In case you haven’t already heard, Bradley Manning, an Army Private that was most recently deployed to Iraq, has leaked over 90,000 pages of classified Afghanistan war documents and materials to a website dedicated to protesting wars, Wikileaks. Let’s take a look at why Army Analyst Bradley Manning deserves nothing short of the death penalty due to the deaths he has caused and new dangers that now exist for US Solders and innocent Afghan families.
Who Is Private Bradley Manning?
Private First Class Bradley E. Manning (born 1987) is a United States Army soldier who has been arrested and charged with the unauthorized use and disclosure of U.S. classified information.
Manning an intelligence analyst assigned to a support battalion with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Contingency Operating Station Hammer, Iraq, when he was arrested by agents of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command acting on information received from federal authorities provided by an informant, Adrian Lamo, in whom Manning had previously confided. Lamo, a journalist and former computer hacker, stated he came forward as an act of conscience. Manning allegedly told him via instant messaging that he had leaked the “Collateral Murder” video of the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike, in addition to a video of the Granai airstrike and around 260,000 diplomatic cables, to the whistleblower website Wikileaks
On July 5, 2010, Manning was charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with violations of Article 92 and 134 for “transferring classified data onto his personal computer and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system,” and “communicating, transmitting and delivering national defense information to an unauthorized source”. The maximum possible prison sentence for the charges is 52 years. An Army spokesman stated that an Article 32 hearing, similar to a grand jury, would be held to determine whether or not there was enough evidence to proceed to a court-martial.[1]
Treason is defined in the Constitution as:
Under Article III, Section 3, of the Constitution, any person who levies war against the United States or adheres to its enemies by giving them Aid and Comfort has committed treason within the meaning of the Constitution. The term aid and comfort refers to any act that manifests a betrayal of allegiance to the United States, such as furnishing enemies with arms, troops, transportation, shelter, or classified information. If a subversive act has any tendency to weaken the power of the United States to attack or resist its enemies, aid and comfort has been given.
Private Manning held a minimum of a Secret Security Clearance, which the Department of Defense spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to filter him through the screening process. He has had a thorough background check, state and federal background checks, investigations and interviews. Most importantly, he has sworn an oath to defend our constitution and our country against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. For anyone that has or is currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, you understand what that means.
Due to Bradley’s role as an Analyst in the Army, he was granted a security clearance in order to gain access to classified materials. By definition, his clearance gave him access to information whose unauthorized disclosure could result in exceptionally grave danger to the nation. Even if he were to release classified materials to another military member with an equal clearance, it is still considered a breach in security. Every classified document has specific orders as to who can and can’t view its materials. To view classified material at least to criteria must be met, first you have to have the appropriate clearance to view the material, and then you must have a need to know what the material contains.
Who is WikiLeaks?
WikiLeaks is a foreign source operating out of Australia. It is a website dedicated to spotlighting war crimes and classified government documents in efforts to turn more people against war. Simply speaking, if 100 terrorist were killed in a gun fight and one civilian was killed in the crossfire, WikiLeaks would tell you about that one civilian. You wouldn’t hear a word about the other 100 terrorist.
What Bradley Manning Did
Private Manning gained access to over 90,000 pages of classified materials, and leaked it to WikiLeaks. The documents included sensitive materials such as Afghan civilian informant names, military installation locations, meeting locations, undercover operations, top secret missions, classified intelligence documents, intelligence video materials, and military strategies used during the war (in other words treason according to the Constitution).
After the Afghanistan war documents were retrieved by WikiLeaks, they were then posted online for the world to see. The world that had the opportunity to view these documents included the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Jihad, and terrorist groups alike.
The Leak of Death
WikiLeaks claims they release information like this in order to save civilians lives and protect innocent people. This leak has done the complete opposite. Since the release of these documents, several innocent Afghanistan informants and their families have been confirmed murdered. Not only are more innocent lives being lost, but the Afghans have lost all confidence in American forces to be able to keep them safe for providing information to us. In case you didn’t know, information is what has gotten us this far in the fight against terror.
Not only have we lost informants to death and fear, we’re now having to spend thousands of dollars to move and protect the families of current and recent informants that may still be alive. This is just the beginning as to why this is a treasonable offense. We could face repercussions decades down the road as the documents will continue to provide a first-hand look into our military operations in Afghanistan.
Treason
Since the beginning of established military and governments, treason has been a crime punishable by death. Typically no questions asked once proven guilty. Treason is defined as a violation of allegiance to one’s sovereign or to one’s state, a breach of faith and confidence entrusted by one’s government and the betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes his sovereign or his country.
By definition, Bradley Manning has committed a blatant act of treason in its simplest form. Bradley Manning has broken his personal oath of enlistment that he spoke, as he raised his right hand and swore to defend his country. He has trampled his integrity into the ground and is officially an enemy of the state.
People Defending & Supporting Bradley Manning
What really makes me sick are the few people that are defending and supporting Bradley Manning. Listen, he wasn’t a civilian trying to improve civil rights, or a politician fighting during a campaign. He isn’t a cooperate worker competing with another company, and he sure isn’t a hero. He made a promise, an oath, to defend America and obey his Commander in Chief regardless of his political beliefs or personal opinions. There is nothing that excuses his behavior or justifies his actions. He committed treason pure and simple. He broke every military code entrusted upon those who serve our great country and work to keep it safe. He is a traitor to his fellow soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen. He is a disgrace.
Why He should be put to Death
Unfortunately, he’s probably not the only military service member who has the itch to release information. There are more out there. Sentencing Pfc. Bradley to anything short of death for the crime of treason will only empower others who wish to carry out his same acts of treachery. If an example has ever needed to be made in our military, it is now. His actions have caused more innocent deaths, by ousting civilian Afghan families who have helped America in their fight against terror. The same innocent civilians that we fight to protect are now in more danger due to his selfish, despicable actions.
He has dishonored his name, his service, his brothers and sisters in arms, his family, his friends and his country.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Wikileaks and Pfc. Bradley Manning are Traitors.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Rocket Scientists Not as Smart as Originally Thought
Rocket Scientists Not as Smart as Originally Thought
New Findings in Study Commissioned by Brain Surgeons
Rocket scientists, long considered the gold standard in intelligence among all professionals, are not nearly as smart as originally thought, according to a controversial new study published today by the American Association of Brain Surgeons.
The study, which appears in the organization’s monthly publication, Popular Brain Surgery, is entitled “The Intelligence of Rocket Scientists: Myth Versus Reality,” and suggests that rocket scientists’ reputation for smartness is largely undeserved.
“It does require a superior intellect to function as a rocket scientist,” the article concedes. “Having said that, though, rocket science is not brain surgery.”
The article drew an immediate rebuke from a spokesperson for the American Society of Rocket Scientists, who blasted the study as “state-of-the-art pro-brain surgeon propaganda.”
“As rocket scientists, we take offense at this naked attempt by a devious cabal of opportunistic brain surgeons to supplant us as the smartest people on the planet,” the spokesperson said. “If rocket science is so easy, we’d like to see these so-called brain surgeons give it a try one of these days.”
Professor Davis Logsdon, a University of Minnesota expert who studies the turf wars between rocket scientists and brain surgeons, said that he believes the latest controversy between the two groups has been overplayed.
“The fact of the matter is, the smartest people in the world have always been, and will always be, University of Minnesota experts,” he said.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Introducing the Hot New Social Network, PhoneBook
SILICON VALLEY – A new social network is about to alter the playing field of the social media world, and it’s called PhoneBook.
According to its creators, who invented the network in their dorm room at Berkeley, PhoneBook is the game-changer that will leave Facebook, Twitter and even the much anticipated Google Buzz in a cloud of dust.
“With PhoneBook, you have a book that has a list of all your friends in the city, plus everyone else who lives there,” says Danny Fruber, one of PhoneBook’s creators.
“When you want to chat with a friend, you look them up in PhoneBook, and find their unique PhoneBook number,” Fruber explains. “Then you enter that number into your phone and it connects you directly to them.”
Another breakout utility of PhoneBook allows the user to arrange face-to-face meetings with his or her friends at restaurants, bars, and other “places,” as Fruber calls them.
“You will be sitting right across from your friend and seeing them in 3-D,” he said. “It’s like Skype, only without the headset.”
PhoneBook will enable friends to play many games as well, such as charades, cards, and a game Fruber believes will be a breakout: Farm.
“In Farm, you have an actual farm where you raise real crops and livestock,” he says. “It’s hard work, but it’s more fun than our Mafia game, where you actually get killed.”
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
leftist slant of the media
These days, the biased leftist slant of the media is more apparent than it has ever been. They are spinning madly, increasingly frantic with fear of those super scary Tea Partiers and oh-so-terrifying conservatives. And when you add Sarah Palin and race-based identity politics into the mix, it becomes a perfect storm of unabashed — and unbalanced — leftist water carrying.
The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen is the latest to exhibit just how unglued the Left and the media, being concentric circles on a Venn diagram, natch, have become. Newsbusters points out that in the article titled “Attack on Michelle Obama shows Palin’s ignorance of history,” Cohen comes to the inane, and typically leftist, conclusion that Sarah Palin “could not be the president of black America nor of Hispanic America.” Um. Sure, I’m no swanky-pants Washington Post columnist, nor do I even have the vast experience of a community organizer from which to draw, but I’m fairly certain that the presidency isn’t segregated.
Can’t let pesky facts stand in the way of a hit piece, though, can he? How does Cohen form his brilliant – and sure-fire entre into a good cocktail party this weekend – hypothesis? Because Sarah Palin dares to mention the following in her new book:
In her new book, she reportedly takes Michelle Obama to task for her supposedly infamous remark from the 2008 campaign: “For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.” [...]
Huh. Again, I’m no expert, but it seems to me that Michelle Obama actually did say that. So, by “taking her to task,” he of course means smearing with, you know, the truth. Oh, that wing-nutty Palin! Telling the truth and all. That’s so reactionary and old school! I suppose they don’t like that whole “Truth to Power” thing turned around on them. The book snippet to which he refers is as follows:
Certainly his wife expressed this view when she said during the 2008 campaign that she had never felt proud of her country until her husband started winning elections. In retrospect, I guess this shouldn’t surprise us, since both of them spent almost two decades in the pews of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s church listening to his rants against America and white people.
Cohen isn’t alone in his delusions. The Huffington Post called that passage “racially charged.” Why? Because the Left, in their stomp my foot temper tantrums, are letting their true colors show. And they are racist ones. It is the Left who only sees color. It is the Left who paints people into identity politics laden boxes only, in order to further their own end. They use people as a means to that end, with no regard to the harm it causes. This is evidenced further by Cohen, who after predictably bringing up slavery, went on to grossly say this:
Sarah Palin teases that she might run for president. But she is unqualified – not just in the (let me count the) usual ways, but because she does not know the country. She could not be the president of black America nor of Hispanic America. She knows more about grizzlies than she does about African Americans – and she clearly has more interest in the former than the latter. Did she once just pick up the phone and ask Michelle Obama what she meant by her remark? Did she ask about her background? What it was like at Princeton? What it was like for her parents or her grandparents? I can offer a hint. If they were driving to Washington, they slowed down and stopped where the sign said “colored” – and the irritated Palins of the time angrily hit the horn and went on their way.
Not only vile, but wrong. It is the Left who are still enslaving. They require people, particularly women and minorities, to walk and think in lockstep. It is people like Barbara Boxer, not Sarah Palin, who have no interest in African-Americans and what they think. Barbara Boxer doesn’t even realize that people have minds of their own. In a new version of the odious “y’all look alike’ bigotry, Barbara Boxer holds the disgusting belief that all people in the Left’s little boxed up identity groups must all think the same way. All “you people” think the same, you see. It was Harry Reid, not Sarah Palin, who condescending sneered “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.”
The Smarter Than Us ™ Left, including their media lackeys, doesn’t believe in Post-Racial anything. In fact, quite the opposite: Their bread and butter is identity politics. In order to maintain power, they absolutely must put everyone in victim boxes and attempt to pit people against one and another. This worked to great effect in the past, with the media’s complicity. It’s far past time we put an end to it. While I expect the vitriol and animus spewed at Sarah Palin to get even worse, unbelievable as that is, the media’s cover has been blown. The media has been, and will continue to be, exposed due in part to the hateful and delusional rantings of the likes of Richard Cohen.
To be fair, Richard Cohen, you are right in one regard. Sarah Palin couldn’t be president of black America. Because that isn’t, you know, a country. Contrary to your desires, and to John Edwards’ ridiculous Two Americas spiel, we are one nation. You, sir, are the one who is ignorant of history. First grade history, no less.
We don’t have segregated presidencies. Nor should we. The very idea is racist in and of itself. What we do have are presidents of the United States of America.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Net Neutrality ? WTF People
I know it’s a big day for when I wake up and my Email Inbox is jammed full with Emails, the majority fundamentally saying the same thing: The FCC is on the move. I’m told it all goes back to a November 15 speech by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in which he expresses urgency for the FCC to pass a bunch of new rules quickly. It’s a crisis, he says.
He then called out Google and Verizon, saying that their temerity to contribute to the debate “slowed down some other processes.” You see: the whole process of talking to industry is apparently a sham, and the only speech that counts is speech that leads the FCC closer to the Obama administration’s predetermined outcome.
And it’s that Net Neutrality outcome we may be nearing after all. That’s the Red Alert.
Seton Motley at Big Government brings us the key story: He’s now claiming that we must pass industry-crippling Net Neutrality restrictions in order to expand broadband access in America, and using that as the leverage to justify Title II reclassification. “That’ll happen,” he says. And further he’s going to gun hard for wireless services, something that Henry Waxman’s bill didn’t dare do, proving once again that the FCC is far outside the mainstream of even Congressional Democrats. Here’s Politico on the story, as well.
And worst of all: The plan is to launch it while Republicans are home for Thanksgiving, and then pass it two weeks before Christmas, three weeks before Republicans take control of the House. These dates and times are designed to minimize public debate on the matter as well as to minimize the impact of the 2010 elections on the process. Everything is chosen to silence and thwart popular will.
Hold on and get loud. This is crunch time.
More Net Neutrality? You betcha. Precursor Blog chimes in, arguing against the recent speeches by Julius Genachowski and for the need for freedom online, not government-dictated “neutrality.”
House Republicans of the Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Ranking Member Joe Barton, have also written a letter to Genachowski, warning him that his plans to circumvent Republican victory are “a mistake.” They know when their rightful Constitutional powers are being subverted.
FYI: I’m told that the currently-in-progress SB 3804 is a dangerous bill to watch, giving the government expansive new powers online in the name of copyright protection. Copyright used to be a matter of civil law, before the MPAA convinced the feds to start doing their dirty work for them. That’s why FBI notices appear on home releases of movies. Now it’s increasingly criminalized, even as copyright is also increasingly extended. Copyright today would be unrecognizable to the founding fathers, who put the concept into the Constitution with the express warning that copyright be limited in duration.
Having gotten tired of serving up waffles to the FCC, Free Press radicals are now writing bad poetry for Net Neutrality. It’s theater. It’s not debate.
Oh, and I hate to end on a downer, but the White House CTO says the administration will step up tech efforts next year. Whoever we have head the House committee, whether Barton or someone else, had best be ready to fight back.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Why Leftists hate the Palins.
A Vermont man shot his television set after watching as Bristol Palin, daughter of Former Governor and former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R-AK) lived to dance another day on the television program Dancing With the Stars.
[Sixty-seven year old Steve] Cowan “jumped up and swore, saying something to the effect of “the fucking politics.”The complaint added, Steven was upset that a political figure’s daughter was dancing on this particular show when he did not think she was a good dancer.”
I’ve been saying for some time that the unhinged hatred that Leftists have for Bristol and her mother is spiritually-induced, from the bad side-- which is why it's illogical--and here's what it's about: abortion.
The label "pro-choice" is pure BS; most of its proponents should properly be labeled 'pro-abortion.' And for those who have successful convinced all too many women that abortion isn't really murder; for those who have fooled women of the "wrong genetic sort" into believing that they aren't doing the elites' bidding when they cut off their succeeding generations, Sarah and Bristol Palin are two of the most dangerous women in America.
Both Palins chose to let their children live under two of the "adverse" circumstances which are usually used to justify abortion. By doing so, the two set examples for other women and may plant the idea in other women that they need not murder their own children under similar circumstances. This is why the Palins often cause a full-blown, foaming, freak-out in many of those who adhere to Leftist ideology or who have been brain-washed by it, even when something as inconsequential as winning favor on a reality show is the subject at hand. (Then there are the women who are still playing out their high school-engendered neuroses, but that's a separate issue.)
I bet this Cowan has marched in a pro-"choice" rally or two, probably because his wife nagged him into doing it.
A spiritual battle? Yes. The force of evil--Satan--wants us all destroyed and those who justify the murder of the unborn are merely his tools. This is why the pro-abortionists are so rabid about those who defend innocent life. "Noooo, don't take away my right to commit genocide again myself, you brute!!!!"
To Leftists, Sarah and Bristol Palin made the "wrong" choice--life--and for that, the morally bankrupt must demonize them, inverting wrong and right as such people--and their Father--are wont to do. That this genius only hurt his TV is something for which to be thankful.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
10 reasons why Barack Obama is the most naïve president in US history
1. Obama believes unilateral disarmament will achieve a nuclear-free world
The Obama administration may dream of a day when the world is free of nuclear weapons, but its lofty vision bears no relation to the realities of the modern world. Even the president of France believes that President Obama needs to live in the real world, not a virtual one, which is a rather damning indictment of US leadership. There is not a shred of evidence to suggest that Washington’s decision to cut its nuclear arsenal will encourage the likes of Iran and North Korea to disarm, and history has shown that a unilateral policy of disarmament will not prompt tyrannical regimes to change their behavior.
2. Obama thinks evil regimes can be negotiated with
The naïve appeasement of practically every odious tyranny on the face of the earth has been a central hallmark of Barack Obama’s foreign policy. From extending the hand of friendship to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez, to turning a blind eye to horrific human rights abuses in Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Burma, the Obama administration has made the art of appeasement into an art form under the guise of “smart power”. It is a morally bankrupt approach to foreign policy, epitomized by the words of Obama’s special envoy to Sudan, retired Air Force Major General J. Scott Gration, who declared:
“We’ve got to think about giving out cookies. Kids, countries — they react to gold stars, smiley faces, handshakes, agreements, talk, engagement.”
3. Obama doesn’t believe America is fighting a global war
Within weeks of taking office, the Obama administration dropped the phrase “Global War on Terror” in favor of “Overseas Contingency Operation”, and has gone to great lengths since then to emphasize that the United States is not engaged in a world wide war against Islamist terrorists who seek the destruction of America. As Vice President Joe Biden put it at last year’s Munich Security Conference, the US was involved in “a shared struggle against extremism” and a fight against “a small number of violent extremists (who) are beyond the call of reason”. Can you imagine Winston Churchill or Franklin D. Roosevelt declaring in 1943 that World War Two was a mere “struggle” against a small band of fascist extremists? Al-Qaeda killed over 3,000 Americans on 9/11, and their sole aim is the destruction of the West and the establishment of an Islamist caliphate. If that’s not a declaration of war I don’t know what is.
4. Obama believes increasing spending and raising taxes leads to prosperity
While even the Germans are balking at spending more taxpayers’ money to stimulate the economy or bail out failing members of the Euro zone, the Obama administration seems determined to build up ever greater levels of government debt, with vastly expanded entitlement programs and government spending. At the same time, Paul Volcker, its chief economic adviser, is dangling the prospect of additional European-style taxes to pay for it all, the surest way to kill economic growth and stifle job creation. As the recent success of countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand attest, economic growth and prosperity is directly linked to limited government intervention, low taxation, and above all, economic freedom.
5. Obama thinks government-run health care is good for America
In the face of overwhelming public opposition, Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation represents the biggest expansion of government power in over 70 years, and is a major step towards a government-run health care system. It is a hugely naïve and risky social experiment in a nation whose success has always been driven by the principle of individual freedom. As I noted before, what we have just witnessed is a massive slap in the face for limited government and the principle of individual responsibility. Its net result will be the erosion of freedom in America, and a further undermining of the country’s economic competitiveness. This may be a political victory for the president and his supporters in Congress, but it is in reality a defeat for America as a great power, and another Obama-led step towards US decline.
6. Obama doesn’t believe in American exceptionalism
President Obama has made it clear that he doesn’t think that American exceptionalism is any different to the “exceptionalism” of other countries. He also believes that “no one nation can or should try to dominate another nation. No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed. No balance of power among nations will hold.” Not only is this a staggeringly naïve position to adopt as the leader of the world’s dominant superpower, but it is also an astonishing declaration that the United States is no better than any other nation, and has no right to project its values onto other countries – which is exactly what the US successfully did in Germany and Japan in 1945, Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. It is both a striking abdication of world leadership as well as an egalitarian vision of the world, and one that significantly undermines American global power.
7. Obama believes alliances don’t matter
No American president in modern times has invested less effort in maintaining US alliances than Barack Obama. Whether it is siding with Marxists in Honduras against pro-American forces, condemning Israel, throwing the Poles and Czechs under the bus, or trashing the Anglo-American Special Relationship, the Obama administration has gone out of its way to kick its allies in the teeth while kowtowing to America’s enemies. Great Britain and Israel in particular have borne the brunt of Barack Obama’s disdain, with the leaders of both countries humiliated during visits to the White House. For a president who boasted in his election campaign of restoring America’s “standing” in the world, Obama has done a spectacularly bad job of preserving friendships with Washington’s closest friends.
8. Obama trusts Russia
A central element of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Moscow is the naive belief that Russia can be trusted as a partner of the United States, and that the treaty does not impose restrictions on America’s ability to deploy missile defenses. The Russians in contrast have made it abundantly clear that there is a “legally binding linkage between strategic offensive and strategic defensive weapons.” In other words they expect to have a veto over a US missile defense system. The Obama administration has already bowed to Moscow’s demands to scrap US plans for third site missile defenses in eastern and central Europe, and will no doubt surrender again when Moscow makes further demands. At the same time, there is no sign that Russia will support significantly stronger sanctions against Iran. In effect, Washington has gained nothing at all from its “reset” strategy towards Medvedev and Putin, but merely looks like a soft touch in the eyes of the Kremlin.
9. Obama believes the UN is indispensable
President Obama’s speech before the United Nations General Assembly last September has to rank as the most embarrassing so far of his presidency, cheered to the rafters by an audience that traditionally hates what America stands for. As I wrote at the time, this was a staggeringly naïve speech by President Obama, with Woodstock-style utterances like “I will not waver in my pursuit of peace” or “the interests of peoples and nations are shared.” All that was missing was a conga of hippies dancing through the aisles with a rousing rendition of “Kumbaya”. It was a speech fitting for a president who believes the United Nations is “indispensable” to the United States, and who thinks the UN Human Rights Commission is a force for good. In reality, the UN’s elites dedicate much of their efforts at undermining American power, persecuting Israel, wasting taxpayers’ money, and shielding human rights violators.
10. Obama believes a federal Europe is good for America
The Obama administration has gone to considerable lengths to back the development of a European Union defense identity as well as a European Union foreign policy, both of which will weaken the NATO alliance as well as the broader transatlantic alliance. This is the first US administration to actively back the rise of a federal Europe, and whose key players on European issues actually believe a united Europe is good for the United States. It is an extraordinarily naïve approach which will eventually bite Washington in the back. Even the spectacularly embarrassing appointments of both Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton as President and High Representative for the European Union have not succeeded in dimming the enthusiasm of the Obama team for the European project.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
FOXNews.com - Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona
FOXNews.com - Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona
Friday, May 21, 2010
Michelle Malkin » The buzz about Barack’s birth certificate
Michelle Malkin » The buzz about Barack’s birth certificate
This worth the read, I love Michelle Malkin.she takes no crap from anyone...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Principle suspends student for wearing rosary beads.
HAVERSTRAW (WABC) -- The parents of a high school student from Rockland County are demanding answers after their ninth grader was suspended for wearing rosary beads to school.
He was suspended even though the school doesn't even have a policy banning them. So did the principal go too far? Jason Laguna is a former altar boy and proud Catholic. He got his rosary beads as a gift, thinks they look cool and sometimes wears them under his shirt at school. But last Friday, right before dismissal, he pulled them out on his way out. He was given a one-day suspension from Fieldstone Secondary School. His mother calls the punishment extreme, considering the 14-year-old is a member of student government and, according to his last report card, "is a pleasure to have in class." Laguna says she was told the school has an unwritten policy regarding beads because they could be used to show gang affiliation. The principal claims it was insubordination, saying Laguna's actions, "endangered the safety, health, morals or welfare of himself or others." Jason was supposed to stay home Friday, but late Thursday the district superintendent put that on hold pending further investigation. It may not be divine intervention, but his mother has contacted the American Civil Liberties Union as she continues to fight the suspension.
Let me stae this, I’m not now, nor have I ever been a supporter of the ACLU, that being said let’s see if they stand up for someone who deserves their protection. I doubt they will, considering, they are the reason we have no prayer in school, waste of time and money lawsuits against Christmas and God the list goes on and on and on and on. The ACLU is the right hand of liberal left they believe that the few control the majority. To Be Continued.
My Way News - NKorea warns of war if punished for ship sinking
My Way News - NKorea warns of war if punished for ship sinking
Warns of War! WTF
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal and Vietnam lie
At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life or maybe someone else's life. "We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam," Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. "And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support." There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam, he never stepped foot onto Vietnamese soil. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records. (I would like it to be noted, if you don't want to go to war, and you can legally get out of going, go for it, however if you don't have the stones to fight don't lie about years later, excuse me I'm sorry, don't misspeak about it later). Now back to the deferments they allowed Mr. Blumenthal to complete his studies at Harvard; pursue a graduate fellowship in England; serve as a special assistant to The Washington Post's publisher, Katharine Graham; and ultimately take a job in the Nixon White House. Mr. Blumenthal seems like a smart man, a man who would remember being under fire. Mr. Blumenthal in his "apology" stated: "Now on a few occasions I have misspoken about my service, and I regret that, and I take full responsibility," Blumenthal said. (It's real easy to forget if you have been shot at or not) Now here is the kicker, in his closing remarks he said "But I will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country." This has not been a few misplaced words: In 2003, he addressed a rally in Bridgeport, where about 100 military families gathered to express support for American troops overseas. "When we returned, we saw nothing like this," Mr. Blumenthal said. "Let us do better by this generation of men and women." The New Haven Register on July 20, 2006, described him as "a veteran of the Vietnam War," and on April 6, 2007, said that the attorney general had "served in the Marines in Vietnam." On May 26, 2009, The Connecticut Post, a Bridgeport newspaper that is the state's third-largest daily, described Mr. Blumenthal as "a Vietnam veteran." The Shelton Weekly reported on May 23, 2008, that Mr. Blumenthal "was met with applause when he spoke about his experience as a Marine sergeant in Vietnam." And the idea that he served in Vietnam has become such an accepted part of his public biography that when a national outlet, Slate magazine, produced a profile of Mr. Blumenthal in 2000, it said he had "enlisted in the Marines rather than duck the Vietnam draft." It does not appear that Mr. Blumenthal ever sought to correct those mistakes. Where should Richard Blumenthal start apologizing?
Lets start with the 2,594,000 young Americans who actually did serve in Vietnam, rather than claiming, as Blumenthal did, that "I served in Vietnam''
Unquestionably to the 58,220 American war dead and the 1,741 American troops who disappeared in Vietnam and whose remains were never found.
And to the 153,303 Americans who were wounded in Vietnam, many of whom came home to struggle with disability and depression for the rest of their lives.
I'm Sorry Mr. Blumenthal. Being in a war is a searing experience; it is not something that is easily misspoken about. Combat veterans know when they've been under fire. People who don't go to combat know they missed that experience. You fought or you didn't, and the difference is not ever erased, even if 40 years have passed.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Why should I vote?
less Liberal. It denies the possibility that, Fascists, Classical Conservatives, Socialists, and Communists exist, and therefore limits not only their choice, but prevents them from being able to act on their beliefs. I know we have the Green party and the Libertarians but, come on, honestly, when has the last time any of these parties were a serious threat to an election. At the most all they have done, if anything is to take votes away from one causing the other to be elected. The name Ross Perot jumps to mind.
and practices presently in place.
Monday, May 17, 2010
How to interpret Arlen Specter's probable demise.
Honestly, I can't help but think that the news media as a whole are over analyzing the senate primary race between Sestak and Specter. They're kicking around what Specter's win or loss might foretell for the November general election. If he loses, does it mean there really is an anti incumbent sentiment out there Etc. (I hope so)? I think they picked the wrong race to analyze. I think Mr. Specter time of service to his country has run its course, I sit in front of the TV and just shake my head. It seems pretty apparent there are a few major reasons why Mr. Specter ought to lose tomorrow's primary. Firstly, he suddenly had a crisis of conscience and changed his party affiliation stating, "I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans," Mr. Specter said in his statement, acknowledging that his decision was certain to disappoint colleagues and supporters. Though the real reason was not a disparity in philosophy, it was to save a job his job "I'm not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate, not prepared to have that record decided by that jury," Mr. Specter declared in a rather defiant and dismissive tone. Specter's move has sown resentment and feelings of betrayal among some of the. Republican friends and associates who were loyal to him at great cost to their own career Not least of them is Rick Santorum, the conservative former senator who recently said he supported the more liberal Specter in 2004 because Specter promised to back George W. Bush's court nominees. Specter has denied he ever made that commitment and he bristled at the press club lunch when asked if he and Santorum should take lie detector tests to settle the question. "My integrity, established over a long career, doesn't need a lie detector test to establish its veracity," he said stiffly. On the other hand Santorum said he would take the test. He most certainly misjudged Obama mania, believing as I'm sure President Obama himself did that it would continue for years. His abrupt change in parties looked spurious then, and nowadays one has to wonder just what he stands for. As a Republican he leaned to the left of the isle and was more of an impediment to the party than asset, and in just slightly over 370 days as a Democrat he has helped to devastate and possibly bankrupt an entire country, and give us Obama care of which only 30% of the population wanted. Over the past year, Specter went from opposing to supporting a public option in the health care bill, from opposing to supporting some form of a bill making it easier for workers to form unions, from criticizing to supporting Dawn Johnsen's controversial nomination for a key Justice Department post (now a moot issue; she has withdrawn). He even sided with liberals on Afghanistan, opposing Obama's troop surge there. At the press club lunch here in Harrisburg, the moderator read a question that asked why Specter, if he is so worried about spending and deficits, voted for the banks bailout and Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill. Specter said Vice President Dick Cheney had come to the GOP Senate caucus and told his fellow Republicans that if they didn't support the bailout fund, they would turn George W. Bush into a modern Herbert Hoover. I don't think you can read too much anti-incumbency theory into Arlen Specter's probable loss in the primary election. In point of fact, I'd kind of like to see him win, he'd be a much better bet to lose in November than his primary opponent, Joe Sestak.
So there, you go -- Cheney made me do it. As for the stimulus, Specter says it averted a 1929-style Depression and may have been the most important vote he ever cast in Congress, Right behind his vote against Reagan nominee Bork.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
D.C. passes medical marijuana, bill goes to mayor - wtop.com
D.C. passes medical marijuana, bill goes to mayor - wtop.com
Nominates Marion Berry as mayor again
Leia Mais…Monday, May 03, 2010
Global Warming?
With the disturbing evidence of falsifying the facts and the destruction of evidence to the contrary; we the people must expose climate change for what it is: another attempt by the left to usurp more control of the population and make billions for their allies. Climate change, in fact, is the crown jewel of the radical left's global power coup d'état; more so than healthcare. By asserting that humans are, somehow, (while I freely admit we could be taking better care of our planet) altering the earth's atmosphere, their plan is to seize control of, basically, every aspect of life; all in the name of saving the planet. This is no new strategy. In the early 1970'sthere was an attempt to create the same type of calamity centered on the notion of global cooling "The Ice Age is coming". The data used to concoct this theory was gathered by some of the same scientists who are now driving the global warming hoax and this is not the first time they've been caught doctoring the evidence to fit their desired result. In 2007, Dr. James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and one of the forces behind both the global warming and global cooling hoaxes was forced to revise his data to show that the 1930's was the hottest decade of the twentieth century rather than the 1990's as he had originally asserted. Still, despite repeated discoveries of bogus data and the hiding and obliteration of nonconforming data, the eco-fanatics continue to push forward with life altering policies and legislation. Conflicting theories, interpretations, and opinions are either ignored or ridiculed, even when offered by highly educated and skilled Scientists. In 2008, "The National Center for Public Policy Research" reported that "Dr. Arthur Robinson of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine announced that more than 31,000 scientists had signed a petition rejecting the theory of human-caused global warming." The theory has, in fact, been rejected or questioned consistently by a number of scientists and, just as consistently, their opinions have been disregarded. The left has kicked this dead horse so consistently, for so long, that many, so called conservatives has given in and accepted it as fact. The message has been entrenched in our youth through constant reiteration in the education system. The result has been the piling on of more and more government regulations of industries such as: energy, auto makers, and chemical manufacturers. As a result of this overbearing government control, consumer prices of many products have skyrocketed, consumer safety has been compromised by mandates for lighter, more fuel efficient automobiles and the banning of disease controlling chemicals, America's dependence on foreign oil has increased, and millions of American jobs have been lost. These combined results have had a drastic effect on the national economy. Still, in light of all of this and despite being in the middle of one of the worst economic recessions in our history. The government is attempting to pass the "cap and trade" climate change bill, which, even proponents agree, will drastically raise energy prices for consumers and businesses, and impose much greater operating costs for many businesses and industries. The reason for this continued push, without further debate, is simple; they know that their window of opportunity to pass the bill is closing quickly and further debate and investigation will only hurt the cause. There will never be a better opportunity than now for the people to stop this shell game from going any further and begin reversing the previous damage. I urge everyone to contact their elected officials and demand an investigation into this deception. We should also be contacting the media to persuade them to investigate and report this issue objectively. We can get their attention by going through their meal ticket; the advertisers yes I'm asking for a boycott of their advertisers and supporters. We must seize this opportunity now, before they manage to push it to the back burner and move on. Of all the devastating policies these extremists are attempting to jam down our throats, this is the most damaging and corrupt. The ball has been placed firmly in our court we must not fail for the sake of our children and the future of our beloved country.
Third Accused Navy Seal Court Martial Starts Today
Matthew McCabe's trial date is currently set to begin Monday, May 3, 2010 at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, VA. Just this past week in separate trials at Camp Victory in Iraq, SO1 Julio Huertas and SO2 Jonathan Keefe were both found not guilty of the military charges that were brought against them which included dereliction of duty and falsifying statements / impending an investigation. There are rallies scheduled for Matthew across the country. Go to the link to find a group near you.
Please keep Matthew McCabe in your thoughts. Today begins his court martial trial. From Support Seals: Matthew McCabe's trial date is currently set to begin Monday, May 3, 2010 at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, VA. Just this past week in separate trials at Camp Victory in Iraq, SO1 Julio Huertas and SO2 Jonathan Keefe were...
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Please keep Matthew McCabe in your thoughts. Today begins his court martial trial.
If McCabe's case is not thrown out before Monday, May 3, we will be showing our support for all 3 SEALs on, or around that day by putting on "Support Our SEALs" rallies all across the nation.
Here is a list of the upcoming ''Support Our SEALs'' rallies. You can get more details and RSVP for a particular event by visiting this site. http://www.supportourseals.com/index.php?page=27
Also, remember, these are the guys being harassed by the administration for "roughing up" a terrorist. He got punched in the face or something. He's lucky to be living.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Dressing Mrs. Obama for Success, Then Going Out of Business - NYTimes.com
Dressing Mrs. Obama for Success, Then Going Out of Business - NY Times.com
Why do I care or more importantly why is this news?
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Eight days better late than never
Every aspiring media writer and blogger out there has given their opinion on the Louisiana oil platform explosion and subsequent leak, so I may as well throw my 2 cents in. Our President (The Anointed One) hasn't a clue on how to handle this emergency. Instead of calling for equipment and the experts to use said equipment, He's calling up droves of government attorneys. He's got department heads and special assistants flying about and no, not one of them knows a damned thing about an oil well, oil well fires and most particularly a deep water well. This administration's idea of a response team is like something out of a Mr. Bean Sketch.
So while Rome stands burning, Caesar was out criticizing a sovereign State's Governor for signing a bill protecting the very people that Obama and the Federal Government (yes this includes Republicans and Democrats alike) failed to protect for the last twenty or so years. Obama displayed his true colors on this one. The lame stream press has been in full cover up mode…well the part that wasn't combing the beaches looking for oiled birds that is.
So what does the leader of a country which is in(according to the Obama administration) the biggest economic crisis in modern time do, he decided to cease operation on every US owned or leased well in the gulf this is juvenile knee jerk of reaction at best and complete absurdity at worst. Something else to heap on the shoulders of the American people – rising gas prices due to Obama's shutdown of the 3,800 oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that's just what the Dr. ordered. I was listening to talk radio the other day and I heard Mark Levin call Obama incompetent. And yes, Mark, he is… or gives every warning of being so.
I've stated before I'm not a conspiracy theorist… I don't do it as a rule, but there is this nagging thought flashing thru my undisciplined mind – the timing on this whole oil well explosion is just too attractive. Now, I'm not suggesting any monkey business. In fact, I listened carefully to Mr. Levin's interview with a journeyman oil rig worker who was on platform when it happened. He explained that it had all the appearance of a gas 'bubble' release. A very large release of gas blown back up through the derrick because the odorless, colorless gas is heavier than air it will settle on the deck, the interior and low spots, At that point anything could have served as an ignition source, even static electricity.
Barack Obama is eight days late getting on top of this. If this happened to a Republican administration, (I'll say it if this happened to George W Bush) there would be a media blast furnace from the left that would go on for months. It may prove to be faintly amusing watching Obama's hordes of lawyers stop that well leak. I just hope it doesn't get any more tragic than it already has, but with enough of Obama's goofballs running around they could screw up the works quickly for the pros that have to get it done.
Friday, April 30, 2010
The Technology Chronicles : iPhone prototype finder regrets "mistake"
The Technology Chronicles : iPhone prototype finder regrets "mistake"
I’ll bet he regrets it. This is the bonehead who found the new iphone prototype at the bar and instead of returning it to its owner (which by the way was obvious to all, but those who chose not to look) sold it to Gizmodo for $5 grand. The least you can say is this guy ( who had absolutely no intentions of returning it) stole it and Gizmodo received stolen property. Read for yourself and decide.
Leia Mais…Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Power Of The Flight Attendant: Stupid Stewardess
You're about to poop your pants because you've eaten something bad. The flight attendant doesn't want to get out of your way. You push by her. You are arrested.
Here's the deal from MSNBC:
A man who says he desperately needed to use an airplane bathroom after eating something bad in Honduras faces a federal charge after being accused of twisting a flight attendant's arm to get to the lavatory, the FBI said Wednesday.
Joao Correa, 43, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he had a bathroom emergency 30 minutes into a March 28 Delta Air Lines flight from Honduras to Atlanta, but found the single coach aisle on the Boeing 737 blocked by a beverage cart. He said he asked if he could use the lavatory in business class, but was told no.
Transportation Security Administration policy requires passengers on international flights to use the restroom in their seating class. When the cart wasn't moved after a few minutes, Correa said, he ran for the business class lavatory. He said the flight attendant put up her arm to block him, and he grabbed it to keep his balance. A Delta flight attendant said Correa grabbed her right arm, pulled it down and twisted it, according to authorities. There is nothing worse than a petty tyrant with absolute power. How many evil flight attendants have you encountered? Yeah, me too.
Now, my point in all this is to demonstrate what happens when someone has absolute power. It's not pretty. And that sort of power in a government official is even more awful. People become a-holes with impunity. Why not? No one can do anything about their bad behavior.
Now, picture a government official invading your health care choices. Yeah.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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Senator Jim DeMint fights for Congressional Term Limits
Recently, Sen. DeMint introduced a "Term Limits for All" bill that would serve as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution if it were to gain enough support in Congress and among the American people. The bill would finally put an end an era of permanent politicians on Capitol Hill by limiting House members to three terms, and senators to two. So far Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Kay Baily Hutchison (R-Texas) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) have signed on as cosponsors of the bill.
Leia Mais…Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Communists Sue Democratic Party For Stealing Platform
In a surprise move, the CPUSA (Communist Party USA) has announced a lawsuit against the Democratic Party and its leadership for the alleged theft of intellectual property. The plaintiffs claim that the entire so-called "new" Democratic agenda is, in fact, the product of a decades-long, painstaking campaign by CPUSA theorists, agitators, and underground subversive cells - which makes it the intellectual property of the Communist Party USA, protected by American copyright laws.
"They stole our entire platform, rebranded it 'progressive', and claimed it as their own," declared a CPUSA spokesperson at a press conference in San Francisco. "And we communists say, not so fast! Not in this country anyway, where we still have property rights and the rule of law, thank God! Actually, let me rephrase that..."
The Communist Party representative explained that government ownership of the auto and financial industries, redistribution of wealth, and free rationed healthcare have always been among the glorious CPUSA objectives: "We held on to these goals through all the difficult years of factional infighting, purges, denunciations, and heroic espionage on behalf of the Soviet intelligence services.
"This may seem like a foreign idea to you, but we sacrificed everything for it - our friends, our neighbors, and our nation. We suffered from all kinds of ulcers and split personality disorders by blindly following Stalin's directives. We risked our chances of promotion within US government agencies by dutifully advancing Soviet foreign policy. And for what? So that some spoiled Democrats could ride on our backs to power while throwing us crumbs in the form of minor cabinet appointments?
"It's just like taking someone else's hard-earned income and redistributing it! ... Never mind, bad example... It's like infiltrating a respectable organization and taking over its management while engaging in subversive propaganda and the rewriting of history... Whoops, bad example again... It's like being devoid of moral standards and rejecting all the norms and values of Judeo-Christian civilization... No, that was totally inappropriate. Scratch that...
"It's time we got our fair share of credit from the current administration. As a gesture of good will, we would be pleased to accept the credit in the form of stimulus checks, subsidies, and loan guarantees for our members. If not now, when?"
CPUSA lawyers presented documents to the press showing that the Democratic platform of 2010, almost-line-for-line, reiterates the CPUSA platform of 1963. As the lead attorney for the plaintiffs pointed out, even a casual reading shows that while the rhetoric occasionally varies, the underlying policies are nearly identical.
"If the public knew that all the Democrat ideas are ours, we'd have more high-paying jobs in the Obama administration," remarked the CPUSA spokesperson. "While all our members can't be czars, we should at least get royalties. We can't survive on government handouts alone, not yet anyway."
This announcement seems to overturn past communist policy favoring the liquidation of czars and royalty.
The Democratic National Committee has declined to issue an official comment on the lawsuit, but a high-ranking White House official stated privately that this development is the result of an historically inevitable "convergence of opposites" - a philosophical concept outlined by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - whereby the American public catches up with the glorious promise of communism, while the CPUSA becomes so American that it becomes embroiled in litigation. "Don't quote me on this," he added, "but Barack and I believe we can easily reconcile whatever minor differences we have with the CPUSA, and work together to prepare Americans for the final march, in well-organized and neat columns, towards our radiant progressive future."
