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22 Alarming Facts About Obama’s Economy

June 22, 2012 by 21 Comments

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Our national debt has risen by more than $5 trillion during Obama’s administration, more than what it increased under all previous 43 presidents combined.

The number of Americans on food stamps has risen from 32 million to over 46.4 million in Obama’s three years in office.

At $3.59, the average price of gasoline is $ 1.74 MORE than it was the day Barack Obama was sworn in.

Twenty two percent of American children live in poverty, the highest level in 30 years.

For forty straight months (every single full month of Obama’s reign), unemployment has been 8%.

Forty two percent of American workers are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Fifty three percent of college graduates under 25 are either unemployed or under-employed.

The Federal Reserve has monetized 61% of our national debt. This means that we are “selling” government bonds to other government agencies.

Eighty six percent of American workers aged 60 or older will continue working past their 65th birthday.

Ninety five percent of the jobs lost in Obama’s depression have been lost by middle-class workers.

To satisfy local, state, and federal taxes, the average working American has to put in 107 days- more than 21 weeks of work.

In Detroit, thanks to Democrat policies for the last fifty years, a three-bedroom home can be purchased for just $500.00 – which is actually a slight uptick over recent years.

Since Obama took office, he has destabilized the national economy to the point that the price of an ounce of gold has risen from $850.00 to over $1600.00.

Last month in Montgomery, Alabama, 20,000 people applied for 877 openings at a Hyundai plant.

In 2011, the average American household spent a staggering $4,155.00 on gasoline.

Currently, there are a record-breaking 88 million+ Americans of working age who are unemployed.

Student loans, NOT dischargeable in bankruptcy, now stand at over $1 trillion, KILLING the future of millions of our young people.

Compared to 1985, our 2011 trade deficit with China was more than 49,000 times larger.

To determine why cocaine makes the Japanese quail engage in risky sexual behavior, the Obama Administration  spent $175,587.00 of our tax dollars.

The national debt could not be repaid in less than 440,000 years if we started immediately.

Our debt is growing at the rate of OVER $2 million each MINUTE! 

In 2010, 2.6 million Americans fell into poverty. Since 1959, when this statistic was developed, no year saw a bigger increase.

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What Are You Doing To Stop Obama’s Tyranny?

June 22, 2012 by 17 Comments

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It has been almost four years since Barack Obama came into office, and he is seeking a second term. He promised HOPE and CHANGE, and we have had a lot of the latter. Higher unemployment, lower returns on investments, higher costs of goods and services, an unconstitutional healthcare plan, higher foreign debt, higher domestic debt, no fiscal responsibility, and rule by Executive Order bypassing the Congress of the United States and changing laws that need to go through the process of passage of Congress. This president appoints people to fill positions that are supposed to be reviewed and approved by the Congress but claims that Congress was in “recess” and uses an emergency clause to effect the appointment when no emergency is present. This president has appointed more CZARS than any other president… more political appointments to the Executive Department staff that do not have to be vetted and duplicate (and override) the jobs of other federal agency department heads. In short, Mr. Obama has established a monarchy while allowing Congress to keep their jobs.

Let’s look at a few other questionable aspects of Barack Obama. Let’s start with his eligibility to even hold the office of President of the United States. Article II Section 1 paragraph 5 of the U. S. Constitution states “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.” While the term “Natural Born” is not defined in the Constitution, it has been defined in an 1875 Supreme Court case  (MINOR V. HAPPERSETT 88 U.S. 162) as follows:

“A natural-born citizen is a person born in the jurisdiction of the US to parents who are citizens”

Notice that it says PARENTS, the plural of PARENT. What this means is that both the mother AND the father must be citizens of the United States. According to the official birth certificate posted on the official White House website, Mr. Obama Sr. is listed as being a resident of Kenya, a British Crown Colony at the time of Barack H. Obama Jr.’s birth, thus disqualifying him from holding the office of President of the United States. All records concerning Obama (AKA Barry Soetoro) have been sealed. Any attempt to obtain information contained in these records is unobtainable.

President Obama claims to have attended Occidental College as well as Columbia and Harvard Universities. It is claimed that he attended Occidental on a Foreign Student Visa. If so, why did he need a Visa? Citizens of the country do not need a visa to attend a school located within the boundaries of the country. Why is President Obama’s background sealed? What is he hiding? Why has the Congress of the United States NOT investigated this matter thoroughly? Why are all of the court systems of the United States avoiding anything having to do with Obama’s eligibility? There is something here that is far bigger than what is public knowledge.

During a State visit with the Russian Premier, Mr. Obama made a remark on a live microphone stating that (paraphrased) “after the next election, I’ll have more flexibility.”

Flexibility to do WHAT?

There are just too many questions to answer in one short article about this Mystery Man in the White House. Far too many people have exhausted thousands of hours trying to get to the truth. So far, only one individual stands out as being a thorn in the side of the administration, and he (Sheriff Joe Arpaio) is under severe intimidation and threats of numerous federal lawsuits while the government is trying to divert attention from the real matter at hand.

It is time for more American citizens to get off the couch and stop waiting for someone else to do something. Sit down, get a pen and paper, and demand that your two Senators and your House Representative get off their collective behind and settle these questions to the satisfaction of ALL citizens of the United States. Demand that the House of Representatives impeach President Barack H. Obama, Jr., and restore sanity to an out-of-control government before it is too late. Barack Obama is the man that our Founding Fathers were afraid of when they included the Natural-Born Citizen clause in the United States Constitution.

Another “end-run” on Congress is the signing of Executive Orders. This website below shows 20 executive orders signed by the president in 2012. Not a single one of these orders is subject to congressional review, and they go into effect immediately upon signing. (Just a note: some of the orders are rather benign.)

There is another website that shows that Obama has signed 923 executive orders in 40 months.  Executive orders ARE allowed in the Constitution of the United States, but they were NOT designed as a way to do what you want to do without Congressional scrutiny. This president is attempting to rule by executive order anytime that Congress does not pass a bill he wants, and he nullifies existing laws to meet his political agenda.

WAKE UP, AMERICA, before it is too late! Flood Congress (both the House of Representatives and the Senate) with letters and phone calls explaining that you are fed up with the lack of action to reign in this tyrant. Demand that the House of Representatives do the job they were elected to do… PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Hold the president accountable for his transgressions. Impeach him now. Then lean on the Senate to conduct a fair and speedy trial to remove this criminal from office, effective immediately. We cannot endure any more shredding of the Constitution and disestablishment of our rights. We are rapidly approaching a totalitarian form of government, and we MUST act now to save what we have and start rebuilding what we have lost. Don’t give up because you think it is hopeless. FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT! Many others have gone before you fighting to maintain our Constitutional Republic. Now it is up to YOU to step to the plate and salvage what is left and rebuild what has been lost.

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Mark Levin Holds Nancy Pelosi In Contempt

June 22, 2012 by 24 Comments

Mark has a lot to say about Nancy Pelosi shooting her mouth-accusing the GOP of attacking Holder over trying to stop “voter suppression”.

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Three Questions For President Obama

June 22, 2012 by 10 Comments

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Mr Obama, as the President of the United States you have access to all the resources that you need to answer the following three (rather simple) questions.

#1 Who authorized the Fast and Furious program?

#2 What was this program meant to accomplish?

#3 Is this program directly or indirectly responsible for the death of border agent Brian Terry?

These are very simple questions, Mr. President, so why are you and your Attorney General Eric Holder Jr, suddenly hiding behind “executive privilege”? It can’t be because you ‘re afraid of revealing national security information as your White House and the New York Times seem to have that aspect of government coordinated quite well. It can’t be that you are trying to avoid “transparency” now, can it, sir? It was your declaration when you were running for your current office, sir, that you vowed your administration would be the most OPEN ….ever!

Your invocation of executive privilege is not something that you would try to pull a “Richard Nixon” with, is it, sir? I guess not since you’ve already surpassed Mr. Nixon in the dirty tricks department already. Besides, “Tricky Barry” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Tricky Dicky”! You wouldn’t try to avoid responsibilty for the giant screw-up that Fast and Furious became, now would you? The late ex-president Harry Truman always said that the national buck always stops with the President. Wouldn’t you agree, sir?

An American hero and border agent named Brian Terry died as a result of Fast and Furious, as did several hundred Mexican citizens, sir, so please reassure myself and the American people that our President is an honorable man. We want to believe in our hearts that you would not TOLERATE corruption in any area of government; that’s why the answer to these three simple questions is so important to us. We just need some proof that everything is on the up and up in the corridors of power in D.C., Mr President. So please give us all a break and the answers to these three little questions BEFORE the coming election.

Oh, I almost forgot…….didn’t you say when you were a Senator that Presdient Bush has used, in your judgement, “executive privilege” for the wrong reasons even though he was vindicated later? Your use of this privilege, we taxpayers would like to believe, is justified, but we  just haven’t quite figured out why yet. We know that you would never resort to creating smoke to cover up wrongdoing……I mean, look what happened to Nixon and to former President Bill Clinton for lying to Congress. We know of course, Mr. President, that neither you or your Attorney General would ever do such a thing.

By the way, Mr. President, I have a gift idea for all those Democratic supporters of yours in the House of Representatives that voted NO on citing Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. for “contempt of Congress”‘ They are pocket-sized editions of the Constitution of the United States written for a third grade reading level, easy to understand. There is a little addition being added to them that explains what the oath, that you and all government officials took upon your swearing-in to office, actually means. Thank you for your time, Mr. President. Oh, and please don’t erase any tapes that Mr. Issa’s oversight committee might need. Mr. Nixon tried that, and it didn’t work out too well for him. Get some sleep; you look a little haggard, sir. Happy 4th of July!

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Obama’s Executive-Privilege “Last Gasp Of A Cover Up”

June 22, 2012 by 9 Comments

NRA Vice-President and CEO Wayne LaPierre talks about the U.S. House Committee resolution recommending that the House find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. He makes some really good points of Obama’s outright cowardice on this front.

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How The Left Redefined The Term “Rights”

June 22, 2012 by 8 Comments

 

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The word “right” has been distorted all out of proportion today and is being used by the “champions of social justice” to give the false impression that people are ENTITLED to certain privileges as constitutional “rights”. Let me explain. ATHEISTS claim that there is a “seperation of church and state” and they enjoy a right to “freedom FROM religion”; thus no prayer in public schools, no pledge of allegiance, God’s name is not to be uttered at all, and nothing scriptural can be displayed ANYWHERE in public (especially in or on government property.) The sad truth (for atheists anyway) is that this is a LIE! The First Amendment of our Constitution says “Freedom OF religion”, which means that religion IS protected from government interference. The Judeo-Christian belief system gives all Americans the RIGHT to practice their legitimate faith unhindered from governmental influence. The Supreme Court in 1963 gave Madeline Murray O’Hare her victory on taking prayer out of school, which was based NOT on what the Constitution says but rather on what the majority of that court wanted it to say! Social Justice? It is a privilege in America for atheists, deists, agnostics, or whoever to not practice belief in anything. It is NOT their right, through judicial activism, to take that RIGHT away from the majority!

The “right” of abortion, granted in 1973, is NOT a right under the Constitution, but once again, the expressed OPINION of a judicial activist court! The “right” to an abortion is nowhere in the Constitution, nor (without taking a Bill Clinton “depends on what the word is, is” approach) can the argument be sustained if taken before a truly UNBIASED, NON-socially active court and ruled on by the facts! In fact, the practice of abortion is in direct confrontation with the supreme laws and rights provided for in the Constitution. According to this document, the three unalienable rights you have in this country are, LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS! Amazing that LIFE is the first “unalterable” right that a person (an unborn child is a person whether you want to believe it or not) is given in this country, isn’t it? If you want to escape the responsibilty of an unwanted pregnancy, use another excuse besides the Constitution. It doesn’t support murder of the innocent! Social justice?

The argument of ‘equal protection under the law” being thrown around by social activists today and especially the Democrats (who are trying desperately to curry favor with the Hispanic/Latino community and use them to keep themselves in political power) has also distorted what the 14th Amendment says. It is clearly spelled out (unless you’re a socialist active Harvard lawyer) and pertains to either American-born citizens or “Naturalized” citizens, period! In other words, if you come to this country ILLEGALLY, the only right you have is to be deported right away back to your country of residence, PERIOD. If you are here LEGALLY, with a work visa, valid student visa, or the like, then you the privilege of being allowed to follow the spelled-out steps to become a citizen like every other citizen of the world who comes here looking for a better life. The socialist lawyers and judges are the ones who have distorted this privilege into a right, NOT the Constitution! Social justice?

You have the right to vote, as spelled out in the Constitution, legally! The dead and those with stolen social security numbers, fraudulent papers, or no papers at all are NOT given this right! In other words, if you can’t prove who you are, you have no right to vote! Every right in the Constitution has a responsibility attached to it, no matter what your activist lawyer may tell you! It seems that in the last couple of years when the legitimate voters go to the polls and vote on an issue of concern to them, instead of the minority accepting that outcome, they can turn to shyster lawyers and use the judicial system to reverse a majority decision in their favor. These kinds of acts are exactly what the Constitution was intended to prevent; unfortunately, the defenders of said Constitution have grown lazy and complacent. Laws are only words if there is no way to enforce them. Our lawmakers should be forced to write ALL legislation in PLAIN ENGLISH so that there are no exemptions given to the special interests or their campaign donors (or themselves) and the consequences for failing to obey this new law are spelled out!

“You have a right to a job!” I just love that one, or “you have the right to a comfortable lifestyle!” Redistribution of wealth, anyone? Does the Constitution of the United States give you these rights? Let me think…….NOOOO! You have the privilege of being able, through free public education (for what it’s worth), college, or trade schools, to become whatever you work to be! You have a right to be able to pursue your dreams unhindered by what the government says that you should become. The Constitution does NOT give you the “right” to live off the taxpayers your entire life, nor are government programs rights! They are privileges (much abused by politicians) to help you out, not support you entirely. Again, social justice distorts the truth!

Teachers and other public sector employees do NOT have the right to go on strike. They are given the privilege to air their grievances to the taxpayers who pay their salaries. It is against the law in most states for teachers to go on strike. If only we had some politicians with real backbones to make this abundantly clear to those who do claim striking as a bargaining tool and a “right”! Not on the taxpayers dime! More social justice!

How about Miranda “rights”? A criminal has the “right” to remain silent, and his or her lawyer has the “right” to use the system and any technicality to get you off no matter how heinous the crime. Let’s reverse this for a minute, shall we? To the victims: you have the right NOT to be raped and be mentally and emotionally traumatized. You have the right NOT to be murdered, assaulted,or injured severly by a thug or thugs. You have the right NOT to be robbed, scammed, or taken advantage of by lowlife people. You have the right NOT to be threatened, intimidated, or bullied in your home, at work, in school, or anywhere for that matter. You DO have the right to arm yourself for your own protection, your family, and your community as long as you are of sound mind and have no criminal record of violence.

You DO have the right to expect civility from your neighbors and strangers alike. Lastly, you do have the right to be born! You DO have the right to be proud of your country, your military, and what you have accomplished in your life. You have the right to be whatever you are willing to work at and accept the rewards and consequences that come with your choices. You have the right to leave this country behind if you feel that it no longer offers you your idea of utopia!

The privileges in America are many. The rights in America are few, but nevertheless are precious things that need to be jealously guarded. Learn to tell the difference between what God has given you (those unalienable rights) and what this country has allowed you to have…….and remember said difference. Celebrate what you have this 4th of July in the greatest country the world has EVER seen.

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Brian Terry’s Parents Speak Out For The First Time

June 22, 2012 by 3 Comments

Last night, the parents of slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry spoke out in their first television interview, given to Sean Hannity. It is important that we pray for Mr. Terry’s parents and that they find closure in dealing with this terrible tragedy.

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Talk About Voting For Dishonesty

June 22, 2012 by 6 Comments
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Every election cycle, the American people are bombarded by messages from those who think they are fit to lead. Most of them are not, but they wear nice clothes and smile a lot, so other people listen to the garbage spewing forth and agree or disagree.

Meetings are held, speeches are given, unhealthy ‘finger’ food gets eaten, and we wonder to ourselves if anything said is true. We listen to men and women who are different from the scoundrels begging on the street only by the clothes they wear and the phony smiles featuring false teeth and the painted smiles of the women seeking a paycheck at the expense of the taxpayer.

It would be amusing, if we weren’t in such dire straits.

It used to be that meetings were held in smoke-filled rooms where men bargained and gambled using the future of the people as bargaining chips. Now it is politically incorrect to smoke, but the rooms stink anyway from the hot air expended by the self-important wannabes and their handlers.
The unethical shenanigans and the dishonest tricks are used not to help one, but to hinder one. It is a disgusting business. Billions of dollars are spent bringing messages to the weary voters; most of  these messages are not believed by either side. It is the best liar who wins. It is the one who can pull the dirtiest tricks that gets the votes.

Here in Clark County, Nevada, we have a situation that defies any logic – even in politics. A candidate for the United States House of Representatives has used nefarious means to win the primary election for the Republican candidacy in the general election in the fall. His followers think he won. We lost. We lost because we have now a man who has proven himself to be unworthy of the title of Representative. How could anyone now address him as The Honorable _____ _________?

That is how he will be addressed, if he wins the general. I hope he does because his opponent is even worse. I shudder at the prospect of my grandchildren’s future, for it is a dismal future.
The chairman and vice-chairman of the Clark County Republican Party Central committee both resigned their positions at about the same time and joined Team Nevada (that is the name the unfair and dishonest Republican National Committee is using for their anointed candidate.) This move was planned far in advance, perhaps even in advance of a questionable vote at the bi-monthly meeting of the CCRPCC. Team Nevada accepted the former members of the Central Committee. Would you accept such people to your team? This is, at best, dishonest. We now have a potential presidential candidate who willingly accepts men who have proven themselves to be less than forthright. What does that say for the candidate? You are known by the company you keep.

At the State level of the Republican Party, a technician “accidentally” provided one Congressional candidate with the list of 1,600 purged voters as the current list of voters, while at the same time providing the ultimate winner with a list of 20,000 current voters, then resigned and joined Team Nevada.

Do those who support and will vote for the scoundrel think that they can trust him? If they do, they are being very foolish. A dishonest person cannot be trusted. That is a gold-plated fact. Yet, that is exactly what we will have if the man wins the general election – a man who has proven that he will accept the help of duplicitous people with a smile and a “thank-you.” He cannot be trusted to be open and honest.

The people who support this dishonesty call themselves Christians, attend church services regularly, put a few dollars in the coffers at their church, and bow and say “amen” when the Pastor calls for honest and ethical actions in their daily lives. But could we trust them to keep our books?
These people who pull the dirty tricks think they win. They don’t. In the end, they lose like the rest of us because they have helped put someone of low character in a position to make decisions as to how many men and women will be sent to war. Let the funeral dirge continue for our once-great Republic. The casket is closed; the nails are being driven home. They are being driven there by some who think they have convinced others they have done a service for mankind.

Only one of the presidential candidates championed freedom, lower taxes, bringing our troops home, ending the foolish wars, and living in Peace. No, there were no winners in this latest debacle that was called a “primary election.”

Come November 6th, will we have a choice of one liar or another, or will we have an honest man to vote for? Will we be forced to choose the liar we distrust the least, or will we be able to choose for our next President a man who we can trust?

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WH Press Secretary Forgets Name Of Slain Border Patrol Agent

June 22, 2012 by 4 Comments

Shame on Jay Carney. He is clearly no more competent for this position than his predecessor (remember Mr. Robert Gibbs?)

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PC Police Trump NC Police With “Secular Prayer” Rule

June 22, 2012 by 10 Comments

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A Charlotte, N.C., police chaplain recently received some ridiculous news after seven years of serving local officers and the community in that capacity.

Though he is also the pastor of a Christian church (keyword: Christian), Terry Sartain and his fellow chaplains are no longer allowed to mention the name of Jesus during public invocations. In fact, given the invocation’s root word, “invoke”, the term refers to actually calling upon a specific deity. I guess the department will scrap any further use of the term because of this development.

The man in charge of the chaplain program reportedly said the decision was a “matter of respecting that people may have different faiths,” though Sartain said he’s never experienced any backlash from those holding alternate religious views.

Sometimes the PC police infiltrate the actual police, which is apparently what has happened in this community – a North Carolina community nonetheless. I know the Charlotte area is not as conservative as some other areas of the state, such as the beautiful Outer Banks on which I lived for several years, but it’s still not San Fransisco or Chicago. This is a place located squarely on the Bible Belt, which supposedly meant something at some point in the past.

“It brings about a very real concern about where we are heading as a nation,” Sartain reportedly replied. I could not have said it better.

To be clear, the department’s police chaplains are still welcome to pray, as long as the prayer is not directed to Jesus. This distinction led Sartain to ask what I feel to be the only natural follow-up question: to whom exactly should he direct his prayer?

The police department’s reply was that he should deliver “secular” prayers. I’m sorry, but that phrase sounds like an oxymoron. I suppose it could be some reference to meditation or thinking happy thoughts, but either way, there’s not much need for an ordained Christian pastor to deliver them.

Sartain, along with the officers in this department and their families, are just the latest victims in the ongoing culture war, leading the pastor to remove his name from consideration for future public invocations.

When an agency no longer allows a pastor to mention the namesake of his faith, he can no more perform his duties than a doctor prohibited from prescribing medicine.

These anti-Christian leftists tout fairness and compromise when making these demands, as though taking away one group’s liberty will somehow positively affect another group. Just as you won’t get rich if a millionaire loses his money, this argument displays a failed understanding of the word “fair.”

Long-held religious institutions, even the Charlotte police chaplain program, must be preserved in order for the moral backbone of this country to exist. Of course, many on the far left wish to change everything about America, including its Judeo-Christian values. They see government as the one true religion, a secular god in itself. Now that I think about it, I guess that’s why they favor secular prayer.

In my understanding of the Bill of Rights, government is prohibited from interfering in my faith. Liberals interpret it to mean the exact opposite.

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