Obituary: The United States of America

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinborough, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows:

Born 1776, Died 2012

Texas Gov. Rick Perry slams Obama

Texas Gov. Rick Perry urged conservatives Friday to “push more liberals into the private sector” in the 2012 election (including the president) but the oft-mentioned potential presidential candidate declined to say whether he had decided to enter the race himself.

Speaking to a packed house at the Western Conservative Summit, Mr. Perry continued to leave his supporters guessing as to his political future, although he did refer repeatedly to the importance of the 2012 election. At one point, he suggested that President Obama should be defeated so that he could take up a career on the Sunday morning talk shows.

“The mixture of arrogance and audacity that guides the Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American and a threat to every job in the private sector,” said Mr. Perry. MORE!

ObamaCare explained

We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!

'What could possibly go wrong?'

Governor Christie is taken to hospital after having difficulty breathing

Update, 2:30 p.m.: Gov. Chris Christie is expected to be released from the hospital "early this evening." Everything appeared normal after the governor was given a chest X-ray and EKG.

Chris Christie was hospitalized this morning after he complained of having trouble breathing, according to the governor's office. Source!

WV School Shut Down After Meth Found Inside

A West Virginia public school has been shut down indefinitely after traces of methamphetamine were found throughout the building during an investigation of the principal and a teacher.

State Police Sgt. Andy Perdue said Monday that traces of the drug were found in the ducts, principal's office, hallways and bathrooms of the Boone County Career and Technical Center. Perdue says the teacher admitted he smoked meth with the principal in the principal's office.

He says police do not have evidence the school was used as a meth lab.

Teacher Jack Turley faces charges of manufacturing meth and procuring Sudafed for making meth. Principal Keith Phipps faces charges of purchasing over the legal limit of Sudafed.

Their attorneys didn't return calls seeking comment. Source!

Editor's note: Will the union save these guys?

Check out Sunday's headlines!

Mom Faces Charges in Death of Disabled Girl!

Man Shot Estranged Wife, Her Family!

4-Year-Old Shot in Head While Fishing With Dad!

12 wounded as gunfire erupts at Kent car show!

Norway's lone-wolf terrorist attacks: July 24!

Editor's note: We must outlaw weddings, roller skating, fishing, car shows and island camping! Did we miss anything?

TSA worker stole watches, debit card from LAX bags

A Transportation Security Administration officer has been indicted on five charges in the theft of four watches and a pre-paid debit card from luggage at Los Angeles International Airport, officials announced Friday.

A federal grand jury indicted Paul Yashou, 38, of Torrance, on two felony and three misdemeanor theft counts Friday afternoon.

Yashou is alleged to have stolen the items from luggage going through security at LAX’s Terminal 1, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office said. According to the indictment, one of the watches was valued at about $15,000, another at $5,000 and two at $1,000. The pre-paid debit card was valued at $1,000. MORE!

‘Gay Barbarians' trash Bachmann's Clinic: Video

Marcus Bachmann, who conducts “reparative therapy” at the clinic intended to convert homosexuals, has said that gays are “barbarians who need to be disciplined.” The horde requested to speak directly with Bachmann and experience some “discipline” for themselves.

When Marcus was no where to be found, the barbarians glittered the empty waiting room and reception area while chanting, “You can’t pray away the gay — baby, I was born this way!”

Editor's note: Once 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is repealed, this may be the US Army's new look? Their parents must be SO proud! MORE!

Illinois study: Public employees earn 29% more than private sector employees

A new study out by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) reveals public employees in the state may actually earn more than those in the private sector. Up to 23 percent more, in fact.

IPI states:

---Compensation per state government employee averaged $69,500, which is 23 percent more than the private sector worker average of $56,500. Much of the difference was in employer-paid benefits, which were more than 1.5 times that of private employees. State employees received 16 percent more in wages and salaries than private employees.

---Compensation per local government employee averaged $63,100, which is 12 percent more than the private sector worker average of $56,500. Much of the difference was in employer-paid benefits, which were more than 1.5 times that of private employees. Local government employees received 4 percent more in wages and salaries than private employees.

Source!

Congressman Allen West; a real American

The Republican congressman from Florida turned to email on Tuesday to call a Democratic colleague from his state “vile, despicable and cowardly” after she criticized his stance on Medicare when he was away from the House floor.

Representative Allen West, a first-term Republican from south Florida, wasn’t shy about his online outburst. He sent his peppery email to numerous lawmakers as well as his target, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.

The subject line of the email: “Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman Schultz.”

The e-mail said: “Look, Debbie, I understand that after I departed the House floor you directed your floor speech comments directly towards me. Let me make myself perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I am happy to oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the US House of Representatives. If you have something to say to me, stop being a coward and say it to my face, otherwise, shut the heck up.”

West said Wasserman Schultz has proven “that you are not a Lady” and “shall not be afforded due respect from me!“ He said he was alerting House leaders to her ”heinous characterless behavior.”

Editor's comment: An American hero; he's honest AND on our side...or is that redundant?

The Democrap's Party Is Doomed

This week's fight over raising the federal debt limit exposes a key weakness in the warfare-welfare state that has bestowed power onto the Democrap's Party: Without an ever-growing share of the economy, it dies. Every vital element of the Democraps' coalition (unions, government workers, government contractors, "entitlement" consumers) requires constant increases in payments, grants and consulting contracts. Without those payments, they don't sign checks to re-elect Democraps.

Obama is not the new FDR, but the new Gorbachev: a man forced to preside over the demise of a political system he desperately wants to save.

Democrap champions in this gangsta gov'ment confidently predict that the future of the world's oldest political party is bright. But in fact, the coalition that is the modern Democrap Party is doomed. Every pillar upholding its heavy roof is crumbling. Source!

"Grinding America Down" as explained by Idaho Representative Curtis Bowers

"Grinding America Down" Goals:

***Eliminate prayer in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principle of 'Separation of Church and State'

***Discredit the family as an institution; encourage promiscuity and divorce

***Get control of the schools; use them as transmission belts for socialism. Get control of the teachers

***Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them censorship and a violation of free speech and free press

***Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography in books, movies and TV

***Present homosexuality and promiscuity as 'normal, natural and healthy'

***Infiltrate the press; gain control of key positions in radio, TV and motion pictures

***Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with 'social' religion; discredit the Bible

'Bullet Tax' Proposed By Mayoral Candidate

A mayoral candidate's plan to reduce violence in Baltimore includes a "bullet tax" that he said will increase the cost of committing a crime.

Otis Rolley said he would, if elected, propose a $1 per bullet tax on all bullet purchases in the city. He also said he wants to improve recruitment standards and training for the Baltimore City Police Department, work closely with the media to increase awareness of wanted suspects, and reduce the number of vacant properties. Source!

Philadelphia to fine pedestrians for texting

Philadelphia officials are in the early stages of initiating their “Give Respect, Get Respect” program to improve behavior of motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians on city streets. Starting in August, an uptick in citations will be issued for texting while walking. Citations will cost offenders up to $120. Source!

Police officers can NOT show fear . . .

. . . but these cops were facing a life-changing event. A mid-day suspect shooting in San Francisco and the neighborhood is closing in.

NOTE: This video is extremely disturbing; no kids please!

Source!

Iowa Congressman, Family Unharmed After Armed Intruder Breaks Into Home

Rep. Leonard Boswell and his grandson fought off an intruder during a home invasion on the congressman’s farm in Iowa.

A statement from the congressman’s office says the home invasion happened about 10:45 p.m. Saturday. An armed man came in through the front door and attacked Boswell’s daughter, Cindy Brown. He demanded money.

The 77-year-old congressman heard his daughter’s screams, came into the entryway and attempted to disarm the intruder. As they struggled, Boswell’s 22-year-old grandson, Mitchell Brown, got a shotgun from another room. When Mitchell Brown pointed the shotgun at the intruder, the man fled into the fields around the house outside of Lamoni.

Boswell’s spokesman Grant Woodard says other than some scrapes and bruises, the family is fine.

The local sheriff, FBI and other agencies are investigating.

Imagine morning briefing at SFPD

Chief Heather Fong (left), the first SFPD female, lesbian chief of police.

Theresa Sparks (center, former male), president of the San Francisco Police Commission, CEO of a multimillion-dollar sex toy retailer, and a transgender woman.

Sgt. Stephan Thorne (right, former female), the first transgender SFPD police officer.

Their Representative in Congress is Nancy Pelosi.

Illinois 17th District Representative Bobby Schilling Addresses Congress

The VIDEO:

Jackson Lee: Congress complicating debt ceiling because Obama is black

Editor's note: It was only a matter of time, and guess who played the race card? The over-eater from Texas.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Friday strongly suggested that members of Congress are making it difficult for President Obama to raise the debt ceiling because of his race."I do not understand what I think is the maligning and maliciousness [toward] this president,” said Jackson Lee, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. “Why is he different? And in my community, that is the question that we raise. In the minority community that is question that is being raised. Why is this president being treated so disrespectfully? Why has the debt limit been raised 60 times? Why did the leader of the Senate continually talk about his job is to bring the president down to make sure he is unelected?” Source!

Editor, part two: Unelected???

Judge Andrew Napolitano outlines what needs to be done

Dear Mr. Speaker,

When the Founders at the Constitution Conventional in 1787 created the House of Representatives, it was fashioned to act as the voice of the people within the institutional checks and balances of the Federal Government.  That’s why the entire House faces reelection every 2 years.  That’s why Constitutionally, you don’t have to even be a member of Congress to serve as speaker. And that’s why the Constitution allows for thousands of members of the House for our current population.  It is the people’s house, and the people spoke last November.  They cried out against a government completely out of control.  After President Bush grew the U.S. debt by $7 trillion dollars in 8 years in office, and President Obama added $4 Trillion in just 2 years in office, the people cried out against big-government policies that are sabotaging the economy and taking over our lives.  And because they cried out, you are no longer just John Boehner from Ohio.  You are now the second in line to succeed to the presidency.  You are the Speaker of the House of Representatives.


Mr. Speaker, the House of Representatives has just 8 working days left before the August 2nd debt ceiling deadline, and by wide margins in whatever way the question is asked, Americans do not want to see the debt ceiling raised.  They’re sick and tired of paying interest on borrowed money; money borrowed in their name.  The Federal Government borrows so much money from so many sources, Mr. Speaker, that no-one knows for sure just how much it owes to its lenders.  It already appears that it has exceeded the legal limit set by the congress at $14.294 trillion, and they actually at this moment in time are closer to $14.5 trillion.  The White House is putting intense pressure on you and on Congress to raise that limit.  The President’s apologists have even suggested invoking the 14th amendment to bypass the will of Congress and borrow money without legal authority.  Given the way the White House has run roughshod over your House in the matter of the “not-war“ in Libya that our military is still ”not” engaged in, the word of the President’s lawyers that there is no presidential power in the 14th amendment to borrow money on his own can hardly be trusted.  This is a president who does not regard the Constitution as a limit on the exercise of governmental power.  But the President can only get away with violating the Constitution, Mr. Speaker, if you let him do so.

If you stand up for the will of the people, you will restrain him.  This is the moment of truth for the Congress, Mr. Speaker.  The scare-mongers and the chicken-littles in DC will tell you that the sky will come tumbling down if the debt ceiling isn’t raised, even though your colleagues, Senator Pat Toomey and Rep. Tom McClintock, have introduced legislation that would prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt obligations.

I have two words for you, Mr. Speaker.  Stop it.  That’s right, just stop it.  For too long our government has spent beyond its means and in our names, sinking us and generations as yet unborn into deeper and deeper debt.  And you, Mr. Speaker, can stop it.  The President stands with the big-business, big-banks, big-government complex, and against the American people.  He’s even prepared to defy the laws of economics.  But the American people are not ignorant as he thinks they are, and you know that.

Mr. Speaker, you have the opportunity to do something that no standard bearer of small government has ever been able to do in our modern era; get the government to live within its means.  You can do it by standing firm with your colleagues in the Congress who are leading the call for change.  You can stop it.  You can force the Federal Government to make the difficult decisions to bring itself within its means and begin to loosen the chains of debt that have been foisted on our country by a centuries worth of progressive big-government architects.  End it this summer, Mr. Speaker.  Stop it.  Tell the President, “not a penny more.”  Stand up for the American people, bring government within its means, and begin the restoration of our republic.

If you do this Mr. Speaker, if you restrain the federal beast, you will become one of history’s great champions and heroes of freedom.  If you don’t, we‘ll all go through this again the next time a president wants to spend beyond the government’s means and chain us all down to more debt.

Mr. Speaker, don’t let us down.

-Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Illinois' CONSERVATIVE Congressman Walsh

THIS is what we were hoping for:
Obama’s ability to make solidity out of pure wind is exposed.

Return of the Gold Standard as world order unravels

As the twin pillars of international monetary system threaten to come tumbling down in unison, gold has reclaimed its ancient status as the anchor of stability. The spot price surged to an all-time high of $1,594 an ounce in London, lifting silver to $39 in its wake.
On one side of the Atlantic, the eurozone debt crisis has spread to the countries that may be too big to save, Spain and Italy.

On the other side, the recovery has sputtered out and the printing presses are being oiled again. Brinkmanship between the Congress and the White House over the US debt ceiling has compelled Moody's to warn of a "very small but rising risk" that the world's paramount power may default within two weeks.

The unthinkable is now thinkable! Source!

'No-Name' Conservative candidate beats Obama: 47% to 39%

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If 'Winnie the Poop' is Obama's opponent, it becomes a toss up!

Registered voters by a significant margin now say they are more likely to vote for the "Republican Party's candidate for president" than for President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, 47% to 39%.

Preferences had been evenly divided this year in this test of Obama's re-election prospects, until now.
Thanks Gallop, for your honesty!

Jerry Brown signs bill requiring California schools to teach gay history

Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation requiring public schools to include the contributions of gay and lesbian people in their curriculum, making California the first state to adopt such a requirement.

The legislation, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, was approved in the Legislature along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed. The governor's office announced this morning that Brown had signed the bill.

Senate Bill 48 requires public instruction in social sciences to include the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, as well as people with disabilities and members of other cultural groups.

It would prohibit teaching from textbooks or other instructional materials that reflect adversely on people because of their sexual orientation. Source (brought to you by 'Bed, Bath & Bend Over")!

Hundreds scramble for Dallas County rental vouchers

Editor's question: If they can run like this, why can't they work?
At least eight people were hurt Thursday morning while scrambling to line up for a limited number of Dallas County rental vouchers — after waiting for hours in their cars.

People lined up Thursday morning to apply for Dallas County Section 8 housing vouchers. A Dallas County sheriff's spokesman estimated the crowd at about 5,000.

The office at the Jesse Owens Memorial Complex wasn't supposed to open until 8 a.m., but some applicants started lining up at 10 o'clock Wednesday night. Source!

Obama’s Big Fund Raising Birthday Bash: One day after August 2nd

It’s on Aug. 4. The president is turning 50. He’s decided to have a quiet celebration with family and a few close friends? NOT!

Instead, the president is planning an extravagant fundraising bash Aug. 3 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, including a birthday concert teeming with celebrities and – for couples contributing $35,800 – a private dinner with the president. All this just one day after the government is scheduled to run out of cash!

Undoubtably, the sight of so much money getting thrown around and dissolute stars crooning to Obama will make a stirring contrast with a federal government bankruptcy featuring unpaid government workers, seniors and soldiers wondering how they’ll afford the groceries, shuttered national parks, and angry investors trying to cash out their Treasury Bills.

If the government defaults, you can be sure the birthday bacchanal will do much more to harm Obama’s reelection prospects than help them. Maybe House GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who has been refusing to back down while needling Obama to the extent that the president stomped out of a White House meeting yesterday, already knows this.

The excitement kicks off at 4 pm with a concert that may feature singer Jennifer Hudson and other A-List stars, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Source!

Gov. Dayton Agrees to Republican Budget to End Minnesota Shutdown

Wisconsin first, now Minnesota!

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Kurt Zellers and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, saying he "reluctantly" agrees to accept the Republican budget proposal from June 30 if it will end the government shutdown.

Dayton said accepting the offer would bridge a $1.4 billion gap between him and the Republican leadership. The governor says he has "serious reservations" about the GOP plan, but Minnesota’s government shutdown must end.

Back to work in three days!

Cats, Not Cars, Cause Climate Change

You can save your money and forget about buying that Prius, because apparently cats, not cars, cause “climate change.” That’s the latest according to some research studies.

The problem is reportedly due to a cat “epidemic” in the U.S., where the entire feline population has tripled in the last four decades to some 600 million furry critters. The studies report that “global warming” prompts cats to breed like rabbits, and once there’s an “overpopulation,” our furry feline friends start killing off eco-saving birds en masse.

MotherJones reports: Domestic cats, officially considered an invasive species, kill at least a hundred million birds in the US every year—dwarfing the number killed by wind turbines. (See “Apocalypse Meow,” below.) They’re also responsible for at least 33 avian extinctions worldwide. A recent Smithsonian Institution study found that cats caused 79 percent of deaths of juvenile catbirds in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Bad news, since birds are key to protecting ecosystems from the stresses of climate change—a 2010 study found that they save plants from marauding insects that proliferate as the world warms.


It's only fair that the cats have an opportunity to challenge these findings:

D.C. Firefighters To Help Police Streets

Both D.C. firefighters and police officers are upset over a new program that forces the fire department to help fight crime.
   
For the past three weeks, D.C. Fire and EMS personnel have been parking their trucks at high crime neighborhoods.

"It's to prevent things from bubbling up.  The idea is that if you have a fire engine with adults there no one is going to commit a crime," said D.C. Deputy Mayor Paul Quander.
   
City officials said they just want firefighters to call 911 if they see suspicious activity.
   
The D.C. police union and firefighters union say the plan is not safe.

"I think it is a disaster," said D.C. Police Union spokesman Kris Baumann.  "You're putting untrained, unsupervised, unequipped firefighters in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in town to perform a law enforcement function."
   
Right now, the plan is to keep the policy in place at least through next spring. Source!

Taxpayer-Funded Exhibit Equates Republican Governors With Nazism

A new exhibit at a Michigan city art gallery features a provocative piece that depicts four Republican governors beneath the Nazi party symbol. Despite complaints, the work will remain on display. Source!

What raising the debt means to you:

Increasing the statutory limit on the debt from $14.294 trillion to $16.7 trillion would give the Treasury Department the additional money it needs to keep borrowing through the 2012 elections. It would be the fourth time the debt limit has been increased since February 2009. This calculator shows what your share of the federal debt would be at the point that new $16.7 trillion debt limit is reached, if your share of the federal debt is equal to your share of the income tax burden. 'YOUR SHARE' calculator, click HERE!

Watch out parents: The State may take away your fat kids

A provocative commentary in one of the nation’s most distinguished medical journals argues parents of extremely obese children could lose custody for not controlling their kids’ weight and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases.

It has happened a few times in the U.S., and the opinion piece in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association says putting children in foster care is in some cases more ethical than obesity surgery.

Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital Boston, said the point isn’t to blame parents, but rather to act in children‘s best interest and get them help that for whatever reason their parents can’t provide. Source!

Militant Obama youth march to 'Alpha, Omega' chant

Ending with the miracle of Mr. Obama's health care give-away:

OMAHA SCHOOLS SPEND $130,000 IN STIMULUS MONEY TO BUY 8,000 ‘SOCIAL JUSTICE’ DIVERSITY MANUALS

If you were told that tax dollars (130,000 of them) went to buying a “diversity” manual that asserts the government and other institutions create advantages that “channel wealth and power to white people” and calls on educators to “take action for social justice,” what would you do? And if you were told that such a manual was required staff reading in Omaha, NE schools, what would you say?

The book is a manifesto on cultural awareness. But what it calls for, some might say, is quite counter-cultural. The Omaha World-Herald details some of the work’s jaw-dropping statements.

The book says teachers must overcome irrational fear of homosexuality and reject the “color-blind” approach to teaching in which teachers treat all children the same. Instead, the group identity of students of color should be recognized and esteemed, the authors say.

“Only those educators who acknowledge the existence of white privilege in America, that ‘white’ is a culture in America and that race ‘is a definer for social and economic status’ can reach proficiency,” the Herald notes. And those who don’t? They’re asked what they will do “to align yourself with the values expressed.” Source!

Glenn Beck moves family to Texas (where they're safe)

Glenn Beck is moving to Dallas.

The news may not surprise his loyal listeners — the host has been dropping plenty of clues and for many months.

And there were a flurry of internet posts in the last week about some of the real estate in question.

But today, Beck confirmed that he and his family are relocating to Texas.

“I can’t wait,” Beck said during his radio broadcast.

He also announced that he will be opening new radio and television studios there.

“I’m moving to Dallas, Texas, and my family is there now, and I will be there shortly. We’re keeping our business, Mercury, in New York. Nobody is surprised by this, I’m sure. We have been planning for a long time.” More!

Fast food restaurants must hire armed guards, or close by 10pm

A new Newark, New Jersey, city council law will require small restaurants to have an armed security guard posted at night. The move — which is already yielding controversy — comes after William, Johnson, an off-duty police officer was killed in a drive-by shooting at the Texas Fried Chicken and Pizza restaurant back in May.

Mail Online writes: Mr Johnson, 45, a single father raising two daughters, was off-duty and unarmed when a pair of assailants fired into the Lyons Avenue restaurant from a slow-rolling car. He was apparently caught in the crossfire of a gang dispute.

This new regulation, which passed unanimously, says that any restaurant that serves 15 or fewer people must hire an armed guard after 9 p.m. If they do not comply or if paying someone to stand guard is not a financial possibility, food establishments must close by 10 p.m. each evening. Reuters has more:

“If they want to stay open that late, they should provide security. If not, they should close,” said Councilman Ras Baraka, who wrote the bill, in a telephone interview.

“These restaurants who serve 15 or less people, walk-in eateries where you get your food and you leave, they are havens for criminal activity,” said Keith Hamilton, an aide to Baraka.

Editor's note: Don't bother fixing the breaks, just get a louder horn! Source!

West Bank, Gaza Terrorists Use Google Earth to Select Israeli Civilian Targets for Rocket Attack

The world wide web’s dark side strikes yet again, this time with the popular web application Google Earth. Ironically, the satellite mapping system that was funded by IN-Q-TEL, the CIA’s venture capital arm, is reportedly helping Islamic terrorists target and kill innocent Israeli civilians.

According to an Undhimmi report, members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade — the military wing of West Bank’s Fatah party — are using Google Earth to pinpoint Israeli civilian targets for their missile attacks.
Several of al-Aqsa’s members even went on the record with Slate, describing the militant Islamic group’s methods for lobbing rockets at Israel: “The technology is always improving,” a terrorist calling himself Abu Saif told journalist Sharon Weinberger. “Our struggle started with the Kalashnikov, and then it moved to the suicide bomb, then the locally made rocket, and now the Grad rocket.”

Gaza terrorists in rocket launching crews use Google Earth to aim their weapons, Abu Said said. The program is seen as superior to maps because it is more up-to-date and gives precise locations for potential targets. Source!

Democrap Congressman Charles Rangel mentions Jesus without bursting into flames

Congressman Charles Rangel , D-NY, doesn't know exactly what Jesus would say about the debt crisis, but he thinks religious leaders should be a part of the conversation.

"It is a moral question. So I am surprised that we don't hear from the rabbis and the priests and the ministers and the imams. This is their business, not just politicians'," he told Fox News on Sunday.

(Rabbis and imams rarely consider WWJD, just sayin')

Two days earlier, Congressman Rangel held a news conference where he asked "What would Jesus do" about the debt problem He called on religious leaders to speak up on the Medicare and Social Security cuts Republicans want to make, which would hit the elderly and the poor the hardest.

Rangel insists, "If the sky, the economic sky was to fall the very rich in this country would not feel any pain at all."

But when pressed on exactly what that higher power would say about America's money problems, he replied "I don't know what Jesus or Moses or anyone would say. But, the issues are so morally clear...we are our brothers' keepers." More!

Editor's question: Just 'brothers'?

Coal miners say Australia carbon tax treatment unfair

Australia's powerful coal mining industry on Sunday warned it was being unfairly singled out under the country's new carbon emissions trading scheme, predicting it will lead to job losses and fewer collieries at a time when buyers are paying top dollar for coal.

Xstrata, one of the country's biggest coal mining companies, said it was "disappointed at the government's lack of genuine consultation" before unveiling its plan to slap a carbon tax of A$23 a tonne on its 500 worst polluters.

Australia, the world's biggest coking coal exporter, relies on coal to generate 80 percent of its electricity, accounting for 37 percent of national emissions. Coal is also one of the nation's top export earners, worth A$46 billion in overseas sales last year.

Around 40,000 people work in Australian coal mines and a further 100,000 indirectly, according to sector estimates. Source!

Editor's note: As Neil Diamond sang, "(They're) coming to America!"

9/11 victims may have had cell phones tapped by 'News of the World' reporters

The story, although left-leaning and stinking of schadenfreude, is LINKED HERE!

New: 6-year-old patted down by TSA agents, twice

VIDEO!

How can the person in charge of securing the border say we can’t do it?

July 8, 2011 by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu: On Thursday, I attended a round table discussion that was held at the Nogales Border Patrol station with Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, as well as several sheriffs, police chiefs and other Arizona officials.
The meeting opened with Secretary Napolitano asking the question, “What do you need?”

I assured her that, on behalf of Arizona, I can guarantee what we don’t need are alligators (she was not amused). And I went on to explain that the Obama Administration’s plan is going to fall short.

Secretary Napolitano explaine, "We’re never going to seal the border, and that since the beginning of time, we’ve always had contraband going through it." She also blames Congress for inaction.

I reject that defeatist approach. It’s un-American. And how can the person in charge of securing the border say we can’t do it?

Editor's note: For more context during that meeting and information on how you can help, please CLICK HERE!

Illinois; the criminal-friendly State

On Friday, Wisconsin became the 49th state to allow its citizens to carry concealed firearms after Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a measure allowing the practice after a decades long debate.

The law goes into effect on Nov. 1 and carries some caveats, including mandatory firearm training and a background check.

Illinois is now the only state left where concealed carry is illegal

In the 2008 “Heller” decision, the Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban and gunlock requirements. Unsurprisingly, gun control advocates predicted disaster. They were wrong.

Murders in D.C. plummeted by an astounding 25 percent in 2009, dropping from 186 murders in 2008 to 140. That translates to a murder rate that is now down to 23.5 per 100,000 people, Washington's lowest since 1967.

This shouldn't be surprising to anyone who has followed how crime rates change after gun bans have been imposed. Around the world, whenever guns are banned, murder rates rise.

Editor's note: When the bad-guys (who do not follow any rules) know that the good-guys (who DO follow the rules) are unable to defend themselves, the crime rate remains high. Hello Chicago? The only commonality between 'logic' and 'liberals' is the first letter!

Who paid for fleeing Wisconsin democraps' Illinois vacation?

When Democratic Senators from the Wisconsin legislature fled the state in order to avoid voting on a controversial budget bill earlier this year, the politicians insisted they were footing the bill for their lodging across the state border in Illinois.  But questions as to who really paid for the political stunt still remain. Video!

Did the Attorney General Mislead Congress on Operation ‘Fast and Furious’?

Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says he does not believe Attorney General Eric Holder gave accurate testimony under oath to Congress during the House Judiciary Committee on May 3.

Asked in May when he learned of Operation “Fast and Furious” and “Project Gunrunner,” Holder claimed he ‘probably’ learned of it ‘over the last few weeks.’ In the testy exchange that followed, Issa pointed out that two Americans were killed by weapons associated with the botched operation, and that in the end, no major criminals were brought to justice.

Issa also implies that the Department of Justice was deliberately slow-rolling the request for documentation about the program. You can watch the 10-minute exchange between Holder and Issa here.

But the following address by Deputy Attorney General David Ogden states that Obama and DOJ's Holder ordered "Project Gun Runner" (Fast & Furious) in March of 2009.

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Colorado day-care center proposal: Dolls must represent at least three different races

Here's an item with the potential for firing up enemies of political correctness: New rules proposed by the Colorado Department of Human Services include a requirement that all day-care centers in the state make available dolls representing three different races.

The 98-page document, obtained by Denver's TV-7, features a slew of rule changes. Among them: children over age two must not be served whole milk without a note from a doctor, kids over age one can't drink more than six ounces of juice per day, TV and computer time will be capped at twenty minutes daily, and staffers must wear clothes that cover their lap and shoulders. But arguably the most unusual suggestion pops up on page 77: "Dolls shall represent three (3) races." Source!

Illinois 17th District Congressman Bobby Schilling's Statement on June Jobs Report

“These numbers should serve as a serious warning that employers continue to keep their capital on the sidelines because they know high debt leads to high taxation, which leads to high unemployment,” Schilling said.

"We need to stop spending money we don’t have, work to ease regulatory and tax burdens on our job creators, and give small businesses the certainty and security they need to grow in order to put our country back on a solid fiscal footing and create jobs. After all, one of the greatest impediments to job creation is lack of confidence."

D.C. Funded 300 Abortions in 2 Years

For decades Congress has used its power over the District of Columbia to ban the city from paying for abortions for poor women, but during a two-year period when lawmakers reversed course at least 300 women got city-funded procedures, according to data obtained by The Associated Press.

That period when the city was free to pay for abortions ended earlier this year. The city now says that during that time it spent approximately $185,000 providing elective abortions for poor women who receive health care through government programs. The number of women who got abortions and their cost was provided by city officials after AP filed a Freedom of Information Act request. Source!

'Going Green' can get you 93 days in jail

Their front yard was torn up after replacing a city sewer line, so instead of replacing the dirt with grass, one subburban Chicago woman put in a vegetable garden and now the city is seeing green.

She planted fresh basil, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, cumbers and more all filling five large planter boxes that fill her family’s front yard. Julie Bass says, “We thought we’re minding our own business, doing something not ostentatious and certainly not obnoxious or nothing that is a blight on the neighborhood, so we didn’t think people would care very much.”

But some cared very much and called the city. The city then sent out code enforcement.

“They warned us at first that we had to move the vegetables from the front, that no vegetables were allowed in the front yard. We didn’t move them because we didn’t think we were doing anything wrong, even according to city code we didn’t think we were doing anything wrong. So they ticketed us and charged me with a misdemeanor,” Bass said.

City code says that all unpaved portions of the site shall be planted with grass or ground cover or shrubbery or other suitable live plant material. Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are what Basses see as suitable.

However, Oak Park’s Planning and Technology Director Kevin Rulkowski says the city disagrees. He says, “If you look at the dictionary, suitable means common. You can look all throughout the city and you’ll never find another vegetable garden that consumes the entire front yard.” The REST of the STORY!

No job? "Skip mortgage payments for a year," Obama

The Obama administration is making it easier for out-of-work homeowners to stay in their homes, as it tries to revamp its troubled foreclosure-prevention program.

Starting Aug. 1, the Federal Housing Administration will extend the period for unemployed homeowners to miss mortgage payments to a full year from three or four months. That will allow qualified homeowners to go without making a monthly payment for 12 months before the foreclosure process begins.

The extended grace period only applies to FHA-backed loans, which are usually given to low- and middle-income borrowers and represent about 14 percent of all active mortgages and roughly 25 percent of new mortgages, and homeowners in the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program. Source!

Illinois drops writing from standardized exam

Illinois will assess only reading and arithmetic now that high school juniors will no longer be tested on their writing skills during standardized exams every spring, according to a published report.

Cutting the writing exams will save about $2.4 million amid the state's budgetary shortfalls. Writing tests for elementary and middle school students were dropped last year.

"We're trying to minimize the damage" of the cuts, Schools Superintendent Christopher Koch told the Chicago Tribune for a story published Wednesday. "Writing is one of the most expensive things to assess."

Federal law doesn't require or fund writing tests. Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, public schools are evaluated based on their reading and math test results. Source!

TSA Agent Caught With Passenger's iPad in His Pants

--​Took $50,000 in Other Goods

While most Transportation Security Administration employees are busy groping people or taking naked pictures of them, the cops say one of those employees was putting fliers' electronics down his pants.

The Broward Sheriff's Office says 30-year-old Nelson Santiago stole around $50,000 worth of electronics over the past six months from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport's Terminal 1.

Santiago -- a TSA officer since 2009 -- was caught earlier this week by a Continental Airlines employee taking an iPad out of someone's luggage and stuffing it into his pants, the cops say.

After being arrested Monday on two counts of grand theft, police say Santiago admitted to stealing computers, GPS devices, video cameras, and other electronic merchandise from luggage he was supposed to be screening.

The cops say Santiago would immediately take pictures of his new goods and upload the photos online to sell the stuff. Source!

Clothing For Massachusetts State Union Workers Costs Taxpayers $44M

As the commonwealth of Massachusetts digs itself out of a recession, a Boston TV Station investigation has learned there are thousands of state workers who are going to look good doing so.

An analysis of state records show in the last four years Massachusetts has spent $43,968,295.99 on clothing. The majority of those purchases are tied to longstanding union contracts, while many others are not. In this fiscal crisis, each agency is able to spend what it wants and Channel 5 found there is no statewide system of oversight.

“This is an area ripe for abuse on the one hand, but certainly ripe for review,” said Rep. Bradley Jones, House Minority Leader.

The biggest spenders on clothing for state workers are the Department of Correction, which spent $15,279,561 in the last four years. State Police doled out $5,867,630.76 and the Trial Court made $1,706,350 worth of purchases. WCVB-5!

Can Australian Police Look Under Muslim Veil?

New Law Says "Yes!"

New South Wales passed a law that would allow police officers to request a Muslim female driver remove her face veil for identification purposes.

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell said the cabinet approved the decision on Monday to allow proper identification of motorists:

“I don’t care whether a person is wearing a motor cycle helmet, a burqa, niqab, face veil or anything else, the police should be allowed to require those people to make their identification clear.”

While Australian Federal law prohibits restraint on the free exercise of religion, analysts say there is no such restraint on the passage of a state law. Source!

Casey Anthony 'not guilty' consequences

Words 'o Wisdom

Don't you just hate all the motivational, deep-thinking words of wisdom that infest the Internet? Here's the latest collection; sheeze, leave us alone!

‎* Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. 

* Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. 

* The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on the list. 

* If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong. 

* We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. 

* The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 

* How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? 

* Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand at the edge of a pool and throw fish to them?

* I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. 

* Women will never be equal to men till they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut and still think they're sexy. 

* A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 

* You don't need a parachute to skydive, but you do need one to skydive again. 

* The voices in my head may be fake, but they have good ideas! 

* Hospitality is making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were. 

* I scream the same way whether I'm about to be eaten by a shark or seaweed touches my foot. 

* Some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go. 

* There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away. 

* You're never too old to learn something stupid.

Moody's warns over China bad debt; YES, CHINA

Bad debts held by local governments in China are a far bigger problem than first estimated, ratings agency Moody's has warned.

Chinese banks had lent 8.5tn yuan ($1.3tn; £820bn) to the local governments in 2010 in an attempt to boost growth.

However, the agency said the debt burden could be 3.5tn yuan larger than auditors had estimated.

It warned that bad debt could reach between 8% and 10% of the total loans. Source!

Obama tries to stop execution in Texas of Mexican killer

US president warns Texan authorities that execution would put America in breach of international legal obligations.

President Barack Obama is attempting to block the execution in Texas on Thursday of a Mexican man because it would breach an international convention and do "irreparable harm" to US interests.

The White House has asked the US supreme court to put the execution of Humberto Leal Garcia on hold while Congress passes a law that would prevent the convicted rapist and murderer from being put to death along with dozens of other foreign nationals who were denied proper access to diplomatic representation before trials for capital crimes.

Leal, 38, was convicted in 1994 of the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in San Antonio. Few question that he was responsible for the killing but the Texas authorities failed to tell Leal, who was born in Mexico and has lived in the US since the age of two, that under the Vienna convention he was entitled to contact the Mexican consulate when he was arrested.

Leal's lawyers argue that the lack of consular access played a role in the death penalty being applied because the Mexican national incriminated himself in statements made during "non-custodial interviews" with the police on the day of the murder. Had Leal had access to the Mexican consulate it would have been likely to have arranged a lawyer who would have advised the accused man to limit his statements to the police. As it was, the Mexican authorities were never informed of his arrest. Source!

The Missing US Ambassador at the feast for Ronald Reagan

Last night's Guildhall dinner in honour of Ronald Reagan's centenary was a truly glittering and warm occasion.

The British roasted lamb and the sunny Californian chardonnay evoked the close Anglo-US relationship of Reagan and Thatcher as much as the fine speeches by Condi Rice and William Hague.

But guests were left asking, where on earth was the American ambassador to London, Louis B

"Our ambassador should be here," said Lynn de Rothschild, the American entrepreneur who is married to Sir Evelyn de Rothschild and was one of Hillary Clinton's key fundraisers in 2008 as well as a supporter of several Republican presidential candidates. "This was an historic dinner to mark Reagan's centenary and to celebrate him as the man who ended the Cold War. What could not be more important?

"Why is our ambassador not here on Independence Day? No excuse. How is it that America is not represented in this room by our ambassador? It is appalling that no representative of our government is in this room. This has the feel of petty partisanship."

Ambassador Susman is, of course, a long-standing Democrat fundraiser, nicknamed the vaccuum cleaner for his skill at sucking donations out of the wealthy.  And his efforts to fill Obama's campaign pockets was said by many to be his main qualification to come to London.

According to the US embassy spokesman: "Ambassador Susman was pleased to be invited to the dinner but was unable to attend." Source!

Top 10 Joe Biden Gaffes (video)

Throughout his decades of public service, the former Senator and current Vice President has earned a reputation for often saying the wrong thing at the wrong time:

1- Off Color Approval
2- No Need to PANIC
3- Biden's Stimulus
4- Bad Biden, Bad!
5- "International Crisis"
6- Unlikely Endorsement
7- "Stand Up" Slip Up
8- Dubious Compliment
9- Diversity in Delaware?
10- Much Ado About a Lot

Anti-Journalists: America's so-call Main Stream Media

Journalists. We pay them well, we rely on them to inform us, they're the "filter" through which most of us see and understand our world.

But there's a problem – a very big problem. Today, an overwhelming number of "mainstream" journalists, rather than serving the traditional role of the press as professional truth-tellers, have shifted 180 degrees in their mission, to become – as July's sensational Whistleblower issue proves – "ANTI-JOURNALISTS"

The subtitle says it all: "Not only do they refuse to report the truth – they attack you if you do."Highlights of "THE ANTI-JOURNALISTS" include:

•"The Fifth Estate" by Jack Cashill, on the new phenomenon of "anti-Journalism in the Age of Obama"

•"Terrorist helps Obama write famous book – reporters shrug" – on how the media steadfastly ignore overwhelming evidence that domestic terrorist and Pentagon bomber William Ayers crafted Obama's iconic autobiography, "Dreams from My Father"

•"The White House propaganda ministry" by Art Moore, exposing Obama's new in-house "rapid-response team" tasked with combating news coverage critical of the president and his policies

•"Looking for hate in all the wrong places" – exploring the vexing question: When leftists publicly beg for the brutal death of George W. Bush and Rush Limbaugh, why do reporters turn around and attack Sarah Palin for supposedly "violent speech"?

•"Obama, the press and the filthy joke syndrome" by David Kupelian, a shocking exploration of the disturbing mindset of America's elite media

•"The shameful state of U.S. journalism" by Joseph Farah, who illustrates just how far from classic journalistic standards the "big media" have now fallen

•"Over 30 major news organizations linked to George Soros" by Dan Gainor, an eye-opening and comprehensive look at the leftwing billionaire's vast media tentacles

•"Soros group steps up war on Fox News Channel" by Aaron Klein, on the latest campaign aimed at hurting the leading cable news network

•"MoveOn.org admits it 'hacked' Fox News" by Aaron Klein, exposing an audacious smear attempt

•"A legacy of media fraud" – classic examples of extreme "mainstream media malpractice" over the years

•"Reporters told: Don't say 'illegal immigrant'" by Bob Unruh, on one journalism organization's call for a total purge of the term – since it might be "offensive to Latinos"

•"Let's not offend terrorists, either" – on journalist groups' efforts to convince reporters not to use the words "Islamic" or "terrorist" when describing Islamic terrorists

•"Reuters cropping knives out of photos of Palestinians?" by Chelsea Schilling, exploring evidence that the giant wire service repeatedly edited images to improve the depiction of pro-Muslim 'peace activists'

•"Let them eat birth certificates" by Diana West, on what happens when a free press morphs into a propaganda ministry

•"Ridicule from all sides" – how both liberal and conservative media routinely mock coverage of the issue of Obama's constitutional eligibility

•"CBS reporters plotted hit piece on GOP candidate" by Aaron Klein, on how an inadvertent cell phone message proved a mainstream "news team" was scheming to find a "child molester" they could associate with a conservative politician they opposed

•"The new citizen journalist and the media revolution" by David Kupelian, on how the future of American journalism is shaping up to be radically different from its past – and that's a very good thing.

"Maybe we should just call today's mainstream press 'the George Soros media," said Editor David Kupelian. "No matter how much you think you understand the state of journalism today," he added, "you really have no idea how subversive and destructive it is without reading 'THE ANTI-JOURNALISTS.' Source!

Illinois Governor Signs Bill Banning Release of Firearm Owners Names

Gov. Pat Quinn on Saturday signed into law a measure barring the public from knowing who holds a firearm owner identification card in Illinois.

The bill, passed overwhelmingly by Illinois lawmakers in May, was a victory for gun owners who say they have a right to privacy over open-government advocates who say such records should not be secret. Source!

House/Senate no longer necessary; Obama to decree "Dream Act"?

Illinois Democrap Congressman Luis Gutierrez tells his young Latino constituents that the President could enact the "Dream Act" by Executive Order -- if he wanted to. (Caution: liberal language)

It's hot today . . .

Seattle Man Arrested in 1957 Slaying of Illinois Girl

A Seattle man was charged Friday in the long-unsolved slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was abducted in 1957 near her home in the northern Illinois, prosecutors said.

DeKalb County State's Attorney Clay Campbell said that Jack Daniel McCullough, 71, was charged with murdering Maria Ridulph, who was abducted while playing with a friend near her home in Sycamore, about 50 miles west of Chicago.

The search for Maria involved more than 1,000 law enforcement officers and numerous other community members, and it caught the attention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who requested daily updates, Campbell said in a written statement.

Maria disappeared on Dec. 3, and the search lasted five months, until two people foraging for mushrooms in Jo Davies County, in the northwest corner of the state, found her remains on April 26, 1958.

Campbell's office said no additional information about the investigation would be released until next week. The King County, WA, prosecutor's office and the Illinois State Police did not immediately return calls Friday afternoon for comment.

Sycamore Police Chief Don Thomas said McCullough was picked up for questioning on Wednesday night.

"This crime has haunted Sycamore for half a century. We hope that the family of Mari Ridulph and this community can find some solace and closure with this arrest," Campbell said.

He said McCullough is in the King County jail awaiting extradition. Source!

4th of July parades? Conservatives only, please!

Democratic political candidates can skip this weekend's July 4th parades. A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day.
 
"Fourth of July celebrations in the United States shape the nation's political landscape by forming beliefs and increasing participation, primarily in favor of the Republican Party," said the report from Harvard.
 
"The political right has been more successful in appropriating American patriotism and its symbols during the 20th century. Survey evidence also confirms that Republicans consider themselves more patriotic than Democrats. According to this interpretation, there is a political congruence between the patriotism promoted on Fourth of July and the values associated with the Republican party. Fourth of July celebrations in Republican dominated counties may thus be more politically biased events that socialize children into Republicans," write Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor David Yanagizawa-Drott and Bocconi University Assistant Professor Andreas Madestam.
 
Their findings also suggest that Democrats gain nothing from July 4th parades, likely a shocking result for all the Democratic politicians who march in them.
 
"There is no evidence of an increased likelihood of identifying as a Democrat, indicating that Fourth of July shifts preferences to the right rather than increasing political polarization," the two wrote.
 
The three key findings of those attending July 4th celebrations:
 
***When done before the age of 18, it increases the likelihood of a youth identifying as a Republican by at least 2 percent.
It raises the likelihood that parade watchers will vote for a Republican candidate by 4 percent.

***It boosts the likelihood a reveler will vote by about 1 percent and increases the chances they'll make a political contribution by 3 percent.
 
What's more, the impact isn't fleeting. "Surprisingly, the estimates show that the impact on political preferences is permanent, with no evidence of the effects depreciating as individuals become older,"said the Harvard report.
 
Finally, the report suggests that if people are looking for a super-patriotic July 4th, though should head to Republican towns. "Republican adults celebrate Fourth of July more intensively in the first place."  --Harvard, Posted: June 30, 2011