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Sunday, November 29, 2009

THE GATHERING STORM




This is a letter from a retired Naval Aviator and concerned citizen.  It is an email that he sent to a few of his friends in June of 2009.  He never expected it to make it's way across the country.  There are other emails that have been circulating that have been embellished by others but this is the actual email that he wrote.  I have emailed him to confirm this information.  Although he does agree with everything they added,  he just wishes they hadn't published it in conjunction with his piece.  He really hits the mark................


Friends & Fellow Americans,

When the storm finally hits (and it will), those of you who supported the Obama administration will be affected as well. It won’t just be us gun owners or Fair Taxers, or Pro-Lifers that get hit. You’ll be right there next to us.

You see, you all thought the Conservatives were nut cases. You know, all of us who believe in God, small government, the Second Amendment, etc. And you thought you could just go back to sleep after the election was over. In your world, America will continue as before. You’ll still have the same rights, the same nice house, the same big screen television – it’s all good. After all, your high school football team won and the other team lost – go team! Even if you have bothered to look up from the daily grind since Nov 4th, you dismissed everything that has occurred as “politics as usual” – “the same old stuff”.

In the end, it’ll all be OK won’t it?

Not this time. There are a growing number of citizens in the US that are ready to fight to shut down the government’s grab of personal freedom, it’s blatant abuse of the constitution, and it’s attempt to replace the American way of life with socialism. You have to listen carefully to hear them, but they are there. I won’t start that fight, but when it goes down I will join it.

As for you, why you’ll be shocked because you didn’t see it coming. And eventually you’ll be saddened when you see that we have truly lost the way of life with which you grew up. You’ll be saddened that your children and grandchildren live in a socialist, government-controlled gulag where their every movement from cradle to grave is tracked by the government. But most of all, you’ll be saddened by the death of friends and relatives who are brave enough to fight and die for something they believe in.

You know, McCain wasn’t much of a candidate. I’ll give you that. He was the lesser of two evils for most of us. I don’t blame you for not voting for him since, at the time, you didn’t know what we all know now. But at least John McCain was an American. He was a supporter of the American way of life and he understood that you can’t negotiate with terrorists. He understood and appreciated the sacrifice made by my father and other members of the Greatest Generation.

Mark my words friends. All across America groups are forming. They are forming out of anger and out of desperation at the thought of losing America. They’re not militia groups, terrorists as the Department of Homeland security would have you believe; they are Americans, loyal to the constitution. They are mothers and fathers and grandparents. They belong to groups like the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, the Patriotic Resistance, the Constitution Party, the Young Conservatives, the 9/12 Project, and Grassfire. Right now they are fragmented, each focused on their own cause. But sometime in the next two years, our government is going to do something really stupid and these groups will come together. Watch for it, wait for it…get ready. It will happen.

When that event happens, whatever “it” is, our great country is going to plunge into chaos for a while. I pray to God that we make it through that time and emerge a stronger, smarter country.

Jerry Wilson

Ozark, Missouri

Live Free or Die Fighting

jerrywilson@centurytel.net

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

"TRAGEDY AT FT HOOD" A LETTER BY LT COL ALLEN WEST

“Tragedy at Ft Hood”

By Allen West | 11/08/09 | 08:57 AM EDT |

This past Thursday 13 American Soldiers were killed and another 30 wounded at a horrific mass shooting at US Army installation, Ft Hood Texas. As I watched in horror and then anger I recalled my two years of final service in the Army as a Battalion Commander at Ft Hood, 2002-2004.


My wife and two daughters were stunned at the incident having lived on the post in family housing.


A military installation, whether it is Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, or Coast Guard, is supposed to be a safe sanctuary for our Warriors and their families. It is intended to provide a home whereby our “Band of Brothers and Sisters” can find solace and bond beyond just the foxhole but as family units.


A military installation is supposed to be a place where our Warriors train for war, to serve and protect our Nation.


On Thursday, 5 November 2009 Ft Hood became a part of the battlefield in the war against Islamic totalitarianism and state sponsored terrorism.


There may be those who feel threatened by my words and would even recommend they not be uttered. To those individuals I say step aside because now is not the time for cowardice. Our Country has become so paralyzed by political correctness that we have allowed a vile and determined enemy to breach what should be the safest place in America, an Army post.


We have become so politically correct that our media is more concerned about the stress of the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan. The misplaced benevolence intending to portray him as a victim is despicable. The fact that there are some who have now created an entire new classification called; “pre-virtual vicarious Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” is unconscionable.


This is not a “man caused disaster”. It is what it is, an Islamic jihadist attack.


We have seen this before in 2003 when a SGT Hasan of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) threw hand grenades and opened fire into his Commanding Officer’s tent in Kuwait. We have seen the foiled attempt of Albanian Muslims who sought to attack Ft Dix, NJ. Recently we saw a young convert to Islam named Carlos Bledsoe travel to Yemen, receive terrorist training, and return to gun down two US Soldiers at a Little Rock, Arkansas Army recruiting station. We thwarted another Islamic terrorist plot in North Carolina which had US Marine Corps Base, Quantico as a target. What have we done with all these prevalent trends? Nothing.


What we see are recalcitrant leaders who are refusing to confront the issue, Islamic terrorist infiltration into America, and possibly further into our Armed Services. Instead we have a multiculturalism and diversity syndrome on steroids.


Major Hasan should have never been transferred to Ft Hood, matter of fact he should have been Chaptered from the Army. His previous statements, poor evaluation reports, and the fact that the FBI had him under investigation for jihadist website posting should have been proof positive.


However, what we have is a typical liberal approach to find a victim, not the 13 and 30 Soldiers and Civilian, but rather the poor shooter. A shooter who we are told was a great American, who loved the Army and serving his Nation and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) stating that his actions had nothing to do with religious belief.


We know that Major Hasan deliberately planned this episode; he did give away his possessions. He stood atop a table in the confined space of the Soldier Readiness Center shouting “Allahu Akhbar”, same chant as the 9-11 terrorists and those we fight against overseas in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of operation.


No one in leadership seems willing to sound the alarm for the American people; they are therefore complicit in any future attacks. Our Congress should suspend the insidious action to vote on a preposterous and unconstitutional healthcare bill and resolve the issue of “protecting the American people”.


The recent incidents in Dearborn Michigan, Boston Massachusetts, Dallas Texas, and Chicago Illinois should bear witness to the fact that we have an Islamic terrorism issue in America. And don’t have CAIR call me and try to issue a vanilla press statement; they are an illegitimate terrorist associated organization which should be disbanded.


We have Saudi Arabia funding close to 80% of the mosques in the United States, one right here in South Florida, Pompano Beach. Are we building churches and synagogues in Saudi Arabia? Are “Kaffirs” and “” allowed travel to Mecca?


So much for peaceful coexistence.


Saudi Arabia is sponsoring radical Imams who enter into our prisons and convert young men into a virulent Wahabbist ideology….one resulting in four individuals wanting to destroy synagogues in New York with plastic explosives. Thank God the explosives were dummy. They are sponsoring textbooks which present Islamic centric revisionist history in our schools.


We must recognize that there is an urgent need to separate the theo-political radical Islamic ideology out of our American society. We must begin to demand surveillance of suspected Imams and mosques that are spreading hate and preaching the overthrow of our Constitutional Republic……that speech is not protected under First Amendment, it is sedition and if done by an American treason.


There should not be some 30 Islamic terrorist training camps in America that has nothing to do with First Amendment, Freedom of Religion. The Saudis are not our friends and any American political figure who believes such is delusional.


When tolerance becomes a one way street it certainly leads to cultural suicide. We are on that street. Liberals cannot be trusted to defend our Republic, because their sympathies obviously lie with their perceived victim, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.


I make no apologies for these words, and anyone angered by them, please, go to Ft Hood and look into the eyes of the real victims. The tragedy at Ft Hood Texas did not have to happen. Consider now the feelings of those there and on every military installation in the world. Consider the feelings of the Warriors deployed into combat zones who now are concerned that their loved ones at home are in a combat zone.


Ft Hood suffered an Islamic jihadist attack, stop the denial, and realize a simple point.


The reality of your enemy must become your own.

Here's a fabulous youtube video of Allen West..I found myself cheering!!!!


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This man is right on...after receiving this letter, I did some research on him and was jumping for joy to see someone actually speaking the truth. He is running for Congress in Fla and in my estimation looks like a potential Presidential candidate for the future. He is just what our country needs. Now if we can find and elect about 500 more like him, we can take back this country from the ACLU and the Socialist party.


http://www.redcounty.com/%E2%80%9Ctragedy-ft-hood%E2%80%9D?taxonomy=1745

Lt. Col. West on Afghanistan:
http://www.captainsjournal.com/2009/10/29/interview-with-lt-col-allen-west/

His website: Allen West for Congress 2010:
http://allenwestforcongress.com/

Michele


"I realize that on the sea of life, I can't control the weather, but I can adjust my sails." unknown

Bill O'Reilly Interviews Gitmo Terrorist's Lawyer Scott Fenstermaker

For those of you that are on board with Eric Holder and Obama putting this trial on in NY, I'm sure you will love this interview. For those of you that are as disgusted as I am, I have no words....I feel deeply saddened and disgusted in our current administration.

The hatred they have for the Bush administration superecedes their concern for the welfare of our country. When, and I mean when, not if, another attack happens, they will all have blood on their hands.



Michele
"I realize that one the sea of life I can't control the weather, but I can adjust my sails."  Unknown

Monday, November 23, 2009

DR LAND: OBAMA NOT SUPPORTING IRANIAN DISSIDENTS

One of the leaders of the nation’s influential Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tells Newsmax that President Obama is “very dangerous” in his economic policies and his foreign policy.


Sunday, November 22, 2009

SNL Obama and His Trip To China

Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press Writer



The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but "would explain what happened and why they did it."

The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier this month that Ali and four other men accused of murdering nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. will face a civilian federal trial just blocks from the site of the destroyed World Trade Center.

Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi, is a nephew of professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Mohammed, Ali and the others will explain "their assessment of American foreign policy," Fenstermaker said.

"Their assessment is negative," he said.

Fenstermaker met with Ali last week at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He has not spoken with the others but said the men have discussed the trial among themselves.

Fenstermaker was first quoted in The New York Times in Sunday's editions.

Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try the men in a New York City civilian courthouse have warned that the trial would provide the defendants with a propaganda platform.

Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, said Sunday that while the men may attempt to use the trial to express their views, "we have full confidence in the ability of the courts and in particular the federal judge who may preside over the trial to ensure that the proceeding is conducted appropriately and with minimal disruption, as federal courts have done in the past."

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Holder for hours about his decision to send the five 9/11 suspects to New York for trial.

Critics of Holder's decision — mostly Republicans — argued the trial will give Mohammed and his co-defendants a world stage to spout hateful rhetoric. Holder said such concerns are misplaced, and any pronouncements by the suspects would only make them look worse.

"I have every confidence that the nation and the world will see him for the coward that he is," Holder told the committee. "I'm not scared of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has to say at trial — and no one else needs to be, either."

The attorney general said he does not believe holding the trial in New York — at a federal courthouse that has seen a number of high-profile terrorism trials in recent decades — will increase the risk of terror attacks there.

**This combination of undated photos shows, from left: Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Waleed bin Attash, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ramzi Binalshibh. The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photos)

**FILE - This July 2009 photo downloaded from the Arabic language web site www.muslm.net shows a man identified by the site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for radical terrorists. Now comes the ultimate exception: Professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. (AP Photo/www.muslm.net)

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Friday, November 20, 2009

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Monday, November 16, 2009

PELOSI OUTRAGED THAT SHE ISN'T GIVEN 3 DAYS TO READ THE BILLS....OH YEAH THIS WAS WHEN GEORGE BUSH WAS PRESIDENT



I have to admit that I am a 53 year old woman that has never really paid attention to what was happening in Washington.  I always voted and sometimes my candidate would win and sometimes they would lose.  I really never cared after my vote was cast as I always felt all politicians are crooked and in the pockets of lobbyists, tax payers and special interests. 

Lately, I have been paying attention.  I have seen an administration that has a fanatical and radical agenda to "transform" this country into something I'm not willing to allow.  The hypocracy is truly astounding. This tape just makes me shake my head in disgust. 

We need to get rid of all of them and start over.  We need to pay more attention to the people running for office.  They need to go through a thorough vetting process.  We must NEVER allow this ideology to be in our White House ever again!
Michele

NEW YORK INVESTS IN GREEN COLLAR JOBS

I came across this article today.  I guess I completely missed this with everything going on for the last weeks.  I have been saying for as long as the "global warming", "climate change" "going green" craze has been going on that we must look at the motives of the organizations and individuals that are pushing this.


This recently passed legislation proves my point.  I have been convinced that the only ones truly profitting from this farce are the "lobbyist" aka unions/ radical organizations and those wanting to push the "redistribution of wealth" agenda.  This piece of crap legislation discriminates against non-minorites and non-union members.  Van Jones is quoted as saying this is the way to redistribute the wealth in the interest of fairness to minorities.


          New York Invests in Green-Collar Jobs


November 4, 2009


By Elena Foshay


Apollo News Service http://apolloalliance.org/green-collar-jobs/new-york-invests-in-green-collar-jobs/#more-1231
New York State took a bold step toward improving energy efficiency and creating quality green-collar jobs this October when Gov. David Paterson signed the Green Jobs/Green New York Act of 2009 into law. The product of active collaboration between a wide range of stakeholders, the bill represents an exciting new development in a state that has already shown a strong commitment to energy efficiency and innovation.


Green Jobs/Green New York sets a goal of retrofitting a million homes across the state, and establishes a revolving loan fund, administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), to cover up-front costs of residential and commercial energy efficiency improvements. The bill encourages NYSERDA and the Public Service Commission to establish a mechanism to allow loan repayment over a number of years through an added charge on homeowners’ utility bills, but since it does not specifically mandate “on-bill recovery,” this will be the subject of additional legislation. The loan fund will be supported by an initial $112 million in proceeds from a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) auction. An additional $2-4 million in auction proceeds will go toward job training in weatherization.


“New York is on the way to becoming a global green leader,” said Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party (WFP). “Using today’s technology, this program will save millions of homeowners on their utility bills, reduce New York’s carbon footprint, and create thousands of badly needed jobs.”


The bill is the product of two years of work by a coalition of multiple stakeholders, led by the Center for Working families (CWF) and the WFP, with active engagement by the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), the New York Apollo Alliance, and many others. The coalition worked in cooperation with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who authored the bill and carried it through unanimous passage in the Assembly.


“Thanks to the Green Jobs/Green New York legislation, homeowners, small business owners, and not-for-profit agencies are encouraged to undertake the energy efficiency projects that will reduce utility bills as well as greenhouse gas emissions,” said Silver. “As homes and facilities are retrofitted and green jobs are created, this program will become a much needed boost for struggling local economies throughout New York State.”


Getting the bill through the Senate was more difficult. The initial vote on the bill was stalled after a political upset, and then the state’s Republicans mounted a campaign against the bill. But the day before the final vote, Republican Senator Thomas Morahan co-authored an op-ed in support of the bill, which was critical to winning the votes needed for passage.


One of the true victories of the process was “getting everybody to the table and developing a true consensus approach,” said Emmaia Gelman, policy director at the Center for Working Families. Dave Palmer, legislative campaigns director for the Working Families Organization agreed: “This was a real business, labor, environmental, and community-based coalition.”


Another victory will be thousands of green-collar jobs created as a result of the bill, which specifically requires that participating contractors abide by “enforceable agreements to meet standards set by [NYSERDA], including standards for local hiring.” Details on job standards have yet to be fleshed out by the agency. Over the next six months, as NYSERDA develops program regulations, the coalition that helped pass the bill will advocate for strong wage and benefit, local hire, and apprentice hire standards to be built into the program, primarily through contractor certification requirements.


One way to guarantee that the new jobs are high quality is to make sure weatherization jobs are union-represented. Laborers Local 10 is one union that represents weatherization workers. Like Local 55 in New Jersey, Local 10 is a LIUNA affiliate and was formed a year ago to represent New York City and Long Island workers in the residential construction and energy efficiency industries. Local 10 sets a wage rate of $22.10 per hour including benefits – lower than the going rate for commercial construction but still sufficient to support a family. Local 10 also provides four weeks of training that covers all the Department of Energy core competencies in weatherization, and will offer opportunities for advancement next year through supervisor and auditor training. Members of Local 10 are already doing weatherization work, including work funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.


Local 10 is particularly excited about Green Jobs/Green New York. “It’s tremendous,” said Local 10 Manager of Green Operations Myles Lennon. “This is our first opportunity to really bring the residential retrofit market to scale in a sustainable way that will lower the burden on workers and communities to get this work done.”


“They’ve been interested in this from the start and are excited about it; we see them as an ideal partner,” said Gelman, speaking about Local 10. “Based on their model, laborers around the rest of the state have also been really engaged in Green Jobs/Green New York, sitting with contractors and community groups to develop shared ideas about program-wide wage and hiring standards.”


The New York City Apollo Alliance is “very supportive of local 10,” said Mijin Cha, director of campaign research at Urban Agenda and Apollo Alliance convener. Both New York City and New York State Apollo were actively involved in the coalition supporting Green Jobs/Green New York and will continue to participate in its implementation.


“This is a great use of RGGI funds,” said Cha. “It means that they are being used to increase energy efficiency, create good jobs, and help low-income people access those jobs.”


Moving forward, implementation of Green Jobs/Green New York rests on a competitive process that emphasizes community collaboration. The bill requires applicants to include local community groups working in collaboration with contractors, local utilities, and labor and training organizations. Criteria for awards include preference for coalitions that include women and minority-based businesses, and groups in economically distressed communities.


The Center for Working Families is already actively organizing local collaborative stakeholder groups in anticipation of Requests for Proposals becoming available. “What’s great about it is that we have about 350 stakeholders around the state on the same page,” said Gelman. Meanwhile, the statewide stakeholders group, which includes Local 10 and New York City Apollo, will meet in the coming months to develop and make recommendations to NYSERDA on how to incorporate job quality standards into Green Jobs/Green New York’s implementation.












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As you can see from this video this is just another extention of ACORN.  Do you really want more of your taxpayer dollars funding these thieves?  They are thieves stealing from you and me and giving to non-whites and non-union members.  I can't believe I am even having to say this.  I have NEVER had a racist bone in my body!!  I have done things throughout my life to reach out to minorites and include them in my life and my childrens lives as if they were family. 


Although I think it is commendable to train those coming out of prisons and put them to work as well as allow underserved a chance at working, the problem I see is that it is illegal to discriminate in your hiring practices based on race, gender, creed, or sexual persuasion. I would think that that would also go for being forced to join or be a part of a union.


A recent lawsuit was just won by ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc)~
https://www.abc.org/Newsroom2/News_Letters/2009_Archives/Issue_45/ABC_Defeats_First_Federal_Government_Mandated_PLA.aspx/


ABC Nov. 6 announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC’s support and representation.In an amendment to the bid solicitation filed Nov. 10, DOL stated “The solicitation was cancelled because DOL believes that it is in the public interest for the Department to further evaluate the issues involved in the PLA requirement…The Department of Labor is currently considering next steps for building a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire.”


“This is a real win for the principle of fair and open competition in government procurement,” said North Branch Construction attorney Maurice Baskin of Venable LLP, ABC's General Counsel.


The DOL’s Job Corps Center PLA was believed to be the first government-mandated PLA on a federal construction project since Obama issued an executive order encouraging their use on federal projects. The bid protest challenged the legality of the federal government’s recent shift in federal procurement policy concerning the use of discriminatory and costly PLAs.


“Our company and other New Hampshire businesses deserve a fair opportunity to provide the public with the best construction product at the best price and we hope the Labor Department will build this project without a PLA in early 2010,” said Ken Holmes, president of North Branch Construction.


On Feb. 6, President Obama signed Executive Order 13502, which repealed a 2001-2008 prohibition on federal PLAs and encourages agencies to require PLAs on federal construction projects whose total costs exceed $25 million. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council is in the process of reviewing public comments on its controversial July 14 proposed rule that would implement Executive Order 13502 into federal procurement code. ABC filed detailed comments challenging the implementation of Executive Order 13502.


“There is no justification for playing favorites in the government procurement process,” said ABC President and CEO Kirk Pickerel. “We hope that other federal agencies will heed this example and recognize that PLAs only result in delayed construction and harm to taxpayers. ABC will continue to protest any attempt to impose PLAs on federal construction projects in violation of competitive bidding laws.”
For more information, visit http://www.thetruthaboutplas.com./


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What I find laughable is that this whole movement is starting out with "weatherization". Don't most companies that own buildings have a maintenace staff? Why would we have to employ all of these people to caulk windows? As a homeowner, I assure you I can caulk my windows myself. BTW, most electric companies will come to your house to evaluate your home and show you how you can cut your bills by adding insulation and caulking your windows. I don't think we need hundreds of millions of dollars poured into these radical groups. Why do they need all this money from the government? There are also companies in place already that can install solar panels as well. Why do we need all of this government intervention?  


In one of Van Jones more honest moments , Jones explains the ruse, the use of "green" as a deceptive maneuver to destroy the existing American system: "We are going to push it and push it until it becomes the engine for transforming the whole society."


I SEE THIS FIASCO AS OUR NEXT ACORN. ANOTHER WAY TO HAVE AN ENDLESS PIPELINE OF OUR TAX PAYER MONEY FUNDING A RADICAL ORGANIZATION(S) THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BUY POLITICIANS TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND ALLOW THEM TO BECOME RICH.~LORD PLEASE HELP ME HOLD ON UNTIL 2012.


MICHELE
"I REALIZE THAT ON THE SEA OF LIFE, I CAN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER, BUT I CAN ADJUST MY SAILS."  UNKNOWN

 RELATED LINKS: American Spectator-Van's Line

Van Jones' 'green' ruse - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Van Jones Green Job ruse.  In one of his more honest moments, Jones explains the ruse, the use of "green" as a deceptive maneuver to destroy the existing American system: "We are going to push it and push it until it becomes the engine for transforming the whole society."
http://triblive.com/news/columnists/1216002-85/jones-green-jobs-rate-van-black-blacks-czar-economy-explains

Saturday, November 14, 2009

OBAMA'S PAYBACK TO HIS UNION PUPPETEERS ~ 17 DAYS AFTER TAKING OFFICE~ ANDY STERN MUST HAVE BEEN SO PROUD!!

http://www.abc.org/Newsroom2/News_Releases2/2009_News_Releases/ABC_Defeats_Unlawful_and_Discriminatory_New_Hampshire_Construction_Contract.aspx

Right out of the gate....he set the wheels in motion for his agenda.  Here we are in a financial crisis and the first and foremost on his mind is paying off his Union Thugs just 17 days after taking office.  Studies show that contracts forced as unionized contracts run 20-60% over budget and in many cases do not complete on time.  The reason for the overages is that the union contractors have a pipeline to our tax dollars and funds flow freely as long as the White House "has their back" enabling them to skim off the top without any oversight.  The arrogance and destructive agenda of this administration is beyond anything I think most people saw coming.

I AM SICK OF THE CORRUPTION OF THIS ADMINISTRATION...I DON'T THINK I CAN STAND ANOTHER 3+ YEARS OF THIS.  THIS MAN IS TRYING TO RUIN THIS GREAT COUNTRY.   HE WILL GO DOWN AS THE MOST RADICAL PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY.  I AM SICKENED AND SADDENED.  I PRAY TO GOD THAT WE GET THROUGH THIS IN TACT AND HE IS OUT OF THERE ASAP.  I THINK IMPEACHMENT IS LOOKING GOOD RIGHT NOW.











Here's a copy of the Executive Order signed by Barack Obama 2.6.09~ 17 days after taking office
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/EXECUTIVEORDERUSEOFPROJECTLABORAGREEMENTSFORFEDERALCONSTRUCTIONPROJECTS/


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305499,00.html

MICHELE

OBAMA ALLY CODE PINK JUSTIFIES FORT HOOD TERRORIST ATTACK, CASHES IN ON MASSACRE IN VETERANS DAY FUNDRAISER APPEAL

by Kristinn Taylor and Andrea Shea King

Following on the heels of their macabre Afghan war protest at a White House Halloween party that targeted children of military families for psychological abuse, leftist Obama ally Code Pink issued a statement justifying the terrorist attack at Fort Hood as opposition to the war from officers and put out a Veterans Day appeal seeking to raise money off the Fort Hood terrorist attack.


Signed by top Obama funder Jodie Evans, the appeal was published at Code Pink’s website on Veterans Day and sent out the same day to the group’s e-mail list. The terrorist attack at Fort Hood is cited three times in the fundraising letter.

As appalling as cashing in on the mass murder of 14 innocents is, Code Pink tops that by invoking sympathy for the alleged terrorist as a reason to give money to Code Pink–even putting his act of terrorism on the same moral plane as the recent protest resignation of a former officer who left his diplomatic post in Afghanistan over Obama’s war policy:

“This Veteran’s Day, you can support Under the Hood and the soldiers who walk through their doors with a cash or in-kind donation…

Click here to see how else you can support Under the Hood (in-kind donations accepted too).

“Our soldiers clearly need more care; the last thing they need is to be put into more harm’s way. Even US military officers think so–Matthew Hoh resigned from the Foreign Service in protest of the lack of clear mission and achievable results in Afghanistan, and of course the Ft. Hood shooter was a Major who did not wish to be deployed to Afghanistan.”

Think about that. Code Pink says a mass murder terrorist act against unarmed soldiers is the moral equivalance of a protest resignation.

Code Pink is even more direct in their justification for the terrorist attack allegedly by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan in a statement posted to their website that they encourage opponents of America in Afghanistan to send to President Obama:

The recent shootings at Ft. Hood and the resignation of top Foreign Service officer Matthew Hoh demonstrate how even our military officers are opposed to US strategy in Afghanistan.

Code Pink claims the money will be used to fund a campaign operated out of a coffee shop near Fort Hood called Under the Hood that preys on soldiers and their families. However, the donation link goes to Code Pink’s fundraising page (https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/424/t/4589/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=5533) and not to Under the Hood’s website (http://www.underthehoodcafe.org/donate.html). Note, fundraising links in this story are deliberately not active.

Under the Hood was opened earlier this year in Killeen, about a mile from Fort Hood, as a joint effort of the terrorist support groups Code Pink and Iraq Veterans Against the War (both groups participated in the World Tribunal on Iraq which openly supported the terrorists in Iraq.) The cafe is run by the wife and step-mother of servicemen, Cynthia Thomas, whom Code Pink took under their wings.

The cafe is a reprise of pro-communist efforts during the Vietnam War to undermine morale on the homefront by exploiting the vulnerabilities of soldiers and their families with subversive cafes opened near military bases across the country.

Reportedly Fort Lewis and Fort Drum have also been targeted with subversive cafes in recent years.

The name of the coffee shop, Under the Hood, is a wordplay on the subversive nature of the effort in Killeen.

In the fundraising letter, Code Pink uses the words of Cynthis Thomas to describe the true aim of Under the Hood–to get soldiers to quit fighting for America:

“For the soldiers who visit regularly, Under the Hood has become a home and we have become family. They tell us about their hardships, they ask for help, they seek information about their rights, and sometimes they find the strength to say NO to war” (empahsis added.)

Under the Hood’s home page includes a testimonial from Spc. Victor Agosto, “Afghanistan War Resister“:“The support I have received from my family at Under the Hood has helped me take the liberating leap from obedient soldier to war resister.

Code Pink opens the fundraising appeal with a cynical tug at the heart strings:

“This Veterans Day, our hearts ache for the soldiers and their families affected by the recent shootings at Ft. Hood. Our hearts also ache for the soldiers and their families who continue to be affected by war in Iraq and Afghanistan on a daily basis.”

Over the course of its seven year existence, Code Pink has caused enormous anguish to our soldiers and their families by calling our troops murderers, assassains, baby killers, terrorists and more in protests at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the White House Halloween party and the Berkeley Marine Corps officer recruiting centers as well as in numerous public statements.

Code Pink has a documented history of working with state sponsors of terrorism who wage war on our troops and of supporting terrorist groups that target our troops and our Middle East allies.

When the U.S. liberated Iraq in 2003, Code Pink opened Occupation Watch, an office in Baghdad similar in purpose to Under the Hood in its goal to subvert the war effort by trying to get soldiers to quit fighting for America.

Code Pink’s history of working with America’s terrorist enemies has not prevented President Obama from allying himself with Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans. She was tapped by the nascent Obama presidential campaign to co-host its breakthrough Hollywood fundraiser in February 2007. She was subsequently appointed a bundler for the campaign.

Jodie Evans appeared with Obama at several high dollar events throughout the campaign. She personally donated tens of thousands of dollars to Obama’s presidential campaign and affiliated Democratic party campaign vehicles.

Last month, Obama allowed himself to be filmed and photographed with Jodie Evans at a $30,400 per couple fundraiser in San Francisco as she handed him a propaganda packet about Afghanistan. Evans was wearing Code Pink propaganda attire when she met Obama, a coup that she will surely share with her allies including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez to demonstrate her influence at the highest levels of the United States government.

Blue Star mother Becky Davis, who has three sons in the military–all of whom have seen service in Iraq and Afghanistan–was outraged when she read the appeal from Code Pink seeking to raise funds from the Fort Hood massacre.

Davis founded a group called Military Families Voice of Victory with her husband several years ago. She keeps tabs on subversive groups like Code Pink as part of her efforts.

Davis told Big Government:

“I am appalled and outraged that Code Pink gets a pass from the mainstream media over the damage it does when they fund subversives and actively work to undermine the mission and morale of our troops, which can be deadly to our troops and our fellow Americans.

“Code Pink’s fundraising letter is morally bankrupt and tantamount to grave robbing.

“Code Pink’s justification for the terrorist attack at Fort Hood as opposition to the war in Afghanistan by officers is seditious.

“I hope the government thoroughly investigates Hasan’s connections to domestic groups, regardless of where that might lead.

“As the mother of three servicemen, I wonder why President Obama works with Code Pink, when they so openly work with our nation’s enemies.”

Code Pink has been widely reported as softening their stance on Afghanistan after a recent trip there. Jodie Evans denied that in an interview with Donald Douglas of American Power:

I asked her about Wednesday’s report in the Christian Science Monitor, ” ‘Code Pink’ Rethinks Its Call for Afghanistan Pullout.” Ms. Evans emphatically rejected the thesis of the article. Medea Benjamin was “misquoted,” she told me. Code Pink wants to bring the troops home, now! — there’s been no “rethinking” of the group’s demand for withdrawal of U.S. forces…She said she’d “been on the phone all day” clarifying Code Pink’s position on the war. A troop withdrawal remains the objective, but the U.S. should stay to focus on improving quality of life.

http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/14/obama-ally-code-pink-justifies-fort-hood-terrorist-attack-cashes-in-on-massacre-in-veterans-day-fundraising-appeal/

Here'a another link to another story:
http://biggovernment.com/2009/10/23/a-name-americans-should-know-jodie-evans-and-the-obama-hollywood-terrorist-connection/

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This is taken from an article from Big Governement. I never paid attention to these crazy women. I had no idea they were as extreme as they are and are pro communist and anti military. These people are disgusting excuses of human beings. As far as I'm concerned, they need to move to Cuba or Venezuela where they are among like minded lunatics. We don't need them here. They are a drain on our society.


The fact that they even have the ear of Obama is EXTREMELY DISTURBING. But it's par for the course. I don't think Obama has any close major financiers to his dictatorship that aren't Communist, Maoist, Marxist, Socialist and HATE THE US OF A.

Dear Lord,
Please protect us from the evil lurking in this White House. Please allow us to prevail against the corruption that is overwhelming our system. Please shine your light on the evils taking place and allow us to impeach this president and recoup the trillions of dollars they have stollen from our country.

In Jesus name,,,,,,,,,,,,AMEN

Michele
"I realize on the sea of life I can't control the weather, but I can adjust my sails."





Thursday, November 12, 2009

GOVERNOR PERRY ~ THIS PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE THIS A SOCIALST COUNTRY

Because of Governor Perry's outspoken candor regarding the direction this administration is going, apparently the great state of Texas is being punished by the White House.  Now they want to dump tens of thousands of illegal aliens apprehended in western states on a small border town in Texas known as Presidio.  This will place a burden on this very small town that they will not be able to withstand.  The mass deposit of these illegals could devestate this  town. 

This is all being done under a program entitled: The Alien Transfer and Exit Program (ATEP)



Find more videos like this on Mywesttexas Chatter

Here's a link to the Governors website as well as a letter he wrote to Janet  Napolitano:
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/13895/
http://governor.state.tx.us/files/press-office/NapolitanoJanet200910310000.pdf

Michele

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Glenn BeckProtecting Our Freedoms

Protecting Our Freedoms


Glenn Beck The One Thing: 11/11

The One Thing: 11/11

THANK A SOLDIER ~ OPERATION GRATITUDE

What a fabulous organization! Please join me in supporting them with your donations to ensure that our troops realize that we are back home thinking of them and praying for their safe return.











Michele
"I realize that on the sea of life I can't control the weather, but I can adjust my sails." UNKNOWN

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

REMEMBER ME...A TRIBUTE TO OUR MILTARY

With Veteran's Day around the corner, it is important for us to keep all of these wonderful soldiers and their families in our thoughts and prayers
This is a wonderful video that reminds us all to remember all of our brave men and women that are defending our rights and liberties here and abroad.



THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.............

MICHELE
"I realize that on the sea of life, I can't control the weather, but I can adjust my sails." unknown

Sunday, November 8, 2009

ACCURACY IN MEDIA (AIM) AND TREVOR LOUDON EXPOSE CONNECTIONS OF BARACK OBAMA AND HIS DEEP ROOTS TO MARXIST/COMMUNIST TIES IN THE USA AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Accuracy in Media, a self-described conservative media watchdog group, hosted its 40th annual conference. Cliff Kinkaid, the editor of the Accuracy in Media newsletter, and Trevor Louden talked about the alleged reluctance by the media to investigate President Obama’s background. Mr. Louden is a New Zealand blogger whose work led a White House staffer to step down. They responded to audience members' questions following their remarks.

Copy and paste this link to watch the video:

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/289609-4

It appears our country has been hijacked by radicals from the 60's and 70's. They have infiltrated all aspects of our lives......the media, our public schools from k-college, our local governments, our state governments, and our White House. They are anti-American, anti-capitalism, anti-Constitution of the United States of America, and anti-God. They are Pro-abortion, pro-redistribution of wealth, pro-big government, pro-unionizing this country and pro-universal healthcare run by the government.

They do not stand for anything this country was founded on. Instead, they want to "fundamentally transform America" into something we will not be able to recognize.

I never believed in my lifetime that I would truly FEAR MY GOVERNMENT but I honestly have to say these radical extremists scare the HELL out of me. the good news is I know I am not alone as it has been witnessed by the grassroots efforts of the tea parties across this country. I have also noticed that the Christian organizations and churches are paying attention and bringing attention to their congregations that slowly but surely, we are losing our rights. They are encouraging their congregations to stand together and be ready to battle against these extremists that want to take away their rights.

Fasten your seat belts...............we're in for a bumpy ride.

Michele
"I realize that on the sea of life, I can't control the weather but I can adjust my sails." UNKNOWN

Sunday, November 1, 2009

WHAT REALLY CAUSED OUR ECONOMIC CRISIS?

These videos are right on target. I worked in the title business for 12 years. I can't tell you the volume of loans that closed that should have never been approved. The lax requirements pushed by the Democrats and their agenda continued this train wreck to where we are today.

In 2005 I approached the Vice President of the company I worked with and voiced my concern over the obvious loans consumers were approved for that were destined for foreclosure. I do not have a degree in economics, yet even I could see this coming. You can't possibly believe that these highly educated individuals running our country and ruining our financial industry did not see this coming as well. When President Bush and John McCain tried to reign this out of control lending in, (they obviously saw what I saw) they were voted down by every Democrat.

It is as if this was a deliberate act to destroy our financial industry, create a financial crisis, and then point fingers at the Bush administration. Lay the blame on Bush. I truly believe this was deliberate by the democrats...to create a crisis. As Rahm Emmanuel said, "you should never let a good crisis go to waste."

I wonder how much money these scumbags made through hedge-funds etc that were betting against the housing market. It would be interesting to know if George Soros was heavily involved in this or not.

Don't you think it is bizarre that Chris Dodd and (then) Senator Obama were the number 1 and 2 recipients of campaign contributions? They were as deeply imbedded in this implosion as anyone.

Do your homework.....you'll find that this was a disaster that didn't have to happen....at least to the extent it did. If the Democrats would have done the right thing and voted to reign these out of control lending practices 4-5 years before now, this could have been avoided....but you see that would have been a win for the Bush administration. That would have pulled back the curtain on the corruption and the cooking of the books for Freddie, Fannie, and any number of other financial insitutions. That would have dried up the campaign contribution well for the Dems as well as uncovered some possible improprieties.

The Bush administration was not the cause of this economic tsunami. On the contrary, they were trying to do what they could to get it under control. The Democrats own this...but they will never admit it. That is why we need to educate those that are easily led by these liars in the White House, Senate and Congress. They all need to be voted out of office and we need to start with a clean slate.

We need God-fearing men and women of honor, good morals, integrity and those that really have our best interest at the forefront of every decision that they make. Anything less and there won't be any real change...it will just remain the same.
Bill Clinton on Democrats and the financial crisis:
“I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.” – Former President Bill Clinton (D-AR), September 25, 2008 Clinton administration's "BANK AFFIRMATIVE ACTION" They forced banks to make BAD LOANS and ACORN and Obama's tie to all of it!!!





Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis:




Explosive Video, Fannie Mae CEO calling Obama and the Dems the "Family" and "Conscience" of Fannie Mae:


Full video of Secretary of Hud, Andrew Cuomo

Participants spoke about the importance of equality in housing opportunities, both in housing and lending. Secretary Cuomo stated that while much progress has been made the Department of Housing and Urban Development still has much work to do in enforcing the law. A video recording was shown of Nick Conner speaking about the racist incident involving Lisa Costa. This event marked the thirtieth anniversary of the Fair Housing Act and the tenth anniversary of its amendment to cover persons with disabilities or children. It also honored the thirtieth anniversary of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mr. Brown read a letter from Martin Luther King III in honor of his father. 4/6/1998

Be informed.............

Michele
"I realize that on the sea of life, I can't control the weather but I can adjust my sails." UNKNOWN