"The latest [dictator] to publicly announce his support for the
commander-in-chief’s reelection bid was Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who
this week assured he’d vote for Obama if he were from the United States."
Putin flexes muscle in big test of Russia's nuclear arsenal
Sunday, 21 October 2012
From Reuters:
"Russia says it is modernizing a nuclear arsenal
that was largely created during the Cold War and will continue to use
nuclear weapons as a key deterrent."
Car Bomb Rocks Main Christian Area Of Lebanon's Capital
Friday, 19 October 2012
From Joel Rosenberg's Blog:
"Please pray for all those involved in this terrible act of evil. “Minutes after a deadly bomb ripped through a calm and urbane neighborhood in the heart of Beirut, the city’s silent majority shuddered,” reports CNN. “The car bomb rocked the main Christian area of Lebanon’s capital, a populous stretch replete with shops, churches and office buildings. The massive blast killed eight people and wounded more than 90 others, leaving a huge crater of rubble near Sassine Square in East Beirut’s Ashrafiyeh district." Joel Rosenberg's Blog"
Transcript of the Second Presidential Debate Courtesty of Fox News
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
"The following is a transcript of the second presidential debate
between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at Hofstra University in Hempstead,
N.Y. on Oct. 16, 2012. Check back, as the transcript will be updated
throughout the debate."
Please visit Fox News to read the transcript: FOX NEWS
Green Party presidential, vice presidential candidates arrested at second debate
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
From Fox News:
"Police say the Green Party candidates for president and vice president have been arrested at the second presidential debate."
"The U.S. Postal Service in September hit its $15 billion borrowing limit
from the U.S. Treasury for the first time in its history, leaving the
agency with only the revenue it takes in from selling stamps, shipping
and other services to cover its operating costs."
Farrakhan’s Fiery New Warning to the U.S.: ‘Every Plague That Is Written in the Koran Is Going to Co
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Is Going To Come To Pass In America!
From The Blaze:
"The Minister Louis Farrakhan has become known for his often-cryptic warnings about the calamity that he believes Allah will inflict upon America.
On Sunday, in a speech he delivered at Bojangles’ Coliseum in
Charlotte, North Carolina, the fiery faith leader issued yet another
warning to the audience of 6,000, telling them that “every plague that
is written in the Koran is going to come to pass in America.”"
Medicare won't issue new IDs to identity-theft victims
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
From USA Today:
"More than a quarter-million Medicare beneficiaries are potential victims
of identity theft and hampered in getting health care benefits because
the government won't issue new IDs, according to an investigation report
released today."
Confirmed: Pentagon deploys military forces to Jordan-Syria border
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
From RT.com:
"US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has confirmed that US troops
have been dispatched to the Jordan-Syrian border to help bolster the
former’s military capabilities in case violence escalates in the
volatile region.
“We have been working with Jordan for a period of time now…on a
number of issues that have developed as a result of what’s happening in
Syria," Panetta said"
"US troops are operating in Jordan near the Syrian border in the
biggest fixed deployment of American force in the region since the end
of operations in Libya last year,"
"World food prices rose in September and are moving nearer to levels reached during the 2008 food crisis. The United Nations food agency reported on Thursday that the worst drought in more than 50 years in the United States had sent corn and soybean prices to record highs over the summer, and, coupled with drought in Russia and other Black Sea exporting countries, raised fears of a renewed crisis."
Israeli planes trigger sonic booms over Lebanon in possible response to drone dispatch
Monday, 08 October 2012
From The Times of Israel
"Israeli planes flew into Lebanese air space and broke the sound barrier Sunday, causing sonic booms, Lebanese media reported.The sortie appeared to be in response to the
infiltration of Israeli air space Saturday by a drone Israeli officials
suspect was launched by the Lebanon-based terror organization Hezbollah."
Although at times it may seem that we can't possibly do enough...
Sunday, 07 October 2012
All we have to do is remember the Starfish...
"Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do
his
journal writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he
began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked
down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the
day. So he began to walk faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw that it
was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was
reaching down
to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it
into the ocean. As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are
you doing?" The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing
starfish in the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked, why
are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" "The sun is up, and the tide
is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You
can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the
breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."
Author Unknown
Gov. Perry Renews Call for Low-Cost College Education as Student Debt Loads Rise
Sunday, 07 October 2012
From The Wall Street Journal:
"Texas Gov. Rick Perry is renewing his call for such lower-cost
undergraduate degrees, in what he hopes will be the state's signature
response to the national problem of rising college tuition and student
debt."
""Reportedly in recent weeks,
local refineries were dropping production levels, exporting supply to Mexico
and other countries, and allowing inventory to dwindle in anticipation of
switching over to production of winter blend gasoline, then a refinery power
outage and a pipeline incident occurred on Monday that sent wholesale markets
into a panic about the adequacy of California fuel supplies," said Jeffrey
Spring of the Automobile Club of Southern California.”
"Big Democratic interest groups such as labor unions and environmental
organizations are largely bypassing President Barack Obama's re-election
and pouring millions of dollars instead into congressional races."
Medicare fines over hospitals' readmitted patients
Tuesday, 02 October 2012
From AP.org:
"As of Monday, Medicare will start fining
hospitals that have too many patients readmitted within 30 days of
discharge due to complications. The penalties are part of a broader push
under President Barack Obama's health care law"
Hundreds of thousands of war vets still waiting for health benefits
Tuesday, 02 October 2012
From CNN:
"Rioux has been trying to
get his disability claim fully processed since January 2011, shortly
after he returned from Afghanistan. The litany of delays
includes lost paperwork, long wait times for appointments and erroneous
lab results. At one point, a doctor prescribed him medication for a
bladder infection he didn't have; he'd never given as much as a urine
sample."
Obama Supporters' Dirty Tricks to Win the Catholic Vote
Tuesday, 02 October 2012
From U S News:
"As a pro-life woman and a Catholic, I am appalled," Cleveland Right
to Life President Molly Smith said in a release. "Our Church is under
attack by the most liberal, pro-abortion leadership in history. The
Cleveland Catholic Diocese is missing a great teaching and unifying
opportunity by responding in this manner." According to Smith's group, "Faithful Citizenship meetings were
organized by the Diocese of Cleveland with the goal of aiding Catholics
in preparing themselves to vote this November. The forums, led in
part by open Obama-supporter Karen Leith, downplay abortion and
religious freedom, issues of irreducible importance to Catholic
voters."
A September 24 a Wall Street Journal editorial warned that President Obama is moving to control the Internet by executive order. “Any day now, the White House will issue an executive order on cyber security, according to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano who said last week that the measure ‘is close to completion.’”
It noted that “the White House intends to go ahead with its order in the face of vociferous opposition on Capitol Hill.”
“According to leaked versions of the draft, the executive order would impose security standards for 16 critical industries” and that “private companies have innovated and invested heavily to protect themselves without regulatory prodding. What they need from the government is an information-sharing program and liability protection.”
This is just one more executive order that would, along with others, impose a totalitarian control over every aspect of life in America on the pretext of a national emergency. We had a national emergency on 9/11 and no laws were abrogated, no Constitutional freedoms denied.
A Homeland Security Department study, “Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States 1970-2008”, listed Americans who are “fiercely nationalistic”, “suspicious of centralized federal authority” and “reverent of individual liberty” as potential terrorists.
Jeffery T. Kuhmer, writing in The Washington Times in March, noted that “On March 15, the White House released an executive order, ‘National Defense Resources Preparedness.’ The document is stunning in its audacity and a flagrant violation of the Constitution.”
To understand how extensive this is, the Western Center for Journalism published a list of “Obama’s Worst Executive Orders” asserting that some 900 Obama executive orders had been initiated when in fact Obama has signed 139. However, added to active EOs from previous administrations, the Center is correct in its fears that he is “creating a martial law ‘Disney Land’ of control covering everything imaginable.”
Executive Order 10990 allows the Government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
Executive Order 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
Executive Order 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels, and minerals.
Executive Order 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
Executive Order 11001 allows the government to take over all health education and welfare functions.
Executive Order 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
Executive Order 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
Executive Order 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate and establish new locations for populations.
Executive Order 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways, and public storage facilities.
Executive Order 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issues over a fifteen-year period.
Executive Order 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
Executive Order 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute Industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
Executive Order 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit, and the flow of money in U.S. financial institutions in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when the president declares a state of emergency, Congress cannot review the action for six months.
These executive orders are a blueprint for the takeover by the government by White House fiat, by-passing Congress.
By declaring that “international tensions and economic or financial crisis” or a “national emergency” exists, it puts all powers of governance in the hands of one man, Barack Hussein Obama.
Do you want to live in such a nation?
(c) Alan Caruba, 2012
Alan can be reached at Older articles by Alan Caruba
More On Barack Hussien Obama's Worst Executive Orders
Monday, 01 October 2012
From Western Journalism:
"(Editor’s correction: This is a list of executive orders in force that
outline Emergency Powers. Some of these were signed by prior US
Presidents going back all the way to JFK. Obama specifically has signed
executive orders starting with the number EO-13489 and forward. But
these all reference powers Obama could use to limit your freedoms. Here
is a full list of Obama Executive Orders.)"
"Executive Order 10990 allows the Government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
Executive Order 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
Executive Order 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels, and minerals.
Executive Order 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision"
To read this rest of this articles coverage and interpretation of the Executive Order's that Obama could use to against the American people, please visit Western Journalism"
"FREDERICKSBURG — A 92 percent drop in absentee-ballot requests by
military personnel in Virginia is raising concerns that the Pentagon is
failing to carry out a federal voting law. With only 1,746 military voters in Virginia requesting absentee
ballots so far this year — out of 126,251 service members in the state
—the Military Voter Protection Project says the system has broken down."
"And it’s not just in the Old Dominion.
MVPP Executive Director Eric Eversole reports significant declines in
absentee-ballot requests by service members across the nation."
Those who serve in our armed services deserve the right to vote more than anyone else in our country! It is because of their courage and service, their selfless sacrifice, that each American has the right to vote. Please pray that the votes of every single member of our military will be counted!
"The head of a leading Islamic organization Saturday called for a global ban on offending the character of the Prophet Muhammad, saying that it should be equated with hate speech."
To read this story, please visit Seattle Pi
And if Americans refuse to give up their right to speak freely in their own country, are the recent riots and killings in Libya and Egypt examples of what will happen?
Administration again urges contractors not to warn of layoffs, despite defense cuts
Saturday, 29 September 2012
From Fox News:
"The Obama administration has doubled down on its plea to defense
contractors not to warn employees about possible layoffs due to looming
budget cuts -- going so far as to offer to cover legal fees in
compensation challenges."
"A program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income
individuals has nearly doubled in size in Ohio in the past year — now
covering more than a million people." To read this story, please visit The Dayton Daily News
"Several Christian families have fled their homes in Egypt's
Sinai peninsula after receiving death threats from suspected Islamist
militants, officials and residents told AFP on Friday. Last week, flyers began circulating in the town of Rafah on the Gaza
Strip border demanding that its tiny Coptic population move out,
residents said."
