News and Views 6-30-2009
June 30, 2009
Your daily dose of news and opinion pieces from some of today’s top conservative pundits, as well as writings by some of the best bloggers on the internet.
Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor Ruling
United Nations To Emerge As Global IRS
Obama’s Top Advisor Claims Iran Has Nuclear Weapons
Fidel Castro And Hillary Clinton Object To Honduran Democracy
Cost Of Climate Change Bill: $560 Per Person
Obama’s approval rating dropping rapidly
UPDATE: The Most Ethical Administration In History
June 30, 2009
A few days ago, in response to a request from Erica, one of our loyal readers and supporters, we put together an article outlining some of the Broken Promises of Barack Obama.
We were all sitting around the office when Dan asked “Didn’t we do something that ties in with that awhile back?”
So we dug through the archives and sure enough, there it was.
Another campaign promise Barack Obama had made was that his White House would be “The most ethical administration in history!”
Well, take a look at we had come up with in response to that claim, and let us know if you feel, as we do, that this is just another example of one of Obama’s broken promises to the American people:
His original choice for Secretary of Commerce, Governor Bill Richardson, was removed from consideration after it was revealed that he was the subject of a grand jury investigation into government corruption.
His appointment for White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has had many things said about himself.
Possible the politest was that the man was like a pit bull.
This is an individual who once mailed a dead fish to a political opponent.
Tim Geithner, appointed as Treasury Secretary, had a bit of a bump in the road when it was revealed he was a tax dodger.
After news reports brought to light the years of back taxes that he owed, Geither finally paid up, and got the job.
Seeing as how part of Geithner’s duties is overseeing the IRS, I’m a bit skeptial about the ethics issue on this one.
Mr. Obama also promised us that no lobbyists would serve in his administration.
Well, maybe he just forgot that Robert Gates was a lobbyist for Raytheon and that Mark Patterson was once a lobbyist for Goldman Sachs.
Nancy Killefer was tabbed to be Government Chief Performance Officer, until the news broke that she failed to perform her duty to pay taxes on her household help.
Leon Panneta, a man who was never registered as a lobbyist (although he should have been), has been picked to head the CIA.
So I guess it’s OK that if no one can prove any ethics violations against him, it’s alright to make Mr. Panneta the director of the CIA.
The fact that he has absolutely no experience in the intellegence community must not be viewed as a cause for concern.
Eric Holder has been selected to be Attorney General.
When he was involved in the last minute Presidential pardons of terrorists, as well as the pardon of fugitive and tax cheat Mark Rich during the waning days of the Clinton administration, these must not have been seen as ethical lapses.
Of course, during the Clinton years, I don’t think anything was considered unethical.
I could continue listing these “lapses in judgement by President Obama, but to do so would possibly leave me with carpal tunnel syndrome.
But I can’t wrap this up without giving a mention to one of the finest (insert sarcasm here) picks to be part of the Obama team.
David Ogden has been picked to be Deputy Attorney General.
David Ogden, a former attorney for the porno industry.
A man who has filed lawsuits aimed at allowing pornography in public libraries.
A man who filed (and won) a lawsuit forcing the Library of Congress to carry Playboy magazine in Braille!
So there you have it folks.
Millions of you voted for, and now can reap the benefits of, the Most Ethical Administration In History!
Feel better now?
News And Views 6-29-2009
June 29, 2009
Your daily dose of news and opinion pieces from some of today’s top conservative pundits, as well as writings by some of the best bloggers on the internet.
Hawaii Newspaper Turns Down Ad Probing Obama’s Birth
Honduras Latest Country On Brink Of Revolution
Rush: Role Of Government Is To Secure Our Liberty, Not To Seize It
Obama Breaks Promise, Moves Towards Middle-Class Healthcare Tax
Thousands Of Iranians Ignore Threats, March In Rally
The Civil Defense Versus Obama’s Army
June 29, 2009
Most of you reading this are probably not old enough to recognize the image attached to this article, or what it once stood for.
We’ll get back to that in a minute.
Some of you may recall that during the Presidential campaign, Barack Obama made the claim that “America needs a domestic security force just as strong and just as well funded as our military.”
At the time, I figured that candidate Obama was choosing to ignore the fact that we already have something along those lines, those of us who are sensible know it as the National Guard.
But it turns out that what Mr. Obama had in mind was, in our opinion, his own private army, formed under the pretense of having a domestic group ready to respond in case of a national emergency or terrorist attack.
Again, Mr. Obama, ever hear of the National Guard?
We have written a number of articles about this ludicrous idea, here are just two:
Obama’s Civilian Security Force and the other is Obama’s Civilian Defense Force Update
Which brings us to the picture we started this article off with.
That picture was the symbol of a now-defunct organization know as The United States Civil Defense.
This was a non-military force, consisting at it’s peak of over 10 million members.
These volunteers were trained, primarily on a local level, to respond to natural disasters, administer first aid, decontaminate after chemical weapons attacks, and a multitude of other scenarios.
An associated agency’s duties consisted of border patrol and search and rescue missions.
Keep in mind, a trained civilian response team consisting of 10 million members.
To get a better idea of how critical this agency was once considered to America’s internal security, if you ever happen to attend a to attend a classic car show, and happen to spot a 40’s to early 60’s car equipped with the original radio, you will see the CD symbol on the radio dial, so people could tune in for critical announcements and updates.
But, as with all good things, government interference and the fed’s usual hair brained ideas that “we can make this work better”
led to this bastion of Americans trained to help fellow Americans faded away/was folded into the federal bureaucracy.
And despite what Janet Napolitan and her minions at the Department of Homeland Security would have you believe, the United States no longer has any group as well trained or containing nearly the measurement of the Civil Defense in it’s heyday.
So, how does this differ from what President Obama envisions?
Obama wants to recruit high school and college students to serve a term of duty in AmeriCorps.
These kids would be shipped off to various locations, housed in a barracks-style setting, issued uniforms (didn’t someone else in history do something like that? I wonder if the shirts would still be brown?), and “trained” in emergency response techniques.
Feeling safer now?
As opposed to the old Civil Defense, of which I can provide a first-hand account of how well they performed the duties they were trained to do.
Bear with me, as I have to go into some detail in order to illustrate my point.
Years ago, the area where I grew up went through a flood that is still ranked as one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
As fate would have it, the area where I lived, as well as that town’s National Guard Armory, were out of the areas affected by the flooding.
A friend and I happened to be standing in my front yard when all of a sudden a military jeep pulled up in front of the house and the soldier asked me my name.
Upon learning that I was who he was looking for, he asked me to get in, and for my friend to come along.
We returned to the armory where the Scoutmaster of my Boy Scout troop, who also happened to be the head of the local Civil Defense unit, was, along with the members of his group, working with the Guard unit on disaster relief.
He had overheard one of the members of the Guard unit saying that they were unable to get blankets, food, and water to one section of the town because the only road to it was flooded out.
When my friend and I walked in, he asked me “Carl, do you know of a way to get to Avondale Hill?”
I told him that I did, but it would involve driving through some old abandoned strip mines.
Fifteen minutes later, my buddy was in one jeep and I was in another, leading the soldiers along this route to take much needed supplies to people who couldn’t be reached any other practical way.
Yes, I realize that for some of you, especially the ones who have never heard of it, something on the order of the Civil Defense sounds kind of old-fashioned.
However, if you were to find yourself in an area hit by a natural disaster, or, God forbid, a terrorist attack, who would you rather have available to turn to for help?
The National Guard being on hand is a given, regardless of Obama’s feelings, they are always ready to step up when they are called.
But who would you rather have providing them assistance?
A group of well trained, mature. local individuals, volunteers who know the area where they are working to try and return life to normal?
People who know of the local citizens and resources to turn to to get a task accomplished in a time of crisis?
Or a bunch of out-of-the-area high school kids who, although they miss being at home playing their video games, for most of whom their biggest concern is how much money they will receive towards college tuition for being part of Obama’s Army?
News And Views 6-28-2009
June 28, 2009
Your daily dose of news and opinion pieces from some of today’s top conservative pundits, as well as writings by some of the best bloggers on the internet.
United States Debtor Status Worsens Dramatically
North Korean Ship Goes Free, U.S. Won’t Inspect
Boehner: Climate Bill “A Pile Of S**T”
Iran Pledges A Crushing Response To U.S. Critiques
Supreme Court Order’s New Look At Arizona’s English Program
Born In The USA? Judge: Eligibility Dispute Is Serious
The Broken Promises Of Barack Obama
June 28, 2009
Recently, one of our reader’s asked if we would do an article outlining how many of his campaign promises President Obama has already broken.
Being responsive to our reader’s wishes is one of our top priorities, but we did ask her to give us some time to compile the information, as chances are it would prove to be quite a task.
We had no idea what an understatement that was.
To list them all would cause you to lose your eyesight before you finished reading them, so we will list, in no particular order, what we consider to be the major ones.
1. Reforming Of “Earmarks.”
Obama said “When I am President, I will go through a spending bill line-by-line to make sure we are not spending money unwisely.”
I guess the hundreds of millions of dollars in the “Porkulus” economic stimulus package failed to catch his eye.
He also missed the almost 7 billion dollars in earmarks in the 2009 Omnibus spending bill for 2009 that he signed.
2. No Jobs For Lobbyists.
“Lobbyists have not funded my campaign, and they will not run my White House.”
Well, they may not be running it, but there are quite a few former lobbyists working there. Just a few are:
Attorney General Eric Holder
Mark Patterson, Chief of Staff for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
Cecilia Munoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Ron Klain, Chief of Staff for Vice-President Joe Biden
Mona Stuphen, Deputy White House Chief of Staff
The list goes on. Click here to see more former lobbyists that are members of the Obama administration
3. Sign the “Freedom of Choice” Act
This is one all of us here at the Freedom Medium are glad he hasn’t followed through on.
However, keep in mind that, although he hasn’t mentioned this legislation since he took office, he did appoint a pro abortion advocate, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
4.”I Will Eliminate Capital Gains Taxes For Small Business Investment.”
This is one, with the economy being the way it is, should have been one of the first items on Obama’s agenda.
Instead of doing something to encourage the small firms that are making it through the recession to expand and create jobs, Mr. Obama seems to be more focused on laying the groundwork fo a job as a service manager at a General Motors dealership once he leaves office.
5. The Rescue Plan For The Middle Class.
This one was going to eliminate penalties for early withdrawals from 401k retirement accounts.
This would have allowed people to withdraw up to $10,000 from their 401’s to meet everyday expenses.
There are two problems with this one.
The first one is that this is another one that should have been at the top of the list, given the state of the economy.
The second one is, despite promises of HOPE and CHANGE, in spite of promises after promise of the creation of new jobs, and fleecing the American taxpayer out of almost 800 billion dollars in a hair-brained scheme to make it happen, our economy, as well as the stock market, is still in the toilet.
Perhaps it doesn’t matter that he broke this one.
Regardless of Obama’s vow to turn the economy around, most people probably don’t have ten grand left in their 401k.
We could keep going on and on with this, but I think you get the idea.
However, we did save the best for last.
6. “When I am President, when a piece of legislation reaches my desk, you will have days to examine it online to see what is in it before I sign it.”
That quote may not be the exact wording, but the bottom line is that he did promise the American public the chance to look at a bill before he signed off on it.
There is a logical expanation as to why Obama dropped the ball on this one.
Number one, if the members of Congress aren’t given enough time to read a piece of legislation before voting on it, why the hell should we, the average taxpayers, expect to be treated any better?
The second one is, given the nonsense that is being signed into law, if most of us had a chance to look at it first, we would probably cause the White House switchboard to melt from the amount of irate phone calls we would be making.
You May Be Suffering From Obamalism
June 27, 2009
Do you know someone who is suffering from Obamalism?
Some common symptoms are:
Unquestioning belief.
Complete and total agreement.
Feeling that you are listening to the word of God.
Still clinging to the belief that that you Hope things will Change. (Change different from what we’ve seen so far.)
And perhaps the most severe symptom of all.
Feeling a tingle running down your leg.
Watch the video to see some horrific examples of this crippling disease:
News And Views 6-27-2009
June 27, 2009
Your daily dose of news and opinion pieces from some of today’s top conservative pundits, as well as writings by some of the best bloggers on the internet.
South Korea To Boost Surgical Strike Capability Against North
Conyer’s Wife Pleads Guilty, Conyers Drops ACORN Probe
GOP Defectors On Cap And Trade
For Sale On eBay: “Obama’s Kenyan Birth Certificate.”
News and Views 6-26-2009
June 26, 2009
As usual, we bring you the top news stories and opinion pieces from around the world, in addition to our own daily commentaries.
EPA Plays Hide And Seek, Suppressed Report Revealed
Iran Revolution Day 14: Makeshift Hospitals, News Blackout
The Voice Claims Another Victim
When Did The Lowbrows Take Over The Culture?
The Mainstream Media STILL Hates The U.S. Military
June 26, 2009
Over the past year or so, we haven’t heard much commentary from the MSM about the war in Iraq.
But what they did have to say spoke volumes about their loathing for America, and it’s brave fighting men and women.
Check out some of these quotes by so-called journalists:
“The troop surge is a folly, and the war is a lost cause.”
“The media was sold a bill of goods by the Bush administration, and I’ve been against this bull**it war from the beginning.”
“We’re embroiled here in a conflict that looks like a bad remake of Vietnam.”
“The fact of the matter is that the United States has got itself in a terrible bind here without regional allies, and without UN legitimacy, forget it, it will never work, Vietnam quagmire next stop.”
And the major network news shows, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, etc. are still wondering whay their ratings continue to slip?
Remember how we were constantly told that Iraq would be a replay of Vietnam, that it would be a “quagmire”?
All of the above isn’t anything new.
These people were just following the example of countless others in the “news” business who came before them, as the video below will prove.
But one thing hasn’t changed.
You liberal media pundits were a bunch of lying clowns years ago, and you are a bunch of lying clowns now!
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