"War on Terror" is Over - Obama

This Explains Everything

What is it with political leaders having a problem using English words and understanding basic definitions?  Back in the day, we had a news story of a President, then Bill Clinton, questioning the definition of the word, "is".  What?  The word, "is" means "is" and has always meant "is" but according to Bill, it has a varying definition.  Really?

This White House insists on saying that the Taliban is not a terror group but rather an "armed insurgency".  What?  School children are being slaughter, civilian people are being beheaded around the world and now our White House is agreeing with an Al Jazeera English's policy of banning the word, "terrorism".  One of Al Jazeera's executives was quoted to have said, that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.  So how many freedom fighters do you know of in history that just slaughtered women and children?  Huh.  Stumped?  Me too.

Here we are again finding ourselves down the road to the "meaning of definitions" and it seems that many American's are just not thinking when they hear these soundbites.  Our nation's citizenry has become so dumbed-down that we seem to longer care!  It seems that most people are just taking whatever the White House says and assuming that our government has our "best" interest at heart.   The United States White House is aligning itself with the type of ideology that Al Jazerra promotes.  This is NOT reflective of my belief system or for that matter the belief system of our founding fathers.

So let's look at this word, terrorism.  According to the FBI's Definitions of Terrorism in the U.S. Code: "International terrorism" means activities with the following three characteristics:

- Involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law; 

- Appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and 

- Occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S., or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum. 

Well, doesn't that sound like the Taliban to you?  According to the FBI's definition then, they are terrorists!  This is ridiculous that the White House is playing word games with definition's and the meaning of terrorism?  FOX News asks this question as well and discusses it at length.

The Kelly File also has picked up this discussion with a small dialog of clips from the White House spokesman.

Let's not forget, in light of all this "terrorism" Obama declared that the 'War on Terror" was over so there you go.  Delete the word from use and the problem goes away.

Bergdahl - the Story Continues

The administration (all roads are pointing to Obama's Assistant National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes) has known the findings of the Army's investigation but still won't acknowledge the Army's charge of desertion against Bowe Bergdahl.  This claim was first made by retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer and he has quite a bit to say about the whole case while interviewed by FOX News.

Bergdahl was in my friend's son's unit. Those guys in his unit spoke out from the on-set that he was a deserter when the story broke that Obama had traded prisoners from Guantanamo for his release. Why won't the administration say what is going on?  Why are they stonewalling? 

This information of his desertion will be released (as it has now been done because the Army is pursuing Court-martial proceedings against Bergdahl), so what is the administration hiding? What is going on behind the scenes that this information is being kept from the public?

Why did the administration exchange five Taliban Guantanamo prisoners (who, by-the-way were exchanged without Senior leadership at the pentagon knowing anything about it before it happened) for a known deserter? What about the American's who were from his unit who went out "looking" for him and then lost their lives?

When will American's wake up to the fact that our National leadership is working against the interest of us, it's citizenry? What are we (as a nation) doing to protect us (as a nation) from this group called ISIS? Obama won't even use language to speak out against them by calling them what they are, Islamic Terrorists.  In his last State of the Union Address, Obama gave less than 5 minutes to the topic of "terrorism".  Even liberal journalists like Tom Brokaw and liberal Senator Diane Feinstein are concerned and speaking out that there is NO plan from this administration and that the administration needs to DO something.  Ahhh - but do date, this administration is doing little to nothing as these terrorists gain more territory (last week invading Yemen's presidential palace). 

Obama promised "change"!  If you voted for him, you are getting just that, change.  I would like some "un-change" please.  The world is a scary place, and it is getting scarier.

This is why I put my trust in the Lord - He is my source of peace in troubling times!

HOPE AND CHANGE TODAY!

HOPE AND CHANGE!

EVERYONE: PLEASE READ, COPY AND SHARE THIS. TODAY'S THE DAY WE MAKE A CHANGE...A REAL CHANGE!!!  (Posted by a friend on facebook.)

Quit trashing President Obama's accomplishments. He has done more than any other President before him. He has an impressive list of accomplishments:

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.

First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.
First President to violate the War Powers Act.
First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.
First President to spend a trillion dollars on 'shovel-ready' jobs when there was no such thing as 'shovel-ready' jobs.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.
First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
First President to tell a CEO of a major corporation (Chrysler) to resign.
First President to terminate America 's ability to put a man in space.
First President to cancel the National Day of Prayer and to say that America is no longer a Christian nation.
First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.

First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate increases.
First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a factory.
First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
First President to actively try to bankrupt an American industry (coal).
First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-Corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.
First President to surround himself with radical left wing anarchists.
First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 102 to date.
First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.
First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
First President to go on multiple global “apology tours” and concurrent “insult our friends” tours.
First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayer.
First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
First President to repeat the Holy Quran & tell us the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.
First President to tell the military men and women that they should pay for their own private insurance because they “volunteered to go to war and knew the consequences”.
Then he was the First President to tell the members of the military that THEY were UNPATRIOTIC for balking at the last suggestion.
First President to side with a foreign nation over one of the American 50 states (Mexico vs Arizona).

How is this hope and change working out for you?

Lesser of Two Evils

Praying for our nation, our election and our God to forgive our land. I can't tell you how many times in the last months my heart is gripped to pray for our nation. God has my attention - does He have yours? How can we (the church) really believe that God is OK with what we are doing as a nation? He rebuked Israel, His beloved, many times for having a heart that was far from him and we think, we in America, won't face the consequences of our luke-warmness? Church - WAKE UP! We can't have evil AND good. We can't be for things that God is against and expect God to bless us. We can't sit by and DO nothing! Remember the parable of the three servants? (Matthew 25:14-30). God rebuked the servant who DID NOTHING! God is a REWARDER of those that DILIGENTLY seek Him, not who casually talk about Him or have bumper-sticker on their car or a cross on their neck!

I am PRAYING for the Christians in this country to WAKE-UP, stop drinking the "kool-aid" and listening to the voice of deception (it is in the church you know) and VOTE for things that God DOES care about...like protecting LIFE, defending MARRIAGE, LOVING ISRAEL! These things DO matter. Remember the scripture in Matthew 6:33 " But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" - (by-the-way, these are written in RED) as Jesus was saying what matters in the KINGDOM not the ECONOMY! "Politically correct" will burn up in the presence of the fiery red, piercing eyes of Jesus when He comes back as KING!

I am SO into the love of God, but God is also a God of justice and this nation will be found wanting if we continue on this course of destruction, thumbing our nose at God and doing our own thing, seeking our own pleasure, and living life our own way. God made a way of escape for even one BEFORE He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, that is my hope, He will make a way of escape for me and my family too (I am even asking for my friends, my church, my neighborhood and my nation but they must humble themselves and bow their knees to the King of King and the Lord of Lords!) Father God, SAVE US from ourselves!

So for those of you who get the question from friends and family about the struggle of voting "the lesser of two evils" or possibly you are struggling yourself, I wanted to share this piece by David Barton that he published today. Put's the matter into a very concise package. ENJOY!

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Are we really dealing with a lesser of two evils this election?
by David Barton/WallBuilders on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 9:34am ·

I keep having people tell me that in this election, the only choice we have is to vote for the lesser of two evils. So, let me see if I have this right:

One is pro-abortion, one is pro-life; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is pro-gay-marriage, one is pro-traditional marriage; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is pro-Muslim, one is pro-Israel; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for increasing debt, one is for reducing debt; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is against increased energy exploration, one is for it; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for violating the rights of religious conscience, the other for preserving it intact; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for dramatically cutting the size of the military, the other for strengthening it; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is against parental empowerment and school choice, the other is for it; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for appointing judicial activists to the Supreme Court, the other for original intent constitutionalists; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for the government takeover of private businesses, the other for entrepreneurship and free enterprise and private ownership; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for an expanded role for the United Nations in American affairs, the other for a reduced role; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is against American Exceptionalism and wants to be like Europe, the other promotes American Exceptionalism and America as a unique, special, blessed nation; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

I'm not sure that I get the lesser of two evils thing, unless folks are deliberately excluding all of these (and many other) serious issues and just looking at the ones they want to pick and choose. The fantasy of two evils are our only choice can be sustained only if one denies the above issues.

David Barton

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For more information of this issue, please see:

http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/beware-the-lesser-of-two-evils-trap/

Steven Spielberg

This was an interesting piece on Steven Spielberg by 60 Minutes a couple of weeks ago.  I found much of it fascinating that this small, insecure, loner kid continued to press on and become, well, Steven Spielberg the Hollywood legend.  What an incredible mind he has and as we all know, such incredible talent.

My heart was saddened by many of his recounts of his childhood as I love the Jews and all those who stand with Israel so to hear him talk of being persecuted was troubling.  I also loved seeing the interview with his parents; sad their marriage didn't make it.  I can only imagine how many years they could have been married.

But why I am posting anything about this matter at all is that Spielberg decided not to release his newest movie, Lincoln, until after the elections.  Why?  Did he paint such a great picture of Lincoln, a Republican, that he didn't want voters to go to the polls and vote against Obama, a democrat?  Why would he hold the release date?

If he did hold the release of the movie to help "save the election" for Obama, than this is indeed troubling to me as I don't understand how Spielberg (a Jew) could support Obama when Obama wouldn't even meet with Bebe Netanyahu over the matter of Iran and Israel.  In fact, Obama has never even visited Israel in all his travels to the middle east his entire presidency.  How can an American president miss visiting our greatest friend and ally in the middle east when he has traveled there several times unless he clearly doesn't like them?  It is clear that many in the Middle East have far from fond affections toward Israel or Jews in general, yet is Spielberg won't release his movie before the elections as to not upset the country.   Troubling indeed.

I look forward to his new movie and I continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for God's beloved Israel and for the Jewish people (wherever they live), and for the Jewish nation and with that, I pray for these elections. My bible is clear on how God views, His beloved Israel and if God loves them, you know I certainly do too and will stand with them.

2016 Obama's America

Last week, a distant family relative who lives in Massachusetts was encouraged by her husband to watch the movie, 2016 Obama's America.  She had been a very quiet about most of her political views, but none-the-less, she was supporter of Obama; that is until she viewed this movie.

Her facebook post was expressing her change in conviction and it all centered around facts she heard in this movie.  See, this is not a politically charged movie, it is merely a documentary on how the Obama machine runs.  Up to this point, people have felt he was a communist, a dictator, and some even have felt he was the anti-Christ himself, but this movie is not based on rhetoric, it's based on facts, and people in Obama's life and their worldview and how they shaped Obama's worldview.  The movie is quite interesting if it were so chilling, as this is our life and our country, not just some Hollywood production that when we leave the movie we go home and resume our lives.  No, this is the story of our current president of the United States and his mission to "even the playing field" by destroying the land that I love because he disapproves of American colonization.

My husband and I saw this movie in the theater the weekend it opened and we have been encouraging people to see the movie for themselves.  Here you can view it from your own home, on your own computer.  Make your own decision but know that you won't be able to say, "no one told you!"

Obama: Then and Now

How people can even think this man is worthy of their vote is beyond me.  I love this clip as it shows that nothing is new, things are still the same and "We've Heard It All Before".    Same speeches.  Same promises and nothing is better.

Look at the numbers folks and you can see, he is just spinning things like he always has.  He said that Bush's economy numbers were "terrible" and yet he is no bragging out how great the SAME numbers are under his administration.  He promised "Hope and Change" and I for one am Hoping FOR Change.  Vote Him Out in 2012.

Chris Matthews on Obama

This is really an interesting interview to me.  If you ever watch Television News Talk shows then you have most likely heard of Chris Matthews.  He is currently the host of Hardball on MSNBC and has worked for many news organizations. A speechwriter during the Carter administration, Matthews later worked for Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O'Neil, which involved him in many key political battles with the Reagan administration.  He has had an unsuccessful campaign run for the Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district seat in the US House of Representatives in 1974 so he has had a LONG career of politics in America.

So why do we care what Matthews has to say?  Well, normally I would agree with you if you posed that question but what is interesting is this recent interview with him in which he poses MANY tough questions regarding the Obama administration.  Basically Matthews says Obama is not worth electing again as he hasn't done anything for the country and he has no clear-cut plan describing what he will do for the country.  Matthews further rants that people are waiting for direction from Obama and wanting him to give us something to do; in other words, lead!

Matthews speaking of Obama says, "Ask us to do something. There is no Peace Corps. There is no Special Forces. There is no 50 mile hikes. There’s no moon program. There’s nothing to root for."

Matthews goes on in the interview to slam Obama and his credibility to lead.  He talks of how he doesn't communicate with congress and he is off doing what?  He challenges with things like, "What are we trying to do in this administration? Why does he want a second term? Would he tell us? What's he going to do in the second term? More of this? Is this it? Is this as good as it gets? Where are we going? Are we going to do something the second term? He has yet to tell us. He has not said one thing about what he would do in the second term. He never tells us what he is going to do with reforming our healthcare systems, Medicare, Medicaid, how is going to reform Social Security. Is he going to deal with long-term debt? How? Is he going to reform the tax system? How? Just tell us. Why are we in this fight with him? Just tell us, Commander, give us our orders and tell us where we’re going, give us the mission. And he hasn't done it."

This is a clear indication that even the "left" has left Obama.  Matthews poses great questions and his discussion sounds more like something I would say than a liberal like he is.  Wake up America!  Obama is just smoke and mirrors and I want to know who is the puppeteer behind him! Very interesting indeed.

Don't Question the President

Last week, a local reporter from WFAA here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area was one of four reporters invited from across the US to go to the White House and each would be given a seven minute interview with the President.  Brad Watson is a very calm and cool reporter and I have never seen him get excited or rude to any person he has interviewed but he is always direct and to the point.

Well apparently, the current leader doesn't like his authority question.  This is an interesting topic to me because if a person is threatened by a question, it naturally implies they have an issue they don't want discussed, addressed or uncovered.  Think about it, questions only get us upset we don't want to answer - for whatever the reason.

Teachers are asked questions ALL the time and  can you imagine them responding with chastisement to the student JUST for asking a question?  Now if the question is personal (as in a student/teacher relationship) or the question is none of their business (again speaking from the student/teacher relationship) then I can see a person how a teacher could be withholding of information but this reporter was invited to ask questions of the President!  Of course there are boundaries that are considered respective and proper but I don't feel Mr. Watson crossed any of these boundaries. He was trying to get an answer to his question based on facts he was presenting that inferred there was "more to the story" than the President wanted to address.  He was just trying to get to the truth and not just a "canned" sound-bite.   Seems to me the reporter was just doing his job but this leader is threatened when people don't just "drink the Kool-aide" and follow along with the "pided-piper".  He doesn't like his agenda questioned at all!

A closing thought is that this administration PICKED the news agency to do the interviews out of HOW many stations across America?  WFFA usually leans left but deliver their bias through a very "family oriented" style so it is hardly noticed but always present.

Obama - Muslim?

To quote the disclaimer at the beginning of this video, Obama Admits He is a Muslim, "the writers, producers, editors, and publishers of this video are not stating, claiming, or implying that Barrack Hussein Obama is a Muslim, or that Obama himself claimed or admitted to being a Muslim.  Rather the writers, producers, editors, and publishers of this video are only examining the evidence surrounding the rumor that Barack Hussein Obama might be a secret Muslim".

There are plenty of sound-bites here that will give you an indication of who the real Obama is.  Sometimes we here a clip here and there and never take the time to link them all together.  This video will help you see the "big" picture.

Obama has publicly recited the "Muslim call to prayer" in a perfect Arabic accent and then went on to say that (the Muslim prayer) was "the prettiest sound on earth." He repeatedly quotes from the "holy Koran" indicating his love for this text and even on repeated occasions states that "America is no longer a Christian nation".  This is in line with being a Muslim.

Again, this is a fascinating video; you make up your mind.  Please take the time to listen.  Have we forgotten?

the Internet and the Power of the Government

As many of you watched, Hosni Mubarak's administration "pulled the plug" on the Internet during the beginning of the uprisings that took place in Egypt recently.  Many in the country could hardly believe as we watched the citizens there get thrown back into total communication darkness.  The reporters there were the only voices that were able to get the story playing there in that country to the rest of the world.  The citizens were unable to communicate to each other via wireless means yet alone to the world.

Why is this news today to you?  Well because the Obama administration has successfully empowered the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) with the Net Neutrality Act.  This Act was voted on December 21, 2010 and was passed by a 3-2 majority (along party lines) which gives the authorization to our government to "kill" our Internet.  The full impact of this Act was not to take place until 60 days after the date of passing or this February 21 of 2011.

So tomorrow our United States Federal Government will have the authority to control the Internet if they so choose.  The Government will have the ability to regulate the Internet and other interstate communication services they choose, WITHOUT Congressional oversight or input.

As Americans, we need to join together to challenge this Act and that is being organized right now.  The Conservative Action Alert is organizing the faxes.   Please FAX your representatives in the US Congress.  There are 100 Senators, 246 Democrat or Independent Congressmen & Senators, 289 Republican Congressmen & Senators or you can contact all 435 Congressmen.  Here is a map for you to use to find out the number for YOUR representation.


Here is a sample FAX to send:

[TITLE] [FIRST NAME] [LAST NAME] 

The Capitol 

RE: REIN IN THE FCC! 

Dear [TITLE] [LAST NAME] 

Please look into the FCC's unconstitutional and unprecedented power grab, including the potentially devastating Internet "Kill-Switch" regulation. I urge you to introduce whatever legislation is needed to reverse what Obama and the FCC have done to-date. 

I do not want my freedom to use the Internet taken away, or restricted, by the FCC or by Mr. Obama. 

The Obama administration feels that they have the right to regulate what I can do, what I can say, and what I can see on the Internet. Already, as you know, the FCC has started the implementation of its power over our Internet. 

I totally disagree with these new rules and regulations by the FCC, that were arbitrarily decided by an "aye" vote by three of the five FCC Commissioners, who lacked the authority to even have such a vote. 

Freedom and openness should continue to be the governing principles of the Internet. Already, three different federal judges, in three different court cases, have ruled that the Internet deserves the same First Amendment freedoms as printed material. And, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has told the FCC that they have no Congressional or Constitutional standing to regulate the Internet. 

Please, ACT NOW---before we experience demonstrations like we're now seeing in Egypt. The Internet shutdown was key to what is going on there; and, in America, the Internet must be kept free, for our Constitutional freedoms to flourish. 

Thank you for your time, and for your consideration and support, 

[YOUR NAME]

[ADDRESS]

[CITY], [STATE] [ZIP] 

Presidential Eligibility and Election ID Card

In all my life I would have never thought how dishonest people would become when dealing with the top of our own National identity.  I guess it is being young and naive that you believe that all people in America LOVE America and want to keep her free and established as our founders did.  In recent years, it has become clear to all of us that there are just as many agendas here in America as there are agendas in the world.  Nothing is new.  Nothing is surprising. Tyranny is always looking to raise it's head and there will always be a group that is trying to conquer the other.

Yesterday, I saw that Arizona is taking the lead with some of the most advanced legislative action regarding proof of eligibility to hold the highest office in the land, president.  Representative Judy Burges has introduced another bill (as her last one fell short last year because of some last minute political maneuvering) that has 16 members of the Senate as co-sponsors.  It will only take 16 votes in the Senate to pass.  In the House there are 50 co-sponsors with the need for only 31 votes for passage.  There are ten other states who are addressing this issue as well (controlling 107 of the electoral college votes).  Seems many are interested in fixing a gap in the current interpretation of the demands set by the U.S. Constitution regarding federal election procedures that allowed Barack Obama to be nominated, elected and inaugurated without providing proof of his qualifications for the office of president in the 2008 elections.

New Hampshire has created a simple legislation to address the issue requiring an affidavit from a candidate stating that their qualifications including age, residence and being a "natural born citizen".  Georgia has gone quite a bit further with legislation HB37 by Representative Bobby Franklin that not only demands original birth certificate documentation but it also provides a procedure for and declares that citizens have "standing" to challenge the documentation.  They go on to state that each political party shall provide each candidate ... original documentation that he meets the qualifications of Article 2, Section 1, Paragraph 1 and Article 2, Section 1, Paragraph 5 of the U.S. Constitution to serve as president of the USA if elected to such office.

So according to the "liberal" media it is just a "minority" of "right-wing" conspiracy theorist who think that Obama was not eligible under the U.S. Constitution to serve as Commander and Chief.  Hmmm - so why are TEN states forming legislation to have candidates PROVE eligibility to serve?  Because the liberal media has is WRONG again!

Repeal the Health Care Bill

This is a great chance for you to let your voice be heard regarding the ObamaCare bill that was passed under the last congressional legislative session.  It is reported that 65% of doctors think it (ObamaCare) will "deteriorate" care, according to this week's Thompson-Reuters poll.

With the help of three Democrats, the ObamaCare repeal cruised through the House (245-189) on Wednesday with more support than the bill ever had when it was created.  I understand that many liberals are saying that this vote was "symbolic" but as the Wall Street Journal stated "that is not the same thing as meaningless.  The sunning political reality is that a new entitlement that was supposed to be a landmark of liberal governance has been repudiated by a majority of one chamber of Congress only 10 months after it passed.  This sort of thing never happens."

Interesting that the house has already dealt with the biggest agenda item of the year and the Senate has yet to meet.  Please click on the link here: REPEAL THE HEALTH CARE ACT NOW.  Tell Congress how YOU feel!

the Elana Kagan, Obama Connection

Seems there is some controversy surrounding this newly appointed justice to the United States Supreme Court, Elena Kagan.  It seems to becoming quite clear why she was Obama's choice for the recently vacated seat and the reasons for their connection are in the least, very interesting.  You see, Ms. Kagan was the Solicitor General for all the suits that were filed against Obama with the Supreme Court regarding Obama's proof of natural born citizenship.  Some are saying that this was a "payment" for all of her hard work in helping him with all his legal issues.  See, all the requests that came across Kagan's desk were denied and never heard by the court.  The American people were totally kept from the truth regarding all of this as even Congress didn't bring up these facts during the confirmation hearings on Kagan. 

David and Barbara Mikkelson are the couple behind Snopes and they have posted on their site that, "No, Virginia, There is No Obama/Kagan Connection."  They are still saying that they are "correct" in posting that this "rumor" is "false" but they have never explained all the United States Supreme Court dockets (listed below) that are all signed off by ELana Kagan.

World Net Daily (WND) has posted that Kagan's name is on at least nine dockets involving Obama and his eligibility to be President and Snopes has a link on this as well, yet  Snopes still concludes there there is NO connection.  Not sure I am following the math on this one.  Snopes lists the dockets too and even highlights Kagan's name on them, yet they say there is NO connection?  I don't understand their reasoning as all of this seems pretty obvious to me.

I have included all the links in this blog for you to check it out for yourself.  After reading all this, I would hope you have ONE more reason to vote this November.  Not only am I upset about the conflict of interests and total disregard for the process that has permeated this administration, but I am also upset at those in Congressmen and women who did NOT expose this and stop this nomination. 

Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #08M38     November 25, 2008
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #09A381
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #08-8145   January 12, 2009
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #08-1234   April 7, 2009
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #08-10382 May 15, 2009
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #09-6790   October 1, 2009
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #09-581     November 13, 2009
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #09-724     December 22, 2009
Supreme Court of the United States - Docket #09-8857   January 29, 2010

Remember that all of this "controversy" is swirling because there are still so many questions that have not been answered regarding the birthplace of Barack Obama, Jr.  There is still no birth certificate stating that Obama was born in Hawaii among the passport documents for Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro that were recently released by the State Department on July 29, 2010 regarding Obama's Citizenship. In these recently released documents, Dunham's husband, Lolo Soetoro petitioned the Immigration and Naturalization Services of the State Department in 1967 to obtain a waiver to return to the United States to rejoin his wife and her infant son, Barack.

An Indonesia timeline was recently compiled by World News Daily (WND) created from information gathered from the State Department's July 29 Freedom of Information Act.  This information shows that Lolo Soetoro returned to Indonesia on July 20, 1966, after completing his studies at the University of Hawaii.  Soetoro was required to complete a mandatory two-rear residence requirement in Indonesia before he could be granted a visa to return to the US.

There is a document dated September 14, 1967, as an apparent attempt to establish the nationality of Barack Obama Jr. by a person named Mix who submitted a poorly typed and difficult to decipher memo to the file but failed to identify their official position with the State Department at the time.  This memo was written pursuant "to inquire from Central office regarding the status of the aplicants' spouses' child by a former marriage." (sic)  The next paragraph reads:

"The person in question [Barack Obama, Jr.] is a united states citizen by virtue of his birth in Honolulu, Hawaii Aug. 4, 1961. He is living with the applicants' spouse in Honolulu. He is considered the applicants step-child, within the meaning of Sec. 101(b)(1)(B), of the act, by virtue of the marriage of the applicant to the childs' mother on March 15, 1965."

The person writing the document does not indicate that they ever SAW any birth-certificate document to establish the citizenship of her son, Barack Obama, Jr., but instead, it suggests that is was written as a result of conversation, possibly with the mother, and was accepted as is without documentary verification.

In contrast, various forms in the Freedom of Information Act release clearly indicate when corroborating documents have been presented. For instance, an examining Immigration and Naturalization Service and State Department official filing a particular report had examined the divorce decree between Barack Obama's mother and his father, Barack Obama Sr., to establish that the parents were legally divorced.
In the two separate releases of Freedom of Information Act documents July 29, what should have been a clear opportunity to see a birth certificate for Barack Obama Jr. was lost when the State Department destroyed any and all passport documents that may have existed for Dunham prior to 1968.  The released State Department documents make clear that Barack Obama Jr. was listed on his mother's passport. However, as WND has previously reported, the State Department claims Dunham's application for her 1965 U.S. Passport No. 777788, issued July 19, 1965, was destroyed at some unspecified time in the 1980s, apparently pursuant to a General Services Administration directive.

Lacking Dunham's application for her 1965 U.S. passport, it is impossible to determine what documentation, if any, she submitted to the State Department to establish her son was a U.S. citizen. WND has reported that in a passport amendment submitted Aug. 13, 1968, Obama's mother identified her son with an Indonesian surname and asked the State Department to drop him from her U.S. passport, bolstering evidence Barack Obama Jr., became a citizen of Indonesia when he moved to the Southeast Asian nation with his mother and stepfather in the late 1960s.
Since 1961, the Obama family has always maintained that Barack Obama Jr., was born in Hawaii. However, as WND has reported, the family has changed its story about his hospital of birth, first claiming it was Honolulu's Queens Medical Center then changing it to Kapi'olani Medical Center.  What has yet to be produced is a long-form certificate of birth that lists the hospital where Obama was born and the doctor that attended the birth.

In, June, Tim Adams, a senior elections clerk for the city and county of Honolulu in 2009 made the claim that Barack Obama Jr., was definitely not born in Hawaii and that a long-form, hospital generated birth certificate for Obama does not exist in that state.

The birth address reported in the Honolulu newspapers in 1961 announcing the birth of Barack Obama Jr. was the address where his grandparents lived, suggesting the grandparents may simply have applied at the Hawaii Department of Health for a short-form Certificate of Live Birth. WND has also reported that newspaper birth announcements in Hawaiian newspapers in 1961 did not necessarily indicate a baby was born in the state. Hawaiian law in 1961 allowed "an adult or legal parent of a minor child" to apply to the health department and, upon unspecified proof, be given a birth document in the form that is known as a short-form Certification of Live Birth.  Under Hawaiian law at that time, a family wishing to register the birth of a baby outside Hawaii was permitted by the Hawaii Department of Health to list a family residence in Hawaii as the birth address, even if the mother was residing outside Hawaii at the time the baby was born.  Moreover, WND has reported that being a U.S. citizen does not by itself fulfill the requirement under Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution that the president be a "natural born citizen."

Information used above from WND - No Birth Certificate.
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FactCheck.org
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PolitiFact.com - Obama White House Fact Check

Free Speech! Not So Much Anymore

Last night I heard that Sheryl Crow has written a song entitled Say What You Want. In the song Sheryl slams Sarah Palin and then she went on a rant about her political feelings against the political right and how she embraces and endorses the far-left.   I did some checking and recently, when asked about the Tea Party movement in an interview with Katie Couric, Sheryl said, they (Tea Party people) "haven't educated themselves...they're just p*ssed off.  They're not sure what they're angry at," Crow continued.  "[T]hey don't understand what's happening on Wall Street."

She went on to say that "[K]nowledge is power, and anything less than that when it comes to anger can be dangerous".  Maybe Sheryl should take her own advice and educate herself before she opens her mouth about education.  According to a New York Times poll Tea Party members are "more educated than the general public".  She is the one stirring things up as she went on to say how they (TEA Partiers) are "angery".

It's a free country and people have a right under the First Amendment of the US Constitution to express their opinion.  Right?  Well, maybe not so much anymore!

This morning I receive some information about another song written by a guy named Bryan Glover, a "former" middle school assistant football coach from Williamson County in Franklin, Tennessee.  He too wrote a song (along with a parent from the team) and shared it will his email contacts list.  Seems a few people in that list were parents of some of his football team members.  The few parents went to the principal and demanded his firing.  Well, he is now fired for expressing his free speech rights.

I too have received emails from people who have acquired my address through "events" and these emails were promoting their business or their fundraiser.  I guess it would qualify as SPAM as I didn't give my email for that purpose but a simply notification of the offender is adequate.  At most, the coach just wasn't thinking it through but that is not grounds for dismissal.  Below is the link to the song and the words.  I think this should be the TEA party's new theme song!  I like it!

When You’re Holding a Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail!

(Click on bottom right corner of link to listen to song)

Words and Music by Kyle Hill and Bryan Glover

He was a little man, just turned three

Took the present from his daddy’s hand

A genuine toy hammer

He started beatin’ to beat the band

He hit the floors and the wall, broke a lamp in the hall,

Started swinging at the puppy’s tail

When you’re holding a hammer

Everything looks like a nail

He was the president, number 44

He says “Trust me, I’m here to help you

I have got some big big plans
You’re gonna love what I’m gonna do”

There’s no problem too big or small

He thinks he’s got an answer that just can’t fail

When you’re holding a hammer

Everything looks like a nail

He thinks big thoughts and he dreams big dreams

But it’s another man’s sweat that pays for those schemes

He don’t care how the little people feel

‘Cause savin’ the world is a big freakin’ deal

So he does his business behind closed doors

And pretends that the world is just beggin’ for more

When the stuff hits the fan he says “Don’t look at me

If you got trouble, blame 43”

Now Congress is saving Wall Street

While they’re watching Main Street fall

They got health care all figured out

But it don’t seem to care much at all

As soon as they save this planet

They’ll put the fire out in hell

When you’re holding a hammer

Everything looks like a nail

They think big thoughts and they dream big dreams

But it’s another man’s sweat that pays for those schemes

They don’t care how the little people feel
‘Cause savin’ the world is a big freakin’ deal
They do their business behind closed doors

And pretend that the world is just beggin’ for more

When the stuff hits the fan they say “Don’t look at me

If you got trouble, blame 43”

There’ll be a party come this November

Where we’re gonna set things straight

All good people gonna gather ‘round

Gonna show what made this country great

We’ll run off the schemers and back-room dealers

So the Red, White and Blue will prevail
When we’re holding the hammer

When we’re holding the hammer

When we’re holding the hammer

Every one of them looks like a nail

Food Stamps up 19% Since a Year Ago!

First I want to state that the reason for my posting of all these "statistics" is not to ruin your day, your week, your year or even your life.  I share these statistics to MOTIVATE you to get involved in the process and VOTE!  This country is set-up so that "We the people" can run our country and quite honestly, over the past 25-30 years very few have been taking responsibility of their duty!

Proverbs 29:2 warns of this: When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan. NASB.  The righteous have not been increasing and taking up our public duty to elected Godly people.

So with that, I encourage you to first, REGISTER to vote.  Then find those who are supporting Biblical issues.  Why Biblical?  Well, again, let's look at the Word.

Luke 12:28-32 (NASB) "But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!  "And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying. For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.  Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom."

When we vote, we need to make the "things" that God cares about a priority and then He (God) will make sure our needs are met.  For TOO many years, people are voting for the candidate that promises to fix the people's lives.  The one who will stimulate the economy, give jobs, lower taxes.  This last time the candidate promised "Hope and Change" and "Yes We Can".  These are NOT Biblical issues!  We can also look at Matthew 6:24-34 (NASB):

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

I want to remind you that YOU have a part to play in this government.  You can VOTE for change while we still have the right TO vote!  With that, let's look at why we have such a need for change. 

Remember Michelle Obama quoting in April of 2008 that Americans needed to be willing to share.  Really? The quote went like this, "The truth is most Americans don't want much. Folks don't want the whole pie. Most Americans feel blessed to thrive a little bit....but that's out of reach for them. The truth is, in order to get things like universal heath care and a revamped education system then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more. - April 8, 2008 and the Charlotte Observer.

We all know that Michelle is great at tightening her belts but they are on her designer dresses and I don't think that those "belts" were the belts she had in mind.  It is a great concept but this quote is coming from a lady who travels on taxpayers money to Paris and beyond to shop with her daughters and have lunch for the day.  We need to tighten our belts but she and her husband live as though the party will last forever and there is no limit to the money.  Maybe this is why they just keep printing more!

I guess we are back to definitions again.  Remember former President Bill Clinton?   He had his own personal meaning of the word "is".  Funny how that word has always been the same for everyone else.  "Is" is well, is.  It is a state of being verb.  It starts and then continues.  It has action.  But the road scholar wasn't quite sure of the meaning.  Anyway, I didn't mean to get off track from my current concern but there is so much in common with how democratic politicians think.  So let's get back to the Obamas.

Remember President Obama quoted that he thinks "that what you've seen is that the pace of job loss has slowed and I think the economy is going to turn around.  But as you know, jobs are a lagging indicator.  And we've got to produce 150,000 jobs every month just to keep pace but, " he said, "we will end up seeing recovery shortly."  This was back on June 16, 2009.  Hmmm - still waiting for that recovery!  Are you ready for some change?

In January, the incoming administration predicted that without a huge stimulus package, unemployment would reach just over 8% and would be contained at under 8% with a stimulus package.  So, he got his stimulus package to pass and his predictions fell flat.  Not only did the unemployment rate reach 8% it is now closing in on 10% as of June (9.6%).

The first family seems to be unaware of the needs of the people of this nation.  This year, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reports that 40.8 million people are now collecting food stamps.  This is up 19 from a year ago.  These are not numbers that can be attributed to the Bush years but this is from 2009-2010.  These are from the current President's administration.

The US Census Bureau released figures on new orders for manufactured goods and orders have decreased for two consecutive months by 1.2% from $5.1 billion to $404.4 billion back in June of this year.  Less orders means less production which means less jobs which leads to less spending because people don't have money.  Consumer purchasing is 70% of the American economy and the retail and service industries are fighting to survive.  This should be of a concern to all of us in this country!

This current administration and congress are spending money like there is no tomorrow and if they continue, there may be no tomorrow for America!  The $787 billion stimulus bill, the trillion dollar health care nightmare, a $4.5 billion education incentive program and let's not forget Mrs. Obama's thin down America program that cost just a mere $10 billion and you can begin to understand why this country is drowning in debt.

Remember the quote at the beginning of this page? Well, she also made a similar quote during the campaign at a speech in Canton, Ohio on October 27, 2008. She said, "The cost of this economic crisis, and the cost of the war in Iraq, means that Washington will have to tighten its belt and put off spending on things we can afford to do without."  When will the Obamas begin to do this?  When will THEY stop spending?  They need to begin at home, that is where true charity begins.  They can do this by tightening their own belts instead of pushing their agendas onto the American people and running this Republic into bankruptcy!

Had enough yet America?  In  77 days you get to vote for CHANGE on November 2, 2010!  Vote out these politicians who have gone along with all this spending.  Theses elections could cripple the hands of this President.  It really DOES matter if YOU vote!   I suggest you do before many more Americans are asking for a handout and that could be you.

Obama Repeating Mistakes from Great Depression

Interesting that just two years ago, people in America were spending money well beyond what they could afford, buying houses the banks knew they could not pay for and the US economy was running like a run-away train.  That was before the election of a new president and a new vision for "hope and change".  Well America, you got what you asked for in part...we definitely are experiencing change.  Not exactly the better America that we were sold would emerge after the changing of the guard.

This link that I am sharing is an interview of former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich as he talks candidly about many of the current political hot boxes in our nation.  Today we are just 79 days away from the mid-term elections and Mr. Gingrich shares many of his insights regarding the path this current administration in on and why he is concerned for the future of America.  Then again, WE all should be rather concerned!  Whether or not you like Mr. Gingrich or his policies, it is a fact that he is an amazing communicator who can identify the root of issues and then gives helpful incite as to what to do to prevent problems from going ahead with that given plan.  Most people have great 20/20 hindsight vision but Mr. Gingrich has an incredible ability to remember so many things and put all the pieces together.  He of course is educated but that is not the only reason to praise him.  Many are educated and yet they lack common sense.  He is an incredibly articulate man with a vast understanding of many of the political problems we are currently facing.  The thing I like about Newt is that he just doesn't talk about the problems but he continually gives instruction and vision on how to turn the problem around.

He states here in this interview, that the Great Depression was caused by many of the mistakes that are currently being made today by this current administration.  He says that, "If we have large tax increases in January, this economy will sink deeper into recession.   There will be higher unemployment.  The recovery will be longer."

"This is exactly the mistake made in 1937 and 1938, and it created a second mini-depression.  I think it's very dangerous, and I think the simple battle cry ought to be no tax increase in 2011, period.  Keep current tax law exactly as it is through 2011," said Gingrich.  We are looking at a double-dip recession according to many strategist and this administration wants to increase taxes.  What are they thinking?  Well, maybe that is their goal, to cause a meltdown of this great country that we have known and love.

I remember the terrible days of the Carter administration when I was a child.  This seems to be the course of the Democrats.  They continually move toward socialism rather than letting capitalism grow the country.  I agree with Gingrich when he says there is a huge difference between "job killing Democrats and job creating Republicans. I think that at 9.5% unemployment people are pretty fed up with the job killing party."  The only jobs this current administration has been creating are government jobs and they are simply killing the privately owned, small business.

Wake up America.  Have you lost your job or do you know someone who has during this recession?  I do and I for one am ready for some "HOPE and CHANGE"!

Obama Can't Seem to Shake the Truth

I know many have thought this controversy is gone away, but it still is looming out there. I did some simply googling and found more than enough different links stating the same concerns...that Barack Obama is not an American.

Obama's Kenyan Roots.  Here is an interesting clip of an interview with Barack Obama's grandmother who lives in Kenya.  It is simply amazing to me that he has little regard for his extended families comforts with he as all the comfort money can buy.  What does this tell us about this leader we have?  Where is the honor, responsibility and duty to his own family?  Yet we expect him to do what is right for the people?  I don't see the evidence to show that he will when he doesn't even care for his own grandmother.  She lives in poverty conditions without air conditioning.

There is also Barack Obama's brother, George.  Family seems to be of little importance to this man who we call the President of the United States.  This is so troubling to me as I have family members too who seem to think that the word "family" only goes one direction; down the family tree.  I believe family is not only who you currently are including your direct children and grandchildren but family is also about where you came from.  Your history.  Your beginning.  To neglect one side of this equation is an injustice.

Barack Obama was born in Kenya according to this grandmother, Sarah.  Listen to her tell the reporter in this link.  Even as recently as June of this year a new video filled with many clips stating that Barack Obama was born in Kenya.  Michelle Obama says that her husband, Barack Obama was born in Kenya. Listen to her own words at this link.

The most troubling thing about all of this is that Obama has a history of stretching the truth.  Here is another link where Obama is stating something that is totally NOT true.  He says his father served in WWII.  Will the stories never end?
MORE LINKS:

Phone conversation: Sarah Obama and bishop of the Anabaptist's Churches of North America, Ron McRae.
Michelle Obama in her own words.
Forgery of Obama Birth Certificate.
Obama tells students that he is NOT an American.  (Turn your volume up - this is not directly mic'd).
Kenyan Ambassador admits Obama was born in Kenya.