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Free PDF Copy of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic
Why there was no Political Digest on Sunday. ~Bob
Americans are doing
fine
Cartoon.
Veterans for A Strong
America
Great ad.
Liberal Logic 101
great funny site. ~Bob
Worth Reading : How
Likely Is Barack Obama To Fix America
Excerpt: Round about this time in the election cycle, a
presidential challenger finds himself on the stump and posing a simple test to
voters: "Ask yourself — are you better off now than you were four years
ago?" But, in fact, you don't need to ask yourself, because the Federal
Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances has done it for you. Between 2007
and 2010, Americans' median net worth fell 38.8% — or from $126,400 per family
to $77,300 per family. (Steyn does it again. Simple, factual, logical
dissection of the BS. --Del )
Worth Reading
Excerpt: As the campaign heats up, and the self-imposed
restrictions of 2008 disappear, we will likely hear more about the once proud
associations and friendships of Barack Obama that were all Trotskyized by the
media ministries of truth during the unhinged summer of 2008. In that regard,
when the Pew poll recently revealed that the US is more polarized than at any
time in the last 25 years, it provided an answer to Rudy Giuliani’s rhetorical
question in 2008 about what exactly a community organizer does. I think we now
know the answer after four years of them/us divisiveness:
Tell on Me: The ballad of US agents
Too funny. ~Bob
If We Took the
Constitution Seriously, Obama Would Be Impeached. By Michael Filozof
Excerpt: If the citizens of this Republic still took the
Constitution seriously, Obama would be impeached for his decision to
unilaterally grant amnesty to certain illegal aliens. Article 1, Sec. 8 of the
Constitution, which enumerates the power of Congress, states that
"Congress shall have the Power To... establish an [sic] uniform Rule of
Naturalization." Congress has passed numerous laws pertaining to
immigration and naturalization, including laws requiring the deportation of
illegals.
"Heroes Behind
The Badge" Teaser
Upcoming documentary about the police.
Worth Reading : How
shock waves will hit US if Greece
Excerpt: They think the path of a full-blown crisis would
start in Greece , quickly
move to the rest of Europe and then hit the
U.S. Stocks and oil would plunge, the euro would sink against the U.S. dollar,
and big banks would suffer losses on complex trades. (I may have had this piece
already, but the quote from Don Hank is worth reading with it. ~Bob. Quote:
"There's also a (EURO)500 billion European Stability Mechanism that's
supposed to be up and running next month, but Germany has yet to sign off on it."
That's right. But it's worse: The Spanish bailout was only 100 billion euros,
and it has been estimated that Spain needed at least 400 billion euros, so if
all of the ESM money went to Greece to prop it up, then there would be no more
left for Spain when it comes knocking again, and come it will. And then,
there's Italy , which claims
it is not going broke, just as Greece
claimed it was not going broke until it almost was, and Spain , which
claimed it was not going broke until it almost was. My best guess? This is not
going to work. Remember that a lot of Americans are no longer eligible for
unemployment too, and at the same time, the Fed probably no longer has the
political clout to print more unbacked dollars (such a move would lead to a
disastrous inflation rate anyway), so Europe probably can't look to America for a
bailout this time. I don't make predictions. But I do have expectations. Obama
has been begging Merkel for a while to step in and approve the new stability
mechanism, seeing it as essential to his re-election chances. The problem is,
should more than one country threaten to exit the euro, the paltry 500 billion
euros won't help. It is the last resort and it is like a melting ice floe with
a family of polar bears on it. The overtaxing of the ESM would completely turn
around the Obama re-election game. The too big to fail dream world of the EU
and its euro zone vs real market forces is truly the unstoppable force meeting
the immovable object. Unintended consequences get the last word again. And
another word for unintended consequences is God. Don Hank)
Debt crisis: tensions mount as Angela Merkel
attacks French economy
Excerpt: Mrs
Merkel warned the policies of the new Socialist president could destroy the
eurozone by bringing the sovereign debt crisis to France Greece and France
and a key G20 meeting of world leaders in Mexico France
and Germany
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Excerpt: The Islamic State of Iraq, the political front for
al Qaeda in Iraq ,
claimed credit for the series of bombings and attacks on June 13 that targeted
Shia pilgrims and security forces nationwide and killed 70 people. Note that
the Islamic State of Iraq intentionally launched the attacks as Shia began
"their polytheistic visit and their pilgrimage to the graves of their
idols." The statement was translated by the SITE Intelligence group; an
excerpt is below: (Wish they'd read the Qur'an, so they'd find out Islam is a
"religion of Peace." ~Bob.)
Eric Holder .. RESIGN
NOW. By Fred Brownbill
Excerpt: The Save America Foundation joins the writer below,
Republican John Cornyn from Texas ,
in calling upon the Attorney general, Mr Eric Holder, to do the first honorable
thing he has ever done, and that is to resign and to stop bringing the high
office he holds into disrespect and dishonor. He has shown repeatedly, that his
decision making skills are poor, and are often racist and divisive to the
nation, and his refusal to co-operate with the House into various investigations
shows utter contempt to the constitution, something he took an oath to defend
and uphold. It is long past time for his removal from office and for the
investigations into his actions to be stepped up, and for his arrest and
prosecution in the crimes he has committed against the American people.
Barry’s damned if you
do moment
Excerpt: The economy is tanking and Obama is bringing in
almost a million people to compete with Americans for jobs. Anyone want to take
a guess what this is going to do to the unemployment rate in this nation? It
will probably drive it up high enough that even the Obama Regime cannot cook
those numbers. (But probably not before the election. ~Bob.
Brewer Blasts Obama's
Surprise 'Backdoor Amnesty' Move
Excerpt: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was taken by surprise at
President Barack Obama’s immigration announcement, calling it “backdoor
amnesty,” in an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News. (Folks, if you are
wondering what to think about this un-Constitutional amnesty, remember that the
US government will NEVER
refuse entry to a mother or father of a child legally in the US . I know
because I have lived among Hispanics for over 3 years and hear the stories all
the time of parents who readily get visas to visit children in the US . So by
granting amnesty to these young people, they are automatically granting amnesty
to the parents, and then to the relatives of the parents, etc. The increase in
the "legal" immigrant population will grow exponentially at a time
when we need less mouths to feed, not more. I suspect this will backfire on Obama.
--Don Hank)
Boycott "Blood
Cashews" From Vietnam
Excerpt: Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia
(CAMSA) calls on consumers around the globe to boycott cashews exported by Vietnam because
they are a product of modern-day slavery. Human Rights Watch, in its
publication titled "The Rehab Archipelago," reports that forced labor
has been used in drug rehabilitation centers across Vietnam , where inmates have to husk
and peel cashews, working six to seven hours a day for $3 a month. According to
the report, between 2000 and 2010, over 309,000 people passed through 56 drug
detention centers in Vietnam .
Cashew export brings in 1.5 billion US dollars a year for Vietnam .
(Another mess from the communists. --Del )
Excerpt: Lawyers for American victims of a Hamas triple
suicide bombing who successfully sued Iran
for damages have slammed the US Department of Justice’s
backing of a court ruling preventing the plaintiffs from obtaining information
about Iran ’s
US-based assets, The Jerusalem Post learned this week. (You might ask whose
side Obama and Holder are on. But only if you haven't been paying attention.
~~Bob.)
Justice Kennedy lets Arizona
Excerpt: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has
agreed to let Arizona ’s
proof-of-citizenship requirement for people registering to vote remain in
effect until further notice. The state had asked the nation’s highest court to
let the requirement remain in effect during the current election cycle and as
the state appeals an April 17 decision by the 9th Circuit Court Appeals that
concluded that federal election law trumps Arizona ’s registration requirement.
AQAP destroys tombs
in southern Yemen
Excerpt: As the Yemeni military presses its offensive
against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
strongholds in Abyan province, the terror group released a video of the
destruction of a tomb in Jaar just before they withdrew from the city. The
scene is reminiscent of the Afghan Taliban's destruction of statues of Buddha
in March 2001. The videotape was released by the Madad News Agency and showed
members of Ansar al Sharia, AQAP's political front, demolishing tombs in the
villages of Al Tareyyah, Al Darjaj, and Sayhan near Jaar in Abyan province.
New California
Excerpt: The Legislature's Democratic leaders insist that
their new state budget is balanced, honest and contains an adequate reserve.
"Our budget contains no additional borrowing or so-called gimmicks,"
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said this week as details were
unveiled. Not. It's "balanced" only with some very shaky income and
outgo assumptions, it's "honest" only if one ignores dozens of
bookkeeping tricks, fund shifts and other gimmicks, and its reserve is half of
what Gov. Jerry Brown wants and a fraction of what it should be. (At least
there's someone in the CA media who's ready to tell it like it is. The state is
still running along that cliff edge, swaying back and forth, wheels just inches
from disaster, but no one is ready to really turn the steering wheel to move
away from that edge. And the wheels keep getting closer..... --Del )
U.N. suspends mission
in Syria
Excerpt: The United Nations suspended its monitoring mission
in Syria
on Saturday, a day after the chief observer there warned that spiraling
bloodshed was hindering the ability of his team to fulfill its obligations. Maj.
General Robert Mood, the chief of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria ,
announced the suspension in a brief statement that cited the “significant
risks” to the lives of the monitors posed by the escalating violence. (Send
Hillary--she's been under fire before. ~Bob.)
Satire: North Korean Olympic Team Likely to Win Inaugural
Hunger Games Event
Excerpt: In a historic sweep, the North Korean Men’s and
Women’s Hunger Games teams swept the event’s Olympic debut. North Korea beat out other competing nations
such as Somalia , Haiti , Tajikistan
and the Central African
Republic . Patterned after the popular book
series and feature film, the controversial new Olympic event features all
the terror, mayhem and betrayal of the games depicted by The Hunger Games.
Fareed Zakaria: Time
For Democrats To Face Facts On Public Pension Reform
Writing for Time magazine, Fareed Zakaria has made
a solid argument for public sector pension reform. He makes no bones about who
is at fault in what he labels "the single biggest threat to the U.S. 's fiscal
health." [O]n the central issue of the [Wisconsin ]
recall--the costs of public-sector employees--the Democratic Party is wrong on
the substance, clinging to its constituents rather than doing the right thing.
President Obama: The Biggest Government Spender In World
History. By Peter Ferrara
Excerpt: The U.S. has
never before had a President who thinks so little of the American people that
he imagines he can win re-election running on the opposite of reality. But
that is the reality of President Obama today. Waving a planted press
commentary, Obama recently claimed on the campaign stump, “federal spending
since I took office has risen at the slowest pace of any President in almost 60
years.”
7th man found guilty
in North Carolina
Excerpt: A North
Carolina resident was found guilty Thursday on
terrorism charges including conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure
people overseas. Anes Subasic, a 35-year old naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Bosnia , also
was convicted of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. He will
face up to life in prison at sentencing in August. (Yet another US-Muslim found
guilty in terror plot as America 's
Islamist leadership harps endlessly about 'Islamophobia'. --Tarek Fatah @TarekFatah,
Toronto Sun columnist, Muslim against
Islamists.)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The
Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
Excerpt:
We hear so often about Muslims as
victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s
fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is
underway—an unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are
being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising
genocide that ought to provoke global alarm.
Obama Campaign Manager
Behind Anti-Gay Ad
Excerpt: Obama campaign manager
Jim Messina was behind an infamous 2002 anti-gay ad that aired in Montana , according
to a profile by
Joshua Green in Businessweek. The ad was run against Mike Taylor, a
Republican challenger to Senator Max Baucus of Montana .
Analysis: Obama takes a risk on immigration front. By
Charles Babington
Excerpt: There's not much
President Obama can do to boost the economy in the next five months, and that
alone might cost him the November election. But on a range of social issues,
Obama is bypassing Congress and aggressively using his executive powers to make
it easier for gays to marry, women to obtain birth control, and, now, young
illegal immigrants to avoid deportation. (Interesting, even the MSM are
noticing Obama's freewheeling use of Executive Orders to bypass Congress, the
courts, and the American people. Between these moves and his myriad
"czars" he has done more to impose his personal will on the nation
than anyone since maybe FDR. Where is all the screaming about behavior that is
more like the all-powerful The Leader than an elected President responsible to
the Constitution and the people? Del. Too bad Reagan and Bush didn't know the
President had the authority to bypass Congress. Think what they could have
done. But President Romney will know! ~Bob.)
Obama on Executive Orders.... then
Below is a link to a lovely clear
video of Mr. Obama explaining why he cannot use an Executive Order to stop
deportations of illegal immigrants. Of course, that was then.... and this is
now. An election year now when he needs the Latino vote. Don't you just love
this? And where are the MSM on a story like this? (Rhetorical question) --Del
A Comprehensive List
Of Obama’s Worst Executive Orders. By Laurie Roth
Excerpt: There have been over 900 Executive orders put forth
from Obama, and he is not even through his first term yet. He is creating a
martial law ‘Disney
Land
God Bless the Conservative Father. By Betsy M. Galliher
Excerpt: Michelle Obama sent yet
another plea last week, imploring the common man to wish her husband a happy
Father's Day. That is to say, Mrs. Obama -- who undoubtedly left the note's
details to staff as limited as her time is between book tours, lavish travel,
and star-studded NYC campaign events -- has again called upon the people who
must toil to fuel Mrs. Obama's lavish lifestyle to heap platitudes upon her
petulant composite of a husband; and with a campaign donation from what little
is left of our after tax dollars nonetheless. (I guess I would say I wish I
could live all the way up to this description, but it sure wasn't for lack of
trying. My son wrote me today that he knew I had always tried to be the best
father possible. That's true, but I know that in a variety of ways I could not
measure up to that. We are all fallible, merely human, and our best is still
far from perfect. But I can take at least some pride in not having been too bad
a father, and in knowing our kids are really good, decent, hardworking people. (And
of course a whole bunch of that is credited to their mother, not just me.) Bless
all fathers who tried their best, and best wishes to the fathers now working at
it, in a world more complicated and difficult than it's been for many, many
years. --Del.
I had a mostly conservative father, with three sons. His patriotic values took
on two of us, anyway. ~Bob.)
Excerpt: Watch video to see how the Obama Administration
treats former allies. House Church Christians are brutally repressed in Vietnam and hundreds of Christian prisoners rot
in Vietnam 's
gulags and the Obama administration doesn't have the decency to mention them in
their human rights reports. In fact for the FIRST TIME EVER - in 2012 the US
State Department deleted ALL references to religious persecution in its Vietnam
human rights reports, downplaying religious freedom and human rights in nothing
but a cowardly display of betrayal.
Boko Haram suicide
bombers target Nigerian churches
Didn't get the memo. ~Bob. Excerpt: Boko Haram, an al
Qaeda-linked Islamist terror group in Nigeria ,
attempted to bomb five Christian churches in Kaduna state today. The Guardian said that
three of the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers, and that 12 people
were killed in those attacks: Three suicide bomb attacks on churches has rocked
the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, killing at least 12 people and wounding
about 80, officials said, prompting protests in a province that has previously
been strained by religious tensions.
“Religion that shall
not be named” alert: Associated Press edition
Excerpt: If only we could find where this utterly random
“violence” emanates we might be able to do something about it. But alas, the
Associated Press hasn’t been able to track that down yet. Although Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs Jonnie Carson has assured us that
religion has nothing to do with the violence in Nigeria, so that eliminates one
possibility.”
Marine overcomes odds,
masters marksmanship
Excerpt: Lance Cpl. Danthanh T. Nguyen learned the hard way
how challenging it can be to master the skills of marksmanship but proved
triumphant when she shot expert this April on the range at Camp Schwab Houston , Texas
native, originally joined the Marine Corps in July 2009 and was discharged from
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris
Island , S.C.
Respect is Earned:
It’s not a benefit of the presidency. By Donna F. Fallis
Excerpt: You demand respect for an office for which you have
shown no respect. You demand respect of people whom you have sorely
disrespected, and you have embarrassed those people through your callous
actions. You have apologized for the noble actions of people whose intent was
to aid those in harm’s way and yet, you still act as though it is your right to
demand?
White House Quietly
Moves Obama-Praising Text From Past Presidents’ Bios. By Warner Todd Huston
Excerpt: Originally, the Obama notations were added right
into the other presidential bios as an actual part of them. Now those plaudits
have been removed from the bio proper and placed in a separate box at the
bottom of the bio page, distancing the Obama laudations from the presidential
bio pages on which they appear.
Excerpt: “This bill, that would bar the state from taking
over private property without due process, is intended to shelter Alabamians
from the United Nations Agenda 21, a sustainable development initiative that
some conservatives see as a precursor for the creation of a world government,”
explained Alabama GOP Executive Director T.J. Maloney when announcing that it
had been signed into law. The Republican National Committee (RNC) adopted a
resolution earlier this year blasting the global scheme and urging policy
makers to oppose it, and state parties have followed suit.
"They run!" Worth Reading
Excerpt: This can’t be happening.
It can’t. But it is. ABC News,
the same network and news department that gave us Charles Gibson’s on-camera
sandbagging of Sarah Palin, is calling Barack Obama an elitist. The hell you
say. You must be reading their report wrong. Nope.
The Department of Homeland Security underestimates the risk
that human error could allow pathogens to escape from a proposed $1 billion lab
designed to study lethal animal-borne diseases, a U.S. advisory panel warned on Friday.
Scientists at the planned facility, known by the acronym NBAF, would study
animal diseases introduced accidentally or by way of terrorism that could sicken
livestock and humans. It would replace the aging Plum
Island Animal
Disease Center
off Long Island , New York
Bush Getting Old,
Obama Finds New Scapegoat. By Irwin
M. Stelzer
Excerpt: Obama has found a new cause of falling growth and
stubbornly high unemployment: Europe .
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