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Rep. Allen West makes it clear the Tea Party needs a plan.  The True Tax is a plan to get our nation on track.  Do yourself a favor and learn about.  Otherwise we are left with poor plans rammed down our throat.  Check out Rep. West video:

http://truetax.ning.com/video/tea-party-needs-a-plan

Solutions are like the old adage, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."  Let's us not be foolish that hapless rantings will change our nation.  We need solutions that will stop the growth of government and mandate that leaders follow our directions.  Without a plan, then plan to failure.  Our Country deserves better.  Click on the copy below and read for yourself:

Is It 1787 Again?

Much has been said lately about the current direction of our great American country.  Our National debt must be acknowledged by any faction to be ridiculously, obscenely out of control.  The Federal Government has usurped authority and control of our freedoms that was not allowed to them by our Constitution and we seem to have no voice in the matter.  In these times, I feel moved to repeat the following lines:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.  That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.  Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.  But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” (The various emphases have been added by this writer.)

Many of you, perhaps most of you, and maybe all of you will recognize these words as from the text of the Declaration of Independence, which preceded the Revolutionary War that liberated our Nation’s founders from the bonds of tyranny and the intolerable weight of despotism.  Then in 1787 some Plain, Honest Men [title of the book about the making of the Constitution written by Richard Beeman] concluded that the government created by the Articles of Confederation was fatally flawed and set out to replace it and to institute new government.  On September 15, 1787, these “plain, honest” men delivered our current form of government through the Constitution.  The flaws they saw to be fatal and in need of correction were; 1) the National Government’s inability to levy taxes to support the rightful duties of the national government (the National Government was too week), 2) it required unanimous approval of the state legislatures to amend the document (making it extremely difficult if not impossible to change and adjust when needed), and 3) there was no provision for an executive office (one person to represent the country).

Some today say that the Constitution needs to be INTERPRETED in the light of present day conditions.  However, the founding fathers intended that the constitution be strictly construed.  They provided for changing when times seem to require it; it’s by the amendment process.  Our present day elected officials betray their oaths of office when they pretend that the Constitution can just be ignored when it’s inconvenient to follow its requirements.

But now, in the face of years and to my mind egregious violations of the Constitution and actions by our Government that threaten our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and general safety and well being, we may well have come to a point where we should no longer suffer these evils.  It seems like it is 1787 again.  There seem to me, given the circumstances of the present day, to be some fatal flaws in our current form of government that we should no longer suffer.  Granted that government form should not be changed on a whim and that is the strongest argument for a representative form of government and I would not suggest that we should go so far as to depart from that safeguard against gyrations caused by the whimsy of the day.

One fatal flaw that I see is the unjustified lack of adequate check on the power of Executive Branch.  In 1787, those who wrote the Constitution perceived that the Federal Government needed to be strengthened for the good of the whole.  From the circumstances they saw, they were undoubtedly correct but today it is evident that they went too far in that direction.  It’s time to swing the pendulum a little back toward controlling the powers of the Executive Branch.  The President should not be able to unilaterally establish non-elected government agencies and Czars with authorization by him to perform tasks of GOVERNING with powers not allowed to them by the Congress.   The rewritten Constitution (or by amendment) should specifically prohibit the creation of such entities, without Congressional approval.

Also the President wields too much power with the current form of the veto process.  The Constitution requires that the President give the house of the Legislature, which originated the bill, his objections to a bill when he sends it back.  I believe he/she should also be required to give a Constitutional analysis of the bill and his/her objections to the bill.  If the President fails to do this within 7 days of sending the bill back, the bill should automatically become law, as it was approved by the two houses of the Legislature.  Much like the requirement for a unanimous approval of an amendment, under the Articles of Confederation, was considered a fatal flaw by those “plain, honest” men, the need for a two-thirds vote by the Congress to override a veto is too onerous.  A veto should be able to be overridden by a 60% + 1 affirmative vote by Congress.  A simple majority would be too lax in a representative form of government.  Likewise, an Amendment to the Constitution should continue as it is.  This process was intended to not be taken too lightly, so much that the ‘whim du jour’  could cause radical fluctuations in the rules of the land.  This would be chaotic.

Another flaw is the ability / allowance for Congress to incur debt.  If it is believed to be necessary to spend in excess of revenue, from time to time, there should be an absolute limit on the amount by which spending can exceed revenue.  It should be something modest.  Either a fixed 5% or tied to current Government Bond interest.  This should be an amendment to the Constitution so Congress cannot simply LEGISLATE an increase in the debt ceiling.  This ceiling should be an absolute and not an amount that can be added each year.  Once the Federal Government has reached this limit, it can incur no more debt; not in the current year, not in the next year not ever.  The idea is to pay down that debt before incurring more.

On a related but different subject, Congress should be responsible for doing an annual, or causing that there be an annual actuarial analysis of the Social Security funding, as was originally required by the bill that became the law creating the Social Security System.  And to make adjustment as necessary each year to avoid a collection of deficits that when finally addressed seem insurmountable.  And the actual assets of the Social Security Fund should be required to be funded just as ERISA requires private defined benefit plans to be funded.  They should not be allowed to decimate the fund by using ‘funny money’ on the balance sheet.

I call for some Plain, Honest Men with the influence to do so to call for a Constitutional Convention and change our form of Government to better protect our unalienable rights to freedom, safety, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and to free us from the overly burdensome interference from a Federal Government.

We've all become acquainted with the legal definition of insanity...here it is in spades;

In a shocking display of violent rhetoric given that Leftists routinely plea for 'civil discourse' and decry the 'tone' of conservatives, Progressives are increasingly issuing death threats to Patriots who are dedicated to the primacy of the Constitution in U.S. law. One such propitious champion of 'kinder, gentler' dialogue called for the systematic roundup of what he calls 'Tea Baggers'--the derogatory term coined by Progressives to smear members of the Tea Party--in order to subject them to a year's worth of 're-education' at so-called 'green' internment camps.

For informational purposes, readers should recognize that the terms 'Leftist' and 'Progressive' are interchangeable. They refer to the same thing--those who wish to 'change' America into a totalitarian system where government dominates and regulates all of human life, and where the economic system of capitalism is junked in favor of a Marxist-Socialist model.

To those who have  followed the Left ever since the 1960s, such vitriol is no surprise. From Saul Alinksy to Cloward and Piven, from Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn to Ward Churchill and the Symbionese Liberation Army , Progressives have consistently called for the violent overthrow of the U.S. Constitution and the murder of persons they identify as the stalwart defenders of American freedom and capitalism.

It should never be forgotten that confirmed domestic terrorists, Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, launched the political career of Barack Obama in their living room in Chicago in the 1990s.

Thus, the current bombast coming from Progressives is no surprise. The thing that raises eyebrows, however, is the vehement attempt to portray the Tea Party as a dangerous group that is responsible for everything from the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords to Standard and Poor's downgrade of America's credit rating--all while the Left continues its tendency toward violence, death threats, and its periodic calls for a roundup of those who disagree with its extremist views.

Here is a sample of such rhetoric from extremist enviornmentalist Derrick Jensen, via The Blaze , as reported in Sipsy Street Irregulars :

One of the activists, Derrick Jensen, allegedly even believes those who destroy the environment should be summarily executed: “If it were up to me, all the people associated with the Gulf oil spill, which is murdering the Gulf, would be executed. That would be part of the function of a state,” said Jensen.

In addition to Jensen, the two other environmentalists interviewed in the article – Lierre Keith, and Aric McBay — have spearheaded a fringe movement called the “Deep Green Resistance” (with a book of the same name) that calls for “direct attacks on infrastructure” and an annihilation of civilization as we know it.

According to the far-left triumvirate, humanity must devolve into living primitive, “indigenous” lifestyles. To this end, Keith targeted a litany of ills that must be stopped, declaring: “We need a culture that is self-consciously oppositional to things like corporate power, capitalism, industrialization and ultimately civilization, because that is the arrangement of power on this planet right now.”

Another Progressive, Jeffrey Wells, had this to say on his website, in his own words :

Many times I've riffed on a dark, delicious fantasy about rounding up Tea Bagger types and sentencing them to green re-educat... for minimum one-year terms. Not to punish per se but to expose these contemptible morons to facts, to truth, to the way things really are and how they're being played by the rich, and the fact that Boomers have taken almost everything and that diminished lifestyles and economic security are being bequeathed to Genx and GenY for decades to come, and that the best is definitely over. The infra-structure that once provided decent, fair-minded quality of life to middle-class people in this country isdisintegrating . The game is rigged. This is the fall of the Roman Empire.

All largely because of impediments to logical, intelligent governing put up by the knee-jerk, mule-like, corporate-kowtowing mentality of Tea-Bagger types and their 60 or so looney-tunes Congresspersons now in office. We've truly become a South American society of rightist oligarchs, angry lefties, disillusioned wage-earners, retirement-age fuddies and struggling, debt-smothered have-nots, and the rightist boobs will never understand that they're primarily the problem .

Wells has also called for violent, London-type riots in the streets of America.

Further, last evening on Twitter an intriguing exchange occurred between several Patriots and a team member of Fox News Radio's token Progressive, Alan Colmes. The team member had hinted that Progressives may wish to engage in violence in order to stop Tea Party activists from achieving their goals. Attempts to pin down the team member for clarification were largely unsuccessful, but the genie was already out of the bottle.

In pre-WWII Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis engaged in a scheme to demonize and vilify various groups of persons, falsely projecting onto them all sorts of hideous and despicable motives and acts, so as to divert attention from those very same hideous and despicable motives and acts being carried out by Hitler's SS and storm troopers.

There is a most important lesson in that, to those who are smart enough to get it.

Be sure to catch Anthony Martin's blog at The Liberty Sphere.

Visit my ministry site at Martin Christian Ministries .

Here is another tidbit...a little lengthy, but worth it.  Essential Information resides herein;

http://www.thepostemail.com/2011/08/11/the-real-revolution/

Whether you think the man is crazy or dead on the money, listen in on Monday night, 9 p.m. EST on Tea Party Radio

Information is essential for us to move forward, and the better informed you are, the more aware you are, the more

effective you are.  

This is from a post by Jedi Pauly, who I've been acquainted with over the last few years.  He has gone to great lengths and has done an incredible amount of research to come to his conclusions.  Great progress has been made over the last 2 years or so...take the time to see why by following this link:

http://www.thepostemail.com/2011/08/13/purpura-v-sebelius-the-last-chance-for-a-republic/

I have invited Jedi Pauly to join us Monday night on Tea Party Radio as a guest, to explain his take on things.

I encourage as many that can make it @ 9 p.m. EST to join us on Tea Party Radio on BlogTalk.  Call-in # is 646-200-4032.  

There will be more coming here shortly concerning these issues.  God Bless...

Sent by our friend David Toy---a MUST SEE!!

CONGRESSWOMAN BACHMAN DISTIGUISHED HERSELF IN THE GREAT DEBATE, SHE MET EVERY CHALLANGE THROWN AT HER WITH GRACE, SINCERITY AND HONESTY WITHOUT REVERTING TO THE "CONVENTIAL POLITICS"

I FOR ONE HAVE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH OF CONVENTIAL POLITICS, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THESE POLITICS HAVE EVOLVED, IT IS TIME TO BRING HONESTY, UNCOMPROMISING COMMITMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS AND SHE EXHIBITED THAT SHE HAS THE FIRE IN HER BODY AND SOUL (NOT JUST HER STOMACH).

I LIKE AND RESPECT RON PAUL BUT HIS ISOLATIONIST VIEWS TROUBLE ME.  I RECALL FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISWTER NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN VISITING EUOROPE DURING HITLERS RISE TO POWER AND COMING HOME TO BRITAIN TO TELL HIS FELLOW BRITS THAT THE EVFENTS IN EUROPE WHERE OF NO CONCERN TO BRITAIN AND THAT BRITAIN SHOULD JUST MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS, WELL WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HIS REPORT BACK HOME.

I RECALL THAT A JAPANESE DELEGATION VISITED WASHINGTOM D C IN NOVEMBER 1941 TO DISCUS A TRADE AND MUTUAL COOPERATION TREATY  AND WHAT HAPPENED ON DEC 7.  WE HAVE TO BE ON CONSTANT ALERT BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS COME ALONG WITH ASPIRATIOINS OF WORLD DOMINATION. THE ONLY MAJOR FORCE STANDING IN THE WAY OF THEIR ASPIRATIONS IS  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH CONTAINS MANY NATURAL RICHES, BUT IT ALSO CONTAINS THE SPIRIT OF 76 AND WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.

ALL OF THESE PRIOR ATTEMPTS AT WORLD DOMINATION HAVE FAILED BECAUSE OF THE INDOMINABLE SPIRIT PRESENT IN THE BODY AND SOULS OF AMERICANS.  BECAUSE WE CANNOT BE DEFEATED MILITARILY, WE ARE NOW UNDER ASSAULT BY DEVIOUS AND COVERT MEANS WHERE THOSE WHO WISH TO DESTROY US AND THE OTHER FREE DEMOCRACY'S IN WORLD ARE ENGAGING IN AN INFILTRATION TACTIC IN THE U S, BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, ETC.  THEIR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE AN INTERNAL CANCER WITHIN OUR BORDERS, WHICH WILL EAT AWAY AT OUR FREEDOMS IN AN ATTEMPTR TO DESTROY US THAT WAY.  I FOR ONE SAY NO WAY JOSE' AND ALTHOUGH I ABHORE VIOLANCE OF ANY KIND, WE HAVE TO MEET THIS ASSAULT WITH EVERY WEAPON WE CAN.

Here we have a good entertaining clip---click the link below and then ponder the real state of the Union;

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRmZ9zH-mYM&feature=email

Radical College Professor that Seeks Demise of United States Part of Obama Inner Circle

See the article that exposes it all:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=333005

Wake up call!

Posted on NRA-ILA-On August 12, 2011:

“By now you have seen the headlines and images of destruction: the rioting, looting, violent assaults, and arson.  London and other UK cities look like war zones and their citizens are afraid to venture out, because the danger is very real.  It’s a view of the temporary breakdown of society.  It is gut check time; a time when the concept of being able to defend oneself gives way to the stark reality that few viable options to do so exist. 

Gun laws in the UK are among the most restrictive in the world.  In March of 1996, a deranged man walked into a school in Dunblane, Scotland and killed 16 children and one teacher. In the aftermath of this tragedy, British politicians sought to reduce violent crime by enacting a ban on all handguns. Handgun owners were given a February 1998 deadline to turn in their firearms—and they did. The UK was supposed to become a much safer place—but dramatic increases in crime following the gun ban proved it didn’t.  

A July 3, 2009, Daily Mail article reported that “Britain’s violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European Union, it has been revealed. Official crime figures show the U.K. also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa.”

And the current bedlam has proved it further.  Restrictive laws concerning long-guns, combined with the outright ban on handguns, leave the country’s citizens largely defenseless (it was reported this week that sales of one type of aluminum baseball bats on Amazon UK rose 6,541 percent).  In many places, it was reported that police were unable to stop the mayhem. As a result, panicked, defenseless law-abiding citizens were forced to flee their homes, while others watched as their businesses were destroyed.  Compare this to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, when armed citizens were able to protect their lives, families, and property from looters and violent mobs.

An August 11 Herald Sun article reported one resident as saying, “its absolute bedlam on the street.  People have been openly looting for an hour, two hours, and the police have been ineffectual. They’ve done nothing.”  Another victim, who was trapped in her hair salon in Clapham Junction while a mob smashed its way in and trashed it, said, “They were mocking us, [saying] ‘look, look, they look scared’.  Where is the police?  I want protection.  This is what they’re here for . . . I’m not secure at my workplace. I’m not secure at my home place.  Will they be there to protect us tonight?  They weren’t here to protect us last night.”

The Telegraph.com.au reported on Tuesday that mobs were forcing hapless victims to strip off their clothes while being robbed, and described a shocking video that shows a bleeding, already-pummeled teenager being robbed in broad daylight by lawless thugs who pretend to help him to his feet, and then steal the contents of his backpack while he can barely remain standing, much less defend himself. 

This is what a disarmed country looks like.  This is how little is left when free men and women surrender their right to own a firearm.  

One has to wonder how differently this all would be playing out if the law-abiding were allowed to arm themselves.  How different would the reports be if violent, opportunistic, amoral thugs were confronted with armed resistance from their intended victims? 

It has been said that, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”  In this case, good men and women have been stripped of their ability to do something, and evil has certainly triumphed. 

Ironically, the UK is an outspoken proponent of the United Nations’ efforts to negotiate an Arms Trade Treaty.  Presumably the UK’s goal in supporting an ATT is to spread the “safety and sanctity” they imagine their country as having to the rest of the world.   Perhaps the recent calamities will cause the British to rethink their position; we certainly hope so.  It’s time for the British government to drop its draconian gun-control laws and restore the right of self-defense to its law-abiding citizens.

It’s time to face the facts.  When law-abiding citizens are disarmed, is their society a safer one?  Do gun bans reduce violent crime?  Will the police always be there to protect you?  England’s current plight is just the latest example to show us, yet again, that the answer to these questions is an emphatic “No.”

Source:

http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=7025

Note: The following articles and/or blog posts and videos relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:

I. British gun laws: Coming soon to a country near you?

What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner-By Paul Valone, Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner-On October 13, 2009:

“British authorities are apparently so satisfied with the results of stringent gun laws that they intend to use the United Nations to bring gun control to the United States.

According to “The State,” seven countries have begun a campaign to “regulate the global arms trade” and “prevent the illegal transfer of guns.” And leading the charge is John Duncan, Britain’s ambassador for multilateral arms control and disarmament, who described a recent month-long meeting of the UN General Assembly’s disarmament committee as “pivotal” in launching a new global treaty.

Despite previous U.S.-led resistance to international gun control, when U.S. ambassador John Bolton repudiated such efforts, Duncan and other supporters hope to have the U.N. General Assembly vote on a draft treaty later this year.

American Versus British Crime Rates:

Ironically, the same Britain now trying to export gun control has experienced an explosion in violent crime since virtually banning guns in 1997. In an article just three months old, the British MailOnline reports that England and Wales now have the highest violent crime in the European Union – a rate which, in fact exceeds that of the United States and even hyper-violent South Africa.

Says MailOnline:

“In the decade following [the election of the Labor Party] in 1997, the number of recorded violent attacks soared by 77 percent to 1.158 million – more than two every minute.”

Indeed, the U.K. – a laboratory for the near-complete prohibition of private gun ownership – has a violent crime victimization rate of 2,034 per 100,000 residents.

Meanwhile, the U.S., with its far less restrictive gun laws, has a violence rate of only 466 crimes per 100,000 residents.

Even South Africa’s rate is lower, at 1,677 violent crimes per 100,000.

Downplaying the report, British Police Minister David Hanson cited differences in crime reporting to call the figures “misleading.”

Other Countries:

Also supporting the U.N. effort are Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan and Kenya. While violent crime rates are not readily available for Argentina, Costa Rica and Kenya, anecdotal evidence suggests violence exceeding our own.

Argentina: The Argentine Post, conducting a survey of households in 40 urban centers, reports fully 32.7% or respondents had a family member who had been victimized, and only one-third of such crimes had been reported.

Finland: With gun laws the BBC laments as “among the most liberal in the world,” Finland has a violent crime rate of only 738 per 100,000.

Japan: While violence is historically low in Japanese culture, suicide rates are invariably high, despite a near-complete ban on private gun ownership.  Additionally, Japanese residents live in a virtual police state.

Australia: Another laboratory for gun control since restricting gun ownership following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, MailOnline reports a violent crime rate for Australia of 92 per 100,000 residents. This seems unlikely, however, since The Australia Institute of Criminology reports that assault alone occurs at a rate of 840 per 100,000 – a rate which increased dramatically since the Port Arthur ban. Other sources, including Austin Gun Rights Examiner Howard Nemerov, report either flat or increasing trend lines for violent crime since the ban.

Speaking of Australia...

And since the Australian government seems to want its restrictions brought to the U.S., perhaps we should glimpse what its subjects can expect in the future. “The Manly Daily,” of Australia, reported on October 9 that pursuant to the Australian Firearms Act of 1996:

“Northern Beaches Police will be turning up on the doorstep of every licensed gun owner in the area over the next four years to check their firearms are stored correctly.

“Operation Aston follows the gun amnesty that ended on May 31 and will target guns stored incorrectly and the security of gun safes, Northern Beaches Commander Doreen Cruickshank said.

“Gun owners have a responsibility to ensure their weapon is safely stored at all times when not in use,’ Supt Cruickshank said.

“Licensing police will be attending the home of every licensed firearm owner in the northern beaches over the next four years to inspect every weapon and check the gun safe.

“Officers will be examining all gun safes to ensure they comply with the legislative requirements, particularly in relation to the standard and security of safes.’” [Emphasis added]


ENOUGH SAID?” 

Source:

http://www.examiner.com/x-2698-Charlotte-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d13-British-gun-laws-Coming-soon-to-a-country-near-you

II. Proposed U.N. Treaty to Regulate Global Firearms Trade Raising Concerns for U.S. Gun Makers!-Posted on FoxNews.com-By Maxim Lott-On August 5, 2011:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/05/proposed-un-treaty-to-regulate-global-firearms-trade-raising-concerns-for-us/

III. U.S. news agencies 'looking to disarm American people'!-Posted on WND.com-By Joe Kovacs-On August 4, 2011:

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=329953

IV. Lawsuit Challenging the Obama 
Administration’s Multiple Sales Reporting Requirement!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On August 4, 2011:

http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/litigation/ComplaintJ&GvMelson.pdf

V. NRA Chief LaPierre: Eric Holder Must Go!-Posted on NewsMax.com-By Wayne LaPierre-On August 3, 2011:

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/LaPierre-Holder-NRA-gunrunner/2011/08/03/id/406035?s=al&promo_code=CC44-1

VI. Gun Groups to Sue Over New Obama Regulations!-Posted on FoxNews.com-By Mike Levine-On August 3, 2011:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/03/guns-groups-to-sue-over-new-obama-regulations-doj-vows-to-vigorously-oppose/

VII. Video: Fierce Battle Over Gun Rights!-Posted on FoxNews.com-On August 5, 2011:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1095760427001/fierce-battle-over-gun-rights

Note:  My following blog posts contain numerous articles and/or blog posts and videos that relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:

What is the true intent of the UN Small Arms Treaty?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/what-is-the-true-intent-of-the-un-small-arms-treaty/

Did ATF provide weapons to Mexican drug cartels that were subsequently used to kill one of our own?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/did-atf-provide-weapons-to-mexican-drug-cartels-that-were-subsequently-used-to-kill-one-of-our-own/

Threat of the Mexican drug cartel, illegal border-crossers and “sanctuary cities”!

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/threat-of-the-mexican-drug-cartel-illegal-border-crossers-and-“sanctuary-cities”/

How Much Longer Will We Be "Allowed" To Keep Our Guns?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/how-much-longer-will-we-be-“allowed”-to-keep-our-guns/

Is it important to understand the Marxist assault on the foundations of our system?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/is-it-important-to-understand-the-marxist-assault-on-the-foundations-of-our-system/

Note:  If you have a problem viewing any of the listed blog posts please copy web site and paste it on your browser. Be aware that some of the articles and/or blog posts or videos listed within the contents of the above blog post(s) may have been removed by this administration because they may have considered them to be too controversial.  Sure seems like any subject matter that may shed some negative light on this administration is being censored-What happened to free speech?-You Decide.

“Food For Thought”

God Bless the U.S.A.!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E&feature=related

Semper Fi!

Jake

  IS IT TRUE ~ THAT THE UN HAS OWNERSHIP OF 47 OUT OF 98 NATIONAL PARKS IN THIS COUNTRY ?

  IF THAT IS TRUE ~ THE CORRUPTION IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WORSE THEN THE PRES. GRANT'S

  ADMINISTRATION IN THE 1870'S !

Italy Announces Tough Austerity Measures.  Maybe our Congress will be brave enough to do the same.  Do you think?  Read all about it:

http://www.cnbc.com//id/44124168

What’s wrong with this picture?

From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:

I. New Court Ruling in Black Panther Scandal:

Judicial Watch earned a victory in court on August 4 in its pursuit of documents related to the Obama administration’s Black Panther scandal. (This gets a bit technical, so hang with me.)

In short, a federal court rejected a claim of the “attorney work-product doctrine” by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for documents prepared after the government dismissed its case against the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense on May 15, 2009. (The work-product doctrine shields materials prepared in anticipation of litigation from release. The Obama administration was using it to try to protect documents sought by JW through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and a related lawsuit.)

Several members of the New Black Panther Party were accused of engaging in voter intimidation during the 2008 presidential campaign.

In his August 4, 2011, decision, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton rejected the Obama DOJ’s arguments that documents prepared after the government dismissed its case (against the Black Panthers on May 15, 2009) could be withheld under the “attorney work-product privilege” exemption. Judge Walton explained:

Although an injunction remains in place in the New Black Panther Party case…the filing of the motion for voluntary dismissal largely marked the end of the litigation. As such, the documents prepared subsequent to that event were not prepared in contemplation of litigation and are thus outside the scope of the work-product privilege.

Because the case had essentially ended on May 15, 2009, Judge Walton found that “it is difficult to see how” the 24 documents created after May 15, 2009, “were prepared or obtained because of the prospect of litigation, which is the testing question the Court must answer in evaluating the DOJ’s work-product claim.”

Although Judge Walton found that the DOJ improperly withheld the 24 documents under the attorney work product doctrine, he concluded that the documents were properly withheld under the deliberative process privilege. (This is the exemption that intends to protect the internal processes of the executive branch. The idea is that by guaranteeing confidentiality, the government is in a better position to receive candid advice and recommendations. In our experience, the government often uses this privilege broadly and inappropriately to stonewall the release of information to the public.)

Judge Walton also found that the DOJ failed to satisfy its burden of showing that the 24 documents may be withheld in their entirety. Under the deliberative process privilege, the DOJ may only withhold information that is “predecisional and deliberative.” Judge Walton explained:

As it stands now, the description of the DOJ’s segregation efforts is too general for the Court, and the plaintiff, to evaluate whether any factual material in these documents is ‘inextricably intertwined’ with the deliberative material and would thus permit the DOJ to withhold the documents in their entirety.

Judge Walton provided the DOJ a second chance to satisfy its burden by submitting “a renewed motion for summary judgment accompanied by a declaration or other documentation that solely addresses the segregability issue.”

(The DOJ’s renewed motion for summary judgment is due September 30, 2011. Judge Walton hopes to rule by February 3, 2012.)

Importantly, Judge Walton also stated that if the Obama DOJ fails to “provide adequate detail regarding why these documents cannot be segregated, the DOJ will be required to disclose the non-exempt portions to [Judicial Watch].”

So additional documents could be forthcoming, which would help Judicial Watch to complete the public record on this race-tinged scandal.

Let’s review what we know so far…

According to a DOJ document previously produced to Judicial Watch, top political appointees at the DOJ were involved in the decision to dismiss its voting rights case against the New Black Panther Party, including Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli, the third highest ranking official at the Obama DOJ.

Attorney General Eric Holder also received “an update on a planned course of action in the NBPP” from Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King dated May 12, 2009, just three days before the case was dismissed, according to a Vaughnindex uncovered by Judicial Watch. (A Vaughn index describes documents being withheld from disclosure under FOIA and the basis for the withholdings.)

The documents JW uncovered through this Vaughn index include descriptions of internal DOJ email correspondence that directly contradict sworn testimony by Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, who testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that no political leadership was involved in the decision.

So now you see why it is so important to force the release of as much information as possible about this scandal, and to find out why the Obama administration is going to such extraordinary lengths to shield this information from the public.

We already know the Obama administration’s claim that political appointees were not involved in this decision is patently false. And now DOJ officials continue to fight tooth-and-nail to stonewall the release of additional information. What else do they have to hide? This new court ruling means that we may pry loose some additional information on this voter intimidation scandal and perhaps get to the truth in the matter.

Of course, one of the major discoveries emerging from this scandal is the Obama DOJ’s racist and preferential application of civil rights laws. And if you’d like to know more about this problem, then please read on.

II. Obama Justice: Will Not Investigate Radical Hispanic Group That Attacked Civil Rights Activist:

If you needed any more evidence of the level of corruption that exists inside the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) when it comes to enforcing civil rights statutes, here it is.

As I mentioned in this space several months ago, on March 15, 2011, civil rights activist Ted Hayes testified, by invitation before the Judiciary Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates, against providing taxpayer dollars for in-state tuition benefits for illegal aliens. Shortly after his testimony, Mr. Hayes was subjected to vicious retribution by a radical Hispanic group known as “The Timmytop,” which posted a hate video on a YouTube channel that included racist smears and death threats.

The video begins with the message “[expletive] you ‘Mayate,’” which is reportedly a racist and derogatory term used to smear African-Americans and “dark skinned” people. The video then streams a series of racist images including: The silhouette of a man hanging from a noose; photos of Mr. Hayes adjacent to photos of monkeys and bananas; and doctored photos of Mr. Hayes pictured with a gun next to his head. The video, which runs two minutes and nine seconds, concludes with the message “Your [sic] FREE Now Mayate go back to Africa.”

The video has since been removed from its original placement on YouTube, but it is available on Judicial Watch’s website here. (If you choose to watch it, please be warned that it is extremely offensive and unfit for young eyes.)

You might think that this type of vile behavior would earn the interest of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. (That’s what we thought, too.) After all, this is the division at the DOJ that is responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of civil rights, including, and perhaps especially, those that could have a chilling effect on the First Amendment. In this case, you have the intimidation of a witness through death threats and humiliation.

Judicial Watch filed a complaint with the DOJ regarding the matter on April 28, 2011, calling for a full investigation. And recently we received a response directly from the office of Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez (of Black Panther scandal fame). It was short and sweet:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an investigation into the matter referenced in your letter. We and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California reviewed the results of that investigation and concluded that this incident does not constitute a prosecutable violation of the federal criminal civil rights statutes. Accordingly we cannot authorize a criminal prosecution of this matter.

That’s it. No further explanation. No review of the evidence “reviewed” by the DOJ. Not even a concession that the treatment of Mr. Hayes was reprehensible and wrong. Just a flat out rejection and a lame reference to the DOJ’s general commitment to “combating violations of federal law that are motivated by racial or ethnic bias.”

So here we have another in a long line of examples of corruption at the Obama DOJ concerning the enforcement of civil rights laws. Apparently the enforcement of civil rights at the DOJ no longer has anything to do with violations of the law. It’s all about racial preferences and partisan politics.

Put another way, had Ted Hayes been a left-wing activist testifying on behalf of illegal alien tuition and attacked by white “conservatives,” Perez would have sprung into action. Trust me on that.

How do I know? Just look at the record!

First, consider the Black Panther scandal discussed in the first Weekly Update story. The DOJ dismissed it’s own voter intimidation lawsuit filed against members of Black Panthers, who hurled racial epithets and threatened white voters at a polling station in 2008. The Obama adminstration said no political appointees were involved in this decision. In fact, Perez himself testified to this effect. This testimony was false. JW uncovered evidence that indeed political appointees at the highest levels inside the Obama DOJ were involved. And why is this important?

According to The Washington Post, “[DOJ attorney J. Christian] Adams and a Justice Department colleague have said the [Black Panther] case was dismissed because the department is reluctant to pursue cases against minorities accused of violating the voting rights of whites.”

Describing the environment over at the Obama DOJ, Christopher Coates, a DOJ attorney, testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that there exists at the DOJ “…a deep-seated opposition to the equal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of whites who have been discriminated against.”

So, we know that the DOJ is involved in the race-based selective enforcement of civil rights laws. (Our friends (and client) over at Pajamas Media have also exposed the radical leftists being planted in the career ranks at DOJ, which further explains why a conservative seeking protection can get no justice at Justice.)

Now, Mr. Hayes is black. But he’s not in left-wing lock-step with the Obama administration on the issue of illegal alien tuition. And his attackers just happen to be part of a key voter block for the Obama 2012 re-election campign. So Mr. Hayes evidently is not entitled to any protection under law.

Remember, too, the immigration issue addressed by Mr. Hayes in the testimony that led to threats on his life. The Obama DOJ has taken a “La Raza” approach to the issue, allowing illegal alien sanctuary cities to thrive, while attacking states that want to crack down on illegal aliens. The Obama administration has also begun dismissing deportation cases against a wide range of illegal aliens, including those convicted of violent crimes.

Mr. Hayes is on the opposite side of the fence of Obama on these issues. And it is his politics that seem to define how the DOJ responded to his case. Which is just shameless and unlawful. This is yet another scandal in the Obama/Holder DOJ that ought to result in a new attorney general.

III. Appeals Court Rules Fannie/Freddie Docs Can be Kept Secret by Obama Administration:

So far the U.S. government has bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the tune of at least $130 billion, and perhapsas much as $1 trillion. And yet, the Obama adminsitration continues to stonewall the release of documents that could shed light on why Fannie and Freddie failed, thereby sending the economy into a tailspin from which we have yet to recover. (Those records are housed at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) now that Fannie and Freddie are owned and operated by the federal government.)

Judicial Watch is especially interested in documents related to the political contributions of Fannie and Freddie. And we’ve gone to court to get our hands on them. Unfortunately, our efforts sustained another setback when an appellate court sided with the government and ruled that Fannie and Freddie’s records are not subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law and may continue to be kept secret:

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has been the conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 2008. Judicial Watch filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) asking the FHFA to disclose records of Fannie and Freddie that show how much money they gave to political campaigns. But it is uncontested that no one at the FHFA has ever read or relied upon any such documents. The district court held that the documents are not agency records subject to FOIA, and we agree.

So, in other words, because no one at the FHFA, the agency in charge of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has “read or relied upon” the documents, they are not considered agency records under FOIA, and cannot be released. (Here’s an idea. Maybe someone at FHFA should read the documents so someone in the government might have a clue as to why these two institutions failed so miserably.)

We obviously, strenuously disagree with that Alice-in-Wonderland logic, as explained in our appellate brief: “In every meaningful way, the FHFA is lawfully in control of these records. There is nothing contingent, hypothetical, indefinite, or limiting about this plain statutory language vesting the FHFA with both legal custody and lawful control over the records.” Our lawyers are considering what the next step should be in this important legal battle.

But even though the record is incomplete with regard to Fannie and Freddie, we do know of one major factor in their demise: the corrupt relationship between the two mortgage giants and their congressional conspirators, who looked the other way while Fannie and Freddie continued their reckless lending policies. That’s why we’re after these records.

Members of Congress received more than $4.8 million in political contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over a ten-year period.

According to OpenSecrets.org from 1998 through 2008, the top ten recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s political largesse are as follows: Senator Dodd (D-CT), then-Senator Obama (D-IL), Senator Kerry (D-MA), Senator Bennett (R-UT), Rep. Bachus (R-AL), Rep. Blunt (R-MO), Rep. Kanjorski (D-PA), Senator Bond (R-MO), Senator Shelby (R-AL), Senator Reed (D-RI). Senator Dodd, the top recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac campaign contributions, is Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee responsible for regulating the mortgage industry. Notably, President Obama was a top recipient of campaign monies despite being in the Senate for only three years.

Still, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The documents currently being withheld by FHFA likely contain a treasure trove of information related to the inner workings of these two government-controlled agencies. That’s why Judicial Watch is fighting so aggressively to get hold of them.

But just because the Obama administration thinks the details of the collapse of Fannie and Freddie are none of your business, that doesn’t mean they’re going to stop taking your money.

According to The Washington Post:

Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance house, said Monday that it will ask for an additional $1.5 billion of taxpayer money to make up for losses stemming from weak housing markets.

The request falls on the heels of an announcement last week by Freddie Mac’s sister organization, Fannie Mae, that it will need $5.1 billion to make up its shortfall. The two coincide with Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating from AAA status to AA+, which has the potential to affect the institutions’ lending and collecting abilities.

(The Associated Press is also reporting that in an act of abject desperation the Obama administration plans to be the world’s largest landlord: “The Obama administration may turn thousands of government-owned foreclosures into rental properties to help boost falling home prices. The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Wednesday it is seeking input from investors on how to rent homes owned by government-controlled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration.”)

The story of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is the story of the entire bailout scheme. The government continues to “invest” trillions of taxpayer dollars to prop up failing private institutions with no end in sight. And the Obama administration continues to stonewall and obfuscate even as it asserts government control of 90% of the housing market.

I don’t know about you but it seems that we’re in the same sorry spot three years after the bailouts/government takeovers that “rescued” our economy. Our credit has been downgraded, the stock market is on a rollercoaster, our government continues its gangster ways in attempting to run the private sector, the government-controlled housing market continues to be a mess, and our banks stand on a precipice. Unless our nation reckons with the government corruption behind the ongoing financial crisis, I suspect our economy (and our republic) will continue to flounder.

That is why Judicial Watch has been in tireless pursuit of these records, and indeed any records, related to Fannie and Freddie and the bailouts. If you want to read more about our bailout investigations and lawsuits, please click here.

Let me close with a note of praise to our investigative and legal teams. The legal and administrative shennanigans we face from this Obama administration (and, frankly, any administration) require patient, persistent, and smart litigators and investigators who are not put off by Big Government games and intensive court iitigation. And, of course, I am grateful for your support of Judicial Watch that provides our team with the resources necessary for our “David versus Golaith” battles with government lawyers and their well-funded allies on the Left.

Until next week…”

Note:  My following blog posts contain numerous articles and/or blog posts and videos that relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:

President and DOJ have contributed to the racial mess in our country!

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/president-and-doj-have-contributed-to-the-racial-mess-in-our-country/

Washington Times Calls for Obama’s Impeachment!

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/washington-times-calls-for-obama’s-impeachment/

Is it important to understand the Marxist assault on the foundations of our system?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/is-it-important-to-understand-the-marxist-assault-on-the-foundations-of-our-system/

Note:  If you have a problem viewing any of the listed blog posts please copy web site and paste it on your browser. Be aware that some of the articles and/or blog posts or videos listed within the contents of the above blog post(s) may have been removed by this administration because they may have considered them to be too controversial.  Sure seems like any subject matter that may shed some negative light on this administration is being censored-What happened to free speech?-You Decide.

“Food For Thought”

God Bless the U.S.A.!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E&feature=related

Semper Fi!

Jake

What’s so right about this picture?

Posted on Floyd Reports-By Ben Johnson-On August 12, 2011:

“The pages of The Washington Times today reflect the nation’s disenchantment with Barack Obama’s presidency. The op-ed section contains an article by Jeffrey T. Kuhner, president of the Edmund Burke Institute for American Renewal, entitled, “Don’t Go on Vacation — Just GO.”

Last September, Kuhner called for Obama’s impeachment. This year, he’s taken a new tack: Telling Obama to quit:

“Mr. Obama is the most arrogant, self-absorbed and self-obsessed president in U.S. history. Nothing is ever his fault. He blames everyone and everything for America’s economic woes – Tea Partyers, Wall Street, Japanese earthquakes, insurance executives, oil companies, millionaires and corporate jet owners. He lashes out at imaginary enemies without ever taking personal responsibility. In his mind, he is – and always will be – the Anointed One.

There is only one solution: Drive him from office. Americans should forge a mass grassroots movement demanding that Mr. Obama step down – immediately. Through bumper stickers, picket signs, posters, T-shirts and rallies, tens of millions of citizens should express the same message: Leave. It is highly unlikely he will step aside, but such a movement would cripple the president’s authority and possibly blunt him from doing further harm. It also would puncture his boundless ego. A widespread manifestation of no confidence would break him – politically, morally and psychologically – in order to save America. Mr. Obama is out of his depth. He lacks the character, intelligence, skills and experience – the basic competence – to be the leader of the free world.

Resign, Mr. President.”

Of course, Obama resigning is as likely to occur as Bill Clinton entering a monastery; they both love the thrill they get from their self-indulgent pursuits too much to forsake them for their own good, much less the nation’s. However, there is some value in his analysis.

A growing number of Democrats are sick of Obama, too. Contrary to what some people believe, political parties are not primarily dedicated to promoting ideals or ideologies. They are dedicated to power: getting it, exercising it, keeping it, and denying it to their enemies. Democrats understand this better than Republicans, in part because Democrats are the statist party, in part because Republicans believe in the transcendent values the Left denies. Democrats are happy Obama is president; they generally agree with him even when they are afraid to say so; and they hope he will be re-elected in 2012. But they saw the monumental butt-thumping the American people gave them in 2010, and they aren’t willing to go down with the ship. Several are asking whether they should have supported Hillary Clinton in 2008 (which may be ironic, since she probably won the nomination anyway). This author noted last year, many Democratsdesperately want to escape the ObamAlbatross that Barack will present in 2012. There is increasing talk — although precious little more — about a primary challenge in 2012. Ralph Nader attempted to recruit half-a-dozen candidates to Obama’s left. So far, only former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel has stepped forward, holding a primary fight ransom in exchange for $1 million in campaign contributions.

Secondly, Kuhner understands the only way to effect Obama’s ouster is through a mass movement. If theRepublicans are too craven to impeach a president who flagrantly violates the Constitution by waging an unconstitutional war, it will take a massive amount of pressure for them to take any action against him. If last night’s debate is any indication, several candidates would have a hard time waging an effective campaign when the presidency is on the line.

The American people need to echo Congressman Michael Burgess: Impeachment “needs to happen.” In this constitutional republic, politicians serve at the consent of the governed. We must turn in our notice that we have withdrawn our consent. Obama has done too much damage, broken too many laws, too fundamentally “transformed” our nation, and we want him out. He can resign, be impeached, or — if America can endure it — be voted out in a year. But we want him out of the White House by any legal means possible, as quickly as possible. Like his bitter, cranky, illegal alien aunt, we want him out of public housing and out supporting himself through gainful employment for once.

Kuhner’s column had one additional benefit. It reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4SzEb5tog&feature=player_embedded

Source:

http://floydreports.com/washington-times-columnist-to-obama-resign/

Note: The following article and/or blog post and video relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:

I. A Congressman Confirms GOP is Talking Impeachment!-Posted on Floyd Report-By Ben Johnson-On July 9, 2011:

http://floydreports.com/a-congressman-confirms-gop-is-talking-impeachment-video/

II. Video: Why This President Is So Dangerous'!-Posted on ExposeObama.com-On July 9, 2011:

http://www.exposeobama.com/2011/07/09/video-finally-a-congressman-tells-the-country-why-obama-is-so-dangerous/

Note:  My following blog posts contain numerous articles and/or blog posts and videos that relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:

Washington Times Calls for Obama’s Impeachment!

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/washington-times-calls-for-obama’s-impeachment/

Is it important to understand the Marxist assault on the foundations of our system?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/is-it-important-to-understand-the-marxist-assault-on-the-foundations-of-our-system/

Note:  If you have a problem viewing any of the listed blog posts please copy web site and paste it on your browser. Be aware that some of the articles and/or blog posts or videos listed within the contents of the above blog post(s) may have been removed by this administration because they may have considered them to be too controversial.  Sure seems like any subject matter that may shed some negative light on this administration is being censored-What happened to free speech?-You Decide.

“Food For Thought”

God Bless the U.S.A.!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E&feature=related

Semper Fi!

Jake