martha’s Vineyard Times, which got its information from the local airport. The first lady’s office has been silent on her travel. President Obama arrived in the evening along with the family dog Bo.
This is not the first time Michelle has gone on vacation ahead of the president on the taxpayers’ tab. Last December, she racked up what was likely more than $100,000 in expenses leaving early for their Hawaii vacation.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
NEWS FLASH! UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS TAKE A DIVE!
OBAMA CREATED FOUR NEW JOBS THIS WEEK HAVING HIS NEW BUSES WAXED! (BTW - the buses were built in CANADA! So much for American jobs....)
ALERT: TAINTED BEEF RECALL
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — At least three major grocery store chains have recalled some of their ground beef packages because they could be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., Publix Super Markets Inc. and Kroger Co. announced the recalls mainly in the southeastern U.S. and said they stem from problems at the National Beef Packaging Co. of Dodge City, Kan.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that National Beef was recalling more than 60,000 pounds of beef after the Ohio Department of Agriculture found the bacteria during routine testing.
The recalls affect products sold mainly in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and Tennessee, but the meat was sent to several distributors and could have been repackaged for consumers and sold nationwide.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Here’s a FANTASTIC Website For All Liberals Who Think They Are Undertaxed!
SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL LIBERALS WHO DON'T THINK THEY ARE PAYING ENOUGH TAXES! HERE'S A TREASURY DEPARTMENT SITE WHERE THEY CAN SEND GIFTS TO THE GOVERNMENT!
The Bureau of the Public Debt may accept gifts donated to the United States Government to reduce debt held by the public. Acting for the Secretary of the Treasury, Public Debt may accept a gift of:
- Money, made only on the condition that it be used to reduce debt held by the public.
- An outstanding government obligation, made only on the condition that the obligation be retired and the redemption proceeds used to reduce debt held by the public.
- Other intangible personal property made only on the condition that the property is sold and the proceeds from the sale used to reduce the public debt.
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm
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THIS IS OBSCENE!!!!!!! TAXPAYERS FOOTING THE BUS TRIP BILL!!!!
White House spokesman Jay Carney confessed to reporters today that taxpayers will end up paying for Obama’s bus tour across the battleground states this month promoting jobs. Carney wouldn’t say where the tour was heading. The Secret Service purchased two armored buses for its fleet earlier this year AT A COST OF $2.2 MILLION!!!!! Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said [the contract is for]... " two buses for $1.1 million each."
The bus tour will be from August 15th through the 17th across the Midwest.
The bus tour will be from August 15th through the 17th across the Midwest.
MY BABIES - BULKING UP FOR THE TRIP SOUTH
6/13/2015: Just a little update.... Blondie (and several of her babies) are still coming to our feeders - they are here again this summer..... unbelievable!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
DRILL, BABY - DRILLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Federal Judge Throws Out Obama Drilling Rules
A judge on Friday threw out Obama administration rules that sought to slow down expedited environmental review of oil and gas drilling on federal land.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal ruled in favor of a petroleum industry group, the Western Energy Alliance, in its lawsuit against the federal government, including Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
The ruling reinstates Bush-era expedited oil and gas drilling under provisions called categorical exclusions on federal lands nationwide, Freudenthal said.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
MY THOUGHTS AND ASSESSMENTS ON TONIGHT'S DEBATE
First of all, Perry should have gotten IN or waited until next week. I think Iowa will make him pay for sucking the wind out of their straw poll sails by announcing his run on Saturday. It seems to be a deliberate snub of something Iowans apparently take seriously. Did you know they have to pay $30 to vote in this straw poll?
BACHMANN on the economy: should not have increased debt ceiling; then polispeak; responding to Pawlenty: Implemented Cap and Trade.. got ugly between her and Pawlenty – good comeback to Pawlenty's accusations of no accomplishments
CAIN on the economy: make tax rates permanent… good answer
GINGRICH on the economy – how qualified? Good answer on how to work with a divided government – excellent answer
HUNTSMAN will convene a council of business leaders on the economy – no details
PAUL on the economy: good answer but a little hard to understand – clumsy answer
PAWLENTY talked about growth target… plan on website… dinged Obama on no plans for SS, medicare, Medicaid… show him Obama’s plans and he’ll come cook your dinner; was asked by Chris Wallace if Bachmann was unqualified? Good answer on migraines; says Bachmann has no accomplishments in Congress… touted his record in Minnesota; Bachmann fired back with strong answers
ROMNEY on the economy: 7 points – great answer.. debt ceiling? Favors cut/cap/balance….
SANTORUM last to answer on growth…4-point plan to bring jobs back to America; cut corporate tax rate to zero
OVERALL FIRST ROUND: Questioners concentrated on Romney, Bachmann and Pawlenty but all did well and none seemed nervous – great start
****************** FIRST COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACHMANN cig tax increase opposed but voted for it in Minn… fought that tax and blamed Pawlenty – had abortion legislation in same bill – she opted for LIFE – Pawlenty accused her of not getting results. She said she stands on her convictions – says she’s pro-life without exception... on healthcare said 10th Amendment government had no authority to require a citizen to buy a product against their will – clearly unconstitutional at any level – will repeal Obamacare
CAIN – Wallace asked Cain about banning Muslims, wanting to talk to generals, didn’t know right of return….. how can he let people he knows enough…. Stood up on his Muslim stance…. Gave a great reply
Obama – aligators and a moat on the border – got laughs on reply – had great answer – LEGAL immigration – empower states – fences and open doors – good answer
GINGRICH started with Newt – campaign a mess? Whoa! Shot Chris Wallace down about staff quitting…. Said Congress should get back from vacation and get to work – Wallace got boo’d on his retort…. Crowd loved Newt’s answers and I did too...Wants boards to choose who stays and who goes – Obama’s speech was example of failure regarding immigration – control border with homeland security people – cheers – official language - English
HUNTSMAN – asked about endorsing same sex unions, endorsed cap and trade, and served in Obama’s cabinet….. asked if he was running in the wrong party…had a strong response regarding his record - Illegal immigration…… Huntsman says build a fence and solve immigration problem by securing the border first… good answer
PAUL opposed system for employers to verify employees status – doesn’t want them to be the policemen…. No amnesty but deal … bring troops home and use them to guard our borders… got a little rambly talking about drugs and guns – no entitlements to illegals and no mandates on states...Asked about states requiring residents to buy insurance – says everyone does well under state run except patients and doctors…. Favors medical savings accounts – cheers from the crowd
PAWLENTY said balanced budgets…. No taxes… but added a tax on cigarettes – do you agree that sometimes taxes have to be raised – said no….. ended with a surplus – regretted the cig tax…. Called it a ‘fee’ … said Obama should cancel vacation and call Congress back...Healthcare: Obamney Care…. Called Romney a co-conspirator on healthcare – patterned after Mass plan… says Mitt spends like Obama, Mitt’s judicial selections were not conservative while his (Pawlenty) were constructionists
ROMNEY favored hiring skilled foreign labor – does he still favor that? Favors letting best and brightest stay after getting education – immigration has to be legal – crack down on employers who hire illegals...Said he cut taxes 19 times – got an increase in credit rating for Mass. Cut spending and balanced budget every year – credit upgrade...Romney to Pawlenty – said his healthcare was not like Obama’s….. will grant waivers to all states on first day as president – will repeal… and let states decide what’s right
SANTORUM – waving his hand that he’s not getting any time – laughter – good sense of humor…. Super committee to cut deficit now set – what ratio of cuts to taxes would you accept – NONE…. HAVE TO STOP SPENDING… willing to compromise…. Will not raise taxes
Favors medical savings accounts – said country is based on moral laws and states do not have the right to do wrong – states don’t have the right to trample citizens because of the 10th amendment
Question to all: if you got a 10:1 deal on spending cuts: tax increases - all raised hand to NOT raise taxes…. Newt slams debt commission as irrational. FANTASTIC ANSWER – get rid of secret phony business……. Audience cheered
At this point in the debate, Newt is the only one with fire who is not giving canned answers...... he knows his shit
************************** SECOND COMMERCIAL BREAK
Lightening round...
BACHMANN – is Palin stealing her thunder – no – she likes Palin
Won’t win the war on terror by closing GITMO …. Says Paul’s wrong – war criminals should have no rights under our Constitution – use GITMO because it produces intel – as president she will do everything to keep Iran from being a nuclear power
CAIN welcome to the contest – doesn’t bother him – just one more politician that makes Cain look good – on Iran, thinks we need energy independence… energy is directly related to national security… will defend Israel.. good answer
GINGRICH – Perry has a great record; Palin has a nationwide audience; their prerogative to get in when they choose; on Libya… another gotcha and Newt fired back …. Need to rethink Afghan and Iraq…. Pay attention to Iran… bad situation
HUNTSMAN crack about all needing prayers and hope Perry will pray – nasty and uncalled for - On cyber spying by China…. Is a cyber attack an act of war – absolutely. Need a strategic dialog with China. We need a president who knows about China
PAUL – mic messed up – didn’t hear…. Pleased Perry is coming in for contrast
Paul says Obama is too tough on Iran…. Paul doesn’t believe Iran’s a problem – he’s a dumbass on this one IMHO… wants peace and free trade and stay out of internal politics… thinks nukes is their right since everyone around them has nukes – favors trials for terrorists
PAWLENTY – asked about 5 more killed today following 30 killed – is Afghan still worth it? Replied - pause and reflect on loss of life – thanks and thoughts and prayers to families…. Justified to invade Afghan – 10 years later, would follow generals’ recommendations on withdrawal
Sanctions or military action in Iran? Deny their intentions – sanctions, computer viruses…. Syria – president is ignoring problem there – naïve foreign policy – Obama anti-Israel…. We need to stand by Israel
ROMNEY two statements on war – we’ve helped the people of Afghan – now the people need to take over while we get out – use generals’ timetable – Obama didn’t listen and made political decision
SANTORUM – author of plan to impose sanctions against Iran… has killed more Americans than Iraqis and Afghanis…. Moderator cut Santorum off….
Said Holder it nuts for wanting to try war criminals in this country – will not apologize for America – Iran must be confronted – Iran will NOT get a nuke
Question to all: Since Perry isn’t there, what are your thoughts on him getting in
This was the Ron Paul segment – he got far too much time and the others were short-changed . Really bad time management by Baier. Paul came across as a froot loop. Newt is a bit contentious but I can't say I blame him. Cain had a good round; Pawlenty didn't get much time and he faded a bit. Bachmann hung in there. Huntsman had a good answer on China but he's not well rounded and lacks force. Romney whines.
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Social Issues
BACHMANN in 2006… wanted to study tax law - husband said she should …. Said Lord said ‘be submissibe’ and she did what her husband said – would she be submissive to her husband? SHITTY QUESITON – CROWD BOO’D… EXCELLENT RESPONSE – on marriage – will not nominate activist judges – one man one woman
Voted against cut cap and balance and against debt increase…. Congress gave Obama 2.4 trillion with no cuts – madness…. Worse thing is to continue borrowing
CAIN re Romney’s faith – a problem to southerners… why? Listens to people in Georgia – they aren’t clear how his religion relates to Christian religion.. stressed first amendment – sorta week answer
Didn’t agree with raising the debt ceiling – pay what needs to be paid and cut the rest based on performance – Congress took the easy way out; excellent answer on bringing companies back to the US…. He’s about growth in jobs
GINGRICH – loyalty oath/test?? Not just to Muslims – will apply to all in his administration…. Nothing illegitimate about making sure people working for the US are loyal to the US… excellent answer… security in government a priority
Unemployment made worse by Federal Reserve…. Thinks we need Fed to deal with worldwide monetary policy… Fed should be public, audited, expose all bailouts – scandalous that Fed is so secretive…. Primary villan…… crowd cheers
HUNTSMAN supports civil unions – why are you right? He believes in traditional marriage but also believes in civil unions… reciprocal rights……. Weak answer – believes in equality
Time in private sector…. 12000 workers at his private company – 10000 were hired overseas‼‼! Better at creating jobs overseas – slammed regulations and EPA as a block to business… need regulatory reform – end EPA – more competitive environment – yada yada yada
PAUL marriage should be defined by the state? Is polagamy ok? No government involvement – states only if they must – why a license? Let them do what they want? BULLSHIT………
Save the fed – right or wrong? Have no idea what he said… LOL
PAWLENTY says he’s the strongest pro-life candidate…. From a National Review interview…. Personal view abortion would be ok if life of mother is in jeopardy – doctors should be punished if abortion is illegal
ROMNEY re: gay marriage in Mass…. Does he believe state lawmakers have the right to define marriage legal?……. Believes the law should be a FEDERAL law because people move..
Would he extend jobless benefits? Will help those unemployed – but dodged the question – rather see reform of the system…. Wouldn’t answer the question about extending unemployment
SANTORUM believes Paul is a nut! LOL…. Campaigned in Iowa to defeat judges who voted for gay marriages in Iowa… cheers from audience…. On abortion – doctors performing abortion should be criminals…. Is he too conservative? EXCELLENT ANSWER – rapist can’t be killed but child created by a rape can be?
Tea party goal – gold standard but he opposes….. how can he be Tea Party? Wants Fed reforms, disagrees with Paul and agrees with Newt about auditing Fed – pushing a balanced budget amendment
Whew! No one really did the ‘shine’ thing this round. I must be getting tired! Santorum was really strong on social issues - abortion and marriage; Romney sounded like a pol..... danced around answers
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CLOSING ROUND:
BACHMANN Good news – will send a message in two days to Obama that he’s out in 2012
CAIN – No Child Left Behind – has faults and is an unfunded mandate – federal gov’t has no business micromanaging education;
GINGRICH thanks to all – presidential election is 15 months away – crisis is NOW – Congress needs to get back to work NOW and start saving America
HUNTSMAN wants to do away with No Child Left Behind…. Education should be local – choice, vouchers
I love this country – it’s hurting, scared and bankrupt – cancer of debt growing – I will win on solutions
PAUL in politics for 35 years – liberty comes from our creator – goals of peace and prosperity – reform monetary system – gold standard – lower regs and taxes
PAWLENTY – must protect our freedom – effective tested conservative leadership
ROMNEY Economic crisis – Obama out of his depth and doesn’t understand – Romney believes in opportunity and freedom
SANTORUM Closing: thanks to all
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okkkkkkk.... Newt was strong; Romney was political and not as impressive as I expected; Bachmann was strong but a bit repetitive; Pawlenty made all his points but didn't get as much time; Ron Paul goes from making sense to being nutty; Santorum was the most sincere; Cain was much improved from previous debate; Huntsman was there but not memorable........... my vote goes to Newt
DID YOU HEAR? IT’S VACATION TIME AGAIN!
It’s not an awkward situation for Barack Obama to choose between personal pleasure and solving the nation’s problems because we all know whose goals King Barack places first. Rather it’s the awkward situation of what to do after the daily round of golf: riding his girly bike, shopping, sightseeing, eating ice cream and fries, planning fundraisers, acknowledging the peasants, worrying about what roadside bombs Sarah Palin is planning to lay along his upcoming bus tour or blaming Bush and the Republicans for whatever goes wrong this week. So much to do … so little time. [http://bejohngalt.com/2011/08/vacation-creates-awkward-situation/]
At a time when many more cash-strapped Americans are stuck at home instead of vacationing at the beach, President Obama next week will lead an entourage of SEVERAL DOZENS to exclusive Martha's Vineyard island at a cost of millions to taxpayers.
While technically he is paying for his estimated $50,000 a week rental of the 28-acre beachfront Blue Heron Farm in woodsy Chilmark, the dozens of U.S. Secret Service agents, communications officials, top aides, drivers, and U.S. Coast Guard personnel with him will be covered by taxpayers as with every other presidential vacation.
His 11-day stay will require the Coast Guard to keep ships floating near Obama's farm, a presidential helicopter and jet at the ready and security agents on 24-hour duty. Armored SUVs dubbed "war wagons" have been flown in to carry the presidential family around the island. The motorcade is CUT IN HALF, to about 20 cars. [WELL I FEEL BETTER NOW!]
Obama will certainly have a lot of space to brainstorm. The $20 million farm on Cobbs Hill Road features four dwellings, a swimming pool and a basketball court. Google Earth shows that there is also a single hole golf area with two bunkers. The president, his wife and two daughters can also go to private Squibnocket Beach or Great Pond. There is an apple orchard, and flower and vegetable gardens. [WILL OBAMA BE EATING PEAS?]
Remember that before heading for The Vineyard, Obama will take a 3-day bus ‘listening tour’ [ROFLMAO] through Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. No telling how much the BUSCADE will cost American taxpayers. This mini-buscade will just have two bulletproof buses.... where does one get those?
OMG! Who ARE these people!!!!!
Scroll the entire page - I SWEAR the list of those who have declined is far better than the list of those that are IN! And the list of those IN - WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE! hahaha!
http://2012.republican-candidates.org/
Remember the debate tonight on Fox News Channel - 9:00 eastern
(a good site to bookmark, tho)
http://2012.republican-candidates.org/
Remember the debate tonight on Fox News Channel - 9:00 eastern
(a good site to bookmark, tho)
FINALLY - A REPUBLICAN WHO WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS
"We saw within a few days that this President was going to be heavy-handed, he was going to implement his agenda and pay back his political allies, and it just went on from there to ObamaCare and then to Dodd-Frank. It has been the most anti-business and I consider anti-American administration in my lifetime. Things that are just so anathema to the principles of freedom, and everything he has come up with centralizes more power in Washington, creates more socialist-style, collectivist policies. This president is doing something that’s so far out of the realm of anything Republicans ever did wrong, it’s hard to even imagine," Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/11/sen_demint_obama_administration_most_anti-american_in_my_lifetime.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/11/sen_demint_obama_administration_most_anti-american_in_my_lifetime.html
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE.....
....today (Aug. 9) they removed his breathing tube. Not only did Ostrander breath on his own, but he spoke complete sentences. Amazing. This boy was dead for upward of 20 minutes, easily.
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/10/7326710-dramatic-rescue-boy-revived-after-being-sucked-out-to-sea
"The doctors just removed Dale's breathing tube and he is now breathing on his own. Also, because of possible damage to the brain, they were unsure if he would be able to speak. Minutes after the tube was removed, the doctors told him to cough. Not only did Dale talk back to the doctors, he responded in a full sentence saying, “I don't have to.”
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/10/7326710-dramatic-rescue-boy-revived-after-being-sucked-out-to-sea
THE PLOT THICKENS.... HELLOOOOOO BIRTHERS!
…the short-form certificate to which the White House linked April 27 was a forgery, claims computer expert Ron Polland, Ph.D., who says he made the image himself.
"I made the birth certificate image that was given to the media at the White House press conference held on April 27, 2011,"…
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=331525
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Michelle Obama Takes SECRET Vacation to Oregon – HAHAHAHAHA!
OMG! ROFLMAO! SUREEEEEEEEEEEE – AN 11-VEHICLE MOTORCADE IS SECRET, AT 11 IN THE MORNING‼‼ A 35 MILE SECRET TRIP! HAHAHA!
First Lady Michelle Obama Slipped out of Washington unnoticed Monday for a secret trip to visit her brother, Oregon State University men’s basketball coach Craig Robinson, at his home on Corvallis, Ore.
Mrs. Obama reportedly jetted into the Eugene Airport, landing at about 11 am PDT. She and family members then headed out in a 11 vehicle motorcade for the 35 mile ride to Corvallis.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/08/09/michelle-obama-takes-secret-vacation-oregon/
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: JOHN R. BOLTON
‘Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations that “the first duty of the sovereign, that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies, can be performed only by means of a military force.” Today, failing to protect our national security inevitably endangers our economic prosperity by making us vulnerable to global adversaries…. It is clear that President Obama does not agree with Smith’s wisdom. Obama’s policies are jeopardizing not only our national security and economy, but our constitutional sovereignty too.’
With this opening paragraph, John Bolton – writing at humanevents.com ( http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45373 ) has dangled the possibility of a presidential run. Bolton has an impressive CONSERVATIVE resume (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton )
As we are still early in the Republican presidential candidate selection process, I think the more choices we have, the better we will be. Bolton has remained under the radar but there is no question in my mind that he is at least as well qualified as anyone out there right now, and far more qualified than most. He’s a serious man and very eloquent – don’t know that I’ve seen him use a teleprompter.
One thing that I think has to happen in the 2012 process is….. the Republicans need candidates for both the presidential AND the vice presidential slots to be candidates who have been totally vetted by the press. (We don’t have the luxury of being vetted like they vetted Obama.) The media hysteria after the selection of Sarah Palin took away from McCain’s message, pitiful as it was.
One of this man's most impressive credentials is that the left totally despises him and that's good enough for me! I submit that John Bolton would be a very formidable opponent for the community organizer.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
THE EXECUTION OF SEAL TEAM 6
THE EXECUTION OF SEAL TEAM SIX (PART 1)
POSTED BY ANN BARNHARDT - AUGUST 6, AD 2011 4:08 PM MST
You're damn right I said it.
On May 5th I had an email conversation with a retired military man with spook contacts. All were in total agreement that the Bin Laden episode was pure theater. The SEALS were sent into a compound as evidenced by the lost chopper on site. But Osama Bin Laden wasn't in that compound. Osama Bin Laden has been dead for years. Bin Laden had a genetic condition that caused renal failure (this genetic condition is common among deeply inbred Saudi arab muslims). Bin Laden had been on dialysis BEFORE 9/11. Dialysis is difficult enough for people in first world countries who can have it done in outstanding facilities. Bin Laden was having it done either in caves or in homes post 9/11. People in renal failure having dialysis done in fricking caves do NOT live for ten more years. Period. There was no dialysis equipment found in the compound the SEALS raided on May 2. Of course there wasn't. Bin Laden wasn't in that compound because Bin Laden has been dead for years.
This is why the "body" was declared "positively identified" faster than any known DNA testing process in existence - and this DNA testing was carried out not in a lab mind you, but inside Chinook and/or V-22 Osprey helos en route to the USS Carl Vinson. The body was then dumped into the Indian Ocean in a mad dash to ensure that "burial" took place within 24 hours of death in order to "honor" musloid burial traditions. Not a single picture of the so-called "Bin Laden corpse" has ever been released - and never will.
The entire Bin Laden episode was stagecraft. It was pure theater that was designed to give Obama a boost in the polls and give distraction and cover. Distract from what? Cover from what?
April 20, 2011: The release date of Dr. Jerome Corsi's book, "Where's the Birth Certificate" is announced as May 17, and pre-sales begin on Amazon.com. Corsi's work is known to be extremely thorough and meticulous. Within hours, Corsi's book is #1 on Amazon.com - fully 28 days before its release. The Obama regime is panicked.
April 27, 2011: In order to diffuse and undercut the Corsi book, the Obama regime releases a PDF image purported to be a scan of his original long-form Hawaiian birth certificate. Within hours, thousands of graphic designers, many of whom are self-professed Obama voters and supporters, isolate and demonstrate with dozens of objective proof sets that the PDF released by the Obama regime is not just a forgery, but an astoundingly incompetent and obvious forgery.
April 27 through May 2: The Obama regime is now in a blind panic. Deeming it too risky, instead of commissioning the forged birth certificate from document and photo illustration experts within the CIA or NSA, the Obama regime instead farmed the project off on someone inside the White House with a functional but middling knowledge of photo illustration programs. To the thoroughly inexpert eyes of Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett, the forged certificate file appeared extremely convincing, and was thus released with fanfare. Within hours, they knew that they had not only made a mistake, but a massive mistake that could land them all in prison. The forger was so incompetent that he/she didn’t even flatten the image thus compressing and masking the component layers before posting it. And that was just the tip of the iceberg of glaring flaws and errors. The mainstream press was, so far, completely complicit in the cover-up of the forgery, but Rathergate proved that if the forgery debunking generated any mainstream traction whatsoever, the end could come swiftly. The Obama regime needed a big distraction and they needed it fast. They had been planning on holding the staged Bin Laden capture and killing until 2012 – for the thick of the campaign, and perhaps as an “October Surprise”, but it would have to be moved up to now.
May 2, 2011: The Bin Laden operation occurs. In all likelihood, a low-to-mid level Taliban or insurgent leader is killed.
May 3, 2011: Within hours, Vice President Joe Biden destroys any notions of OPSEC and bellows to the entire world in public remarks at a dinner at the Ritz Carlton that the Bin Laden raid was carried out by “the SEALS”. Within hours Obama regime had gleefully leaked that the raid was carried out by “SEAL Team 6”, also known as DEVGRU. Up until this point in history, all DEVGRU activities and information had been highly classified. Now the term “SEAL Team 6” was blasted across every newspaper in the world, with Disney even moving to trademark the name. The Obama regime wanted the ENTIRE WORLD to know the name “SEAL Team 6”.
May 5, 2011: As I said earlier, I conversed with retired military contact with spook contacts regarding the obvious theatrics of the Bin Laden episode and the need for a cover-up by the Obama regime. The conversation ended with the following exchange:
Ann: I’m on the US Military casualty email list. It would be NO PROBLEM to “hide” casualties. It’s a steady stream out of Afghanistan.
Contact: look for training accidents in the eastern mountains.
May 6, 2011: Obama travels to Ft. Campbell, KY to openly “meet and congratulate” SEAL Team 6 members. This receives huge press coverage, and the press declares the incident “a huge boost [for Obama] going into 2012.”
THE EXECUTION OF SEAL TEAM SIX (PART 2)
August 6, 2011: A Chinook helo is shot down in Tangi, Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Within hours, before family notifications could possibly have been completed, global press accounts positively confirm that 22 of the 30 Americans killed were not just SEALS, but members of SEAL Team 6. Again, DEVGRU operations have been, up until now, highly classified. Today, the Obama regime made a point of immediately revealing the unit identities of the SPECOPS forces among the dead.
In the past, DEVGRU men and other SPECOPS men have been killed in action, but their missions were so secret and so crucial to OPSEC that their deaths were covered-up by the government and attributed to such things as “training accidents” and the like – and I have no problem with that. These men understand going in to intense units such as DEVGRU that OPSEC is paramount, that they will never be publicly acknowledged for their heroism, and that if they are killed or captured in action, the government will lie about that in order to protect OPSEC and to prevent the enemy from gaining a propaganda and morale coup. Compare that reality with what happened today. The Obama regime distributed this information, and the Obama regime’s lapdog press instantly splashed headlines declaring this as the Taliban’s “REVENGE” for the “death of Bin Laden.” As I write this now, the Drudge Report headline in bright red reads, “REVENGE: SEALS WHO GOT OSAMA KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.”
I’ll say what everyone else is thinking but is too scared to say. The Obama regime is almost certainly directly complicit in these deaths. The time, location and most especially, the PASSENGERS in the Chinook were passed to the Taliban. Additionally, you can’t take out a Chinook with small arms fire or even standard RPGs such as the Taliban use. The Taliban needed serious weaponry to take this helo down, and that serious weaponry needed to be in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time, ready to fire.
Why would the Obama regime kill Americans? I think the question is, why WOULDN’T the Obama regime kill Americans? The Obama regime is composed of Marxist-Leninist psychopaths. A glancing, superficial survey of 20th century history shows one glaring fact above all others: MARXISTS MURDER PEOPLE WITHOUT COMPUNCTION. Marxists also hate Americans, by definition. Three tacks:
1. The men on board the Chinook may have been some of the same men who participated or had direct knowledge of the staged Bin Laden raid and were killed to permanently silence them.
2. These DEVGRU men were killed to send a signal to the surviving DEVGRU men who carried out the Bin Laden raid to keep their mouths shut.
3. Certainly, the release of the unit identity of the dead within hours – before even family notification could have been made (which requires an IN PERSON visit to the family, remember) was an obvious bow to Al Qaeda, the Taliban and the entire muslim world. This event was INSTANTLY propagandized by the Obama media as “revenge” exacted for Bin Laden’s death. And remember, Bin Laden has been dead for many years. The raid of May 2 was pure stagecraft to distract the world from the release of the forged Obama birth certificate.
I am not a conspiracy theorist. I can’t stand Alex Jones or any 9/11 truther. I have turned down dozens of interviews with such types. In fact, I am a huge believer in the Lex Parsimoniae, which is sometimes called “Occam’s Razor”, which states that the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one. I teach this as part of my job, namely that the cattle markets are neither manipulated nor impossible to operate within at a profit. The reality is that the cattle industry participants do not make money because they are functionally incompetent. It is very, very simple. True conspiracies are very rare.
This entire Obama situation is a conspiracy, and I say that without the slightest hesitation. Obama is not a citizen of the United States, he is a puppet front for a cabal of Marxist-Leninsts including Soros, Ayers, Dohrn, Strong, Jarrett and many, many others. These people are enemies of the United States. These people are deeply psychologically damaged, and are capable of ordering people murdered in order to protect themselves and increase their own power. The three dead homosexual black men from Trinity United Church of Christ, Young, Bland and Spencer, all of whom were sexually linked to Barack Obama, were probably the first people specifically murdered by the Obama regime. The hundreds of Mexicans and the two American agents Terry and Zapata were murdered by Operation Fast and Furious in order to advance and increase the power of the Obama regime. These SEALS and the others on board that Chinook today were almost certainly betrayed and murdered by the Obama regime.
Why did the Obama regime immediately reveal the unit identity of the SPECOPS forces involved in the first place, despite the fact that DEVGRU was highly classified? Why was the personnel composition of the Chinook released IMMEDIATELY today after the helo went down – before even family notifications could be made? WHY? Why would you hand your enemy, Al Qaeda and the Taliban, a massive propaganda coup? WHY?
I’ll tell you why. Because the Obama regime IS THE ENEMY. They are Marxist tyrants who hold the lives of Americans not just cheap, but in scathing contempt. They will say anything, they will do anything, and they will murder ANYONE in order to protect themselves and consolidate and increase their power. Please, I beg you, for the love of God and all that is good in this world, read the history of the Soviet Union. Read about Lenin and Stalin and how they murdered people without any hesitation. Read about how Hitler was constantly ordering the murder of his own officers. Read about Communist China. Read about Mao and the millions upon tens of millions of murders he ordered. Read about the killing fields of the Communist Khmer Rouge in Cambodia led by Pol Pot. PLEASE. Marxists MURDER PEOPLE. That is what they do. The Obama regime is MARXIST to the bone. If the Obama regime is not stopped, the 30 Americans murdered today in Afghanistan will be just the beginning. I promise you that.
Here, again, is the clip of Larry Grathwohl, who infiltrated the Weather Underground Marxist terrorist organization in the 1970s. The Weather Underground was founded by Obama’s political godfather, communist mentor (along with Frank Marshall Davis), murderer, and ghostwriter of “Dreams From My Father”, Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn. In this interview, taped in 1980 while Obama was still just an unknown undergrad foreign scholarship student at Occidental College, Grathwohl describes the leadership of the Weather Underground (which is Ayers and Dohrn) discussing what will be done with the “unreformable, diehard capitalists” once they have overthrown the government of the United States. The answer is extermination in camps in the Southwest. The estimated total that would need to be killed? 25 million, which was 10% of the population at the time. Ayers & Dohrn already have overthrown the government of the United States via their puppet protégé, Barack Obama. They have guaranteed that the economy will collapse. The only thing left for them to do is suspend the Constitution and open the camps. I’ll see you there.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
HOPE AND CHANGE OR...... WHY OBAMA CAN BE BEAT IN 2012
1. Obamafatigue 1
Many of Barack Obama’s supporters “are exhausted.” Many defected in the midterms. Independents, suburban residents, college graduates, working-class voters, and even Hispanic voters shifted right. Exit poll analysis by National Journal shows “white voters not only strongly preferred Republican House and Senate candidates but also registered deep disappointment with President Obama’s performance.” Team Obama will focus heavily on minorities, the young, and women, but voter enthusiasm may be tempered by economic exhaustion. Thirty percent (30%) of voters describe the president’s leadership style as too confrontational , up nine points from 21% in June, 2011 and the highest finding since March 2010 when the health care issue was front and center.
2. Obamafatigue 2
Voters may be turned off by the Obama Overexposure Effect. A Pew 2008 weekly survey showed, by a margin of 76 percent to 11 percent, respondents named Obama over Sen. John McCain as the candidate they heard about the most. Close to half said they heard too much about Obama. And by a slight but statistically significant margin, they then had a less favorable view of him. After 3 years in office, Obama still uses the teleprompter. One would think he would have a grip on things by now and be able to discuss them extemporaneously.
3. The Monstrous Debt – It’s the Economy, Stupid!
The national debt reached $10 trillion under President Bush, but deficit spending is at an all-time high under President Obama, with $1.4 trillion added in 2009 and $1.3 trillion in 2010, and another 2.4 trillion to be added before the 2012 elections. The deficit has now reached 100% of GDP. The good news for Obama is that most people are too uninformed to understand what this means. However, the biggest club to use against Obama may be the downgrading by S&P of the nation’s AAA rating – THE FIRST DOWNGRADE IN HISTORY! (Not something you want after your name in the history books. But – only time will tell if the MSM gives ownership of this to Obama…. ) Bankruptcies loom for many states faced with unfunded public pension liabilities; strong-arm demands for bailouts by unions will threaten Democrats’ credibility. The 2010 midterm elections showed that voters want smaller government and lower taxes. As the GOP educates voters about what the exploding debt burden means for future generations, its cost-cutting measures and messaging will resonate. It will also not hurt the GOP that states like Ohio, with a regulation-cutting, tax-cutting Republican at the helm are climbing out of their debts.
4. Are You Better Off Today……
In 1980, President Ronald Reagan famously asked: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” The answer for many is “no,” with higher unemployment, more debt, record-high home foreclosures, and another housing dip on the way. The long road to economic recovery will continue to frustrate voters. Weekly reminders of rising prices at the gas pump, where it hurts most, may cost Obama the election. And watch for rapidly increasing food prices caused, in part, by the droughts in the mid-west that are costing farmers crops and livestock. Meat prices are already on the rise. In a Rasmussen survey the first week of august, only 14% of those VOTERS surveyed think the country is heading in the right direction, while 51% say they think the nation’s best days are behind us. That is HUGE!
5. Ailing Health Care
“Obamacare” was historic legislation, so too was the House vote to repeal it. Though repeal today may be moot as Senate passage and a presidential veto are unlikely, as the true bottom line becomes known, in terms of increased costs, decreased access to care, and increased government controls, health care once again will be a decisive campaign issue. Efforts to dismantle or defund Obamacare will continue for the next two years. And as the public listens more to the credible Rep. Paul Ryan, the president will be on the defensive daily. And the 1200+ waivers that will soon expire are causing large employers to announce that they will stop providing a health care option completely because of Obamacare.
6. Tea Party Momentum
The momentum will not stop. With a majority voice and a mandate, the freshman class of Tea Party reps are holding the old guard republicans’ feet to the fire to cut spending. It’s the spending, stupid! Moderate voters could turn out in droves in 2012, challenging the Democrats’ ground game. With 33 Senate seats (23 of which are now held by Democrats), 435 House seats, 11 governorships, and perhaps the ultimate fate of Obamacare still on the line, all politics is turnout.
7. Obama’s Transparency Problem
If House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is effective in questioning mismanagement and opacity in the administration, Team Obama will be forced off-message as the public is reminded daily of the president’s one-time promises of transparency. A bill introduced on the first day of this session that seeks to cut off funding to 39 “czars” appointed without congressional approval may also find its way to the light of day on Issa’s desk. And sunshine tends to disinfect. Also looming in the shadows is ‘Project Gunrunner’…. Which could become Obama’s Watergate. This one’s a stink that won’t go away.
8. Congressional Districts Reapportioned
With the reapportionment of congressional districts from the 2010 Census, and with Republican control of more governorships and state legislatures, Obama’s electoral road to reelection is not without a few bumps. Eight states gained at least one congressional district; five of those are traditionally red states, including Texas, which gained four seats. Six of the 10 states to lose a district are blue. And once reliable Democratic states voted Republican in the 2010 midterms.
9. The (four) Wars Aren’t Over
President Obama gets credit for continuing George W. Bush’s strategies in Iraq and Afghanistan. And though the public grows weary, the anti-war movement is now strangely silent. The number of voters who believe the terrorists are winning is at its highest level in over three years, and voters continue to believe Obama’s ideas on foreign policy don’t quite match their own. Those concerns, along with growing international threats from Iran, and our increasing economic dependence on China, may push votes into the ‘R’ column. Not that likely, but it does increase the likelihood that these voters could stay home.
10. What About Overregulation?
By moderating his anti-business rhetoric, selecting William Daley of JP Morgan Chase as his new chief of staff, and naming General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as the chair of the White House’s new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Obama is sending signals of the administration’s shift toward the center. (However, this is the same Immelt who sent GE's Imaging division overseas!!!) But without real changes to the overregulation strangling business growth, those signals may be seen as all smoke, no fire. And if private-sector job growth does not improve, voters may punish Obama at the polls. No matter how the White House and the MSM spin it, unemployment above 9% SHOULD be a death knell for any president.
11. Republicans Are More Trusted
The country yearns for an optimistic leader who believes in America, and who is willing to make hard choices to save future generations from the burden of our mistakes. Many thought that was Obama’s promise. No matter how it may be spun, the midterm elections were a referendum on the president’s performance and platform. Polls now show that Republicans are now more trusted on all the top issues, including the economy, taxes, and health care.
12. Going Green?
Obama continues to push green (and in July GM sold only 250 Volt cars nationwide), Cap & Trade – which will force utility prices to rise at the same time. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that 69% say it’s at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified research data in order to support their own theories and beliefs, including 40% who say this is Very Likely. The debate over global warming has intensified in recent weeks after a new NASA study further undercut the argument that global warming is largely man-made. Wonder if that’s why Obama’s cutting back NASA activities…
13. A Misery Index?
Obama’s full-month Job Approval Index rating for July, 2011 as measured for the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll was down two points from June to -17. That’s his lowest full-month approval rating this year and matches the lowest findings of his presidency, reached only twice before.
14. The Vision Thing
President Obama has matched his lowest job approval rating again in the last few weeks. He has remained under 50% for months. Obama’s considered weak in his handling of the economy, and trust in his ability to handle health care has dropped to a new low. And only 37 percent of independents would vote to re-elect Obama if the election were held today. It doesn’t help his cause that he and his family take expensive and exotic vacations, or that he’s on the golf course or at fund raisers as the nation’s economy continues to slide.
The birthday boy took off for Chicago to do some fundraising before the ink was dry on the debt ceiling increase bill. His work is cut out for him. A $1 billion campaign fund may not be enough if the GOP’s “Candidate X” presents a compelling and distinctly different narrative, a better vision for tomorrow. (Republicans remain ahead on the Generic Congressional Ballot as they have every week since June 2009 and the GOP generic presidential candidate has outpolled the president in 10 of 13 surveys conducted weekly since early May.)
[From an article at thedailybeast.com back in January –updated, revised, expanded and edited by me with polling data from July Rasmussen surveys]
Thursday, August 4, 2011
WHY CAN PUTIN SEE WHAT MANY IN AMERICA CANNOT?
You know your freedom is in danger when the Prime Minister of Communist Russia calls you a nation of parasites - "They are living beyond their means and shifting a part of the weight of their problems to the world economy," - Putin told the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi. - "They are living like parasites off the global economy and their monopoly of the dollar,"
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
PAUSE AND REMEMBER....
Everyone knows Amy Winehouse died after a short life of drug and alcohol abuse.
Who is Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29, Justus Bartett 27, Dave Santos 21, Jesse Reed 26, Matthew Johnson 21, Zachary Fisher 24, Brandon King 23, Christopher Goeke 23, and Sheldon Tate 27?
They are Marines that gave their lives this week for you. And this Soldier killed this week by a roadside bomb in Afganistan: Sergeant Edward Koehler.
There is no media for them; not even a mention of their names.
Who is Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29, Justus Bartett 27, Dave Santos 21, Jesse Reed 26, Matthew Johnson 21, Zachary Fisher 24, Brandon King 23, Christopher Goeke 23, and Sheldon Tate 27?
They are Marines that gave their lives this week for you. And this Soldier killed this week by a roadside bomb in Afganistan: Sergeant Edward Koehler.
There is no media for them; not even a mention of their names.
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