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Bin Laden Death Rumor

   I have heard a rumor, unsubstantiated, about the real manner in which bin Laden died. It wasn't in Pakistan, there was no raid at the reported time of bin Laden being taken by surprise in his prison, sorry his walled compound. I was having a conversation with someone may well have inside information.
   So, it begs the question of when bin Laden died. I was told, point blank and in all seriousness, that bin Laden died in a cave in Iraq back under George W. Bush. Bin Laden was hiding in a cave in Iraq and a missle was sent in and it was DNA confirmed to have been bin Laden.
   Now this is an explosive charge, but there are truly some facts that have spilled forth, trickle by trickle, that are troubling. Why is it that the infamous "death photos" not been released? They don't exsist. Who's to say who either died or was captured in Pakistan when all invovled were placed under a White House gag order? What has trickled out can't possibly be confirmed as to date when they were made and held back. It also troubles me that the photo we've seen of the "White House Situation Room" looks so staged, and focused around a rather small TV or Video link. I was amused to see how small Obama was- smallest man in the room.
   The other very troubling fact to leak from unnamed sources has been about the mission itself and the revealing of Seal Team 6. They have compromised future missions and outed the Seals and their families at risk. This is a shame.
   I would say that everything we get from the White House of late and going forward will be nothing more than campaigning by President Obama. Look at his silly speech in El Paso on immigration. He's losing the Latino vote we now get a push for immigration. Mr President why weren't you pushing the issue when you had both houses with "super-majorities?." Why now, sir? Much of what he said was false anyway and it was a demgogic attack on Republicans. Victor Davis Hanson has the refutation of Obama's many errors in Alligators, Moats and Other such Nonsense.
   Oh and let's take a moment to look at today's speech on the Middle East. What it was was a rallying cry for the Arab Spring uprisings at the expense of Israel. He is no friends to the Israeli's. He insists on implementing a Two State solution, but calls for Israel to "swap lands" to go back to 1967 boundaries. What he doesn't say is that the Palestinians will never accept this as they are still demanding the right of return to 1948. Palestinians would flood Israel and Israel will cease to exsist. Well, not only that but Hamas is calling, still, for the annihilation of Israel, not much by way of mincing words. But Obama looks Statemanlike and guess what we will see inheadlines in tomorrows headlines? Campaign speech.
   Lastly, Obama has said recently that he will expand oil drilling in the Gulf, Alaska and both coasts. What is left unsaid is that his EPA and other agencies Cool, condemn US drilling on one hand and offer loans to drill in another country.
   In closing I put nothing by this administration. They are more cold and calculating political machine, he makes Clinton look like a beginner. In order to boost his image among his base and the broader electorate he looks centrist almost conservative while it is nothing but grandstanding. I forgot, "we  don't spike the ball." However Obama takes avery moment to remind us of his having "got Osama." He makes various rounds to thank those who helped. He will never admit, though, that enhanced interrogation had anything to do with getting bin Laden. Well, if it never truly happened there is no need to link it, huh?
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May Revise of the CA State Budget

   The May Revise of the Governor's budget was released on May 16th, 2011. In spite of having "found" $6.6 Billion dollars in taxpayer money Governor Brown is still insistent upon getting his tax increase put through. He likes to call it a tax extension but let's call it what it is: the taxpayer will be paying more in taxes than they were prior to its implementation. Those increases are on the sales tax, vehicle license fees and personal income taxes. 
   According recent CA ranks as high as #6 in the nation for highest total tax burden. The state is also ranked 49th least desireable for businesses (2011 State Business Tax Climate Index, The Tax Foundation). Is it any wonder businesses are fleeing, citizens are relocating and housing prices continue to falter (one among many reasons)?
   The result of "finding" the extra tax revenue: the new revise includes spending the additional revenues and Gov. Brown insists that his effort for getting his tax increases through will go on unabated. The deficit Gov. Brown started the year with a $26.6 Billion structural deficit, as it now stands the deficit has fallen to $9.6 Billion. The state of California does not have a tax/revenue problem it has a spending problem.
   Brown and his Democratic Assembly and Senate will continue the spending instead of cutting spending. I hope that the people of California will take heed of the real problems facing not only this state but the nation as a whole. Spending can not continue in the same manner it has been. We must have the debate over what spending is absolutely neccesary, what is unnecessary to provide the common defense, prosperity, freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The latter is not a guarantee but a guarantee of the ability to pursue happiness. We also must look at entitlement spending and pension reforms from the states to the federal government.
   And it seems that George Will agrees. I will be attending a Budget Revise Workshop tomorrow in San Diego, as it pertains to Education. I will be running next fall for our local school board.

PS: I am back!

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Question: Anyone Know What Obama's Trip To India Will Cost?

   I have heard an outrageous number and if it is true then President Obama lacks any political skills. He just took a "shellacking," his words not mine. The entire nation except the ocean view liberals, those elitists who know what we are to eat, what we are to drive, and so on, voted and the message was clear: Obama's lefty, near socialist agenda (yeah, throw in Reid/Pelosi) is categorically rejected. The electorate couldn't have been more decisive in its casting of votes; now the ball is in the Republicans lap. His idea (and Reid's as well) of compromise is that we must come closer to his, a topic for later.
   In chosing to flaunt, throw the pie in the eye, stick it to his enemies (now that list has grown exponentially after Tuesday, yea!) in flyover country and take 3000 people, using 20 planes, untold security, supplies, logistics, etc is just a punch to the gut. Really? We're asked to tighten our belts while 3000 people are the toast of the from Mumbai to Seoul South Korea.  Renting out the entire Taj Kahal Motel, 750 room. Incredible! Well, I truly have some other thoughts but to put it on this page will cause big brother at Town Hall censor it all!
   $200,000,000 a day...think about that. Ocer a 10 day span that will cost $2 Billion! Really...my School District can certainly use some, if not all of those funds. Out-freaking-rageous! Is it any wonder that the electorate rejects the smug, socialist leaning, professor lecturing President Obama?
 
Below is the article related to this, if anyone has some additional credible sourcing please let me know:
$200m-a-day' cost of Barack Obama's trip
to India will be picked up by U.S. taxpayers.

President Obama's trip to India will cost the U.S. $200m-a-day, it was reported today.

The visit - part of a 10-trip to Asia - will take place amid unprecedented levels of security in the city of Mumbai, where terrorists killed at least 173 people two years ago.

Extreme measures to ensure the safety of President Obama.

Details of the three-day visit which begins officially on Saturday are not being confirmed, but Indian Press reported the President was expected to spend the first day visiting the Taj Mahal Hotel and meeting survivors of the attacks.

The second day will reportedly see the President and First Lady meeting Mumbai school children and University students while the final day will involve a trip to New Delhi.

The visit could spark fury in the U.S. where officials are battling to reduce a record budget deficit, and heap further misery on beleaguered Democrats in the mid-term elections.


(Embarassing for the White House that the Europeans know what message was sent by the electorate.)

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325990/Obamas-200m-day-India-visit-picked-US-taxpayers.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz14MmZbt5F
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9/11 and the Ground Zero Mosque

     As we are all aware today makes the Ninth Year since the Towers fell, 3000 Americans gave their lives doing nothing but simply living, working and sacrificing their lives attemoting to save lives. Forever America changed. We were attacked by terrorists, young radical Muslims perverted and commanded by Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. The names of those who died on that fateful day will be read, bells will ring, candles will be lit commemorating the end of America; the life as we knew it on 9/10 became a world changed post 9/11.
    
 
     This brings us to the controversy over the Ground zero mosque. Below is an essay I penned as a Letter to Editors I sent to several newspapers and websites.

 
Controversy-Ground Zero
Mosque & Koran Burning

     I can no longer remain silent and on the sidelines with regard to the recent controversies over the “Ground Zero Mosque” and the recently cancelled Koran burning by Florida Pastor Terry Jones. I am pleased to hear that as of today, September 9, 2010, the pastor has come to the conclusion that the burning of Korans was unhelpful in the great debate over radical Islamists. I had much to say about the burning, as well as the motivations, however it is moot upon its cancellation.

     I am opposed to the building of a Mosque at the former Burlington Coat Factory, which incidentally, was damaged on 9/11 when landing gear from one of the airplanes hijacked by 19 Islamic Terrorists struck the World Trade Center (WTC). The fact it was damaged should make the site a part of what many consider to be part of the hallowed ground that is Ground Zero. The deaths of nearly 3,000 killed in and around the WTC are seared into the minds of all Americans.

     We have heard the call that the Imam and Muslims have the constitutionally protected right to the freedom of religion. I agree, wholeheartedly. That right, however, is not an absolute, just as yelling falsely that there’s a fire in a crowded theatre is not. Certainly that right does not extend to the right for any religion to build a temple, mosque or cathedral anywhere. There are certain areas that are too sensitive to have such religious buildings of worship; the Pope denied the building of a Nunnery at Auschwitz, Disney was denied a Civil War theme park, a tower at Gettysburg was demolished by the National Park Service. It would be insensitive to build a Shinto shrine anywhere in Pearl Harbor. It is important that the sensitivities of the majority of 9/11 families, New Yorkers and Americans be taken as the utmost consideration.

    No one that I’ve heard in opposition is opposed to the Imam having the right to practice his religion. No one is calling to deny the center being built. The objection is “anywhere but here.” The outright rejection of Governor Paterson’s offer of another site says to me that the Ground Zero sight is precisely the reason the site was chosen. There is a point to be made. The fact that radical Islamists will use the site as a sign of victory, a sign of recruitment, just as the Koran burning would likely be seen.

     I have heard that those who are opposed are bigots or bigoted. There are certainly nuts on both sides of the argument, but to label all opposed as bigots is unfair and libelous. The fact that Speaker Pelosi’s first comments after President Obama issued his speech on the matter were to call for an investigation of the funding of the opposition is telling. What? Why not call for an investigation into the funding sources for the mosque? Oh, I know it’s that Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, the Brown Shirts are out again! Individuals and corporations that fund the right are given to nefarious intentions. Whereas, the left’s individuals and corporate sponsors are above reproach (George Soros and Moveon.org are examples of saintly intentions). To label me and those inclined like me as bigots ignores the facts.

     In conclusion, I believe there should be national debate, perhaps televised with Imam Faisal Rauf and his supporters and the opposition. Dare I suggest that Glenn Beck and/or former Governor and VP candidate Sarah Palin represent the opposition? I am unaware of an actual opposition group that is funded by the individuals and corporations that Speaker Pelosi has called investigations of. I would like to see Imam Rauf answer the tough questions about his past comments and history. I would like to see him defend the building on the “Peace Center” being built two blocks from the WTC and the fact that the building was damaged as previously pointed out. Let civil minds settle the issue once and for all.

 
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Blame Bush: Economy Crashes While Dems Spend More $$$

     President Obama couldn't resist the temptation to look back and bash his predecessor ex-president Bush. It was especially poignant for Obama to do so while in Dubya's backyard; Obama's speech in Dallas at the Four Seasons to 200 supporters at the University of Texas:
AUSTIN – Speaking at a Democratic fund-raiser this afternoon, President Barack Obama slapped at two well-known Texas Republicans without mentioning either by name: George W. Bush, Obama's predecessor in the White House, and Rep. Joe Barton , R-Arlington, who could chair the House energy committee if Republicans regain control of the House. 
     Obama addressed more than 200 supporters crowded into a ballroom at the Four Seasons Hotel.
     The fact that the economy continues to struggle escapes the anointed One and his Keynesian minions.  Unemployment was "guaranteed" by this White House to not exceed 8%, that it was absolutely imperative that Congress pass the near $1.0 Trillion Stimulus Plan, the disastrous ObamaCare (remember it was to lower costs, even though 30 million would be newly insured, well, I better not get started), Dems had to raise the minimum wage (er, sorry, the 'Living Wage'), the White House and Congressional Democrats had to go back to the taxpayer trough (actually, the deficit trough) and provide a further bailout for public unions and teachers with another $26 billion.
     Unemployment continues to hover at 9.5%, and that rate has not gone down nor up for the fact that the unemployed continue to drop out of looking for work. Hey, I know, let's throw more $$$ at the unemployed and continue benefits beyond 99 weeks, let's look at 5 years! That might buy a few more votes. Unemployment among teenagers is astronomical:
The unemployment rate among all Americans ages 16 to 19 is 27.6 percent, an all-time high, according to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That means one in four teenagers who wants a job cannot get one or lost one.
     It is high time to say that the first half of Obama's term has been a failure. It is time to try what is proven to work: instead of taking money out of the free, open market it is time to 'prime the pump.' Take the uncertainty out of the system, lower taxes on investment, repeal the ObamaCare disincentives (ok, repeal the entire euro-socialist program), sign the free trade agreements (Colombia, South Korea and Panama, the votes are there, the deals done).
     Hey, and while you're at it begin some real reform in Immigration. Here's a quaint idea, enforce the laws, instruct the head of ICE to get his head out of his (insert your favorite) and work with local, state law enforcement. Instruct your AG to drop the AZ lawsuit and find ways to work with the states on enforcement and deportation. Well, I know I am preaching to the brick wall and, frankly, I would prefer that President Obama and Pelosi/Reid continue down the path of utter disaster in November, 'cause, really, I want the electorate to send the ultimate message to Capitol Hill: you have not only failed but we reject your policies! Buh Bye....
     What really scares me though is that damage that has been done may pale in comparison to what the Dems may do just after the election and before the new Congress is sworn in. The rumors of sheningans that the Dem leadership may prove more than just rumors- there ain't nothin' like a Lady Speaker (Madame Speaker?) scorned...or perhaps it should be known as the 'Lame Duck Nuclear Option."
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HaHaHa! Minority Leader Boehner Has Sense of Humor

     I love this! At least the Minority Leader, Republican John Boehner, (R-OH) has a sense of humor. Oh, yeah, I can hear the backlash from the Democrats, but ya gotta love the guts:
Boehner on Monday offered 10 possible names for what he called the “union-boss bailout” bill:
 
-- Save Our ‘Stimulus’ (SOS) Act
-- ‘Recovery Summer’ Bailout Act (Cash for Flunkers)
-- Delivering Unions a Major Boost (DUMB) Act
-- Helping Election Expenditures, Hurting American Workers (HEEHAW) Act
-- Democracy is Strengthened by Clearly Leveraging and Optimizing Special-Interests’ Effectiveness (DISCLOSE) Act
-- Holding Union Bosses Over Until Card Check Act
-- Rescuing Incumbent Democrats Is Costly (RIDIC) Act
-- Summertime Cash for Union Bosses Instead of Spending Cuts for Taxpayers Act
-- Frivolous Act of Ineffective Largesse (FAIL) Act
-- Naming These Things Hasn’t Gotten Us Anywhere, So Why Bother? Act 
 
     Let the whining and recriminations begin.
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VP Joe Biden Calls Store Owner A Smart A**, MSM Silent

   Oh, that's a real shocker. Vice President Joe Biden, who has been on the taxpayers' dime since he was 29, called a store owner a 'smart a**' while touring a Milwaukee custard shop (Townhall is censoring all references that include the word a** spelled out including the link).

   I will submit that the video does show that the VP is saying it with a bit of 'tongue in cheek,' it still shows that he (along with his Democratic allies) view taxpayers with disdain. Taxpayers are merely the vessels by which the government is funded. We are much like the serfs of feudal Europe. Our ancestors fled the Continent to practice the freedom of Religion as well as protesting Taxation without Representation. It seems to me that we have gone full circle. Our royalty is the political class that at its top is the king, President Obama, and his royal court is the Democratic party. The MSM has simply become the sycophantic tool by which the royal class passes its edicts.

   A search via Google for 'Joe Biden store owner smarta**/smart a**' returns only the many right leaning blogs watching everything this administration does. There is not one MSM outlet that even has a blurb on the incident. I would think that perhaps some of the MSM blogs might have a mention; alas it is merely crickets in the dark.
   I think the ultimate insult that is being foisted upon us lowly peons is the rush to pass every piece of legislation to meet the demands of HRH Obama, and the continued claims by the royals that we must pass these monstrosities 'in order to see how it will work and/or what's in the legislation. Pitiful...
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Blago Trial Stunner: Pres. Obama Knew About Blago's Dealings

     Wow. It sure didn't take long for Chicago Style politics to invade the White House. In fact, if I am not mistaken, the Obama's hadn't even moved into the White House and it was president-elect Obama, not President Obama who knew that Blago wanted favors for appointing the Senate seat vacated by Obama. I just wonder how many would have switched their votes from Obama knowing that this was merely the beginning (article):
     John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, testified Wednesday in the former governor's corruption trial that three days after the Nov. 4, 2008, presidential election, the ex-governor told Harris he felt confident Obama knew he wanted to swap perks.
     "The president understands that the governor would be willing to make the appointment of Valerie Jarrett as long as he gets what he's asked for. . . . The governor gets the Cabinet appointment he's asked for," Harris said, explaining a recorded call. (Emphasis mine)
     The corruption in the Oval Office began prior to being occupied by President-elect Obama. Pay to play, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours... Now we have a president and an administration which is hell-bent on wreaking as much havoc to the United States it can. The list is far too numerous for me to lay them all out.
  • HealthCare Reform- really a move to a single-payer 
  • Executive power grab- the czars which are not Congressionally mandated, debated nor approved
  • The killing of states rights- attacking Arizona for its duplicating and enforcing of Federal law regarding immigration
  • The government takeover of banking, the auto industry, singlehandedly attempting to kill the oil industry in American
  • The blantant misrepresentation of experts in its Moritorium on deep water oil drilling
  • Union payback for its support- financial reform, during the oil spill not immediately suspending the Jones Act

     I don't have time right now to keep going. I am in the middle of painting our dining room...

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Obama Found An Arse To Kick...Gen. McChrystal

     President Obama now has a likely target for his a$$ kicking, General McChrystal. A Rolling Stone article set to publish later this week contains comments by the general and his various aides that are less than flattering to the president, the vice president and other administration officials.  This is a juicy story that is likely to grow in the coming days, as it takes the focus off two hot button issues that are stinging the administration; the Gulf Oil Spill and revelations about ObamaCare are continuing to besiege the president.
     One very telling fact to roll out of the Rolling Stone article is that the general, like many, likely regrets having voted for Obama. As confidence of the president's job performance continue to free fall, the general was disappointed in the first meeting with the president:
The interview describes McChrystal, 55, as "disappointed" in his first Oval Office meeting with Obama. The article says that although McChrystal voted for Obama, the two failed to connect from the start. Obama appointed McChrystal to lead the Afghan effort in May 2009. Last fall, though, Obama called McChrystal on the carpet for speaking too bluntly about his desire for more troops.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ap/in-article-top-us-general-in-afghan-war-accuses-us-ambassador-of-self-serving-betrayal-96861669.html#ixzz0ranKYyZz
     It seems, as many in the electorate and the "twittering class", that this president is "In Over His Head." See Hugh Hewitt for his "oiiohh." The 'in over his head' mantra is getting more and more play these days as the Oil Spill continues what seems unabated, as the president obliviously plays golf, the economy is teetering on what seems to be a potential double dip recession. I wonder how many like the general are now re-evaluating that vote for Hope and Change.
     The other interesting fact for me is this will be another example of this president strong arming one of his critics/opponents. He calls to the carpet and,ooh dare I say it?, shakes down BP into a $20 Billion escrow account, he is likely to do the same to Health Insurance CEOs later this week when he bullies them into toeing the line and not contradicting his ObamaCare mandates (no raising of copayments, premiums, etc. which will result in what? rationing of care?). Now, he will get to extract a pound of flesh from his Afghanistan general.
     The wheels on this presidency are certainly falling off and the danger is, being thus wounded will the administration continue to lash out? As Thomas Sowell has pointed out (and others), this administration is on a slippery slope, Degeneration of Democracy.
 
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No Wonder We Wait Nearly A Year Btwn Pressers By Pres. Obama

     Today's press conference by President Obama shows us precisely why he doesn't do very many. The fact that this was his first full on press conference for 300 plus days is due to his lackluster performance. Well, one might even go so far as to call it laughable (a joke!).
     If the teleprompter is removed, the style with which Pres. Obama can be described as confusing at best and downright contradictory at worst. This press conference also shows that Pres. Obama is in over his head, as some suggest he is the least qualified person in the room. well, I won't go that far, as there is no question that he is a smart man, it is that I vehemently disagree with his politics.
     The Washington Post had this to say:

A defensive President Obama sought Thursday to quell doubts about his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, insisting that his administration has been " href_cetemp>President Obama sought Thursday to quell doubts about his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, insisting that his administration has been "in charge" from the moment it began and bristling that critics who accuse it of being sluggish to react "don't know the facts."

But at times during a 63-minute news conference in the East Room of the White House, the president seemed to undercut his own argument. He enumerated a litany of fumbles and lapses...
(*Emphasis mine)
     So, the WaPo no great critic of the administration, says that the president is defensive, bristling, undercutting his own arguments. Not a stellar performance. But that is no tthe worst of it.
     The second question came from ABCNews' Jake Tapper (again, these are no big critics of Obama and progressives in general), so tough questions and critiques from sycophants is promising...I will not, however, hold my breath that the MSM has turned a corner and at least becoming critical. The One sets up his Straw Man as soon as Jake got the questions out...even though Jake got some very salient points/facts outlined, the president simply brushes it aside (his hope being that he has a handle on the issue(s) and that his point is what the audience will hear and not the criticism of his policies and the lack of progress/leadership in the Gulf Oil Spill):
TAPPER: ...How can you say that everything that can be done is being done, with all these experts and all these officials saying that’s not true?
OBAMA: Well, let me distinguish between — if the question is, Jake, are we doing everything perfectly out there, then the answer is, absolutely not.
We can always do better. If the question is, are we, each time there is an idea, evaluating it and making a decision is this the best option that we have right now based on how quickly we can stop this leak and how much damage can we mitigate, then the answer is yes.

     The question had nothing to do with whether or not the government or the president was doing everything perfectly. Way to knock it down Mr. President, that Straw Man surely needed swatting. The president had to show he was in control, and the Straw Man was the only way to prove he was doing it all! It is nearly 40 days and very little has been done other than a whole lot of finger pointing and blame. Certainly, there has been very little responsibility taking, leadership and/or a meeting of the minds.
     I like the analogy I heard from former Speaker Newt Gingrich. When we have a airplane that crashes, we don't go calling to shut down the airline industry. That is precisely what Obama and the Left want. That is why they continue to maintain the "boot on the throat" of BP. It is an outright threat against the oil industry. And, the president didn't help himself
     When Apollo 13 had a problem, the last thing that NASA did was the blame game, the pointing of fingers. No, they cancelled any and all time off (gee, maybe the administration could have learned from that instead of sending the #2 Interior Dept. official goes to the Grand Canyon) and worked at all levels to find a solution. We are hearing that there could be some tankers in the Gulf, right now, vaccuuming up oil and water as was done in Saudi Arabia in 1993. Governor Jindal has been begging for permission to build sand barriers to protect the fragile ecosystem (had they had permission up to 10 miles would already be built!). As Tapper pointed out, there are many countries willing to help out (17 countries have offered assistance, we've accepted 2- Norway and Mexico- so much for multilateral president).
     no plans in place, no leadership, even James Carville is ticked off (he usually uses much more colorful words than I):
"It just looks like he's not involved in this," Carville said Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." Visibly agitated, Carville said: "Man, you got to get down here and take control of this, put somebody in charge of this thing and get this moving. We're about to die down here."
     Tomorrow, I will look at President Obama's comments on the oil industry having exhausted its search for "easy oil." The president and his fellow progressives want the Oil Industry shut down in the United States and this spill, Obama's Katrina, will provide the nexus.
     Clearly, this president is in trouble. While, I believe, no American wants his/her president to fail. We wna them to succeed to ensure that the United States is safe. I take no pleasure in seeing what is happening to our country. We are on a track not  simply misdirected, but we've jumped the tracks, left the area and have headed in a direction that is proven, proven to be fraught with failure (namely, Euro-socialism, neo-socialism). We are spending ourselves into oblivion, what Greece is experiencing is what we will if we don't make some huge, fundamental changes. And, looking to expand the government, and relying on the government to solve all problems will be detrimental to our freedoms.
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NYC Terrorist Suspect Arrested

    Hmmmm...a Pakistan-born US citizen has been arrested attempting to flee the country. The suspect, Faisal Shahzad, 30, was taken off a Dubai bound Emirates airplane. As the plane was readying to takeoff it was recalled to the gate and Shahzad taken into custody along with two other passengers.
     Shahzad has reportedly told police he acted alone. This claim is dubious, at best, to me. He is reported to have travelled to the Middle East for 5 months and had recently returned. While his neighbors are describing him as quiet and remained mostly to himself. The investigation has now led law enforcement to his home and to an apartment, both in Connecticut.
     There seems to be a pattern emerging lately. These "lone wolf" type terror attacks. from the Fort Hood massacre to the Underwear bomber the terrorists still attempt to inflict terror and to kill as many as they can. One seemingly common thread is the Islamic Cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi (always identified as American born). I would wonder if this will be another common element in the most recent attempted attack.
     In addition, another factor that seems to be prevalent in the latest attempts is that these attacks are "crude in nature" and failed in their ultimate attempt. In the Underwear bomber and the SUV Car Bombing attempt the bombs failed to explode. Well, not for lack of trying. The SUV bomb has been described as "idiotic" in nature. The Underwear bomber sounds as though he were a bumbler as well.
     I am struck by the fact that these attempts may come fast and furious now. We are being attacked by both al Qaeda and Taliban operatives. The questions to be asked are simple. Who funded or financed these terrorists? Who is cajoling the attackers (al-Aulaqi)? Where is the scrutiny of those who leave the country then return? Why are e-mails and cell phone communications getting through without law enforcement focus? What is the Obama Administration going to do with these terrorists? Enemy combatants? Where is the task force that the administration was replacing the CIA with for "harsh interrogations?
     If you ask me I believe that this administration is failing in its protection of the Homeland. We are fortunate so far that these attacks have failed. Again, it surely is not by lack of trying. These may well be trial runs, anyway. There may well be a coming wave of attackers. These guys should be declared enemy combatants. They should not be treated as common criminals. They should be transferred to Guantanamo. This should also put the kibosh on trying any terror suspect; KSM comes to mind, in NY or transferred to some facility on the Homeland.
      My ultimate conclusion is that the Obama Administration is too busy focusing on its political power struggle. The decision to remake the United States into a European style, socialistic government has put us in danger. The takeover of the financial system (under the rubric of financial reform and TARP etc.), the takeover of the auto industry, HealthCare Reform, the packing of the courts (packed with liberal, activist jurists). The ultimate goal is to create an Executive Branch that is above the constitutionally created co-equal branches of government. This president is running roughshod over the Constitution. He is following the Saul Alinsky script for 'community organizing.'
     We are in very difficult and dangerous times. We are under attack from an enemy who is constantly looking to kill and destroy our way of life. We must remain vigilant in attacking that enemy. Reverting back to a pre 9/11 mentality and/or a law enforcement mentality will fail and result in another 9/11. We are also facing another enemy that is quickly moving to nuclear status and this administration is still offering only politically correct talks. Based solely on the president's alleged ability to be able to talk anyone, enemy, 'frenemy', friend alike. We are quickly seeing the erosion of the Global War on Terror- oh sorry, the overseas contingency operation (point taken, eh?).
    
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My Letter To Senators Regarding Sen. Dodd's Financial Reform

     I have sent the following letter to my Senators, Boxer and Feinstein, as well as two additional Republican Senators who, according to news reports, may be leaning toward moving forward with Senator Dodd's Financial Reform package. There is a scheduled cloture vote today, and all that is needed is one Republican Senator to jump ship. I am hoping that Minority Leader McConnell is able to ensure that the party remains united in opposition to the bill in its current form.

Dear Senator Boxer:


     I could no longer sit quietly as the Senate pushes forward with the current financial reform package as put forth by Senator Dodd. I write to ask that you withhold your support until certain provisions are either removed or substantially changed. Specifically, I call your attention to the following provisions:
     •Institutionalizing “too big to fail”: Section 113 creates a Financial Stability Oversight Council, who is tasked with identifying firms that “pose a threat to the financial security of the United States if they encounter “material financial distress.” The net effect of this provision sets these firms aside as worthy of Federal bailout, thereby signaling to the marketplace these firms are thus less risky, even if they take on undue risk. Smaller firms are subject to greater risk and by extension face greater cost.
     •Bailout Fund: Section 210(n)(1) sets up a $50 Billion fund with taxes on financial firms, subsequently paid by the consumer, which can be counted as a deductible business expense, placing more burden upon the taxpayer.
     •Open Line of Credit with Treasury: Section 210(n)(9), the FDIC is effectively granted a line of credit to the Treasury Department that is secured by the value of failing firms in its control, providing another taxpayer financial support.
     •Derivatives Reform: the bill authorizes a “one-size-fits-all” derivatives reform. This provision calls for separation of derivatives trading by financial institutions. This reform makes it more cumbersome and more costly for smaller firms, and ultimately, again, creates greater risk rather than lower.
     •Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Nothing is done to reform these Government Sponsored Entities one of the greatest causes of the bursting of the housing bubble. Reform of these two, huge, GSEs is paramount to successful financial reform. It is necessary to relieve the taxpayer from having to support these failing, costly mortgagors. Fannie and Freddie have paid little back of the $125 billion of taxpayer bailout funds and are likely to continue their risky practices.
     There is more to object to, however, these are a few of the more important features that must be changed in order to make financial reform successful. I ask that you vote NO; I would ask that you withhold support for this bill until these changes are made.

I thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
     I do not object to reform per se. What I object to is the rush to get major legislation done without propoer debate and without amendments ffrom Republicans. I object to Democrats calling for Bipartisanship and then turn around and shut off debate and rejecting any amending by Republicans. What this administration and the majority leaders of both houses have caused is hyper-partisanship. Their call for bipartisanship is merely a chimera and a political ploy and not a heartfelt desire to negotiate. November can't get here soon enough!
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I Am Shocked: Obama "May Have Lied"

     I am shocked that President Obama "may have lied," according to an MSNBC analysis of a previously redacted motion from the Blagojevich's defense team. you don't say? Obama, as candidate and later as President elect reached out to the ex-Governor to offer up potential candidates to replace his recently vacated Senate seat. Someone, referred to as his "Chief of Staff" had conversations about the seat. And, to add more fuel to the fire there seems to be some more to the story of Obama and his connection to Tony Rezko.
     No way! It never happened. Right? Well, go read the MSNBC article:
     I would never have thought this president capable of anything so sneaky...wink, wink, nod, nod. Let's see if the MSM picks this up and runs with it. I, for one, will not be holding my breath.
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Health Care Reform: Job Killer- Company's Layoffs and Chargeoffs

     Immediately following the signing of the Health Care Reform many businesses came out with cost estimates. In a job climate that seems to never improve the major consequence is the cost to businesses. AT&T claims they will have a $1.0 billion charge this year. Deere & Co. is only claiming a $250 million charge, Caterpillar is going to claim $100-150 million, 3M is talking a paltry $85-90 million charge, Boeing is looking at $150 million charge, Honeywell is looking to charge off $13 million.
     The United States has an unemployment rate close to 10% and not receding anytime soon. Now businesses are taking charges against profits. Who is going to suffer? Well, I can tell you that it won't be the Democratic Party, will it. Thousands will lose their jobs and benefits. Thousands will become a part of the "underemployed," looking to take advantage of unemployment benefits now extended to 99 weeks! The Obama Administration is looking to engender a subset of entitlement lackeys, the goal being a grateful electorate that will keep the Democrats in power.
     The fallacy is that the American people, the patriots are will not stand for it. The springing up of Tea Party's that are going city to city, county to county, state to state will not be siclenced. Patriots from Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh will not give in. We have just begun to protest. The Democrats wish to distract real anger for government expansion by claiming the Tea Party and its followers are nothing more than violent nutbags, racist pigs and sexual deviants (the  Main Stream Media is the Democratic Party's servants perpetuating the falsehoods).
    Ultimately, it will be the taxpayer who suffers most. Businesses will pass on the extra costs to consumers. Healthcare premiums will raise and rationing will become the norm. The Progressive goal has always been Single-Payer Healthcare. By destroying the very thing they are supposedly trying to save will result in a movement to Single-Payer system such as Canada and Great Britain.
    The writing is on the wall, the Dems see that they will lose their power in November. Therefore, they will push through their Progressive agenda: Cap-and-Tax, The Fairness Doctrine, Card Check (gee, a recess appointment...), and much, much more. Oh, I can't forget the next big push: Comprehensive Immigration Reform. President Obama feels he has nothing to lose at this point nor do Speaker Pelosi and Maj. Leader Reid. Seven months of the grinning Pelosi, the gloating Obama, the confused Reid is what we have to look forward to. November cannot come quicker. We must take our country back.
    President Obama is willing to destroy the greatest nation on God's Green Earth (hat tip to Michael Medved) in order to remake the nation in the manner of Saul Alinsky, Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright. We must be vocal. We must be civil and make ourselves visible. We must shoot down the aims of the Progressive Democratic Party. (I know, I will be accused of fomenting violence by using language such as "shoot," "fight," heaven forbid if I were to use the word "reload.") We must make our voices heard, especially to the likes of Sen. Lindsey Graham who would negotiate to save the world from "global warming" or as the new moniker has become "global climate change."
    Any RINO that would kowtow to the One trades away true Reagan Conservative Principles. Our Founding Fathers along with Ronald Reagan must be rolling in their graves. The likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lindsey Graham (oh, remember Arlen Specter?) and many others must be cast aside for what they are, nothing more than Democrats masquerading as Republicans. Yes, I would throw in Sen. John McCain in that group. It is high time to vote in Conservatives, throw out the RINOs. Notice, I did not say anything approaching violence, nor would I!
     Get out the vote!
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Michael Barone Gets It: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

     In an article posted at the Washington Examiner Michael Barone puts pen to paper about what is occurring in today's political climate. Progressives, modeled by the Obama/Pelosi/Reid Democratic Party, have made huge strides following the examples of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson following the 2008 election. I would say the Democrats effectively hid their ultimate goal: government expansion into every facet of an individual's life. Then candidate Obama ran as a "centrist" while his past proved the opposite; Obama was and is nothing more than Progressive seeking to implement Social Justice, Economic Justice. Those are code words for government expansion, government control. Michael Barone hits the nail on the head with his article on the Tea Party expansion/explosion: 
 
     We are seeing a fight for direction of the manner in which the government will continue. Will we be a Nation of the People, for the people, fighting to be a free nation, a nation that the Founding Fathers desired or will we be a nation controlled by bureaucrats who now best. We are headed to a nanny state. Now we want to gather together and take bake our Liberty! The left wants to vilify the movement and destroy any success in order to solidify their grip of power. In order to discredit the Right, the Tea Party, the left  (and the Main Stream Media) are painting all opposition as crazies, as violent soldiers bent on killing and/or maiming. Oh, and let's not forget the Race Card.
     As you know, bloggers like myself inciting violence. Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck are all guilty of fomenting violence. The very fact that during G.W's term the left never peeped a word about violence advocated by their followers. Calling for, filming or writing about assassinating President Bush or mocking and hanging Sarah Palin in effigy is called free speech and defended as such. What is good for the left is anathema for the right. Get over it.
     It is time to revert to the Founding Fathers beliefs. It is time to fight for what is Right. It is time to rid ourselves of the Nanny State. It is time to call for Liberty or Death!
     I leave you with this from Thomas Paine:
“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” Thomas Paine
 
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
   -Ben Franklin In the Continental Congress just before signing
   the Declaration of Independence, 1776.
    So, are you a Sunshine Patriot or are you Patriot, a Tea Partier?
 
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