Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Re: Breaking News: Bank of America Broke

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hardly broke

On Nov 30, 12:03 pm, Stew Webb <steww...@stewwebb.com> wrote:
> Breaking News: Bank of America Broke
> The Financial World Warhttp://www.stewwebb.com/Bank_of_America_Broke_11302011.htmhttp://www.stewwebb.com/Occupy_the_American_Revolution_Continues_in_2...

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Breaking News: Bank of America Broke

Breaking News: Bank of America Broke
The Financial World War
http://www.stewwebb.com/Bank_of_America_Broke_11302011.htm
http://www.stewwebb.com/Occupy_the_American_Revolution_Continues_in_2011.htm

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Re: Gingrich and Immigration

ou didn't finish the sentence PlainOl'.

What Gingrich said, was that it would be wrong to deport someone who
has
lived here for 25 years or so, paid taxes, raised a family, and
adopted our
very way of life
----
the later is not a reason to excuse these criminals

that you attempt to says tons about your character

On Nov 29, 5:40 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You didn't finish the sentence PlainOl'.
>
> What Gingrich said, was that it would be wrong to deport someone who has
> lived here for 25 years or so, paid taxes, raised a family, and adopted our
> very way of life. Gingrich proposed citizen panels to make such
> determinations.  In the same breath,  Gingrich reaffirmed his commitment to
> finish building the fence along the Mexican border, and to support those
> states like Arizona, South Carolina, Alabama and others who are attempting
> to assist the Federal Government in curtailing illegal immigration.
> Gingrich also supports trying to get a handle on how many illegal aliens we
> have in this  Nation, something that the Obama Administration has refused
> to do.
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:30 PM, plainolamerican
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Gingrich said
> > that it would not be "humane" to deport someone
> > ---
> > he's wrong
> > it's inhumane to allow someone to live in the shadows and be exploited
> > by greedy lawbreaking American businessmen who will sacrifice our laws
> > for a buck
>
> > On Nov 29, 5:08 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > A rather thoughtful article from Sowell:
> > > **
> > > **
> > > **
> > > *Gingrich and Immigration*
> > > *Thomas Sowell*
> > > *November 29, 2011*
>
> > >http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/11/29/gingrich_and_i...
> > >  Now that Newt Gingrich has become the latest in a series of Republican
> > > front-runners, he is getting the kinds of scrutiny and attacks that have
> > > done in other front-runners.
>
> > > One of the issues that have aroused concern among conservative
> > Republicans
> > > is that of amnesty for illegal immigrants, especially after Gingrich said
> > > that it would not be "humane" to deport someone who has been living and
> > > working here for years.
>
> > > Let's go back to square one. The purpose of American immigration laws and
> > > policies is not to be either humane or inhumane to illegal immigrants.
> > The
> > > purpose of immigration laws and policies is to serve the national
> > interest
> > > of this country.
>
> > > There is no inherent right to come live in the United States, in
> > disregard
> > > of whether the American people want you here. Nor does the passage of
> > time
> > > confer any such right retroactively.
>
> > > The usually sober and thoughtful Wall Street Journal, on issues other
> > than
> > > immigration, outdoes Newt Gingrich's claim that it would not be "humane"
> > to
> > > deport illegal immigrants who have been living here a long time. A Wall
> > > Street Journal editorial says that it would be "psychotic" to do so.
>
> > > "No one honestly believes the government should or will mount a
> > nationwide
> > > manhunt to deport millions of people," according to the Wall Street
> > Journal.
>
> > > What we have today is virtually the opposite of that. Cities that openly
> > > proclaim themselves "sanctuaries" for illegal immigrants put their own
> > > policemen under strict orders not to report illegal immigrants to the
> > > federal authorities, with the result that illegal immigrants who have
> > > committed crime after crime are free to stay here and commit more crimes,
> > > including murder.
>
> > > You don't have to launch a "manhunt" when a known criminal is also a
> > known
> > > illegal alien. What many local policies have done has been to virtually
> > put
> > > illegal aliens in a witness protection program.
>
> > > The more doctrinaire libertarians see the benefits of free international
> > > trade in goods, and extend the same reasoning to free international
> > > movement of people. But goods do not bring a culture with them. Nor do
> > they
> > > give birth to other goods to perpetuate that culture.
>
> > > Why do people want to come to America in the first place? Because America
> > > offers them something that their native countries do not. This country
> > has
> > > a culture which has produced a higher standard of living and a freer life
> > > than in many other countries.
>
> > >  Newt.2012.gif
> > > 16KViewDownload
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Re: Boortz: Newt On Immigration

bs

are you trying to defend these criminals?

oh, isn't that what you do ... defend criminals?


On Nov 29, 5:42 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Some do......All of them who hold legitmate jobs, and who have fake social
> security cards do....
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:40 PM, plainolamerican
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Newt suggested that we might not want to be
> > rounding up people who have lived in this country – though illegally –
> > for
> > 25 years or so; during which time they raised families, started
> > businesses,
> > paid taxes
> > ---
> > hold it right there .... illegals do not pay income taxes
>
> > Can you hear the screams from the
> > international community? Try these two words: "Ethnic cleansing."
> > ---
> > hogwash ... it's upholding necessary immigration laws
>
> > there is no way in the world we're
> > going to round up every illegal in this country and send them south
> > ---
> > we're doing it everyday and should continue to.
> > they only reason we haven't already deported millions is because of
> > those in our nation who protect them, namely the catholic and
> > protestant churches, the jews, hispanics and civil rights
> > organizations.
>
> > On Nov 29, 5:28 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Great Article!
>
> > > *Newt on Immigration*
> > > *Neal Boortz*
> > > **http://townhall.com/columnists/nealboortz/2011/11/29/newt_on_immigrat.
> > ..
>
> > > OK, Republicans. Since you're so religious and all – it's time for a
> > little
> > > "come to Jesus meetin'<
> >http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=come%20to%20jesus>".
> > > If you're not familiar with the term, click on the link. It's time for a
> > > little harsh dressing down.
>
> > > Do you realize what we have at stake in this election next year? This
> > isn't
> > > just about taxes, pork spending, social security benefits and repairing
> > > bridges. This is about saving our Republic. Do you know we're already
> > past
> > > our life expectancy? Economies and societies built on the rule of law,
> > > liberty and economic freedom have this troubling tendency to destroy
> > > themselves at around the 200 year mark. This happens when people figure
> > out
> > > they can use the ballot box to get their hands on someone else's stuff.
>
> > > Well guess what, folks? We're there. We're past there. We're on the
> > ropes.
> > > We're old – and durned near on our deathbed.
>
> > > We have a president who was not raised as an American. Oh, I know. He's a
> > > citizen and all that … but he was not infused during his formative years
> > > with how fortunate he was to have been born in this country and what it
> > > means to be an American. He lived in Indonesia, for crying out loud, for
> > > much of his childhood; that and Hawaii. Well guess what? I lived in
> > Hawaii
> > > too, and I can tell you that as a student in Hawaiian schools you weren't
> > > exactly saturated with American culture and history. Hawaiian history?
> > > Sure. And that's understandable. Hawaiians are very proud of their
> > > heritage. But U.S. history? Only what the schools absolutely had to
> > > include. And that private school, Punahou, that Obama went to in
> > Honolulu?
> > > Here's another "guess what?" My sister taught there; right around the
> > time
> > > that Barry was a student. Again – not a place where you're going to learn
> > > what a blessing it is to be an American and a citizen of the greatest
> > > nation on earth … ever.
>
> > > Our president thinks that American greatness comes from government. He
> > > believes that free enterprise is inherently evil. He is robbing us of our
> > > economic liberty as he institutes a command economy. He believes in using
> > > tax policy for income redistribution rather than raising the revenue
> > needed
> > > to pay for the basic (Constitutional) functions of government. He said he
> > > was going to fundamentally transform the United States of America, and we
> > > stupidly didn't ask him just how he planned to do that. Now we know. And
> > > now we know that for our children to have half a chance of improving on
> > the
> > > standard of living that we have enjoyed – or even living as well as we
> > have
> > > -- this man has to be sent back to a community organizing office behind a
> > > dry cleaner on the South Side of Chicago … STAT.
>
> > > That brings us to Newt Gingrich and this little puddin' storm over his
> > > comments on immigration. Newt suggested that we might not want to be
> > > rounding up people who have lived in this country – though illegally –
> > for
> > > 25 years or so; during which time they raised families, started
> > businesses,
> > > paid taxes and helped drive our economy; and ship them back to Mexico. As
> > > soon as those words were out of his mouth Michelle Bachmann – desperate
> > for
> > > a way to ignite voters – started screeching about "amnesty." In no time
> > we
> > > had the ObamaMedia falling over itself to parrot the "amnesty" line and
> > > call Gingrich out on strikes.
>
> > > Let the progs and libs play this thing any way they want … but you
> > > Replublicans; you GOPers … could you make a special effort and try to get
> > > serious here for a minute or two? Think! I've done it on occasion, and I
> > > can promise it's not painful.
>
> > > Do we need to enforce our immigration laws? Absolutely! Does the border
> > > with Mexico need to be secured? No doubt. And Gingrich has said he would
> > do
> > > just that. But a bit of realism needs to creep into this conversation.
>
> > > I love analogies, so try this one: You come home from work to find a pipe
> > > has broken. Your home is flooded. What is the FIRST thing you do? Do you
> > > sit there and argue with people about how you're going to get all that
> > > water out of your home? No. The FIRST thing you do is shut off the water.
> > > The same logic applies to our immigration problem. The first thing we do
> > is
> > > secure our borders. Gingrich says he will shut them down.
>
> > > OK … so the flood has stopped. NOW you start to clean up the mess.
>
> > > Republican voters need to mature a bit on this issue …. Not one of your
> > > candidates has actually articulated a plan deport all illegals. Not one.
> > > And do you know just why that is? Because every single GOP candidate,
> > > including Bachmann, knows full well that there is no way in the world
> > we're
> > > going to round up every illegal in this country and send them south.
>
> > > Try to imagine what the world will think of us (and it does matter) if we
> > > suddenly start looking for people who entered this country illegally 25
> > > years ago; people who then married an American citizen, started a
> > business,
> > > raised several children – all citizens – and who is now a vital and
> > > integral part of the American economy and his community, not to mention a
> > > husband, father and grandfather. So we find these people, and start
> > > shipping them back to Mexico. Can you hear the screams from the
> > > international community? Try these two words: "Ethnic cleansing." Oh, I
> > > know. In reality we would just be expelling law-breakers … but you try to
> > > tell that to people we want to like and admire us that when they see that
> > > most of the people on the green busses have brown skin and dark hair.
>
> > > I'm particularly amused by Bachmann's (and other's) claim that letting
> > > these people go through a process to gain legal residency status in
> > America
> > > would be a "magnet" for more illegal immigration. Earth to Michelle. Our
> > > country is a magnet. Our way of life, our freedoms, our opportunities …
> > all
> > > a magnet; a magnet much more powerful than giving some long-time illegal
> > > (but otherwise law-abiding) residents a break. What is Bachmann's
> > solution?
> > > Are we going to combat illegal immigration by making the United States a
> > > country to which nobody wants to emigrate? Seal the borders! Take the
> > same
> > > actions to protect our borders that Mexico takes to protect theirs!
>
> > > There's a lot of anger on this issue. Understandable anger. We've had a
> > > succession of politicians and leaders who have steadfastly refused to do
> > > anything about what I call the Mexican invasion. And when a state (like
> > > Arizona) does try to address the situation, our federal government sides
> > > with the Mexican officials to go to court to get the enforcement actions
> > > stopped!
>
> > > If it were not for the 17th Amendment to our Constitution, this story
> > would
> > > read completely different .. but that's another column.
>
> > > So, Republicans --- instead of insisting that your candidate seek revenge
> > > on people who sought freedom and opportunity many, many years ago; try
> > > demanding that your candidate promise to do something to stem the tide as
> > > soon as he's sworn in. Shut off the water. Close the borders. Once that's
> > > been done we'll seek out the illegals that pose a threat to our society
> > and
> > > greet them with a clenched fist. Those who contribute to our society and
> > > want to join our family? Let's greet them with an outstretched hand.
>
> > >  Boortz..jpg
> > > 14KViewDownload
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> > >  Newt_2012.jpg
> > > 26KViewDownload
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Re: Newt’s Neocon Army

Here's a taste of World Team Gingrich:
----
yes, all are warmongering neocons who should be removed from our
government forever

they call all go home to israel and join Larry Franklin, Richard
Pearle, Douglas Feith, and Paul Wolfowitz as hero spies who used the
USA like a two bit whore

On Nov 29, 6:23 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> TPM2012Newt's Neocon ArmyBenjy Sarlin & Evan McMorris-Santoro November 29, 2011, 6:00 AM 5288 54
> When it comes to foreign policy, the Republican frontrunner likes it old-school. Neo-old school.
> We've had two foreign policy themed debates in the GOP primary now, which have provided ample opportunity to see what a Republican foreign policy would look like in 2013. And in the case of Newt Gingrich, it would probably look like a kind of neocon fantasy land.Foreign Policypublished anexcellent rundownof Gingrich's foreign policy advising team, most of whom "have known Newt for decades, and see themselves as helping a candidate who already boasts a long track record and well-formed intellectual identity when it comes to foreign policy."
> Here's a taste of World Team Gingrich:David Wurmser: Gingrich's Middle East policy adviser was a notorious member of Vice President Cheney's inner circle that pushed the U.S. into war in Iraq. Once he wasquestioned during an espionage probewhile in the vice president's office, and he was one of the names driving the initial support for the later disgraced Ahmed Chalabi. Asked bytheDaily Telegraphin 2007if he was a neocon, he offered this: "There's nothing 'neo' about me. I'm a very medieval sort of guy."James Woosley: A former director of the CIA, Woolsey recently spoke at a panel hosted by the founder of Judicial Watch focused on President Obama's "political jihadpromoting Islam around the world." Woolsey is a serious Iran hawk, warning that the way the West is dealing with the nation at the moment "rhymes with what was taking place in the 1930s [with Nazi Germany]". Woolsey is a Democrat (of the Lieberman school) but he's helped Republicans running for president before. In 2008, headvisedJohn McCain.Stephen Yates: Another ex-Cheney national security team member, Yates is known among other things for his work on China. Oneformer U.S. ambassadorto China familiar with Yates says he views "China as the solution to 'enemy deprivation syndrome.'" AsCounterpunchexplained the theory, "You need some unifying enemy after the collapse of the Soviet Union." Not exactly the most productive way to view one of America's most important trading partner, perhaps.
> It's not just Gingrich who's dipping in the neocon well to form a national security strategy. Rick Perry, who was once the frontrunner before descending out of view like so many before him, leaned on former Donald Rumsfeld deputyDoug Feith, best known for pushing the Al queda-Iraq connection in the run up to the Iraq War and being called by former Gen. Tommy Franks "thef***ing stupidest guyon the face of the earth."
> But no one can top Michele Bachmann when it comes to extremist foreign policy advisers. No less than Islamic fearmonger-in-chiefFrank Gaffney himselfhas been a foreign policy adviser to her campaign.
> Foreign policy is a favorite topic inside the beltway, though with the down economy (and a Democratic president in office who never met a missile-laden drone he didn't like) it's not clear how much of a role arguments over international affairs will have on the presidential campaign. Republicans certainly like to ding President Obama over Israel and Iran, but it's hard to predict how important those fights will be down the line. Still, the willingness of Republicans to embrace the Bush foreign policy team which in the end were among the least popular of his administration is maybe telling.http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/newt-gingrichs-neocon-army.php?ref=fpblg

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Re: The Lizard Wants To Be Fuhrer

Most of what is written is
untruthful,
---
common knowledge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_gingrich

Newt is scum ... not cic material

On Nov 30, 10:13 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The smear just keeps on getting deeper!  Most of what is written is
> untruthful,  but I guess it makes a good read, especially for Moonbats and
> Crackpots....It's getting harder to tell the difference between the two
> anymore.
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > he'll be fuhrer when Miami beach is covered in six feet of snow
>
> > Newt "The Hatchetman" Gingrich married Jackie Battley, his former high
> > school geometry teacher, when he was 19 years old  In the spring of
> > 1980, Gingrich left Battley after having an affair with Marianne
> > Ginther. In 1984, Battley told the Washington Post that the divorce
> > was a "complete surprise" to her. According to Battley, in September
> > 1980, Gingrich and their children visited her while she was in the
> > hospital, recovering from surgery, and Gingrich wanted to discuss the
> > terms of their divorce.
>
> > According to L.H. Carter, his campaign treasurer, Gingrich said of
> > Battley: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of
> > the President. And besides, she has cancer."
>
> > Six months after the divorce from Battley was final, Gingrich wed
> > Marianne Ginther in 1981, Gingrich began an affair with House of
> > Representatives staffer Callista Bisek, who is 23 years his junior.
> > They continued their affair during the Lewinsky scandal, when Gingrich
> > became a leader of the investigation of President Clinton for perjury
> > and obstruction of justice in connection with his alleged affairs.
>
> > yes, Newt is a liar, a hypocrite and a warmonger to be ignored
>
> > On Nov 29, 10:39 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > **
> > >            New post on *ACGR's "News with Attitude"*
> > > <http://a4cgr.wordpress.com/author/amcogore/>  The Lizard Wants To Be
> > > Fuhrer<http://a4cgr.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/04-807/>by
> > > Harold <http://a4cgr.wordpress.com/author/amcogore/>
>
> > > Justin Raimondo, AntiWar.com 11/25/2011 Showdown at Neocon Central The
> > > Republican "national security" debate sponsored by Neocon Central the
> > > American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation captured
> > > perfectly the intellectual and political bankruptcy of the Republican
> > party
> > > when it comes to foreign policy. Here the party's pandering demagoguery,
> > > reflexive ultra-nationalism, and visceral hostility to liberty was [...]
>
> > > Read more of this post <http://a4cgr.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/04-807/>
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Re: Dumb & Dumber

Waters' husband is a stockholder and former director of OneUnited Bank
and the bank's executives were major contributors to her campaigns. In
September 2008, Waters arranged meetings between U.S. Treasury
Department officials and OneUnited Bank, so that the bank could plead
for federal cash. It had been heavily invested in Freddie Mac and
Fannie Mae, and its capital was "all but wiped out" after the U.S.
government took them over. The bank received $12 million in Troubled
Asset Relief Program (TARP) money.[46][47]

Waters was charged by the House's subcommittee on ethics with
violations of the House's ethics rules in 2010.[1][2][3][4] An ethics
trial she was expected to face in the fall of 2010[4] was successfully
impeded by House Democrats, most notably Rep. Zoe Lofgren, chair of
the House Ethics Committee.[5]

On Nov 30, 10:25 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *"If you thought Rep. Barney Frank was bad, his likely replacement is
> worse. Rep. Maxine Waters is Congress' most anti-bank member -- unless she
> owns stock in one, that is. ... When in 2003, the publicly created mortgage
> giants [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] became dangerously overleveraged with
> weak mortgages, Waters pushed them to underwrite even 'more products where
> you have no down payments.' She accused critics of the quotas of
> discriminating against minorities and the poor. ... She lobbied to exclude
> them and their government-mandated affordable housing charter from the
> 'sweeping financial reforms.' And she got her wish. She also got another
> wish: a provision exempting minority-owned banks from the new oversight.
> Quite interesting. Because at the same time she got that little gem added
> to the bill, she was under investigation for steering federal bailout money
> to a troubled minority-owned bank in which she and her husband held a large
> financial stake."* --Investor's Business Daily
>
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Re: Speaking of Historic Opportunity

God was apparently found no cause to be patient with Justice Hassell.
---
People's religious views inform their voting, how they raise their
children, what they think is moral and immoral, what laws and
legislation they pass, who they are friends and enemies with, what
companies they invest in, where they donate to charities, who they
approve and disapprove of, who they are willing to kill or tolerate,
what crimes they are willing to commit, and which wars they are
willing to fight.

A Mormon told me that they don't drink coffee. I said, "A cup of
coffee every day gives you wonderful benefits." He said, "Like what?"
I said, "Well, it keeps you from being Mormon ..."

On Nov 30, 10:38 am, "Constitutional.Reset"
<constitutional.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the correction of detail.
> In my case the list of defendants included all the SCOVa justices and
> the evidence presented would have required the Fed Judge to seek
> federal criminal indictment of the SCOVa justices.
> The matter was dismissed with prejudice by fed judge Jackson before
> service or answer.
>
> Please don't forget to turn God's attention to Va Gov Bob McDonnell
> with your prayers.
> At this point all the is needed to set the cascade of "Constitutional
> Reset" in irreversible motion is the weight of our combined attentions
> in agreement resting upon Va Gov Bob McDonnell.
> Prayer can be the most effective action available sometimes.
> Have you ever been at a stop light watching another person in their
> private car picking their nose?
> Then the feel the weight of your eyes upon them and modify their
> behavior in some distinctive way?
> Prayer done sincerely is like that except on steroids as God's
> attention is turn to them also.
>
> Some folks souls are so seared shut by their sin that the respond with
> presumptuous conceit against God.
> Under such conditions the fullness of truth come upon them anyway - as
> it will us all eventually.
> When God fills in the details that we cannot our prayers for a
> person's salvation may be more rightly understood by God as
> imprecatory prayer.
> Within my history this has happen twice, to my knowledge.
> Both Va Marine Resources Commissioner Chad Ballard and SCOVa Justice
> Leroy Hassell had their souls recalled by God - both at 55 year old
> and at the peak of their worldly power.
> For a time Hassell removed our Constitutional Right to a jury trial so
> that witness of wickedness in high places (Va Judges' conclusively
> evidenced custom of felony having presumptuous criminal intent) could
> be retaliated upon with impunity.
> God was apparently found no cause to be patient with Justice Hassell.
>
> Prayer is one of the most cost effective tools that we have - believe
> it or not.

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Re: Speaking of Historic Opportunity

Thanks for the correction of detail.
In my case the list of defendants included all the SCOVa justices and
the evidence presented would have required the Fed Judge to seek
federal criminal indictment of the SCOVa justices.
The matter was dismissed with prejudice by fed judge Jackson before
service or answer.

Please don't forget to turn God's attention to Va Gov Bob McDonnell
with your prayers.
At this point all the is needed to set the cascade of "Constitutional
Reset" in irreversible motion is the weight of our combined attentions
in agreement resting upon Va Gov Bob McDonnell.
Prayer can be the most effective action available sometimes.
Have you ever been at a stop light watching another person in their
private car picking their nose?
Then the feel the weight of your eyes upon them and modify their
behavior in some distinctive way?
Prayer done sincerely is like that except on steroids as God's
attention is turn to them also.

Some folks souls are so seared shut by their sin that the respond with
presumptuous conceit against God.
Under such conditions the fullness of truth come upon them anyway - as
it will us all eventually.
When God fills in the details that we cannot our prayers for a
person's salvation may be more rightly understood by God as
imprecatory prayer.
Within my history this has happen twice, to my knowledge.
Both Va Marine Resources Commissioner Chad Ballard and SCOVa Justice
Leroy Hassell had their souls recalled by God - both at 55 year old
and at the peak of their worldly power.
For a time Hassell removed our Constitutional Right to a jury trial so
that witness of wickedness in high places (Va Judges' conclusively
evidenced custom of felony having presumptuous criminal intent) could
be retaliated upon with impunity.
God was apparently found no cause to be patient with Justice Hassell.

Prayer is one of the most cost effective tools that we have - believe
it or not.

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Re: Dumb & Dumber

and Deep Doo Doo.

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com> wrote:
 
 
 
"If you thought Rep. Barney Frank was bad, his likely replacement is worse. Rep. Maxine Waters is Congress' most anti-bank member -- unless she owns stock in one, that is. ... When in 2003, the publicly created mortgage giants [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] became dangerously overleveraged with weak mortgages, Waters pushed them to underwrite even 'more products where you have no down payments.' She accused critics of the quotas of discriminating against minorities and the poor. ... She lobbied to exclude them and their government-mandated affordable housing charter from the 'sweeping financial reforms.' And she got her wish. She also got another wish: a provision exempting minority-owned banks from the new oversight. Quite interesting. Because at the same time she got that little gem added to the bill, she was under investigation for steering federal bailout money to a troubled minority-owned bank in which she and her husband held a large financial stake." --Investor's Business Daily

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Dumb & Dumber

 
 
 
"If you thought Rep. Barney Frank was bad, his likely replacement is worse. Rep. Maxine Waters is Congress' most anti-bank member -- unless she owns stock in one, that is. ... When in 2003, the publicly created mortgage giants [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] became dangerously overleveraged with weak mortgages, Waters pushed them to underwrite even 'more products where you have no down payments.' She accused critics of the quotas of discriminating against minorities and the poor. ... She lobbied to exclude them and their government-mandated affordable housing charter from the 'sweeping financial reforms.' And she got her wish. She also got another wish: a provision exempting minority-owned banks from the new oversight. Quite interesting. Because at the same time she got that little gem added to the bill, she was under investigation for steering federal bailout money to a troubled minority-owned bank in which she and her husband held a large financial stake." --Investor's Business Daily

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Media Bias




New post on Scotty Starnes's Blog

Media Bias

by Scotty Starnes

Scotty Starnes | November 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM | Tags: liberal media bias, Occupy Wall Street, tea party | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-6cU

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Watch Out for Democrat Voter Fraud in 2012



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Watch Out for Democrat Voter Fraud in 2012

by Dr. Eowyn

The criminal syndicate ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) was shut down after it was found to have engaged in voter fraud in 2008, and after James O'Keefe's undercover sting explosing ACORN employees giving advice to hide prostitution activities and avoid taxes. The exposé led to ACORN's loss of government taxpayers' funding via a "defund ACORN" act passed by Congress. On November 2, 2010, ACORN  filed for Chapter 7 liquidation, effectively closing the organization.

But like the undead, ACORN hasn't gone away. It simply changed its name. Many of its former chapters and branches continue to operate using names such as New York Communities for Change, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and Affordable Housing Centers of America.

One of ACORN's new names is Project Vote.

Writing in Pajama's Media, Nov. 28, 2011, Hans von Spakovsky and J. Christian Adams sound the warning that Obama may deploy Project Vote to rig the 2012 elections.

"When an incumbent's prospect of reelection looks shaky, his temptation to take advantage of holes in the security of our election process is the greatest — especially if he believes he can engage in fraud without being detected. Should we be worried over President Barack Obama's reelection campaign given his prior connections to Project Vote?

Project Vote is an affiliate of ACORN, one of the most corrupt advocacy organizations in recent memory. Its employees have been convicted in case after case of voter registration fraud. They have submitted tens of thousands of fraudulent forms, often on the eve of elections, causing chaos and confusion for local election officials in states ranging from Florida to Indiana to Nevada. Project Vote had to admit in 2008 that its claim of 1.3 million newly registered voters was wrong: at least 400,000 were rejected by election officials because they were incomplete or fraudulent.

Some former employees-turned-whistleblowers claim that flooding election officials with an overwhelming number of new, faulty registration forms was planned conduct, intended to cause turmoil and to make it easier to convince election officials to accept questionable registrations and questionable voters on election day.

As Matthew Vadum outlined in his recent book Subversion Inc., ACORN and Project Vote are interchangeable: "Their staffs overlap, they share office space, and they share money.  Employees migrate between the two legally separate organizations constantly." The board of Project Vote was made up entirely of ACORN staffers and members.

In fact, even the New York Times reported that, based on its own interviews and an internal report conducted by ACORN's lawyer Elizabeth Kingsley, the close ties between the two organizations "made it impossible to document that Project Voter's money had been used in a strictly nonpartisan manner."

The former executive director of Project Vote, Zach Polett (who served at the same time as ACORN's political director), dismissed public concerns about voter fraud. He said such "efforts to curb so-called 'voter fraud' are in reality attempts to disenfranchise and silence our least powerful citizens." As Matthew Vadum writes, Polett channels the grand liberal architects of radical revolution, Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. They openly stated what many silently believe, that all "efforts to ensure electoral integrity and the rule of law are illegitimate and aimed at bolstering the oppressive capitalist system." Cloward once said: "It's better to have a little bit of fraud than to leave people off the rolls who belong there."

It should be no surprise that Project Vote added Piven to its board of directors last year.

Despite the corrupt and fraudulent activities of ACORN and Project Vote, President Obama has already dubbed the voter registration part of his 2012 campaign as … "Project Vote." This is not surprising, given his history with Project Vote.

As an alert reader of PJ Media discovered, former state Senator Barack Obama made a great deal of his relationship with Project Vote when he was running for Congress. He ran a one-minute radio ad about utility blackouts in which he bragged about having "headed up Project Vote, registering over 100,000 minority voters." He ran a second radio ad about his taking on the health insurance industry where he again boasted of "working as a community organizer" and turning down high-paying corporate jobs after law school "to become a civil rights lawyer" and to "head up" Project Vote.

Obama was in on the ground floor when Project Vote was organized, and was proud of it in 2004.  Project Vote certainly returned the favor: all of the evidence indicates that Project Vote did everything it could to get Barack Obama elected in 2008, abusing its supposed nonprofit, nonpartisan status.

The testimony of former employees like Anita MonCrief also reveals that ACORN and Project Vote's misfeasance is a longstanding problem. A question that has never been answered is how much Obama knew about (and was involved in) Project Vote's misdeeds and internal policies when, as his ads claim, "he headed up" the organization.

Project Vote's long history of lawlessness does not seem to have embarrassed the president, given he is using the same name for his election campaign's voter registration project. The real question is whether Project Vote will get away with the same kind of abuses in the 2012 election, and whether the president's campaign will be a willing partner."

~Eowyn

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Re: The Lizard Wants To Be Fuhrer

The smear just keeps on getting deeper!  Most of what is written is untruthful,  but I guess it makes a good read, especially for Moonbats and Crackpots....It's getting harder to tell the difference between the two anymore.
 
 

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:
he'll be fuhrer when Miami beach is covered in six feet of snow

Newt "The Hatchetman" Gingrich married Jackie Battley, his former high
school geometry teacher, when he was 19 years old  In the spring of
1980, Gingrich left Battley after having an affair with Marianne
Ginther. In 1984, Battley told the Washington Post that the divorce
was a "complete surprise" to her. According to Battley, in September
1980, Gingrich and their children visited her while she was in the
hospital, recovering from surgery, and Gingrich wanted to discuss the
terms of their divorce.

According to L.H. Carter, his campaign treasurer, Gingrich said of
Battley: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of
the President. And besides, she has cancer."

Six months after the divorce from Battley was final, Gingrich wed
Marianne Ginther in 1981, Gingrich began an affair with House of
Representatives staffer Callista Bisek, who is 23 years his junior.
They continued their affair during the Lewinsky scandal, when Gingrich
became a leader of the investigation of President Clinton for perjury
and obstruction of justice in connection with his alleged affairs.

yes, Newt is a liar, a hypocrite and a warmonger to be ignored

On Nov 29, 10:39 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>            New post on *ACGR's "News with Attitude"*
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> Harold <http://a4cgr.wordpress.com/author/amcogore/>
>
> Justin Raimondo, AntiWar.com 11/25/2011 Showdown at Neocon Central The
> Republican "national security" debate sponsored by Neocon Central the
> American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation captured
> perfectly the intellectual and political bankruptcy of the Republican party
> when it comes to foreign policy. Here the party's pandering demagoguery,
> reflexive ultra-nationalism, and visceral hostility to liberty was [...]
>
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Lessons of History?


Lessons of History?
By Thomas Sowell
11/30/2011

It used to be common for people to urge us to learn "the lessons of history." But history gets much less attention these days and, if there are any lessons that we are offered, they are more likely to be the lessons from current polls or the lessons of political correctness.

Even among those who still invoke the lessons of history, some read those lessons very differently from others.

Talk show host Michael Medved, for example, apparently thinks the Republicans need a centrist presidential candidate in 2012. He said, "Most political battles are won by seizing the center." Moreover, he added: "Anyone who believes otherwise ignores the electoral experience of the last 50 years."

But just when did Ronald Reagan, with his two landslide election victories, "seize the center"? For that matter, when did Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a record four consecutive presidential election victories, "seize the center"?

There have been a long string of Republican presidential candidates who seized the center -- and lost elections. Thomas E. Dewey, for example, seized the center against Harry Truman in 1948. Even though Truman was so unpopular at the outset that the "New Republic" magazine urged him not to run, and polls consistently had Dewey ahead, Truman clearly stood for something -- and for months he battled for what he stood for.

That turned out to be enough to beat Dewey, who simply stood in the center.

It is very doubtful that most of the people who voted for Harry Truman agreed with him on all the things he stood for. But they knew he stood for something, and they agreed with enough of it to put him back in the White House.

It is equally doubtful that most of the people who voted for Ronald Reagan in his two landslide victories agreed with all his positions. But they agreed with enough of them to put him in the White House to replace Jimmy Carter, who stood in the center, even if it was only a center of confusion.

President Gerald Ford, after narrowly beating off a rare challenge by Ronald Reagan to a sitting president of his own party, seized the center in the general election -- and lost to an initially almost totally unknown governor from Georgia.

President George H.W. Bush, after initially winning election by coming across as another Ronald Reagan, with his "Read my lips, no new taxes" speech, turned "kinder and gentler" -- to everyone except the taxpayers -- once he was in office. In other ways as well, he seized the center. And lost to another unknown governor.

More recently, we have seen two more Republican candidates who seized the center -- Senators Bob Dole in 1996 and John McCain in 2008 -- go down to defeat, McCain at the hands of a man that most people had never even heard of, just three years earlier.

Michael Medved, however, reads history differently.

To him, Barry Goldwater got clobbered in the 1964 elections because of his strong conservatism. But did his opponent, Lyndon Johnson, seize the center? Johnson was at least as far to the left as Goldwater was to the right. And Goldwater scared the daylights out of people with the way he expressed himself, especially on foreign policy, where he came across as reckless.

On a personal note, I wrote a two-line verse that year, titled "The Goldwater Administration:"
Fifteen minutes of laissez-faire,

While the Russian missiles are in the air.

Senator Goldwater was not crazy enough to start a nuclear war. But the way he talked sometimes made it seem as if he were. Ronald Reagan would later be elected and re-elected taking positions essentially the same as those on which Barry Goldwater lost big time. Reagan was simply a lot better at articulating his beliefs.

Michael Medved uses the 2008 defeat of Tea Party candidates for the Senate, in three states where Democrats were vulnerable, as another argument against those who do not court the center. But these were candidates whose political ineptness was the problem, not conservatism.

Candidates should certainly reach out to a broad electorate. But the question is whether they reach out by promoting their own principles to others or by trying to be all things to all people.


http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/11/30/lessons_of_history

Setting the Trap


Setting the Trap
Levin-McCain bill would create a presidential dictatorship. Where is the outrage?
by Justin Raimondo, November 30, 2011

Buried in the annual defense appropriations bill is a provision that would give the President the power to use the military to intern anyone – including American citizens – indefinitely, and hold them without charges or trial, anywhere in the world, including on American soil. The provision essentially repeals the longstanding Posse Comitatus Act, which prevents the military from engaging in law enforcement on US territory – the greatest fear of the Founders. Approved by a Senate subcommittee in secret hearings, the provisions open the road to a military dictatorship in this country – and for that we can thank Senators Carl Levin and John McCain, who introduced the measure. Both the FBI and the Pentagon came out against the Levin-McCain monstrosity, and Senator Mark Udall (D-Colorado) introduced an amendment striking the provision: the amendment was defeated in the Senate, 37-61.

The mind reels. As the ACLU's Chris Anders puts it:

"I know it sounds incredible. New powers to use the military worldwide, even within the United States? Hasn't anyone told the Senate that Osama bin Laden is dead, that the president is pulling all of the combat troops out of Iraq and trying to figure out how to get combat troops out of Afghanistan too? And American citizens and people picked up on American or Canadian or British streets being sent to military prisons indefinitely without even being charged with a crime. Really? Does anyone think this is a good idea? And why now?"

Why now, indeed – and the answer is not hard to fathom. With the US banking system making very loud creaking noises as the eurozone descends into the economic abyss, and a total meltdown staring us in the face, the Powers That Be want to make sure they have their hands on the reins of power – and on the whip they won't hesitate to use.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) exults that the bill will "basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield" and anyone can be imprisoned without charge or trial "American citizen or not." Graham doesn't care about any of that sissy constitutional stuff, and never didthrow 'em in the brig! Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican from the "Live Free or Die" state, doesn't care that she's destroying the American republic and our constitutional liberties by voting for this draconian measure because, she says, " America is part of the battlefield."

Nothing illustrates the longstanding warning from antiwar advocates that "war is the health of the state" than this ominous development. The principle that war leads inevitably to the erosion and eventual destruction of our constitutional form of government is being dramatized on the floor of Congress even as I write these words. At the Republican foreign policy debate held recently, Professor Gingrich lectured us on "the difference between national security requirements and criminal law requirements," and, drawing on this spurious distinction, averred:

"All of us will be in danger for the rest of our lives. This is not going to end in the short run. And we need to be prepared to protect ourselves from those who, if they could, would not just kill us individually, but would take out entire cities."

For the rest of our lives we'll be in thrall to Gingrich, Graham, Levin, and the rest of them, on the pretext that we're about to be nuked by a bunch of marginal fanatics hiding in a cave somewhere. It's a thin rationale indeed for setting the stage for martial law in the United States, but it couldn't have come at a more convenient time for our rulers, as they face the prospect of civil disorder in the face of economic collapse.

That the authoritarian strain in American politics is coming to the fore in this time of crisis should come as no surprise. Backed up against a wall, the ruling elite is baring its teeth, and the Constitution – which has long been a mere piece of moldering parchment rather than the law of the land – is easily disposed of. Our cowardly Congress, which lives only to advance special interests and line its own pockets, is hardly a bulwark against this onslaught: indeed, they are the source of it.

So where are the Tea Partiers, who warn against "Big Government" and denounce "RINOs" like Sen. Graham who don't share their aversion to centralized authority? They're busy campaigning for Gingrich, the "true conservative" and $1.6 million Fannie Mae "consultant," who preaches the virtues of endless war. Besides, the Levin-McCain provisions will only be used against them damned Mooslims – right?

Wrong – but by the time these "patriots" realize how wrong they are, it'll be too late. As Rep. Justin Amash, one of the few congressmen elected on the Tea Party wave who has a conscience (and a brain), put it, this bill, which is "carefully crafted to mislead the public," is one of the most "anti-liberty pieces of legislation in our lifetime."

As the economy collapses – say, around next week sometime – and as people line up at the banks to get their money out, and discover the till is empty, as the food distribution system breaks down, and the mobs gather and swell, they'll call the army out into the streets to keep order. And it will all be perfectly "legal."

Don't tell me our sainted solons are cringing in fear of al-Qaeda, which is by now a mere shadow of a shadow: the real object of their fear is the American people – and they have every reason to be afraid.

The "debate" in Congress over the Levin-McCain provisions is not really what it appears to be, as Marcy Wheeler points out in some depth. On the Senate floor, opponents of the provision, such as Dianne Feinstein, mentioned the dangers of the army patrolling the streets of American cities only in passing, if at all: their real objection is that the provisions impede the really existing "war on terrorism." Wheeler argues that the Obama administration would be constrained from utilizing its network of informants if detainees were handled by the military. As she puts it:

"Again, I suspect that's the Administration objection. It allows them to do these things. But requires they do them with a paper trail Congress can audit. In short, it's a future Fast and Furious scandal, the guaranteed exposure of all of their harebrained undercover operations, waiting to happen."

The administration's veto threat has nothing to do with protecting civil liberties: indeed, quite the opposite. As Sen. Levin noted in his remarks, a bit of politicking went on at the secret Senate hearing:

"The initial bill reported by the committee included language expressly precluding 'the detention of citizens or lawful resident aliens of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States, except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.' The Administration asked that this language be removed from the bill."

The real purpose of the Levin-McCain provisions is entirely unrelated to "terrorism," either by al-Qaeda or any known domestic outfit. It was put in there to codify a number of important "legal" precedents, which make it possible for the President to declare an American citizen an "enemy combatant" and hold him or her indefinitely without charges. This is the final step in a process that will enable the President to establish a de facto military dictatorship: it's the "unitary presidency" meets the global economic crisis.

"America is part of the battlefield," says Sen. Ayotte, quite accurately – and Americans are the target. Resistance is "terrorism": dissent is a crime, and you'd better shut up and take it if you know what's good for you. That's the message they're sending – and how, one wonders, will Americans respond?

Tryptophaned into a submissive lethargy by large doses of turkey and stuffing, and living in constant fear of imminent destitution, they hardly notice this historic betrayal. The trap is set, baited, and ready to spring: one has to wonder, however, if this passivity will hold once those steel jaws bite. I bet they're wondering in Washington, too.

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/11/29/setting-the-trap/