Rep. Steve King Defends Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Rep. Steve King Defends Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Stand With Arizona ^ | 12-17-2011 | John Hill

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Prominent Congressman Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is defending Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio against Justice Department charges of committing “civil rights violations” against Latinos in Maricopa County.

Thomas Perez, head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division – and a former board member of Hispanic hate group CASA de Maryland, unexpectedly released the report on December 15. Some observers, including Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, believe the sudden release of results of the 3+ year investigation was timed to distract from the one-year anniversary of the murder of Border Agent Brian Terry, for which Eric Holder‘s DOJ was directly culpable, through their disastrous ‘Operation Fast and Furious’. 57 Congressional Representatives and one senator have called for Holder’s resignation over the bloody debacle.

King rejected allegations that Arpaio has been engaged in racial profiling and carrying out strong-handed patrols along the Arizona border aimed at stopping illegal immigrants. “I’ve been to visit his operation,” King says in the video, adding: “There is not a profiling operation that I can see.”

King characterized the Justice Department allegations as “a political agenda that’s working against a man who stands up for the law.”

Obama To Clinton: “You’re A Racist.” Clinton Calls Obama: “The Worst President Ever.”

Obama To Clinton: “You’re A Racist.” Clinton Calls Obama: “The Worst President Ever.”

America‘s Conservative News ^ | 12/17/2011 | America’s Conservative News

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:24:53 PM by ElIguana

According to multiple unnamed sources, Clinton has been confiding to close pals that Obama is “the worst President ever” and his presidency is a “sinking ship” that is “taking the Democratic party and the country down with him,” and when Obama confronted him on the comments, Clinton looked him in the eye and said; “Yes, it’s a fact.” The Globe reports: “At that point, the source adds, Obama went ballistic and told the ex-Prez; ‘Then you are a racist and no different than the rest of them.’”

Prison Planet.com » Joining the Dark Side: Darth Vader’s Stranglehold on America

The Empire Strikes Back… Against Ordinary Americans, Constitutionally-Protected Protesters and the Rule of Law

Aaron Dykes

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December 17, 2011

Joining the Dark Side: Darth Vaders Stranglehold on America obama+change+death+starWould it be taken as parody to openly state that the United States has moved away from its Constitution, and the hope that its concept of freedom would be a light upon the world, and instead shifted towards ‘The Dark Side’– that is, the kind of evil empire portrayed in Star Wars? The language authorizing the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial under the sections 1031 & 1032 of the 2012 Defense Authorization Act take America many steps towards that fictional but importantly symbolic Empire– it too a broken and corrupted Republic.

But it is much more than the naked tyranny demonstrated under NDAA. It is the direction towards paradoxical control by the State, sold psychologically in Orwellian terms. Preemptive strikes define the atmosphere of lawlessness and paranoia that has painted in succession terrorists, rogue states, patriots and homeland dissidents as threats that must be dealt without outside the framework of due process and the rights explicitly stated under the Bill of Rights.

THE DARK SIDE, BORN ON 9/11

Joining the Dark Side: Darth Vaders Stranglehold on America leno cheney vaderSomehow victory in the War on Terror was successfully accepted under a definition that saw constitutional protections under the Fourth Amendment, preventing warrantless checkpoints and guarding privacy, as a barrier to stopping the bad guys under due diligence. This same attitude, coaxed under the manufactured fears from 9/11, helped to stifle, but not stop, free speech and encouraged legislation and administrative policies that disregard (and even spit upon) many of the Bill of Rights– from warrantless wiretapping, to policies on torture and legal-roundabouts turning definitions like waterboarding, spying, searches, enemy combatant status, lawful detention & imprisonment, “war” and many other important concepts upside down, all with legal ramifications. And it’s no wonder why, as the president during this era had referred to the Constitution as ‘just a goddamned piece of paper.’

No, Malcolm X is not baby Obama’s daddy

No, Malcolm X is not baby Obama’s daddy

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World Net Daily ^ | 11/15/11 | Jack Cashill

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:46:04 PM by Impala64ssa

Lately, about once or twice a day, I receive an email from a well-meaning correspondent asking whether the late black nationalist Malcolm X was, in fact, the natural father of President Barack Obama.

The question is not as outlandish as it sounds: The falsification of Obama’s official bio makes speculation on his origins almost inevitable.

The Malcolm-as-father proponent usually begins with photos of Malcolm and Obama. (Yes, they do look vaguely alike.) He then builds a case by adding any random detail that might support his thesis and ignoring those that don’t. The latter category includes just about everything known about Malcolm X’s character and history.

In1960 Malcolm X was the least likely black man in America to have impregnated Ann Dunham, Obama’s mom, then a mousy white adolescent in Washington state or Hawaii or wherever.

Beyond the logistical problems – Ann, are you sure America’s most prominent black nationalist will feel comfortable at your lily white prom? – Malcolm was bound by several restraints, both philosophical and personal.

For one, while a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI), the married Malcolm opposed adultery. He did so with such conviction that it would ultimately cost him his life.

In 1962, the year after Obama’s birth, Malcolm learned that two of the former secretaries of Elijah Muhammad, his spiritual leader in the NOI, had sued the old geezer for child support.

Perennis: September 2011 (Napoleon, The Pope and The CSA…)

The USA was not immune to these impulses. Perhaps the territorial designs and war with Mexico (1846-48) was a harbinger of things to come. Yet that seemed more like a classic land-grab than a centralizing power-grab.

But there was restlessness in the Northern states. The growing Northeastern materialist establishment began to cast their eyes on the government in Washington. The antiquated relic of Jacobite idealism would not bend to their wishes and impress the will of the few upon the whole country. Supported in the South the power balance and decentralized structure of the Constitution promised integrity for the individual while it bridled government control. The North chaffed under the Constitution. This out of kilter situation was doomed.

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With a close eye on Europe, adoration for the French Revolution, and the acceptance of Karl Marx into the pantheon of intellectuals the establishment in the North was aware which way the wind was blowing. In the 1800’s the heroes of modern Europe were centralizers, colonizers, and empire builders; led by strongmen like Benjamin Disraeli, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Bismarck. These trends were known to the Yankee powerbrokers who did not want to be left behind.

The only thing that stood in their way was the South. From the swamps of Florida to the Ozarks of Missouri the vast geography harbored “archaic” notions of governance. In the same way that Prussia coveted Bavaria and Austria the Yankees craved the South and its wealth.

EDRIVERA.COM ~ George Washington…

George Washington placed America under martial law, when as President of the United States of America since April 6, 1789, he took the oral oath of Office of President of the United States, thereby, combining the office of head of state with the head of the government. Washington had made himself king in America for a term of years and no one noticed until he taxed American whiskey.

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Importers paid the first federal taxes in the form of imposts and duties on goods imported into the United States. The excise tax on the distillation of alcohol didn’t mention the United States as the situs of the distillation requiring licensure. Then as now no one distills alcohol on federal territory.

The Whiskey Rebellion provided Washington and Alexander Hamilton an opportunity to make the military occupation and administration of America complete……

Prison Planet.com » Don’t Be Fooled: The Horrible Anti-Internet Bill Is NOT Being Shelved Until Next Year

The Committee Members Who Support SOPA Sneakily Changed the Hearing Date to December 21st, Trying to Trick the American People Into Thinking It Was Over Until After the Holidays So We Won’t Fight Back!

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News reports initially said that the despicable anti-Internet bill – SOPA – has been delayed until next year. As Huffington Post notes:

After two days of debate, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) abruptly halted a key hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act, postponing a Committee vote on the bill until 2012. The move marks a win for hordes of internet activists who oppose the bill, but gives lawmakers another opportunity to juice deep-pocketed corporations for campaign contributions.

Christmas is an American holiday

Christmas is an American holiday

A Whig Manifesto ^ | December 17, 2011 | Chuck Morse

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:34:11 PM by Chuckmorse

In colonial times Christmas was frowned upon in New England and observed mostly as a private feast in mid-Atlantic and Southern colonies. The strait-laced New England Puritans, partially motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment, banned Christmas in 1659 under the guise that the holiday was pagan and that it encouraged decadence. Colonial Americans celebrated a Christmas that contained both religious and secular elements thus establishing a uniquely balanced American approach to faith. Christmas harkens back to the ancient Roman celebration of the Saturnalia, a day in which all Romans, Emperor and slave, addressed each other on a first name basis.

(EXCERPT: Reader Response) The Declaration of Independence beautifies (and beatifies)the Constitution

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In the Year 1839, John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams, and himself a President of the United States, was invited by the New York Historical Society to speak on the 50th Anniversary under the Constitution. His extensive “Jubilee” Address can be read here. The following relatively short review of the history he summarized in the final portion of his Address is excerpted here:

The President himself is no more than a representative of public opinion at the time of his election; and as public opinion is subject to great and frequent fluctuations, he must accommodate his policy to them; or the people will speedily give him a successor; or either House of Congress will effectually control his power. It is thus, and in no other sense that the Constitution of the United States is democratic – for the government of our country, instead of a Democracy the most simple, is the most complicated government on the face of the globe. From the immense extent of our territory, the difference of manners, habits, opinions, and above all, the clashing interests of the North, South, East, and West, public opinion formed by the combination of numerous aggregates, becomes itself a problem of compound arithmetic, which nothing but the result of the popular elections can solve.

It has been my purpose, Fellow-Citizens, in this discourse to show:-

Judge Napolitano: Freedom is under attack!

“The United States of America was born out of a bloody revolt against tyranny,” says Napolitano. “Yet almost from its inception, the government here has suppressed liberty.”

In his sixth book on the Constitution and human freedom, the popular Fox News host goes to the root of today’s problems, asking: “Where does freedom come from? How can government in America exercise power that the people have not given to it? What forces have collaborated to destroy personal freedom?”

In this back-to-basics on freedom, Judge Napolitano addresses hard questions:

Do we still have a Constitution?

SOCK – Save Our Constitution Online Video Conference is VITAL | The Post & Email

SOCK — Save Our Constitution Konvention. “Because we can’t let them make monkeys out of us any longer!”

This Online Government Corruption Video Conference is taking shape.

PLEASE set aside two hours on Sunday, January 15, 2012 from 5- 7 pm Eastern Time. We are holding an online video conference of movers and shakers who want to work together to make some things happen in the battle against judicial corruption and government corruption.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE participate, and please encourage as many people as you know to watch it online….

The Declaration of Independence beautifies (and beatifies)the Constitution

EXCERPT/READER RESPONSE: Gunny G…See Full Article, Responses, Etc. @ Link…

The DOI and The Articles Of Confederation, our first Constitution, served well; and then the secret ConCon became the hijacking of the rights of the people, and never would have been approved if not the bill of rights added.

Hamilton and his followers continued their work, and by lincoln’s time things were ready for…change…and change continues to march…

SEE ALSO: THE MEN WHO DESTROYED THE CONSTITUTION…

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(EXCERPT) The Declaration of Independence beautifies (and beatifies)the Constitution

The Declaration of Independence defines the Constitution philosophically and spiritually, therefore in Beauty and its Author.

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“Progressives” have argued for years, quite successfully, that the Constitution is a living, breathing document, standing alone from its origins in the Declaration of Independence.

Doomed from the Start: The Myth of Limited Constitutional Government in America by Thomas DiLorenzo

After spending a lifetime in politics John C. Calhoun (U.S. Senator, Vice President of the United States, Secretary of War) wrote his brilliant treatise, A Disquisition on Government, which was published posthumously shortly after his death in 1850.

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In it Calhoun warned that it is an error to believe that a written constitution alone is “sufficient, of itself, without the aid of any organism except such as is necessary to separate its several departments, and render them independent of each other to counteract the tendency of the numerical majority to oppression and abuse of power” (p. 26). The separation of powers is fine as far as it goes, in other words, but it would never be a sufficient defense against governmental tyranny, said Calhoun.

The Daily Bell – Finis America: Year End Report 2011

It’s over, and I mean all of it. If Obama is re-elected, America is doomed. The progressive process begun by President Wilson and then carried forward by FDR, Carter, Clinton and W. Bush will be institutionalized with Obama’s second term and the republic will die. Leading up to this has been a long line of Republocrat progressives, i.e., socialists in disguise – people like Senator McCain (R, AZ). I know many will not believe me so let me tell you how I came to this horrific conclusion.

Thanks, But I’ll Take the Constitution as My ‘Passenger Advocate’ by Becky Akers

You know an idea’s bad when two politicians propose it. And you know it’s really bad if one of them is Sen. Charles “UpChuck” Schumer (D-NY).

So naturally, the notion’s garnering plaudits from those perverted morons at the Department of Homeland Security [sic].

Plain and Simple: DNC Wants Voter Fraud

Plain and Simple: DNC Wants Voter Fraud

PJ Media ^ | December 14, 2011 | Ray Hartwell

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 11:39:28 AM by radioone

Like most people, recently I’ve been asked to present photo identification on a number of occasions without regard to my race, religion, or national origin. The majority of the requests I’ve received have come in circumstances many would consider more or less routine: checking in for a flight and passing through airport security; registering as a guest at a hotel; using a credit card when purchasing something more expensive than a meal or tank of gas; and buying over-the-counter medications. In addition, I was required to show photo identification while visiting the Department of Justice here in Washington.

In the last few weeks, however, my experiences in this regard have been of another sort entirely. On November 17, very much to my surprise, I had a medical emergency. The excellent physicians who treated me prescribed a battery of tests and evaluations by a number of specialists, with whom I had a series of appointments and office visits.

Dinner with Bill Ayers? Conservative correspondent Tucker Carlson jumps at chance

Dinner with Bill Ayers? Conservative correspondent Tucker Carlson jumps at chance

Chicago Tribune ^ | 12-16-11 | Lolly Bowean

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Conservative correspondent Tucker Carlson has bid on and won a dinner with controversial Vietnam-era radical Bill Ayers in a fundraiser for the Illinois Humanities Council, the group confirmed today.

As part of the auction item, Carlson, of Fox News and The Daily Caller, will have dinner with the former college professor who has written about helping with bombings at the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and other government sites.

John Bolton on the greatest misconception that Democrats have about Republicans

John Bolton on the greatest misconception that Democrats have about Republicans

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The Right Scoop ^ | 12/12/2011 | The Right Scoop

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 11:23:19 AM by Lakeshark

When John Bolton was asked the question of what he thought was the greatest misconception that Democrats have about Republicans, I honestly didn’t expect such a brilliantly deep answer. I guess I’ve gotten used to fluff. But Bolton hit it out of the park and I just had to start the day with it:

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“The core misimpression is that a fundamental belief in liberty and it’s implications is somehow cruel and uncaring. When in fact, liberty is absolutely central to the most massive economic change in the history of the world that has brought more concrete material advantages to people in the last few hundred years than in millennia before that. And that understanding liberty means you have to value the possibility of failure as well as the possibility of success. Because if you don’t have failure as an option, you’ll never have success as an option.

Prison Planet.com » Ron Paul On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

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Ron Paul addresses Michele Bachmann’s flip-flopping on foreign policy.

Ron Paul in a Landslide?

Before anyone gets their knickers in a knot, let me hasten to say that the headline for this article is in reference to a “USA Today” poll that I took recently—and yes, Ron Paul did indeed win my poll in a landslide. The results took me by surprise. Link

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The online poll weighed your answers to various questions against the answers given by the different 2012 Presidential candidates and tabulated the results.

The results of my poll looked something like this:

1. Paul (just under 70% agreement)

2. Bachmann (just under 50%)

3. Gingrich (just under 49%)

4, 5, and 6. Santorum, Perry, Huntsman—in that order (all close – around 45%)

7. Romney

8.Obama

As you can see, Ron Paul did not win my poll in a “squeaker”—he won it walking away. This left me to wonder if I should take a more in-depth look at the Ron Paul candidacy, nay-saying pundits notwithstanding. Link Link

Road Trip … Or Moon Shot? by Eric Peters

You don’t have to be a cranky old fart to find yourself increasingly at odds with the multiplexed interfaces, mouse inputs and menus, touch screen displays and tyrannical computer “aids” that are becoming commonplace features on modern cars – and which sometimes do their best to back seat drive you into vein-popping fury.

Ron Paul on Michele Bachmann: ‘She hates Muslims. She hates them’ (Video)

 

 

Ron Paul on Michele Bachmann: ‘She hates Muslims. She hates them’ (Video)

Daily Caller ^ | December 17, 2011 | Jeff Poor

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:07:29 AM by Rufus2007

In an appearance that lasted three segments on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Friday, Republican presidential candidate Texas Rep. Ron Paul gave a wide-ranging interview about his vision and how we would handle certain issues.

However, at the end of his interview, the Texas congressman gave his thoughts on some of his competitors, with some less-than-flattering words for his Republican colleague Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.

Drones over Iran? Maybe not « Coach is Right

Why Use Drones?

Drones are extremely effective by maintaining a “persistent observation” of targets. By remaining over an Iranian nuclear weapons complex the drones can observe daily operations over a long period of time providing analysts insight to routine operations and daily traffic of materials entering and leaving the targeted nuclear facilities. It has the ability to monitor and track vehicles going to other locations and possibly exposing additional nuclear weapon related facilities. Such information allows mission planners necessary intelligence as to when to strike identified targets in order to shut down any future nuclear weapon development if so ordered by the president.

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Unlimited Military Detention of Americans To Become Law: To Hell With Freedom! by Gary D. Barnett

I recently wrote an article about this atrocious piece of legislation, (S-1867) but at that time, it had not made it through the House of Representatives, and Obama had pledged to veto it upon its arrival to his desk. It is no surprise that the dishonest Obama lied again, but it is telling that both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed this overwhelmingly. These are the same “representatives” that most of the lemmings in this country believe protect their interests, but the opposite of course is the case.

It is difficult to put into words just how absolutely obnoxious this anti-freedom monstrosity is, and it is even more difficult to imagine the future consequences of this heinous law. How on earth can this be allowed to happen? If this stands, we can openly admit that we are now in an executive dictatorship.

When any American can be “legally” apprehended by the military, held indefinitely without the benefit of any due process, be shipped off to hidden prisons or concentration camps, and tortured or worse, what have we become? What have the people become when they sit idly by and let this go forward without complete and total resistance? They have become slaves to the state, and they have become slaves voluntarily!

There are many attempting to refute the fact that the military has the authorization to indefinitely hold American citizens, but it is very clear that under this piece of legislation, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, the military can do just that. While the bill is filled with many deplorable aspects, mostly ignored I might add, the detention language is clear. Glenn Greenwald of Salon explains the myths concerning the detention portion of this bill in his brilliant article: “Three myths about the detention bill.”…..

“Could Alex Jones be sent to a detention camp?” ~ Prison Planet.com » Joe Rogan & Duncan Trussell on the National Defense Authorization Act

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Could Alex Jones be sent to a detention camp?

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Gallup Daily GOP Tracking Poll: not updated for 2 days

Gallup Daily GOP Tracking Poll: not updated for 2 days

 

Gallup.com ^ | 12/17/2011 | staff

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 8:34:21 AM by Notwithstanding

The Gallup website says:

“GALLUP DAILY: GOP Ballot Tracking, Among Republican Registered Voters; Updates daily at 1 p.m. ET”

But there have been no updates since Wednesday, and today is Saturday.

Prison Planet.com » While Americans Shopped, The Constitution Was Shredded

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Obama is set to officially codify martial law.

Prison Planet.com » Alex Warns of Obama’s Internet Kill Switch: Infowars Nightly News

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Alex explains the latest move to shut down free speech on the web.

With More Vacation Days and Separate Travel, Cost of Obama’s Annual Hawaiian Holiday Rises

With More Vacation Days and Separate Travel, Cost of Obama’s Annual Hawaiian Holiday Rises

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Hawaii Reporter ^ | Friday, December 16, 2011 | Malia Zimmerman

Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 10:29:45 PM by kristinn

KAILUA, OAHU – The U.S. Secret Service has arrived, street barricades are in place, and the U.S. Coast Guard has stationed itself in the waters surrounding Kailua, Oahu. That is a sure sign President Barack Obama’s security team is preparing for the first family to arrive in the small beachside community as early as Friday night for what is expected to be a 17-day vacation.

The President and his family are traveling separately to Hawaii because he wants resolve the payroll tax cut issue before leaving Washington – and his wife does not want to wait.

But the advanced trip and the cost that comes with it – as much as $100,000 (flight and security) – adds to an already expensive vacation for the taxpayers.

Hawaii Reporter research shows the total cost for the President’s visit for taxpayers far exceeded $1.5 million in 2010 – but is even more costly this year because he extended his vacation by three days and the cost for Air Force One travel has jumped since last assessed in 2000. In addition, Hawaii Reporter was able to obtain more specifics about the executive expenditures.

The total cost (based on what is known) for the 17-day vacation roundtrip vacation to Hawaii for the President, his family and staff has climbed to more than $4 million. Here’s why.

TRAVEL: $3,651,626

The biggest expense is President Barack Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One, a cost the GAO office estimated at $1 million in the year 2000. Contacted today, the GAO confirmed there is no report the independent office affiliated with Congress has prepared since 2000…

Hey, they still let us drive… ~ “After all, have you considered how lucky we are that the government lets us drive cars at all?”

Hey, they still let us drive

The New York Post ^ | December 16, 2011 | Frank J. Fleming

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:28:37 AM by 2ndDivisionVet

The National Transportation Safety Board wants a complete ban on cellphone use while driving, even on hands-free calls. Some will protest this as yet another government encroachment on freedom, but we should think twice before rocking the boat here.

After all, have you considered how lucky we are that the government lets us drive cars at all?

Imagine if cars hadn’t been around for a century, but instead were just invented today. Is there any way they’d be approved for individual use? It’s an era of bans on incandescent bulbs; if you suggested putting millions of internal-combustion engines out there, you’d get looks like you were Hitler proposing the Final Solution.

Even aside from pollution, the government wouldn’t allow the risks to safety.

“So you’re proposing that people speed around in tons of metal? You must mean only really smart, well-trained people?”

“No. Everyone. Even stupid people.”

“Won’t millions be killed?”

Perry on Haley: I’d rather call in the Marines…

Perry on Haley: I’d rather call in the Marines

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Politico ^ | December 16, 2011 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:40:58 AM by Cincinatus’ Wife

Rick Perry shrugged off his fellow southern state governor, South Carolina’s Nikki Haley, deciding to back rival Mitt Romney, in an interview with CNN’s John King.

“That’s one vote, I’ll be real honest with you, I’ve got a medal of honor recipient Jim Livingston, who endorsed me on the deck of the Yorktown last week, and you know, no offense but I like those guys that have that type of long-time record of endorsements,” said Perry, according to POLITICO’s Emily Schultheis. “I greatly respect Gov. Haley, but if I had to pick between the two, love having those veterans stand up and say this is the guy, this is the man for the job.”

Perry also again dinged Ron Paul for suggesting that there is no real evidence Iran is moving to acquire nukes, saying, “There should be no space between the United States and Israel, and I was just really taken aback by Ron Paul’s almost nonchalant statement about, you know, let the mullahs go, there’s not any evidence that they’re getting a bomb. That’s certainly not my information, I’m relying on some pretty wise and plugged-in people – I talk to John Bolton on a regular basis and the ambassador is greatly concerned about Iran.”

Perennis… (Europe’s Plan To Save The South)

” Once France justified diplomatic and military ties, then the die would be irrevocably cast. The move would be enough to sway public opinion across Christendom against the common enemy, Abraham Lincoln, and the clique that controlled Washington.

Ron Paul, enemy of Iowa

Ron Paul, enemy of Iowa

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The Politico ^ | December 16, 2011 | Ben Smith

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 1:21:55 AM by 2ndDivisionVet

Iowa radio host and weathervane of the state’s evangelical political opinion raises fears for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status should it select Ron Paul on caucus day.

“One thing is for certain,” Deace writes. “if a candidate with Paul’s foreign policy views wins the Iowa Caucuses that will be the final nail in Iowa’s first in the nation status. Like it or not, the media and the Republican Party itself will simply discredit the results and start the process over in New Hampshire.”

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Chris Wallace made a similar point on Fox News before last night’s debate: “The Ron Paul people are not going to like my saying this,” he said. “But to a certain degree, it will discredit the Iowa caucuses because, rightly or wrongly, I think most of the Republican establishment thinks he’s not going to end up as the nominee. So therefore, Iowa won’t count.”

Despite establishment sentiment, Paul continues to do well in the polls….

Betrayal| The Post & Email

BY THE ENEMY AMONG US

by Doretta Wildes, blogging at Doretta Wildes, ©2011

(Dec. 16, 2011) — Past a certain age, treachery loses its sting. The spouse who cheats on you, the friend who stabs you in the back, the colleague who claims credit for your work–all seem so ordinary in the world we live in, that crying over such matters becomes hyperbole.

But today’s treachery, the passage of the NDAA, the “indefinite detention act,” calls for extended mourning and a funeral. It signifies the formal end of freedom in our country, the blatant but largely ignored murder of the US Constitution by the traitors (our senators and congressmen and president) who serve the vampires (the banking and corporate elite).

Video Exposing How ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Was Organized From Day One by SEIU/ACORN Front

Video Exposing How ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Was Organized From Day One by SEIU/ACORN Front

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Video Exposing How ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Was Organized From Day One by SEIU/ACORN Front – The Working Family Party, and How They All Tie to the Obama Administration, DNC, Democratic Socialists of America, Tides and George Soros.

Breakdown of the Connections Between The Working Family Party, SEIU, ACORN, The New Party, The DNC, Democratic Socialists of America, Tides, George Soros and The Obama Administration:

The Working Families Party was established in the 90s by key members of the the socialist organizations The New Party, ACORN, SEIU, and a coalition of other labor unions and community organizations.

Patrick Gaspard, the current executive director of the DNC, former director of Obama’s Office of Political Affairs, was an organizer for the New Party, the executive vice president of the SEIU Local 1199, political director for Bertha Lewis (the former president of ACORN) and a co-chair of the Working Families Party.

Smoking Gun on Ron Paul Newsletters? (Paul Scandal?)

Smoking Gun on Ron Paul Newsletters? (Paul Scandal?)

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http://spectator.org/blog/2011/12/16/smoking-gun-on-ron-paul-newsle ^ | 12/16/2011 | JEFFREY LORD

Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 10:20:47 PM by TBBT

Uh-oh. Is this the detailed smoking gun that proves beyond doubt that Ron Paul wrote his controversial newsletters? Will it bring an abrupt end to the Paul candidacy? Over at Conservatives Network a piece is up stating that, contrary to Ron Paul’s shimmying on the issue, the site has clear proof the newsletters were written by Ron Paul himself. The site has photographic evidence and notes frequent first-person references by the writer to a potential presidential run and so on. Is this revelation to Ron Paul what the Nixon secret tapes were to Richard Nixon’s presidency? A smoking gun that fatally wounds a candidacy as the revelation of the Nixon smoking gun tapes ended a presidency? Stay tuned.

Perry “retires” early, begins collecting state pension

Perry “retires” early, begins collecting state pension

Hot Air ^ | December 16, 2011 | Allahpundit

Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:58:43 AM by 2ndDivisionVet

Yes, he’s still governor. He’s “retired” only for benefits purposes, which means he can start collecting his pension while he’s still collecting a salary. It’s perfectly legal. Just … unhelpful.

Perry makes a $150,000 annual gross salary as Texas govenor. Now, thanks to his early retirement, Perry, 61, gets a monthly retirement annuity of $7,698 before taxes, or $6,588 net. That raises his gross annual salary to more than $240,000…

[T]he disclosure is sure to spark criticism of Perry, who has called for sweeping changes to Social Security for average workers and has railed against special “perks” that members of Congress get.

“Perry was legally able to begin collecting the employee class annuity under the ‘rule of 80.’ The combination of his U.S. military service, state service and age exceeded 80 years and qualifies him for the annuity under Texas Government Code 813.503 as amended in 1991,” Sullivan said. “Perry continues to pay into the Employees Retirement System with a 6.5 percent withholding from his state salary.”…