The Day That Will Live In Infamy

No the Japanese have not attacked Pearl Harbor again.

And this was not a sneak attack.

But it was call to War.

As predicted, the Democrat Socialist sold the American People down the toilet  219-212. That 3 more than they needed.

And guess who caved at the last second, Pro-Life Democrats.

They were promised to issue an executive order (aka BRIBE) from the President saying that the provisions of the now Health Care Reform Law that let the government pay fro abortions will not happen.

Not an actual signed order, just a promise of one.

And this President is a very trustworthy guy.

SUCKER!

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) the “leader” of the now defunct ‘pro-life’ Democrats is now Judas.

“Perhaps Mr. Stupak and his fellow pro-life Democrats forget that President Obama’s first Executive Order was the repeal of the Mexico City Policy to allow for international funding of abortion.”– Phylis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum

To pay for the changes, the legislation includes more than $400 billion in higher taxes over a decade and cuts more than $500 billion from planned payments to hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and other providers that treat Medicare patients. (AP)

So bend over and reach deep. The enema you’re going to get is going to be a joyous one, Comrade.

And just to give you some more happy news: This from Bloomberg

President Obama’s budget proposal would create bigger deficits every year of the next decade, with the gaps totaling $1.2 trillion more than his administration projects, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this month. Publicly held debt will zoom to $20.3 trillion, or 90 percent of gross domestic product, by 2020, the CBO forecast.

So anyone for Ramen Noodles??

That maybe all we have left soon.

But at least we’ll have government Health Care!

Hurray!

When asked what Obama was doing during the vote, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs: “Mostly basketball.” (CBS)

He was watching the NCAA.

Well, you have to have your priorities…

It also seems, according to the Senate Republicans website that the Senate Democrats stalled a “bi-partisan” meeting with the Parliamentarian until after the vote, that way it didn’t stall their quest for the Holy Grail.

WASHINGTON DC – Senate Democrats have balked at a bi-partisan meeting with the Senate Parliamentarian to discuss a rule violation that could doom the entire House reconciliation proposal.

DON STEWART, McCONNELL SPOKESMAN: “Republicans have been trying to set up a meeting with Senate Democrats since yesterday to discuss this fatal point of order but have been met with nothing but silence. We suspect Democrats are slow walking us so as to have the House vote first. Since Senate Democrats refuse to meet with us and the Parliamentarian, we’ve informed our colleagues in the House that we believe the bill they’re now considering violates the clear language of Section 310g of the Congressional Budget Act, and the entire reconciliation bill is subject to a point of order and rejection in the Senate should it pass the House.”

That means the Senate bill, which everyone in the House seems to universally hate, will be the law of the land.

And the Partisan bloodbath is probably not over.

But remember, this was the President who was going to be the Post-Partisan, Unifier.

You just did know he was going to be Unified against The American People and any who opposed his will.

Details…Details…details….

So the Reconciliation Fix-it fight is now on.

“Immediately after receiving the final reconciliation bill language, Senate Republican staff was ready and willing to meet with Senate Democratic staff and the Senate Parliamentarian to discuss the fact that the House reconciliation bill may be brought down by the 310(g) point of order in the Senate. Senate Democrats are mysteriously unavailable until after the House votes on the health care bill tonight. The Senate Democrats appear to be pushing off this meeting so that House Democrats will remain in the dark about what is likely to happen to the reconciliation bill on which many have staked their careers in Congress. House Democrats should be alarmed by this latest development, since the survival of the reconciliation bill is clearly at risk in the Senate.”

If Republicans can get the parliamentarian to agree with them even once, whatever ultimately passes the Senate will have to go back to the House.
And Democrats in the House quietly admit that its very likely they will have to vote again on the reconciliation fixes at some point down the road.

So the House Democratic Leadership was potentially Lying to it’s members, especially ‘Judas’ Stupak, that they’re being played.

Admittedly, you have to get the Parliamentarian to agree first, but it show how far the Democrats will go to pass it.

But even then, we still have Government run Health Care.

It doesn’t do it to everyone just yet.

But by the end of the decade it will be.

You can trust the Democrats on that.

or Maybe sooner…

As you know, I am a strong supporter of a public option, and I included the HELP Committee’s public option in the bill I brought to the senate floor last year. I was disappointed when it became clear that we did not have the votes to keep it.
Nevertheless, like you, I remain committed to pursuing the public option. While I believe that the legislation we are considering does much to provide affordable coverage to millions of Americans and curb insurance company abuses, I also believe that the public option would provide additional competition to make insurance even more affordable. As we have discussed, I will work to ensure that we are able to vote on the public option in the coming months. – Sen Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Because we all know by now, you can trust a Democrat lawmaker to keep his or her word, now can’t we.

And we have to get the Illegals Amnesty so they can be put on the government doles and registered as Democrats so we can fix the messy democratic process.

And then we just need to fix all those greedy, consumer-driven, energy pigs and purveyors of evil CO2 (you know, electricity, oil, cars, people).

We’ll whip them into shape for their own good.

So Welcome to the new Obama’s Amerika, Comrade.

Enjoy your “freedoms”.

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Vancouver Police Ticket Man for Open Carry

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Open carry, the practice of openly carrying a firearm secured in a holster, is perfectly legal in 43 states. Washington is one those states which does not prohibit this practice, but that’s a lesson that the Police Department of Vancouver apparently has not learned.

A man who was seen in a Vancouver supermarket with a handgun visible in a holster — prompting a call to 911 on Friday — was ticketed and released with a court date, police said.

One could chalk this up to a police officer who was simply misinformed about the law, perhaps never encountering an open carrier and assuming it must be prohibited. Unfortunately, the person the VPD has allowed to comment on the case, Sgt. Raquer, seems to indicate that this arrest represents a department-wide misuse of the law.

Officers explained the law to the man, gave him a ticket for alleged unlawful carrying of a weapon and released him.

Under the law, Raquer said, a person can be ticketed if his display of a gun alarms people.

…

He added, “Most responsible people don’t display their firearm in public.”

That comment, particularly that last part, is not only incorrect but also an opinionated insult to Washingtonians who exercise their rights under state law.  As for the law that the VPD mangled in order to issue this citation:

The state law that applies to the Albertsons case is RCW 9.41.270, Botvinnik said.

That law says: “It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, exhibit, display, or draw any firearm, dagger, sword, knife or other cutting or stabbing instrument, club, or any other weapon apparently capable of producing bodily harm, in a manner, under circumstances, and at a time and place that either manifests an intent to intimidate another or that warrants alarm for the safety of other persons.”

The standard “warrants alarm” is not interpreted by the courts to mean simply openly carrying, but rather brandishing or threatening. The citation against this unidentified man will likely be thrown out as soon as a judge can look at it. Unfortunately, that also means the city of Vancouver has opened itself up to a sizable civil action.

If you’re interested in this story you can follow along on the OCDO forums, where the victim’s wife appears to be updating the thread.

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Nat'l ID card + microchip required by Immigration Bill

The NYT reported yesterday (3/18) that senators Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina have introduced:

“..a proposal to overhaul the immigration system, which would require illegal immigrants to admit they broke the law before they could gain legal status and require all workers in the United States to carry a biometric identity card to prove that they are eligible to work…..

The plan calls for a big increase in immigration agents patrolling workplaces, and would require all workers, including legal immigrants and American citizens, to present a tamper-proof Social Security card when they apply for jobs. Biometric identity information would be stored on the card and not in any government database, according to an explanatory document from the senators.”

Information about biometric ID cards is easier to find at British websites, since they are far advanced in civilian surveillance and control.  The Biometric Identity Cards site opines:

What biometric information will be stored on the card?

The government has not yet been able to decide exactly what information will be stored.  There are many issues to consider.  Whatever measurement is chosen must be something that doesn’t generally change, and that can be easily provided by most people, including disabled or elderly people.  The most likely candidates are finger prints and images of the iris of the eye which, like fingerprints, [and DNA] are believed to be unique to each person.

How will the information used once it is on the card?

The government has not had much to say about how the information will be used.  Their silence is understandable because they know that the truth will be quite unpalatable to any sensible person who has more than a modicum of understanding of history.  Two simple facts need to be understood:

First, merely issuing identification cards doesn’t achieve anything … identification cards only have any purpose if they are checked and used to control access to places and services.

Second, the information on the card has to be checked against some other list.  Since that list will be stored on a computer it means that every use of the card can be monitored and traced and since that card is inextricably linked to you, that means that your activity can be monitored and you can be traced.

The prospective use, and inevitable misuse and abuse of the information is the reason that this web site exists and we invite you to read all the articles in order to understand fully the dangers of what the government is proposing.  Biometric identification systems are not the benign tool of liberal and socialist governments that the UK government likes to claim.  On the contrary, such systems would make an ideal tool with which to introduce tyranny and oppression.

With the failure of the Real ID Program to overcome costs, it was inevitable that a similar measure would soon be introduced by those who seek to use technology to control and oppress.

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The Death of the American Experiment

America is an experiment. The experiment is a country of the people with a government that is supposed to be for the people. Today we are losing this dream.

The great experiment focused on opportunity and liberty. The dream focused on an atmosphere of freedom that provided an opportunity for all to experience a fullness of life. The architects of the constitution understood the limitations of mankind. The thought was to establish a government that greased the wheels of innovation and liberty.

This form of government would not control people but rather unleash the creativeness and ingenuity that is found in the individuals of the land. Citizens from all the states and from all walks of life would come together to govern in such a way as to provide an atmosphere where freedom would continue and that opportunity would be for all.

No doubt there have been times when this land has lost its way. There have been times through the history of this great country when the American Experiment was threatened. At these times we needed strong leadership to renew this great vision. Thomas Jefferson once stated what we would need to do when we lost the vision when he noted “let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety” (In his First Inaugural Address).

There is a difference today. This difference has developed over a number of years. The Great Experiment depended on a few things that now are eroding. The first is that individual rights are derived from a Creator. The second was the limitations of mankind. Abuse of power is a human fault illustrated frequently over the centuries. Thus a system of checks and balances was established. We need to ask ourselves what is the core issue that is causing this erosion?

The call for reform and all the struggling is because we have forgotten God. We are lost. We are at a crossroads and we need to return to God. But alas I do know whether we have the fortitude to do so. I agree with Thomas Jefferson when he stated “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.” I too tremble. Think of the words of George Washington “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.“

Calvin Coolidge gave a warning when he wrote “The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.” Ronald Regan warned “Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience … without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot long endure … If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.”

John F. Kennedy recognized the need for God when he stated “The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.”  John Adams agreed when he stated “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. “

My proposal to all this talk of reform and all the struggles we are having in our country is simple – we have forgotten God. What are some of the evidences of this lapse in memory? Over the next few days we will outline a few of the evidences. In the meantime the call and challenge is for us to return to a country of the people and for the people. To do this requires a heart return to God only then will we be able to experience the success of the Great American Experiment – If we do not the Great American Experiment will die a slow death.

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Cloward-Piven Strategy

Thanks to a reply from King Shamus to one of our posts, and Glenn Beck mentioning this the past couple of weeks, I decided to go back through the oldie, moldies,  and thought it was a good time to spin this one more time. Since November, when it was originally posted, I can not imagine we have come so far in having this strategy actualized.

’The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined by Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, then both sociologists and political activists at the Columbia University School of Social Work, in a 1966 article in The Nation. The two argued that many Americans who were eligible for welfare were not receiving benefits, and that a welfare enrollment drive would create a political crisis that would force U.S. politicians, particularly the Democratic Party, to enact legislation “establishing a guaranteed national income.’  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward-Piven_Strategy). 

 We all knew this was going on but now we see it ties to Alinsky and our Dear Leader among others.  Really, how dare we be successful, earn as much as we can to NOT be on welfare!  Shame on the industrious, the inquisitive inventors and the giants of our Country.  The penalty is to breakdown the economy by sending manufacturing off shore, make it illegal to utilize our own vast and rich natural resources causing massive loss of jobs cause more to enter the welfare roles leaving the impression of corporate greed.  Yes, there is/was corporate greed and should be dealt with appropriately.  But destroy the entire economy?  Cloward and Piven laid the groundwork along with good old Saul to “transform” our Country into a Socialistic society so the likes of Soros, Gore can make BILLIONS while many of us squander.   Yes, it all comes together, voter fraud, climate change, Cap and Trade, Healthcare.  Well, we can turn this page by making gains today and planning for 2010.  What really amazes me is that with all of the years the Democrats have had power, why aren’t we Socialists now?  Well, of course we know the answer, they can’t run anything.  In November of 2008, The One thought the Sea’s would part and the peasants would follow.  Wait!  Aren’t we Socialists and they didn’t tell us? 

A couple more links to read in your spare time:

 http://www.theobamafile.com/Cloward-Piven.html

 http://cloward-piven.com/ 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward-Piven_Strategy

 Mandy Williams

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Going to a Caucus - Where are WE THE PEOPLE?

By: Tisha Casida

I am the youngest person here by at least 20 years, and I am 28 years old.  Out of 264 people in my precinct 83 – only 6 people are sitting at the table (only 5 technically count because when I registered to vote when I was 18 I decided that I was Independent).  That is a 1.9% turnout.  If this were a test – WE THE PEOPLE – failed miserably.

I am a citizen of the United States living in the great state of Colorado.  I convinced my parents to go with me to the republican caucus taking place this evening – Tuesday March 16, 2010.  In addition to the three of us, there were three others at our table – Bill, Ken, and Steve.  Our chairman for our precinct was not present.  Ken and Steve were diplomatic enough to take over and explain the processes as we went along.  Reading material on most all of the candidates was available for everyone to look at as well as pick up – I saw every candidate there represented in one form or another except for Scott McInnis – I guess the Southern part of the state may not mean too much to him, at least that is what I came away with.

The purpose of a caucus, as I have gathered so far, is that this is where WE THE PEOPLE start to select candidates for governor, the U.S. senate, the U.S. house of representatives, state treasurer, state senate and house districts.  On the docket tonight (at least for the straw pole) was to decide upon who the registered republican precinct members wanted for governor (Dan Maes vs. Scott McInnis) and the U.S. senate (Ken Buck vs. Jane Norton vs. Cleve Tidwell vs. Tom Wiens).

Several of the tables for other precincts meeting here were EMPTY – meaning that NO ONE from these precincts of around 200 people came to represent a candidate or represent a value or ideal they would like to see upheld.  Tragic.

The process was simple, efficient, and ended in just ONE HOUR.  We talked about all of the candidates, everyone voiced an opinion as to what they thought, the votes were made for the straw pole (at our table), and everyone was given the opportunity to present resolutions (of which we had none, however there were several for us to look at on one of the tables when we walked in).

It was overwhelming at first, but now an understandable process.  Which really irritates me, because more people should have been there, more people should know what is going on (republican OR democrat OR anything else).  This is a fatal flaw of the public education system – fifth graders should be able to rattle off their precinct number and the process of a caucus, a county convention, a state convention, and a primary.  This is also a dangerous flaw with our society – the reason we are in the mess that we are in is because we have sat on our keisters and not taken an hour out of an evening to go to things like this.

Know your enemy folks – it is ignorance and arrogance.  Learn about our political system, get involved, and fight for liberty – we are all we have.

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Shetech

I came across a great Pelosi quote this morning; from Coyote:

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.

This is the non-sense from the Left who feel we need to live in this entitlement world.  Where people can just do what ever it is they want; and have everything take care of for ‘em.

How about this?  How about you work your ass off and then, THEN, if you wanna be an artist you can be an artist.  Or write if ya wanna write, or sing or compose poetry.

Back in Seattle I worked with a great gal.  Incredibly talented and just fun.  She exemplifies how ya get’er done!

She sings.

She writes.

She is a poet.

And she has a day job.

THAT is how you get health insurance!

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