Three Cheers for the Casey�Anthony�Jurors by Butler Shaffer

Three Cheers for the Casey�Anthony�Jurors by Butler Shaffer: "Every once-in-awhile events occur that provide some optimism that real people – rather than the sock-puppets who speak on behalf of institutional interests – have a firm grip on reality. The jury in the Casey Anthony trial did precisely what they were directed to do by the court: deliberated on the evidence presented to them, and concluded that there was not the requisite degree of certitude to allow them to find this woman guilty of the murder charges brought against her.

This was more than the percaled agents of 'justice' could take. They know a 'guilty' person when they see one: it’s whoever is charged with a crime by the state! The cable-TV bobbleheads – let’s call them Dennis Dullard and Amelia Airhead – began screaming for vengeance, . . . not so much against Ms. Anthony, but against the jurors! Their screeches of rage were echoed by other lobotomized voices, one of whom urged doing away with the jury system altogether. Charles Dickens’ Madame Defarge was resurrected! Another shrieked at the 'idiots on the jury,' while another asked the most irrelevant question as it pertained to this defendant: 'who killed Caylee then?'"

Jonathan Emord -- Dick Durbin, Enemy of the Founding Fathers’ Republic

Jonathan Emord -- Dick Durbin, Enemy of the Founding Fathers’ Republic: "When a politician violates virtually every principle deemed by our Founding Fathers essential to the creation and maintenance of the American republic, we may justly pronounce that person an enemy of the Framers’ Republic. The Senior Senator from Illinois, Richard J. Durbin, the Senate Majority Whip, assistant to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is precisely that kind of person. Illinois voters should take heed and vote him out of office."

Revealed: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services file listing 'records relating to Barry Soetoro'

Revealed: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services file listing 'records relating to Barry Soetoro': "The Ken Allen FOIA response file now updated with a copy of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services DVD file listing 'records relating to Barry Soetoro....' Do all the redacted pages in the FOIA response contain information about the living person named Barry Soetoro A.K.A. Barack Obama? And why would Barry Soetoro A.K.A. Barack Obama have immigration records?

The DVD was provided to Pixel Patriot by Ken Allen. You can view the original FOIA request related to the latest dump here.

Pixel Patriot: On the surface it would appear…

the list of contents inscribed on the FOIA DVD response #HQS2011000019 released by The U.S. Department of Homeland Security would be a bit trivial except for the realization that the implications of an illegal alien officially designated as and so named Barry Soetoro is Usurping the Presidency are astronomical, and consequently must not be ignored.

The name Barrack Hussein Obama II is merely a facade…although apropos for the treacherous and treasonous figure for whom even the presidential seal wont stick. Another dark day for the Republic no matter how you try spin it."

Today's Toons 7/11/11

Today's Toons 7/11/11: "Today's Toons 7/11/11
The Right Reasons ^ | 7/11/11 | pookie18

Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 7:00:52 AM by pookie18

Click on link."

You Can’t Get Good Government From a Corrupt Society!| The Post & Email

You Can’t Get Good Government From a Corrupt Society!| The Post & Email:

"If you want to know who is going to fix this country, find a mirror. Not every American is indecent. But the decent people have been bullied into sitting down and shutting up. They stand and speak up now, or they are part of the problem.

Only those willing to fight for freedom deserve freedom! There is no more time for pretenders and patriot profiteers only concerned with gaining a seat at the table of corruption and destruction. The time for a real tea party has arrived and I’m not talking about the next caf�latte rally full of empty feel-good campaign slogans aimed at benefiting the Republican Party instead of the Constitutional Republic.

Good government can only come from decent people. The indecent people must go! Only the decent people can get rid of them!

“Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the Word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible or by the bayonet.” – Robert Winthrop"

Palin warns Boehner on debt ceiling

Palin warns Boehner on debt ceiling: "Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has issued a stern warning to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) as Boehner sits down with President Obama Sunday night to negotiate a raising of the debt ceiling: don't do it."

Video:Finally,a Congressman Tells the Country why Obama is so Dangerous - Patriot Action Network

Video:Finally,a Congressman Tells the Country why Obama is so Dangerous - Patriot Action Network: "Video:Finally,a Congressman Tells the Country why Obama is so Dangerous"

Tim Pawlenty: Don't Raise The Debt Ceiling !

Tim Pawlenty: Don't Raise The Debt Ceiling !: "He joins Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the tea-party favorite who devoted her first campaign ad to opposing a debt limit increase, and the libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who also opposes issuing new debt."

Obama Adminstration to Implement More Gun Control Without Congress

Obama Adminstration to Implement More Gun Control Without Congress: "So there you have it, the totally incompetent and corrupt Obama Justice Department is in charge of coming up with ideas about how to make America safe from guns, because ideas from this DOJ have worked out so well in the past.

June 15, 2011-- “Allowing loads of weapons that we knew to be destined for criminals, this was the plan. It was so mandated.” –Special Agent John Dodson ATF Phoenix Field Division.

Damning new evidence from Capitol Hill shows that ATF Directors and Justice Department Officials knew about and encouraged the purposeful trafficking of thousands of weapons across the southern border, despite strong objections from ATF agents. Thousands of innocent lives were taken as the result, including those of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and ICE Agent Jamie Zapata."

America’s Fork In The Road (debt ceiling options and consequences) (WHO WILL BLINK?) � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

America’s Fork In The Road (debt ceiling options and consequences) (WHO WILL BLINK?) � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL): "The Republicans? Do they squander the unique chance in history they have here to force Obama into meaningful spending cuts? If they do, then the role of the Tea party in 2010 was only boring foreplay for what will happen during the elections of 2012. Republicans, who go along with a raise of the debt ceiling, without real spending cuts, or with new taxes, will find a Tea Party candidate opposing them in the primaries, and will be defeated in the election. On the other hand, Republicans are known to love showing their sense for responsibility. They will avoid an economic disaster. Republicans believe the opponent is rational and trustworthy. But, is he really?

My prediction"

You would think the president is soliciting campaign contributions from the Mexican drug cartels

You would think the president is soliciting campaign contributions from the Mexican drug cartels: "This is an outrageous title indeed. We do know however that there was some controversy as to how the president got his campaign contributions when he was first elected. Through a loophole, he may have received up to a third of his contributions illegally and from abroad.

Why wouldn’t the Mexican drug cartels jump in to support the president with their billions? The president is doing quite a bit for them. Firstly, the president has told his border patrol not to enforce immigration laws through a back door DREAM Act and through a “catch and release” immigration policy. This makes it very easy for drug traffickers to hide amongst the illegal aliens coming over the border. There are 500,000 coming into Arizona every year alone. These policies seem especially designed to make it as easy as possible for the drug cartels to practice their trade in as convenient a manner as possible.

A gang member of the Zeta Mexican drug cartel was caught recently and he testified that all the guns they needed were supplied by the US government.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ..."

“We the People,” In Order to Form a More Perfect Union….| The Post & Email � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

“We the People,” In Order to Form a More Perfect Union….| The Post & Email � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL):

"“We the People,” In Order to Form a More Perfect Union….| The Post & Email
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OBAMA’S VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION ARE NOT A POLITICAL MATTER

by Arnie Rosner, blogging at Scanned Retina Blog

(Jul. 10, 2011) — This letter is scheduled to be sent on July 25, 2011.

Special Note…For those wishing to add your signature to this letter when it is sent click here to register your signature!

For those wishing to download and send their own letter click here for a downloadable Word Doc. version. You may also wish to contact the following organization as well.

National Sheriff’s Association

USACOPS

“We the People,” Revoke the Delegated Authority!"

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Conversations With a Clover…. by Eric Peters

Conversations With a Clover…. by Eric Peters:

"In honor of July 4 – the lingering spirit of it, if not the actuality – I decided to publish a “letter to Clover” as a way to show how anti-freedom people think. Maybe “think” is not the exactly right term to use to describe the mental processes of a Clover.

It’s more a combination of primitive emoting and intellectual incapacity – in particular, an incapacity to think in terms of concepts and principles. The Clover sees something he doesn’t like, and reflexively emotes: “There ought to be a law!” He does not grasp the broader implications of “the law” he wants to see enacted – or he just doesn’t care, because he believes it will further some greater good – as he defines it. Dissecting the Cloverite Mentality is interesting in terms of understanding just what pro-freedom people are up against.

The “letter” that follows was written in response to this missive I received from a Clover in response to my column criticizing random roadblocks:"

Frosty Wooldridge, How to Destroy America… ~ ”We are the only country in history that ever deliberately changed its ethnic makeup,,,” ( Gov Richard Lamm) � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

Frosty Wooldridge, How to Destroy America… ~

”We are the only country in history that ever deliberately changed its ethnic makeup,,,” ( Gov Richard Lamm)

� ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL):

"”We are the only country in history that ever deliberately changed its ethnic makeup, and history has few examples of ‘diversity’ creating a stable society.”

Richard Lamm, former governor of Colorado“"

Cornell Belcher, an Obama pollster, will act as CNN correspondent; critics fear conflict of interest

Cornell Belcher, an Obama pollster, will act as CNN correspondent; critics fear conflict of interest: "Should CNN be using President Obama's pollster as a paid contributor to its network?

A Washington insider says dapper data guru Cornell Belcher represents a potential conflict of interest for the cable network, now that he's reportedly going to work for Obama's reelection effort.

In February, CNN announced that Belcher - who did polling for the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2008, including Obama's presidential campaign - was joining its team of on-air political contributors.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ..."

License plate readers help police scan 30 plates a second

License plate readers help police scan 30 plates a second: "Fueled by federal grants, high-speed cameras that can automatically read up to 30 license plates a second and check them for violations or law enforcement alerts are scanning more streets and highways across Massachusetts this year.

The Executive Office of Public Safety and Security doled out $500,000 in federal highway grants earlier this year to 26 police departments for automatic plate readers, which can be stationary or mounted on a cruiser on patrol.

Some MetroWest and Milford-area cities and towns already had the high-tech scanners. Those that won grants are now using plate readers or will be soon

Rest at URL

(Excerpt) Read more at metrowestdailynews.com ..."

Obama’s Plan for $10 Gas

Obama’s Plan for $10 Gas

"Their anger is often directed at the oil companies that supply the gas.

It should be directed at Barack Obama instead.From the beginning of his appearance on the national stage, Obama has focused on the goal of driving up energy prices with the idea of 'weaning'

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America off fossil fuels. He has succeeded in driving up prices, all right, but not in reducing dependence on fossil fuels."

Hell Has a New Resident and Mexico Has a New Hero

Hell Has a New Resident and Mexico Has a New Hero:

"Just remember. Obama will not pay your mortgage. But if you rape and bludgeon a 16 year old girl to death... he'll be there for you.

The San Francisco Chronicle asks, 'Is Rick Perry Killing His Way To The White House?'. Here's a better headline. 'Is Obama Defending Stick Rapists and Asphalt Bludgeoners To Stay in the White House'. The answer obviously, yes.

Obama picked this fight for two reasons. Reason 1 is the Mexican vote. Reason 2 is Rick Perry. The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the Importance of Protecting Rapists and Bludgeoners is a distant hum in the background. As much as Obama is a fan of making US law subsidiary to Pakistani law, this is more about making Perry choose between Texas voting bases and pandering to Mexican voters at the same time.

The Mexican government is already angry. Which can have dangerous implications. What if Mexico decides to boycott us and refuse us to send us their rapists and bludgeoners? How will we find Americans to do their raping and bludgeoning for them?.............................

Greg Evensen -- Tactical, Practical and Ultimately Inevitable

Greg Evensen -- Tactical, Practical and Ultimately Inevitable: "Must I say it? The 20th century succession of Kings in America and the King’s army of taxmen, enforcers, armadas and jailers have been with us for a full century. After a long train of abuses, have we no shame? After swarms of officers have taken our liberties, have we no courage left? Have we not heard thousands of Paul Revere’s riding through our land, and we still closed the shutters, locked the doors and pretended we had not heard the warnings? The pulpits are silent, the town hall is complicit with the King and the Magistrate governs like a great warlock bent on taking personal freedom and then tearing away all of the hope from the victim accused of standing against the rule of the corrupt. How horrid, how meaningless, and how despicable is this nation of thieves. Must we be forced to watch our children torn from our arms and stand helpless as our homes, our lands and our destiny is burned before our eyes?

That is what is taking place at this moment in the once great, moral and God-fearing Republic of the"

Seeing Yellow… But Not For Very Long | Eric Peters Autos

Seeing Yellow… But Not For Very Long | Eric Peters Autos: "Ever get the feeling that traffic lights stay yellow for shorter intervals than they used to?

Turns out, you’re not imagining it.

Yellow intervals have been shortened at traffic lights in many areas around the country, courtesy of the government officials responsible for writing national transportation guidelines. Some signals stay yellow only about 70 percent as long as they did 15 years ago. And here’s a curious thing: The change in signal timing intervals coincides with the much-discussed rise in the incidence of red light-running.

Put another way, more people are getting caught in the middle of an intersection after the light has changed from yellow to red. Is it a coincidence that decreased yellow timing and “red light running” track together?

Certainly, there are people who deliberately run red lights – irrespective of the yellow interval. These are the jerks who enter an intersection when the light is already red. But the majority are people who entered the intersection when the light was still yellow – but didn’t get through before it cycled to red. Many probably decided that they could not come to a stop safely (and without risking being rear-ended by the car behind them) before the light transitioned from yellow to red."

Give Us Liberty: A Republican Congressman has confirmed some of his colleagues are talking about initiating impeachment hearings.

Give Us Liberty: A Republican Congressman has confirmed some of his colleagues are talking about initiating impeachment hearings.: "A Congressman Confirms GOP is Talking Impeachment
Ben Johnson,The White House Watch
Barack Obama’s threat to bypass Congress and raise the debt ceiling has stirred significant talk of impeachment —and not just on talk radio. A Republican Congressman has confirmed some of his colleagues are talking about initiating impeachment hearings. Scott Keyes of ThinkProgress.org asked Rep. Pete Olson of Texas:“Congressman Tim Scott of South Carolina yesterday in a town hall said if President Obama were to just ignore the debt ceiling,then he might be favoring bringing up articles of impeachment. Is that something that you’ve heard discussed much among your colleagues?”Olson replied,“A little bit.”Olson quickly pivoted to repeating talking points about the debt ceiling,so Think Progress’s Lee Fang followed up:“So Congressman Scott,is he just a lonely voice or are there a large number of people who are talking about this?”"

Boehner to seek smaller $2 trillion deal (Boehner Folded Like a Cheap Tent)

Boehner to seek smaller $2 trillion deal (Boehner Folded Like a Cheap Tent): "WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican budget negotiators have abandoned plans to pursue a massive $4 trillion, 10-year deficit reduction package in the face of stiff GOP opposition to any plan that would increase taxes as part of the deal. House Speaker John Boehner informed President Barack Obama Saturday that a smaller agreement of about $2 trillion was more realistic.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ..."

John Boehner Statement On Practically Agreeing To A Debt Ceiling Hike

John Boehner Statement On Practically Agreeing To A Debt Ceiling Hike: "Statement by Speaker Boehner on Debt Limit Discussions

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement today regarding ongoing debt limit discussions with the White House:

'Despite good-faith efforts to find common ground, the White House will not pursue a bigger debt reduction agreement without tax hikes. I believe the best approach may be to focus on producing a smaller measure, based on the cuts identified in the Biden-led negotiations, that still meets our call for spending reforms and cuts greater than the amount of any debt limit increase.'

Zero Hedge translation: in two weeks we get news of no tax hikes, and no deficit reduction, which will be spun by the great diversionary media machine as the great compromise, and, of course, leading to a $2.5 trillion debt ceiling hike. Win, win for everyone. Except America's people of course, but who gives a rat's ass about them: certainly not their 'elected' muppets, all of which are for sale to the highest Wall Street bidder."

The Major

The Major: "The Major

In the late fifties when I became more aware of what my mother and father was telling their children and into the early sixties, they told us of a man. In those days, I suppose many parents felt a need to explain what us youngsters might see and wonder about�€”things they worried might cause us to be confused. One early explanation I recall was that of a lone figure who walked (forced marched) up and down the winding road to Lookout Mountain in Gadsden, Alabama.

He was in his world. He was not in ours that we could tell. Passing him by going down or traveling up toward home, we would see him regularly in those days and at nine or ten years old, one feels sorry that he was doing that. I felt sorry that he was alone. I worried that he was marching on the narrow shoulder of three-lane asphalt, the third lane alternating up and down, depending on the curve for traffic to pass slower vehicles either way. There he was and he was calling commands. Commands none of us could hear from inside the family�€™s station wagon, but I knew what they were. I had watched many war films and somehow knew what he was doing and asked my mother about him."

Why Perilous Times Are in Overdrive � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

Why Perilous Times Are in Overdrive � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL): "Why Perilous Times Are in Overdrive
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The US president appears to have embarked on a deliberate strategy to embrace radical Islam by partnering with Islamic organizations calling for the demise of the United States, and by assigning Islamists to key strategic positions that oversee the security of the nation, aspects of the judiciary, and as intimate aides to high level administration appointees. The Administration’s public position is that these relationships are in the best interest of the United States in promoting tolerance in America and democracy in the Middle East.

reality, they raise poignant and unthinkable questions as to whether this president has violated his oath of office and several U.S. laws by facilitating an Islamic takeover of America.

One need look no further than the Administration’s embracing of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and high level appointments of Muslims who are directly associated with the MB or have ties to organizations associated with the MB. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s top aid since 1996 is Huma Abedin. Former Palestinian terrorist now converted Christian Walid Shoebat says that Abedin was never properly screened."

The Sugar Daddy Has Run Out of Sugar; Now We Need New Leaders � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

The Sugar Daddy Has Run Out of Sugar; Now We Need New Leaders � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL): "The Sugar Daddy Has Run Out of Sugar; Now We Need New Leaders
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Barack Obama’s big government policies continue to fail. He should put a link to the national debt clock on his BlackBerry. The gears on that clock have nearly exploded during his administration. Yesterday’s terrible job numbers should not be a surprise because it all goes back to our debt. Our dangerously unsustainable debt is wiping out our jobs, crippling our economic growth, and jeopardizing our position in the global economy as the leader of the free world.

As a governor, I had to"

Obama stimulus funded 'guns-to-drug-lords' plan

Obama stimulus funded 'guns-to-drug-lords' plan: "WND Exclusive BELTWAY GUNRUNNERS
Obama stimulus funded 'guns-to-drug-lords' plan
Spending bill gave $10 million of taxpayers' funding to effort
Posted: July 09, 2011
1:00 am Eastern

By Michael Carl
� 2011 WND



Just a day after U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., called for Attorney General Eric Holder's removal, alleging a White House connection to the 'Project Gunrunner' that allowed weapons to be delivered to Mexican drug lords, confirmation has come that the program originated at the highest levels of the Obama administration.

The link is the $10 million in taxpayer dollars designated to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for Project Gunrunner in Obama's 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, otherwise known as the Stimulus Bill."

Prison Planet.com � There’s No Recovery Because the Government Made it Official Policy Not to Prosecute Fraud

Prison Planet.com � There’s No Recovery Because the Government Made it Official Policy Not to Prosecute Fraud: "Fraud caused the Great Depression and it has caused the current financial crisis. But fraud is not not being prosecuted, and so it will occur again and again, and prevent a sustainable economic recovery.

Numerous economists have been saying this for years. As I pointed out in March:



Nobel prize winning economist George Akerlof has demonstrated that failure to punish white collar criminals – and instead bailing them out- creates incentives for more economic crimes and further destruction of the economy in the future. Indeed, William Black notes that we’ve known of this dynamic for “hundreds of years”."

“The Republican Party is Losing People’s Support”| The Post & Email

“The Republican Party is Losing People’s Support”| The Post & Email: "But at any given moment you must remember one of your most important obligations – to protect the Constitution of the United States – the greatest and most important document in our country.

In front of your eyes (or do you not see???) unfolds a flagrant disregard and violation of our Constitution. On April 27, 2011 Mr. Obama presented his supposedly ‘original Birth Certificate’. According to this document his father was citizen of Kenya and mother was too young to confer U.S. citizenship on Obama at birth. That means he does not meet Constitutional Requirements to serve as President and Commander-in-Chief.

I intentionally put aside any and all other alleged crimes he committed. This single violation is more than enough to start Congressional hearings and a full -cale criminal investigation.

By not taking that action you give recognition to the usurper as a President and a legitimate candidate for next election cycle. The Republican Party and you, personally, will be GUILTY and will have to take full responsibility for giving legitimacy to Obama and this Regime."

What About Barry Soetoro and the Casey Anthony Trial?| The Post & Email

What About Barry Soetoro and the Casey Anthony Trial?| The Post & Email:

"The Casey Anthony case dominates all major news. Commentators and pundits from various networks are having lively discussions and often heated debates since the verdict of “not guilty” to the murder charges was handed down by the jury. However, the jury found Casey Anthony guilty of lying on four counts, each count punishable by one year in prison.

Not one major media outlet has covered the comparative crime by Barry Soetero, aka Barack Obama. Lying is a crime. Whether you agree with the outcome of the Casey Anthony case or not, the charges of lying which were brought forth reveal a rule of law that was broken."

When Decent People Start to Fear – and Loathe Cops… | Eric Peters Autos

When Decent People Start to Fear – and Loathe Cops… | Eric Peters Autos: "Most everyone has witnessed cops speeeeeding – not on a call, just driving somewhere . Yet they can do it with impunity.

Case in point: A few months back, the wife and I were returning home from Northern Va., driving on I-81. The speed limit at the time was 65 MPH. A state cop ahead of us was toodling along at about 75. I followed him (discreetly, at a distance, in a pack of cars) for more than a half hour. This same cop undoubtedly issues big bucks tickets to Mere Ordinaries (Will Grigg’s excellent term) for doing exactly the same thing. They’re not cops, of course – which is why it’s not exactly the same thing.

And why they get ticketed.

I know some will defend the cops by saying they probably know it’s ridiculous, too – that is, speed limits/enforcement – but they’re just doing their job.

Well, that “Nuremburg defense” doesn’t fly with me. It didn’t use to fly with most Americans, either – until, that is, we became a nation of neo-Weimar cringers and badge-lickers who accept any affront by law enforcement if it’s done “for our safety.”

At one time, I considered"

ISPs Agree to Punish Suspected Copyright Infringement - International Business Times

ISPs Agree to Punish Suspected Copyright Infringement - International Business Times: "The biggest United States ISPs have agreed to allow the entertainment industry to demand that they filter, disrupt, and potentially block users suspected of infringing on intellectual property.

The organization created is known as the CCI, or Center for Copyright Infringement. No actual legislative or other governmental action is directly involved; this is explicitly a deal between the ISP industry and copyright law lobbying groups such as the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), who themselves are composed of major entertainment companies such as Sony, Universal, Warner, EMI, Walt Disney, Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox."

Progressivism: The Dictatorship of the Constitution

Progressivism: The Dictatorship of the Constitution: "In his 1915 book 'Progressive Democracy', Herbert Croly elaborates on something he calls 'the monarchy of the word'. He writes: (page 44)

The Law in the shape of the Federal Constitution really came to be a monarchy of the Word. It had been imposed upon the popular will, which was the only power capable of disputing its authority; and its friends came more and more to assume that the imposition was wise and beneficent. A systematic attempt was made to justify the supremacy of the Law. The people were warned that, if they rebelled, the just and awful judgment of the Lord would overtake them. Thus the aspirations and the conviction of the early democrats that popular political authority should be righteously expressed hardened into a system, which consecrated one particular machinery of possibly righteous expression. Reverence for law was made to mean reverence for one specific formulation of Law. Reverence for order was made to mean reverence for an established order. All that the American people had to do to insure their political salvation was vigilantly to safeguard the specific formulation of law and order which was found in the sacred writing.

Monarchy is just another word for dictator. And"

Republican Deals with Obama are Killing Us

Republican Deals with Obama are Killing Us: "Writing a syndicated column in 2011 is night and day different from when we started writing for publication in the 1990's. The overriding change is the volume and immediacy of feedback. In the 1990's we would receive the occasional letter applauding or challenging our thesis, facts and motives. Today we find our email inbox and comment sections so full it is difficult to read it all.

We"

Media refuses to challenge Obama on repeated "turning the corner" / "recovery" comments

Media refuses to challenge Obama on repeated "turning the corner" / "recovery" comments: "Obama: 'We're Turning the Corner' [politico.com]

December 22, 2010
Obama pledges 'singular focus' on economy [cleveland.com / AP]

September 3, 2010
Obama stands by 'Recovery Summer' [thehill.com]

June 16, 2010
Obama, Biden Declare 'Recovery Summer' [politico.com]

April 2, 2010
President Obama on Job Numbers: 'We Are Turning the Corner' [blogs.abcnews.com]

January 21, 2010
Obama to focus hard on economy after Democratic loss [cnn.com]"

Raiding an Empty Vault

Raiding an Empty Vault: "Twenty-five years ago, Geraldo Rivera hosted a greatly hyped TV special called 'The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults.' It still stands as one of the highest-rated programs in television history.

On the ballyhooed night, cameras crept through the tunnel to the vault. There, on live TV, workers pulled down the concrete wall. The dust settled, and the cameras peered inside. And what did spellbound viewers behold? A pile of dirt, a few empty gin bottles, and a discarded stop sign. Such were the treasures in Al Capone's vault."

Relationship between Obama, Boehner builds at critical moment

Relationship between Obama, Boehner builds at critical moment: "The relationship between Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama is building as they head into a critical meeting aimed at ending the impasse over raising the nation's debt limit.

Since their high-profile golf outing last month, Boehner and Obama have held two private meetings to discuss a debt-limit remedy. Details of the meetings weren't leaked to the media, and the White House has even refused to confirm they occurred.

After successfully navigating the first major legislative battle over a measure to fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year, the two men have been “building” their relationship, according to a source close to Boehner.

“They are getting to know each other better, they’re talking more often,” the official told The Hill.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ..."

Goodbye, Number Five | Eric Peters Autos

Goodbye, Number Five | Eric Peters Autos: "It’s a laugh line, because, like, so many of the other amendments to the Bill of Rights, that “godamn piece of paper,” as George W. Bush referred to it, pleading the Fifth – that is, declining to assist the authorities in your own prosecution – has become a sick joke.

Cops now have the legal authority in Texas (though not the right) to forcibly extract blood from you in order to use that blood as evidence against you in DWI cases – which are of course criminal proceedings.

An appellate court recently affirmed the legality of this practice – and bet your bippie it will be expanded to a State Near You soon.

Refuse to take a Breathalyzler or decline to perform the trained monkey act by the side of the road (perhaps because you’re not coordinated even when sober and probably a lot less so under pressure and in the glow of a policeman’s flashlight) and you may find yourself thrown down across the hood of a squad car while some random cop jams your body with needles in order to get the blood that will then be used as evidence against you at your trail."

What’s the Magic Number? The Unemployment Number for Obama's Reelection.

What’s the Magic Number? The Unemployment Number for Obama's Reelection.: "A recent New York Times story ricocheted around the political community after opening with this revelatory sentence: “No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent.”

There is the magic number! If unemployment is higher than 7.2% as we head into the general election in 2012, we know President Obama is a goner. If it is lower, Obama gets an encore term. Can it really be this simple?"