Traditionally speaking Republicans are insufferably inept at messaging; the messaging on the Ryan Budget is a great example of their ineptitude.

President Obama takes $716 Billion out of the Medicare Program via expenditures and reimbursements to medical providers.   This is a factual consequence of “Obamacare”.  It is not disputed.   While the argument they should face, and be held to account for, is about “impact”, the factual reality of the shift of the money stands as a consequence of Obamacare and the Romney/Ryan team is correct to hold President Obama accountable for it.

However, the counter point from the Obama campaign is to continually point out that in Paul Ryan’s budget proposal he also maintained these same $716 billion reductions.  Subsequently they frame the Ryan budget as hypocritical.    This is where Republicans suck. (more…)

If this report is true, and an alliance is formed, two of the three countries needed to restore the Islamic Caliphate will be partnered.   The necessary “trinity” is Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.   Prediction:  If radical Islamist elements in Egypt and Iran align they will turn their collaborative efforts toward destabilizing Saudi. 

Yemen below them, Bahrain beside them, and Kuwait above them, are all precariously balanced and ready to tip with minimal effort.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit in Iran later this month, a presidential official said on Saturday, the first such trip for an Egyptian leader since relations with Tehran deteriorated decades ago.

The visit could mark a thaw between the two countries after years of enmity, especially since Egypt signed its 1979 peace treaty with Israel and Iran underwent its Islamic revolution. Under Morsi’s predecessor Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, predominantly Sunni Muslim, sided with Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-dominated Arab states in trying to isolate Shiite-led Iran.

Until now, contacts have been channeled through interest sections, a low-level form of diplomatic representation. In May last year, Egypt, which was ruled by an interim military council, expelled a junior Iranian diplomat on suspicion he tried to set up spy rings in Egypt and the Gulf countries. (more…)

The Executive Order Amnesty Program stops immediate deportations and deferrs current ongoing deportation cases for up to two years for millions of people who arrived in the United States as children.  It also grants them work permits.  The work permits will allow the immigrants to obtain a Social Security number, apply for driver’s licenses and receive financial aid at colleges.

New York / Chicago — Tens of thousands of young illegal immigrants waited excitedly in lines as long as a mile and thronged to information sessions across the country on Wednesday, the first day that a federal immigration agency began accepting applications for deportation deferrals that include permits to work legally.

The public outpouring surprised both federal officials and immigrant advocates, who had expected an enthusiastic response to the Obama administration’s deferral program but were unprepared for the size and intensity of it. At Navy Pier here, young people began lining up on Tuesday evening for a counseling session about the program that was organized by an immigrants’ rights group. (more…)

(Via – EDHenry) Ruh-roh the caterer at the President’s last event in Iowa — The Village Corner Deli —  clearly snuck thru the vetters pic.twitter.com/VnRobDBF

(Via RT.com) […] The facts behind TrapWire continue to surface in the days since WikiLeaks exposed the state-of-the-art surveillance system, but minute-by-minute more is being revealed about not just the scary intelligence infrastructure but its questionable ties.

Last week, WikiLeaks published their latest addition to trove of the so-called Global Intelligence Files — emails uncovered from Texas-based Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor) by Anonymous late last year — in turn revealing a widespread surveillance system blanketing much of the United States and abroad. The project, TrapWire, is the brainchild of Abraxas, a Northern Virginia corporation that has cut countless deals with the federal government and is staffed by former agents out of not just the Pentagon but practically every leading intelligence agency in the country. As those connections are examined under a magnifying glass by researchers and hacktivists alike, though, more and more is being brought to light about the correlations that exist between the biggest of brothers and an entire industry that profits from pulverizing what is left of privacy. (more…)

Believe it or not there actually was a time when President Obama said we as a nation, needed to reform Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and he actually advocated for the very reform which is included in the Paul Ryan plan.  

Alas, the personal goal of re-election has taken over doing the hard but necessary thing; and now the rhetoric of “class warfare” has once again to take center stage for this election cycle with Obama proclaiming the richest Americans are not paying their fair share.

Much has been written about how disingenuous it is to advocate such propositions when the truth of taxation and spending falls far away from the position of the president. Yet, even without a single day in office with any federal budget he will proclaim his fiscal credentials and espouse his opinion of being a fiscally responsible executive to the worlds largest economy.

We have shared extensively about the Obama financial hypocrisy, and perhaps it is a solid reference for others to re-familarize yourself and refer his advocates to a prior speech filled with similar tones and promises in June of 2010. 

Listen to President Obama discuss the structural deficit, the economy and his opinion on resolution, there are some very informative, and in hindsight, highly hypocritical considerations which given the events over the past two to three years should be called into contrast. (more…)

My simple message to those who advocated previously for, and proclaim faith in, Mitt Romney to defeat President Obama.   Where is your candidate now ?

I’m done listening to excuses for Romney’s feeble, weak, and ridiculous defensive positioning when he is being attacked by the Obama Campaign machine….  His campaign response sucks.

People keep saying Romney is incapable of going on the attack against President Obama due to (_____ fill in the blank ______).

Horsepucky !

That’s not true.  He’s perfectly capable of viscerally ripping an opponent. Remember what he did to Newt and Santorum in the primaries.  He is NOT incapable of doing that. – Sharon

He is choosing not to.   P.E.R.I.O.D

THE BIG LIE

The radical progressive movement (progs), aka Fabian Socialists/Radical Left/Democrats, have once again begun a process of disinformation this time using the Wisconsin Sikh Temple shooting carried out by *WADE MICHAEL PAGE who they label as a “Neo Nazi”, or “skinhead”, or “White Supremacist”.

AND you will notice they use the term “Right Wing” in conjunction with these descriptives.

Total fabrication, and entirely made up.  It cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.

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Control of the media messaging is the most important aspect to successful propaganda campaign.   This simple truth has been the same for generations.

One only has to think back a few months to Wisconsin and the recall/re-run elections.  The legacy media were predicting massive wins for the union led recall effort.   MSNBC was obviously the worst, but every channel on television, and every media print outlet was telling you it was going to be either:  A) A blow out victory for anti-Walker, or B) A neck and neck close election down to the wire.

All based on their polling of course.   Polling which they bleated about ad-infinitum around the clock 24/7… To support their position.

The TV media had scheduled “All Nighters”, with panel discussions filled with political pundits and ideological guests appearing to discuss the anti-Walker movement and how it reflected a “shift in the nation” toward Democrats and Progs.

MSNBC – “we’ll be here all night anticipating a nail biter”.   Then, on the actual election day itself, the pundits were squealing with joy at the “exit polling” which was showing a really “tight” race with Governor Scott Walker losing, “barely losing”, but losing nonetheless.

Oh how the analysts had themselves worked up into an absolute frenzy by the time the polls closed at 9pm Eastern. (more…)