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He Heard The Cries Of His People……

Autonomous — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:44:51 +0000

Had to pick myself up off the floor –

Updated May 25, 2010 FOXNews.com: Obama to Deploy Up to 1,200 National Guard Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border

President Obama told Senate Republicans Tuesday that he’s read the controversial Arizona immigration law and is concerned it would allow for discrimination — but the president is planning to deploy up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to allay security concerns.

An administration official confirmed to Fox News that Obama plans to deploy the National Guard troops as needed and request $500 million for “enhanced border protection and law enforcement.”

The official said the National Guard would be used to “provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support,” as well as support “counternarcotics enforcement” and provide “training capacity” until the Border Patrol can bring more officers on board. The additional funding would be used to improve border security technology and increase the number of agents, investigators and prosecutors targeting drug, human and weapons traffickers.

Continued at FOXNews.com

Leave it to a Democrat (Giffords), who decried the inhumanity of the Governor of Arizona when she enforced a Federal Law (that the Feds weren’t enforcing), to be among the first to praise Obama for ‘hearing our message’, by committing a whopping 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S. – Mexico border. I wonder what the tipping point was for Obama. Maybe it was seeing Rep. Baca of California (who had ‘No To Arizona’s Immigration Law’ bracelets made) with Steney Hoyer, looking like dolts holding up their banded wrists for all to see; even Pelosi had one on.

I wonder how Gibbs will explain the Administration’s changing it’s strategy at the next White House briefing. No doubt it has something to do with Obama finally reading the Arizona Law… I’m picturing it now… nope – can’t see it.

Townhall.com: ‘Socialism,’ ‘Progressivism,’ Not So Negative; ‘Capitalism’ Not So Positive’

Autonomous — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:49:40 +0000

Thursday, May 06, 2010

This is pretty depressing. According to Pew Research’s latest political rhetoric test, more Americans reported positive feelings for “progressive” than “capitalism.”

Meanwhile, feelings toward “socialism” are mostly negative, but nearly one-in-three Americans (who has apparently never taken a history class in their life) maintains a positive opinion of it. Yay, Stalin!

Silver lining: conservatives’ beloved “states” rights” and “family values” are still popular

via: townhall.com

Chocolate Cake, Fresh Fruit and Apologies

Autonomous — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:46:16 +0000

*note from the Author – I wrote this on Sunday, May 16, 2010. As with most things Obama, I have a lot of speculation and sarcasm I like to add to the mix. Such was the case with this article. That changed today, Wed. May 19, when suicide (aka: homicide; by those with brains) bombers approached Bagram Airfield with the sole intent of killing as many Americans as possible. This event strengthened my resolute belief that our troops should not be acting as apologist peacemakers when it comes to Radical Islamists; whose battle cry is and will remain “Death To America,” until their objective is met; or the U.S. stops playing footsies.*

On Saturday, May 15^th, at Bagram Military Detention center in Afghanistan, some 40 miles North of Kabul, before a gathering of Afghan leaders and eleven former prisoners, special guest, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John R. Allen; the number two official at Central Command in Florida, spoke. As the guests munched on chocolate cake and fresh fruit, they listened to a contrite apology given by Allen. “If we detained you unfairly, I am sorry.” Allen told the men. “I hope this is a good day for you to return to your families.”

Apparently it wasn’t a good day for some of the men to return home. Haji Gulam Farouq, who spent three years in Bagram Detention Center, was finally getting a chance to speak his mind to his American captors; and who better than Lt. Gen. Allen? Farouq, who was accused of aiding Taliban insurgents, said he was afraid that he was ‘forever tarnished as a suspect’ who could be ‘scooped up again at any time.’ He said, “I’m not happy to go home. I was a muhjadeen commander. It didn’t make sense for me to be against this government.”

I’m not sure if Farouq was addressing the U.S. government or the Afghan government there, but no doubt he got extra cake for ‘speaking his mind’ to Lt. General Allen.

As Obama continues showing the world that the United States is nothing special, and our military isn’t all that great, he denigrates the troops who risked, and possibly gave their lives, capturing these prisoners. By the way, are there any military officials holding boxes of chocolates and baskets of fresh fruit; contrite apologies ready, for uniformed men and women who may be found innocent of prisoner abuse charges, or firing their weapon in self defense instead of making sure the target is a terrorist?

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, May 19, 2010: ‘Attack at Bagram Leaves Several Insurgents Dead’ About a dozen insurgents were killed here today during an attack that killed a U.S. contractor and wounded nine service members. Two of the nine wounded service members have returned to duty, and all others were in stable condition, officials said. The name of the contractor killed in the attack is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification. The attack on the sprawling air base’s perimeter included rockets, small arms and grenades. Four of the insurgents killed were intended suicide bombers, officials said.”Though it is clear the enemy intended a spectacular event, … they were unable to breach the perimeter and unable to detonate their suicide vests,” said Army Lt. Col. Clarence Count Jr., a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force 82 and Regional Command East. “The quick defensive reaction by the Bagram security forces likely saved a lot of lives.” www.dod.gov

*Maybe these guys could train Napolitano, Gates, Holder and Airport Security on how to treat terrorism defensively. Not the ones who attempted self-detonation (we must’ve killed the top suicide -bomb- maker, whose replacement doesn’t grasp the concept); the U.S. Military Security Forces*

I’ve Got My Boot On Your Neck America: Barack Obama

Autonomous — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:51:23 +0000

“My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” President Obama to Goldman Sachs CEO’s.

Kill your parents!” urged sixties leftist Bill Ayers: a man who once tried to overthrow his country’s government as a member of The Weather Underground, and who contributed to then Senator Obama’s presidential campaign.

“… a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany … and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama” - Barack Obama in Lebanon, New Hampshire January 7, 2008

“ God d___ America, Land that I loathe….” Rev. Jeremiah Wright being patriotic. Obama claims to never have really listened to his pastor of 20 years; although he married the Obama’s and baptized their daughters…

Treason I: Adhering to the enemy and giving them comfort; betraying one’s country.

*Senator Obama, campaigning to be President of the United States, said, “The lives of more than 3,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq have been wasted.” 2/12/07

*Senator/Presidential Candidate Obama said, “I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance.” 8/3/07

*Obama declares the U.S., “…is not and never will be at war with Islam.”4/6/09

*Obama smiled at and shook the hand of Nicaraguan Marxist President Daniel Ortega after he attacked America for 50 minutes in his speech today. Obama said, “To move forward, we cannot let ourselves be prisoners of past disagreements. I’m grateful that President Ortega did not blame me for things that happened when I was three months old. Too often, an opportunity to build a fresh partnership of the Americas has been undermined by stale debates. We’ve all heard these arguments before.” 4/17/2009 The Summit of the America’s

*Obama made it a point of being introduced to the Nation of Turkey as “Barack Hussein

*Obama”4/6/09. Yet the media is instructed to not use his middle name ‘Hussein’ here in the states.

*Obama, while on foreign soil in the Nations of Turkey and Indonesia stated that, “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. uh uh… we consider ourselves uh uh a nation of uh citizens.”4/13/09.

Treason II: Selling out secrets of your own country to another during wartime or even during “cold wars”.

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, speaking on behalf of the Obama Administration, announced to the world the number of nuclear weapons the U.S. has. She stated it is a way to, “”build confidence” that the Obama administration “is serious about stopping the spread of atomic weapons and reducing their numbers.”

Illegal Immigrants: (as a Constitutional law student, you would think this would’ve been a no-brainer for Obama)

Federal Law; Section 8 USC 1324 A person commits a federal felony when he: (1) assists an alien whom he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him with employment, (2)encourages that alien to remain in the U.S., by referring him to an employer, by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions. It is a violation of law for any person to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection in any place, including any building or means of transportation, any alien who is in the United States in violation of law. Harboring means any conduct that tends to substantially facilitate an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally. The sheltering need not be clandestine. This provision includes harboring an alien who entered the U.S. legally, but has since lost his legal status. Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime.

*Barack Obama’s aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned. The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston, but he did not see her there.

*‘I knew one person in New York, a guy named Sadik whom I’d met in L.A., but he’d told me that he worked all night at a bar somewhere. He greeted me on the street, a short, well-built Pakistani who had come to New York from London two years earlier and found his caustic wit and unabashed desire to make money perfectly pitched to the city’s mood. He had overstayed his tourist visa and now made a living in New York’s high-turnover, illegal immigrant workforce waiting on tables.’ ‘Dreams of My Father’ Barack Obama

The will of the people: “What’s misguided, Mr. Obama, is the federal government’s ongoing refusal to enforce the laws that are already on the books…parts of it are word for word the same as the federal statutes, which continue to be all but ignored.” CNN’s Jack Cafferty May 3, 2010. This was in response to Obama saying Arizona was “misguided” in their Immigration Law.

Barack Obama presented himself as a uniter. To some he is a great orator – I don’t hear it. To some he is the ‘change’ America needs – I don’t see it. To this proud American, President Obama came to divide and conquer. I do hear Obama’s rhetoric, and I do see Obama conquering; the American people. While disasters, near disasters, and outright tragedies go on in this world, one need only keep this in mind: Come 2012 we will have the power to vote out the worst (and definitely man made) disaster to ever hit America.

11/11/2009: REMEMBER OUR VETERANS

Autonomous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:11 +0000

VETERAN’S DAY: A day to remember why we cannot let what so many have fought for, died for, and sacrificed so much for, ever go. When a soldier dies and the flag is removed from his coffin, folded, and given to the families, each fold represents something that soldier was protecting for us. As memorials and funeral services are held for the murdered at Ft. Hood many flags will go through this ritual. Here are the eleven folds, and what they stand for:

1st: LIBERTY

2nd: UNITY

3rd: JUSTICE

4th: PERSEVERANCE

5th: HARDINESS

6th: VALOR

7th: PURITY

8th: INNOCENCE

9th: SACRIFICE

10th: HONOR

11th: INDEPENDENCE

10/31/2009: A.P. (Autonomous Press) NewsFlash!

Autonomous — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:22:27 +0000

Obama can now cite possible early snowfall in Pakistan, which may hinder any possibility of having a Karzai vs. Abdullah election, as another reason to continue mulling U.S. troop’s fate. Obama’s Climate Control Czar sites atmospheric warming from the U.S. causing snow. Obama says that Abdullah’s threat to boycott the election shows that V.P. Biden was right when he said that Karzai was their man, and it’s snowing because of Bush.

Clinton talks tough to Pakistani journalists and university students about the Taliban, and their choice to either allow Afghanistan to continue being the Taliban terrorists (sorry; insurgents) victims or not…..Was there anyone at these ‘tough talks’ who can work on this little problem now?

Snowstorms causing big problems strengthen the case of global warming (oops – climate change) says Al Gore, Nobel winner, inventor of the internet, and V.P. to the first black president. Gore sites “shifting and melting of Polar ice caps” causing “increased ocean temperatures colliding with ever increasing CO2 from the United States” as being the blame for these freakish early winter storms.

Swine Flu Czar says children standing outside in snow waiting for their vaccinations are not at risk of getting sick.

Fallen Heroes Return: President and His Media Entourage Attend

Autonomous — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:51:24 +0000

Could it be Obama’s first presidential act…? Carried out in the middle of the night; quiet, so as not to disturb anyone (except the media, who should be awake if he is). The president takes a 40 minute flight to Dover AFB for the return of our fallen heroes, where only the sound of a ‘whirring power unit, and the clicking of cameras’ can be heard. This eye-moistening account comes from Ben Feller of the Assoc. Press.

I know everything is a photo op for a politician (sorry all you starry eyed Obamites – he is one), but it makes me sick everytime. More nauseating than that though is the description of these events by the media. I’m wondering if Obama was able to keep his talk with the mourning families strictly to his condolences and thanks, or did he let slip the underlying Obamantra, “You know, I inherited this mess from Bush…”

When Obama arrived back at the White House the scene was laid out eloquently, again by Mr. Feller (who I believe to really be romance novelist Nora Roberts); ‘He walked inside, alone.’ Later, speaking softly and somewhat haltingly, Obama said losses such as these are “something I think about each and every day.” Really Mr. President? There are only 24 hours in a day, and inbetween coming up with cutsie quotes during those intense 3 hour long meetings over the fate of 68,000 troops (I got the biggest chuckle out of ‘McChrystal Light’ – I mean wow! Hilarious!), and making sure to obscure my view of the television as often as possible, how do you do it? Well, no need to ask – he is Obama.

This event like so many before will be portrayed as a reason Obama needs more mulling time over Afghanistan. I’m wondering if on his ‘lonely walk across the South Lawn’ after returning from Dover, if he was thinking about the troops and their commanders still fighting (yes, that is what goes on in a war) on the ground in Afghanistan; or U.S. DEA agents whose mission it was to hold back a tsunami of narcotics with a Dixie cup. Was he agonizing over the fact that every minute he does not make a decision about sending more troops or not, are akin to hours and days spent by the troops in Afghanistan waiting to find out if they will be the next to come home. Knowing the likely two choices will be either in a flag-draped coffin, or as part of a failed war because this administration is only interested in actually proving (apparantly no matter the cost) that we can turn the Taliban into peace loving ‘folks’.

Barack & Wen: Common Threads

Autonomous — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:49:01 +0000

And now, a teachable, and dare I say, learnable moment. AP (Autonomous Press) - 10/28/09 *President Obama says the White House is willing to hold talks with Fox News if the exiled ‘Fair and Balanced’ media outlet will abandon its conservative cause, defending the government’s hard-line position toward the news station. “For such contacts and consultations to make progress, what’s important is for Fox to have sincerity. Otherwise no substantive results can be made.” Obama told reporters. The Obama administration has repeatedly accused Fox of advocating independence and fomenting anti-government protests. Fox executives say they only advocate a way which calls for significant U.S. citizen autonomy under Obama rule, but not independence. In answering questions from foreign and domestic reporters, Obama offered an unqualified defense of his administration’s policies on conservative journalism and reporting, ignoring questions about trampling on the First Amendment. He defended his administration, saying that stimulus money, along with jobs and healthcare for all prove that “policies we have adopted are right.” Thousands of Obama’s Civil Patrol have been manning checkpoints around D.C., ready to head off any further wide-scale ‘Tea Party’ anti-government demonstrations; which, as proven by the administration, have been encouraged and organized by Fox News. Asked whether the presence of the Civil Patrol pointed to failings in Obama’s policies, the president said “The situation with these ‘Tea Party’ extremists is on the whole peaceful and stable. These folks hope to work in peace and stability.” Obama claims that these extremists are under his rule, but many demonstrators have chafed under Obama’s rule, which they say deprives them of religious freedom, taxation without representation, and autonomy.

The Obama administration has been on high alert with two key anniversaries which were declared National Days of Remembrance by the president, and will be commemerated here in D.C. and New York. First is the one-year anniversary of a failed ‘Tea Party’ uprising which sent many once law abiding citizens into exile. This Day of Remembrance, to be held at the Nation’s Capitol will be a special day for Obama as thousands of school children will sing to the commander, and the ever-growing Civil Patrol will march while the once great U.S. Naval band plays the new National Anthem. Next will be the celebratory 60th anniversary of communism in China. Held in New York, the highlight will be the lighting of the Empire State Building in yellow, red, and black – a show of understanding and comradship from the Obama administration to the Chinese government. The following day chosen citizen volunteers will ceremoniously remove reminders of September 11th, 2001 from the site of the former World Trade Center. New CNN polls have shown that people are more in agreement now with the president that, “It is time to forget tragic reminders of what capitalism can do. Time to forget the evil America wrought as a result of it’s greed and pursuit of money.” By next year the Obama administration hopes to have their proposed ‘People’s Garden’ well under way where the Twin Towers once stood. Family members of those who died because of the drastic, but necessary actions of the Muslim Freedom Fighters have been largely silent after the exoneration and citizenship given to thirteen of the thirteen accused MFF accomplices by the Supreme Court.

Earlier this week Fox and the White House traded sharp words, with Fox condemning Obama’s “brutal crackdown” following the anti-government demonstrations, and it’s harsh rule over conservative media, which has made some citizens afraid to watch or read anything that may reflect negatively on the current administration. The White House lashed back, saying those accusations were “sheer lies,” and even went so far as to lodge a complaint with the U.N. Embassy after a spokesman for Fox News voiced concern over repression of the people, and appealed for renewed talks between both sides. The administration continues to be dogged by the economic crisis battering the United States, with nearly all in congress poised to approve a national budget for the coming year that boosts government spending another 25 percent. Obama expressed confidence that the U.S. could emerge from its slump “at an early date” and said the government is ready to expand its $586 billion dollar Stimulus Plan Part III to boost growth, which did not happen with the first two stimulus plans. Otherwise no new measures were announced and the congress, which serves mainly to rubber-stamp decisions already made by the president, passed no new legislation. Amid rising unemployment and fears over social unrest, this year’s legislative session saw Obama more intent than ever on projecting an image of unity and control. Renewed calls for political reform from inside and outside the country and the sensitive political anniversaries also raised the administration’s gaurd against dissent. - AP (Autonomous Press) *denotes an Autonomous alternative idiom* See color-coded & chronologically listed primary words below to view article as seen in The Huffington Post. www.huffingtonpost.com

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Commander In Chief?

Autonomous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:28:31 +0000

BRENNAN LINSLEY : ASSOCIATED PRESS: Monday, October 5, 2009 5:45 AM: WASHINGTON – “Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban”, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser said yesterday. He downplayed fears that the insurgency could set up a renewed sanctuary for al-Qaida. Retired Gen. James Jones’ comments came hours after militant forces overwhelmed U.S. troops at two outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight Americans, and amid growing government fissures over whether to send thousands of additional forces into the fight.It was the heaviest U.S. loss of life in a single battle since July 2008, when nine American soldiers were killed in a raid on an outpost in Wanat in the same province, Nuristan. Obama’s senior advisers are set to meet twice this week to debate the administration’s evolving Afghan strategy, juggling political pressure from the left to scale back combat troops with an urgent call from military commanders to add forces to secure the country and enable government and economic-development advancements.

It’s great that the president is carefully thinking about what to do in Afghanistan…. It’s great that he knows much more then our troops and the generals on the ground know… It’s great to have people like Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post expound on how General McChrystal ”has no business conducting a public campaign to build support for his preferred option, which is to send tens of thousands more troops into a country once called ‘the graveyard of empires’ “. No, the only real job McChrystal and all the other generals under Obama “have to do is to shut up and salute”, according to Robinson. He then goes on to say that he believes that when James Jones said on CNN that McChrystal should use the chain of command for troop requests, he was using ‘Pentagon – speak’ which when translated means, “Put a sock in it Jim.” The only thing I can say to that anti-military rhetoric is take a look out your window Mr. Robinson. See any armed militia running around? Hear any bombs dropping close by? Worried about federal police breaking down your door and confiscating your computer? Late to get in line to get food with your government coupons? No? Now why is that?

Mr. President, stop practicing your “I don’t deserve this, but…” speech coming up in December. Make a decision for our troops in Afghanistan- actually focus on what a President should focus on. Stay off the Late Show, cut out trips abroad trying to get the Olympics or anything else like it here, cancel attending gala events for special interest groups, quit acting like Healthcare Reform is what is going to make or break this country. You got the job – NOW DO SOMETHING

www.foxnews.com

www.washingtonpost.com

“Ideally, it’s best for military advice to come up through the chain of command,” Jones said. The president should be presented with options, not just one “fait accompli,” Jones told CBS moderator Bob Schieffer.

The highly visible debate about what to do in Afghanistan, which included a multi-hour session at the White House last week, prompted a divided reaction among Senators. On CNN, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said, “I’m so pleased we have a president who isn’t just going to rush forward.”

Choosing A Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Autonomous — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:00:58 +0000

Process of Nomination and Selection: The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for selecting eligible nominator candidates and the choice of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The Nobel Committee of five is appointed by the Norwegian parliament.

Eligible Nobel Committee candidates are those nominated by qualified individuals. These individuals are deemed qualified if they are members of national assemblies and government’s of states; are members of international courts; are university rectors, professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology, directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes; are persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; are active and former members of the Nobel Committee, and former advisors appointed by the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

The process for selecting Nobel Peace Prize nominees is 15 months long. September: Nobel Committee sends invitation letters out to qualified nominators. February: (of following year): Deadline for submissions from nominators is Feb. 1st. Nominations postmarked after that date are placed into the next year’s pool of nominees. The number of submissions can be in the hundreds. February-March: Nobel Committee assesses each nominee’s work preparing a short list from there. March-August: Short list is reviewed by permanent advisers and advisers specially recruited for their knowledge of specific nominees. They do not give explicit recommendations. October: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates are chosen through a majority vote. This decision is final and without appeal. Names of the Laureate’s are announced. December: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates receive their prize. The ceremony takes place Dec. 10th in Oslo, Norway. The prize consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount. All other Nobel Prize Ceremonies are held in Stockholm, Sweden.

The statutes of the Nobel Foundation restrict disclosure of information about the nominations, whether publicly or privately, for 50 years. This restriction concerns the nominees and nominators, as well as investigations and opinions related to awarding the prize.

www.nobelprize.org

While this is a great honor for anyone receiving it, I am truly baffled at this selection. I was hoping that Obama would humbly decline; acknowledging that he has done nothing to qualify for the Nobel. Instead, there he stood rambling on about how he would accept it only ‘..as a call to action by the American people!‘ We had all better band together and start doing something that will make it appear our president does deserve this prize! (Why am I thinking about The Emporer’s New Clothes’ right now?) I’m adding the Nobel Committee to the Obama Administration of Audacious Idiots. I think someone should write a sequel to ‘The Audacity Of Hope’, and title it ‘The Audacity Of Hope II: The plight of America following the scourge of The Obama Administration’

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
Barack Obama
From ‘Time’ magazine June 2005.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
Barack Obama
Keynote speech to Democratic National Convention, July 2004.

I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
Barack Obama

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans – an avian flu pandemic.
Barack Obama

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
Barack Obama