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The Wolf Who Cried “Boy!”

The Wolf Who Cried “Boy!”

By: Paul A. Ibbetson
(Right Truth Exclusive)

The wolf who cried “boy!” Make that statement today and it won’t take but a moment for someone to utter that a correction must be made, as you have obviously gotten the important parts of the childhood story title turned around. Of course, they would be right. The childhood story of the boy who cried wolf depicts a youth in charge of a flock of sheep that were under potential threat from the dangerous, hungry wolf that crept along the woods near the foot of a nearby mountain.  The boy, fighting bouts of loneliness, repeatedly tricked the villagers into coming to his aid with false calls of “wolf!” Of course, as the story goes, when the wolf actually came, no one believed the boy’s distress call and the hungry wolf had “leg of lamb” for supper. It’s an exciting and educational story about honesty and it shows the ramifications of true threats that are not addressed properly.

We can attempt to apply this very useful analogy to the wolves that crouch at America’s doorstep today. We can talk about who the wolves are and wonder, “Do we have the knowledge and fortitude to sound the danger call in time to save what is precious to us?” The problem is, for expanding periods of time today, the American people, the true shepherds of their own destiny, are having their attention diverted to nonsensical distractions while they are about to get bit in the backside.

We, the American people, are increasingly being faced with 24 hour news coverage by the media for events which have a news value equivalent to that of cheap plastic baubles. Walking hand in hand with quality is the issue of quantity. The amount of meaningless news feces being thrown at the public is now unending and, to prove the point, I can start almost anywhere. The Anna Nicole Smith death is a salient example. The death of the relatively unaccomplished reality star ran for weeks and was treated by the press with the same media blitz given to the JFK assassination. Like it would never end, the television talking heads pondered the obvious (to the public) as to whether Smith, who hadn’t uttered a slur-less word in years, might have died from drug abuse. It could be said that to expend the energy to say, “Why should I care about this?” is to care too much. The demise of Michael Jackson, in its grotesque over-coverage and analysis, may, in its own strange way, make the Anna Nicole Smith coverage seem normal and proper. Do you see the problem?

It could be addressed that the news stories like Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson depict the false framing by the media that minimizes the true life tragedies of the lives of such people and treats them like success stories.  If this were the case, it would be much more like the story of the boy who cried wolf; it would be an issue of truth telling and accuracy when a true foe, that is - the truth itself, is at stake. Unfortunately, we are currently not in that ballpark, not even in that universe. Our country is in the midst of real monumental historical challenges, such as the War on Terror, border security, escalating national debt, and an environmental “cap and trade” bill, which will be the largest tax increase in U.S. history. Issues such as these are being left on the cutting room floor so extra 30 year old footage of the Jackson Five in concert can be aired. It’s not an issue of Jackson’s talent, or the inventiveness of the “moon walk,” or even the creativeness of the video “Thriller,” which took place over two decades ago; it’s the point of fact that the nation does not have time for this or other meaningless distractions. It is also a point of fact that the meaningless begets the meaningless to the point where we as a people, and as a nation, are so turned around on what is important that we live in a place where the statement “the wolf who cried boy” makes as much sense as anything else. It’s a place we can’t afford to be.

Paul A. Ibbetson is the radio host of the Kansas Broadcasting Association’s 2008 and 2009 Entertainment Program of the Year, Conscience of Kansas airing on KSDB Manhattan 91.9 FM. For interviews or questions, please contact Ibbetson91.9@gmail.com or go to www.IbbetsonUSA.com.

Through The Eyes Of Christ - Review

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.  -- Luke 6:27-28, Holy Bible,

The book Through The Eyes Of Christ by Harry Morin and Nikki Arana is written for Christians to teach them how to minister and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Muslims. While I highly recommend this book to all Christians, I honestly admit that from cover-to-cover I found myself vacillating between what I know to be true and my human nature.  From the Preface to Through The Eyes Of Christ:

We are at war.

The radical Islamic fundamentalists are on fire for their God and their faith and have committed themselves unto death to see their brand of Islam spread throughout the world. As these jihadists pursue their ambitious and terrifying goals, most American Christians feel powerless to respond.  What should the body of Christ do?  How can we respond in a way that will make a difference?  Should we initiate an all-out war with them?

The answer is yes.  And "Through the Eyes of Christ" lays out the battle plan.

But it doesn't forecast victory through any military or political solution, because the struggle is spiritual.

And there is the controversy or the simple truth that some of us may forget.  While we are are in a physical and political war with some followers of Islam, I think most of us would agree that not all Muslims are terrorists or radicals and even if they were God commands us to love and pray for our enemies.

As Christians we believe that Christ came into the world to save sinners (I Timothy 1:15).  God created all of us in His image.  None of us are perfect, no not one.  We are all sinners and at some point each of us had to face the fact that we were in need of salvation.  Someone had to share the word of God with us and give us the opportunity to either accept or reject God's gift of eternal life.

Through The Eyes Of Christ uses quotes from both the Bible and the Qu'ran to show commonalities between Islam and Christianity which can be used to witness to Muslims. The authors also highlight the differences in the beliefs, scriptures, sects, of Muslims and Christians.   The book discusses the differences in the Christian and Muslim communities, traditions, customs, beliefs and how these can be a hindrance or help to introducing Christ to Muslims.  

When any missionary goes to a foreign land to witness to the locals, he receives extensive training on that population, so it seems only natural that as we witness here in the United States to people of other religions that we educate ourselves. 

We don't know for sure how many Muslims are in the United States, estimates range  between 2 and 10 million.   As John 4:35 of the Holy Bible says, "I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!  They are ripe for harvest."

At a time in history when communication and access to information has never been easier, - the internet, cell phones, television, radio - witnessing still comes down to something very personal, one person sharing God's love with another.

No matter what your religion, no matter what your feelings toward the war on terror and events both before and after September 11, 2001, I suggest you purchase Through The Eyes Of Christ and prayerfully read it from cover to cover.  You may not agree with everything presented in the book, but God will surely speak to you through this book.

Amazon.com, $14.10.

Sick of Sotomayor Stories

Fellow blogger Torrence Stephens, a/k/a Raw Dawg Buffalo is as fed up with the Sotomayor hearings as I am, and the pitiful excuses for politicians in Washington.  He writes a great article Men all pause, you must read.  Here's a taste:

  ...   It seems that over the past 10 to 12 years, biologists have been observing interesting occurrences in the lakes, streams and rivers in our nation. They have been detecting extreme levels of organochlorine levels in tissues of fish.

In the Mississippi River, they have detected Chlordane, which is both a carcinogen and an endocrine disrupter, in shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platyorynchus) Potomac River. This has also been observed in Small Mouth Bass in the Virginia area, namely the , where a high rate of intersex (male fish exhibiting female characteristics) has led to an investigation of water quality and wastewater discharge the nation water-ways.

These chemicals have resulted in an interesting outcome to say the least – male fish that carry eggs. Yes eggs. It seems that this group of chemicals is not as important to our politicians as greenhouse gasses. Moreover, t seems that our government is so concerned with farts and global warming that they have missed something that may be even more dangerous than carbon emissions. Xenobiotic pollutants have revealed the capacity to disrupt reproductive endocrine system functions.   (continue reading, ... you know you want to.  Then check out his other great articles.

 At least 15 schools are participating in a program where young school children are given lessons on being a sex slave, or prostitute, at a brothel by a madam in the UK.  Don't let schools in the US know about this.  Also, I'll bet there are no Muslims in the class or we would hear about riots in the streets.   Remember that surplus of tolerance?  
Oh my.

Pupils initially heard a first-person account from 'Katerina', a Romanian prostitute who told how she came to Britain after being promised a job as a waitress.

When she arrived she was taken to a flat and gang raped before being forced into prostitution.

They also heard a recording of an undercover investigator's phone call to a brothel madam in Croydon.

The woman lists a string of services available along with prices. She also gives the vital measurements of prostitutes on offer and their ethnicity. (continue reading)

Another "oh my"  is the story of those poor White House staffers. They're just working so hard: "In West Wing: Grueling Schedules, Bleary Eyes."   Apparently they are not working hard enough, just look at The Wonders of Obanomics, graphs, graphs, graphs....


Be sure to see:

Government health care:  The Indian Health Service, and it is a harbinger of what a national single-payer system holds for all of us..

Budget deficit hits one trillion

PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE?   Sure, but if you want members of Congress to know, it’s not enough to send a memo. You need to staple a check to it.

Sotomayor hearings:  Sessions interviewing Sotomaryo  -video-

Sonia's Senators, IBD

Spark of Terrorism: The Progression of Electronic Circuits in Criminal Explosive Devices

Spark of Terrorism:
The Progression of Electronic Circuits in Criminal Explosive Devices

by R.J.  Godlewski

Originally Submitted to American Military University
July 9, 2009


“I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.”
 Thomas A. Edison

    Terrorism, the saying goes, has been around for thousands of years. Crimes of religious jealousy, undoubtedly, have been around ever since Cain first invited his brother Abel out into the field under false pretense (Godlewski 2008, 25). Therefore, the West’s current struggle against Islamic radicalism can only be considered within the context of natural human evolution. So, too, must be the technological evolution of  weapons used within this ageless struggle between state and non-state. What one man invents for peace, another will likely misuse for war.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but terrorists really want to hurt me…

    Historically, terrorists had been quite content to use either the dagger or the pistol to ply their trade until M. Chevalier of Paris decided to introduce the world to the time bomb (Laqueur 1987, 101).  Events began to turn more deadly when the Fenians, in 1867, killed twelve and injured 120 with a device comprising 500 pounds of black powder before Narodnaya Volya ultimately modernized terrorism with the use of dynamite on a wide scale  (Laqueur 1987, 104).

    Once terrorists acclimated themselves to the awesome power of modern explosives, they immediately began to devise ways in which to conceal or miniaturize their weapons for convenience and efficiency. Thus emerged the “philosophy of the bomb” which still exists within global terrorism today  (Laqueur 1987, 24). Therefore, like most technological aspects of human life, the evolution of criminal explosives accelerated proportionately with engineering developments.  Prior to the 1980’s, your “typical bomb consisted of several sticks of blasting powder…exploded by a timing device based on a cheap wrist-watch”  (Dobson and Payne 1982, 44). That may have been the rule within the eternal Northren Ireland struggle, but the elements of modern bombings began to emerge back in 1948 with the discovery of the transistor  (Kybett and Boysen 2008, 71). This simple invention shattered the world of electricity and electronics which, ultimately, eliminated the need for cheap watches with which to detonate explosives.

“I personally believe we were put here to build and not to destroy.”  Red Skelton

    Beginning with Benjamin Franklin’s experimentation with electricity, man slowly moved away from dependence upon natural or mechanical forces within his life  (Scherz 2000, 6). No longer would he need to rely solely upon fire to ignite the rapidly expanding choices of explosives at his disposal  (Akhavan 1998, 66). Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain’s transistor led to the development of Kilby’s integrated circuit in 1958 that allowed the construction of both active and passive circuit elements simultaneously  (Smith 1987, 1). Complete electronic systems had now begun to shrink immeasurably, solving the “great technical problem that faced the terrorist during the last third of the nineteenth century” – that of reducing the size of their weapons (Laqueur 1987, 104).

    This development of miniaturized electronics had been wedded  to the techniques learned from special forces during the Second World War and culminated with the application of various electro-explosives devices  as detonators (Laqueur 1987, 107).
Terrorism now had possession of both the tactics and the weaponry of their nation-state adversaries.

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.” Aristotle

Sarah Palin Writes ....

In the Washington Post today Sarah Palin writes in her op-ed "The 'Cap And Tax' Dead End":

  ...  nation's debt is unsustainable, and the federal government's reach into the private sector is unprecedented. 

Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day than on the gravity of these challenges. So, at risk of disappointing the chattering class, let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and where my focus will be:

And Palin does just that:

Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs.

In addition to immediately increasing unemployment in the energy sector, even more American jobs will be threatened by the rising cost of doing business under the cap-and-tax plan. For example, the cost of farming will certainly increase, driving down farm incomes while driving up grocery prices. The costs of manufacturing, warehousing and transportation will also increase.

The ironic beauty in this plan? Soon, even the most ardent liberal will understand supply-side economics.[snip]

We must move in a new direction. We are ripe for economic growth and energy independence if we responsibly tap the resources that God created right underfoot on American soil. Just as important, we have more desire and ability to protect the environment than any foreign nation from which we purchase energy today. [snip]

We have an important choice to make. Do we want to control our energy supply and its environmental impact? Or, do we want to outsource it to China, Russia and Saudi Arabia? Make no mistake: President Obama's plan will result in the latter.   (read it all)

Of course the typical responses are out there.   I give the Huffington Post credit, they posted a couple of paragraphs with a link back to the original article and did not use the image of Palin winking, as some sites did ...

It has that 9th grade, five paragraph essay style along with random bits of right-wing jargon sprinkled throughout in appropriate contexts.   (The Plank)

And:

And then you have Sarah Palin show up, blathering about how we're "destroying America's economy" while we're "literally" sitting on mountains of oil and drill baby drill and blah blah blah. Sickening.  (Andrew Sullivan)

And:

 ...   Today, the world rakes you over hot coals while cackling wildly as it gives the dimmest American her own op-ed piece in The Washington Post. It’s the universe’s biggest bird-flip to those who make some vague attempt at being decent, intelligent, compassionate, hard-working people.  (Black Book Mag) 

In the meantime...   Carpet bomb American citizens with every possible program under the sun, that seems to be the Obama plan.  Drop bills in committee and congress, hoping to get them passed.  The media won't have enough pages or minutes of air time to cover them all,  seems that's the policy behind the Obama administration -- just ram it all down their throats at the same time, choke them if necessary, and push legislation through. 

Health Care bill  

We all hear the hoopla about how national health care would be the greatest thing since bandages for sliced fingers, but little has been discussed about what the industry groups will be getting in return for their cooperation in turn for their promised savings that may or may not ever materialize...  Health Deals Could Harbor Hidden Costs  

 
Day two of the Sonia Sotomayor hearing continues:

“Judge Sotomayor’s record on the Second Amendment causes us grave concern over her treatment of this enumerated right [to keep and bear arms] . . . As Second Amendment leaders deeply concerned about preserving all fundamental rights for current and future generations of Americans, we strongly oppose this nominee, and urge the Senate not to confirm Judge Sotomayor.”  --Sandy Froman former president of the National Rifle Association (NRA, Special Guest)

Obama eligibility case will be heard on merits

Obama eligibility case will be heard on merits, seems to be all over the web.   (hat tip Anti-Mullah)   WND reports:

In what ultimately could prove to be a turning point in the legal challenges to Barack Obama's eligibility to be president, a federal judge in California has planned a hearing on the merits of a federal court case raising those questions.

According to attorney Orly Taitz, who is working on multiple cases alleging Obama is a "usurper" because he doesn't meet the constitutional requirement that only a "natural born citizen" can be president, U.S. District Judge  David O. Carter ruled in a hearing today that her case will move forward.

The hearing was on her motion for a default order against Obama, because although Taitz said she notified him of the action, Obama's attorneys did not make an appearance.

Her complaint was filed against the president on Jan. 20, the day of his inauguration, over his actions before he became president.

Taitz has told WND if her motion for default is granted she immediately would request access to Obama's birth records and other documentation that could determine his eligibility to occupy the Oval Office.  (continue reading)

Other reading:

New Polls Reveal Big Problems for Obama, Fox

Obama Numbers Follow The Economy, National Journal

Dinner with Obama — a parable *UPDATED*, Bookworm Room

July 1914, July 1939 — July 2009:   We all seem to be moving in slow motion, serenely out of touch with the hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen, distracting ourselves from the dark, gravitational pull of war  ... Dr. Phyllis Chesler

Obama Frees Iranian Terror Masters
The release of the Irbil Five is a continuation of a shameful policy.   National Review

An Open Letter to President Obama from the African American community, Townhall

Strategic Calculus and the Afghan War, StratFor

Iran to hang 14 rebels publicly Tuesday, 

Full recovery for two hearts girl, BBC

Obama Wants Health Reform Bill This Week, Fox

Video:  Ted Nugent on guns

The Tolerance Surplus, Sultan Knish

Under the Nuclear Deluge: Practical Planning for the Unimaginable

Under the Nuclear Deluge:
Practical Planning for the Unimaginable

by R.J. Godlewski

Paper Originally submitted to American Military University

July 7, 2009

I am incensed, and I think we should all be incensed, that the courageous passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 were the White House’s first and only line of defense on September 11—not the CIA or the FBI or the Immigration and Naturalization Service or any other office or agency that we pay our taxes to support.   (Baer 2002, xix)

    The evolutionary nature of terrorism dictates that its practitioners will utilize the most destructive weapon at their disposal and when this option finally reaches the nuclear stage, the subsequent evolution of society may become its first casualty. With the United States firmly pegged as Islamic terrorism’s ennemi public numéro un, America’s leaders have emulated the character Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark – desperately trying to outrun the nuclear “boulder” at the expense of merely getting out of its way. Stepping aside of nuclear terrorism may not seem politically palatable, but until the United States Government seriously considers proactive response to the threat, even simple blackmail could significantly disrupt America’s future  (Ferguson and Potter 2004, 5).  Such a future may, therefore, rest entirely within the hands of ordinary citizens.

Alice through the cooking gas.

    High-casualty terrorist attacks on American interests have had “significant strategic outcomes” for the benefit of those perpetrating such heinous crimes  (Merari 1998, 192). Nothing, however, could be considered more strategically “significant” than a nuclear attack upon American soil. Although few terrorist groups can be considered sufficiently motivated to unleash nuclear horror upon the United States  (Ferguson and Potter 2004, 6), this does not preclude the existence of a rogue state inspiring a non-state partner. Nor does it dismiss the reality that prior to September 11, 2001 few considered the use of commercial aircraft as guided missiles capable of taking out one of the world’s most recognized landmarks.

    In fact, the events of 9/11 may have been a low-cost, low-tech alternative to using a crude nuclear device to topple the World Trade Center  (Hughes 1996, 56).  Would the “next 9/11” progress further up or down the technology scale? The world will not know until it actually happens. Fortunately, there is some historical precedence in terrorists using tried and true methods to enact their craft  (Ellis 2007, 118-151). This would seem to suggest that the nuclear option is not considered practical enough for experimentation. Having said that, we need to consider not only September 11th – which took vehicular borne attacks to literally new heights – but also the Chechen separatists’ use of cesium-137 in Moscow  (Aloise 2007, 6).

    Nuclear devices thus represent the epitome of terror weapons and, therefore, symbolize the Holy Grail for any organization that seeks to grab the attention of the world’s political, media, and public bodies. Just the mere thought of vaporizing tens of thousands, if not millions, of innocent souls is sufficient enough to safeguard the objective of any terrorist organization. Moreover, a nuclear weapon in the hands of a rogue organization need not be as accurately delivered as its Cold War superpower cousins. A simple device touched off within the confines of any metropolitan area will far exceed the total death and destruction of both the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks in 2001.

    The lethality of a nuclear explosion rests with the combination of blast, thermal, and radiation energies unleashed upon the target environment  (Glasstone and Dolan 1977, 588). The significant difference in comparsion with conventional explosives being that those caught outside during a nuclear attack are more susceptible to radiation exposure than those safely tucked away in office buildings  (Glasstone and Dolan 1977, 588). The awesome power of even a relatively small Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) warrants considerable attention from the federal government. Yet, the question remains, has the United States Government effectively planned for this potentiality?

To defend or not to defend, that is the question…

The Country That Squeaks

Everyone knows that the United States of America is the most giving nation on the planet Earth.  We are attacked by an enemy, we defeat the enemy, then we help them rebuild with American finances, supplies, manpower, and resources.  What other nation does that?

In the movie The Mouse that Roared staring Peter Sellers, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes and escape bankruptcy, is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid.  Prime Minister Mountjoy says: "In other words, gentlemen, in effect, we declare war on Monday, we are defeated on Tuesday and by Friday we will be rehabilitated beyond our wildest dreams."

While the above story is pure fiction, there are many truths throughout the movie.  The United States has in the past been the country that roared.  When anyone was in trouble, when innocents were being attacked, the US stepped forward to do her part in protecting the innocent party.  When the US roared, people listened.

Seems things may be changing now under the leadership of Barack Obama, a/k/a the apologizer in chief, citizen of the world, hater of America. 

On July 9, 2009, 5 students in Iran were hanged in public for protesting a crooked presidential election and Islamic rule.  The protests continue today, July 12, 2009. The people are chanting: “Death to the turbans,” “Down with the dictator,” “We want democracy.”  (Dr. Phyllis Chesler has more)

Where is the roar of objection from the United States?

“President” Karzai of Afghanistan signed legislation that allows men there to starve their wives if they refuse to have sex with them. It’s an amendment to the law which gives husbands the right to force themselves on their wives if they’re not consenting.

More than 20 American Somalis have left the US, returned to Somali to join the jihad, three have lost their lives.  If they want to leave this country and die in Somalia, that's their choice.  What about the terror threat from Somalia to the rest of the world, and to those innocents within her borders? 

What about all those czars -- the latest John Holdren, Obama's Science Czar, says: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet.

Social Sense produces the following video on Arrogant Americans (hat tip Maggie's Notebook):

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Not only should America be roaring about what's going on in the world, Americans should be roaring about what's happening in our own country.  What are we mice or men?  Do we squeak or roar?  Do we want to live as a free nation or die under socialism?

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee asked, "Who is really running this country?  The President or the people?"  I don't think there is any question -- Obama gets what Obama wants with our present Congress and wimpy opposition party Republican RINOs. 

It's going to take all those arrogant Americans joining together to fight and defeat the tyranny consuming our nation before we find ourselves in the same situation.

Let's again be the country that roars when confronted with evil, not one that hides behind a president of questionable citizenship who's favorite activity is trash-talking America.

From Infidel Bloggers Alliance:  Obama declares to Africa: End tyranny, corruption

America's first black president spoke with a bluntness that perhaps could only come from a member of Africa's extended family.

    "No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves, or if police can be bought off by drug traffickers," he said

    "No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top, or the head of the Port Authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery.

    "That is not democracy, that is tyranny, even if occasionally you sprinkle an election in there," he said, "and now is the time for that style of governance to end."

Yeah, no shit.  So, why tell Africa? Why not tell yourself?

Apparently, what is good for Africa is not good for the American people? I don't get it.  I feel a strange tingle going up my leg. It must be Obama "meddling".  -- Pastorius

Are American Catholics more Obaman than the Pope?

Are American Catholics more Obaman than the Pope?

By R.J. Godlewski
© July 12, 2009, All Rights Reserved
(Right Truth Exclusive)

“Even though incorporated into the Church, one who does not however persevere in charity is not saved. He remains indeed in the bosom of the Church, but ‘in body’ not ‘in heart’” [837]

“…the approval of new forms of consecrated life is reserved to the Apostolic See.” [919]

“’For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.’” [882] -- Catechism of the Catholic Church

    When I heard about the recent commentary in Newsweek that suggested that President Obama was more Catholic than the Pope was, I could not stop laughing long enough to post these thoughts precisely when I wanted them to appear. It took a day or two, or maybe three now before I calmed down sufficiently to deal with this latest progressive liberal (read that, asinine) outlook on reality. I could very easily have tossed this insanity into the same trashcan that bears that report that informs us that ninety-odd percent of the U.S.-manufactured guns involved within Mexico’s drug wars can be traced back to the U.S. For the same reason, I am quite willing to suggest that at least ninety percent of federal government paychecks can be traced back to the U.S. taxpayer.

    As I said, I wanted to get on with life. To worry about things more important than what progressives spout through their mouthpieces. Important topics such as university homework assignments, whether the first place Tigers will lose two in a row to a last place team again, and whether I have Brats or burgers for dinner. Regardless, as a Roman Catholic layperson I have a fundamental responsibility to protect my Church and, henceforth, I do not want to deal with such secular issues on the Holiest day of the week.

    For starters, I am more African-American than President Obama is Catholic (hint for you liberals: both sets of my grandparents were Polish). Regardless of where Mr. Obama spent his childhood schooling, being Catholic is an “is or isn’t” proposition. You can be Roman Catholic for ninety years of your life and once you abandon the Church’s teachings, then you cease being Roman Catholic. God’s laws do not incorporate any “independents” like within American politics. This is precisely why we have had the 265 Popes descended directly from Saint Peter. Every decent Catholic bible has these popes outlined for the entire world to see and my trusty New American Bible that I have had beside me since February, 1994 states neither a Pope Barack Obama I nor a Saint John Q. Public of America in the leadership of Christ’s Church here on Earth.

    For starters, I fully understand that progressive liberals tend to pick and choose their beliefs to suit some specific agenda. This tinkering of the human mind leads to some pretty confiscatory thoughts as “Pro-Choice Catholics” when the Church has always been defensive of the unborn. This is why Pope Benedict reamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ass whereas the good pontiff merely spoke pleasantries with the current President. I am quite certain that, had Obama been a member of the Catholic Church, then Pope Benedict would have sent the politician to Ghana waddling as if his thongs were ten sizes too junior.

    The fact is, a pope leads his Church; he does not merely preside over it. He holds the literal keys of the “kingdom of heaven” and thereby gauges whatever loose on earth will also be loose in heaven. [Matthew 16:19 NAB] Christ did not pick a mere “community organizer” on which to build His Church. He picked a rock. If President Obama were even a legitimate Christian, he would be speaking out in fervent protest against abortion, against homosexuality, against government control, and against illegal immigration. Notice, friends, that I did not say procurers of abortion, homosexuals, or illegal aliens.

    The truth is, President Obama is a politician and nothing more. Albeit a significantly opportunistic one, but his talents to lead are no stronger than either Madonna’s or Michael Jackson’s abilities to entertain. It is not what we are that counts, but who. In others words, our actions speak volumes compared with our thoughts. Unfortunately, this is where we get into trouble here within America.

    Some sources have the number of “Catholic” voters who cast their lot with President Obama as high as eighty-percent. That is not a very scientific estimate. I would counter and say that no true Catholic ever voted for President Obama. Some erstwhile pew-warmers may have voted for Obama because they were concerned about the economy, or the poor, or the war in Iraq, but these are simply topics that even Christ largely ignored (You know, the poor will always be with us, don’t fret about tomorrow, etc. etc.).

    Those Americans who voted for the President because they supported abortion rights, gay marriages, or euthanasia for that matter have long since forfeited their allegiance to either Christ or His Church. They have simply abandoned their oaths of baptism and confirmation. Americans do that from time to time – abandoned their personal responsibilities in exchange for temporal convenience. Hispanics, for one, are notorious for this.

    Tomorrow begins the week of confirmation hearings for what could possibly be the United States’ first Latino justice of the Supreme Court. Already, thousands of Hispanics within this country are calling for her to be confirmed. I have nothing against the woman herself, but her policies and actions are definitely anti-Latino. It is just another egregious example of an overwhelmingly Catholic culture abandoning its principles on a matter of race. And they call us white folk racist…

    Roman Catholicism is “universal” because it hands down the only non-discriminatory set of standards available from the only non-discriminatory being in existence: God. Each of us is free to gaze into our hearts and determine whether we wish to follow the Church’s teachings or not. Each of us can freely decide whether politics or Salvation is to be our guide. Each of us is given free rein by God to choose temporal convenience over the much more demanding structure of eternal harmony with the Blessed.

    In a culture where “American” has come to mean anyone who can sneak across the border without being caught, where “life” means any living species of value to the state’s agenda, and where personal responsibility is acquiesced to Washington on appeal, then I suspect  that being Roman Catholic does not mean very much.

    Fortunately, there are still a few of us devotees who remain. We carry on the spirit of those who were burned as ornamental torches within some ancient Roman governor’s courtyard. We still honor those who were fed alive to lions; hung, drawn, and quartered; or, if mercifully disposed by the emperor or king in question, simply beheaded for following the Church’s teachings. And folks, President Barack Hussein Obama isn’t even fit to loosen their sandals.

Relentless pursuit of destruction 2009

" I'll follow him around the Horn, and around the Norway maelstrom, and around perdition's flames before I give him up"

The above quote comes from Captain Ahab in the book Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

  For those of you who have never read the book or seen the movie, the quote may be familiar if you are a Star Trek fan:

"I'll chase him round the outer nebula and round the antares malstrom and round perditions flames before I give him up!" -- Noonien Singh Khan, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

The Wrath of Kahn is about Khan's relentless pursuit of Captain James T. Kirk which ultimately results in his own death and the loss of his ship, while Ahab's relentless pursuit is of his nemesis the great white whale Moby Dick.

The story of Ahab and Kahn deal with the concepts of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God (or gods), personal beliefs, one's place or role in this world.  Which brings me to the United States of America in the year 2009.

Enter US President Barack Obama, who I believe has been on a relentless pursuit to change America;  a relentless pursuit to find the purpose of his own existence;  to find his god;  to discover his personal beliefs;  to find his place in this world. 

I believe that Obama has already discovered the role he is to play, the god he will worship, a purpose for his existence with the help of mentors like Rev.  Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, and on and on.  He was like a ship without a rudder, born of a father who didn't want him, a mother who left him with his white grandparents, influenced from a young age by a writer named Frank Davis.  He was taught that Blacks had been, and still are, being discriminated against, and by virtue of his half-black ancestry he had been mistreated.  He was taught the world, America, was not a fair nation and it was his job to grow up and change that.

Captain Ahab:  "The white whale tasks me; he heaps me."  Moby Dick

You could change that a bit to Obama saying "The white, Christian, conservative, capitalistic, private business owning America tasks me, and I shall change it."

Starbuck, Captain Ahab's first mate: [to Stubb and Flask]  "It is an evil voyage, I tell thee. If Ahab has his way, neither thee nor me, nor any member of this ship's company will ever see home again."   Moby Dick

It is an evil voyage that Obama is taking the USA on, and if he continues to have his way, no American citizen will ever see America as we have known her again.

Ishmael: Queequeg:    ...such behavior isn't Christian. In fact, it's downright pagan and heathenish."  Moby Dick

We've found that nothing Obama says is true, every statement, every promise, has an expiration date.  His word is not his bond, but his ultimate goal never changes.

"How do we know you'll keep your word?" -- Kirk

 "Oh, I've given you no word to keep, Admiral. In my estimation, you simply have no alternative." -- Khan, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

Obama gives his word that we will have transparency, yet all he and his administration does us under the table, working through groups like ACORN and their many branches.  All the czars that answer to no one but his majesty Obama.  When we complain, when we ask for honesty and fulfillment of his promises, what do we get?

Captain Ahab: "I don't give reasons. I give orders!"  Moby Dick

"Let them eat static." -- Khan, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

Where is Obama's nemesis, who is the brave soul like Kirk who will defeat Obama in the political arena?  I look out over the universe, over the great land and waters of this great nation, who will stand up to this evil?  How cold does it have to get here in the US before we see some Conservative revenge? 

"Revenge is a dish best served cold. ...." -- Khan, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

Obama seems to be saying:  " ... from hell's heart, I stab at thee...for hate's sake, I spit my last breath...at thee..." -- Khan, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan.  Yet as Americans against socialism, Marxism, communism, liberalism, and on and on, we do have recourse.

Starbuck, first mate:   "A captain who, from private motives, employs his vessel for another purpose from that intended by the owners, is answerable to the charge of usurpation, and his crew is morally and legally entitled to employ forceful means in wresting his command from him."  Moby Dick

Who out there will show relentless pursuit in the destruction of Obama's policies,  his administration, his position as President and the position of his minions in congress?  2010 and 2012 are just around the corner and Republicans are a ship without a captain lost at sea.

Liberation

There's something very liberating and frustrating at the same time about having a hard drive suddenly die, or having your computer croak completely.  Either way you start from scratch -- fresh, a clean slate, free of all the clutter you collected.  My new hard drive arrived via FedX yesterday, overnight service is really wonderful.  I spent most of the day yesterday installing my virus protection (Trend Micro Internet Security) and other programs I find necessary to daily computing -- Word, Micrografx Picture Publisher, Cannon camera software, Carbonite, iTunes, and a few other odds and ends. 

Outlook Express was empty, no folders, no contacts, and it looked good.  I've been having a great time with the "block message/sender" option today, getting rid of all those mailing lists I somehow got placed on without my knowledge.  Wooooo hooooo, checking email will be a breeze for a while.  I feel great!

I'm sure the Iranians would love to feel some liberation as well as many other people around the world.  Obama had time to visit Russia and Ghana to give another of his 'major speeches', saying "I do not see the countries and peoples of Africa as a world apart; I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnected world - as partners with America on behalf of the future that we want for all our children."  Too bad he couldn't have the same consideration for Iranian people, Georgians and the South Ossetians.

Obama has no problems meddling in Israeli affairs and completely destroying America, but sucking up to our enemies gives him a thrill.  Our foreign policy is a faux pas.  Abraham H. Miller writes:

The difference between radical Muslims and liberal American Jews is that the former seek to become martyrs, while the latter aspire to become victims. In an ironic twist of fate, radical Muslims and liberal American Jews were made for each other.

This ideological symbiosis is sufficient to give pause to the presence of intelligent design. But like all things that seem to emanate from a higher power, there is a paradoxical twist. It is not themselves that liberal American Jews want to sacrifice on the altar of victimhood; it is their Israeli brethren.

Barack Hussein Obama received nearly eighty percent of the Jewish vote and still garners strong approval among America’s Jews. In contrast, only six percent of Jewish Israelis support Obama.
Even before the election, Israeli Jews, unlike their sycophantic American brethren, saw through Obama.  Israelis were the least supportive population anywhere in the Western world of the inexperienced politician turned presidential candidate.  (continue at Pajamas Media)

I'm sure the Israelis would love to be liberated from their terrorist neighbors, able to live quiet peaceful lives.  Unlike my computer hard drive, wiped clean in an instant, liberation for suffering people around the world and here in the us is nowhere in sight.  Wouldn't it be wonderful to somehow with one keystroke call a special election, vote out Obama, the crazy Liberals, the RINOs in our own party and replace them with Conservatives.  I can dream can't I?

Cyber Attacks May Target Your Computer Next:

From The Gerard Group International and their blog Prometheus' Clarion:

Friday, July 10, 2009 - South Korea announced today that the cyber attacks that targeted scores of South Korean and U.S. Web sites was designed to morph into a more dangerous direction at 12:00 GMT today. Even as the announcement was made, the malicious codes broke into tens of thousands of local personal computers and started wiping hard drives.

The Korea Communications Commission said more than 350 computers were reported damaged as of Friday, but warned that the number could quickly rise, since up to 50,000 have been contaminated by the latest wave of cyber attacks.

South Korea's Intelligence agency, the NIS, told lawmakers on Friday that the hackers responsible for the attacks used 86 IP addresses in 16 countries. The countries include South Korea, the United States, Japan, China, Turkey, and Guatemala. But the spy agency cautioned it was too early to conclude that North Korea was responsible as the investigations were still under way. Some analysts have questioned the North's involvement, saying it may be the work of industrial spies or pranksters.

The breach of US government websites including those tasked with securing America's IT networks should be a cause of concern for security professionals. Our vulnerability to even the most unsophisticated of malicious codes should be a wake-up call.

Gerard Group recommends that network administrators take immediate measures to harden their security defenses. Firewalls should be re-set to the highest security levels. Counter-viral systems should be updated and set to scan all incoming and outgoing email utilizing heuristic algorithms at high security settings.

 Other Reading:

Obama Breaks His Promise on Presidential Signing Statements

Sarah 'Barracuda' Palin and the Piranhas of the Press

DARWIN DEBUNKED BY SHOCKING DISCOVERY

Another Elvis Sighting

Another Elvis Sighting

By: Paul A. Ibbetson
(Right Truth Exclusive)

    “I just saw Elvis!” Even decades after the death of the legendary singer, people still exclaim these same words with detailed accounts of their personal sighting of “The King.” I, along with most of the nation, mourned Presley’s death in 1977 but for me, like for most people, that day was the closing of the living story of Elvis, not the beginning of the secret life of the musician/actor.  When we look critically at the Elvis sighting phenomena of more than three decades, we can see a complex mental conditioning that allows certain people to come to a place where logic and reason are altered to a point where the next guy shuffling down the sidewalk in a pair of blue suede shoes could be “you know who”.

Whether or not people are driven to denounced the obvious death of Presley because they love his records or movies or any other variation thereof is moot; the point is that some people find themselves predisposed to deny factual evidence (e.g.: death certificate, accounts of people who handled the body, the funeral, the burying of the coffin). Instead, they cling to fantastic, non-realistic, evidence that Elvis still lives, which can be found in reported cryptic songs by Waylon Jennings, crazy theory books, movies, and, of course, the person on the street that swears that Elvis just pumped their gas and checked the oil on his or her car. On a more magnified level, for the Elvis seer of today, the direct evidence that the musician must be dead is replaced with the theoretical evidence that he could still be alive if a series of less probable possibilities were to fit together properly. Thus begins the mysterious stories of conspiracy theories and the other grand creations that tantalize many, but have no true factual substance. Don’t think for a moment that this is just an “Elvis thing.”

In the political sphere we see the same psychological reality building that created the immortal Elvis scenario being used by the modern liberal. Wrapped within radical leftist organizations, such as PETA, the man-made global warming crowd, or the tax-and-spend liberals that Barack Obama faithfully leads, we see the same framing of non-reality that has brought some Elvis admirers to seeing the equivalent of jumpsuits and capes that don’t really exist. The radicals at PETA ignore the fact that they exploit women to save chickens, and that their mission statement falls in diametric opposition to mainstream Christianity. The man-made global warming crowd disregards the direct evidence that their green initiatives will most certainly destroy the American economy and, of course, that the planet keeps getting cooler, in order to follow a socialistic game plan to “save the Earth.”

When it comes to Barack Obama and his tax-and-spend philosophy, it’s so expensive that even a scrap of logic left on the table causes major problems to the reality that is being spun. It’s true that many of these groups have cross-over affiliations but they are all searching for their own personal “Elvis” sighting. That is, they search for something that is unattainable, not real, and there are going to be a lot of disappointed people in the end.

As the curtain begins to close, we are faced with some facts that shake, rattle and roll many of us, but it is time we face the music. In reality, Elvis will always be the “The King” in the music industry, but on this Earth, he is as dead as dead can be. On the other hand, liberalism, in all its facets and faces, will always be a dead philosophy that we dare not allow to become “king.” I would say that the latter situation is painfully close to coming to fruition, and for that I have great concern for this country. Through years of mental conditioning, the liberal philosophy threatens to create a world where reality has truly left the building and our nation pre-destines itself for future anguish and woe far greater than the passing of the beloved Elvis Presley. 

Paul A. Ibbetson is a former Chief of Police of Cherryvale, Kansas, and member of the Montgomery County Drug Task Force. Paul received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice at Wichita State University, and is currently completing his PhD. in sociology at Kansas State University. Paul is the author of the books Living Under The Patriot Act: Educating A Society and Feeding Lions: Sharing The Conservative Philosophy In A Politically Hostile World. Paul is also the radio host of the Kansas Broadcasting Association’s 2008 and 2009 Entertainment Program of the Year, Conscience of Kansas airing on KSDB Manhattan 91.9 FM. For interviews or questions, please contact Ibbetson91.9@gmail.com or go to www.IbbetsonUSA.com.
 

Here are the links to Mr. Ibbetson's last couple radio shows:  Enjoy:

 
http://ibbetsonusa.podomatic.com/player/web/2009-07-01T00_12_15-07_00
 
http://ibbetsonusa.podomatic.com/player/web/2009-07-07T23_35_24-07_00

Everyone involved with the Flight 93 Memorial knows that the Crescent of Embrace points to Mecca

Thanks to Error Theory:

In 2007, Flight 93 Advisory Commission member Tim Baird told Alec Rawls (the author of these blogburst posts) that everyone at the meetings he attended is fully aware that the giant crescent, originally named the Crescent of Embrace, really does point almost exactly at Mecca. Professor Baird says they all just assume (himself included) that the Mecca orientation must be an innocent coincidence.

Pretty crazy, when they have also been told the meaning of a crescent that Muslims face into to face Mecca. Every mosque is built around a Mecca-direction indicator called a mihrab, and the classic mihrab is crescent shaped. Geometrically, the Crescent of Embrace is the world’s largest mihrab.

However honestly Project Partners believe that the Mecca orientation of the crescent must be a coincidence, this is not what they tell the public. When reporters asked Memorial Project Superintendent Joanne Hanley about the Mecca orientation, she denied it:

"The only thing that orients the memorial is the crash site," she said.

Thinking that the Mecca orientation of the crescent must be a coincidence in no way justifies lying to the public about this explosive information. If Baird’s account is accurate—that the dozens of Memorial Project Partners all know that the giant crescent actually does point to Mecca—then the Memorial Project has a lot of explaining to do. Now an overlooked article from 2007 corroborates Professor Baird’s information.


Dr. Glenn Kashurba

It turns out that a Pennsylvania psychiatrist who has been intimately involved with the memorialization of Flight 93 (writing two books on the subject) argued to a reporter before the July 2007 Memorial Project meeting that the Mecca-orientation of the giant crescent (which he took as a given) should be seen as coincidental:

“When you calculate angles to Mecca - I'm going to be in Washington, D.C., this week, and I'm sure if I calculate angles of the monuments, at least one points to Mecca,” Kashurba said. “I don't know if it will be the White House or the Lincoln Memorial, but at least one will. People looking for a way to support their way of looking at things will look at this in this way for ever and ever.”

If Dr. Kashurba was getting his information from the Memorial Project’s public statements, he would have denied that the crescent points to Mecca. Here is what Memorial Project Partner Patrick White told the press 9 days before the Kashurba story:

Rawls, of Palo Alto, Calif., contends that the centerpiece of the design points toward Mecca.

Rawls’ claims are untrue and “preposterous,” according to Patrick White, Families of Flight 93 vice president. “We went through in detail all his original claims and came away with nothing.”

Kashurba knew better, as did Patrick White himself. The week after his public denial, a local woman asked White how he could be okay with the Mecca orientation of the giant crescent. This time White did not deny the Mecca orientation, but argued that it cannot be seen as honoring Islam because the inexactness of the Mecca orientation would be "disrespectful" to Islam. xs9adzwi2c

Cyper Attacks

From Prometheus' Clarion

North Korea Suspected of Cyber-Attacks on the USA and South Korea

DEVELOPING NEWS!

North Korea has been blamed for an attack on dozens of websites in South Korea, paralysing banks, government agencies and internet portals.

Read more here: Telegraph

Posted by Aukmuntr 

Massive Cyber-Attack Hits US Government Agencies and Others

DEVELOPING NEWS!

The United States and South Korea have been under a sustained Cyber-Attack since the 3rd of July.

As of 12:00 EST today the attacks continue unabated creating chaos in the halls of the U.S. Defense establishment and it's South Korean counterpart.

U.S. Targets have been identified as; The US Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department, the National Security Agency, Homeland Security Department, State Department, the Nasdaq stock market and The Washington Post. Also targeted are the White House, the Pentagon and the New York Stock Exchange.

Amy Kudwa, spokeswoman for the Homeland Security Department, said the agency's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued a notice to federal departments and other partner organizations about the problems and "advised them of steps to take to help mitigate against such attacks."

South Korean intelligence officials believe the attacks were carried out by North Korean or pro-Pyongyang forces. U.S. officials so far have refused to publicly discuss details of the attack or where it might have originated.

The unprecedented scope of the attack illustrates the fact that we as a nation remain under-protected and vulnerable to Cyber warfare. It also confirms the urgent need for new cyber-security measures to be adopted on the National, Municipal, and Corporate level.

Read more as this story develops at: BBC News

Posted by Aukmuntr

Love her or hate her -- you are talking about her

As has been stated before, the conventional wisdom in Washington is if you have bad news you bury it by announcing it late on Friday afternoon.   Nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to Sarah Palin.  She announced that she was resigning her position as Governor of Alaska and media on both sides of the isle can't stop talking about her.  One must ask why?    Why is she so hated, feared, loved???  

During the last presidential elections, Sarah Palin said many things that most of us knew to be true, and many have since proven to be true, like Barack Obama paling around with terrorists.  Just being a private citizen, like that's a bad thing, Sarah Palin can truly speak her mind and share her beliefs, beliefs that so many American citizens also share.

According to a Gallup Poll,  Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal.  You can't say that about our present elected officials, but it is true of private citizens.

I do not believe that Sarah Palin is leaving politics forever [see my predictions below].  Just look at the words she used in her announcement ... "I WILL,  ...STAND FOR... FIGHT FOR...  CONTINUE TO...  SPEAK OUT..."  Also look at the reasons for resigning vs reasons to stay on, and it is obvious she has done the right thing for her family, her future, Alaska's future and the future of America.  She is putting Alaska first, leaving her position of Governor which brought with it endless frivolous lawsuits draining both Alaska and the Palin family financially.  Jay Valentine says:
 

The fight is between an out of control government led by media and government elites and common sense Americans, of both parties, who have had enough.  Sarah Palin is in the enviable, although personally painful position, of being the "anti elite" voice of common sense and shared American values. 

The vicious left put her there and now they may live to regret it. [snip]

What an irony if the only American President who can make a 3 point shot were taken out by a point guard who came up to his shoulder.  And if the guard was a chick -- who went to a no name school?

After reading J.R. Dunn's thoughts on Sarah Palin and the utterly retarded and useless Republican Party (see below), I predict that the country may be ripe for a third party -- a true Conservative party -- and Sarah Palin will be leading the charge.  Either that, or she will bust the old rank and file of the GOP wide open, shake that useless tree free of all the dead wood and set it back on the right direction.

She will be back. Not for 2012. The GOP has its plans already worked out. Very clever ones, too. The Republicans will do what they always do when they're up against it: grab an empty suit and run around shaking it in people's faces while shouting, "Here's the man!" By 2012, after his policies really hit home, as gas and home fuel prices triple and quadruple, as medical rationing begins, as the renewed Axis of Evil runs wild across Eurasia, Obama will be ready to drop. At that point he could be defeated by a ticket consisting of Charley Manson and Jojo the Dogface Boy. But the GOP will blow it all the same. Exactly as the party did in '96, following the same script to the letter. They will, to coin a phrase, Mitt it up.

That moment will mark the start of a new phase for Sarah Palin. The exquisite branch of conservatism will drift away, assuring each other that "It's still possible to live well in a dying civilization." The GOP operatives will, as always, be blaming the "legacy of Reagan" and looking for a RINO who can somehow fool the backwoods rubes. Obama will spend his entire second term racing back and forth trying to put out forest fires using buckets with holes in them. Palin's enemies will have destroyed themselves, and her moment will come at last.  (continue)

All the Palin bashing from the Left and even some from the RINOs in the Right, may be helping Palin rather than hurting her.  Conservatives are the true feminists, and Sarah Palin is the leader.  Sarah Palin doesn't need more than twenty attendants costing tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars like Michelle Obama has, she cooks her own meals, washes her own clothes, takes care of her own family, hunts, shoots, fishes, attends church regularly, she loves her husband and he loves her, she can lead a town as mayor, a state as governor, or a country as president ...  That is a feminist in the true Conservative sense.  That's a feminist that men love, women respect, and children can look up to.

I understand Palin will give an interview to Fox News today and I look forward to hearing what she has to say, just as I look forward to following her plans for the next several years.

Go Sarah Go!

Al Franken, Chickenhawk

Al Franken, Chickenhawk

By Anthony Gregory, The Independent Institute

I used to love Franken on Saturday Night Live. Although his Stuart Smally character got old very quickly, he did a wonderful Paul Tsongas impression. I’d link to an example on YouTube, but NBC takes its intellectual property very seriously and therefore hundreds of the most humorous bits ever to air on late night television have been tragically withheld from us.

I enjoyed his 2003 book Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Well, I enjoyed the first half, much of which was a trenchant critique of modern, Fox-style conservatism. Some of the worst distortions of the Bush-era right were properly put in their place. The second half was just left-liberal boilerplate.

But this is what has always stuck in my mind about Franken’s book. It includes an illustrated chapter called “Operation Chickenhawk: Episode One” in which he characterizes many modern war advocates as hypocrites for their effortless success in dodging “service” in Vietnam. The chapter discusses such prominent hawks as George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill O’Reilly, and Bill Bennett. But one big problem with this humorous chapter is it includes Pat Buchanan, who, although we might all agree holds many bad positions, including on the Cold War, did not support the Iraq War. But do you know who did? Al Franken.

In chapter 41 of Liars, Franken discusses how he was among the many deceived about the war, convinced by Bush of its necessity because, after all, “the world changed” on 9/11, and the U.S. government needed to deal with Saddam’s infamous Weapons of Mass Destruction. Franken cites the uranium-from-Niger lie as the piece of evidence that clinched it for him. When it became politically correct to point out that Bush had lied the country into war, Franken felt so betrayed.

But actually, that uranium lie was discredited before the war even began. Given that he had so many researchers helping him with his book, he should have known that.

Besides, even if he did believe every single piece of propaganda about Saddam’s non-existent weapons program—and here, by the way, is my Independent Institute article from before the war, explaining why we could not trust the propaganda and why the case for war was so transparently without credibility—he should have still opposed the war. There was never any justifiable reason to support Bush’s plan to wage aggressive war on the people of Iraq, to murder many thousands of them, even if you believed Saddam had Weapons of Mass Destruction. It is an act of aggression to start a war, even if the enemy has scary weapons. The U.S. has a weapons stockpile that makes all the Middle East countries combined—even including Israel—seem minor in comparison. But that sure didn’t justify 9/11, did it?

Al Franken is a warmonger who turned against Bush only after it became politically correct to do so, and only turned against the war to score partisan points. He is, in principle, no less committed to U.S. imperialism and mass killing than are the neocons, even if his rhetoric isn’t nearly as offensively bloodthirsty as theirs is. In fact, his book also reveres Lincoln, one of the greatest warmongers in U.S. history.

This is all you need to know about the Franken left: They aren’t quite as crazy as the neocon right when they discuss foreign policy, but they are every bit as devoted to U.S. empire and aggressive war. And Iraq, even given Bush’s propaganda, was still, by any measure, an aggressive war, and it still is an aggressive occupation.

Am I being too harsh? I’d be happy to see Franken prove me wrong. Next chance he gets, he can refuse to finance Obama’s bloody exploits in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He can stand by principle and resist the urge to vote with the hordes to continue to appropriate our tax dollars to slaughter abroad. If he turns out to be a consistent critic of the Obama administration on questions of war and peace, I will apologize and praise his principle to the skies. But if he does vote to continue sending Americans to die and kill, he is no better than the lying liars he has made a fortune criticizing. He is no better than the chickenhawks he lambastes, and certainly not nearly as good an opponent of jingoism and aggressive war as the much more thoughtful, if sometimes inconsistent, Pat Buchanan.

We are what we do

The truth is, people notice what we actually do rather than what we say, "actions speak louder than words."  Star Parker writes "When color trumps Christianity", directed at Black Christians.  She points out that Obama equated the homosexual political movement to the black civil rights movement saying,  "Obama sees the black community as being a little slow on the uptake to grasp that homosexuality and same sex marriage are okay. There still are those, according to him, "who don't yet fully embrace their gay brothers and sisters..."

President Obama hosted a reception at the White House celebrating LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Pride month Black Christians should take note and learn a few things about our black President.

As they say, we are what we do.

It tells us something that Mr. Obama had no time to host an event for the National Day of Prayer.

Nor did he have time to accept the invitation to convey greetings and a few remarks to the couple hundred thousand who came to Washington, as they do every January, for the March for Life.  (continue reading)

Indeed we are watching United States President Barack Obama, watching what he says and what he does.  He seemed to have plenty time for Muslim events, yet no time for Christian events. 

He claims to be a strong Christian, yet can can't seem to find a church that he and Michelle can comfortably join.  He had no problem staying in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church year after year.  Yes, you are what you do Obama, and your actions are loud and clear.

Obama and Michelle snubbed French President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife while in France, refusing a dinner invitation.  Obama had no problem bowing down to Saudi King Abdullah, yet he displayed the souls of his shoes (an insulting action) to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Obama has a record of being for live-birth abortions and all abortions -- heaven forbid anyone should be burdened with a baby -- Obama's words not mine.  But no concern for Iranian women and men being shot in the streets of Iran as they protest rigged elections and pray for freedom and democracy.  I guess it's no burden for Iranian women to be arrested, beaten, killed -- or for Israeli women and children to have missiles shot at their homes from Gaza.

Obama is buddies with dictators, but tells Americans he doesn't want to take over private business, as he does just that.  He's for free and open elections [yet ACORN seems to have helped get him elected and are now doing our census, which will affect upcoming elections].  Words and actions ...

I could go on and on, but you get the idea.  There was a time when our word was our bond, but that certainly does not go for politicians these days.  No we don't listen to their words any more,  we watch their actions.  Anyone planning to run for office in 2010 and 2012 needs to take need -- You are what you do and I've got my eye on you!

Pride, or lack thereof...

On July 4, 2009, America's Independence Day, hubby and I were on our way to a big celebration where his band was the entertainment, when we heard the news that Steve McNair had been found shot in Nashville Tennessee in an apparent murders suicide.  We live in Tennessee and are Titans fans.  I always thought of McNair as a good man, a faithful husband to his wife of 12 years Mechelle and loving father to his four children.  Apparently McNair had a 4 month affair with 20 year old Iranian Sahel Kazemi, after meeting her at Dave & Busters in Nashville where she worked as a waitress.  Story and pictures here, here.  Kazemi's sister said McNair told her he would be divorced in two weeks and she thought they would move in together permanently.  This might be news to Mrs. McNair.

Do people no longer have pride in themselves, in their relationships, in agreements that they make?  When people get famous and rich, do they no longer think their word is their bond?  We seem to be living in a time when so many people thing they are entitled to get and do anything they want without taking responsibility.

People buy houses, sign loan contracts, with full knowledge that they do not have the income to actually repay the loan.  Then they expect the government, a/k/a you and me, to bail them out.  Businesses make bad loans, congress makes it possible for the bad loans to be made, no one takes responsibility, and the rest of us who do take pride in ourselves, who think our word is our bond, end up paying for their bad judgment.
Society pays for the bad judgment of individuals.

People don't have insurance, don't have jobs, don't have food, don't have shelter, don't provide for their families, but expect somebody else to take care of it for them.  Some think they can cheat, lie, steal, and it's OK, because it's them.

Yesterday was America's Independence Day and it may have been Mrs. McNair's independence day also.  We have no idea what McNair put her through during their marriage. The lesson here is that payday comes someday, you can't go on forever thinking you are special and can do whatever you want,  that no one will find out, that no one will be hurt -- because that's not true.

Our government has promised to be all things to all people, trust us they say, we know what's best for you -- government knows what vehicles you should drive, what kind of house you should live in, what kind of energy you can use, what you must do to your own house before you can sell it, what medical treatment you can and can't have ...

We as Conservative Americans, and even some on the Left, know this is wrong.  We know that personal pride in personal accomplishment, in taking care of our own, in creating, producing, inventing, giving our word and keeping it, are everything.  We want that back for our nation.  We want that back for our politicians, for our government, for our children.

 The enunciation of those core rights — “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” — was an almost staggering statement in 1776, when most of the world labored under the rule of despots.

...  Our representative democracy, coupled with the enormous freedoms of our daily lives, seem so natural, as if preordained.  The result of this unthinking acceptance of these rights is that many of us are not even grateful for the blessings they confer, viewing the rights more as burdens, than benefits.

Why do I say this last?  Because more and more people resent the fact that one has to work for the basic freedoms the Founders risked their lives to institute.  Sometimes one has to fight and die for them.  -- The Declaration of Independence and ... chickens! by Bookworm Room

I'm sick of people thinking they are special because they are politicians, or sports heroes, or just your run-of-the-mill person in America who thinks you are different, you are special, you don't have to abide by rules and morals, and that you deserve special treatment.  Take pride in who you are, in what you stand for, in what you promise whether it is to an institution or to your spouse.

July 4th: Depend on us day.

July 4th: Depend on us day.

By R.J. Godlewski
© July 2, 2009, All Rights Reserved.
(Right Truth Exclusive)

“Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

“I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” 

Gen. George S. Patton

    As a nation rapidly losing its heritage through ever enlarging federal entitlement programs, I have spawned mixed emotions regarding celebrating our Independence Day holiday this year. On the one hand, I am extremely proud of everything that my country has achieved over the past 233 years. Did ancient Egypt teach men to fly? Did ancient Rome land upon the moon? Did Muhammad invent rock and roll? Of course, there’s always the “other hand” to such arguments. Would our founding fathers have anticipated the size and intrusiveness of our present government? Would Patrick Henry accept a commander-in-chief who berates his own nation at every turn? Would the inventors of the Boston Tea Party have believed that over two hundred years into the future there would still be a need to address tax grievances in America?

    Make no mistake about it; our founding fathers did not imagine for a moment that their miniscule nation would survive two centuries into the future. They were realists, not idealists. What inspired them to throw caution into the wind and risk everything was not that their new country was the panacea for human rights, but that their concept of a free and responsible individual was. This was unheard of at the time. For thousands of years, civilization had been patterned on the concept that the few ruled the many.  There were kings and reagents, administrators and emperors, but few outside the social elite had a prayer of a chance to impart change. In England, even the lords could not address the crown without bowing their way backwards out of his or her presence.

    Our founders saw things differently. They were driven to extremes as evident by the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

    In our modern, politically correct environment, it is considered sacrilege to use the term founding “fathers” but it is obvious that they possessed balls nevertheless. These tiny thirteen countries willingly signed their own death warrant. They told the most powerful and, arguably, most unstable monarch in the world that people were the foundation that any government rested upon and to add salt to an opening wound, any one person was equal to that very same monarch and possessed the very same rights, freedoms, and opportunities. Think about it. I doubt very much that you can.

    In 2009, we are afraid to say that while singer Michael Jackson may have had extraordinary musical talent, he was by no means a “king” (of pop or otherwise) and was probably just as disturbed (if not more so) than George III. Nearing the conclusion of the first decade of the 21st century, our media – ascribed to uphold our best interests by way of journalistic tradition – is afraid to acknowledge that President Barack Obama is by no means either a king or a messiah. That he is simply a man deriving his “powers from the consent of the governed”.

    This is precisely why my soul remains heavy and sad during this particular period within our history. I feel that we have come to celebrate “Independence Day” less than we celebrate the “Fourth of July”. We have diluted the day as much as we have collectively diluted Christmas into mere “Holidays”. By doing so, we gravely misjudge the reasoning and purpose behind both. Men are to be free and governed, not ruled and subjugated. Our national leadership is supposed to listen to our voices, not act upon their preferences within secretive sessions, late night votes, and subliminal agendas.

    Our “coordinator in chief”, as C4ISR Journal refers to the president, is but a man – an employee of “We the People” – and his fundamental responsibility is to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Not even a year into office and he has already trash talked his nation, commandeered the auto, banking, and student loan industries, and is on the verge of enforcing national healthcare. King George had less control over the colonists. King Philip of Spain conquered an entire hemisphere merely by controlling the mercury used to refine gold – the rest of New World exploration was left to opportunists, explorers, merchants, and malcontents, the kind of people that felt quite at home developing a new nation of individuals.

    Sovereignty has been sucked from our populace. We are no longer a people reared on the responsibilities and opportunities of the individual. We have simply become incapable of effort. I remember my own father praising the merits of Franklin Roosevelt’s Social Security program: “He made it so that I would no longer have to work!” I knew what my father meant; after working his life away in hot, filthy, automotive forging plants, when both emphysema and a mangled foot made it difficult to continue on, he was able to “retire”. I seriously doubt, however, that President Roosevelt expected my father to be retired for decades. Then again, what could you expect from someone who thought that he deserved to be president for at least sixteen years?

    Our culture ceased being independent when those amongst us considered Social Security to be “their money”, when new college graduates mandated that the federal government do something to “guarantee” them employment, and when those who have made piss-poor decisions demanded that the rest of us absolve them of all responsibilities for their indiscretions. Things became terminal when our elected officials made it a crime to challenge the unrepentant, to seek out individuality, and, most of all, to consider that inalienable rights came as a gift from God and not legislated as privileges by those currently in power.

    Therefore, I wish to extend to all, a very happy and enjoyable Fourth of July. Have fun at your weekend barbecues, your sporting events, and watching your multitude of fireworks displays. Remember, always, to do precisely what your government tells you to do. Listen obediently to your president, your Congress, and your Senate. Do exactly as they tell you to do. Normally, I would extend congratulations on experiencing another Independence Day but, frankly, I do not think that you possess the necessary balls to be an American…

.Ray Charles, America...

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Patton Speech, 2009... .

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You can't take a stand, sitting on your butt.

Sarah Palin: Crazy like a fox!

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has resigned her position and most of the immediate comments are very negative.  I have a very different take -- I believe this is a stroke of genius on Palin's part.  She is saving Alaska from the constant trashing from the Left, from the continuous frivolous lawsuits and the cost of defending them.  Her comments were from the heart, not scripted and certainly not from a teleprompter.  Palin can use this time to travel, educate herself and improve her shortcomings, write a book, spend time with her family, travel across this great nation and re-introduce herself to Americans.

I could always be wrong and her enemies could be right.  Some suggest there may be illness in the family; or trouble with Sarah and Todd; or some deep dark secret yet uncovered... Anything is possible but remember, Sarah Palin is a candidate like we have never seen before.  She is real.

She emphasized today what she believes in:  Conservatism; capitalism; freedom; security; military; small government; low taxes; ...

Mitt Romney and the other rejects from 2008 elections -- LOOK OUT!

Across the nation Democrats are shaking in their boots!

Go Sarah!  Here's her press conference, thanks to FireDogLake:

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The Watcher of Weasels wishes all of you a safe and enjoyable Independence Day celebration!  Check out the winning articles (Right Truth came in second)

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – The Razor - Settlement
• Second place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - LIFE
• Second place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – The Glittering Eye - Affording Everything
• Third place with 2/3 point – (T*) – The Provocateur - The Libertarians Downfall: Conspiracy Theories
• Third place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Masquerade In iran
• Third place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - Shh… Massachusetts Proves Mandate-Based Health Reform Will Be A Disaster
• Fourth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Wolf Howling - Politicized Science
• Fourth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Soccer Dad - Diehl me out

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! – Fausta’s Blog - Responses to “Coup in Honduras – Correction: This is NOT a coup”
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – Christina Hoff Sommers - Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship
• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - Iraq June 30th
• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – EU Referendum - Rigging The Debate
• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Delaware Liberal - Should Sanford Resign?
• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Diana West - “Role of Women in Iran Protest Kindles Hope”…OF WHAT?
• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – American Daughter - Religion and Politics Don’t Mix
• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Financial Times - Obama is Choosing to be Weak

Dissent isn't hate!

Jon Voight gave the best speech I've heard lately, it put the Republican politicians to shame.  Now he is being accused of hate speech, threatening the President Barack Obama, and home-grown terrorism.  The accusations come from the likes of the Communist Party, People’s Weekly World, a magazine once known as the “Daily Worker” and sympathetic to the Communist Party,  Paul Krugman, and Frank Rich  Among other things, Voight called Obama a “false prophet” and “we and we alone are the right frame of mind to free this nation from this Obama oppression.” 

Mr. Voight's words brought criticisms from the New York Times, activists and bloggers. But they particularly troubled Teresa Albano, editor of the People's Weekly World -- a Chicago-based publication sympathetic to the Communist Party.

"I don't want to equate what Jon Voight said as expressing a conservative opinion on politics. It went way beyond that. He made a threat against the president of the United States to a crowd at a GOP fundraiser and got a good response from the Senate minority leader and other powerful people. And that is scary," Ms. Albano, editor of the publication, said at the time.

An editorial also said his speech was a form of "home-grown terrorism."

Not to worry though, Jon Voight isn't skulking away, he denied both charges, saying that those who speak out against the Obama administration are "demonized" and "attacked," often with hate speech.  In my book, John Voight is a breath of fresh air and I look forward to hearing him speak again soon.

Mr. Rich observed: “This kind of rhetoric, with its pseudo-scriptural call to action, is toxic.”   (Washington Times)

I suppose Rich has forgotten about all the Liberals in Hollywood who miss no opportunity to bash George W. Bush.

In case you missed what Jon Voight said, here it is:

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WINDOW INTO FATE OF WOUNDED AND ARRESTED IN ISLAMIC IRAN

From Anti-Mullah: 

Afshin, a shopkeeper from south-west Iran, alleges that one of his male friends was beaten and repeatedly raped after being arrested at an opposition rally after last month's disputed election. He gave this account to Esfandiar Poorgiv, a journalist and academic.

He came to my shop around 10.30am. You could tell straight away that he had just been released. His face was bruised all over. His teeth were broken and he could hardly open his eyes.

He was not even into politics. He was just an ordinary 18-year-old in the last year of school. Before the election he came to me and asked how he should vote. He looks up to me. His father is an Ahmadinejad supporter.

He had gone home directly after his release, but his father did not let him in. He didn't mention he had been raped. At first, he didn't tell me either. It was the doctor who first noticed it and told me.

When he came to my shop he collapsed in a chair. He said he had nowhere to go and asked if he could stay with me. I called a friend of mine who is a doctor to come home and see him. Then I brought him home.

His shoulder blades and arms were wounded. There were some slashes on the face. No bone fractures, but he was bruised all over the body. I wanted to take some photos but he did not let me. The doctor said only four of his teeth were intact, the rest were broken. You could hardly understand what he said.

Then the doctor told me what had happened. He had suffered rupture of the rectum and the doctor feared colonic bleeding. He suggested we take him to the hospital immediately.

They registered him under a false name and with somebody else's insurance. The nurses were crying. Two of them asked what sort of beast had beaten him up like that. He was a broken man. He told us not to waste our money on him, and that he would kill himself.

He was arrested in Shiraz on 15 June, the Monday after the election. Some sturdy young men made a human shield around the demonstrators. He was among them. He said he managed to hit some of the anti-riot police. But then they caught him and beat him up.

"I was kept in a van till evening that day and then transferred to a solitary cell where I was kept for two days," he said. "Then I was repeatedly interrogated, beaten and hung from a ceiling. They call it chicken kebab. They tie your hands and feet together and hang you from the ceiling, turning you around and beating you with cables.

"They gave us warm water to drink and one meal a day. Repeated smacking was a regular punishment. In interrogations, they kept on asking if I was instructed from abroad. I believed I was going to be sent from the detention centre to prison. But they sent me to where they called Roughnecks' Room. There were some other youths of my age in there. I asked a guard why I am not sent to prison and the reply was: 'You have to be our guest for a while.'

"I refused to confess during interrogations. They said: 'Ask your friends what we'll do to you if you don't co-operate.' Others in the room were also arrested on 15 June. I was tempted to confess at this point but I didn't. On the third and fourth day, they beat me up again. They insisted we were instructed from abroad. I kept on saying we were only protesting for our votes.

"It was on Saturday or Sunday that they raped me for the first time. There were three or four huge guys we had not seen before. They came to me and tore my clothes. I tried to resist but two of them laid me on the floor and the third did it. It was done in front of four other detainees.

"My cell mates, especially the older one, tried to console me. They said nobody loses his dignity through such an act. They did it to two other cell mates in the next days. Then it became a routine. We were so weak and beaten up that could not do anything.

"Then the interrogations started again. They said: 'If you don't come to your senses we will send you to Adel Abad [another prison in Shiraz] to the pederasts' section so that you receive such treatment every day.' I was so weak I did not know what to say. Then they asked for my contacts. I told them I had no contacts and I was informed about the demonstrations through the internet.

"The same routine was continued till this morning when I was released. In the last week, there was no interrogation, no beating. Only rape and solitary confinement."

This is what he recounted. But he couldn't articulate quite like this. He was in much physical and mental pain as he talked. I asked him to tell his story in the hope of making a difference to those still detained.

Obama Must Go

I'm serious, Obama must not have a second term as President of the United States, he must be replaced with a Conservative Republican.  The US cannot survive as we know and love it with eight years of Obama, I'm praying she can survive four years of him.  The MSM is useless, even though we are seeing a few cracks in their devotion (Helen Thomas of all people).

For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors.   (Politico)

Obama must go - no Obama in 2012.  Elect a Conservative. 

US President Barack Hussein Barry Soetoro Obama says "community service is a national duty...  "Serving our country is not just something that we should expect our members of our armed forces to do," Obama said, "That's something that we should expect all of us as citizens to do""  I think we all agree with that statement, but serving, volunteering, is something we do on our own, we don't have to be told to do it and we don't need to government to PAY us to do it.   Let me tell you a little about Hussein's volunteer programs.

Our government is broke, worse than broke, in huge and growing debt, families are cutting back, trying to balance their budgets, keep their bills paid, honor their commitments, while Obama is spending money like there's no tomorrow.

Obama must go - no Obama in 2012.  Elect a Conservative.

Obama increases aid to Islamic countries:

Although President Obama had recently stated that "We're out of money now" he still continues with his nonstop catering to the Islamic world. It is obvious where his loyalties are.

For Some White House Aides, Public Service Has Its (Six-Figure) Rewards,
[18% more than the Bush Administration] not even counting all the czars and other new positions...

Twenty-two of the president's top aides -- most with the title "assistant to the president" -- make exactly that much [$172,000.00] in exchange for their service to the country, the White House reported to Congress today. The Obama administration also published the information on the White House blog.

Obama must go - no Obama in 2012.  Elect a Conservative.

"Volunteers" are getting paid by you, the taxpayer, to 'work' in positions they have no idea what they are doing, ... other than getting a paycheck.  I visited my family doctor last week as a follow-up from my fall three weeks ago.  The ribs and bones in my lower lumbar back are healing and I do feel much better. 

When I walked into the office I saw a young man with a stethoscope around his neck.  I thought I recognized him but couldn't place him at first ... then realized he works the door at our local bar and grill accepting the cover charge from patrons.  When I inquired as to what he was doing in the doctor's office, he informed me he was 'working' and getting paid by Obama.  He was not working as he had no knowledge of anything medical, he is actually planning on attending engineering school this fall.  It's awfully nice of Obama to pay him money this summer, what a guy.

In Britain we have the following, while in the US the DOW Jones launches an Islamic index -- US Wall Street to Draw Muslim Investors With New ETF.

Let's hope we don't end up like Britain:  Britain has 85 sharia courts: The astonishing spread of the Islamic justice behind closed doors:

The astonishing figure is 17 times higher than previously accepted. The tribunals, working mainly from mosques, settle financial and family disputes according to religious principles. They lay down judgments which can be given full legal status if approved in national law courts.

Obama must go - no Obama in 2012.  Elect a Conservative.

We are suffering because too many American voters, many young and uninformed, got caught up in a 'feel good' movement of hope and change.

Not just another pretty face...

(The following is from June 2008, but I find it fascinating.  See more on Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Invention here)

  Hedy Lamarr wasn't just a beautiful movie star. According to a new play, Frequency Hopping, she was also a shrewd inventor who devised a signal technology that millions of people use every day.

Lamarr—born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Austria in 1914—developed a passion for helping the U.S. military after walking away from an unhappy marriage to an Austrian Fascist weapons manufacturer in 1937. In an attempt to stall her acting career, he had brought her to his business meetings, where she found herself continuously listening to "fat bastards argue antiaircraft this, vacuum tube that," explains Lamarr's character—played by Erica Newhouse—in the play, Frequency Hopping. In the meetings, they had talked about developing detection devices to listen to, and jam, the radio signals that American aircraft and weapons used to communicate with one another; and Lamarr wanted to foil their plans. "Can you guide your torpedo towards an enemy target—or just use radio control period—without being detected? Or jammed?" Lamarr's character asks. 

Lamarr realized that by transmitting radio signals along rapidly changing, or "hopping," frequencies, American radio-guided weapons would be far more resilient to detection and jamming. The sequence of frequencies would be known by both the transmitter and receiver ahead of time, but to the German detectors their message would seem like gibberish. "No jammer could detect it, no German code-breaker could decipher a completely random code," she says in the play.  (continue at Scientific American)

Then there's this:

Democrat or Decepticon?

Punish and Enslave!

As you know the House passed the Waxman-Malarkey cap-n-tax global warming bill thanks in part to 8 sellout Republicans that took money from environmental whackos in return for a vote that will cost American’s millions of jobs, further erode our nation’s competitive standing and suck more of the hard earned money you make from your family so it can be siphoned to friends of those in Congress.

But don’t believe me. The Heritage foundation took a look at the figures from both the EPA and the CBO and found that they vastly under estimated their numbers. These are the numbers being peddled as fact for your reference.  (continue at the Watcher of Weasels)

The following list is their submissions of articles that seek to expose the week’s biggest weasels. Join us on Friday for the winning entries.

Council Submissions

• The Razor - Settlement
• Rhymes With Right - How A Real President Responds
• Joshuapundit - Masquerade In iran
• The Glittering Eye - Affording Everything
• Mere Rhetoric - Shh… Massachusetts Proves Mandate-Based Health Reform Will Be A Disaster
• Wolf Howling - Politicized Science
• Soccer Dad - Diehl me out
• Bookworm Room - All violence is equal, but some violence is more equal than others
• Right Truth - LIFE

Non-Council Submissions

• Submitted By: The Watcher – Forbes.com – Karl Gaard - Waxman-Markey Flunks Math
• Submitted By: The Razor – Financial Times - Obama is Choosing to be Weak
• Submitted By: Rhymes With Right – Delaware Liberal - Should Sanford Resign?
• Submitted By: Joshuapundit – Diana West - “Role of Women in Iran Protest Kindles Hope”…OF WHAT?
• Submitted By: The Glittering Eye – The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - Iraq June 30th
• Submitted By: Mere Rhetoric – Kaplan / Washington Post - Iran’s Struggle, and Ours
• Submitted By: Wolf Howling – EU Referendum - Rigging The Debate
• Submitted By: Soccer Dad – Fausta’s Blog - Responses to “Coup in Honduras – Correction: This is NOT a coup”
• Submitted By: Bookworm Room – Christina Hoff Sommers - Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship
• Submitted By:  Right Truth - American Daughter - Religion and Politics Don't Mix

Other items you may want to read:

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S RIGGED CENSUS – PART TWO, The Last Crusade, Dr. Paul Williams

'Obama' Think-Tank: Israel Should Cede Jerusalem Sovereignty, by Hillel Fendel

Seven Reasons for Leftist Anti-Semitism By: Don Feder

Message to Israel – from the Christians in America, Heaven Waits

Iranian ambassador hopeful about Silva Harotonian appeal, by Armenian Reporter staff

Iran Regime Hangs Protesters; Oppo Newspaper Shut Down, Mousavi Defiant!, by Donald Douglas

America’s Tripwire: the Coming Revolution in Rational Politics

America’s Tripwire: the Coming Revolution in Rational Politics

By R.J. Godlewski
© June 30, 2009, All Rights Reserved.
(Right Truth Exclusive)

    Every revolution has, at its heart, a tripwire that might seem inconsequential to the events that will ultimately transpire on its merits. No one could adequately understand, for instance, the death and destruction that resulted from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Nor would anyone believe that the protests currently expressed in Iran have anything to do with the failure of a single political candidate. Yet, each of the above events will forever be linked to the initiator regardless of the underlying stress on the respective culture that ultimately caused the crisis.

    America, in the midst of 2009, is riding atop another bubble of societal dissatisfaction, aided in no small part to the grandiose promises of an anointed opportunist. President Barack Obama’s ascendance from political obscurity had less to do with his promises of extraordinary change than the growing resentment of a society on the verge of chucking out its national leadership en masse. President Obama did not win, the ruling class merely lost.

    The United States has always been a boiling stew led by the froth of turmoil. The more that our national leadership becomes corrupt, the more the underlying recipe becomes putrid and indigestible. Like a hardening crust on an otherwise magnificent soufflé, our nation has unwittingly elected the worst possible government during a period of great economic expectation. With the likes of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and now, apparently, Al Franken at the helm, the pot is primed to boil over. Perhaps even detonated.

    As our culture of death, entitlement, government control, and rampant spending festers, the final spark for revolution may be quite unobservable to the untrained eye but it exists nevertheless. For the past one hundred years, Americans have quietly endured the erosion of personal liberties and economic success. We have endured these transgressions because natural evolution of our economy always kept pace with the overindulgence of our national leadership. Unfortunately, however, our present government has exceeded this equilibrium to unsustainable levels.

    With the ‘Guerrilla Government’ takeover of the banking, auto, energy, and, soon, heath industries, the average American will come to realize what large segments of the global population had already learned long ago: government programs invariably fail. It is the private individual who inspires evolution, not bureaucracy.

    What has kept America safe and secure for two hundred and thirty-odd years has been that we remain – and will continue to remain – an armed population. This silent undertow has propelled the United States as the world’s vanguard against tyranny and it is this reality that will keep the country safe and secure from those who have repeatedly overstepped their Constitutional boundaries. With the election of Barack Obama, this safeguard has been accelerating at a phenomenal rate as thousands of men and women assail their local gun shops to purchase firearms and ammunition in historical quantities.

    With 300+ million firearms already in America before President Obama’s election, it would not have taken a large change to drastically tip the balance beyond even Hitler-esque confiscation. The fear on the street is that President Obama understands that messing with firearm ownership would be political suicide so he will have to resort to taxing ammunition to effect his progressive anti-gun legislation. This too, however, can be considered political suicide for many of his votes came from otherwise gun-toting Democrats.

    Every significant culture has gone through both a civil war and suffered under the prospects of a tyranny. America had endured a bloody Civil War, but it had never experienced allegiance to a tyrant since its founding. We have fought them and most of us know to prefer freedom to government, but a direct tyranny is something that we have never witnessed while under our flag. Until now…

    With each takeover of a capital enterprise, those presently infesting our government take an oath of treason. With each new tax raised upon us citizens, their allegiance to George III of old is reaffirmed. Their desire is for absolute government control of our lives without due representation and their insistence upon taxing us into oblivion is merely the energy source for the coming revolution. It is not the blasting cap for change, however. That comes when President Obama and his dominant progressive legislation acts on imposing further gun laws upon a skeptical populace.

    Progressives understand this. They want this. They want to tip America into full-scale revolt. This is what treason is – destroying the very fabric of a society for personal gain. Nowhere is this more evident than through a brief rummage of history’s refuse pile. The progressives in Washington have convinced you that they need to spend trillions to jumpstart an otherwise cyclic economy. They have convinced you that businesses, corrupt as they are, are simply “too big to fail”. The more that the progressives find excuses for their extravagances, the more they will try to convince you that the “crisis” in question mandates another trillion or, at a minimum, another czar. Leave it to our government to equate itself with a failed monarchy.

    The Great Progressive Spin Machine, riding on the current of post-Clinton gun control defeats, is now salivating over the neighboring crisis in Mexico as their prime opportunity to enact restrictive measures on law-abiding patriots. Our Constitution guarantees that each of us is permitted to keep and bear firearms (including ammunition) for self-protection, subsistence, and entertainment, yet over the past one hundred years we have allowed them to subjugate these very rights under the guise of “reasonable” gun laws. The problem is, there is NO reasonable interpretation of the Constitution that sacrifices an inalienable right in the process.

    We the people of the United States remain more powerful than the President, the Congress, and the Supreme Court combined. They are our limbs, not our brains. They represent our servants, not we their slaves. Police and federal agencies are bound by the Constitution. We are empowered by it. The stresses underlying our society are sufficiently powerful enough to topple one or more political parties and, quite possibly, the very nature of our Washington leadership. We are resilient and permissive, but the cracks enforced by the Obama Administration’s unconstitutional threats upon our culture have laid the foundation for serious change beyond even that envisioned by his campaign promises. Gun ownership may very well represent the tripwire that detonates society’s “claymore” of wholesale activism. It may represent that final line in the sand that distinguishes citizens from inhabitants. 
   

Out of the ball park presidential picks

You can find lists of potential presidential candidates for 2012 all over the web, here, here,  here, Most of them are re-runs and I don't want a re-run.   Here are my suggestions as possible candidates for President in 2012:

1.  U.S. Army Lieutenant Ralph Peters.

2.  Liz Cheney

 

3. Bobby Jindal

4. Sarah Palin

5.  John Bolton

What about you.  Who would you love to see as President of the United States of America?  Put on your thinking caps!!!

Congress impatient with Obama on Iran, North Korea

Good.

Washington - Some members of Congress, increasingly impatient with the Obama administration's "give diplomacy a chance" stance toward Iran and North Korea, are pressing for new punitive measures against those countries.

This week the House Appropriations Committee attached an amendment to the 2010 foreign operations appropriations bill that would direct the Export-Import Bank to cut off US loan guarantees to certain companies doing business with Iran, particularly in the petroleum sector.

On Wednesday, Sen. Sam Brownback (R) of Kansas called on the Obama administration to use measures included in the Patriot Act to designate North Korea a "primary concern" of the US over its money-laundering networks. That would authorize the Treasury Department to take steps on the issue.

The two measures follow several months in which congressional attempts to sanction the regimes stalled as the Obama administration argued for time to see if international diplomacy would produce any results. The overriding concern in both cases is the regimes' nuclear programs.

But Iran's recent crackdown on protesters disputing the June 12 presidential election has galvanized many in Congress, especially Republicans critical of President Obama's initial response to the Iranian repression. North Korea's unabated belligerence in the wake of toughened UN sanctions – in particular Pyongyang's threat to launch a missile toward Hawaii – has had a similar effect.  (continue Christian Science Monitor)

Related from Instapundit:

ADVICE TO THE REPUBLICANS: “They need to become hard line zealots against the ‘public option’ health care ‘reform’.”

New Detention Plan

Obama's new terrorist detention plan same as G. W. Bush's detention plan, except here on American soil.  Oh my:

The Nation -- The Obama administration is rushing towards a unilateral plan to imprison people without trial, according to a huge, new joint article from the Washington Post and ProPublica. The proposal would completely cut Congress out of the process by using an executive order to essentially bring Gitmo stateside:

The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, is drafting an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations. Such an order would embrace claims by former president George W. Bush  that certain people can be detained without trial for long periods under the laws of war. Obama advisers are concerned that bypassing Congress could place the president on weaker footing before the courts and anger key supporters, the officials said.  (continue)

I bet the Obamaites are not very happy!

Iran update: Iranian-American Lawyers Call for Independent Investigation of Election

Iranian-American Lawyers Call for Independent Investigation of Election, by Amanda Bronstad,

The National Law Journal

One day after President Obama declared that the United States and other countries were "appalled and outraged by the threats, beatings and imprisonments of the last few days" in Iran, the Iranian American Lawyers Association called for the creation of an independent commission to investigate human rights violations in the tumultuous aftermath of the June 12 election.

In a resolution announced on June 24, the association condemned the recent violence against peaceful protesters and the Iranian government's suppression of information through its arrest of journalists and interference with the public's use of satellite television, cell phones and the Internet.  (continue at law.com)

I received the following message via email from an Iranian source/connection, I feel sure he sent the same message to many bloggers.  He says:

Watch the destructive power of Islam in Iran:
 
The Mullahs fascist security thugs wrecking lives & properties.
 
Watch the clip and see how the Mullahs fascist security thugs unduly invade and destroy the property of the defenseless people of Iran. Yet the western government are doing absolutely nothing while letting the killer Mullahs wreck peoples lives and properties.
 
Yet that long eared black Kenyan bastard in the White House considers the Mullahs as Iran's legitimate government.  Please watch this clip and pass it on to everyone in your list.  Please pass it on to the western media & press including the CNN FOX ABC CBS MBC BBC & MSNBC.  (name withheld)
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY1CFEyhB8g&eurl

You can click the YouTube link to see several videos taken of damage done to private citizens, their apartments and building roofs.  On the first video around the 5 minute mark you will see damage on the roof to satellite dishes, what appears to be AC units and maybe generators, I'm not sure.  The videos are not in English, but you don't need the audio to get the picture.

Meanwhile:  Insanity here in the US:

FBI Replaces Brotherhood Tainted Liaison with Brotherhood Tainted Liaison:

By The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)

A top FBI official met Wednesday with the vice president of the Islamic Society of North America, a move which followed the Bureau's decision "to use ISNA as their official point of contact with the American Muslim community," an email from an intelligence community veteran that was widely distributed Wednesday said.

The FBI has not yet commented on the claim. But the IPT has confirmed that the meeting did take place at FBI headquarters. The decision to make ISNA the FBI's contact point came over the objections of case agents and supervisors investigating Muslim Brotherhood activity in the U.S.

Last year, the FBI cut off outreach communication with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), after evidence in the Hamas-support trial against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) raised questions "whether there continues to be a connection between CAIR or its executives and HAMAS." The FBI's case agent testified that CAIR was a Hamas front.  (continue at Counterterrorism Blog)

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Who is Obama?

Obama, the African Colonial

By L.E. Ikenga, The American Thinker

Had Americans been able to stop obsessing over the color of Barack Obama's skin and instead paid more attention to his cultural identity, maybe he would not be in the White House today. The key to understanding him lies with his identification with his father, and his adoption of a cultural and political mindset rooted in postcolonial Africa.

Like many educated intellectuals in postcolonial Africa, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was enraged at the transformation of his native land by its colonial conqueror. But instead of embracing the traditional values of his own tribal cultural past, he embraced an imported Western ideology, Marxism. I call such frustrated and angry modern Africans who embrace various foreign "isms", instead of looking homeward for repair of societies that are broken, African Colonials. They are Africans who serve foreign ideas.

The tropes of America's racial history as a way of understanding all things black are useless in understanding the man who got his dreams from his father, a Kenyan exemplar of the African Colonial.
Before I continue, I need to say this: I am a first generation born West African-American woman whose parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1970's from the country now called Nigeria. I travel to Nigeria frequently. I see myself as both a proud American and as a proud Igbo (the tribe that we come from -- also sometimes spelled Ibo). Politically, I have always been conservative (though it took this past election for me to commit to this once and for all!); my conservative values come from my Igbo heritage and my place of birth. Of course, none of this qualifies me to say what I am about to -- but at the same time it does.

My friends, despite what CNN and the rest are telling you, Barack Obama is nothing more than an old school African Colonial who is on his way to turning this country into one of the developing nations that you learn about on the National Geographic Channel. Many conservative (East, West, South, North) African-Americans like myself -- those of us who know our history -- have seen this movie before. Here are two main reasons why many Americans allowed Obama to slip through the cracks despite all of his glaring inconsistencies:

First, Obama has been living on American soil for most of his adult life. Therefore, he has been able to masquerade as one who understands and believes in American democratic ideals. But he does not. Barack Obama is intrinsically undemocratic and as his presidency plays out, this will become more obvious. Second, and most importantly, too many Americans know very little about Africa. The one-size-fits-all understanding that many Americans (both black and white) continue to have of Africa might end up bringing dire consequences for this country.   (continue at American Thinker)