Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King introduced an amendment that would bar the Census Bureau from disbursing taxpayer funds to the activist group ACORN — but Democrats immediately squelched the measure, King disclosed.

In a release issued on Tuesday, after the amendment regarding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now was introduced, King said: "It is time for every member of this Congress to go on record in support of or opposition to ACORN. ACORN and its estimated 270 corporate affiliates comprise a complex organizational and financial spider web with all the appearance of a criminal enterprise. ACORN is facing charges of voter fraud and tax violations, yet it has received over $53 million in taxpayer funds.

"Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and his liberal friends have opened the taxpayers’ wallet to as much as an additional $8.5 billion that could be accessed by ACORN.
"ACORN could soon be running the 2010 census if President Obama, a former ACORN employee, follows through on plans to have ACORN ‘partner’ with the Census Bureau. It is time to cut off ACORN’s access to taxpayer dollars and put an end to ACORN’s involvement in the 2010 census."

On Wednesday, King's office issued another release that read in part: "Last night, Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi and Democrat leaders passed a gag rule to ensure" that King’s amendment "never made it to the House floor."

King stated, "This Pelosi Congress is violating its commitments to the American people so it can protect its political cronies like ACORN . . .

"Democrats refuse to allow a debate, let alone cut off ACORN’s access to the taxpayers’ wallet . . .
"Justice demands that Congress cut off ACORN’s access to taxpayer dollars and put an immediate end to ACORN’s involvement in the 2010 census."

Rep. King told Newsmax in early June that he believes ACORN "has completely the face of a criminal enterprise, and it should be thoroughly investigated by Congress and the Department of Justice."

Text of Speech by John Wallace - delivered at the Albany Tea Party's "March on Albany" Rally, in Albany, New York on June 16, 2009.

I want to thank the members of the Albany Tea Party for giving me the opportunity to say a few words at this great gathering for Freedom and Liberty. Our country's Founders told us that Governments get their just powers from the consent of the governed and whenever the government becomes destructive of these ends, it is not only the people's Right, but it is their Sacred Duty to change the government, and that includes the dysfunctional New York State Government.

My fellow citizens, although some foreign countries and terrorists groups do indeed pose serious threats to our country and our state, in 2009 the greatest threats to our freedoms and liberties are not coming from them, but rather, they are coming from within our own country; from our federal government and from our New York State government, because they no longer represent us. That is why we have come here today from all parts of the state, from all walks of life and from all political parties and views: TO RECLAIM OUR FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES.

The America people, including those of us who live here in New York State, are losing our freedoms and liberties because of corrupt politicians, political correctness, a lack of basic common sense by our leaders, as well as the negative influence of special interest groups who are pushing their questionable agendas upon New Yorkers and the rest of the American people from a hundred different directions at once.

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, described our nation as "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. I'm afraid that is no longer true. In 2009, we now have federal government and a New York State government of the special interest groups, by the special interests groups, and for the special interest groups.

To those New York State and federal elected officials who may be listening out there today, "We The People" have some demands to present to you today:

We demand FREEDOM FROM CORRUPT ELECTED OFFICIALS who accept millions of dollars in bribes from Special Interest groups every year.

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE INVASION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS that costs the American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars every year. We demand that New York State cut off the honey pot of welfare and free medical care that attracts illegal aliens to our State and is bankrupting us; that you mandate employers use an E-verify system in NY and we also demand that you never issue illegal aliens' drivers' licenses.

We demand FREEDOM FROM ELECTION FRAUD. We demand an honest and verifiable election process that produces a permanent, verifiable paper record of the peoples' votes. We demand that the New York State Legislature repeal its motor-voter laws that enable non-citizens and illegal aliens to vote in our elections.

We demand FREEDOM FROM A MULTI-LINGUAL SOCIETY by passing legislation designating English as the official language of the United States and New York State with all official government documents, including ballots, printed in English only; for it is our common language that unifies us and will preserve us as one nation.

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE COLLECTION OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DATA ABOUT US THAT IS USED TO SEPARATE US INTO GROUPS, (by NYS and the federal government) much the same as Hitler did in Nazi Germany in the 1930's. We no longer ask people about their religion; why do we still ask about their race and ethnic background? We the People should not longer be classified as white-New Yorkers or black-New Yorkers: for We are just New Yorkers; We should no longer be classified as black-Americans or Hispanic Americans; for We are just Americans!

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE ATTACKS ON FAMILY FARMERS and private organic food growers through heavy handed overregulation of our water and food supplies for the benefit of big corporations who for some reason remain exempt. We do not need a National or a New York State Animal Identification System and the use of GROWTH HORMONES and GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS should be BANNED IN NEW YORK and the rest of the country because they are Dangerous to our health.

We demand FREEDOM FROM DESTRUCTIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS like NAFTA AND CAFTA that have resulted in the loss of many thousands of jobs in New York State and millions of jobs across the country. These agreements have destroyed the once strong manufacturing base in New York, and the rest of America as well.

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF WAR. Only Congress has the Power...To declare War," but no Congress has declared war since December 8th, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Congress did not declare war on North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Grenada, Lebanon, Somalia, Haiti, Panama, Serbia or Bosnia. Since World War II, over 115,000 U.S. military personnel have died and many hundreds of thousands more wounded in undeclared wars and so-called peacekeeping missions to enforce mandates of the United Nations.

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND FROM THOSE WHO ARE PUSHING FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER, who seek to destroy our national sovereignty through international treaties and agreements. We not only demand that America get out of the UN; we also demand that the UN get out of New York and America.

We demand FREEDOM FROM UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND EXCESSIVE TAXATION at all levels of government. Its time to repeal the unconstitutional Income tax as well as the outrageous School Taxes in New York.

We demand FREEDOM FROM OUT OF CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. Its time that our New York State and federal governments do what the rest of us have to do: Don't spend more than you take in.

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE INCESANT ATTACKS ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS including recent attacks right here in Albany County. Thomas Jefferson told us that the main reason for the people to keep and bear arms was not to defend themselves against some foreign power, but to protect themselves against tyranny by their own government. Law abiding American citizens have a right to keep and bear arms. It is a fundamental, individual Constitutional right that we will defend with our lives. YOU WILL NOT TAKE OUR GUNS!

We demand FREEDOM FROM ATTACKS ON OUR INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY AND FROM A REAL ID CARD. We do not want the New York State government, in the name of security, to imbed radio frequency ID chips in our driver's licenses to tag and track us like animals.

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE DRUGGING OF 6 MILLION OF OUR CHILDREN EVERY DAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. 10% of all 6-18 year old boys in the United States are currently on psychotropic drugs like Ritalin for attention deficit disorders, despite the fact that there is no independent, scientifically accepted valid test for these disorders.

We demand FREEDOM FROM AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM that de-emphasizes academic knowledge and has dumbed-down our children to a point where many of them can't find America on a world map, but they know how to put a condom on a cucumber. The present system in New York State, and the rest of the country, is designed for INDOCTRINATION, not EDUCATION.

Here in New York, the parents need School Vouchers, School Choice and Homeschool support to ensure that our children have a better chance to learn and become more productive members of society. We give the unconstitutional Federal Department of Education a failing grade of "F" and demand that it be abolished. And to the NYS Department of Education: We are putting you on probation.

We demand FREEDOM FROM THE PRIVATE CONTROL OF OUR NATION'S MONEY SUPPLY. In Our Constitution, the people of the United States granted Congress the power to coin Money and regulate its Value. We never gave a private group of international bankers on the Federal Reserve Board the constitutional power to print Trillions of dollars of worthless, fiat money, backed by absolutely nothing that is destroying our economy, putting our country and New York State into bankruptcy and making debtors of our grandchildren and great grandchildren before they are even born.

Thomas Jefferson warned us that a private central bank (like our Federal Reserve) which issues the public currency is "a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army." We agree. The Federal Reserve should not just be audited, it must also be abolished.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE ARE STILL NO LIMITS TO WHAT WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN DO, ONCE WE DECIDE TO ACT:

In 1776, our Founders stood up, put their lives and fortunes on the line and declared their freedom and independence from the chains and shackles of the King of England. In 2009, Americans must once again be willing to stand up and publicly declare their Freedom and Independence, not from the King of England, but from the chains and shackles of our own government and from those traitorous individuals and organizations who pull the strings of the politicians and the media like puppet masters from behind a curtain of secrecy, bribery and deception.

The fight for our freedoms and liberties must begin here and now. We must put aside those minor differences that have separated us in the past and unite as one strong political force to restore our Freedoms and Liberties now. We must recruit more freedom loving Americans into our ranks and grow our numbers by the millions.

The road ahead will not be easy and the traitorous enemies within our own country are very cunning, unscrupulous and have unlimited resources. But they are no match for an army of united and determined citizens like us who are prepared to fight the hard battles that lie ahead, as our Founders did 233 years ago, and WE WILL PREVAIL!

Let the word go forth that the year 2009 will mark the beginning of a journey that will leave future generations of Americans a legacy of individual freedom and liberty, a first class education system, a clean environment, a strong and sovereign America with an honest, limited government that will offer unlimited opportunities for their future. For there is no doubt: WE WILL PREVAIL!

Thank you all for coming here today and may God Bless a Free and Sovereign America!

The words "No Taxation without Representation" began as a slogan in the period 1763-1776 just before the first American Revolution. The slogan summarized the primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who believed the lack of representation in the British Parliament was an illegal denial of their rights as English citizens. The colonists believed that the laws excessively taxing them for services they did not receive were illegal.

 

On the evening of December 16, 1773, three companies of fifty men each, masquerading as Mohawk Indians, passed through a tremendous crowd of spectators, went aboard the three ships, broke open the tea chests, and heaved them into the harbor. As the electrifying news of the Boston "tea party" spread, other seaports followed the example and staged similar acts of resistance of their own. Eventually the movement for freedom and liberty expanded with the colonists declaring their independence from England in 1776.

 

It has become apparent to most Americans that our elected representatives in Congress, just like the British Parliament of the 1760's and 1770's, are no longer representing the interests of the American people. Our congress routinely passes legislation that benefits a wide variety of special interest groups at the expense of the average American citizen and taxpayer. Through the use of special interest bribes, also called campaign contributions, America now has the best congress that money can buy. Our government is now as corrupt as any banana republic or communist government in history.

 

American taxpayers are seeing their taxes go up at every level of government, oftentimes for services and programs that they do not benefit from, nor approve of. Our local government and school taxes are rising at a rate far exceeding any increases in our incomes. The U.S. congress and the Federal Reserve are printing fiat money (backed by nothing) as fast as the printing presses can print it and the American taxpayers are starting to get angry about the increasing burden of taxation placed upon them and they have every right to be angry.

 

The American taxpayers who live up to their responsibilities and who work hard (often holding two jobs) to pay their bills with less take-home money are:

 

1.                  paying for ongoing failed social engineering experiments in housing and education,

 

2.                  paying for the funding of anti-American, socialist organizations like LaRaza and   ACORN,

 

3.                  paying for a variety of services provided to 15 million +/- illegal aliens,

 

4.                  paying for the bailout of large international banks, Wall Street Firms and the auto industry

 

5.                  paying for the bailout of real estate investors and people who are unable or unwilling to be responsible adults and who fail to pay their own bills, including their mortgages.

 

Many American citizens, particularly those who pay taxes, are frustrated by a government that no longer represents them, but rather represents the interests of an oligarchy of political and financial elites, as well as special interest groups, who exert unconstitutional and illegal control over our government and economy for their personal gain.

 

The members of this ruling elite are not loyal Americans who have the best interests of the county in mind, but rather they are traitorous individuals who are loyal to no country but who benefit financially or politically by keeping our country in a constant state of war, by dumbing down our education system, by devaluating our currency, by separating us into categories by race and ethnic origin, by drugging 6 million of children with mind altering drugs, by flooding our country with illegal aliens, by and by chipping away at our nation's sovereignty, freedoms and liberties.

 

I believe that Americans are fast approaching a point of frustration and anger with their own government similar to what the American colonists reached in the 1770’s. Americans want to take their country and government back from the corrupt political and financial elites who control it. The massive attendance by average American citizens at the Tea Party Rallies across the country in April of 2009 was a sign that the people have had enough. Just like the original Boston Tea Party and those that followed, the Tea Parties of 2009 will someday be seen as the beginning of the Second American Revolution. Although the Tea Parties of 2009 were an important first step, there is much more work to be done.

 

Americans must now put aside all of our minor differences that have separated us in the past and unite as one strong political force. We must become united by our major common goals and not divided by our minor differences. We must become active in politics and support only those candidates that are honest, ethical, of good moral character, who take no special interest money and who support smaller, less intrusive federal, state and local governments.

 

Together, freedom loving American citizens must begin the journey that will leave future generations of Americans a legacy of individual freedom and liberty, a first class education system, a clean environment, a strong and sovereign America with an honest, limited government that will offer unlimited opportunities for their future.  If we stand together and are willing to fight for our freedoms and liberties as the original American colonists did, we can give it to them.

 

Anyone who has read a newspaper, listened to the radio, gone on the internet or watched the evening news on TV over the last week or so, might believe that there is a real possibility that millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of other people throughout the world could be wiped out by a new deadly swine flu virus that is sweeping across the globe. The worldwide media has been turning out countless numbers of stories and producing hundreds of TV special reports about the possibility of a swine flu pandemic, complete with on-site videos with people wearing face masks, colorful graphics and interviews with scores of medical experts-for-hire.  But is all this news coverage based on a genuine concern for the health and safety of the people, or is it just media hype designed to sell newspapers, TV advertising, anti-flu medicines and vaccines?  

 

 

On May 1, 2009, The World Health Organization reported only 331 cases of swine flu worldwide (outside of Mexico), but still declared the crisis to be at level 5 alert on a scale of 6, meaning that this strain of flu might be considered an all-out pandemic if the numbers keep rising. On the same date, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that there were 109 cases in the U.S., with several states possibly confirming an additional 22 cases. Do these numbers indicate that a national crisis is at hand?

 

Let’s put these numbers in perspective: According to the Centers for Disease Control, 36,000 Americans die each year (almost 100 a day) from various forms of the flu virus, yet it is not considered a pandemic or a crisis.  Worldwide, Malaria kills 3,000 people every day, but the World Health Organization only considers it "a health problem" and not a pandemic. Of course, there are no fancy vaccines for malaria that can rake in billions of dollars in a very short time period when governments and individuals order millions of doses of vaccines and medications in response to a threat of a new flu pandemic. 

 

Back in 1976, when the Swine Flu last hit America, the Ford Administration tried to use the fear of a pandemic to force 220 million Americans to accept the idea of mandatory vaccinations.  In a very short period of time, the pharmaceutical industry made $135 million on their vaccines, which had been given to nearly 40 million Americans before the accumulation of fatalities and crippling side effects caused the program to be stopped. When the questionable “pandemic threat” was over, only one person in America had died from the Swine flu, but 25 other Americans had died from the vaccine. By the way, the pharmaceutical companies managed to protect themselves from lawsuits by pre-arranging for the government to assume any liabilities in case there was a problem with the vaccines.  

 

More recently, in 2006, there was another worldwide pandemic threat called the Avian flu. The same type of videos and stories appeared throughout the media. ABC News even pushed the possibility of a pending worldwide apocalypse to the public by featuring a doctor-for-hire who predicted “that 50% of the population of the world could die” because of the Avian flu. Of course that never happened. Although the death of any person is a tragedy, only 257 people in the entire world died from the Avian flu.  That’s 257 people out of 6.5 billion. It could hardly be considered a pandemic or a worldwide health threat. Because of the Avian Flu scare, the Bush Administration purchased and stockpiled millions of doses of anti-flu drugs in case of a future pandemic. Back then, some people thought that the threat of the Avian flu pandemic was cleverly created, manipulated and designed to frighten the American people, in order to line the pockets of politically connected investors and pharmaceutical companies.  

 

 

If the profit motive is not part of the reason for the current hype and the threat to the American people is real, then why has our government not taken the overt actions necessary to protect its own citizens? With almost 2,000 official swine flu cases originating in Mexico, most European and Asian countries, including China, have closed their airports to flights from Mexico in order to protect their citizens. Our government has taken no such steps to protect its citizens against this threat and our borders remain wide open with no restrictions or limitations on Mexicans entering the United States.

 

 

The Department of Homeland Security advised that they are on top of the situation and are watching people entering the U.S. for signs of illness. On the surface it sounds like the government is at least doing something, until you read the April 27 Reuters report on what is really happening at the border and that “Mexicans are continuing to (illegally) cross the border by car and foot, seemingly unconcerned by the influenza scare and only a handful are wearing masks.”  The failure to secure the border in a time of emergency in order to protect the health and welfare of American citizens is a sign that this administration has chosen political correctness over the safety of its own citizens. It’s sad to say, but I don’t believe a Republican administration would take the necessary steps either.

 

 

I am sure that by mid-May the whole Swine Flu scare will be over and the hype will have died down.  The American borders will remain wide open for illegal immigrants and terrorists to enter the country; the pharmaceutical companies will have made billions; the media companies will have made hundreds of millions from pharmaceutical company advertising and the administration will take credit for a job well done.  

 

 

Thank God it wasn’t a real emergency!

 

 

I would like one Atomic submarine and a rubber ducky . Thank you

Mr. G. Richard Wagoner, the chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors, was recently forced to resign his position because of pressure from the Obama administration. He was told that if he didn’t leave, the Obama administration would not give General Motors any more federal bailout money. President Obama also told General Motors and the Chrysler  Corporation that if they wanted more federal bailout money, they would have to shrink and refocus their businesses according to his (the federal government’s) wishes.

In our country’s history, there have been some limited instances of the federal government exercising some sort of control over private industry, but that was during wartime. The current assault on American capitalism by the Obama administration is unprecedented in both its scope and speed and should raise the red flag of alarm for all freedom-loving Americans.

World history has shown us that the implementation of strict government controls over private industries has been one of the first steps in the introduction of various forms of Fascism to formerly free countries.  The practice of a government taking control of private industries was refined by Benito Mussolini in Italy in the 1920’s and it is called ‘corporatism.’     According to Wikipedia, political scientists use the term ‘corporatism’ to describe “a practice whereby a state, through the process of licensing and regulating officially-incorporated social, religious, economic, or popular organizations, effectively co-opts their leadership or circumscribes their ability to challenge state authority by establishing the state as the source of their legitimacy, as well as sometimes running them, either directly or indirectly.”  Mussolini described it more simply when he said, "Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."

Some corporatist-style regimes of the 20th century included those of Benito Mussolini of Italy (1922-1945), Adolph Hitler of Germany (1933 to 1945); Francisco Franco of Spain (1936 to 1973); Juan Peron of Argentina (1943 to 1955) and even our own President Franklin Roosevelt (1933 to 1945) during the ‘New Deal.’ The Mussolini, Hitler, Franco and Peron regimes were brutal, totalitarian, Fascist dictatorships, but not all the regimes that had a corporatist foundation were fascist. The Roosevelt administration, despite its many faults, could not be described as fascist, but the ‘New Deal’ program was definitely corporatist.

Corporatism boils down to this: The government tells industry (and eventually labor unions) what to do and that they must do it for the supposed good of the country, or else their individual leaders will pay a price. Does this sound similar to what is happening to the auto industry today?

Where in the U.S. Constitution does it authorize the President of the United States to fire the head of a major private corporation just because he disagrees with his management policies? Where in the U.S. Constitution does it authorize the President of the United States to decide what kind of cars a private company will build? or what kind of car I will drive?  President Barack ‘Mussolini’ Obama is taking this country down a very dangerous road and a road that America has never taken before.

Confucius said “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Are the ‘corporatist’ policies of President Obama and his administration just the first steps of many in a move towards a government takeover of our major industries? Are these policies much different than those that Mussolini and Hitler initiated in the early stages of their rise to power?  

With the Politburo in our expanding federal government now having the power to hire and fire the leaders of major private corporations and to tell the auto makers what cars they can produce, will they soon be telling Americans what kind of cars they can drive; how much money they can earn;  where they can go to school, what sodas they can drink, what foods they can’t eat, where they can travel, what national ID card they must carry at all times and it will impose any number of other restrictions on them. Look at California, where the state legislature is currently considering banning black cars by 2012, for some bogus global warming reason.  

Thomas Jefferson said: “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.” Americans must remember that we cannot fully enjoy our freedoms and liberties in America unless we keep our government limited. As our government grows and becomes more intrusive, as it is today, it is our freedoms and liberties that are becoming limited.

Welcome to the United Socialist States of America! 

If we continue on President Obama’s road to "Change" ( socialism), the American people will no longer be free. The question is: “Will we learn to accept our captivity at the hands of our new masters or will we be willing to do something about it?”

What a joke, this so call plan to tax retention bonuses ,even if it did pass,which I doubt ,could it pass constitutional muster.
Besides that, theres at least 50 ways to lose your lover, no wait thats wrong ,I mean theres at least 50 ways you can earn a "Bonus"

Ask your Congressman ,he`s an expert on creativeness.

Do you really think Congressmen salary is their only income for being a Congressman??

If you check their pants ,you will see they have no pockets.
They don`t need pants pockets ,ours will do them just fine...
3/18/2009 10:43 PM CDT on ksdk.com

I wrote that yesterday. Today, I thought I would add this...

I didn`t know the House of Representatives were that evil.

First they put the language in AIG contract,now when they are caught in their lie they are using their Oath of office to cover their lie.

I wonder, is that what the Constitution means under, Article 2 , Section 4 , when it come to "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"

Section 4: Impeachment
Main article: Impeachment in the United States“ The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and misdemeanors.

From Dr Orly Taitz

I Did It. Justice Roberts Agreed to read all of my documentsYesterday I traveled to Idaho. I was able to address Chief Justice Roberts during the question answer session after his lecture. There were numerous cameras recording this event and simultaneous feed broadcast to all the campuses of the University of Idaho. Roughly 5,000 people in all the campuses had an opportunity to hear what I had to say, it is in video archives and now everybody knows the truth and knows that leftist media thugs such as Seattle Washington Observer shamelessly twist the truth to fit their Pro Obama blind idiot agenda.

It was a grueling day, I left home at 3 in the morning after sleeping only 3 hours and drove to San Diego, from there flew to Salt Lake City, from there to Tacoma, Washington, from there I drove for a couple of hours to be in Moscow Idaho, to address Chief Justice Roberts. After the lecture the audience was told, that they can ask questions, give their name and present a shot question. I was the first to run to the microphone and told Roberts." My name is Orly Taitz, I am an attorney from Southern California. I left home at three o'clock in the morning and flew and drove thousands of miles to talk to you and ask you a question".

Roberts seemed to be impressed by that and I continued."Are you aware that there is criminal activity going on in the Supreme Court of the United States. I have submitted my case Lightfoot v Bowen to you. You agreed to hear it in the conference of all 9 Justices on January 23. Your clerk, Danny Bickle, on his own accord refused to forward to you an important supplemental brief, he has hidden it from you and refused to post it on the docket. Additionally, my case was erased from the docket, completely erased one day after the inauguration, only two days before it was supposed to be heard in the conference. Outraged citizens had to call and demand for it to be posted. On Monday I saw Justice Scalia and he had absolutely no knowledge of my case, that was supposedly heard in conference on January 23rd. It is inexplicable, particularly knowing that roughly half a million American citizens have written to him and to you Justice Roberts demanding that you hear this issue of eligibility of Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro to be the President of the United States."

At that point I have shown to Roberts a stack of papers, that I held. Those were my pleadings and printouts that I got from WorldNetDaily. It contained your names, names of about 350,000 that signed the petition. (there were others that have written individual letters,) .

Roberts stated "I will read your documents, I will review them. Give them to my Secret Service Agent and I will review them".

His Secret Service Agent approached me and stated " Give me all the documents, I promise you Justice Roberts will get them". I had a full suitcase of documents. The agent went to look for a box, he found a large box to fit all the documents, he showed me his badge, and introduced himself as Gilbert Shaw, secret Service Agent assigned fto the security of Chief Justice Roberts.

I gave him:

1.Motion fo reconsideration of Lightfoot v Bowen with all the supplemental briefs.
2. Quo Warranto Easterling et al v Obama et al
3. 3300 pages of your names, people that signed WorldNetDaily petition, demanding that the Supreme Court hear Obama elligibility case.
4. Copy of a 164 page dossier and all the other documents sent to Eric Holder, Attorney General, describing suspected criminal activity, associated with Obama and his supporters.

It described a whole campaign of cyber crimes, intimidation, harassment, defamation and assassination of character, impersonation of US army officer Scott Easterling and impersonation of me, it showed screen shots of information being erased from the docket of the Supreme Court, it contained information of court cases being created, fabricated in order to commit voter fraud and sway public opinion, it contained a list of a 100 addresses for Barack Obama with numerous different social security numbers, issued all over the country and attached to those addresses. It showed the address Obama used in Somerville Massachusetts, attached to the social security of a man who is 118 years old.

It showed evidence of Obama committing perjury, lying under oath. It had his school registration from Indonesia under the name Barry Soetoro, citizen of Indonesia, religion Muslim. Right after this page there was a page of Obama's registration to become an attorney and officer of the court in Illinois, where he stated under oath that his name is Barack Hussein Obama and he had no other prior names.

It contained a report from a federal agent Steven Coffman, stating that there are numerous signs of forgery in his Selective Service Certificate.It contained a letter from a renown expert Sandra Line, stating that there are signs of forgery in Obama's short version Certification of Live Birth, and original birth certificate needs to be reviewed in order to ascertain his status.

It contained 130 current job positions for Barry Obama, Barack H. Obama and Michelle Obama, that were obtained from Intellius Jobs.com. None of them were reported on Obamas' tax returns. All of these documents suggest possible massive tax fraud, corruption of a public official, bribery and massive campaign contributions fraud, whereby large campaign contributions, over allowed limits were reported as fictitious positions with different companies, not surprisingly involving most mainstream media outlets.

These need to be reviewed in light of a pattern, I've seen previously.

For example, as a State Senator Obama arranged for his friend Robert Blackwell from killerspin to get a grant of $320,000 of our taxpayers money for his ping-pong tournaments. In exchange Blackwell gave Obama back roughly a third, $100,000 in the form of a salary.

Similarly Obama arranged for Chicago university hospital to get 1 million grant of our taxpayer money and they gave him back roughly a third $357,000 in the form of a board salary for his wife Michelle for working 20 hours a week, even though Michelle was totally worthless as a board member since she had zero medical education and her law licence is on a mandatory inactive status (I wonder why).

I am writing this in a hurry, ready to leave my hotel room, finishing yesterday's dinner leftovers and ready to board a plane for a grueling flight back home. I'll add one more detail. As one of the announcers introduced Roberts, he stated that Roberts has his priorities straight. He described an event when Roberts missed most of a reception because he wanted to be there for his young son, at the sports tournament where his son was participating. He described Roberts as a caring and loving father. At that point I was just about ready to cry. I have 3 sons, I love them too and I would love to be there, attending their events. I am a proud parent. My oldest son scored in top one percent in the Nation in PSATs and he is in an IVY league school studying to be a doctor. He is also a gifted comedian, who formed a stand up comedy improve group and I would love to see him perform. My wo younger sons are great students. My middle son has a beautiful low bass Elvis Presley voice, he sings opera and I would love to hear him perform. My youngest son is a top student taking 5AP classes in tenth grade, gifted mathematician and basketball player, I would love to see him get academic awards and play basketball.

I missed time with my children, time that will never come back because a am criss crossing this country talking to Justices of the Supreme court, Representatives, Senators, FBI agents, Attorney Generals, US attorneys, telling all of them, what is wrong with you? Did some evil magician put a spell on the men in this country and they stopped being men? Why are you afraid to speak up, to stand up for you constitution? Why are you afraid to tell this arrogant jerk from Africa and Indonesia- You need to go home, you cannot be a president and commander in chief because you are not a Natural born Citizen.

To be a Natural born Citizen you have to have both parents as citizens. Your father was never a US citizen and you don't qualify and you also spit us in the face by refusing to unseal your vital records. There is no proof that you are even a citizen. For all we know, you need to go back to Kenya and wait for your green card, and that after we try you for all the crimes perpetrated upon American citizens.

I hope Justice Roberts teaches his son that he is a descendant of people that were real men and fought in Alamo and at Valley Forge. Chief Justice Roberts has a right to issue a stay and appoint Joe Biden a president pro-tempore until Obama proves his qualifications or until a new president is chosen. I hope Roberts teaches his son by example and not by empty words.

Rush, Rush, what have you got against the tattered remnants of the Republican Party, that was gutted by the likes of Rove-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Dubya & Company?  Have you been appointed to really sound the party's death knell?  If not, then you are doing the same thing inadvertently by quoting from the preamble tothe Articles of Confederation of the Confederate States of America (CSA) a political document that led to the American Civil War, one of the greatest failures of political leadership in the history of the world.  Are you trying to top that fiasco, Rush, baby? Is secession of certain Red States in your repetoire, Mr. Limburger?  Please clarify your position, because nobody believes anyone as ostensibly astute politically as you are could be so naive about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.  Just for the hell of it, Rush, spell "Potatoe" for us, won't you?

Today, the American people are at odds with their own government because of its out of control spending policies, its failure to stop illegal immigration and control our borders, its expansion and intrusion into our everyday lives, its support of NAFTA and other multi-country treaties that hurt American workers, its dramatic increases in regulations and taxation, as well as its fraudulent and unconstitutional financial bailout of the big banks, corporations and Wall Street firms that has pushed our country deeper into debt by trillions of dollars.

Ronald Reagan was right on target when he said: "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

Many in the biased American media talk about the current administration as having revolutionary ideas that will solve the nation's economic problems and it looks like they are right. Unfortunately, the revolutionary ideas of the Obama administration appear to be very similar to the revolutionary ideas of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Lenin brought the Russian people nationalization of the banks, railroads and industry, food rationing, forced labor camps for the "re-education" of the non-believers and he eventually outlawed most private enterprise.

After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin took over the Soviet Union and among his first acts were the creation of a state-run system of socialized health care and a centralized cultural administration to "re-educate" the masses. There is every reason to believe that our politically correct American government is slowly but surely moving in the same direction.

We have already been told that President Obama, just like Joseph Stalin, intends to impose socialized medicine upon us. If the current administration policies are implemented, the small business owners in this country who drive the economy will be forced to pay crushing taxes to fund the proposed silver-plated healthcare for illegal aliens and those on welfare. Although private enterprise will not be formally outlawed, many small businesses will struggle or perish under this administration's policies, resulting in many of the original communist goals of Lenin and Stalin being implemented in this country.

The loss of our First Amendment Rights and the "re-education of the American people" will come in the form of a Fairness Doctrine, which Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will push through Congress by stressing the need to foster unity and to avoid destabilizing the country's financial markets with unfair, hurtful and unbalanced commentary by conservatives. This is what the future holds unless American citizens stand up and fight for their freedoms and liberties now.

Our country's Founders told us that Governments get their just powers from the consent of the governed and whenever the government becomes destructive of these ends, it is not only the people's Right, but it is their sacred Duty to change the government.

This is not a partisan party issue, because both parties have failed us. It is an American freedom and liberty issue! Now is the time for all Americans to exert their citizen power again. We must put aside any minor differences that have previously separated us and unite as one strong political force withthe major common goals of restoring or freedoms, liberty and sovereignty.

We must speak out now and support those like-minded individuals who carry the Freedom, Liberty and Sovereignty banner for us. We need to actively participate in the process and embrace a platform of having a smaller federal government, less taxation, returning control of our monetary system to congress (not private bankers in the Federal Reserve), preserving our individual freedoms and liberties, preserving the Bill of Rights and protecting our nation's borders and sovereignty. We must demand that candidates for office not accept any special interest money and that they only support policies and legislation that are in the best interests of the American people and not those of big corporations, international banks or other special interest groups.

Together, let us begin the journey that will leave future generations of Americans a legacy of individual freedom and liberty, a first class education system, a clean environment, a strong and sovereign America with an honest, limited government that will offer unlimited opportunities for their future. If we stand together and act now, we can give it to them.

For Freedom, Liberty and Sovereignty,

John Wallace

Race has never been the real issue in America nor around the world.

I didn’t always believe that especially while growing up “Black in America”, but the re-airing of the CNN special presentation titled accordingly and hosted by Soledad O’Brien assisted in making it clearer to me than my journey to this stance has already crystallized.

Oddly, though race is not the real issue, race and color dissimilarity, discrimination and injustice has been a thorn in the side of humankind since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake, and Cain killed their son, his brother Abel.

WHAT!

There is no historical or canonized evidence that race predominance or conflict existed in the Garden of Eden.

This is true, I presume.

However there is incontrovertible historical canonized evidence of moral predominance and conflict – a cataclysmic moral crisis – occurring in the Garden of Eden (regrettably it seems right from the jump, but that’s another standpoint to assay); and I doubt many would argue – then or today – that race discrimination and injustice in all its forms and outcomes is not immoral.

It is in full view of humankind’s intrinsic unassailable moral disposition and timeless dilemma that I maintain that the real issue – the real common denominator between blacks and whites, reds, yellows and browns – is fundamental human nature, which includes but is not limited to the inborn capacity to choose, to fear, to judge, to run and hide, to avoid accountability and ultimately transcend to complete denial via blame of others. All and perhaps more did occur in the Garden of Eden where Adam eventually blamed Eve (thus God), Eve respectfully followed with blaming the snake, and sometime thereafter Cain killed their son, his brother Abel.

The real (root) issue in America and around the world, for thousands of years, is not race but human nature, particularly the inborn ability to fear (ala Garden of Eden) – otherwise to dread, to panic, to be terrified of, to be anxious, to be afraid of, to phobia-ize (my word), and to hate __________ . . .whatever, just fill in the blank.

The real (root) issue in America and around the world, for millions of years, has never been race but human nature, particularly the inborn ability to judge (ala Garden of Eden) – otherwise to form an opinion, to decide, to conclude, to make up your mind, and to determine ___________ . . . whatever, just fill in the blank.

Looking through this lens the American race experience including but not limited to race discrimination, racial profiling, race consciousness, color caste systems and the like, colonialist (a.k.a. racist) mainly Europeans are not responsible for the race divide that exist in America and around the world.

Observing through the Garden of Eden optical system human beings of all ethnicity, of both genders, of every faith and nationality are responsible for every centimeter of social, economic, political and religious wedge that exist between human beings.

All are complicit in the matters that erode religious peace, social justice, political unity and economic equality – be it by fear or judgment of others (ala Garden of Eden), all are complicit.

Race is but one gulf – one ‘ism’ – extricating humankind since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake and Cain killed their son, his brother Abel.

While catching a few of the CNN special presentation Black in America “8 minute sound bites” (a concept shed light on by Soledad), for a moment I waxed tired of the multi-billion dollar FOR-PROFIT media conglomerate’s sympathetic offering of another discussion concerning Black in America, especially another discussion primarily from the point of view of more black folk.

Please (. . .please) don’t get me wrong, the discussion should take place because the issue of race discrimination and injustice in America and around the world is systemic, prevalent and mounting in new forms as well as continues in familiar old ways that still rear their fateful head.

Moreover, the struggle and fight against all injustice must and will continue until the end of time or the end of injustice, which ever occur first.

Even so, race is still not the real issue imbruing humankind, though it is a major trouble of the world.

So, why a moment of race fatigue? Well, for a few reasons.

Because while the 558 year old discussion, struggle and fight for truth and justice – for human rights and civil rights – in America (and around the world) started the first day Chris landed and began centuries before he ever took his first exploration, the disparity between black and white, and red and white, and yellow and white, and brown and white economy, education, jurisprudence, health and health care only grows.

For the reason that typically these multi-billion dollar mainstream network media sponsored conversations engage a panel primarily convened of black folk – sometimes the same black folk year-after-year and decade-after-decade (I’m 53 y’all), and they might include 1 or 2 ‘other’ folk from the white, red, yellow or brown column.

Also because the new form of plantation a.k.a. mainstream network media sponsored program charade is further evident by the bulk of the conversations occurring perennially in their fated season, which is during the month of February. How amazing is that, a whole month of black-on-black discussions salted by a little white here and there!

And last but not least a little race fatigue because we involuntarily are Black in America (and around the world) every damn day whether we wanted to be or not, yet the discussions are not sponsored everyday by the media plantations only the disparity is.

Generally speaking, I believe it is safe for all other folk to conclude that black people understand after 350 years and counting what ‘Black in America’ is, connotatively and denotatively; in fact, we have byzantine acuity in the subject. We get it, we have to; and so do brown people get it, yellow people get it, red people get it; and in fact white folk get it too!

So if we ‘all’ get it, including but not limited to Bush, Rush and O’Reilly (at least they claim they do concerning racism), then what’s the hold-up?

Why is it taking so long – over 558 years of so-called democratic humane intentions, government, leadership and agreement on the matter – to eliminate this malady from American society, from the highly touted “greatest” democracy in the world?

Don’t tell me, I know; it’s those dang-blasted skinheads, militia, Aryan nation and Timothy McVeigh’s that are holding back an entire nation and its educational system, health care system, judicial and political systems.

Yeah right.

Near 560 years later and poor populations are poorer with numbers increasing, sick populations are sicker with numbers increasing, deteriorated public education and health care institutions are more deteriorated with numbers increasing, and disenfranchised people are more disenfranchised with numbers increasing.

Yet ‘racism’ a.k.a. race and color discrimination and injustice in America continues to prevail, especially for those Black in America and so much so that the disparity between black and white, black and yellow, black and brown, and even black and red is more entrenched and deepened today despite steady exponential national economic (GDP) growth over the same 350 year period – growth which blacks are responsible for in varying significant irrefutable way.

In fact when taking into specific account the GDP growth and what it has resulted in for whites – the economic, educational, health and lifestyle ravine between black and whites in America is greater today than it was before Lincoln and immediately thereafter.

Hearing the needed and respected point of view of several panelists along with astonishing new data presented as each would comment on the various questions posed by Soledad, their host, I further understood why race is not and never has been the real issue.

Hearing (once again) the reiteration of the same concerns and issues troubling Blacks in America (and around the world) since 1964 when I was age 9, I simply understood and heard with an eternal-timeless ear how old this conversation is and how much older it will grow in earth, not in heaven.

Sunset Boulevard is one of my favorite movies.

I never thought I’d watch the 44th President of the United States and first African American President deliver his first prime-time speech at a joint-session of congress only to experience mid-way through the event a Sunset Boulevard/Norma Desmond déjà vu moment. The movie plot and the notorious final scene eerily contextualized what I just heard and saw happen.

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The stunning thespian Gloria Swanson embodied the character Norma Desmond – an aging agoraphobic movie star that lives in the fantasy of her once infamous stardom and the dark ghostly rooms of her mansion securely tucked away off Sunset Boulevard where she plummets deeper into her delusions of grandeur after a down-and-out Hollywood screen writer fortuitously escapes his misfortunes to land in what initially seem to be an opportune arrangement, only to be eventually killed by his newly found financier’, friend, and lover Norma Desmond.

The culmination of Norma’s fully bloomed dementia landed at the film’s final scene evidenced in her clearly visible and audible conveyance of every inch of her complete detachment and disengagement from reality as she uttered those famous timeless words, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" then slowly crept toward the media news cameras, eyes glazed over and arms stretched out zombie-like.

Intently listening to President Obama’s address to congress (once again) I was no less amazed than in previous occasions at his extraordinary ability to seamlessly weave together common everyday people ideas and language with intricate political prose and context.

There is no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama the human being – the man is unlike any politician I’ve had the privilege of hearing speak at length in my life time. The Kennedy’s, Jimmy Carter, Clinton, Al Gore were/are good don’t get me wrong. Obama has a youthful-magnetic charisma and inordinate ability to effortlessly articulate simple and humane, everyday ideas yet wields Presidential political profundity with equal ease, amazing coolness, and incredible savoir-faire.

Gliding along 20 minutes and 23 seconds into President Obama’s speech I hear …

“I understand that on any given day, Wall Street may be more comforted by an approach that gives banks bailouts with no strings attached, and that holds nobody accountable for their reckless decisions. But such an approach won't solve the problem. And our goal is to quicken the day when we re-start lending to the American people and American business and end this crisis once and for all.”

“I intend to hold these banks fully accountable for the assistance they receive, and this time, they will have to clearly demonstrate how taxpayer dollars result in more lending for the American taxpayer. This time, CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet. Those days are over.”

… followed by resounding applause, a standing ovation, and jarring cheers.

For a moment I was dumbfounded. I lay still in my bed.

What!

Did he really just say “this time they will have to clearly demonstrate how taxpayer dollars result in more lending for the American taxpayer” to the very same body of people that actually gave the CEOs taxpayer money “with no strings attached”?

Did he really just say “this time CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks” to the very same body of people that actually gave the CEOs taxpayer money “with no strings attached”?

Did he really just say “this time CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to buy fancy drapes” to the very same body of people that actually gave the CEOs taxpayer money “with no strings attached”?

Did he really just say “this time CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to disappear on a private jet” to the very same body of people that actually gave the CEOs taxpayer money “with no strings attached”?

Did he really just say “those days are over” to the very same body of people that actually gave the CEOs taxpayer money “with no strings attached”?

$700 BILLION of taxpayer money.

And did the very same body of people that actually gave the CEOs taxpayer money “with no strings attached” respond to the President's declaration with resounding applause, a standing ovation, and numerous cheers?

OMG! This exchange of words, applause, ovation and cheers is inconceivable.

Doesn’t anybody in the room feel remotely responsible, slightly ashamed, a little embarrassed, mildly remorseful or even flat-out hypocritical?

Has the President and congress completely detached and disengaged from their decisions, actions and culpability so readily, so comfortably – so visibly and audibly as did Norma Desmond?

By the President’s account and congress’s response has the TARP fiasco and bail-out debacle become mere pundit fodder, a casual rhetorical reference, and a political footnote?

Surely America is ready for its close-up Mr. DeMille.

Is $700 BILLION of taxpayer money being swept under the rug, ignored?

Is it just another day in paradise for the rich; same BLEEP different day?

Are no members of congress or the CEOs being held accountable, prosecuted?

All right, America is ready for its close-up Mr. DeMille.

According to a report at Bloomberg.com by Mark Pittman and Bob Ivry, “Taxpayers risk $9.7 trillion on bailout programs; The Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have lent or spent almost $3 trillion over the past two years and pledged up to $5.7 trillion more; and Federal Reserve lending to banks peaked at a record $2.3 trillion in December.”

Trillions of dollars already paid out to banks – to Wall Street – frivolous spending and all; trillions more designated as the CEOs continue to be at the forefront of the concern, planning, priority and strategy of the new President, cabinet and congress despite the CEOs blatant disregard for the national crisis.

As a unique final scene Norma Desmond’s eventual complete detachment and disengagement from her reality – her decision, her actions, her culpability – is generally considered over the top yet ideally scripted and suited to the protagonists’ journey to this point.

As a private everyday individual or institutional collective (Presidential and congressional) complete (even partial) detachment and disengagement from our reality – our decision, our actions, our culpability – is ill-suited and catastrophic to the nation and to humanity…since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake, and Cain killed their son, his brother Abel.

Lights, camera, action.

Which is it?

Is it an economic crisis or a moral crisis America and the world are facing? It isn’t hard to answer if we really decide to be truthful about it.

Today according to CNNMoney.com senior writer Alexandria Twin in her article Wall Street: Devil is in the details “A lack of clear communication between the government and Wall Street last week left investors scratching their heads and dumping their stocks.”

What! Are you kidding me?

There ain’t any communication going on between Wall Street and its pompous-wanna-be-MORE-rich-blindly-handing-over-million
s-and-billions-of-already-corrupt-money investors. Uh… does Robert Reoch, Joe Cassano, Robert Israel Lappin, Bernard Madoff, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers (and counting) ring any bells! Why the hell would the void between the government and Wall Street be objectionable?

Moreover, why the hell would Wall Street or its investors have the pompous-arrogant-ballsy-in-denial-audacity to dare scratch their head about clear communication being obligatory from a private friend let alone the government which is helping their asses stay RICH via historic bailouts and current TARP and stimulus packages being sold to the “American Dream-on” sleeping public as their personal financial salvation and as critical aide to boost their Main Street livin’ economy?

I ask you Main Street, Side Street and Back Street how much of the trillion dollars that has been earmarked, spent and mounting to fix the economy have you received lately.

Why are the government bailout-TARPed Wall Street billionaire investors scratching their head concurrently while the out-of-work-no-job-in-sight-running-out-of-savings-food
-and-options constituents look to the bailout-TARP giving government shepherd by Wall Street jocks to help?

It’s no mystery to me at least.

Why do both groups feel let down? Why are both groups looking to the same source in ‘government’ for help? Why does one group seem to consistently come out ahead?

The ‘Rich-Get-Richer’ courtesy themselves and their corrupt grotty proclivity and courtesy U.S. government, which for hundreds of years has protected and enforced the corruption (did I hear someone say ‘segregation’.)

And the poor. . .well? You know how that works. The poor – those lazy-couch-potato-want-something-for-nothing bastards – you’ll always have with you courtesy JC ala Mathew 26:11. (This is sarcasm in case you didn’t get it!)

We’ve had 516 years (since Chris arrived on America’s soil) to learn how ‘capitalism’ works, on the one hand. And if that isn’t enough, we’ve had another million or so years to figure out (if we want to) how ‘human nature’ works since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake and Cain killed their son his brother Abel.

Bottom line?

In the report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, over the past two decades “in 39 states, the incomes of high-income families grew by a higher percentage than those of the lowest-income families; Alaska was the only state in which the reverse was true. The 11 states where the high and low incomes increased at about the same rate were mostly in the West and Midwest.”

On the other hand, the Heritage Foundation reports “Today, the standard of living for the average American is nearly seven times higher than it was 100 years ago, after adjusting for inflation.2”

It’s true – like the stunningly directed and acted cinematic achievement The Great Debaters so beautifully depicted – an argument ‘in favor of and against’ any issue/any idea can be intelligently developed and just as well articulated. And in case you haven’t seen the movie (which I hope you’ll be moved by my review to rent) don’t fret, you have witnessed in some type and style the principles and rules of debate in action as they occur on the America stage every 4 years – although the quality of the directing, acting and cinematography does widely vary, just compare the McCain/Palin production to the Obama/Biden.

To some the glass is half-empty and to others it’s half-full. Gustave Flaubert said: "There is no truth. There is only perception."

Still, why do both groups feel let down? Why are both groups looking to the same source in ‘government’ for help? Why does one group seem to consistently come out ahead?

Because even when there is not economic crisis humanity is in a continuous state of moral crisis since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake and Cain killed their son his brother Abel.

Humanity relives the Garden of Eden experience over and over again. We may be a vast immeasurable array of diverse ethnicity, culture, religion and politics etc. but we share ‘one’ fundamental moral nature: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life suggests one pundit at I John2:16.

We are created and evolved intelligent beings able to perceive and to understand cognitively our surroundings, circumstances and choices available to us, be they elective or mandated. But when we make a wrong choice our inclination is to run, hide away from those that would discover our wrong doing and/or to emotionally and psychologically detach from our decision and deeds via one final act of desperation and warranted guilt by disowning our choice and blame others for it since we have been caught – the fundamental human nature recycled generation after generation, millennia after millennia in every culture, in every society, in every religion, in every corner of the earth since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake and Cain killed their son his brother Abel.

Even when there is not economic crisis humanity is in a continuous state of moral crisis.

The moral behavior and pattern remains the same through every era, every millennium, every generation and every society. Clothing and style change. Architecture and engineering technique change. Domain and landscape change. Environment and climate change. Science and medicine change. Technology and innovation change. Transportation and communication change. Even our concept of God and religion change. Our nature remains the same: the intrinsic faculty to make choices, both good ones and bad ones; however what is historically proven to be more detrimental than the original choice we made is our predilection to run, hide away from those that would discover our wrong doing and/or to emotionally and psychologically detach from our decision and deeds via one final act of desperation and warranted guilt by disowning our choice and blame others for it since we have been caught.

Cognitive secrecy and concealment, detachment, blame and disownership (a.k.a. denial) kills, destroys, deteriorates and diminishes cognitive capacity, faculty and competence – farbeit any spiritual corollary.

Today one million years later and counting – as demonstrated in “A lack of clear communication between the government and Wall Street last week left investors scratching their heads and dumping their stocks” – we are still running, hiding away from those that would discover our wrong doing and/or have emotionally and psychologically detached from our decision and deeds via one final act of desperation and warranted guilt by disowning our choice and blaming others for it since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake and Cain killed their son his brother Abel.

Not Bush.
Not Cheney.
Not Paulson.
Not Obama.
Not Biden.
Not Geithner.
Not Countrywide.
Not Lehman Brothers.
Not GM.
Not Chrysler.
Not Worldcom.
Not Enron.
Not Fannie Mae.
Not Freddie Mac.
Not Madoff.
Not Lappin.
Not McCain.
Not Palin.
Not me.
Not you.

Not any of us are able to completely own, to fully claim and to stand accountable for all our poor and bad decisions, whether subtle or flagrant.

And like Adam, Eve, the snake and Cain our running, hiding, detachment, disownership and blaming is leading to our eviction only this time it’s not an austere garden but the earth itself that is rejecting us as each era and generation leaves humanity in a worse political, economic and environmental state, whether subtle or flagrant, than it was before – and that mostly due to our universal struggle with moral integrity.

Individually it (moral integrity) is hard, no doubt; this I know personally.

Is there strength in numbers? You bet!

We can collectively decide to stop running, hiding from our joint complicity, whether subtle or flagrant. Yes We Can!

We can collectively decide to stop emotionally and psychologically detaching from and disowning our multifarious poor and bad decisions and deeds, however subtle or flagrant. Yes We Can!

We can collectively decide to stop blaming each other for what is a universal human failure. Yes We Can!

We can collectively own, claim and stand accountable for all the poor and bad decisions, whether subtle or flagrant, that we humanity have made since Adam blamed Eve (thus God), Eve blamed the snake, and Cain killed their son his brother Abel. Yes We Can!

Until then I will continue to inquire is it an economic crisis or moral crisis?

We have finally reached a time in this country where our vote means nothing. Overwhelmingly the majority of people in the United States favor the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman. Now it will be up to the courts to decide if our vote was improper and is somehow construed as a racist. I was never aware that Homosexuality was a race unto itself. The political correctness that has taken over the Democratic Party is way beyond the norm. If it’s a far left agenda, it’s in, if it’s in regards to commonsense, it’s out. When are the hardworking people of the Democratic Party “The real democrats of America” going to wake up and see who they have left in charge of our future. Can any one of them say they would like to be friends with Nancy “the whacko” Pelosi? Smell the coffee people. You have saddled us all with Narcissistic President who is not unlike Jim Jones or David Koresh, you have made a leftwing whacko Nancy Pelosi, 3rd in line to the presidency and you give us Harry Reid a pork barrel specialist as our leader in the senate. God help us, I beg you, wake up and see the world for what it is, not just what these people and the leftwing media tell you it is.

Of course I’m certain most Americans want the same thing, to be free, happy in their work, and secure in their financial life. We have proven methods for attaining that goal and it’s not through socialistic endeavors by our government. America has thrived for centuries on the ability of anyone to achieve wealth and fame if they so desire. Turning the United States into a welfare state is not how we got to where we are in the world. Why have people from other nations come to America for generations? They came here because of one thing, opportunity. Not the opportunity to sit back and draw welfare and free medical, they want the opportunity to be successful in their own right. America became strong on the backs of these working immigrants over the years. Many of these people were your parents and grandparents. Most of the new immigrants are not here to become American citizens, they’re here to take from America, and are transferring our wealth to their homeland. We have 20 some million illegal’s right now that are draining our society of the life blood of our welfare system. The Americans who have lost their jobs and their homes, and who are desperately in need, are the losers in this system.

I would say it is past the time to wake up, your snooze has left us very vulnerable to every disease known to mankind, including poverty that could leave us in a third world status. We can and will survive, only if the economy is allowed to turn around. Constant interference from the government with these huge spending bills will never cure the economic malaise we suffer from, it will only prolong the agony. Give the free market a chance and it will correct itself. The only way we can possibly get out of debt is through prosperity, and that word is not in the leftwing dictionary.

And that’s my opinion,
Don

Once upon a time the government had a vast junk yard located in a barren/desert area of the country.

The government bureaucrats said "Someone might steal from the junk yard at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then the government bureaucrats said, "How will the watchman do his job without someone instructing him how to do it?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then the government bureaucrats said, "How will we know the night watchman is going to do the work correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two more people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.

Then the government bureaucrats said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions: a timekeeper and a payroll officer and of course, they they hired two more people.

Then the government bureaucrats said, "Who will be responsible for the activities of all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three more people: an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer and a Legal Secretary.

Then the government bureaucrats finally said, "We have had this program in operation for over one year and we are $1,250,000 over budget. Our available funds are low and we must cutback overall cost."

So they laid off the night watchman.

Here is the latest update.

In September 2008 the US rig total of drilling rigs was 2014. At the end of December 2008 the rigs deployed were down to 1878. In January 2009 the new number for drilling rigs deployed is 1553.

When oil prices go up again the economy will take another big hit. Our dependance on foreign is a huge national security issue. When will our new president address this issue? I realize he has only been in office a month but the need to develope our oil fields even when prices are low is extremly important.

 

 

It seems the oil companies are dropping the amount of deployed drilling rigs in the US. The US is very dependant on foreign oil and our national security is at risk. Check out the US totals in just the last 4 months.

In September the US rig total of drilling rigs was 2014. At the end of December the rigs deployed were down to 1878. This site has historical data going back to the forties.

http://investor.shareholder.com/bhi/rig_counts/

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Where is the drill baby drill crowd? As the oil companies choose to drill less the Republicans are fighting for more areas to be opened up for oil companies to lease . The Dem's argued that they have double the amount of leases they have had historically and there is simply no will to expand drilling on leases they already have. Why are the Republicans not holding the oil companies responsible. What happened to the (harvesting of our own resources) talking point they screamed as they camped out in Washington during the last congressional break. Does anybody remember this?

Once again I will ask why we don't hire the oil companies to develop our oil fields instead of leasing them. I understand why Oil companies react to the market but our national security is at stake. The need to end our dependence on foreign is paramount. If we want the US to reduce it's dependence on foreign oil by harvesting our own oil we should do it ourselves and quit pandering to oil companies and the right wing of the Republican party. When do we put the American people first? It might take 3 years or 15 for the words economy to recovery. Oil prices will spike again. Can we end the control of big oil over our future?

What do you think?

Has our educational system prepared our children for the future?

Have any of our previous presidents worked toward energy independence?

Have we demonstrated we can keep corruption out of wall street?

How well have we dealt with pollution?

How well have we dealt with the lack of health care?

How well have we dealt with corporate fraud?

Has our tax breaks for corporations trickled down?

Has the tax breaks for the rich trickled down?

The top wage earners are 20% of the income while 10 years ago it was 10%.

If this policy worked so well then why are there so many fundamental problems.

 

I could go on and on. Why does 30 % of the population resist change? Or is it 20%.

Why does everybody want so many hand outs?

I think our tax dollars should go to infrastructure, energy independence and education. On a side note I don't mind heavy taxing on profits for those who make a living pushing paper. In 2007 20 hedge fund managers averaged 620 million apiece pushing that paper.

Demanding change comes from failure. No one has had the political "stones" to make the changes we need in so many areas. If the American worker had been put first during the last 20 years I don't think Americans would want change.

What do you think?

Has our educational system prepared our children for the future?

Have any of our previous presidents worked toward energy independence?

Have we demonstrated we can keep corruption out of wall street?

How well have we dealt with pollution?

How well have we dealt with the lack of health care?

How well have we dealt with corporate fraud?

Has our tax breaks for corporations trickled down?

Has the tax breaks for the rich trickled down?

The top wage earners are 20% of the income while 10 years ago it was 10%.

If this policy worked so well then why are there so many fundamental problems.

 

I could go on and on. Why does 30 % of the population resist change? Or is it 20%.

Why does everybody want so many hand outs?

I think our tax dollars should go to infrastructure, energy independence and education. On a side note I don't mind heavy taxing on profits for those who make a living pushing paper. In 2007 20 hedge fund managers averaged 620 million apiece pushing that paper.

Demanding change comes from failure. No one has had the political "stones" to make the changes we need in so many areas. If the American worker had been put first during the last 20 years I don't think Americans would want change.

Congress just passed the one thousand plus page $787 billion Stimulus Bill. It is the most expensive piece of legislation in our country's history and it looks like very few if any of the Senators and Representatives even read it before they voted on it. To make matters worse, the people didn't have a chance to look at it, either.

This is not the first time this has happened. It happened with the TARP bailout bill (2008) that was rushed through Congress with few provisions for accountability; the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 which was Congress' Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout and the PATRIOT Act (2001) that was rushed through Congress before the bill was even printed.

Congressional legislation, which can consist of hundreds or even thousands of pages of text, is routinely drafted by congressional staff members, special interest groups and/or lobbyists and oftentimes is not even read by the members of congress themselves. Although the people, via the U.S. Constitution, have exclusively given Congress the power to write our laws, many of our representatives have delegated this power to their staff members, government agency bureaucrats, special interest groups and corporate lobbyists who prepare much of the legislation.

The danger is that these bureaucrats, special interest groups and lobbyists are not necessarily looking out for the best interest of the American people, but rather for the best interest of whoever is paying them. Could they slip in a paragraph here and a sentence there to promote their own objectives? Absolutely! It would be very easy to do because no one is reading the legislation. Because of the sheer volume of material contained in proposed legislation, individual Members of congress simply do not have the time to read all of the legislation they are voting on.

A prime example is the Federal budget that can run hundreds of thousands of pages.The current system has allowed many pieces of legislation to get through both houses of congress without adequate debate or understanding. The longer a piece of legislation is, the less likely it is that our Senators and Representatives will have the time or inclination to read the entire document.

By routinely failing to read what they are voting on, members of congress have given the American people many excessively long, sometimes incomprehensible and burdensome laws.It has allowed unpopular measures, earmarks, pork barrel amendments or hidden provisions for special interests to be attached to very popular legislation that few in Congress would be willing to oppose publicly. This practice is called “log-rolling.”

Additions and deletions to legislation can even be made at the last minute. Votes are sometimes held with little debate or public notice and sometimes printed copies of the legislation are not available for legislators to read before they vote.The sheer length of many of the bills proposed in congress deprives the average American citizen and their elected representatives of the opportunity to thoroughly examine the text of proposed legislation and amendments in detail prior to voting on it.

We need a “READ THE BILLS ACT” as drafted by DownsizeDC.org, that requires elected representatives to do the following before they can bring any legislation to a vote:

1. Read every word of every bill before a vote can be held on that bill.
2. Read every word of every old law that comes up for renewal under the sunset provisions.
3. Publish (including on the internet) every pending bill at least 7 days before a vote is held, to allow time for public comment.
4. Be present at the reading of bills and that all discussions relating to the bills be open, and
5, All legislators must certify that they have read and understood the bill, including any amendments, before voting on it.

A “Read the Bills Act” would not only eliminate a lot of poor legislation, it would also encourage elected representatives to propose legislation that is brief, understandable and to the point. The openness of the process will help reduce or possibly even eliminate the current practice of adding billions of dollars of non-related pork barrel amendments to "must pass" budget measures and other key legislation.

Any proposed legislation should address one specific issue only and any proposed amendments to the bill should only address the specific issue at hand. No pork barrel amendments of any kind and no unrelated riders should be attached to any bill.All votes on bills should be conducted by public roll call vote so that the American public will know who voted for or against a particular piece of legislation.

John Wallace
www.freedommovementusa.com/

Well...last night President Obama took Congress, and our country at large, "to church"!!

  Now maybe we can ALL start clapping on " 2 & 4".....

and if you don't know what I mean...You have a hole in your soul!