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“Extortion 17” was the call sign for the Chinook helicopter shot down in Afghanistan on the night of August 6th, 2011. Among the killed in the crash were 25 special operations forces, including 15 members of SEAL Team 6, five National Guard troops, and eight Afghan nationals.
Yesterday, the families of the military personnel killed in that crash held a press conference to lay out the cover-up by Obama and the military ever since. (more…)
First things first. This does not need to be rushed – this should not be a “pass it to see what’s in it” bill. This needs to be clearly and methodically, even painstakingly, a deliberative process.
As I see Team Obama requesting the “rushing it to a vote” I become even more suspicious of it….
Report #1 – Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) told Boston’s conservative radio host Howie Carr on Wednesday that the political momentum is starting to turn against the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. (Link)
Report #2 – President Obama said there is one thing he absolutely won’t compromise on in immigration reform: a pathway to citizenship [ie. “Amnesty”] But as for what he would be willing to give up, he won’t say. (link)
Report #3 – Just in case anyone is concerned that senators aren’t reading the 844-page immigration reform bill from the Group of Eight closely before returning from recess next week, note that Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is tweeting as he goes, calling out concerning elements of the legislation (link):
More red flags in #Gangof8 bill #Gof8Fact pg 102 lets Sec of Homeland Security waive employment and education requirements for illegals
I’m putting together some more “in depth” information using prior and current research about Syria. But I just want to throw out a note of caution on the Chemical Weapons issues.
Rebels Control Massive Chemical Weapons Inventories and are selling them to hostile ME nations
Obama set the red line as WMD use. I said at the time that was stupid and still believe it.
Forget the damned “red lines”. Why?
We don’t know who would use the WMD. Just because it’s used doesn’t mean Assad is using it. Think about who benefits?
The Assad regime probably would never use chemical weapons period. The guy is a facist marxist just like Quackdaffy – but he’s also a realist and more westernized than the media will openly tell you.
The “rebels” or resistance in Syria fighting Assad is not just some random collection of democracy loving freedom individualists. That crew was kicked out about 20 months ago. It is now 100% al-Qaeda radicals – Al-nursa front. (more…)
A fitting tribute today to memorialize the lost lives from the West Texas fertilizer plan explosion last week. Thankfully President Obama attended the service and represented our nation in sending a nation’s prayers.
I’ll bust his chops when President Obama selfishly manuevers his activity based on ideological advancement; But he should also be praised on this one for a fitting tribute to an American community in painful grief. Well done Mr. President – and Thank You.
TEXAS – President Barack Obama told mourners at an emotional memorial service for victims of a Texas plant explosion that their community is not alone at this time of great tragedy.
With a dozen flag-draped coffins of before him, Obama said: ‘We’re neighbors too. We’re American too, we stand with you and we do not forget.’ (more…)
On Gun Control and The Will Of The Majority – The progressive left is once again selling the story of a dysfunctional congress, specifically the Senate, because they did not pass more gun control. A Ridiculous argument.
I know it is difficult to argue logic over emotion, but anyone who has spent time understanding the construct of our Constitutional Republic will attest to the failure of ‘background checks’ actually being a mere outcome of a properly functioning legislative body.
Our founders did not endorse, nor did they advocate for, a democracy – this is Fabian socialist re-writing of history. Read anything by James Madison, Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin to understand the intent of the constitution which binds the nation.
We were founded upon the principle of “individual liberty”, not a collective association. A Democracy was considered only one step worse than a monarchy. We were founded as a Constitutional Republic specifically and intentionally to restrict the influence of government in our lives. (more…)
We call it “his money” because in the world of all things progressive they view wealth, or income, as belonging to the State. Progressives in a larger sense view wealth as a static amount of available resource, a single pie to be divided – the Scarcity mentality.
Therefore all production value, the income earnings of your labor, actually belongs to the State, and they alone will determine how much of their money you are allowed to receive. It is, in its most direct sense, the essential tenet of fabial-socialism; Which is, as you know, the essential ideology of modern progressives (Democrats or Liberals defined).
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s 2014 budget calls for a trillion dollars in new taxes, almost twice as much as previously thought, The Washington Examiner has learned.
“Of the more than $1 trillion in new taxes, about $800 billion is raised through the individual income tax system, about $125 billion comes from new excise taxes — including new taxes on tobacco and financial companies,” a source familiar with the president’s budget explained. “The remainder comes from reverting back to the 2009 estate tax parameters and other miscellaneous tax increases.” […] (link)
….. Modern Progressive goals are based on self-fulfilling prophecy. Overwhelm the system, create crisis (the need for change), deconstruct established safeguards, and then rebuild a New World Order….
Let there be no further doubt: Exhibit “A” Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden calls for the creation of a “new world order” at the Export Import Bank conference in Washington on April 5, 2013
HatTip Tara– This is an update to the Detroit Protest that Jesse Jackson had called for. Original story here
DETROIT – Detroiters are the victims of Jesse Jackson’s last – and worst – shakedown. Unlike his past antics – allegedly designed to help the little guy in his struggle against The Man – this one is about Jackson trying to prove his relevance at a time when he has become irrelevant.Many people – OK, me – believe the tears Jackson shed in Chicago when Barack Obama won the presidency were not tears of joy – but rather tears of jealousy that the first black president was not him. Obama’s elevation rendered Jesse irrelevant. The Reverend Un-necessary.
Money for the con game was gone. Al Sharpton knew it – and quickly got a gig on MSNBC (hosting a pathetic show -but it paid the bills). But Jackson was stuck.
Reverend Jackson needed a new shakedown. […] Now along comes the opportunity of a lifetime: a broken Detroit! A white, millionaire governor stealing Detroit from its people! He swept into the city and promised mass civil disobedience. It was like old times again!
But just 35 people showed up to protest Monday, the first day of the Emergency Manager. (continue reading)
WASHINGTON DC – President Barack Obama on Monday called for lawmakers in Washington to muster the “political courage” to pass comprehensive immigration reform that he can sign into law “as soon as possible.”
“We are making progress but we’ve got to finish the job,” Obama said at a naturalization ceremony for 28 new Americans at the White House.
The White House has offered support to the efforts of bipartisan lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have been working behind closed doors to craft reform legislation. (more…)
UPDATE: (Hufington Post) After nearly 13 hours on the Senate floor, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has ended his filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
“I will speak until I can no longer speak,” Paul said at the beginning of the filibuster, which he used to address concerns over President Obama’s policies on civil liberties, including the president’s controversial drone program.
Paul began the filibuster at 11:47 a.m. ET on Wednesday, and concluded at 12:39 a.m. on Thursday. After Paul ceded the floor, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) filed for cloture on Brennan’s nomination, adjourning the Senate until 10 a.m. Thursday. (read more)
