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CALL TO ACTION

 

PREPAREDNESS ALERT

 

 

The Liberty Guard Vow

I solemnly vow to support, protect and defend the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, as our Forefathers INTENDED when writing it: (TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS LIBERTY FROM CRIMINALS, DEVIOUS AND DECEITFUL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER ENEMIES).  

“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down

 With the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.” Thomas Jefferson

Knowing that the Second Amendment is the LAST GUARD against slavery,

knowing that more murders occur with hand and fist than with rifle, knowing that more murders occur with a hammer and or baseball bat than with a rifle, and knowing that more assaults and rapes occur without a weapon or with a knife than with a gun, I do know that the governments assault on our second amendment is a mere precursor to reducing its citizens to total slavery,

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined

nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants;       they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be            attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” Thomas Jefferson

Our government has continuously and relentlessly pursued reducing our second amendment rights one piece at a time, from one administration to another, with the full intent of eliminating them completely. It can only lead one to believe that there is a cynister motive behind their action!

 

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day. But a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly proves a deliberate systematic plan of reducing us to slavery. – Thomas Jefferson

Since we know from history, AS OUR FOREFATHERS DID, that a standing army could be used against its citizens freedom as easily as it could be used to defend it, and since the Second Amendment is not about hunting ,but defending our liberty from internal and external enimies, we have every RIGHT to own the same armaments that our military has!

I vow to support my local Sheriff’s Department IN PROTECTING IT’S CITIZENS RIGHTS FROM UNLAWFUL ACTIONS AGAINST THEIR LIBERITIES (GUARANTEED INALIENABLY),   

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any body of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. – Noah Webster

AND IF THE Sheriff will not fulfill his moral and contractual obligations I will stand fast in supporting, defending, and protecting my fellow citizen’s rights thru the full expression and protection of the Second Amendment.  If this means that I must give up my life to ensure that the future generations of this great nation will have the ability to experience the liberties that our forefathers intended us to have,   I WILL.   NO UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UNLAWFUL ACTIONS AGAINST ANY OF OUR RIGHTS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED ON MY WATCH!!

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. – Daniel Webster (1834)

 Of course the “government’ may hold a Constitutional Convention in which 2/3 of our states or more can vote to rescind the second amendment and the constitution may be amended. At that point its citizens will determine whether to overthrow and replace that government, WITH ONE MORE FAVORABLE TO LIBERTY THAN THIS. Either way, WE WILL NOT GIVE UP OUR LAST GUARD AGAINST THE DEPRAVAITION OF LIBERTY and a free society.

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."  
Thomas Jefferson

Please, for the future of our posterity, never forget:

 

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance”  Thomas Jefferson

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! -Patrick Henry to the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1775   

In matters of style, swim with the current;
In matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson

 

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STATE REVOLUTIONS

I know this is a wild thought, however as many Americans have realized, their efforts to save the ANCESTRAL HERITAGE AND TRADITIONAL VALUES OF THE AMERICA OF OUR ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT TO ESTABLISH THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, ARE BEING IGNORED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. INSTEAD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE PROVIDING BENEFITS TO THE NON CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT PAYING TAXES.

FURTHERMORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DESIRING TO PROVIDE NON CITIZENS WITH AMNESTY WITHOUT PROCESSING THEIR CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED BY THE SEVEN YEAR PROCESS, TO LEARN ENGLISH AND THE AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY VALUES. NO PERSON SHOULD ACQUIRE CITIZENSHIP WITHOUT THE SEVEN YEAR PROCESS.

WE AS PATRIOTS WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO RESTORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES , THAT MADE THE U.S.A, THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IN THE SHORTEST PERIOD OF HISTORICAL TIME. HOWEVER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IGNORING THE CITIZENS WHO PAY THE TAXES, AND PROVIDING OUR TAXES TO BENEFIT  THE NON CITIZENS, ALLOWING VOTING RIGHTS, FOOD STAMPS, EDUCATIONAL PRIVELEGES, UNNECESSARY SPENDING ETC.

AT THIS STAGE THE STATES SHOULD FORM A COALITION AND IGNORE THE MANDATES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE IGNORED THE CITIZENS IN FAVOR OF THE NON CITIZENS . I PROPOSE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO FILE TAX RETURNS AND PAY TAXES STOP PAYING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND START PAYING TAXES TO THE STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS TO THE CITIZENS OF EACH STATE.THIS IS THE ONLY WAY, I KNOW TO OBTAIN THE ATTENTION OF THE FEDERAL COVERNMENT, WHICH MIGHT START A REVOLUTION TO CORRECT THE ABUSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO, HAVE IGNORED BENGHAZI, FAST AND FURIOUS, GREEN ENERGY FAILURES, AND STATES RIGHTS, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

THE STATE GOVERNMENTS AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES  ARE THE ONLY ENTITIES THAT I KNOW THAT CAN STAND UP WITH THE STATE CITIZENS SUPPORT TO OBTAIN THE ATTENTION OF THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT. THE TEAPARTY, SHERIFF APARIO HAVE ALL MADE ATTEMPTS AND HAVE BEEN OUTLAWED AND IGNORED BY THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA FOR THE FEERAL GOVERNMENT.

 

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22 signs that voter fraud is wildly out of control and the election was a sham

The following are 22 signs that voter fraud is wildly out of control and the election was a sham…
#1 According to the Election Protection Coalition, voters across the United States reported more than 70,000 voting problems by 5 PM Eastern time on election day.
#2 There were 59 voting divisions in the city of Philadelphia where Mitt Romney did not receive a single vote. In those voting divisions, the combined vote total was 19,605 for Barack Obama and 0 for Mitt Romney.
#3 The overall voter turnout rate in Philadelphia was only about 60 percent. But in the areas of Philadelphia where Republican poll watchers were illegally removed, the voter turnout rate was over 90% and Obama received over 99% of the vote. Officials in Philadelphia have already ruled out an investigation.
#4 According to WND, one poll watcher in Pennsylvania actually claims that he witnessed voting machine software repeatedly switch votes from Mitt Romney to Barack Obama…
It was in Upper Macungie Township, near Allentown, Pa., where an auditor, Robert Ashcroft, was dispatched by Republicans to monitor the vote on Election Day. He said the software he observed would “change the selection back to default – to Obama.”
He said that happened in about 5 percent to 10 percent of the votes.
He said the changes appeared to have been made by a software program.
Ashcroft said the format for computer programming has a default status, and in this case it appeared to be designating a vote for Obama each time it went to default.
#5 Somehow Mitt Romney won 55 out of the 67 counties in the state of Pennsylvania and still managed to lose the entire state by a wide margin because of the absurd vote totals that Obama ran up in the urban areas.
#6 Barack Obama received more than 98 percent of the vote in 10 out of the 50 wards in the city of Chicago.
#7 Prior to the election, voters in the states of Nevada, North Carolina, Texas and Ohio all reported that voting machines were switching their votes for Romney over to Obama.
#8 There were more than 50 precincts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio where Mitt Romney received 2 votes or less.
#9 There were more than 100 precincts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio where Barack Obama received more than 99 times the votes that Mitt Romney did.
#10 Barack Obama also received more than 99% of the vote in a number of very important precincts down in Broward County, Florida.
#11 Wood County, Ohio (which Obama won) has a voting age population of 98,213, but somehow 106,258 voters were registered to vote on election day.
#12 Ten counties in the swing state of Colorado have a voter registration rate of more than 100%.
#13 Barack Obama did not win in a single state that absolutely requires a photo I.D. in order to vote.
#14 In Ohio, two election judges were caught allowing unregistered voters to cast ballots.
#15 Many Ohio voters that showed up at the polls on election day were surprised when they were informed that they had already voted.
#16 In fact, there were reports all over the nation of people being unable to vote because records showed that they had already voted.
#17 According to U.S. Representative Allen West, there were numerous “voting irregularities” in St. Lucie County, Florida on election day…
“The thing that spurred our curiosity in our race was the fact that at 1 o’clock in the morning on Election Night, all of a sudden there was a 4,000-vote swing that took me from being ahead to put the lead into my opponent’s hands.”
#18 In Wisconsin, there were allegations that Obama voters were actually being bussed in from out of state
The Democrats stationed a self described “BIG Chicago pro bono attorney” as one of their two observers at this small polling place. He remained at the polling place from 7:00 a.m. until well after 8:p.m. …..A high priced CHICAGO attorney, sitting in a Sheboygan WISCONSIN polling place, observing wards comprised of 1500 voters? …. WHY???
Why would someone from Chicago be observing in Sheboygan Wisconsin? And WHY at such a small polling place? Finally, isn’t it interesting that this would occur at the VERY polling place in which all of the above described events ALSO occurred? AGAIN WHY WOULD A CHICAGO ATTORNEY BE OBSERVING AN ELECTION POLLING PLACE WITH FEWER THAN 1500 VOTERS IN IT, IN SHEBOYGAN WISCONSIN? Of all the places where there has been suspected voting irregularities, and OUTRIGHT FRAUD throughout the ENTIRE United States, WHY HERE? WHY SHEBOYGAN? WHY THIS SMALL WARD?
This lawyer spent the day running in and out making, and taking calls, which coincidentally then coincided with influxes of groups of individuals by the van and bus loads, coming in to register, AND VOTE, using what appeared to be copied Allient energy bills. These individuals often did not have photo I.D.’s, could not remember their own addresses without looking at the paper, and became easily tripped, confused and annoyed when questioned.
Many of these same individuals, just so happened to be dressed in/wearing CHICAGO BEARS apparel, and whom openly discussed “catching busses back to Chicago” with each other, with poll workers, via their cell phones in the lobby area just outside the polling place, as well as in the parking lot, both before and AFTER registering and voting.
One woman was dressed head to toe in CHICAGO BEARS apparel including perfectly manicured BEARS fake fingernails!
She complained because registering was taking too long and she had to hurry up to catch her bus back to Chicago.
We have photos of these people in vehicles with plates from different states, photos of them leaving the polls, and other irregularities.
#19 Prior to election day, an Obama for America staffer was caught on video trying to help someone register to vote in more than one state.
#20 It is being alleged that unions in Nevada have been registering illegal immigrants and pressuring them to vote.
#21 According to townhall.com, there was a systematic effort by the Obama campaign to suppress the military vote because they knew that most military votes would go against Obama…
Aiding Obama’s win was a devious suppression of the conservative vote. The conservative-leaning military vote has decreased drastically since 2010 due to the so-called Military Voter Protection Act that was enacted into law the year before. It has made it so difficult for overseas military personnel to obtain absentee ballots that in Virginia and Ohio there has been a 70% decrease in requests for ballots since 2008. In Virginia, almost 30,000 fewer overseas military voters requested ballots than in 2008. In Ohio, more than 20,000 fewer overseas military voters requested ballots. This is significant considering Obama won in both states by a little over 100,000 votes.
#22 According to the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, it appears that thousands of military votes from this election will never be counted at all.
So what do you think about all of this?
Do you still believe that elections in America are fair and honest?
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Detention prevention strategy goes national

Campaign organizes to push back against Obama provision to arrest Americans

A national campaign has been assembled and soon is to be launched to push back against a provision in a federal defense authorization law that one judge already has determined violates the Constitution by authorizing the detention of Americans.

WND has reported previously on the situation, which arose with the adoption of the National Defense Authorization Act at the end of 2011.

It includes sections 1021 and 1022, which essentially “create a new power for the federal government to ‘indefinitely detain’ – without due process – any person. Indefinitely. That’s little different than kidnapping,” said a report from the Tenth Amendment Center.

One lawsuit is pending in the courts where a trial judge issued a permanent injunction preventing application of those two sections, but the case is pending before an appeals court now.

The annual defense bill also was renewed just days ago, with the same provisions included.

Concerns are that the government will start using broad definitions about those who may have any interaction with “terrorists,” and arresting and holding them. After all, the federal government already has described those people who support third-party candidates, conservative issues, oppose abortion and are critical of special rights for homosexuals as potential terrorists.

Now a campaign has been announced by PANDA, or People Against the NDAA, to build a backlash against the Washington power grab.

Spokesman Dan Johnson said his organization is being supported by the Tenth Amendment Center, Patriot Coalition, Freedom Outpost, Western Journalism and We Are 1776 in the effort to “restoring the Constitution.”

“The goal of this operation is to stop the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) in all 50 states across America by Dec. 31st, 2013,” he said.

“We are launching this effort for two main reasons. Firstly, we now have the network and resources necessary to push back against this encroachment by the Federal government. The Tenth Amendment Center, Patriot Coalition, Freedom Outpost, Western Journalism, and We Are 1776, among others, are assisting us in restoring the Constitution nationwide.

“Secondly, we are running against the clock. Even though the courageous efforts from the plaintiffs in Hedges v. Obama have elicited one ruling that the NDAA is unconstitutional, the civil liberties score of the 2nd Circuit Court of appeals and the Supreme Court leave little chance that ruling will be upheld in the higher courts. Odds are, the NDAA will be ruled constitutional by 2014,” he said.

“If the NDAA is declared constitutional before there is a major stand from the states, it will then be extremely difficult to restore the rights usurped by this legislation. Very few county commissioners, city councilmen, state representatives and sheriffs will take a stand against the NDAA once it has been declared constitutional,” he said.

The launch formally will be at Wood County, Ohio, Jan. 15 at 9:15 a.m. at the county courthouse, officials said.

Virginia already has outlawed state cooperation with any such detention plan, and another dozen states have proposals under consideration.

One of those is Nevada, where the “Nevada Liberty Preservation Act” that will be considered in the coming legislative session.

The proposal is pending by state Sen. Don Gustavson, according to officials with PANDA.

Michael Boldin, the Tenth Amendment Center’s founder, told WND the only solution now is for states to nullify the action.

“With four more years of the man who not only signed ‘indefinite detention’ into law, but has vigorously defended it in court, there is absolutely zero chance for repeal in Washington, D.C.,” he said.

WND previously reported that the Michigan House of Representatives was unanimous on a plan to defy the federal government’s citizen detention plans.

The state’s HB 5768 addresses Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act that Congress adopted and Obama signed a year ago.

Although interpretations differ, a judge already has confirmed that it appears to allow the arrest and indefinite detention of American citizens under certain circumstances without a warrant or a trial.

If that is the case, there clearly would be constitutional problems.

But in Michigan, on a 107-0 vote, members of the state House have adopted their own statement on the issue.

Their proposal states “no agency of this state, no political subdivision of this state, no employee of an agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state acting in his or her official capacity, and no member of the Michigan national guard on official state duty shall aid an agency of the armed forces of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, or detention of any person pursuant to section 1021 of the national defense authorization act.”

WND also recently reported an even more extreme effort developing in Texas. If the plan is adopted, anyone trying to enforce such a detention could be apprehended and given a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.

Rep. Lyle Larson has House Bill 149 pending. The “Texas Liberty Preservation Act” specifically finds the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lets Washington “exercise only those powers specifically delegated to it under Article I, Section 8.”

The bill explains that the president “has asserted that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, enacted in 2001, authorizes the president to indefinitely detain, without charge, any person, including a citizen of the United States or a lawful resident alien, regardless of whether the person is apprehended inside or outside the borders of the United States.”

The NDAA sections allow “indefinite detention of persons apprehended within the United States without charge or trial.”

That, however, violates the Texas Constitution, the limits of federal power authorized by Article I, Section 8 and the legal doctrine of Posse Comitatus.

It also violates habeas corpus, the First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Sixth Amendment, the Eighth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment, the legislation explains. That includes the right to petition government, freedom from unreasonable searches, the prohibition of the deprivation of liberty without due process, the right to a speedy trial and the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Since sections 1021 and 1022 “violate portions of federal law, the United States Constitution, and the Texas Constitution,” they are “invalid and illegal” in Texas, the legislation says.

WND also previously has reported on a court case challenging the sections in which the Obama administration has battled vigorously for its right to detention.

The fight is on appeal right now, after U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest issued a permanent injunction against the sections.

In her order, Forrest wrote, “The government put forth the qualified position that plaintiffs’ particular activities, as described at the hearing, if described accurately, if they were independent, and without more, would not subject plaintiffs to military detention under Section 1021.”

But she continued, “The government did not – and does not – generally agree or anywhere argue that activities protected by the First Amendment could not subject an individual to indefinite military detention under Section 1021.”

The case was brought a year ago by a number of writers and reporters, led by New York Times reporter Christopher Hedges. The journalists contend the controversial section allows for detention of citizens and residents taken into custody in the U.S. on “suspicion of providing substantial support” to anyone engaged in hostilities against the U.S.

The lawsuit alleges the law is vague and could be read to authorize the arrest and detention of people whose speech or associations are protected by the First Amendment. They wonder whether interviewing a member of al-Qaida would be considered “substantial support.”

“Here, the stakes get no higher: indefinite military detention – potential detention during a war on terrorism that is not expected to end in the foreseeable future, if ever. The Constitution requires specificity – and that specificity is absent from Section 1021,” the judge wrote.

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Obama's Soviet Mistake

CONSIDER reading PRAVDA, to get the HONEST NEWS:
19.11.2012
 

By Xavier Lerma

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Putin in 2009 outlined his strategy for economic success. Alas, poor Obama did the opposite but nevertheless was re-elected. Bye, bye Miss American Pie. The Communists have won in America with Obama but failed miserably in Russia with Zyuganov who only received 17% of the vote. Vladimir Putin was re-elected as President keeping the NWO order out of Russia while America continues to repeat the Soviet mistake.

After Obama was elected in his first term as president the then Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin gave a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January of 2009. Ignored by the West as usual, Putin gave insightful and helpful advice to help the world economy and saying the world should avoid the Soviet mistake.

Also read: Pravda.Ru exclusive interview with Jean Marie Le Pen

Recently, Obama has been re-elected for a 2nd term by an illiterate society and he is ready to continue his lies of less taxes while he raises them. He gives speeches of peace and love in the world while he promotes wars as he did in Egypt, Libya and Syria. He plans his next war is with Iran as he fires or demotes his generals who get in the way.

Putin said regarding the military,

"...instead of solving the problem, militarization pushes it to a deeper level. It draws away from the economy immense financial and material resources, which could have been used much more efficiently elsewhere."

Well, any normal individual understands that as true but liberalism is a psychosis . O'bomber even keeps the war going along the Mexican border with projects like "fast and furious" and there is still no sign of ending it.  He is a Communist without question promoting the Communist Manifesto without calling it so. How shrewd he is in America. His cult of personality mesmerizes those who cannot go beyond their ignorance. They will continue to follow him like those fools who still praise Lenin and Stalin in Russia.  Obama's fools and Stalin's fools share the same drink of illusion.

Reading Putin's speech without knowing the author, one would think it was written by Reagan or another conservative in America. The speech promotes smaller government and less taxes. It comes as no surprise to those who know Putin as a conservative. Vladimir Putin went on to say:

"...we are reducing taxes on production, investing money in the economy. We are optimizing state expenses.

 The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country and the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.

There are no grounds to suggest that by putting the responsibility over to the state, one can achieve better results.

Unreasonable expansion of the budget deficit, accumulation of the national debt - are as destructive as an adventurous stock market game.

During the time of the Soviet Union the role of the state in economy was made absolute, which eventually lead to the total non-competitiveness of the economy. That lesson cost us very dearly. I am sure no one would want history to repeat itself."

President Vladimir Putin could never have imagined anyone so ignorant or so willing to destroy their people like Obama much less seeing millions vote for someone like Obama. They read history in America don't they? Alas, the schools in the U.S. were conquered by the Communists long ago and history was revised thus paving the way for their Communist presidents. Obama has bailed out those businesses that voted for him and increased the debt to over 16 trillion with an ever increasing unemployment rate especially among blacks and other minorities. All the while promoting his agenda.

"We must seek support in the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization. Honesty and hard work, responsibility and faith in our strength are bound to bring us success."- Vladimir Putin

The red, white and blue still flies happily but only in Russia. Russia still has St George defeating the Dragon with the symbol of the cross on its' flag. The ACLU and other atheist groups in America would never allow the US flag with such religious symbols. Lawsuits a plenty against religious freedom and expression in the land of the free. Christianity in the U.S. is under attack as it was during the early period of the Soviet Union when religious symbols were against the law.   

Let's give American voters the benefit of the doubt and say it was all voter fraud and not ignorance or stupidity in electing a man who does not even know what to do and refuses help from Russia when there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Instead we'll say it's true that the Communists usage of electronic voting was just a plan to manipulate the vote. Soros and his ownership of the company that counts the US votes in Spain helped put their puppet in power in the White House. According to the Huffington Post, residents in all 50 states have filed petitions to secede from the Unites States. We'll say that these Americans are hostages to the Communists in power. How long will their government reign tyranny upon them?

Russia lost its' civil war with the Reds and millions suffered torture and death for almost 75 years under the tyranny of the United Soviet Socialist Republic. Russians survived with a new and stronger faith in God and ever growing Christian Church. The question is how long will the once "Land of the Free" remain the United Socialist States of America?  Their suffering has only begun. Bye bye Miss American Pie!  You know the song you hippies. Sing it! Don't you remember? The 1971 hit song by American song writer Don McLean:

"And, as I watched him on the stage my hands were clenched in fists of rage.

No angel born in Hell could break that Satan's spell

And, as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite, I saw...

Satan laughing with delight the day the music died

He was singing, bye bye Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

Them good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing...

This'll be the day that I die

This'll be the day that I die

So, the question remains:

How long will America suffer and to what depths?

 

Xavier Lerma

Contact Xavier Lerma at xlermanov@swissmail.org

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From the Office of Congressman Steve King

Dear Friend,

As you know from the enclosed letter, a U.S./Mexico Social Security Treaty will place a massive and unnecessary burden on our already troubled Social Security system.  And you have probably read how passage of the Treaty takes place automatically UNLESS Congress acts to stop it.

There are other reasons why EVERY taxpayer, Social Security recipient and concerned American should OPPOSE the proposed totalization agreement with Mexico:

  • It will cost the Social Security Trust Funds hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to Mexican citizens – including illegal workers and their dependents.
  • The Treaty will encourage massive Social Security fraud among the approximately 10 million or so illegal workers and their dependents, thereby costing the Trust Funds (and the taxpayer) millions and probably billions of dollars more.
  • It will pay Social Security retirement benefits to Mexican citizens based on work they performed while in the U.S. illegally – thus rewarding illegal behavior.

As millions of “baby boomers” retire, the last thing we need to do is add millions of additional recipients.

I believe it is a terrible Treaty, and comes at the worst possible time for our Social Security system, which is already in financial trouble.

Which is why I introduced a special Resolution into the House of Representatives to DISAPPROVE the Treaty and thereby help block it from going into effect.  The Senior Citizens League is a leader in the campaign to make sure the Treaty does not pass.  Please take a minute to help them make sure Congress acts BEFORE it is too late and the Treaty goes into effect.

Sincerely,

Steve King
Member of Congress

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NOTE: For all you TWEEPS out there, please consider Tweeting Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and ask him what YOU can do to help HIM defend OUR rights. His Twitter address is:

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Over the last few years there has been a growing concern about the President's questionable expansion of executive powers.  As a nation of laws, public officials are sworn to uphold the law . . . even laws you may not like.  The way to deal with laws you do not like is to get Congress or whatever body passed it to change it.  Real simple.

President Obama has, by executive order, circumvented national immigration law by ordering a halt to deportations of certain unlawful aliens, without getting the law changed.  In July of 2012, President Obama changed long standing welfare policy to allow states to change mandated work requirements.  Earlier he ordered the DOJ not to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act.  None of these orders were submitted to Congress for review, which the Government Accountability Office concluded he should have done in part.  I have co-sponsored bills to reverse these unconstitutional power grabs and will continue to fight them.

 
The President, touted by some as knowledgeable about our Constitution, acts as if he never heard of it sometimes.  Now, the President and Vice-President are talking about enacting gun bans by executive order. 
“The president is going go act,” Biden is quoted as saying. “There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken. We haven’t decided what that is yet, but we’re compiling it all.”
 
For the moment put aside the fact that the Second Amendment protects the right of each person to own and posses firearms and the ammunition that goes with it.  Our Supreme Court resolved that issue in Heller. Obviously neither the President nor Congress can enact laws that violate the Second Amendment, anymore than they can enact laws that violate the First Amendment or the Fifth Amendment. 
 
Let's focus on the supposed authority of the President to simply enact laws by the stroke of his pen. Article I Section I of the Constitution vests all legislative powers in Congress. All.  None are given to the President or the Courts.  All government acts need to be evaluated on whether they are consistent with our Constitution.
 
The executive branch has the Constitutional responsibility to execute the laws passed by Congress. It is well accepted that an executive order is not legislation nor can it be. An executive order is a directive that implements laws passed by Congress. The Constitution provides that the president "take care that the laws be faithfully executed."  Article II, Section 3, Clause 5. Thus, executive orders can only be used to carry out the will of Congress. If we in Congress have not established the policy or authorization by law, the President can't do it unilaterally. 
 
In order for the President to enact a gun ban by executive order, he would have to have such power given to him by Congress (we already established that the Constitution does not give him that power).  Any unilateral action by the President must rely on either a constitutional authority or a statutory power from Congress.  What laws exist for the President to enact gun bans by executive order?  The Attorney General is authorized under the Gun Control Act (GCA) to regulate the import of firearms if it is “generally suitable" for or readily adaptable to sporting purpose.  Thus, the Attorney General could use a “sporting purposes test” by which he can determine the types of firearms that can be imported into the United States.  But this law does not authorize a gun ban or affect domestic manufacture and sales. So it provides no Congressional basis for Mr. Biden or the President to create a gun ban.
 
President Obama may point out that President Clinton issued an executive order (No. 12938) in 1994 where some Chinese firearms and ammunition were restricted from import.  If that occurred, it would have been a serious overreach of the application of the authority set forth in that Executive Order, which President Clinton said at the time was being implemented under the International Economic Powers Act, the National Emergencies Act, and the Arms Export Control Act.  As stated in the Order itself, "the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (‘‘weapons of mass destruction’’) and of the means of delivering such weapons, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat." President Clinton Executive Order 12938 (1994).  How that justification, based on large scale weapons of mass destruction, could be interpreted to include Chinese hand guns is unclear and problematic.  Indeed, any fair reading of those laws would conclude they could not support a domestic gun ban.
 
The bottom line is that there is no Congressional authority enacted that would allow the President to take unilateral action to make it unlawful for individuals to transfer or possess a rifle, handgun or other gun or a large capacity ammunition feeding device.  Nor is there any Constitutional power under Article II (the power of being the “Commander in Chief”)  that allows this.  If the President wants a gun ban or ammunition ban he has to first revise the Second Amendment, which is not easy, but possible.  I would, of course, oppose that, as would most Americans. But that is at least a lawful and Constitutional means to achieve this.
 
Nor can the President do something Congress has prohibited.  Thus, the President cannot reallocate ATF money and direct it to make a centralized database of federal firearms purchases because we prohibited that.  Last year the House passed a continuing funding resolution (I would rather vote on budgets but the Senate refuses to pass a budget resolution and has not done so since April 2009), that became Public Law 112–55 (Nov. 18, 2011), that expressly prohibits the President from using any money "to disclose part or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any information required to be kept by licensees" except for criminal investigations.  In other words, the President is expressly prohibited from making a list of gun owners for purposes of then rounding up guns.  This resolution contains other restrictions as well limiting the President's budget control over firearms policy.
 
Another law, the 2007 National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) Improvement Amendment Act, requires each federal agency to transfer records to the Attorney General if a record shows that someone is a prohibited firearm possessor under federal law.  It is within the President's power to make sure his agencies are complying with that law and submitting records to the AG.  But that is it.  No more was authorized by Congress.

I, and many Americans, remain troubled by what we see are unconstitutional power grabs by the President.  We have a Constitution and it requires that we follow it.  Indeed, every public officer swears to do so.   The Constitution sets our policy for the long term, and emotions of the day have to be subsumed to those principles.  All of us share the grief of the criminal use of guns.  We need to focus on the mentally ill who commit these crimes.  We should not abandon our cultural and legal values, in place for over 200 years and created for good reason, because of a few mentally ill people.   We need to remain vigilant and not let the President create bogus executive orders that have no Constitutional authority and no statutory authority.
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“Why Is Evil Pushing, And Good Buckling Under ? “


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“Why Is Evil Pushing, And Good Buckling Under ? “
I have to wonder what and why the reason for the lack of good men and women of God are lacking courage these days ? I have come to the conclusion after seeing so much evil in the world that what Jesus said in Matthew 7:22 that “many” would not be allowed in heaven is a reality-especially for this generation on earth. No doubt there are “many” who talk a good game when speaking of Godly things, taking actions of righteous justice, helping the suffering.... but rare is it today to see good and Godly people rise up against evil and the things that evil people say and do....
To shore up my comments here...let's look at some recent events, that just in the past few years, all of us should take notice and truly evaluate where we stand with Jesus of the Bible and in fighting back against evil...
*Unions... Labor unions at one point in our nation's history were necessary against evil men who owned corporations. Those corporate owners at that time which exploited workers...especially children for cash. Because of labor unions, child labor laws came into effect and existence as well as a “minimum wage”was founded for all workers. Those things were good but today, many unions represent matters of evil, especially in the political world. Unions often side with Communist and Socialist dogma and have themselves turned into the “greedy monsters” that once was labeled only towards corporate owners and managers. In today's world-wide economy, many are suffering including corporations. Why on God's green earth would any labor union go and protest and or strike against any company thus purposely putting them out of business ? Got a Twinkie anyone ? Who is standing up against these labor unions and telling them to use common sense ? There should be flocks of people (yes, I said the word “flocks”) who are engaging these labor unions out in the street and right there at their own “labor halls”, telling them that they need to stop harassing businesses for money they don't have. If you want a job-work. If you want to live out on the street, go on a labor strike at your job.
*Media... The vast majority of media today is pro-Communist. Let's face the reality here. It's not just Piers Morgan. There is a major campaign by most of the media to purposely turn this nation upside down and impregnate the people of this country with lies of the devil. While Al Sharpton with his recent idiotic rants on MSNBC regarding (any subject matter he opens his mouth to) gun confiscation is just the tip of the iceberg as far as identifying who in the American media hates the United States and our Christian beliefs. For those of you who view and are fans of Fox News or get the major portion of your news information from the “catholic lawyer channel”, beware. Much of what you see on Fox is of entertainment value only. Not only that, you will get a distorted view of what is really going on in the world from them. They are just like all the other “news organizations” in that they are ratings driven, not truth driven. Why is any news agency or news reporter/anchor allowed to state half-truths or no truth at all in their reporting anyway? Most folks don't bother to call or write the producers of these news programs--- calling them out for their agenda in making entertainment and not reporting facts nor truth. In fact most of these so called reporters and news anchors hide behind their masks as “commentators” not as those who give the facts of the news worthy items. No American should be allowing half truths or tainted news stories to be aired-ever. You do have a choice---turn that crap off and write the producers that you turned their programming off.
*Obama and Congress... Here we see a very tiny portion of the populace but with 99.9% of the power. Without anyone stopping them, Obama and Congress does ever they want, how they want...whenever they want. Unfortunately most of what Obama and Congress does are purposeful acts of evil. Let me ask you something--- When was the last time you muttered something like “You can't fight city hall” and other lies like it ? What of “Fast and Furious”--- where Eric Holder and others had direct knowledge and participation in this scandal, leading to a US Border Agent's death. Those who allowed by Congress and Obama to remain without being incarcerated for their crimes yet today remain free... why Where is the outrage ? How about the Benghazi scandal... Why is Obama, Hilary Clinton and others not in jail ?...and what of the many members of the US Congress that lie over and over and over again to the American people ? For sure Obama and his “team” are the most evil and corrupt politician’s ever recorded. Likewise, John Boehner(and all the RINO's), Barbara Boxer, Dianee Feinstein, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi should have all been jailed long ago along with many of the other corrupted members of our legislative branch of government yet they remain free... why ?
You aware that Corporate America owns the majority of our government, right ? Billions of dollars flow through the hands of our so called “elected officials” via corporate special interests groups and lobbyists every year. The reality is that if you stand for evil, and or or have enough cash... you can easily have practically any Congress member introduce and get passed any legislative bill you desire. Don't believe me ? Why did “Obama care” get passed and Planned Parenthood receive yet another year of tax payer funding ? These are just two of the hundreds and thousands of evil bills passed through Congress. So... Why aren't citizens of this nation mobilizing to take back their government and eliminate these evils ?... You know...“by the people, for the people” ? How could it possibly be that Obama was re-elected ? There should have been a “march on DC” with millions of very angry Americans a long time ago in throwing out all these dirty rascals a long time ago.
*Judiciary Corruption.... Can I say “holy crap !” ? This is one of the most corrupt and evil segments of our American(and world-wide) Society. If there is one segment that will bring God's damnation of America, this is it !.....I cannot emphasize how evil our judiciary is here in the USA. Evil judges, lawyers, cops, court workers and others employed in and or through the judiciary system in America is overflowing and oozing with graft and corruption. Judges taking bribes, violating their own “laws” freely and without check... lawyers who purposely lie, cheat and steal as well do anything they want without consequence for their evil. Police ? Wow ! Cops beating up and or incarcerating innocent citizens are posted up on YouTube, take a good look. For me--- http://www.corruptgenesee.com
As my friend Bill Windsor, who is continuing to film those who have suffered from judicial corruption has seen and shown many times already with his YouTube video posts, evil is sadly alive and well in our judiciary and government's. Just why are people allowing themselves to have their children, families, homes and property purposely stolen, abused or destroyed without retribution for real Biblical justice ? Does not God in the Bible say in Isaiah 10:1-2 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. “ ? Does not God Himself demand we take justice. Does not the “Chucrh” know the difference between justice and vengeance ? I'm afraid most American “christians” are “jesus butterfly believers”.... Not Biblical Jesus believers.
Throughout this article, I have just barely touched on how the issues of evil knocking down “good” without “good” responding properly or at all, is plaguing America. In all honesty, I am disgusted at especially the so called “Church” which hides and cowers under the church pews and pulpit rather than standing and responding for what is right before a Biblical God. The “Church” should be ashamed of it's self for not taking a righteous stand against evil. Right now, the “world” is out shinning the “Church” in the area of pushing back evil. That is exactly why Jesus said “many” in Matthew 7:22 wouldn’t get in heaven.
There isn't much time left. America is about to cease to exist unless.... yes....unless, especially the “Church” starts to take it's place in a Biblical stand and push back against evil(Ephesians 5:11, James 2:17-20. So...If you seen a woman being raped, would you stand there and just pray only or would you take action to stop the rapist and save that poor woman ? If you answered that question replying that you would rescue the woman... praise the Lord ! Now, your children, your family, your neighbors and nation are all being raped ! Go and stop the evil ! In Jesus name stop the evil and remove it before it's to late for you and everyone else. For those who stand by and do nothing...God will judge you for your inaction and in doing nothing and I will be there to help point you out !
Proverbs 24:11-12 11 if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, those who go staggering to the slaughter; 12 if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay all according to their deeds?
Black Robe Regiment Pastor-Pastor Paul Waldmiller
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The Second War of Independence has been declared

4063650831?profile=originalVice President Biden prepares to submit presidential  task force strict gun control measures to Obama

There is a sickening aroma in the air that is beginning to permeate the very soul of independent freedom embracing Americans. It began to originate long before the shooting at Aurora, Colorado, or recently in Newtown, Connecticut. Its rancid fragrance seeps into the fabric of the U.S. Constitution and is emitted by the control terrorists who manipulate the facts and perceptions of Americans who watch the news. These purveyors of stricter gun control measures seek to erode your defenses so that in your weakened state you will accept their sweet smelling tyranny.

The nation that was represented as a symbolic shining city on a hill that President Ronald Reagan spoke about over 30 years ago is now becoming a broken mud hole of shattered dreams. America’s morning that has dawned over the nation is now bearing witness to the shredding of constitutional protections which have safe guarded families since the infancy of the republic. Obama has given the order to Vice President Biden: full steam ahead to obliterate gun rights in your town. You and your family are the targets and what will you do?

The reaction by gun owners and even prospective gun owners to Obama’s desperate executive order zeal is to hurry up and buy up all the potential guns and now legal weapons. The worry is that these legal weapons might be taken by edict or by force by the government. That may be a logical solution, but it is only a temporary one.

Once Obama’s federal government has quenched its thirst on stripping away gun rights, it will not hesitate to take the next step to criminalize actual possession of legally held banned weapons!

Then what will you do?

What is the response to a government that embraces tyrannical rule over the constitutional guarantees and protections contained within the U.S. Constitution?

What are you, the father, the mother, the son or the daughter prepared to do when, the government official, acting on direct orders from a new commission set up by President Obama to confiscate your guns, comes to your home’s door?

Where are the defenders of the U.S. Constitution who are elected in Congress? Are you absolutely certain they will not give in, and knuckle under Obama’s determination which is aided by the mainstream media talking heads?

Remember these are the same talking heads that avoided Obama’s dismissive behavior in not enforcing congressional legislation. This is the same mainstream media that buried the White House Benghazi murder cover up as if it never happened. Think about your choices when seeking to rely upon the once independent fourth estate, which has been rendered a useless patsy for the Obama administration.

Do you really believe that once your guns are banned, and the weapons that were grandfathered in and off limits from government seizure, will not be taken in the second round of gun control legislation?

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The Unborn Declared Constitutionally Protected!

Let's write to Congress! (www.congress.org or contactingthecongress.org) www.letswritetocongress.blogspot.com

Dear Representative:

The decision in Roe vs. Wade, which permitted abortion, was founded on the reluctance to legally identify the unborn as persons protected by the Constitution of the United States. The decision never declared the unborn were not persons, merely that the mother's preferences for her own body outweighed the claim to life of her legally-undefined unborn child. The decision framed the "choice" of pregnancy to be made after becoming pregnant instead of at the time of choosing to have sex, pregnancy being a foreseeable consequence. The decision does not comprehensively control the legal rights of the unborn, and many criminal and civil laws and cases have prosecuted and compensated for the death of an unborn child. The decision has only been largely unchallenged as to abortion. Recently, a decision by the Supreme Court of Alabama, Ankrom v. State, has ruled that the unborn are legally considered persons under the Constitution of the United States from the moment of conception. This case confirmed the criminal prosecution of a woman who chemically abused her unborn child, causing the child's death from Meth overdose shortly after birth. The woman contested the criminal prosecution under Alabama's chemical endangerment statute because the abuse took place before birth. Yet, if another person had caused (e.g., drugged her against her will) the child to be born overdosing and subsequently die, there would have been no question as to legal culpability. The question of culpability in the case was only residue from the indecision of Roe vs. Wade regarding the legal status of the unborn. Because of the Ankrom v. State case, the door has now been opened, indeed definitively decided, as to the legal definition of the unborn as persons protected by the Constitution. Precedent has now been set in the courts specifically defining the unborn as persons. Now is the time to also introduce legislation and amendments to the state and federal Constitutions declaring the unborn to be under the protective jurisdiction of the Constitution of the United States. I am ardently asking you to champion that cause. .

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Reclaiming the Power of the Purse

The below is contained in: http://shar.es/4wiTi

The framers of the Constitution intended for the House of Representatives, the People's House, to exercise control over the federal governments taxation and spending. Their theory was that the branch of government closest to the people would be the most accountable and the least likely to overtax and overspend. James Madison - the Architect of the Constitution

Unfortunately, the current Republican controlled Congress seems unable to muster the political will to perform its constitutional duty. The GOP, under the leadership of Speaker Boehner, has allowed itself to be outmaneuvered and blackmailed by the White House and the Senate. The so-called Fiscal Cliff was manufactured by Democrats to force the Republican Congress to capitulate on the issue of fiscal responsibility. Poor leadership and lack of political will allowed House Republicans to be duped by Democrats into creating a high-stakes, winner-take-all deadline with Democrats seemingly holding all the cards.

There are four major issues involved in the fiscal cliff.

  1. Expiration of the so-called "Bush Tax Cuts"
  2. Increase of the federal debt ceiling
  3. Spending authorization for the 2013 fiscal year
  4. The "Sequestration" of federal spending that would automatically impose major cuts on domestic and military spending.

Democrats are using the Republicans opposition to tax hikes and their passion to protect the countrys military as leverage to force them to give the President free rein on spending. The Republican leadership in Congress has been inept in allowing themselves to be backed into a corner.

Speaker of the House John BoehnerThe reality of the situation is that the GOP cannot win this round of the fight on taxes. Because the "Bush Tax Cuts" are set to expire, Republicans must pass legislation to prevent the tax hikes, and Democrats will not go along without asking for blood. The GOP must accept the facts as they exist and pass legislation to mitigate the effects of the tax increase on those most vulnerable--the middle class. The Democrat-controlled Senate and the President will go along, because this will give them the "tax hikes on the rich" that they have been campaigning for. The Democrats, of course, dont actually want tax hikes only on the rich. Their ideal outcome would be to have tax hikes on everyone and be able to blame the Republicans in Congress for failing to work with them to prevent it. Thats a twofer for the Dems--higher taxes to fund more government programs and the GOP wearing the blame for raising taxes on the middle class. Their "negotiating" strategy on the so-called fiscal cliff has been designed to bring about this outcome, and Republicans have been foolishly falling for it.

Once the GOP moves past the tax issue, they still have to deal with the sequestration problem. Once again, they have to take the club out of President Obamas hand. The House of Representatives should pass spending bills that make sense. They should give the military the money it needs to protect our country. They should meet our obligations to pay debt and they should fund entitlement programs at current levels. Then, they should take a meat axe to the operating budgets of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Internal Revenue Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Education Department, the Energy Department, Health & Human Services and the Justice Department. They should cut salaries of high--paid political appointees and freeze hiring and salaries in every department of the federal government. They should refuse to fund any spending related to the implementation of Obamacare, including setting up Federal health insurance exchanges to fill the void left by the 35 states that refuse to implement exchanges.

The House should pass short-term increases in the debt ceiling, just large enough to fund the government for a few months under their new, responsible spending levels. They do not want to be left in the position of defaulting on the countrys debts, but they cannot relinquish the leverage that the debt ceiling gives them.

Then, the GOP needs to go on a full scale public relations campaign to explain to the American public that it is funding entitlements and it is saving the middle class from tax hikes. It needs to explain that Republicans are holding the line against reckless deficit spending by the President and Harry Reid.

Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidHarry Reid will declare the House spending bills "Dead on Arrival" in the Senate. The President will drag every "victim" of the government cuts in front of willing media members who will tell tales of woe about the cruel and compassionless Republicans. At this point, Republicans need to stand their ground. Harry Reid and the President will eventually be forced to pass the spending bills from the House or shut down the government.

Meanwhile, Republicans must present themselves as reasonable stewards of the public good. They must explain, over and over, that there will no longer be a blank check issued to the Democrats. They must be clever in finding ways of reaching beyond the traditional conservative demographic to make their point. Every Republican must stand together and fight for the high ground.

Manufactured Political Celebrity Sandra FlukeRepublicans must learn from what the Democrats have done to push their agenda. Sandra Fluke was created out of thin air to become the champion of free birth control. This was an issue that was literally invented by the Democrats to create a demand for a new entitlement just to put Republicans in the position of arguing against "reproductive freedom" for women. Fiscal conservatives must find ways of bringing public attention to the devastating impact on our military of the Democrat spending plans. They must use scare tactics, if necessary, to convince Americans that the current fiscal path is truly unsustainable. They must portray the President and Harry Reid as reckless and wasteful. They need to establish a line of attack and stick with it relentlessly until the country gets it.

The U.S. Constitution gives the House of Representatives the Power of the PurseIt will be painful, both financially and politically, for the Republicans to pry the Presidents fingers from their throats. However, it would be a great tragedy for them to lose their nerve and capitulate by making a deal that gives the President a blank check for the next two years, driving closer and closer to the real fiscal cliff--insolvency. It is time for the GOP to seize back the power of the purse that was given to them in the Constitution. America cannot afford any more years of President Obamas fiscal recklessness.

- Dan Ryan, Publisher

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Obama Quietly Launches New FEMA Youth Corps Division With 240 Inductees http://shar.es/4ZgR8

Obama is gathering counselors for Camp FEMA

Obama promised that he would create a civilian army in 2008 (see video below) that would eventually be as strong and as aggressive as the United States military. Here we see Step One towards accomplishing that goal.

FEMA Camps did not start under Obama, but he may be the leader under which people will begin to be placed in them.

RELATED STORY: Obama’s Private Army and FEMA Detention Camps

From FEMA.gov: VICKSBURG, Miss.– A historic new collaboration between two federal agencies to strengthen the nation’s disaster response capabilities was launched today as the nation’s first 240 FEMA Corps members were sworn into service at an induction ceremony in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Vicksburg, Miss., Sep. 13, 2012 -- Image from the Induction Ceremony for the inaugural class of FEMA Corps members. FEMA Corps members assist with disaster preparedness, response, and recovery activities, providing support in areas ranging from working directly with disaster survivors to supporting disaster recovering centers to sharing valuable disaster preparedness and mitigation information with the public.

Vicksburg, Miss., Sep. 13, 2012 — Image from the Induction Ceremony for the inaugural class of FEMA Corps members. FEMA Corps members assist with disaster preparedness, response, and recovery activities, providing support in areas ranging from working directly with disaster survivors to supporting disaster recovering centers to sharing valuable disaster preparedness and mitigation information with the public.

FEMA Corps is an innovative partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to enhance disaster response and recovery capacity while expanding career opportunities for young people.

Established as a new unit within the existing AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), FEMA Corps engages young adults ages 18 to 24 to provide ten months of full-time service on disaster response and recovery projects.  Members will be deployed to assignments ranging from working directly with disaster survivors to supporting disaster recovery centers to sharing disaster response and mitigation information with the public.

At today’s induction ceremony, members of the inaugural FEMA Corps class took the AmeriCorps pledge to “get things done for America” and heard from agency leaders about the important work that lies ahead.  FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino and CNCS CEO Wendy Spencer were on hand to welcome the members and thank them for their commitment to service.

“When I visit communities devastated by disasters like Joplin, Mo., I always find members of AmeriCorps lending a helping hand to survivors,” said Serino. “Today’s inductees are taking part in an exciting new pursuit — combining the exceptional record of citizen service at AmeriCorps NCCC with FEMA’s specialized mission of supporting survivors with their recovery after a disaster. I commend and thank every member of the inaugural class of FEMA Corps for their dedication to helping communities in need.”

“I commend you for answering the call to serve and making a difference for people and communities in need,” said Spencer.  “As the nation’s very first FEMA Corps members, you are helping write a new chapter in the history of national service.  With your training, backed by your team, and inspired by your passion, you will bring much-needed hope and assistance to disasters survivors. As you help others, this year will help you – giving you skills, expanding your opportunities, and setting you on a lifelong path of service to others.”

Today’s induction ceremony marked the end of one month of AmeriCorps NCCC training and the start of FEMA position-specific training. After completing training this month, members will be deployed to their first assignments. FEMA Corps will supplement FEMA’s existing Reservist workforce in assisting citizens and communities who have been impacted by disasters.

After completing 1,700 hour of service, FEMA Corps members will receive a $5,550 Segal AmeriCorps Education Award to pay for tuition or pay student loans.  Members will gain significant training and experience in disaster services that can serve as a pathway to employment in the emergency management profession.

FEMA Corps members will be based out of five AmeriCorps NCCC campuses across the country: Sacramento, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Vinton, Iowa; Perry Point, Md.; and, Vicksburg, Miss.  The program will engage 1,600 members annually when fully operational next year. source – FEMA

 

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Obama's venture into Agenda 21 - BEWARE

Have you heard of the "Great Outdoors Initiative"? Chances are, you haven't.

But across the country, White House officials have been meeting quietly with environmental groups to map out government plans for acquiring untold millions of acres of both public and private land. It's another stealthy power grab through executive order that promises to radically transform the American way of life.

In April, President Obama issued a memorandum outlining his "21st century strategy for America's great outdoors." It was addressed to the interior secretary, the agriculture secretary, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency and the chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.

The memo calls on the officials to conduct "listening and learning sessions" with the public to "identify the places that mean the most to Americans, and leverage the support of the Federal Government" to "protect" outdoor spaces. Eighteen of 25 planned sessions have already been held. But there's much more to the agenda than simply "reconnecting Americans to nature."

The federal government, as the memo boasted, is the nation's "largest land manager." It already owns roughly one of every three acres in the United States.

This is apparently not enough. At a "listening session" in New Hampshire last week, government bureaucrats trained their sights on millions of private forest land throughout the New England region. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack crusaded for "the need for additional attention to the Land and Water Conservation Fund -- and the need to promptly support full funding of that fund."

Property owners have every reason to be worried. The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a pet project of green radicals, who want the decades-old government slush fund for buying up private lands to be freed from congressional appropriations oversight. It's paid for primarily with receipts from the government's offshore oil and gas leases.

Both Senate and House Democrats have included $900 million in full LWCF funding, not subject to congressional approval, in their energy/BP oil spill legislative packages. The Democrats have also included a provision in these packages that would require the federal government to take over energy permitting in state waters, which provoked an outcry from Texas state officials, who sent a letter of protest to Capitol Hill last month:

"In light of federal failures, it is incomprehensible that the United States Congress is entertaining proposals that expand federal authority over oil and gas drilling in state water and lands long regulated by states. ... Given the track record, putting the federal government in charge of energy production on state land and waters not only breaks years of successful precedent and threatens the 10th Amendment to the United Sates Constitution, but it also undermines common sense and threatens the environmental and economy security of our state's citizens."

This power grab, masquerading as a feel-good, all-American recreation program, comes on top of a separate, property-usurping initiative exposed by GOP Rep. Robert Bishop and Sen. Jim DeMint earlier this spring.

According to an internal, 21-page Obama administration memo, 17 energy-rich areas in 11 states have been targeted as potential federal "monuments." The lives of coyotes, deer and prairie dogs would be elevated above states' needs to generate jobs, tourism business and energy solutions.

Take my home state of Colorado. The Obama administration is considering locking up some 380,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land and private land in Colorado under the 1906 Antiquities Act.

The Vermillion Basin and the Alpine Triangle would be shut off to mining, hunting, grazing, oil and gas development, and recreational activities. Alan Foutz, president of the Colorado Farm Bureau, blasted the administration's meddling: "Deer and elk populations are thriving, and we in Colorado don't need help from the federal government in order to manage them effectively."

Indeed, the feds have enough trouble as it is managing the vast amount of land they already control. As the D.C.-based Americans for Limited Government group, which defends private property rights, points out:

"The [National Park Service] claims it would need about $9.5 billion just to clear its backlog of the necessary improvements and repairs. At a time when our existing national parks are suffering, it doesn't make sense for the federal government to grab new lands."

The bureaucrats behind Obama's "Great Outdoors Initiative" plan on wrapping up their public comment solicitation by Nov. 15. The initiative's taxpayer-funded web site (http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/) has been dominated by left-wing environmental activists proposing human population reduction, private property confiscation, and gun bans, hunting bans and vehicle bans in national parks.

It's time for private property owners to send their own loud, clear message to the land-hungry feds: Take a hike.

Examiner Columnist Michelle Malkin, author of "Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies," is nationally syndicated by Creator Syndicate

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Dear Sir,
I am concerned. Sen. Kerry was fined for taking money for his reelection Sen. campaign from China.
In 1996 Kerry met with Liu Chaoying, the daughter of a powerful Chinese military official who also doubled as vice president of a subsidiary of the state-owned China Aerospace Corp.

Before the meeting, held in Kerry's Senate office, Liu's sponsor, Johnny Chung, made clear she was interested in getting her company listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange.

The Democratic presidential front-runner was only too happy to oblige and ordered his aides to contact the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"The next day," reports Newsweek, "Liu and Chung were ushered into a private briefing with a senior SEC official."

Within weeks, Chung returned the favor, staging a Kerry fund raiser at a Beverly Hills hotel that raked in $10,000 for the senator's re-election campaign.

Bank records would later show that Kerry's Chinese campaign cash came from $300,000 in overseas wire transfers sent to Chung on orders from the chief of Chinese military intelligence, Newsweek reports.

The money was routed through a Hong Kong bank account controlled by Liu, whose company later benefited from waivers granted by the Clinton administration to the U.S. aerospace giant Loral Corp.

As Liu and Chung were lining the pockets of the Democratic Party's political elite, Loral handed over top-secret missile guidance technology to Liu's firm.

Liu's China Aerospace used the information to perfect Beijing's fleet of intercontinental ballistic missiles, which before the 1990s could not strike the U.S.

By the end of the decade, however, China's ICBMs could reach the entire continental United States with pinpoint accuracy, thanks in part to the senator who says now he can be trusted with America's national security.

Chung later testified that before Liu wired him the cash to contribute to prominent Democrats, the chief of Chinese intelligence personally told him: "We like your president. We want to see him re-elected."

Apparently, Beijing felt the same way about Sen. John Kerry.

Sen. Kerry also held meetings with the Vietnam in Paris when we WERE AT WAR.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS RELATING TO THE WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1971

UNITED STATES SENATE;
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,
Washington, D.C.

The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:05 a.m., in Room 4221, New Senate Office Building, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Fulbright, Symington, Pell, Aiken, Case, and Javits.

The CHAIRMAN. Do you support or do you have any particular views about any one of them you wish to give the committee?

Mr. KERRY. My feeling, Senator, is undoubtedly this Congress, and I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but I do not believe that this Congress will, in fact, end the war as we would like to, which is immediately and unilaterallyand, therefore, if I were to speak I would say we would set a date and the date obviously would be the earliest possible date. But I would like to say, in answering that, that I do not believe it is necessary to stall any longer. I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks, that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government and of all eight of Madam Binh's points it has been stated time and time again, and was stated by Senator Vance Hartke when he returned from Paris, and it has been stated by many other officials of this Government, if the United States were to set a date for withdrawal the prisoners of war would be returned.


CAN YOU EXPLAIN ANY SUPPORT AS SEC. OF STATE FOR SEN. KERRY who openly took funding from China & who at a time of war had meetings & negotiations with the enemy?

Sincerely,

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