House Clears Path For Extension Of Government Spying On American Citizens

Two days after proposals to extend provisions of the draconian PATRIOT Act failed to attract a super majority in a fast track vote, another vote in the House of representatives has cleared the way for the smooth passage of the legislation.Last night’s vote put in to place a new rule that will allow the legislation to be passed by just a simple majority. It is expected that the House will vote again on the legislation next week, and that it will easily pass.

Earlier in the week, House Republicans had attempted to suspend House rules and pass the extension with limited debate and no amendments. That fell 7 votes short because a 2/3rds majority was required.Last night’s ballot saw 248 vote in favour of allowing the extension to proceed, while 176 voted against.Just four Republicans, including Congressman Ron Paul, voted against the extension. On Tuesday 26 Republicans had voted against. The other three Republican nays were Chris Gibson N.Y., Raul Labrador Idaho and Tom McClintock Calif..

Gunny G: A Democracy Or A Republic, and Why!

Why do so many who should know better speak of America as a democracy rather than a Republic?

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Democracy is the most vile form of government… democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. – James Madison

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Republic Versus Democracy ~ by Jon Rappoport (via ~ The GUNNY “G” BLOG & E-MAIL ~)

Republic Versus Democracy In a democracy, the people who vote can vote for anything they want to have. Cars, money, pensions, giraffes, golf clubs, vacations, free chemotherapy, cartoons on TV, weather control, an artillery gun in every garage, houses that must be built at least ten feet off the ground, school busing, more welfare, less welfare. A republic, on the other hand, runs by law, and the fundamental law is the Constitution. If a measure … Read More

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Egypt: Mubarak’s Not The One Who Should Resign

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Egypt: Mubarak’s Not The One Who Should ResignThe Rubin Report ^ | Barry RubinPosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 11:59:13 AM by ventanax5This is not a game. This is the fate of the globe. This involves the lives of tens of millions of people. Partisanship and scoring political points is irrelevant.

Forget the spin; forget the ignorance about Egypt and the Middle East by instant experts and sometimes by top intelligence officials. What has happened in the Egypt crisis?

The first point—which I’ve been warning about for more than two years—is the incapability of the Obama Administration on several different levels. Following George W. Bush, many people thought, was an easy act to follow. But the quality of the American leadership has grown worse.There has been an attempt to spin President Husni Mubarak’s speech as some type of victory for the Obama Administration.

Yet within hours this effort collapsed. The nation’s highest intelligence officials showed they had no idea what the Muslim Brotherhood represents, joked that they didn’t know any more than did CNN, and provided completely inaccurate information on the course of events in Egypt.

Excerpt Read more at rubinreports.blogspot.com …

The Psychology of a President…

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The Psychology of a President

ChicoER Gate ^ | 2/11/11 | TobyPosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 11:46:23 AM by OneVikeHosted by imgur.com

In order to serve as President of these United States, one must have supreme confidence in one’s self. The question is, “When does that confidence cross into neurosis?

 

With increasing frequency, articles and editorials are beginning to appear, everywhere from the Boston Globe to the New York Times, denoting the expanding ego of Barrack Obama and his ever-expanding sense of autocracy.

A singular query that seems to be a common thread in the analysis of the stunning Democrat defeat last November is, “Will President Obama’s ego allow him to recognize and understand defeat and moderate his approach and policies, or will he continue in the same vein?”

The President’s misinterpretation of the results of his 2008 presidential election in conjunction with, or because of, his egocentric belief in himself has led to his decreased popularity and legislative failure thus far. Obama’s inherent inability to understand the ‘common’ man has had a direct effect on his ability to govern.

Obama and his administration wrongly assumed, based on the 2008 election returns, they had been given permission to govern as they pleased. Two years later, having accomplished little to nothing of a positive nature, they have yet to realize their error. Obama and his administration wrongly assumed the ‘Obama’ personality and presence would continue to carry the day as it did during his campaign.

Again, they have yet to realize the Obama personality is not enough. The President’s own response to the devastating loss in November is to deride the people for not understanding what he’s trying to do, and to endeavor to make better speeches to get his point across, that being we must all work together while he refuses to do so. Obama and his administration assumed they could ‘hit the ground running,’ and by doing so could pass desired legislation while his administration was still new. Once again, they misjudged the sentiment of the people, the current congressional climate, and their own abilities……………….

Oprah wants ‘respect’ for Obama??? How about some respect from Obama for Americans??

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Oprah wants ‘respect‘ for Obama??? How about some respect from Obama for Americans??

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 11:36:37 AM by AngelesCrestHighway

Obama and his wrecking crew have trashed the Constitution, saddled future generations with enormous debt, gutted our military and failed to protect our borders. Respect?…..Good luck with that, Oprah in your dream world!

Tea party member gets 8 years for attacking Obama supporter Freep this paper

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Tea party member gets 8 years for attacking Obama supporter

 

Freep this paperGwinnett Daily Post ^ | 2-11-11 | Josh GreenPosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 11:31:08 AM by BrookhavenLAWRENCEVILLE —

Gwinnett judge sentenced a tea party member to serve eight years in prison for attacking and hospitalizing a President Barack Obama supporter during a 2009 bar room altercation, a prosecutor said Thursday.Jurors convicted Carnesville resident Larry Morgan, 39, of aggravated assault and two counts of aggravated battery this week for smashing several bones in the victim’s face with a pool cue on Jan. 31, 2009 — a few days after Obama’s inauguration.

According to testimony, trouble began when Morgan was talking to other bar patrons about his negative feelings about Obama, when one of O’Neill’s friends said he had voted for the president.Morgan replied, “Well, you are stupid as hell,” before making some racist comments or jokes, witnesses testified, Taylor said. All people involved were white, she said.Later, O’Neill and his friend were laughing about or poking fun at Morgan’s comments when he became angry, fetched a pool cue and broke it across O’Neill’s face.

The impact was so forceful that the victim had no memory of being struck or the circumstances leading up to it, Taylor said.Morgan, who testified he considers himself a tea party member, told the court he was acting in self-defense. He claimed O’Neill and his friend had threatened “to beat him up in the parking lot,” Taylor said, recalling testimony.Excerpt Read more at gwinnettdailypost.com …

Susan Rice kicks off U.N. series Obama backs Muslim overthrows, moves on to Communists

Free RepublicBrowse · Search Pings · Mail News/ActivismTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments.Susan Rice kicks off U.N. series Obama backs Muslim overthrows, moves on to CommunistsPolitico ^ | 2/11/2011 | Mike Allen & Jake ShermanPosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 11:24:10 AM by wheresmyusa

Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, will argue in a major address Friday evening that the U.S. should “strengthen” — not “starve” — the world body.

 

The address is the first in a series of speeches — to continue this spring – making the case to the American people about why the U.N. matters to national security, and how it is being improved.House Republicans failed this week in trying to get $180 million in overpaid dues back from the United Nations. The effort was widely panned by New Yorkers in Congress as damaging to security.

The ambassador will be speaking to the World Affairs Council of Oregon, in Portland.”The U.N. provides a real return on our tax dollars by bringing 192 countries together to share the cost of providing stability, vital aid, and hope in the world’s most broken places,” Rice says in prepared remarks.

“Because of the U.N., the world doesn’t look to America to solve every problem alone. … We’re far better off working to strengthen the U.N. than trying to starve it—and then having to choose between filling the void ourselves, or leaving real threats untended.”

Reelection Slogan for Obama & Co: We Bring Down Governments?(FR Version w/Reader Responses…

Free RepublicBrowse · Search Pings · Mail News/ActivismTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments.Reelection Slogan for Obama & Co: We Bring Down Governments?The Post & Email ^ | Feb. 11, 2011 | Sher Zieve,Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 11:18:04 AM by Hotlanta Mike

The Obama regime is now the unsurpassed and most bizarre combination of outward stupidity and hidden by the media and others pure evil intent ever to rule over the citizens of the United States of America. Starting with the stupidity factor–perhaps just to throw us off–Obama’s Director of National Intelligence Intelligence? Really? James Clapper has again placed his foot in it and this time, it was both feet.

Note: In December 2010, Clapper told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that he wasn’t aware of the UK terrorist arrests; arrests that had been all over the network and cable news channels.Excerpt Read more at thepostemail.com …

Reelection Slogan for Obama & Co: We Bring Down Governments?| The Post & Email

OBAMA, SOROS AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOODby Sher Zieve,

 

©2011

The Muslim Brotherhood‘s slogan is “Islam is the solution”

Feb. 11, 2011 —

The Obama regime is now the unsurpassed and most bizarre combination of outward stupidity and hidden by the media and others pure evil intent ever to rule over the citizens of the United States of America. Starting with the stupidity factor–perhaps just to throw us off–Obama’s Director of National Intelligence Intelligence? Really? James Clapper has again placed his foot in it and this time, it was both feet.

Note: In December 2010, Clapper told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that he wasn’t aware of the UK terrorist arrests; arrests that had been all over the network and cable news channels.Then, on Thursday 10 February 2011, The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence interviewed Clapper, asked him about the current chaotic situation in Egypt and then about the Muslim Brotherhood that is attempting to seize power of the Egyptian government. Seemingly clueless–yet again–Clapper said this about the Brotherhood:

“The term ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam.” First and foremost, the Muslim Brotherhood is not and never has been secular–hence the name ‘Muslim’ and not “Secular” Brotherhood. The MB is considered by every viable expert on terrorism and the Middle East to be the Mother of all Islamic terrorist organizations.

Far from eschewing violence–let alone condemning Al Qaeda–the Muslim Brotherhood has as some of its progeny Al Qaeda, Hamas, the radical Muslim Students Organization and Islamic Society of North America and the unindicted 9/11 co-conspirator CAIR.

DHS Declares War: “Homegrown Terrorists Fueled by the Internet” | Before It’s News

 

DHS Declares War: “Homegrown Terrorists Fueled by the Internet” | Before It’s News.

Breaking News: Egyptian State TV “President Hosni Mubarak Will Make ‘Important’ Statement Soon”

“Go Ahead, Make My Day”would be a great opening line for him…

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“A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever…

Breaking News: Egyptian State TV “President Hosni Mubarak Will Make ‘Important’ Statement Soon”

“Go Ahead, Make My Day”would be a great opening line for him…12 posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 10:18:33 AM by gunnyg “A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever…

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Federal Court Upholds DUI Jailing of Sober Man

2/10/2011Federal Court Upholds DUI Jailing of Sober ManUS Court of Appeals denies relief to sober Army veteran jailed for DUI.

Trump: Ron Paul Has “Zero Chance” Of Beating Obama

 

In reality, the Texas Congressman has a better chance than Republican darling Sarah PalinPaul Joseph Watson

Prison Planet.comFriday, February 11,

presidential candidate Donald Trump caused a sensation at the start of yesterday’s CPAC event when he dismissed Ron Paul’s chances of beating Obama in 2012, saying the Texas Congressman had “zero chance” of winning the election.“By the way, Ron Paul cannot get elected, I’m sorry to tell you,” Trump told the CPAC crowd, to a chorus of both boos and applause.“I like Ron Paul, I think he’s a good guy, but honestly I think he has zero chance of getting elected, you have to win an election,” the billionaire socialite added.

In actual fact, the Texas Congressman has a greater chance of beating Obama in 2012 than someone who the Republican establishment is likely to throw their weight behind next year – Sarah Palin.

Is the Government Exaggerating the Threat of Terror for Political Purposes?

 

The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security – Janet Napolitano – just told congress that the U.S. might be facing the greatest threat of terrorist attacks since 9/11.

Michelle Bachmann: Obamacare the crown jewel of socialism

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.Michelle Bachmann: Obamacare the crown jewel of socialism

 

examiner.com ^ | 2/10/2011 | Joe NewbyPosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 9:10:11 AM by FredJake

 

Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann fired up the crowd at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC Thursday, calling Obamacare – the law Washington Senator Patty Murray helped write – “the crown jewel of socialism.”“And repealing it is the driving motivation of my life.

The first political breath I take every morning is to repeal Obamacare,” she said.Bachmann said the President has spent the last two years ushering in socialism with his policies, specifically targeting the massive health care law the House recently voted to repeal.“Socialism might sell well in a Harvard faculty lounge,” she told the crowd. “But when it comes to finding a job, not so much.”

She warned that if President Obama won a second term in 2012, college-age adults would end up losing three-quarters of their pay in taxes, citing statistics from the National Center of Policy Analysis.A post at John Goodman‘s Health Policy Blog at the NCPA website shows that in addition to premium increases of up to 111 percent, the “implicit marginal tax rate for workers earning as little as $25,000″ could be as high as 60 percent, while those making $50,000 could see marginal rates of 65 percent.

Goodman writes that as many as 19 million people are predicted to lose their employer-provided insurance and approximately 8.5 million seniors and disabled people are at risk of losing their Medicare Advantage plan, despite the President’s promises that people could keep their existing coverage.

A federal judge has ruled the law unconstitutional, however, Democrats like Senator Dick Durbin are determined to implement it anyway, claiming the judge did not issue an explicit injunction.Liberals continue to claim that once people find out what is in the bill, they will like it, and they are using every trick they can to …

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Liberty in Law School

 

 

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Liberty in Law School

 

Accuracy in Academia ^ | February 9, 2011 | Malcolm A. KlinePosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 9:26:35 AM by Academiadotorg

 

Law school students may not only be getting an incomplete view of American history but a misleading notion of the Law of the Land, a dissident professor shows in a new book. “Modern scholars also refer to the early 20th Century as the ‘era of laissez-faire constitutionalism’ because they see it as a time when judges injected a radical libertarian, or laissez-faire, philosophy into their constitutional decisions,”

David N. Mayer writes in Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering a Lost Constitutional Right. “Indeed, the stereotypical view sees the Lochner era as a time when American judges, motivated by the desire to further the interests of rich capitalists, perverted the original meaning of the due process clauses in order to engraft a laissez-faire ideology—commonly caricatured as synonymous with the doctrines of ‘Social Darwinism’—on the Constitution.”

“This view so dominates modern scholarship that it is the orthodoxy of college textbooks, both the casebooks used in law school constitutional law classes and the textbooks used in undergraduate and graduate courses in constitutional and legal history.” Mayer is a professor of law and history at Chapman University in Ohio.

The Lochner decision referenced by Mayer was decided by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1905. In it, the Court decided that “Section 110 of the labor law of the State of New York, providing that no employees shall be required or permitted to work in bakeries more than sixty hours in a week, or ten hours a day, is not a legitimate exercise of the police power of the State, but an unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference with the right and liberty of the individual to contract in relation to labor, and, as such, it is in conflict with, and void under, the Federal Constitution.”

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Will there be Revolution in American like Egypt?

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Will there be Revolution in American like Egypt?

Creating Orwellian Worldview ^ | 2/11/11 | AlaphiahPosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 8:37:01 AM by

Just how close is America from an Egypt like revolution? Travis Smiley and Professor Cornell West speculated the possibilities of America revolting against their government and the economic power establishments in America just like what is going on in Egypt in a recent radio interview.What is so interesting about this February 6, 2011 radio conversation is there is a Black man who is the Leader of America. The American Oligarchy and Plutocracy of which professor West advocates overthrow are both lead by a Black man, president Barry Hussein Soetoro.

The Soetoro stimulus and bailouts that funneled trillions of dollars into the pockets of Bankers and the political upper class left homeowners and the poor stranded. Because of Soetoro’s policies, the poor will remain so or get poorer while the rich get richer in spite of the Soetoro false claims that he is working for the poor.Excerpt Read more at creatingorwellianworld-view-alaphiah.blogspot.com …

Gunny G Inquiry: Re POTUS Richard M. Nixon At Pendleton Parade Ground – Fallen Through The Cracks of History? (via ~ The GUNNY “G” BLOG & E-MAIL ~)

Overjoyed troops swarm Obama as he makes first presidential visit to Baghdad http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224637/posts ***** Re POTUS Richard M.  Nixon At Pendleton Parade Ground – Fallen Through The Cracks of History? Well….let me just say I have some doubts as to the above  "Baghdad" headline… But it does serve to remind me of April 30, 1971–I think that date is correct, and the occasion was probably the return of the 1st Mari … Read More

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The Real ‘Birther’ Conspiracy Theory

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The Real ‘Birther‘ Conspiracy Theory

The American Thinker ^ | February 11, 2011 | Jack CashillPosted on Friday, February 11, 2011 4:59:20 AM by

the course of my inquiries into many of history’s more recent controversies — JFK, Waco, Vince Foster, Oklahoma City, Ron Brown, TWA Flight 800, 9/11, Obama’s birth, the authorship of Obama’s books — I have come to see that when there are actual conspiracies afoot, they fall into two general categories, conspiracies of execution and conspiracies of concealment.Conspiracies of execution, at least on any kind of scale, are rare in American history. The nature of our national character and the openness of our political culture war against them.

Conspiracies of concealment are another matter. When officials fail in their duties and let, say, a president get shot, a plane get blown out of the sky, or a hijacker fly into a building, their first impulse is to conceal their mistakes. Such is human nature.To me, a “conspiracy theorist” is one who sees a conspiracy of execution where none could logically exist or who confuses a conspiracy of concealment with one of execution despite ample evidence to the contrary.Given this understanding, it is the rare “birther” who qualifies as a conspiracy theorist.

Few have conjured elaborate, impossible conspiracies on the scale Oliver Stone did in JFK or the French leftist Theirry Meyssan and others did with 9/11.Most birthers simply want to know where and when their president was born, a not unreasonable aspiration. Few insist that they know the answer. Despite my ample research, I do not know.All I do know is that the official story — the one Barack Obama trotted out in his memoir and both his convention speeches — is false. In my forthcoming book, Deconstructing Obama, I show in detail why this is so and what the alternatives might be.If there are conspiracy theorists involved…Excerpt Read more at americanthinker.com …