Science Czar Suggested Compulsory Abortion, Sterilzation; 75% - Audit the FED; Pelosi Comes Unglued

1) Obama's science czar suggested compulsory abortion, sterilization …Holdren refers approvingly, for example, to Indira Gandhi's government for its then-recent attempt at a compulsory sterilization program: India in the mid-1970s not only entertained the idea of compulsory sterilization, but moved toward implementing it...This decision was greeted with dismay abroad, but Indira Gandhi's government felt it had little other choice. There is too little time left to experiment further with educational programs and hope that social change will generate a spontaneous fertility decline, and most of the Indian population is too poor for direct economic pressures (especially penalties) to be effective. When necessary, then, compulsory sterilization is justified. This attitude suffuses the following passage, in which the possibility of putting a “sterilant” into a population's drinking water is seriously discussed. Holdren and his co-authors do not recommend this particular method, but their objections to it are merely practical and health-related, not moral or stemming from any concern for human freedom: Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that seems to horrify people more than most proposals for involuntary fertility control. Indeed, this would pose some very difficult political, legal, and social questions, to say nothing of the technical problems. No such sterilant exists today, nor does one appear to be under development. To be acceptable, such a substance would have to meet some rather stiff requirements: it must be uniformly effective, despite widely varying doses received by individuals, and despite varying degrees of fertility and sensitivity among individuals; it must be free of dangerous or unpleasant side effects; and it must have no effect on members of the oposite sex, children, old people, pets, or livestock...Again, there is no sign of such an agent on the horizon. And the risk of serious, unforeseen side effects would, in our opinion, militate against the use of any such agent, even though this plan has the advantage of avoiding the need for socioeconomic pressures that might tend to discriminate against particular groups or penalize children. See: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obamas-science-czar-suggested-compulsory-abortion-sterilization-50783612.html Remember from a previous post: Over Population is not an issue: Headed toward extinction? World depopulation — rather than overpopulation — is the troublesome trend that should concern the entire planet. …As the number of women of reproductive age falls in country after country, world population is acquiring negative momentum and thus could decline even if birthrates eventually turn up. Societies around the globe need to ask why they are engaging in what biologists would surely recognize in any other species as maladaptive behavior leading either to extinction, or dramatic mutation. See: http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/03/headed-toward-e.html 2) 75% Favor Auditing The Fed So much for the ongoing secrecy of the nation’s independent central banking system. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Americans favor auditing the Federal Reserve and making the results available to the public.  Just nine percent (9%) of adults think that’s a bad idea and oppose it. Fifteen percent (15%) aren’t sure. Over half the members of the House now support a bill giving the Government Accounting Office, Congress’ investigative agency, the authorization to audit the books of the Federal Reserve Board. Support for the bill has grown now that the Obama administration is proposing to give the Fed greater economic regulatory powers. The Fed which sets U.S. monetary policy was created as an independent agency to keep it free of politically-motivated interference.  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in a town forum filmed on Sunday which is airing this week on PBS stations said he is strongly opposed to the audit legislation. “I don’t think the American people want Congress running monetary policy,” he said. Howard Rich addressed this issue in a recent commentary and concluded it was important to locate the “trillions of dollars” the Fed has spent over the last year-and-a-half. …While the president hopes to expand the Fed chairman’s regulatory controls, 46% of Americans say he already has too much power over the economy.  Fifty-one percent (51%) oppose expanding the Fed’s regulatory powers. See: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/july_2009/75_favor_auditing_the_fed 3) You're (Probably) a Federal Criminal Federal law now criminalizes activities that the average person would never dream would land him in prison. Consequently, every year, thousands of upstanding, responsible Americans run afoul of some incomprehensible federal law and end up serving time in federal prison. …Moreover, under these new laws, the government can often secure a conviction without having to prove that the person accused even intended to commit a bad act, historically a protection against wrongful conviction. Laws like this are dangerous in the hands of social engineers and ambitious lawmakers -- not to mention overzealous prosecutors -- bent on using government's greatest civilian power to punish any activity they dislike. So many thousands of criminal offenses are now in federal law that a prominent federal appeals court judge titled his recent essay on this overcriminalization problem, "You're (Probably) a Federal Criminal." See: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/07/21/heritage-house-law/ 4) 'A trillion here, a trillion there': Bobby Jindal’s OpEd in the Politico …The House Democrats’ plan would have the following consequences:  • Most Americans would end up, over time, with government-run health care.  • The only folks who would be able to stave this off are the wealthy.  • The quality of our health care would diminish.  • Someone other than patients and doctors would make decisions on the treatments and medicines we can have.  • The taxes on the rich, otherwise known as employers, would further damage the economy and potentially drive up unemployment at a time we can least afford it. See: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25136_Page2.html 4a) Pelosi lashes out against insurance companies: Pelosi comes unglued: "It's almost immoral what they are doing," Pelosi said to reporters, referring to insurance companies. "Of course they've been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure," she said, adding, "They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening." See: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE56T4CZ20090730?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true 5) AP IMPACT: Dodd, Conrad told deals were sweetened WASHINGTON – Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation's largest lenders, the official who handled their loans has told Congress in secret testimony. Both senators have said that at the time the mortgages were being written they didn't know they were getting unique deals from Countrywide Financial Corp., the company that went on to lose billions of dollars on home loans to credit-strapped borrowers. Dodd still maintains he got no preferential treatment. …• Dodd heads the Banking Committee and is a major player in two big areas: solving the housing foreclosure and financial crises and putting together an overhaul of the U.S. health care system. A five-term senator, he is in a tough fight for re-election in 2010, partly because of the controversy over his mortgages. • Conrad chairs the Budget Committee. He, too, shares an important role in the health care debate, as well as on legislation to curb global warming. Both senators were VIP borrowers in the program known as "friends of Angelo." Angelo Mozilo was chief executive of Countrywide, which played a big part in the foreclosure crisis triggered by defaults on subprime loans. The Calabasas, Calif.-based company was bought last July by Bank of America Corp. for about $2.5 billion. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_go_co/us_senators_mortgages 6) Israel on Iran: Anything it takes to stop nukes JERUSALEM – Israel hardened its insistence Monday that it would do anything it felt necessary to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, just the ultimatum the United States hoped not to hear as it tried to nudge Iran to the bargaining table. …Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak used a brief news conference with Gates to insist three times that Israel would not rule out any response — an implied warning that it would consider a pre-emptive strike to thwart Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. "We clearly believe that no option should be removed from the table," Barak said. "This is our policy. We mean it. We recommend to others to take the same position, but we cannot dictate it to anyone." …Iran says it is merely trying to develop nuclear reactors for domestic power generation. Israeli leaders fear the U.S. prizes its outreach to Iran over its historic ties to Israel and appears resigned to the idea that Iran will soon be able to build a nuclear weapon. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/ml_israel_us 7) Lou Dobbs: Just produce birth certificate CNN anchor says Obama's presidential actions could be 'illegal' "The left is trying to silence their opponents and their competitors in the public marketplace of ideas," he said on his radio show. "One issue in which the ethnocentric issue groups have been trying to silence me is on the issue of illegal immigration. Many of those, if you will, have migrated to me here recently because I, even though I said I believe the president is a citizen of the United States, I don't understand why he shouldn't produce a birth certificate. My God, you're talking about the third rail of American journalism, baby! That's it. I'm not going to back off." See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105345 8) Police beat mourners in new wave of unrest in Iran TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to disperse thousands chanting "Neda lives!" Thursday at a memorial for victims of post-election violence held at the gravesite of the woman whose death made her an icon of the pro-reform movement, witnesses said. …Plainclothes forces dispersed the crowd with tear gas and batons — and with chants of "Death to those who are against the supreme leader," according to witnesses and state television. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election

Constitutional Crisis Looming, Scofflow Obama has History with Cambridge Police, ACORN criminally investigated

1) Daily Presidential Tracking Poll The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. That’s the first time his ratings have reached double digits in negative territory. … Fifty-three percent (53%) now oppose the Congressional health care reform package. That’s up eight points over the past month. Just 20% now see health care as the most important of the President’s priorities. See: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll 2) Constitutional crisis looming? The inflammatory issue of Barrack Obama’s birth certificate is gathering steam across America: Was he or was he not born in the United States? If he was born anywhere other than on American soil, then his presidency is invalidated. Why? The Constitution of the United States pointedly requires that the President be a natural born citizen. Defusing the issue would be easy: Obama could simply provide a legitimate and complete birth certificate proving his birth location. Not only has he stubbornly refused to do so, but he has spent several million dollars in legal fees to thwart various citizen lawsuits that demand proper disclosure. Obama has also legally cloaked records that could potentially support or discredit his citizenship claims, like school records and transcripts from Harvard and Occidental College. Some investigators suspect that he may have applied for admission as a foreign student. ...Barrack Obama’s approval rating is already dropping like a rock and the public is more sharply polarized than ever. After just six months in office, Obama has fared worse than even Jimmy Carter in 1976, whose outrageous acts had enraged the American public like none before him. Carter had no chance of serving a second term. Many Democrats have already pulled away from Obama, fearing that he is a) too far to the left or b) pur­suing a narcissistic agenda that leaves them out of the picture. ...Perhaps Obama was convinced by his handlers that nobody would care about this natural born citizen thing. Or, per­haps they convinced him that he could get away with it even if they did care. What Obama may not know is that these same handlers might soon offer him up as a cheap sacrifice in order to force a Constitutional crisis. Why? Because it would almost certainly require a Constitutional Convention to straighten out the mess. Every Presi­dential act would be invalidated. Civil unrest would be rampant. Chaos would reign, and chaos is the desired envi­ronment for the powers behind Obama. With every passing day that the birth issue is not resolved in Obama’s favor, the odds will persistently increase that a Constitutional crisis will soon unfold, and that America will be polarized like never before in history. See: http://www.augustforecast.com/2009/07/24/constitutional-crisis-looming/ 2a) Media Mischief, the Obama Eligibility Issue and the “Dispositive Fact” Last week, the media was forced into reporting on the Obama birth-certificate/eligibility issue. It had little choice because respected CNN Journalist Lou Dobbs had the audacity to suggest that Obama should produce his long-form birth certificate to put to rest the doubts of millions of Americans who believe Obama is not constitutionally eligible to serve as President. Immediately and predictably, much of the reporting from the main stream media was in the form of vicious attacks, seeking to discredit Mr. Dobbs and others looking for clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Obama is or is not a “Natural Born Citizen” entitling him to serve as President of the United States. Left-wing bloggers and those in the media who have been carry Obama’s water this past year circled the wagons, and calls that Lou Dobbs be fired rang out. I have to salute Lou Dobbs for his courage and sense of ethical responsibility in addressing this issue at all. Of all the CNN commentators, Lou Dobbs is the one who consistently tries to be fair to all sides. …It seems to me that if the facts are as Mr. Klein says, serious reporters and investigators would be turning over every stone to try to find the truth. Serious reporters would be going to Kenya; talking to administrators, faculty, and students at all the colleges Obama attended to discover if he talked about his birthplace, applied/registered as a foreign student or received aid as a foreign student; they'd be looking at his past travel and what passports he carried; and they would be seeking the information provided on Obama's Illinois Bar Application. One would think that an innocent person sitting in the Oval Office would quickly provide all information necessary to put to bed this troubling “eligibility issue”. Obama has not. (George Bush or Bill Clinton would have, I’m sure.) In fact, Obama has spend hundreds of thousands of dollars (some say 1 to 2 million) trying to keep the past hidden. Thank you, Lou Dobbs, for having the courage to ask the simple question - Where's the Birth Certificate? …As Obama says, “let me be clear”, one can be a Citizen and NOT be a "Natural Born Citizen."   The flip side of this coin - if Obama is found not to be a "Natural Born Citizen", it would be the "dispositive fact" that would determine the outcome of the “eligibility issue”. Obama could not be President. So, which type of “Citizen” is Obama? Real reporters would be turning over heaven and earth to find out. The American reporters are turning over heaven and earth to cover it up. See: http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12881:media-mischief-the-obama-eligibility-issue-and-the-dispositive-fact-&catid=71:world-news&Itemid=201 3) What’s actually in that Health Care Bill? Here’s a blogger who read it and cited some of the more troublesome provisions: Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued! Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to you ur banks accounts for elective funds transfer. Page 65 Sec 164: is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community organizations: (ACORN). Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan. Page 124 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monopoly. Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (salary) Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE! Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families. Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll. See: http://aneverydaypatriot.blogspot.com/2009/07/truth-about-obamas-health-care-plan.html And: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+3200 for the actual text of the bill.  3a) Obama health-care claims disputed Even as President Obama delivered a prime-time sales pitch for his embattled health care reform plan Wednesday, basic facts about coverage, cost and who foots the bills remain in dispute and many of the president's favorite talking points are challenged not only by Republicans but also by independent fact-checkers.  For example, Mr. Obama promises that people who are happy with their current health insurance can keep it. That's a claim contradicted by Factcheck.org, a nonpartisan consumer advocacy group at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center. …Mr. Obama also changed his tune on requiring individuals to buy insurance or pay a fine. He opposed that idea on the campaign trail but has warmed to the idea as it became an element of the package being drafted by Congress. See: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/23/sale-of-health-care-plan-doesnt-always-meet-the-fa/?feat=home_headlines 3b) GOP Not Allowed to Say 'Government-Run Healthcare RUSH: By the way, Connie Hair at Human Events reports that House Republicans... Get this: House Republicans are now barred by Democrats on the Franking Commission -- that's in charge of mail -- from saying "'government-run health care' in the communications with their constituents." They have to pay for the postage themselves if they want to be able to say "government-run health care." The Democrats on the Franking Commission have refused the Franking privilege, free mail to constituents, if they use the term "government-run health care." This is a perfect illustration of the authoritarian -- or as Mark Levin calls them, the statist. See: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072409/content/01125104.guest.html And: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32856 3c) Perry raises possibility of states' rights showdown with White House over healthcare AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states’ rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president’s healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas. Interviewed by conservative talk show host Mark Davis of Dallas’ WBAP/820 AM, Perry said his first hope is that Congress will defeat the plan, which both Perry and Davis described as "Obama Care." But should it pass, Perry predicted that Texas and a "number" of states might resist the federal health mandate. "I think you’ll hear states and governors standing up and saying 'no’ to this type of encroachment on the states with their healthcare," Perry said. "So my hope is that we never have to have that stand-up. But I’m certainly willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats." See: http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1504240.html 3d) Dallas Tea-Party Crowd Ambushes MoveOn Rally RUSH: This is funny, too. This is from a blog in Dallas. "Local MoveOn.org members had penciled in on [yesterday's] schedule a protest in front of Senator John Cornyn's Spring Valley Road office, during which they had hoped to pressure the senator to support President Barack Obama's public health care legislation. But when Paula Anderson, a MoveOn.org member and spokeswoman, showed up at 11:30 a.m., she found another contingent had beat her to the proverbial punch: A large number of Dallas Tea Party members were already set up, voicing their opposition to the proposal," and this MoveOn.org babe "was stunned: 'We really did not expect them to show up.' She estimated the crowd at about 130. ...  "Tea Party-hearties also showed up to health-care legislation rallies in Austin and in San Antonio. ... Q Coleman, a Tea Party member, estimated the crowd swelled to at least 200. 'The vast majority of people here didn't want this,' Coleman said. 'We beat them 10 to 1,'" and the MoveOn.org babe said, "I'm just amazed they are so strong in what their beliefs are. With people being without health care, it's just hard to imagine people could be so against the plan Obama is trying to put in place." MoveOn.org was "stunned" that there is so much hardened opinion against the plan. The MoveOn.org people are idiots. They don't understand. This is not about insuring people that don't have health insurance. It's not about that at all. It's not even about health care. I'm blue in the face describing this. See: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072409/content/01125104.guest.html And: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/07/how_a_rally_for_obamas_health.php 3e) Did Michelle Obama start a patient-dumping program? While Barack Obama presses for health-care reform, Sean Hannity looks at his wife’s efforts to reform medical care at the University of Chicago Medical Center as its vice-president. In a lengthy segment on last night’s show, Hannity reports on the Urban Health Initiative, a program ostensibly intended to provide the kind of change in health care that President Obama says his program will deliver nationally — fewer emergency room vists, better wellness and prevention care, and lower costs. However, the people in Chicago see the UHI differently. In practice, it looks more like a patient-dumping scheme to avoid dealing with Medicare/Medicaid patients. …Sen. Barack Obama’s wife and three close advisers have been involved with a program at the University of Chicago Medical Center that steers patients who don’t have private insurance — primarily poor, black people — to other health care facilities. Michelle Obama — currently on unpaid leave from her $317,000-a-year job as a vice president of the prestigious hospital — helped create the program, which aims to find neighborhood doctors for low-income people who were flooding the emergency room for basic treatment. Hospital officials say such patients hinder their ability to focus on more critically ill patients in need of specialized care, such as cancer treatment and organ transplants. Obama’s top political strategist, David Axelrod, co-owns the firm, ASK Public Strategies, that was hired by the hospital last year to sell the program — called the Urban Health Initiative — to the community as a better alternative for poor patients. See: http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/23/video-did-michelle-obama-start-a-patient-dumping-program/ 4) The criminal case against ACORN Congressional report demands probe, block of $8.5 billion in stimulus funds In a move to block designation of $8.5 billion in economic stimulus funds, Republicans on a House committee released a report calling for a criminal investigation of ACORN, the community activist group tied to numerous charges of voter fraud nationwide.  The 88-page report asks whether ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is intentionally structured as a criminal enterprise.  Commissioned by Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the report charges ACORN "hides behind a paper wall of nonprofit corporate protections to conceal a criminal conspiracy on the part of its directors, to launder federal money in order to pursue a partisan political agenda and to manipulate the American electorate." The report expresses concern that ACORN would channel $8.5 billion in economic stimulus funds through a criminal corporate structure designed to mask the distribution of public money to partisan activities, including voter fraud to advance the campaigns of radical Democratic politicians.  "It is undisputed that ACORN engages in politically partisan activity," the report declared, noting ACORN was paid $832,000 by the Obama 2008 presidential campaign for get-out-the-vote efforts. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104842 4a) ACORN files lawsuit on voter registration The liberal activist organization ACORN filed a lawsuit Wednesday that aims to strike down a Pennsylvania law that authorities are currently using to prosecute several of the group's former employees on charges related to voter-registration fraud.  The suit, filed in federal court in Pennsylvania, seeks to have a state law known as solicitation of registration declared unconstitutional. The law makes it illegal to pay an employee for soliciting voter registrations based on the number of registrations the employee obtains.  Five former employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) were charged in May with various voter-registration-fraud crimes, including solicitation of donations. Those charges, which authorities say included ACORN employees submitting registration forms for "Mickey Mouse," are still pending. See: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/23/acorn-files-lawsuit-on-voter-registration/?feat=home_headlines 5) Some Gitmo detainees may come to US jails WASHINGTON – The Pentagon's top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090725/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_guantanamo_detainees 6) 'Scofflaw' Obama has history with 'stupid' Cambridge police Condemns action of officer at department that ticketed prez 17 times while a student President Obama, who targeted the Cambridge, Mass., police department with his comment that one of its officers acted "stupidly" in the arrest of a black man, has a history with the department dating from his college years to as recently as the launch of his presidential campaign. Gates, who contends he was racially profiled, said the door of his own rented home was jammed, and he and his driver were trying to force it open. Obama responded to a question about the case at a nationally televised news conference Wednesday.  "But I think it's fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry," Obama said. "No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. And No. 3 – what I think we know separate and apart from this incident – is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that's just a fact." The officer reported Gates was belligerent, followed him onto the home's front porch and screamed at him. Today, the local police officers union held a news conference to say there was no evidence the arrest was race-based …According to the Somerville Times in 2007, as a Harvard Law School student, Obama got 17 parking tickets during 1989-1991 from the Cambridge Police Department that he left unpaid until just weeks before he announced his bid for the presidency.  "In other words, as a practicing lawyer in Chicago, he allowed these tickets and penalties to remain unpaid; as an Illinois state senator he allowed these tickets and fines to remain unpaid; and as a United States senator he allowed these almost-two-decade-old signs of his disdain for the law to remain unpaid," commented John LeBoutillier on Newsmax.com.  The Washington Post said two years ago that the tickets included parking without a proper permit and parking in a bus stop. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104935 6a) Meet the man at center of Obama's race controversy Gates immortalized communist, linked to radical black activists JERUSALEM – Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Harvard professor at the center of the current national race controversy, has recruited radical black activists to his university department, is a prominent supporter of reparations for the descendents of slaves and has immortalized a communist and socialist activist.  Since 1991, Gates has been teaching African American studies at Harvard, where he serves as the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. De Bois, an American civil rights activist, sociologist, historian and author, was an avowed communist and also a socialist sympathizer.  Du Bois was for a brief time a member of the Socialist Party. In 1927 he infamously traveled to the USSR, where he called the Soviet system "the most hopeful vehicle for the world." Eight years later, he published the book "Black Reconstruction," which offered a Marxist interpretation of the Reconstruction Era. … Serving as director for the Harvard institute immortalizing Du Bois, Gates cultivated black radicals to his race studies department, most prominently bringing in Cornel West, a controversial adviser on Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March with close ties to socialist and black extremist groups. West is a declared personal friend of Farrakhan. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104938 6b) Gates lawyer was young Obama's mentor Radical black activist tied to Black Panthers, supports reparations JERUSALEM – The lawyer representing Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Harvard professor at the center of a national race controversy, was a mentor of both Barack and Michelle Obama and served on the president's black advisory council.  Charles Ogletree Jr., himself a Harvard University professor, is closely linked to the Black Panthers and to radical black ideology. He is a key member of the reparations movement and once pursued the possibility of bringing a class action lawsuit to win reparations for descendants of African slaves. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104928

Obama "Not Familiar" With Outlawing YOUR Insurance, Slipping in Polls, Defunding the Military, Supporting Despots

1) Morning Bell: Obama Admits He’s “Not Familiar” With House Bill …During the call, a blogger from Maine said he kept running into an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. He asked: “Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?” President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.” See: http://www.heritage.org/2009/07/21/morning-bell-obama-admits-hes-not-familiar-with-house-bill/ Remember from my 7-15 post: So we can all keep our coverage, just as promised — with, of course, exceptions: Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers. See: http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=332548165656854 1a) Health Bill Might Direct Tax Money to Abortion WASHINGTON — An Obama administration official refused Sunday to rule out the possibility that federal tax money might be used to pay for abortions under proposed health care legislation. …Douglas D. Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, said the House bill, like one approved last week by the Senate health committee, “would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade,” the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/health/policy/20abortion.html?_r=1 1b) Should Government Determine the Value of Human Life? Controversial Princeton bioethics professor and philosopher Peter Singer is making waves with his article outlining the case for rationing in last week’s New York Times Magazine. This is the same Singer who advocated infanticide, proposing that abortion be made legal for 28 days after birth, in order to allow parents to decide whether to keep an “imperfect” baby. Professor Singer’s latest piece, “Why We Must Ration Health Care,” should be a call to action for every American who cherishes personal freedom and self-determination. There is no doubt that health care reform proposals being rushed through Congress are the initial steps in government rationing of health care. As has been shown from experience in this country and others, under a government-rationed system the needs of the elderly, the disabled, and the unborn are pushed aside in the name of government bureaucrats seeking the “best value” from limited health care resources. See: http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/21/should-government-determine-the-value-of-human-life/#more-11353 And: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2 for article defending rationing. 1c) Mayo Clinic calls House plan bad medicine The Mayo Clinic said there are some positive elements of the bill, but overall "the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher quality, more affordable health care for patients."  "In fact, it will do the opposite," clinic officials said, because the proposals aren't [R]patient-focused or results-oriented. "The real losers will be the citizens of the United States." See: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/21/mayo-clinic-calls-house-plan-bad-medicine/?feat=home_cube_position1 2) Poll Shows Obama Slipping on Key Issues Heading into a critical period in the debate over health-care reform, public approval of President Obama's stewardship on the issue has dropped below the 50 percent threshold for the first time, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902176.html?hpid=topnews 2a) Poll: Public losing trust in President Obama Trust in President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies to identify the right solutions to problems facing the country has dropped off significantly since March, according to a new Public Strategies Inc./POLITICO poll.  Just as Obama intensifies his efforts to fulfill a campaign promise and reach an agreement with Congress on health care reform, the number of Americans who say they trust the president has fallen from 66 percent to 54 percent. At the same time, the percentage of those who say they do not trust the president has jumped from 31 to 42.  The president’s party has taken a similar hit since the last Public Trust Monitor poll, with only 42 percent of respondents saying that they trust the Democratic Party, compared with 52 percent who do not. The party’s numbers are nearly the inverse of March’s survey, in which 52 percent said they trusted Democrats and 42 percent did not. …The number of respondents who think the $787 billion federal stimulus package will have a positive impact on the nation’s economy has dropped from 56 percent to 45 percent. The percentage of those who think the stimulus will have a negative impact has remained steady at just more than a quarter of those polled, but the number of those who think the stimulus will have no impact on the economy has jumped from 18 percent to 28 percent. See: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25189.html 3) Senate Strips Controversial F-22 Money From Defense Bill The Senate votes to strip from the defense bill $1.75 billion for seven additional F-22 jets -- President Obama had threatened to veto the bill if the money was not removed.  WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday voted to strip money for seven additional F-22 jets from a $680 billion defense bill, after President Obama threatened to veto the entire bill if the money remained.  The 58-40 vote was a win for the White House and, for the moment, prevents Obama from using the first veto of his presidency. The president considered the $1.75 billion addition to the defense bill a waste of money.  See: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/21/senate-consider-stripping-controversial-f-money-defense/ 4) Bernanke says Fed can take on supercop role An Obama administration proposal to make the Fed the supercop of globally interconnected financial companies would be "just inviting a false sense of security that inevitably will be shattered at the expense of the taxpayer," Bachus warned. …"A perceived loss of monetary policy independence could raise fears about future inflation," he warned. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a frequent Fed critic, rejected that argument and said the Fed already makes political calculations. "Just the fact that (the Fed) can issue a lot of loans and special privileges to banks and corporations," Paul said. "That's political." Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., who wants the Fed to be more open, argued that some people rightly say "you can find out more about the operations of the CIA, than the Fed. The public has the right to know." See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090721/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bernanke 5) The Honduras Predicament Help me out here. President Obama immediately "meddles" in the affairs of Honduras, denouncing a military coup, the intent of which is to preserve the country's constitution (emphasis mine), but when it comes to Iran's fraudulent election and the violent repression of demonstrators who wanted their votes counted, the president initially vacillates and equivocates. Are we expected to accept this as a consistent foreign policy? Yes, it is consistent. He supports despots and dictators because he is one himself.  …The fingerprints (or in this case the boot prints) of the Castro brothers, Venezuela's dictator Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua are all over this. If one is known by the company one keeps, the specter of the Castros and their protege dictators joining President Obama in denouncing the Honduran military coup is not reassuring. See: http://townhall.com/Columnists/CalThomas/2009/07/02/the_honduras_predicament?page=full 6) Napolitano pick raised funds for terror supporter Group labeled 9/11 attacks on U.S. a legitimate operation TEL AVIV – An Arab politician recently appointed to a key position by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano helped raise funds for an Islamic group that has labeled a deadly anti-U.S. terrorist attack a legitimate operation, referred to terrorists as "freedom fighters" and equated Muslim jihad with the sentiments of American statesman Patrick Henry, WND has learned.  In April, Napolitano appointed Arif Alikhan, then Los Angeles deputy mayor of homeland security and public safety, to serve as assistant secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104597 7) Rabbis to Obama: Stop pressing on capital 'You don't want to enter list of those who raised a hand against Jerusalem …"During these days when our nation mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and remembers in abhorrence those that destroyed it, we are sure that you, Mr. President, do not want to enter the list of those who raised a hand on Jerusalem and its Jewish inhabitants," the rabbis write.  The rabbis state that besides the sanctity of Jerusalem, it is "totally illogical" to "even think" about negotiating with the Palestinians, pointing out "every piece of territory" taken over by the Palestinian Authority was turned into a sanctuary for terrorism and a launching for attacks against Jews. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104679

Theft Care, Trampling Jerusalem, Hate Crimes Bill PASSED!, $895 to Become Informant

1) A Reckless Congress  Democrats want to ram through one of the greatest raids on private income and business in American history. Say this about the 1,018-page health-care bill that House Democrats unveiled this week and that President Obama heartily endorsed: It finally reveals at least some of the price of the reckless ambitions of our current government. With huge majorities and a President in a rush to outrun the declining popularity of his agenda, Democrats are bidding to impose an unrepealable European-style welfare state in a matter of weeks. Mr. Obama's February budget provided the outline, but the House bill now fills in the details. To wit, tax increases that would take U.S. rates higher even than most of Europe. Yet even those increases aren't nearly enough to finance the $1 trillion in new spending, which itself is surely a low-ball estimate. Meanwhile, the bill would create a new government health entitlement that will kill private insurance and lead to a government-run system. Hyperbole? That's what people said when we warned about this last fall in "A Liberal Supermajority," but even we underestimated the ideological willfulness of today's national Democrats. Consider only a few of the details… See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124779717982855785.html#mod=rss_opinion_main 1a) Governors Fear Medicaid Costs in Health Plan BILOXI, Miss. — The nation’s governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern Sunday about the shape of the health care plan emerging from Congress, fearing that Washington was about to hand them expensive new Medicaid obligations without money to pay for them. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/health/policy/20health.html?_r=1&partner=MYWAY&ei=5065 2) U.S. demands halt to Jerusalem building project Netanyahu: 'Imagine if someone suggested Jews cannot live in New York' JERUSALEM – The State Department over the weekend summoned Israel's ambassador to Washington to demand a Jewish constriction project in eastern Jerusalem be immediately halted, it has been confirmed.  The Obama administration has called for a halt to Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem and the strategic West Bank in line with Palestinian claims on eastern Jerusalem as a future capital, even though the city was never a part of any Palestinian entity. …Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly rejected the State Department demand, telling a cabinet meeting that Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem was not a matter up for discussion. …Netanyahu explained an open city does not discriminate against Jewish housing and that Israel would not accept a stance that counters that civil right. …Historically, there was never any separation between eastern and western Jerusalem. The terminology came after Jordan occupied the eastern section of the city, including the Temple Mount, from 1947 until it used the territory to attack the Jewish state in 1967. Israel reunited Jerusalem when it won the 1967 Six Day War. While the U.S. strongly protests any Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem, it has been actively aiding Palestinians building illegally upon Jewish own land in eastern sections of the city, WND has exposed (emphasis mine). …Nimer Hamad, senior political adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, told WND the PA recently received guarantees against any Jewish construction in the West Bank or eastern Jerusalem taking place without the approval of the Obama administration and the Palestinians.  Last month, WND quoted a top PA negotiator stating the Obama administration told the Palestinians the "golden era" of Israeli construction in sections of Jerusalem and the strategic West Bank will soon come to an end. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104429 And: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104461 “whoever touches you (Jerusalem) touches the apple of His eye” Zechariah 2:8 2a) Report: Obama undermines State in Syria talks Official claims White House traded ambassadorship for ... Nothing JERUSALEM – The Obama administration did not extract any concessions from Syria in exchange for a decision last month to send a U.S. ambassador to Damascus, a top official from Syria's Information Ministry told WND. The official said Syria was in consultations with the State Department about the possibility of renewing an American ambassadorship to Syria in a major upgrade of relations with the Damascus regime. The official said the White House announcement on the ambassador came without Syria first agreeing to preconditions for the move.  The official claimed that Syria would not have ended its relationships with Iran, Hezbollah or various Palestinian organizations in exchange for the sending of a U.S. ambassador regardless of State Department negotiations. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104430 3) Senate vote for 'hate crimes' sparks warning 'The people will not remain silent forever' A key Senate vote during the wee hours when most Americans were asleep has added the so-called "hate crimes" plan, which creates federal protections and privileges homosexuals and others who have chosen alternative sexual lifestyles, to a defense spending bill. The House approved its version, H.R. 1913, or the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, April 29. But the Senate plan remained in the Judiciary Committee until Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced its consideration this week.  Then in a middle-of-the-night vote, senators approved 63-28 a plan to add it as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill pending, despite opposition from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. "This is a complete abdication of the responsibilities of the Judiciary Committee," McCain said. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104278 And: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_go_co/us_hate_crimes 4) Earn $895 by Participating in a Road Study (to study the best way to take away your freedom) The University of Iowa has launched a federally-funded study of America’s drivers. What could this mean for you? They’re looking for drivers and are offering $895 to entice participants.   What is the study about? The University of Iowa’s Public Policy Center is seeking to evaluate public response to a new mileage-based road user charge system (the more miles you drive, the more you pay). Currently, drivers pay a federal tax on the gas they purchase. A mileage-based charge system could replace the federal gas tax. The study looks to test the effectiveness of the technology used to track an individual driver’s mileage and evaluate driver acceptance of the mileage-based charge system.  The cities in which the study is taking place are Chicago, Illinois; Billings, Montana; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Wichita, Kansas; Portland, Maine, and Miami, Florida. I heard an advertisement on the radio for Chicago just the other day. Is this what you want? The government knowing exactly where and how many miles you drive?  Oregon and Washington state are testing similar systems. Kuhl said the on-board computers are being used in Europe to change motorists' behavior, such as charging them more to drive on congested roads at peak hours. …The computer is installed under the dashboard by technicians and is not supposed to be visible or to damage the vehicle in any way. Equipped with global positioning system technology, the computers can keep track of the different tax rates that apply in various jurisdictions where the car travels. See: http://financialfellow.com/2009/07/08/earn-895-by-participating-in-a-road-study/ And: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=268258&ac=PHnws 5) Will feds use new power to dictate what you drive? Senator's take on gasoline mandates: 'We own auto companies, why not?' DES MOINES, Iowa – Now that the federal government has gained control over the nation's auto industry, one U.S. senator contends, it's time to make some changes in the kinds of cars Americans drive and the kinds of fuel they use.  According to a Des Moines Register report, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, wants Congress to use "climate change" legislation to mandate that auto manufacturers fit all new cars to run on a blend of 85 percent ethanol.  "We own the automobile companies," Harkin said earlier this week. "Why not? I think that will be an easy one." See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104380 6) Islamic Supremacist Group Holds First U.S. Conference Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Sunni network with reported ties to confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Al Qaeda in Iraq's onetime leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It has operated discreetly in the U.S. for decades. Now, it is coming out of the shadows and openly hosting a July 19 conference entitled, "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam," at a posh Hilton hotel in a suburb of Chicago. …Hilton Oak Lawn General Manager Rick Harmon said Hizb ut-Tahrir used its own name when it reserved the room for the conference, but the hotel was not aware of the content of the event, which includes lectures entitled "Capitalism is Doomed to Fail," "The Global Rise of Islam," and the "Role of Muslims in America," until after the contract was signed. See: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533525,00.html 7) Injection protects against dirty bomb New medication a game-changer: 'We made a breakthrough that may save the lives of millions' A groundbreaking advance in medicine announced this week promises to dramatically reduce the number of people who would be killed in a nuclear war due to radiation poisoning with simple injections administered within three days of exposure.  Funded by the Pentagon, Professor Andrei Gudkov, chief scientific officer at Cleveland BioLabs, developed the preventative drug – it's not a vaccine – based on research he began in 2003 using protein produced in bacteria found in the intestine to protect cells from radiation, reported Israel's YnetNews.  Cells exposed to large doses of radiation die, scientists have found, when the cell's "suicide mechanism" is activated. The new medication based on intestinal bacteria works by suppressing the mechanism that causes cells to die and allows them to recover. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104381 8) Meet the real Walter Cronkite 'Most trusted' newsman pushed radical agenda WASHINGTON – Walter Cronkite is dead at 92 – but most Americans, many of whom considered him "the most trusted man" in the country during his reign as CBS News anchor – still don't know what motivated him and how he secured such an influential and lofty position. …He spoke openly about the need for America to give up its national sovereignty.  "American people are going to begin to realize they are going to have to yield some sovereignty to an international body to enforce world law, and I think that's going to come to other people as well," he said. "It's a fair distance to get there, but we are not ever going to get there unless we keep trying to push ourselves onto the road." See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104399

Outlawing Private Medical Insurance, Back-door Hate Crimes, Isreal to Attack Iran?

"'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.  'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'" — J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring) 1) It's Not An Option Congress: It didn't take long to run into an "uh-oh" moment when reading the House's "health care for all Americans" bill. Right there on Page 16 is a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal. When we first saw the paragraph Tuesday, just after the 1,018-page document was released, we thought we surely must be misreading it. So we sought help from the House Ways and Means Committee. It turns out we were right: The provision would indeed outlaw individual private coverage. Under the Orwellian header of "Protecting The Choice To Keep Current Coverage," the "Limitation On New Enrollment" section of the bill clearly states: "Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day" of the year the legislation becomes law. So we can all keep our coverage, just as promised — with, of course, exceptions: Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers (emphasis mine). …The legislation is also likely to finish off health savings accounts, a goal that Democrats have had for years. They want to crush that alternative because nothing gives individuals more control over their medical care, and the government less, than HSAs. With HSAs out of the way, a key obstacle to the left's expansion of the welfare state will be removed. The public option won't be an option for many, but rather a mandate for buying government care. A free people should be outraged at this advance of soft tyranny (emphasis mine). See: http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=332548165656854 2) Dems sneaking 'hate crimes' through on soldiers' bill? Piggybacking controversial act onto military funding legislation Democrats are expected to sneak the hate crimes bill through the Senate as early as tomorrow after they offered it as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill.  The Senate approved the same hate crime legislation last year as part of the military funding bill, but it was never reconciled with the House's bill.  The current House version – H.R. 1913, or the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 – was passed April 29 and referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.  Now the Senate is considering the military appropriations bill, or S.1390, and the Senate "hate crimes" act, or S. 909, may be passed as an amendment soon. The "hate crimes" legislation now faces its best chance in years to become federal law. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104034 3) Netanyahu tight-lipped about imminent Iran attack Israeli warships cross Red Sea in apparent signal to Tehran JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office refused to respond to a report today purporting to quote an Israeli defense official stating the recent deployment of warships across the Red Sea should be seen as serious preparation for an attack on Iran.  "It is not our policy to comment on such reports," Mark Regev, Netanyahu's spokesman, told WND.  Earlier this week, two Israel Navy gunboats openly sailed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea with permission from Egypt.  "This is preparation that should be taken seriously. Israel is investing time in preparing itself for the complexity of an attack on Iran. These maneuvers are a message to Iran that Israel will follow up on its threats," the Times of London today quoted what it said was an Israeli defense official as saying. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104156 4) Social Security spends $700,000 on Phoenix conference RUSH: Have you heard the story about 700 executives from the Social Security Administration on a party junket to Phoenix? While Obama is telling everybody else in the world don't travel, you can't fly your plane to Vegas, those days are over, federal bureaucrats are filling the vacuum. "Members of Congress are giving the Social Security Administration just two days to turn over all records about a $700,000 management conference at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa." ABC did an investigation on this, and we've got some audio on it.   Claiming they need "to learn how to reduce stress because of a growing number of death threats made against them, nearly 700 executives from the Social Security Administration," 700 executives! It cost $700,000. That's a thousand dollars per attendee. "We received threats against our employees by people who are in the American public," said Social Security Administration Regional Commissioner for San Francisco, Peter Spencer, in defense of the conference. He said, "There is a tremendous amount of stress involved in the job that we do." …"Social Security's head of West Coast operations said the conference was essential, that teleconferencing was not an option." Somebody needs to tell 'em it's called GoToMeeting.com. Folks, the interesting thing here about all of this, this is more and more like the Politburo each and every day. The politburo had its hierarchy of leaders from the premier, president on down to these clowns at the Kremlin, they all had their dachas, their houses out there, their girls, their liquor and so forth, people in the country couldn't find food in the stores. Now we've got these people in Washington who are treating the US Treasury as a personal piggy bank to go party. They're better than everybody else, and they're so stressed out 'cause they're getting death threats. Seven-hundred thousand for three days for 700 people. Social Security executives. Okay. See: http://www.abc15.com/content/news/investigators/story/Social-Security-spends-700-000-on-Phoenix/RrHYWi4IRka1mC7wJTm4uQ.cspx See: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_071609/content/01125104.guest.html 5) Pentagon orders soldier fired for challenging prez Army warrior terminated from job after questioning Obama eligibility The Department of Defense has compelled a private employer to fire a U.S. Army Reserve major from his civilian job after he had his military deployment orders revoked for arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.  According to the CEO of Simtech Inc., a private company contracted by the Defense Security Services, an agency of the Department of Defense, the federal government has compelled the termination of Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104044

Health Care a Right?, Two Sotomayors, Taxing the "Wealthy", Obama: Unemployment will rise

1) House rolls out plan to make health care a right WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans, with medical providers, employers and the wealthiest (translation - you and me. Who do you think buys the goods and services the “wealthiest“ produce?) picking up most of the tab. The federal government would be responsible for ensuring that every person, regardless of income or the state of their health, has access to an affordable insurance plan. Individuals and employers would have new obligations to get coverage, or face hefty penalties. THIS is what people want? Individuals FORCED to get coverage? See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul 2) Will Republicans expose the two Sotomayors? Sonia Sotomayor's opening statement at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing was, to many ears, brief and boilerplate. But to Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans listening intently just a few feet away, Sotomayor drew a map for the questioning they hope will expose the fundamental flaws in her judicial views. The theme Republicans will stress is this: Which is the real Sonia Sotomayor? The one testifying before the committee or the one who's been giving speeches and writing legal opinions for nearly two decades? "If you look at her opening statement, there are places where she is attempting, on the eve of her confirmation, to do a 180 on things she has said over the years," says one senior Republican aide. "Should we believe what she's said repeatedly in the past -- long before she was nominated to the court -- or should we believe what she said on the opening day of her confirmation hearing?" See: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Will-Republicans-expose-the-real-Sotomayor_-7967152-50676872.html 3) The Small Business Surtax  The Obama Democrats pick income redistribution over job creation and economic growth. Jason Furman owes an apology to Michael Boskin, the Stanford economist who wrote a year ago on these pages that Barack Obama would raise American income tax rates nearly to 60%. Mr. Furman, then in the Obama campaign and now at the White House, claimed this was wrong and that Democrats would merely raise taxes back to their Clinton-era level. House Democrats are now proving that Mr. Boskin had it right, and before it's over even he may have underestimated how high taxes will go. In the middle of a recession and with rising unemployment, Democrats have been letting it leak that they want to raise U.S. tax rates higher than they've been in nearly 30 years in order to finance government health care. Every detail isn't known, but late last week Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel disclosed that his draft bill would impose a "surtax" on individuals with adjusted gross income of more than $280,000 a year. This would hit job creators especially hard because more than six of every 10 who earn that much are small business owners, operators or investors, according to a 2007 Treasury study. That study also found that almost half of the income taxed at this highest rate is small business income from the more than 500,000 sole proprietorships and subchapter S corporations whose owners pay the individual rate. In addition, many more smaller business owners with lower profits would be hit by the Rangel plan's payroll tax surcharge. That surcharge would apply to all firms with 25 or more workers that don't offer health insurance to their employees, and it would amount to an astonishing eight percentage point fee above the current 15% payroll levy. …Democrats claim these tax increases on the rich won't do any economic harm. They should read the work of Christina Romer before she became chief White House economist. Ms. Romer and her husband, David Romer, a Berkeley economist, have published multiple studies on the impact of tax policy changes over the past 100 years. One of their findings is that "tax increases appear to have a very large, sustained and highly significant negative impact on output." In other words, tax hikes are an ant stimulus (emphasis mine). Duh! Why is that not inherently OBVIOUS?!?!?!? You don’t need a study to prove it! See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124753106668435899.html 3a) Obama: Unemployment likely to keep ticking up WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday declined to predict how high unemployment will climb but made clear he expects it to keep worsening for a while as hiring lags behind other signs of economic recovery. "How employment numbers are going to respond is not year clear," the president said on a day when he was headed to Michigan, home of a particularly battered economy. "My expectation is that we will probably continue to see unemployment tick up for several months." The unemployment rate stands at 9.5 percent, the highest in 26 years. See: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090714/D99EACA81.html 3b) Some economists warn Barack Obama's economic predictions too optimistic President Barack Obama’s economic forecasts for long-term growth are too optimistic, many economists warn, a miscalculation that would mean budget deficits will be much higher than the administration is now acknowledging.  The White House will be forced to confront the disconnect between its original, upbeat predictions and the mainstream consensus about how the economy is likely to perform in a new budget forecast to be unveiled next month. …Alternately, if Obama clings to current optimistic forecasts for long-term growth, he risks accusations that he is basing his fiscal plans on fictitious assumptions — precisely the sort of charge he once leveled against the Bush administration. See: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24899.html 4) Momentum builds to possible end of this U.S. entity Rep. Ron Paul: Congress can revoke central bank's charter 'at any time' A movement to audit the Federal Reserve – the private institution that virtually controls U.S. interest rates, money supply and other economic influences – is gaining momentum in the House and Senate while the Fed ramps up its efforts to thwart scrutiny of its books.  House Resolution 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, now has 260 co-sponsors with many members of the House Financial Services Committee – where the bill currently resides – signed on already.  Likewise, Senate Bill 604, Federal Reserve Sunshine Act, orders a complete audit of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks before the end of 2010. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., has eight co-sponsors and remains in the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. As WND reported, members of the Senate recently blocked efforts by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., to vote on his amendment to a spending bill that provides money for Congress' own budget. DeMint's plan was to add an amendment to the spending bill that would have provided for an audit of the Fed to include information about its funding facilities, market operations and any agreements with foreign banks and governments, DeMint told senators, according to Reuters. …"To understand how unwise it is to have the Federal Reserve, one must first understand the magnitude of the privileges they have," Paul said. "They have been given the power to create money, by the trillions, and to give it to their friends, under any terms they wish, with little or no meaningful oversight or accountability."  Paul has even said Congress should "reassert its constitutional authority over monetary policy."  "The only accountability the Federal Reserve has is ultimately to Congress, which granted its charter and can revoke it at any time," he wrote. "It is Congress' constitutional duty to protect the value of the money, and they have abdicated this responsibility for far too long. … It is very encouraging to finally see the issue getting some needed exposure and traction. It is regrettable that it took a crisis of this magnitude to get a serious debate on this issue." See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103852 5) Fox News Notes Communist Past of the 'Green Jobs' Czar The administration’s “Green Jobs” czar, Van Jones, has a “very checkered past” deep-rooted in radical politics, including black nationalism, anarchism, and communism. The broadcast network newscasts have mostly failed to report on Mr. Jones’s past political affiliations which are lock-step with the network’s downplay of coverage regarding President Obama’s associations with the former radical and terrorist William Ayers during the election.  At 6:47 a.m. EDT on the July 10 edition of “Fox and Friends,” Americans for Prosperity Policy Director Phil Kerpen, told interviewer Brian Kilmeade that Jones is “somebody who was involved in radical politics in San Francisco, “who was self-admittedly “radicalized in jail” and found “Communism and anarchism.” Kerpen compares Van Jones’s Communist past with his new quest for environmentalism and the creation of green jobs: “I think it’s pretty instructive what his past is...it’s the same sort of philosophy, the idea that government ought to be reordering society in accordance with some utopian vision that failed with communism and socialism, and will fail with this green jobs idea.” …Because the administration’s “czars” do not go through congressional confirmation, and are therefore not scrutinized or vetted, many Americans have no idea who they are or where they come from. See: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/sam-theodosopoulos/2009/07/10/fox-news-notes-communist-past-green-jobs-czar 6) Palin's PAC Raises $700,000+ Sarah PAC, the political action committee formed by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin earlier this year to maintain her national profile, raised $733,000 in the first six months of the year, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission today. During that same time period, Palin spent $276,000 --largely on fundraising appeals and consultants -- and ended June with $457,000 in the bank. None of Palin's contributions came from political action committees, an attempt -- seemingly -- to preserve her outsider and reform credentials. See: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/palins-pac-raises-700000.html?hpid=news-col-blog 7) Homosexclamation! Christian student fights prof, wins big Judge rules college can't censor religious speech for being 'offensive' A California court has ruled in favor of a student who was insulted for defending traditional marriage and has ordered the college to strike from its website a sexual harassment policy that censors speech deemed "offensive" to homosexual people.  As WND reported, Jonathan Lopez, a student at Los Angeles City College, was delivering a speech on his Christian faith in speech class when Professor John Matteson interrupted him, called him a "fascist b----rd" for mentioning a moral conviction against homosexual marriage and later told him to "ask God what your grade is." …"During the November, 24, 2008 class, Mr. Lopez delivered an informative speech on God and the ways in which Mr. Lopez has seen God act both in his life and in the lives of others through miracles," ADF explained in a statement. "In the middle of the speech, he addressed the issues of God and morality; thus, he referred to the dictionary definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman and also read a passage from the Bible discussing marriage." Good for you, Jonathan Lopez! See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103998

Politburo Controlling US Policy, Sotomayor, Worst Violence Since US Pullback hits Iraq, Dems Leak Cheney Plan to Cover Pelosi

FYI, my posts may become a little more sporadic in the coming days, as I am helping to edit a book Sharron Angle is writing.   1) 'Politburo' controlling U.S. policy Sources say White House cadre bypassing agencies, jeopardizing security JERUSALEM – A small group of officials working mostly from the White House are tightly controlling U.S. foreign policy, bypassing other government agencies and making decisions without employing their expertise, according to diplomatic sources speaking to WND.  The sources said some of the decisions may be jeopardizing U.S. security.  A senior Middle East diplomatic source said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently apologized to a Mideast leader, explaining to him U.S. policy regarding his country is being dictated by the White House and not her agency.  The diplomatic sources all confirmed Clinton has been largely cut out from the decision-making process, as have U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones and other top figures. …The senior U.S. official said Emanuel is most heavily involved in drafting policy, describing him as a sort of policy CEO, while Axelrod works to brand White House decisions.  The source described the decision-making group as "ignorant" and as "still in campaign mode," citing as one example the lack of understanding among the group of Syria's strong ties to Iran.  In another example, a second source said Obama and his team last week made numerous factual errors while negotiating in Russia, completely surprising Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with their lack of knowledge. …The sources said a main goal of the Obama administration is to oversee an eventual withdrawal from Iraq, even if that means cutting deals that would undermine U.S. security in other areas. The sources said they are concerned many foreign policy decisions are based on branding and are not taking U.S. security into consideration. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103910 2) Worst violence since US pullback hits Iraq BAGHDAD – Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq 3) Democrats Leak Cheney CIA Plan to Cover for Pelosi RUSH: This New York Times story that came up on Sunday about Cheney and the CIA and a secret plan... you know, this is classic. The plan was never implemented. It was a secret plan, Cheney and the CIA, basically to target Al-Qaeda operatives. And now everybody's having a cow over Cheney doing something secret and not telling anybody about it, and all this is is an attempt to give cover for Nancy Pelosi. The story is that there has been a plan since 2001 to target and capture and kill Al-Qaeda leaders, 9/11, 2001, and Leon Panetta ended it when he found out. That's the story. The story is the Democrats ended it. That's what everybody needs to know when it comes to the Democrat's national security and foreign policy. This is just absurd.   Wall Street Journal: "CIA Had a Plan to Capture and Kill Al-Qaeda." Well, we should hope so! What the hell else would you do after 9/11? Doesn't that seem sort of like a natural flow? We lose the World Trade Center, part of the Pentagon, and people on a plane in Pennsylvania, and so we implement a plan with the CIA to capture and kill Al-Qaeda. I would sure as hell hope that's what was happening. See: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_071309/content/01125104.guest.html 4) Sotomayor and the Era of Empathy  Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court start this week. Her nomination is an attempt by the Obama Administration to change the role of judges and the courts. President Obama seeks to establish a new standard for judges: empathy.  Empathy is highly subjective and provides little direction for judges. In some cases, all of the parties are sympathetic. In other cases, none are. In still other cases, the law may be unambiguously on the side of a party who is less sympathetic. If empathy is the guiding principle, how is a judge to decide? And is there any way to separate empathy from personal bias? In choosing nominees, President Obama should seek judges who would apply the Constitution and the laws as they are written and interpret them in a manner consistent with their plain and original meaning. But that is not Sonia Sotomayor’s method of judging.  Bias and Policymaking. Judge Sotomayor has questioned whether judges can be impartial in most cases and has even asserted that such impartiality is undesirable. She describes a judge’s role as making policy and envisions a judiciary in which judges constantly “overhaul” the law to address social and political changes in society—changes that should be addressed by the American people through their elected representatives. This is not the rule of law, but of activist judges who make up the law according to their own preferences and biases. See: http://www.askheritage.org/Issues.aspx?ID=394 5) Google blocks blog exposing homosexual agenda 'Actions represent trial balloon for government censorship of 'hate' speech Google's blog hosting service, Blogger.com, admits that in the name of "free speech" some of its blogs are "offensive, harmful, inaccurate," but when one of its clients blogged in opposition to a transgender rights bill, Google drew the line.  A day before the Massachusetts Legislature plans to review a controversial gender identity bill, Blogger.com blocked the blog of MassResistance, an organization that exposes the increasingly open agenda of the homosexual movement in Massachusetts, with a warning that some of the content may be "objectionable," requiring readers to confirm their intent to visit.  "Some readers of this blog have contacted Google because they believe this blog's content is objectionable," the warning reads. "In general, Google does not review nor do we endorse the content of this or any blog. For more information about our content policies, please visit the Blogger Terms of Service."  MassResistance blogger Amy Contrada, however, writes that the only potentially "objectionable" items on the blog are photos taken in public settings and her group's politically incorrect viewpoints. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103902 6) Obama science czar Holdren called for forced abortions 'Comprehensive Planetary Regime could control development, distribution of all natural resources' The man President Obama has chosen to be his science czar once advocated a shocking approach to the "population crisis" feared by scientists at the time: namely, compulsory abortions in the U.S. and a "Planetary Regime" with the power to enforce human reproduction restrictions.  "There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated," wrote Obama appointee John Holdren, as reported by FrontPage Magazine. "It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society."  Holdren's comments, made in 1977, mirror the astonishing admission this week of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who said she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it "populations that we don't want to have too many of." See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103707

Weakening America, Suppressed EPA Report: No Global Warming, NK Cyber Attack, The Mark of the Beast?

1) Arms Control Amnesia  The new talks with Moscow could put the U.S. nuclear deterrent in jeopardy. Here are the facts. Beyond the bad negotiating principle of giving up something for nothing, there will be serious downsides if the U.S. actually reduces its strategic launchers as much as Moscow wishes. The bipartisan Congressional Strategic Posture Commission — headed by former secretaries of defense William J. Perry and James R. Schlesinger — concluded that the U.S. could make reductions “if this were done while also preserving the resilience and survivability of U.S. forces.” Having very low numbers of launchers would make the U.S. more vulnerable to destabilizing first-strike dangers, and would reduce or eliminate the U.S. ability to adapt its nuclear deterrent to an increasingly diverse set of post-Cold War nuclear and biological weapons threats. President Obama should recall Winston Churchill's warning: "Be careful above all things not to let go of the atomic weapon until you are sure and more than sure that other means of preserving peace are in your hands." There is no need for the U.S. to accept Russian demands for missile-defense linkage, or deep reductions in the number of our ICBMs, SLBMs and bombers, to realize much lower numbers of Russian strategic systems. There is also no basis for expecting Russian goodwill if we do so. See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124693303362103841.html 2) Sen. Inhofe Calls for Inquiry Into 'Suppressed' Climate Change Report A top Republican senator has ordered an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's alleged suppression of a report that questioned the science behind global warming.  The 98-page report, co-authored by EPA analyst Alan Carlin, pushed back on the prospect of regulating gases like carbon dioxide as a way to reduce global warming. Carlin's report argued that the information the EPA was using was out of date, and that even as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased, global temperatures have declined. …According to internal e-mails that have been made public by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Carlin's boss told him in March that his material would not be incorporated into a broader EPA finding and ordered Carlin to stop working on the climate change issue. The draft EPA finding released in April lists six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, that the EPA says threaten public health and welfare. …"It was reassigning you or losing my job, and I didn't want to lose my job," Carlin said, paraphrasing what he claimed were McGartland's comments to him. "My inference (was) that he was receiving some sort of higher-level pressure."  …Specifically, the report noted that global temperatures were on a downward trend over the past 11 years, that scientists do not necessarily believe that storms will become more frequent or more intense due to global warming, and that the theory that temperatures will cause Greenland ice to rapidly melt has been "greatly diminished."  See: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/29/gop-senator-calls-inquiry-supressed-climate-change-report/ 3) US officials eye North Korea in cyber attack WASHINGTON – U.S. authorities on Wednesday eyed North Korea as the origin of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South Korea, although they warned it would be difficult to definitively identify the attackers quickly. The powerful attack that targeted dozens of government and private sites underscored how unevenly prepared the U.S. government is to block such multipronged assaults. While Treasury Department and Federal Trade Commission Web sites were shut down by the software attack, which lasted for days over the holiday weekend, others such as the Pentagon and the White House were able to fend it off with little disruption. …The widespread attack was "loud and clumsy," which suggests it was carried out by an unsophisticated organization, said Amit Yoran, chief executive at NetWitness Corp. and the former U.S. government cybersecurity chief. "This is not the elegance we would expect from sophisticated adversaries."  Officials agreed, however, that the incident brings to the forefront a key 21st century threat. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_go_ot/us_us_cyber_attack 4) Stimulus Spending Is Making Things Worse Not Better (Do you even need someone to tell you this?) It isn't that President Obama's policies aren't working. It is just that the economy was so much worse off than anyone realized. -- Or so the Obama administration claims.  Vice President Joe Biden repeated the mantra again this past Sunday on ABC's "This Week." Host George Stephanopoulos asked him how the 9.5 percent unemployment rate in June squared with the administration's prediction that if the stimulus package was passed, "unemployment will peak at about 8 percent." Biden replied: "we and everyone else misread the economy. The figures we worked off of in January were the consensus figures and most of the blue chip indexes out there." Translation? The economy being much worse than ever predicted isn't Obama's fault, the Bush administration supposedly left us a worse economy than anyone realized. Even to Stephanopoulos, the alternatives were only two: "either you misread the economy [that the economy was worse than Team Obama realized] or the stimulus package is too slow and to small." A low and behold, here's this headline in today's Wall Street Journal reports "Calls Grow to Increase Stimulus Spending." …The alternative explanation should be obvious: the stimulus made things worse. The notion that "the stimulus package is too slow and to small" implies that massive government spending helped the economy. But the resources the government spends has to come from some place. Spending almost a trillion dollars on various stimulus projects means moving a lot of resources from where the private sector would have spent it, eliminating the jobs many people currently have. …Rewriting history may work for Media Matters, but it would be nice to hold the rest of the media to higher standards. Not all documents have conveniently disappeared down the memory hole. But if they are going to invent history they might start with finding a single example where massive government spending has worked in the past. See: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/07/07/stimulus-spending-making-things-iworsei-better/ 5) Ginsburg: I thought Roe was to rid undesirables Justice discusses 'growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of' In an astonishing admission, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it "populations that we don't want to have too many of." See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103457 6) Bill banning forced identity-chip implants clears House HARRISBURG - Invasion of privacy is an issue that really gets under State Rep. Babette Josephs' skin. That's why the Philadelphia Democrat introduced a bill, passed unanimously last week by the House, that would ban the forced implantation of computer chips in humans. Conjuring Orwellian images, Josephs worries the identification devices - the size of a grain of rice - could lead to a real-life Big Brother nightmare. "I'm doing, I think, what the legislature does too little of," she said. "This is a problem on the horizon, and I want to address it before it becomes a societal disgrace." Though the technology hasn't debuted in Pennsylvania, VeriChip, a company in Florida, received federal Food and Drug Administration clearance in 2004 to market the implanted microchips, which were tested on 200 Alzheimer's patients. Injected into the triceps, the chips have unique 16-digit codes and GPS capabilities that allow nursing homes to find wandering patients. …The technology can also be used for security, as in a widely reported case in Mexico. There, the implants were required for some government employees to enter restricted buildings. A bar in Scotland even offers to implant patrons with chips that allow them to purchase pints without a credit card, according to news accounts. Despite the technology's potential usefulness, Sultzbaugh said, some Christian groups liken the identification devices to the "mark of the beast," a Satanic mark described in the Book of Revelation and represented by the number 666. Josephs said electronic ankle bracelets could keep track of someone in a less-invasive manner. But for some "murderers, killers, and rapists," ankle bracelets won't do the trick, said State Rep. Dan Moul (R., Adams). Moul amended Josephs' bill to allow chips to be implanted by court order. The bill also would allow the chips to be implanted in Guantanamo Bay detainees who end up in Pennsylvania (emphasis mine). See: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090702_Bill_banning_forced_identity-chip_implants_clears_House.html

"If I die, I die", How Naive is Obama?, A Filibuster-Proof Senate, Cyber-Attack in South Korea

“Wealth isn’t immoral. Thievery is.” - protestor’s sign at the Asheville, NC TeaParty I attended I’m back! Did you miss me? 1) Palin: Politically speaking, 'If I die, I die' KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) - Sarah Palin says she's not a quitter, she's a fighter, but adds that, politically speaking, "if I die, I die. So be it." Sporting fishing waders and a T-shirt, Palin defended her decision to resign as Alaska governor in half a dozen interviews broadcast and published Tuesday morning. See: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D999Q9000&show_article=1 I recall another courageous woman who said the same thing: Esther 4:15-16: Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: "Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish." 1a) Palin returns to work, defends decision to resign …While many political analysts argued that Palin's decision to step down hurt her chances at a presidential run, a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Monday night found that 53 percent of Americans felt the media coverage of Palin was unfairly negative and that 70 percent said their opinion of Palin hadn't changed since she decided to step down as Alaska governor. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090707/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resignation 1b) I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin The Republicans bring a knife to a gunfight, and lose again. A tongue-in-cheek conservative writes from the perspective of a liberal (comment mine, for clarification): One of the most terrifying moments of my political life came last summer at the Republican convention in St. Paul. No, I don’t mean seeing John McCain careering around the Xcel Energy Center like Eyegore in Young Frankenstein, his face frozen in a Lon Chaney Sr. rictus grin as he reached across the aisle to his erstwhile friends in the media and got his hand bitten off. Rather, I’m referring to the aftermath of Sarah Palin’s outrageous acceptance speech, which whipped up the Rotary Club delegates into a frenzy of white-boy fury that not even heckling by a brave Code Pink embed could deter. Truly a fascist classic and one that sent shivers down our collectivist spines. …What the hell just hit us? For one horrible moment, it looked as if the carefully crafted plans of David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, George Soros, and the Second Chief Directorate, first department, of the old KGB were about to gang agley. Not only were we offended at the sheer effrontery of McCain’s pick: How dare the Republicans proffer this déclassée piece of Wasilla trailer trash whose only claim to fame was that she didn’t exercise her right to choose? Where were her degrees from Smith or Barnard, her internships at PETA, the Brookings Institution, or the Young Pioneers? We were also outraged that the Stupid Party had just nominated a completely unqualified candidate nobody had ever heard of, a first-term governor of Alaska whose previous experience consisted of a small-town mayoralty. As opposed to our guy, Barry Soetoro of Mombasa, Djakarta, and Honolulu, a first-term senator nobody had ever heard of, whose previous experience had been as a state senator (D., Daley Machine) in Illinois. After eight long, illegitimate, lawless years of &*^%BUSH$#@! tyranny, how dare you contest this election? And so the word went out, from that time and place: Eviscerate Sarah Palin like one of her field-dressed moose. Turn her life upside down. Attack her politics, her background, her educational history. Attack her family. Make fun of her husband, her children. Unleash the noted gynecologist Andrew Sullivan to prove that Palin’s fifth child was really her grandchild. See: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDE3MmE5MDVmMGM1YjQ2NmVhMjJkN2I2ZTcxMzhlNjU= 2) Just how naïve is President Obama? Today, from the group Stratfor, comes this stunning offer to Iran from President Obama: "U.S. President Barack Obama said July 7 that if Iran stops its nuclear weapon development program, the U.S, has no reason to develop a missile defense system, Interfax reported. Obama was speaking at the Russian School of Economics in Moscow." Is the President unaware that North Korea is a nuclear power, and produces long range missiles that it tests and delivers to other countries?   Are there no other threats from terror groups or nations, other than Iran for which an American missile defense might be useful? …Is Obama so delusional about nuclear weapons, that he thinks if we disarm (the proposed agreement with Russia), and follow up by giving up our missile defenses, that the world will lay down its arms, and start singing Pete Seeger songs? See: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/just_how_naieve_is_president_o.html 2a) Obama’s Youth Shaped His Nuclear-Free Vision In the depths of the cold war, in 1983, a senior at Columbia University wrote in a campus newsmagazine, Sundial, about the vision of “a nuclear free world.” He railed against discussions of “first- versus second-strike capabilities” that “suit the military-industrial interests” with their “billion-dollar erector sets,” and agitated for the elimination of global arsenals holding tens of thousands of deadly warheads. The student was Barack Obama, and he was clearly trying to sort out his thoughts. In the conclusion, he denounced “the twisted logic of which we are a part today” and praised student efforts to realize “the possibility of a decent world.” But his article, “Breaking the War Mentality,” which only recently has been rediscovered, said little about how to achieve the utopian dream. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/world/05nuclear.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=obama%20columbia&st=cse 3) EXCLUSIVE: Israel declines to ask U.S. to OK Iran attack Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top deputies have not formally asked for U.S. aid or permission for possible military strikes on Iran's nuclear program, fearing the White House would not approve, two Israeli officials said. See: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/07/israel-fears-us-would-foil-iran-strike/ 4) Tax on health benefits causing second thoughts (His own party rebels) WASHINGTON – Senate Democratic leaders rebelled Tuesday against a proposed tax on health insurance benefits, raising fresh doubts about the prospects for bipartisan legislation on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul 5) Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician. The Minnesota Democrat's swearing-in marked the end of an eight-month political and legal struggle and drew thunderous applause and a standing ovation in the Senate chamber. His presence gives Democrats 60 votes, enough to thwart possible Republican filibusters. See: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2009/07/07/franken_sworn_in_as_minnesota_senator 6) SKorean Web sites hit by suspected cyber attack SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea says the Web sites of major government agencies, banks and Internet sites were paralyzed due to a suspected cyber attack. The state-run Korea Information Security Agency said that Web sites of the presidential Blue House, the Defense Ministry, the National Assembly, Shinhan Bank, Korea Exchange Bank and top Internet portal Naver have been down or had access problems starting late Tuesday. Some of the sites remain unstable. Agency spokeswoman Ahn Jeong-eun says the paralysis happened because of a deluge of computers trying to connect with the affected sites, overwhelming computer servers that handle the traffic. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_re_as/as_skorea_cyber_attack 7) Tea parties from sea to shining sea More than 2,000 tax, Big Government protests in all 50 states WASHINGTON – More than 2,000 tea parties from coast to coast attracted hundreds of thousands tax and Big Government protesters on Independence Day – perhaps the biggest July 4 political event in America since the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103126 8) OATH KEEPERS: ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY (I heard of these guys at the Tea Party I attended. They target those serving in the military and police officers. Great stuff…) 1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people. 2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people 3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal (emphasis mine). 4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state. 5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty. 6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps. 7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext. 8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control." 9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies. 10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances. See: http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/03/03/declaration-of-orders-we-will-not-obey/ 9) New York Congressman Blasts Jackson as 'Pervert, Low-Life' A New York congressman says Michael Jackson was a "pervert" and calls on society to stop "glorifying" the late entertainer in a YouTube video. Rep. Peter King said Jackson -- whom he called a "low-life" -- is being glorified in the days after his death while society ignores the efforts, of teachers, police officers, firefighters and veterans. In the two-minute video, King claims the "day in and day out" coverage of Jackson's death is "too politically correct." "Let's knock out the psychobabble," King said in the video taped outside an American Legion Hall on New York's Long Island. "He was a pervert, a child molester; he was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what does it say about us as a country? I just think we're too politically correct." King, a Republican who is among the possible contenders for the seat held by Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, said Jackson "may have been a good singer" and "did some dancing," but blasted the singer as someone who could not be trusted around children. See: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/06/new-york-congressman-blasts-jackson-pervert-low-life/