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Share This Massive List of Post-Election Firings and Layoffs With Everyone You Can

Share This Massive List of Post-Election Firings and Layoffs With Everyone You Can
Monday, November 12, 2012
Posted by Wealth Wire – Monday, November 12th, 2012

The victory by Barack Obama on election night has resulted in a huge wave of firings and layoffs all over America. A large number of businesses seem to have suddenly shifted into panic mode. The number of layoff announcements that we have seen in the last 48 hours has been absolutely shocking.
So why is this happening?
Well, the truth is that the federal government is absolutely suffocating small businesses all over America with rules, regulations and taxes. If you have never tried to run a small business, then you have no idea how oppressive this system actually is for people that are trying to run small businesses successfully. It has steadily gotten worse over the years no matter who has been in the White House and no matter who has controlled Congress. So we shouldn’t put 100% of the blame on Obama. Bush massively expanded government and made things harder on small business people too. But what many small business people were looking for on this election day was just a little bit of help. Many were desperately holding out hope that Obamacare would be repealed so that they would not have to get rid of some of their employees. Many were hoping to get a little bit of relief from the crippling regulations and taxes that are absolutely crushing them. But now that Barack Obama has been given another four years, they understand that there is no hope on the horizon and that things are only going to get worse. So they are making the hard decisions that they feel are necessary in order to survive in this economic environment.
And I certainly don’t blame them. You only want to have employees if you can make a profit on them. And in this environment it is getting harder than ever to make a profit on an employee. You see, the truth is that what you cost your employer goes far beyond your salary or your hourly wage. I think many of you would be absolutely shocked if you learned how much it actually costs your employer to employ you. And now thanks to Obamacare, that cost is going to go up even more.
Many businesses are not even feasible at all in this economic environment. Many small businesses had been holding out hope that somehow this election might turn things around and make it possible for them to keep going, but when Obama won it was kind of like the straw that broke the camel’s back.
You can’t do what the federal government and the state governments are doing to us and expect to have a thriving economy. They are choking the life out of us.
New businesses and small businesses are supposed to be at the heart of our economic system. Unfortunately, the environment that has been created is absolutely killing them. This is a recipe for disaster.
In a previous article, I noted that the number of jobs created at new businesses in 2010 in the United States was less than half of what it was back in the year 2000.
Now we can expect that number to get even worse and we can expect large numbers of small businesses to shrink in size or close their doors completely.
The following is a list of some of the post-election firings and layoffs that we have seen since Tuesday night…
#1 Utah
A Utah coal company owned by a vocal critic of President Barack Obama has laid off 102 miners.
The layoffs at the West Ridge Mine are effective immediately, according to UtahAmerican Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Murray Energy Corp. They were announced in a short statement made public Thursday, two days after Obama won re-election.
The layoffs are necessary because of the president’s “war on coal,” the statement said. The slogan is one used frequently during the election by Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray, who was an ardent supporter of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
In its statement, UtahAmerican Energy blames the Obama administration for instituting policies that will close down “204 American coal-fired power plants by 2014″ and for drastically reducing the market for coal.
#2 Ohio
I work for the oldest and largest health insurer in the state of Ohio in the underwriting department. At 9 a.m.this morning, my department (about 50) were called into a meeting in the executive boardroom. We were informed that due to a provision in the healthcare ‘reform’ effective 2014 called guarantee issue, our services would no longer be needed, and we were offered severance So Obama got to keep his job, and we lost ours. It is maddening that some tyrant 400 miles away can have such a ruinous effect on peoples lives.
#3 Nevada
A Las Vegas business owner with 114 employees fired 22 workers today, apparently as a direct result of President Obama’s re-election.
“David” (he asked to remain anonymous for obvious reasons) told Host Kevin Wall on 100.5 KXNT that “elections have consequences” and that “at the end of the day, I need to survive.”
Here’s an excerpt from the interview. Click the audio tab below to hear even more from this compelling conversation:
“I’ve done my share of educating my employees. I never tell them which way to vote. I believe in the free system we have, I believe in the right to choose who they want to be president, but I did explain as a business owner that I have always put my employees first. I always made sure that when I went without a paycheck that [I] made sure they were paid. And I explained that I always put them first and unfortunately I’m at a point where I’m being forced to have to worry about me and my family now and a business that I built from just me to 114 employees.
#4 Posted below is a list of layoff headlines from the past few days that was posted on AmericanThinker.com…
Obama was “fired up” and so were the voters, and so now, the mass firings begin. Here’s a collection of today’s headlines. Please say a prayer for the families who will be suffering. Had Romney won, many of these companies would now be hiring.
Teco Coal officials announce layoffs
Momentive Inc plans temporary layoffs for 150
Wilkes-Barre officials to announce mandatory layoffs
600 layoffs at Groupon
More layoffs announced at Aniston Weapons Incinerator
Murray Energy confirms 150 layoffs at 3 subsidiaries
130 laid off in Minnesota dairy plant closure
Stanford brake plant to lay off 75
Turbocare, Oce to lay off more than 220 workers
ATI plans to lay off 172 workers in North Richland Hills
SpaceX claims its first victims as Rocketdyne lays off 100
Providence Journal lays off 23 full-time employees
CVPH lays off 17
New Energy lays off 40 employees
102 Utah miners laid off because of ‘war on coal’, company says
US Cellular drops Chicago, cuts 640 jobs
Career Education to cut 900 jobs, close 23 campuses
Vestas to cut 3,000 more jobs
First Energy to cut 400 jobs by 2016
Mine owner blames Obama for layoffs (54 fired last night)
Canceled program costs 115 jobs at Ohio air base
AMD trims Austin workforce – 400 jobs slashed
100 workers lose jobs as Caterpillar closes plant in Minnesota
Exide to lay off 150 workers
TE Connectivity to close Guilford plant, lay off 620
More Layoffs for Major Wind Company (3,000 jobs cut)
Cigna to lay off 1,300 workers worldwide
Ameridose to lay off hundreds o

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Entry #184

Just Before Hurricane Sandy, Obama Signed Executive Order Merging Homeland Security With Private Sec

Just Before Hurricane Sandy, Obama Signed Executive Order Merging Homeland Security With Private Sector To Create Virtual Dictatorship
Sunday, November 11, 2012 0:13
 
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JUST BEFORE HURRICANE SANDY, OBAMA SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER MERGING HOMELAND SECURITY WITH PRIVATE SECTOR TO CREATE VIRTUAL DICTATORSHIP

TRUTHER NOVEMBER 9, 2012
While all eyes were on Hurricane Sandy in the days leading up to the storm’s breach on the mainland of the Northeast, the White Housewas busy devising new ways to enslave Americans under the guise of protecting national security. On October 26, 2012, Barack Obama quietly signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the so-called Homeland Security Partnership Council, a public-private partnership that basically merges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with local governments and the private sector for the implied purpose of giving the Executive Branch complete and limitless control over the American people.
One of the most effective ways by which the federal government has been able to spread its tendrils into every level of state, regional, and local governments in years past has been to continually convince the people that terrorism lurks around every corner, and that the federal government is needed to provide safety. This, of course, is how blatantly unconstitutional provisions like the Patriot Act and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) were able to get passed with relative ease — without these draconian expansions of federal control over American affairs, the terrorists will win, we were all told.
White House forming nationwidesecret police to monitor lives of Americans
This is precisely the angle being taken with the new EO, except it goes even further in conflating federal power structures with local governments and the private sector. Based on the eery language contained in the EO, the federal government appears ready to begin rapidly expanding its command and control operations at the local level by establishing a vast network of homeland security  ”partnerships” throughout the country, which will be tasked with reporting back to the central command center and feeding “intelligence” information as requested by federal officials.
“We must tap the ingenuity outside government through strategic partnerships with the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and community-based organizations,” says the EO. It goes on to add that the merger between the federal government and the private sector is necessary to facilitate the government’s desire to better “address homeland security priorities,” which includes things like “responding to natural disasters … (and) preventing terrorism by utilizing diverse perspectives, skills, tools, and resources.”
An official Steering Committee will be established with representatives from virtually every single three and four-letter federal agency, and this committee will be guided by a separate council on how to bestincorporate the federal government and DHS into every nook and cranny of American society. Once established, this council will maintain control over presumably all aspects of society by overseeing a secret police force comprised of spies from schools, community groups, churches, and various other local institutions.
“We must institutionalize an all-of-Nation effort to address the evolving threats to the United States,” adds the ominous EO, which was flown under the radar of the mainstream media.
You can read the complete EO for yourself at: http://www.whitehouse.gov
                                   

NESARA- Restore America – Galactic News

2012-11-11 00:00:26

 

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Entry #183

Stolen Election? Evidence Is Mounting Everything Points To Stolen Votes

Stolen Election? Evidence Is Mounting Everything Points To Stolen Votes
Saturday, November 10, 2012 23:52
 

 

Written by: Dave in Fla Thursday, 08 November 2012 “Dave in Fla” runs the DiF Poll Analysis website Posted for TPATH November 10, 2012

We are being asked to believe that Romney got close to three million fewer votes in 2012 than John McCain got in 2008.

That’s not possible.
This election is a fraud.

I don’t know exactly how – rigging voting machines, hacking tabulation software, whatever. What I do know is that it is totally beyond inevitability and into the realm of ridiculously absurd that Romney actually got any fewer votes than McCain in 2008, much less millions fewer.

I hate going down a conspiracy road, but yes I believe the election was stolen, and the implications of that are very bad. First of all, Obama received 10 million less votes than he did in 2008. The part that is unbelievable is that Romney received 3 million less votes than McCain. At the end of the day, Obama won in the 4 critical swing states by 500,000 votes. But it is worse than that. We can look at who voted.

By examining the number of Independents and their preference shift among actual voters, we know that 5 million Independents changed their votes from Obama to Romney. So Romney started the day 2.5 million votes ahead of where McCain was in 2008.

 

This means that 5.5 million Republican voters are not accounted for.

They didn’t show up at the polls, or their votes were not counted. We know now that no subgroup of the coalition decided to sit out. So the current attempts to blame the Social Conservatives are stupid. All of our groups showed up to vote at the rates they did in 2008. For this to be true, over 10% of Republicans needed to decide not to vote this year, who did vote in 2008.

 

Does that make any sense?

In fact, it is even worse, we know for a fact that heavy GOP counties were swamped all day. We watched all day as, e.g., Pasco County Florida was showing huge increases in GOP voters over the 2008 numbers. In Virginia, with 69% of the precincts in, Romney held a 6% lead. Yet once a small number of counties reported, that lead disappeared. If the vote drop off occurred, it occurred in a very small number of counties. It was not visible nationwide. I contend that you can not get a 10% drop off in GOP turnout without it being noticeable during the GOTV effort, measures of enthusiasm in polling, or visibly lower turnout in GOP leaning precincts.

For anyone who doesn’t want to think that the Obama campaign would engage in such blatant election fraud, contemplate this.

These are the same people who ran Fast and Furious without regard for the cost in human lives, turned off their credit card verification system to allow fraudulent donations, and allowed four Americans in Libya to die because it was politically inconvenient.

Do you really think that massive election fraud is something they wouldn’t do? If this is true, then we have some hard things to consider.

First of all, we are now needlessly fracturing our coalition pointing fingers at people for not voting.

Second, we are making an assumption about the make up of the American public that is not true.

We are going to modify our party and message to appeal to a group of individuals who do not represent the majority of the population.

Most difficult to believe is that we are living in Venezuela where our elections are merely for show, and the people in charge of the Governments decide who will win elections. We become wards of the State, which is the aim of those who stole this election.

So how can this be proved? I am going to start by looking at a few key counties in Florida. What I want to see is the voter registration numbers by party, and then compare them to the actual votes received. Theoretically, if this were to be done for all counties in Florida, we could see where the fraud occurred. Comparing the votes Romney received to the strike lists would show that in specific counties Romney received something like 50% of the Republican vote (picking a number out of the air) while we know that nationwide he received 95% of the Republican vote. To really get to the answer, we would need to get the registration books, which might be possible through Freedom of Information act. Those show who actually voted, by name, and their party. The media will not pursue this. This will take citizen journalists working in every state.

This letter was sent to TPATH yesterday.  It has all the points most of us have been thinking.  Let’s hope Dave in Florida is successful with his several county analysis.

November 10, 2012 TPATH 

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Entry #182

The Petition To Impeach Barack Obama ( Urgent Forword ASAP )

The Petition To Impeach Barack Obama

November 3, 2012  By Sean Francisco

Impeach logo The Petition to Impeach Barack Obama

Americans are being systematically targeted and murdered by the Obama Administration on suspicions alone and without respect to Due Process of Law. There is no trial by jury and no appeal, just an execution that is carried out by agents of the US Government on orders of the President.

An “extrajudicial killing” is defined as the killing of a person by government authorities without any judicial proceedings or sanctioned legal process. It is by definition unlawful, as it bypasses the Due Process of Law in the jurisdiction in which it is carried out in.

When President Obama ordered the deaths of Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan for suspected terrorist activities, he conspired in the unlawful murder of American Citizens. These men, both Americans, were summarily executed along with others without any respect for the Law.

There is no question that Barack Obama conspired to commit the murders of Americans. Not only has he admitted his role in the deaths of these Americans, he has defended his participation in these unlawful acts against these Americans, deeming them a threat to the United States.

All Americans are at risk of “extrajudicial killing” if and when they are deemed a threat to the United States. Any citizen of this country may be put to death without Due Process of Law upon orders of Barack Obama.

To protect Americans from wanton murder at the hands of government agents , the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Congressman Lamar Smith, must propose a Resolution calling for the Judiciary Committee to begin a formal inquiry into the issue of impeaching Barack Obama for the crime of murder.

This is the only way for our elected officials to prove that no one is above the Rule of Law.

http://www.change.org/petitions/united-states-house-of-representatives-impeach-barack-obama

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Entry #181

Is this why CIA chief really resigned?

Is this why CIA chief really resigned?

Gun running to jihadists could dwarf 'Fast and Furious' scandal

Published: 3 hours ago

JERUSALEM – The speculation surrounding the sudden resignation of CIA Chief General David Petraeus is focusing in large part on his role in an alleged cover-up of the attacks against the U.S. mission in Benghazi this past September.

Perhaps overlooked is the CIA’s role in purportedly using the Benghazi mission to coordinate U.S. aid to Syrian opposition groups and information those same insurgents include jihadists openly acting under the al-Qaida umbrella.

One week before he was slated to testify before Congress on the Benghazi debacle, Petraeus on Friday night announced his resignation, citing an extramarital affair, and it was reported he will no longer testify.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., the House Homeland Security Committee chairman, charged in an interview with CNN that Petraeus is “at the center of this, and there are answers that only he has.” King was referring to the Benghazi attacks.

Asked if he will still call for Petraeus to testify despite his resignation, Rep. King replied, “Absolutely, to me, he’s an absolutely necessary witness.”

Patraeus resigned at a time when the U.S. intelligence community is facing criticism over both its response to the assault in Benghazi and whether it had early warnings of al-Qaida plans to attack the U.S. mission in that country.

The White House and multiple State Department officials had immediately blamed a crude film about the Islamic figure Mohammad for what they claimed were popular protests that preceded the attacks on the U.S. mission.

According to new, vivid accounts provided by the State Department and intelligence officials, no such popular demonstration took place the night of the attack. Instead, video footage from Benghazi reportedly shows an organized group of armed men attacking the compound, the officials said.

That Benghazi compound is repeatedly referred by the news media to as a “consulate.”

However, as WND reported, the building was not a consulate and at no point functioned as one, according to informed Middle East security officials.

Instead, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi served as a meeting place to coordinate aid for the rebel-led insurgencies in the Middle East, the security officials said.

Among the tasks performed inside the building was collaborating with Arab countries on the recruitment of fighters – including jihadists – to target Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.

The distinction may help explain why there was no major public security presence at what has been described as a “consulate.” Such a presence would draw attention to the shabby, nondescript building that was allegedly used for such sensitive purposes.

U.S. officials have since been more careful in their rhetoric, while not contradicting the media narrative that a consulate was attacked.

In his remarks on the attack, Obama has referred to the Benghazi post as a “U.S. mission.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has similarly called the post a “mission.”

A “consulate” typically refers to the building that officially houses a consul, who is the official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another. The U.S. consul in Libya, Jenny Cordell, works out of the embassy in Tripoli.

Consulates at times function as junior embassies, providing services related to visas, passports and citizen information.

On Aug. 26, about two weeks before he was killed, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens attended a ceremony marking the opening of consular services at the Tripoli embassy.

“I’m happy to announce that starting on Monday, Aug. 27, we are ready to offer a full range of consular services to Libyans,” stated Stevens at the ceremony in Tripoli. “This means non-immigrant visas, as well as assistance to Americans residing in, or visiting, Libya.”

The main role of a consulate is to foster trade with the host and care for its own citizens who are traveling or living in the host nation.

Diplomatic missions, on the other hand, maintain a more generalized role. A diplomatic mission is simply a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization present in another state to represent matters of the sending state or organization in the receiving state.

The State Department website lists no consulate in Benghazi.

Last month, the State Department gave a vivid account of Stevens’ final day during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting. It was disclosed that about an hour before the attack began, Stevens concluded his final meeting of the day with a Turkish diplomat. Turkey has been leading the insurgency against Assad’s regime.

In September, WND broke the story that Stevens played a central role in recruiting jihadists to fight Assad’s regime in Syria, according to Egyptian security officials.

Stevens served as a key contact with the Saudis to coordinate the recruitment by Saudi Arabia of Islamic fighters from North Africa and Libya. The jihadists were sent to Syria via Turkey to attack Assad’s forces, said the security officials.

The officials said Stevens also worked with the Saudis to send names of potential jihadi recruits to U.S. security organizations for review. Names found to be directly involved in previous attacks against the U.S., including in Iraq and Afghanistan, were ultimately not recruited by the Saudis to fight in Syria, said the officials.

Stevens and three other American diplomats were killed on Sept. 11 in an attack blamed on Islamists.

One witness to the mob scene in Libya said some of the gunmen attacking the U.S. installation had identified themselves as members of Ansar al-Shariah, which represents al-Qaida in Yemen and Libya.

The al-Qaida offshoot released a statement denying its members were behind the deadly attack, but a man identified as a leader of the Ansar brigade told Al Jazeera the group indeed took part in the Benghazi attack.

Al-Qaida among U.S.-supported rebels

As KleinOnline reported, questions remain about the nature of U.S. support for the revolutions in Egypt and Libya, including reports the U.S.-aided rebels that toppled Muammar Gadhafi’s regime in Libya consisted of al-Qaida and jihad groups. The U.S. provided direct assistance, including weapons and finances, to the Libyan rebels.

Similarly, the Obama administration is currently aiding the rebels fighting Assad’s regime in Syria amid widespread reports that al-Qaida jihadists are included in the ranks of the Free Syrian Army. Earlier this month, Obama announced $50 million more in aid to the Syrian rebels.

During the revolution against Gadhafi’s regime, the U.S. admitted to directly arming the rebel groups.

At the time, rebel leader Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi admitted in an interview that a significant number of the Libyan rebels were al-Qaida fighters, many of whom had fought U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He insisted his fighters “are patriots and good Muslims, not terrorists,” but he added that the “members of al-Qaida are also good Muslims and are fighting against the invader.”

Adm. James Stavridis, NATO supreme commander for Europe, admitted Libya’s rebel force may include al-Qaida: “We have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al-Qaida, Hezbollah.”

Former CIA officer Bruce Riedel went even further, telling the Hindustan Times: “There is no question that al-Qaida’s Libyan franchise, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, is a part of the opposition. It has always been Gadhafi’s biggest enemy, and its stronghold is Benghazi. What is unclear is how much of the opposition is al-Qaida/Libyan Islamic Fighting Group – 2 percent or 80 percent.”

In Syria, meanwhile, the U.S. may be currently supporting al-Qaida and other jihadists fighting with the rebels targeting Assad’s regime.

In August, KleinOnline quoted a senior Syrian source claiming at least 500 hardcore mujahedeen from Afghanistan, many of whom were spearheading efforts to fight the U.S. there, were killed in clashes with Syrian forces last month.

Also last month, KleinOnline reported Jihadiya Salafia in the Gaza Strip, a group that represents al-Qaida in the coastal territory, had declared three days of mourning for its own jihadists who died in Syria in recent weeks.

There have been widespread reports of al-Qaida among the Syrian rebels, including in reports by Reuters and the New York Times.

KleinOnline reported in May there was growing collaboration between the Syrian opposition and al-Qaida as well as evidence the opposition is sending weapons to jihadists in Iraq, according to an Egyptian security official.

The military official told KleinOnline that Egypt has reports of collaboration between the Syrian opposition and three al-Qaida arms, including one the operates in Libya:

Jund al-Sham, which is made up of al-Qaida militants who are Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese;

Jund al-Islam, which in recent years merged with Ansar al-Islam, an extremist group of Sunni Iraqis operating under the al-Qaida banner and operating in Yemen and Libya;

Jund Ansar al-Allah, an al-Qaida group based in Gaza linked to Palestinian camps in Lebanon and Syria.

U.S. officials have stated the White House is providing nonlethal aid to the Syrian rebels, while widespread reports have claimed the U.S. has been working with Arab countries to ensure the opposition in Syria is well armed.

Entry #180

How Many Businesses Have Announced Closings or Layoffs Since Obama Won A Second Term?

Business

How Many Businesses Have Announced Closings or Layoffs Since Obama Won A Second Term?

  • Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:29pm by Mike OpelkaMike Op

Editor’s note: We’ll be discussing this story and all the day’s political news on our live BlazeCast at 1:30pm ET:

 

Do elections have consequences? If you have been paying attention to the financial markets, you might think so. Wall Street has had two horrible days since President Obama won a second term.

However, stock prices are not the only thing taking a hit. It appears that the job market is also suffering. In the last 48 hours, the following major corporations have announced layoffs in America (links take you to news stories about the layoffs – with details from the companies):

Energizer -

The St. Louis-based company said Thursday that it expects to shed about 1,500 employees. When finished, the restructuring should lead to $200 million in pretax yearly savings, Energizer said. It aims to have most of its restructuring steps finished by the end of September 2014.

 

Exide Technologies -

Exide Technologies announced Thursday that it will be idling its lead-recycling operations in Laureldale and laying off 150 workers, effective no later than March 31.

 

Westinghouse -

Westinghouse Anniston, the contractor responsible for shutting down Anniston’s chemical weapons incinerator, has reduced its workforce by another 50 employees.

 

Research in Motion Limited -

Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, laid off about 200 people at its U.S. headquarters in Irving on Wednesday, according to a source close to the company who did not want to be named.



 

 

Lightyear Network Solutions -

More than one dozen employees at a Pikeville company lost their jobs this week. Officials with Lightyear Network Solutions said they are consolidating offices in Louisville and Pikeville to save money.

 

Providence Journal -

The Providence Journal Co. laid off 23 full-time workers Wednesday as part of a cost-cutting effort, including 16 members of the Providence Newspaper Guild and 7 non-union employees.

 

Hawker Beechcraft -

The company says 240 employees will lose their jobs with the closing of Hawker Beechcraft Services facilities in Little Rock, Ark.; Mesa, Ariz.; and San Antonio, Texas.

 

Boeing (30% of their management staff) -

Boeing Co. said Wednesday it plans to employ 30% fewer executives at its Boeing Defense, Space & Security unit by the end of 2012 compared to 2010 levels.

 

CVPH Medical Center -

CVPH Medical Center has handed pink slips to 17 employees. The layoffs — nine in management and eight hourly staffers — are part of an effort to “help bolster the hospital’s financial position in 2013 and beyond,” a press release said.

 

US Cellular -

The move will result in 980 job cuts at U.S. Cellular, with 640 in the Chicago area, according to a spokeswoman. The cuts are slightly under 12 percent of the approximately 8,400 total employees U.S. Cellular had at the end of the third quarter.

 

Momentive Performance Materials -

About 150 workers at Sistersville’s Momentive Performance Materials plant will be temporarily laid off later this month, officials said this week.

 

Rocketdyne -

About 100 employees at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, most of whom work in the San Fernando Valley, were laid off Wednesday in response to dwindling government spending on space exploration, the company said. The layoffs were effective immediately, and 75 percent of them came at the facilities on Canoga and De Soto avenues, which employ about 1,100 people. The company has six sites across the Valley.

 

Brake Parts -

The leader of an automotive parts plant in Lincoln County has told state officials that there are plans to lay off 75 workers starting in late December…The layoffs are expected to start Dec. 28 and continue in the first quarter of 2013

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS) is seeking to sell a stake of as much as 20 percent and said it’s reducing headcount by 3,000 to raise the staff cuts by the biggest wind turbine maker to almost a third over two years.

 

Husqvarna -

Husqvarna AB (HUSQB), the world’s biggest maker of powered garden tools, plans to cut about 600 jobs in a move that will save 220 million kronor ($33 million) a year by 2014.

 

Center for Hospice New York -

The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care plans to temporarily lay off as many as 40 employees next year as it embarks on a major renovation of the inpatient unit at its Cheektowaga campus.

 

Bristol-Meyers -

Bristol-Myers Squibb is following up its lackluster third-quarter results with almost 480 layoffs. As Pharmalot reports, the company notified the New Jersey government that it would scale back in Plainsboro, which means the cuts will hit its sales operations.

 

OCE North America -

Trumbull printer- and scanning-equipment provider Oce North America, Inc. will lay off 135 workers in three Connecticut communities, including East Hartford, according to its notice with the state Labor Department.

 

Darden Restaurants -

The company, which was among those who had received an Obamacare waiver in the past, is looking to limit workers to 28 hours per week. A full time employee that is required to have health insurance (lest the employer pay a fine) works 30 hours per week, as defined by the Obamacare law.

 

West Ridge Mine -

In its statement, UtahAmerican Energy blames the Obama administration for instituting policies that will close down “204 American coal-fired power plants by 2014″ and for drastically reducing the market for coal.

 

United Blood Services Gulf -

United Blood Services Gulf South region, the non-profit blood service provider for much of south Louisiana and Mississippi, will lay off approximately 10 percent of its workforce. It was a hard decision to make according to Susan Begnaud, Regional Center Director for the Gulf South region.

A layoff is tough enough for employees to deal with, imagine hearing the crushing news that your office is shutting down just before Thanksgiving and Christmas…  Here are some of the business closings that were announced in just the past two days:

To see even more companies that announced layoffs since the election, visit the Daily Job Cuts page.

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Entry #179

Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late, Would Have Swung Election For Romney

Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late, Would Have Swung Election For Romney
Thursday, November 8, 2012 9:29
 

 


From: billy Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 7:40 AM To: John Rolls Subject: Fw: Military Absentee Ballots Delivered Late, Would Have Swung Election For Romney

Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late, Would Have Swung Election For Romney

by drew on November 7, 2012 · 50 comments

 

Military Absentee Ballots

WASHINGTON, DC – Sources confirmed today that hundreds of thousands of military absentee ballots were delivered hours after the deadline for them to be counted, with preliminary counts showing that they would have overturned the vote in several states and brought a victory for Governor Mitt Romney.

Officials say the ballots were delivered late due to problems within the military mail system. Tracking invoices show the ballots sat in a warehouse for a month, then they were accidentally labeled as ammunition and shipped to Afghanistan. At Camp Dwyer, Marine Sergeant John Davis signed for them and was surprised at the contents.

“I told Gunny we got a bunch of ballots instead of ammo,” Davis told investigators earlier today. “He told me to file a report of improper delivery and that the chain of command would take care of it. We didn’t hear anything for three weeks. While we were waiting we came under fire so we dumped a bunch of them in the Hescoes. We didn’t dig those ones back out.”

continue The DuffelBlog.com:

 

 

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Entry #178

Obama Is Formally And Criminally Charged With Treason, By The U.S. Military, Again!

Obama Is Formally And Criminally Charged With Treason, By The U.S. Military, Again!
Thursday, November 8, 2012 17:41

JAG HUNTER here:

“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps, the end of the beginning.”.

-Sir Winston Churchill  speaking  on 9 November 1942

The latest formal criminal complaint naming OBAMA in TREASON was filed this morning at 1131 hours local (11: 31 a.m. EST).

The TREASON complaint is copied below for your convenience.

Now, as is assiduously, urgently importuned since 17 March 2009 it is going to take a very large number of people, acting in groups and in a coordinated way, to advance this formal criminal complaint naming OBAMA in TREASON so as to take effect. Individuals must file individual complaints in the same way this complaint was administered. Then the individual complaints must be collected up and submitted in mass everywhere possible across the United States. OBAMA can and must be removed from his residence in the White House as a common thug, punk street wise criminal. I’m not talking impeachment, I’m talkin’ ’bout OBAMA being taken down as any other accused felon. It can be accomplished if enough people get behind the effort in a way that soars over any gathering or group action before. FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE! DO IT NOW!

HERE ENDTH THE LESSON!

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Thursday, 8 November 2012 – 70th Anniversary OPERATION TORCH – World War II Northwest Africa – Casablanca

From: Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III United States Navy Retired

To:

  • Robert Swan Mueller, III, Director – Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C. (ORIGINAL)
  • The Foreman of the two sitting Federal Grand Juries sitting in Knoxville, Tennessee via William C. Killian, U.S. Attorney for Tennessee’s Easter District

SUBJECT: FORMAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS NAMING BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN COMMISSION

                       OF TREASON

1. OBAMA represents a clear and present danger to U.S. national security, to the U.S. Constitution and to our Republican form of government. OBAMA IS A FOREIGN BORN DOMESTIC ENEMY! OBAMA is working assiduously to destroy America! No document record exists showing Barack Hussein OBAMA to be a United States citizen.

2. OBAMA paid money and aided and abetted Al-Qaeda members and groups that attacked Americans on U.S. territory in Benghazi, Libya on 11 and 12 September 2012. Al-Qaeda is the jihadist terrorist organization that attacked the United States on 11 September 2001.

3. Pro-jihadist and Islamist OBAMA personally denied frantic cries for help from Americans in mortal danger throughout a 7-hour attack by approximately 150 heavily armed known jihadists. OBAMA watched four Americans die in real time. OBAMA is allowing our enemies to slaughter our servicemen piecemeal at the same time ordering our troops to disarm.

4. OBAMA lies to the American people about his TREASON with every opportunity. OBAMA is lying to the American people about the 11-12 September attack in Benghazi, Libya in a cover story intended to protect OBAMA from facing a criminal prosecution and conviction.

5. OBAMA is personally responsible for OBAMA  the 6 August 2011 shoot-down of an Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan. 17 Navy SEALS died. All 5 men of the Chinook crew died. 3 Air Force special tactics airmen died. 5 men of a Navy support force died. OBAMA and his gang of outlaws lie to the America people about that.

6. In commission of TREASON In commission OBAMA is engaged in purchasing and supplying guns, heavy weapons, high-powered munitions and explosives to foreign aggressors—AMERICA’S ENEMIES—around the globe. OBAMA has and continues to ship weapons from Libya to Syria through Turkey. Some weapons may be being directly shipped to Syria. Christopher Stevens was OBAMA’s point man of this operation when Stevens was murdered in Benghazi during the attack of 11-12 September 2012. In this TREASON OBAMA is arming America’s enemies: Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood connected Syrian rebels.

7. As an Act of TREASON OBAMA provides safe-haven and sanctuary to those bent on the destruction of the United States, its people, and its form of government. OBAMA encourages, facilitates and arms our enemies to carry out a WAR on the United States from enemy bases set up in the homeland and around the globe. OBAMA aids and abets these known enemy forces to establish and strike from strongholds OBAMA allows established on American soil.

8. OBAMA refuses to pledge his allegiance to the United States.OBAMA conspires with leaders of countries, groups and organizations bent upon the destruction of America. By so doing OBAMA engages in TREASON against the United States in every aspect of TREASON.

9. As an Act of TREASON OBAMA  broke into and occupies the White House by force of contrivance, concealment, conceit, dissembling and deceit. OBAMA is an undocumented illegal alien and spy. Posing as an imposter president and commander-in-chief OBAMA strips civilian command and control over the military establishment. Known military criminal actors—command racketeers such as Martin Dempsey—are free in the exercise of an extra-military government intent upon the destruction of our Republican, constitutional form of governance. There are dozens of senior military commanders no more obedient to the United States Constitution than is OBAMA.

10. OBAMA  is joined in his TREASON by a raft of civilian criminal assistants too numerous to name in this submission. I leave it to the Grand Jury, in the conduct of an independent, autonomous, and unfettered investigation, to assign specificity and particularity to the list of OBAMA’S co-conspiring outlaws.

11. OBAMA is  a FOREIGN BORN DOMESTIC ENEMY, an infiltrator, a traitor and a spy. OBAMA installed and operates a government that rivals and competes with our U.S. Constitution. OBAMA operates government not found in our United States Constitution. If not arrested OBAMA will continue to commit TREASON. OBAMA is emboldened now and more dangerous to this country’s survival as a constitutional Republic than any other threat the United States faces in the world.

12.  We come now to this reckoning: I accuse Barack Hussein OBAMA of TREASON. I accuse OBAMA’S military-political criminal   assistants of TREASON. Their criminal mischief is recognized as TREASON in pure form. I expose and identify OBAMA and his criminal associates as TRAITORS (Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Leon Panetta, Susan Rice, David Petraeus and Martin Dempsey but a few).

13.  It needs be said out loud and relentlessly: OBAMA is aiding and abetting America’s enemies. OBAMA is lying to the American people in every regard going to OBAMA’S TREASONOUNS escapades. OBAMA IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

14. This submission renews and extends all previous filings naming OBAMA in commission of TREASON dating from 17 March 2009. The list of ACTS of OBAMA’S TREASON found in this formal criminal complaint is not exhaustive. Far from it.

15.  My sworn duty is to stand against everything OBAMA stands for. The  FOREIGN BORN DOMESTIC ENEMY OBAMA IS NOT MY PRESIDENT! HE IS NOT MY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF!

     “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

Obedient to my oath to the United States Constitution in submission of this criminal complaint for TREASON I remain stead fast and,

BORN FIGHTING,

/s/

Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III

United States Navy Retired

 

Distribution wide

Sworn and issued before me

/s/

Ashlei D. Lawson this 8th day of November 2012

at 1003 hours local (10: o3 a.m. EST)

My commission expires: 23 April 2013

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Entry #177

Obama Administration Partners With the UN to Attack the Second Amendment

Obama Administration Partners With the UN to Attack the Second Amendment

Katie Pavlich                Katie Pavlich                     News Editor, Townhall               

            Nov 08,  2012 05:00 PM EST

 

Not shockingly, immediately after President Obama was reelected for a second term, his administration reinforced its support for the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty [ATT], also known as the "Small Arms Treaty." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been expressing full support of the treaty on behalf of the United States for years now while for political reasons, President Obama sat back. Now, the entire administration will be out front in support of ratifying it.

Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee's call on Wednesday to renew debate over a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade.
U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July largely because Obama feared attacks from Republican rival Mitt Romney if his administration was seen as supporting the pact, a charge Washington denies.
The month-long talks at U.N. headquarters broke off after the United States - along with Russia and other major arms producers - said it had problems with the draft treaty and asked for more time.
But the U.N. General Assembly's disarmament committee moved quickly after Obama's win to approve a resolution calling for a new round of talks March 18-28. It passed with 157 votes in favor, none against and 18 abstentions.
U.N. diplomats said the vote had been expected before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election but was delayed due to Superstorm Sandy, which caused a three-day closure of the United Nations last week.
An official at the U.S. mission said Washington's objectives have not changed.
"We seek a treaty that contributes to international security by fighting illicit arms trafficking and proliferation, protects the sovereign right of states to conduct legitimate arms trade, and meets the concerns that we have been articulating throughout," the official said.

So what is the ATT? And is the argument from the U.N. that it won't suppress Second Amendment rights an honest one?

The general stated goal of the ATT is to prevent terrorists from getting their hands on guns and military equipment (no, really). I wrote about this in my book:

The alleged purpose of the treaty is to prevent crime, terrorism and even war by regulating the sale of guns, but it is a rarely noted irony that some of the biggest supporters of the treaty are also the world's most brazen supporters of terrorism, such as Iran, Syria and Cuba. Its proposed regulations extend to the level of firearms accessories, including scopes and magazines. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her support for the treaty in October 2009, saying, "The United States is prepared to work hard for a strong international standard in this area by seizing the opportunity presented by the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations.... The United States is committed to actively pursuing a strong and robust treaty that contains the highest possible, legally binding standards for the international transfer of conventional weapons. We look forward to this negotiation."

The final draft of the treaty is scheduled to be completed by summer 2012. The State Department, Department of Justice, and ATF have taken a leadership role in pushing the treaty. The Bush administration refused to participate ion the negotiations, but the Obama administration has been a willing participant in drafting the treaty, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the helm. Obama has said he would like to see the treaty ratified as a way of demonstrating American's respect for "international norms."

Because the UN's definition of "criminal activity" in the treaty is so broad, American gun owners could find themselves prosecuted if UN officials deemed owning some firearms a crime. If the treaty were to be effective, it would imply the necessity for strict regulation of individual firearms ownership. Mexico wants the treaty to regulate hunting rifles, because it claims hunting rifles are used by drug cartels. But of course any weapon that can be used for sport of self-defense could also be used in ways that the treaty might regulate.

The treaty calls for international reporting measures that would require countries to trace and keep track of weapons sold and transferred. Not only would this consume a massive amount of government resources, it would also be intrusive. Many Second Amendment advocates regard the creation of a nationwide database of lawful gun owners and a catalog of every firearm they own as an ominous expansion of government power. The most vocal supporters of the treaty in the United States are gun control organizations such as the Brady Campaign and the Joyce Foundation (the anti-gun organization that once counted Obama as a member).

Barack Obama is no doubt the most anti-gun president in the history of the United States and his pandering to the corrupt UN should be alarming to anyone who wants to keep their Second Amendment freedoms.

Entry #176

Obama decision puts America on trajectory toward financial mega-disa

Obama decision puts America on trajectory toward financial mega-disaster

 

Mike Adams Natural News Nov 8, 2012

The re-election of Obama was more than the mere selection of one man over another; it was an endorsement of a set of economic policies that are now launching America into a trajectory that can only end in economic disaster.

With the election now etched in the history books, America has endorsed an endless government spending spree that can no longer be held in check. There is only one outcome now for the United States of America: A grand finale blowout of money creation, hyperinflation, collapse and tyranny.

This point is not a debate; it is mathematical fact. Just as 2 + 2 = 4, the economic policies pursued by President Obama and the Federal Reserve can only equal the utter financial demise of the U.S. dollar. This is explained in more detail, below.

Fortunately, the number of U.S. dollars in circulation around the world serves as a kind of “heat sink” that slows the arrival of the final blowout collapse. So this process may take years to unfold, but Obama seems to determined to accelerate its arrival for reasons that may become clear as you continue to read this article.

The curse of compounding debt

Presently, Obama is spending over $1 trillion a year more than the U.S. government confiscates in so-called “revenue” (taxes, essentially). Because the global demand to purchase this much debt is insufficient to cover the full amount, the private Federal Reserve has stepped in and promised to purchase the U.S. debt by issuing more fiat currency that the U.S. Treasury will owe back to the Fed. This is now being called “QE unlimited.” It means unlimited money creation.

Mathematically, this is called “the curse of compounding debt.” It means you’re paying interest on the money you borrowed to pay the interest on the money you already owe. As this debt compounds, it multiplies itself over and over again, quickly escalating to the point where it ends catastrophical

During this process, which can take several years to ramp up, the debt blowout is not immediately obvious. In the early years, prices keep rising but not necessarily rapidly enough to cause immediate panic. Sure, the bread you buy this year costs 40% more than the bread you bought last year, but nobody is carting around wheelbarrows of cash… not yet, anyway.

As the currency devaluation and price inflation reach their stride, more frequent price increases start to concern citizens who suddenly discover their paychecks are rapidly becoming worthless. This inevitably leads to protests in the streets, and in an Obama administration — staffed by economic juveniles who are astonishingly ignorant of market principles — this will quickly lead to dreaded PRICE CONTROLS.

Why price controls cause immediate supply shortages and starvation

Once the price controls are announced, it’s time to hunker down, lock and load, and start protecting your stored food. Why? Because price controls always lead to immediate shortages.

A price control is an artificial government restriction on the free market trading of goods or services. It’s economics 101: When prices are kept artificially low, demand is made artificially high while supply can’t keep up. The result? Empty food shelves.

The empty food shelves will, in turn, lead to riots in the streets. Why? Because people are starving, angry and panicked. Imagine the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy multiplied by a thousand, happening everywhere from coast to coast. That’s a small hint of what’s coming for Obama’s America.

Riots in the streets lead to Martial Law

Once the riots in the streets reach a crescendo, the President will have little choice but to declare Martial Law and use the opportunity to deploy troops on the streets. From there, the nation already has one foot in the door of runaway police state tyranny.

This is the point where, historically, nations have engaged in the mass rounding up of political enemies or “undesirable” demographics: The Jews, the rebels, even the academics as we saw in the Communist-led Cultural Revolution in China.

There, the communists (i.e. the 1960′s equivalent of today’s Obama followers) rounded up over 7 million human beings, targeting farmers, academics and anyone who could think for themselves, and then slaughtered them in cold blood.

I know this from first-hand accounts, by the way. Remember: I speak Mandarin Chinese, and I lived in Asia for two years. I have personally spoken to survivors of the Chinese holocaust — people who escaped and fled to Taiwan.

As explained on MassViolence.org:

The widespread phenomenon of mass killings in the Cultural Revolution consisted of five types: 1) mass terror or mass dictatorship encouraged by the government – victims were humiliated and then killed by mobs or forced to commit suicide on streets or other public places; 2) direct killing of unarmed civilians by armed forces; 3) pogroms against traditional “class enemies” by government-led perpetrators such as local security officers, militias and mass; 4) killings as part of political witch-hunts (a huge number of suspects of alleged conspiratorial groups were tortured to death during investigations); and 5) summary execution of captives, that is, disarmed prisoners from factional armed conflicts. The most frequent forms of massacres were the first four types, which were all state-sponsored killings. The degree of brutality in the mass killings of the Cultural Revolution was very high. Usually, the victims perished only after first being humiliated, struggled and then imprisoned for a long period of time.

This is where America is headed, folks. The TSA fulfills the “mass terror / dictatorship” role once it is deployed on the streets of America. Meanwhile, Obama’s supporters are already engaged in threats of violence against all political opponents, and inciters of violence like Michael Moore have promoted videos encouraging destruction and violence while saying things like, “We’ll burn this mother f*%#er down,” followed by “Yes we can” in Spanish. (Si, se puede.)

In this kind of behavior, we are watching the rise of a new gang of violent-minded Obammunists who can’t wait to engage in the mass murder of conservative Americans: Farmers, veterans and especially gun owners. The desire is to have them all rounded up, tortured, and then either murdered or sent to re-education camps. This is where it’s all headed now.

The ten steps to tyranny under Obammunism

Getting from today’s America to an oppressive, tyrannical “Obammunism” police state is faster and easier than you think. Here’s how it might unfold, in review:

1) Runaway government spending forces nation into debt spiral. 2) Fed prints new currency and buys debt, compounding existing debt. 3) Debt explodes, causing runaway price inflation. 4) Rising prices lead to citizen protests. 5) Government initiates price controls to try to halt protests. 6) Shelves are emptied of food as people starve. 7) Mass riots begin. 8) Government initiates Martial Law. 9) Troops are rolled out onto the streets. 10) Under the cover of Martial Law, the mass rounding up of political opponents begins, complete with torture, public humiliation, murder and re-education camps.

Obama supporters are almost universally ignorant of history

This is not mere conjecture, this is HISTORY, and history is doomed to repeat itself, especially among those who are ignorant of it.

And nobody is more ignorant of history today than Obama supporters who seem to have no clue that they are members of a personality cult that has swept them into a dangerous fervor where anything is excusable: Threats of violence, rioting, murder and worse.

America is just a few steps away from all this not just happening, but actually being socially acceptable! “We rounded up some rebel preppers today,” will be the announcement on the evening news. “And sent them to rehabilitation camps.” (The newsroom cheers…)

Mass murder in the name of Obama

Many times in humanity’s past, this very thing has been accepted as perfectly legitimate by intelligent populations. German citizens, for example, saw this happening right under their noses and believed it was acceptable behavior by a government. The same is true for the Chinese under Mao Zedong and the citizens of Cambodia under Pol Pot.

What makes you think today’s zombified voters — people are have already been brainwashed to give up their constitutional rights in response to an utterly fabricated “war on terror” — will be any smarter in their response to a planned financial collapse?

The inescapable truth of the matter is that Obama’s followers will commit mass murder in his name — gleefully, willfully and with a sense of pride and even patriotism. There is no wrong that can be committed in Obama’s name, his cult followers believe. And the fact that those people are now leaning towards violence in their political rhetoric is a red flag warning of dire things yet to come.

People like Michael Moore are racial instigators of violence and hate. And yet, astonishingly, his video remains perfectly acceptable to YouTube, the same video site that bans anything critical of the TSA (as I personally found out last year with the release of my “TSA Help Wanted” video).

Those who preach hate and violence must be stopped

The endless racism attacks on conservatives by Obama supporters are reprehensible and even dangerous. They risk inciting a backlash from conservatives who, frankly, are far better armed than the Obama crowd.

When Bill Maher recently warned Romney supporters that “Black people know who you are and they will come after you,” he made that statement in total ignorance of the sheer number of AR-15s awaiting whatever hapless gang bangers would even attempt such a suicide mission.

Really? You want to hunt down some whiteys and have a go at some race-based crime? While some feminine-leaning “metrosexual” men may be easily found in cities, once you venture out into rural America, you’re facing a different beast altogether: Country boys can unleash a 7.62 x 51mm round through your skull at 600 yards, and if pushed into a corner, they have no moral reservation against killing someone who threatens their family or community.

Don’t mess with conservative America, folks. All that talk of hatred and violence is only being tolerated right now because country boys don’t want to waste the ammo on you yet. Keep up that talk, Michael Moore and Bill Maher, and sooner or later somebody who has run out of patience is likely to teach you what “reach out and touch someone” really means in U.S. Marine Scout Sniper school.

I don’t condone any of that, of course. My advice is for Obama cultists to tone down the violent rhetoric before they set off something they wish they hadn’t. Violence is never the best way to resolve political differences, although throughout world history it has certainly been the most common way.

The bottom line in all this is that once the debt collapse begins, it’s the preppers who have the firepower, the skills, the food, the water and the farmland. It’s the veterans, the farmers and the local sheriffs who have the know-how to get through tough times. While Obamabot voters have put America on a collision with economic collapse, they remain clueless of the reality that they are bringing about their own destruction in the process.

After all, who would you rather be hanging with when the collapse comes: Michael Moore, or James Wesley Rawles?

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Entry #175

U.S. Continues Descent Toward Third World Status; Loses Top 10 Position Among Most Prosperous Countr

U.S. Continues Descent Toward Third World Status; Loses Top 10 Position Among Most Prosperous Countries
Thursday, November 8, 2012 5:32
 

 

As much of the zombie-like public is still focused on which two of the political hack parties are going to offer a better direction for the future, the only direction that the U.S. is currently (and consistently) headed is directly into the Third World.

The United States is exhibiting every sign of becoming a Third World country, as evidenced by its failings in 10 key areas, and for the first time it has dropped from a top-ten position in the 2012 Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index, as covered in the video below. Perhaps most significantly, itsEconomy fell to 20th — Malaysia and Thailand are 15th and 18th respectively. Equally as troubling isSafety & Security which came in at 27th. Personal Freedom at 14th was on par with Uruguay and Costa Rica; and only 16 places above Botswana. (Ranking Page)

For those with the means, skills, and a supportive structure of family and friends, now might be the time to seriously consider leaving America for brighter shores to escape America’s decline. Or at least consider offshore banking to preserve your assets.

The battle for freedom is global, and America has gone rogue, therefore one should not feel unpatriotic for fulfilling their desire for freedom elsewhere. For those who value entrepreneurship, innovation, self-sufficiency, basic human rights and limited government, all of the facts point to America being a very dangerous place indeed.

 

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Entry #174

Ohio Voting Machines Only Allow Vote for Obama

Ohio Voting Machines Only Allow Vote for Obama
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 12:18
 

 

Marion County Ohio lies about 50 miles north of Columbus, the state capital. The county was named after General Francis Marion of the Revolutionary War. Marion is more often remembered by his nickname Swamp Fox, because of his guerilla style warfare against the British in the swamps of South Carolina.

There are about 66,000 residents in this quiet little county in central Ohio, and like the rest of the state, a number of those residents have been trying to vote early in the presidential election. But when Marion County resident Joan Stevens tried to vote on Monday she ran into a problem that caused her some alarm.

When she touched the screen to vote for Mitt Romney, the machine lit up the name of Barack Obama. Joan tried a second time and again the machine lit up Barack Obama when she selected Mitt Romney. Knowing she did not want to cast her vote for Obama, she tried a third time and finally, the name Mitt Romney lit up.

After leaving the voting machine, Joan reported the malfunction to board of elections personnel; she was told that the voting machine had been acting up all day. Not satisfied with the response she received, Joan took her complaint to Sophia Rogers, the top county election official. Rogers claims that they had the voting machine checked out and found nothing wrong but had it recalibrated anyway.

Read more at GodFatherPolitics:

http://godfatherpolitics.com/7856/ohio-voting-machines-only-allow-vote-for-obama/#ixzz2BTIJkK8C

Entry #173

The Ultimate A-Z Guide To Obama's First Term

The Ultimate A-Z Guide To Obama’s First Term
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 13:13
 

 

 
9/11 now somehow even more painful
9/11 is now associated with two anti-American terrorist attacks. Despite warnings an attack was coming, he failed to act.
Earlier, tried turning 9/11 into some kind of national holiday for liberalism.
Automobile industry nationalized and weakened
In “saving” the auto industry, he handed ownership of the companies to his campaign contributors (the auto unions).
In doing so, rightful owners were forced out — many of which were public pensioners (teachers, firemen, etc.), who unsuccessfully sued.
When Ford capitalized on the bailout’s unpopularity in a TV ad, he forced the company to stop airing it. 
Benghazi
The consulate was under threat long before 9/11, yet he failed to bolster security.
Ambassador Christopher Stevens himself warned of gathering threats.
His vice president’s words of consolation to the father of former Navy SEAL slain in the attack: “Did your son always have balls the size of cue balls?”
During the attack, repeated requests for backup were denied.
When asked about requests for backup being denied, he refused to answer.
The White House likely used an aerial drone to watch the attack as it happened.
When meeting the father of one of the men who died fighting off the attack, he was cold, impersonal, and ungrateful.
When his secretary of State met a father of one of the slain SEALs, she vowed to prosecute an American filmmaker who played no role in the attack.
The CIA found terrorist links the following day, yet he continued blaming an unrelated YouTube video.
After claiming in the second presidential debate to have labeled the attack “terrorism” the following day, he admitted after the debate he avoided describing the attack that way.
Courts and other offices packed with radicals
David Hamilton, most infamous for his rulings against laws requiring sex offenders to register with the state, was nominated to the 7th Court of Appeals.
Louis Butler, whom Wisconsin voters twice voted off the bench after dismantling rules against frivolous lawsuits (amongst other things), was nominated to a federal district court.
Robert Chatigny, who infamously partially excused a rapist-murder of his crimes because of the perp’s penchant for “sexual sadism,” was nominated to the 2nd Court of Appeals.
His EPA administrator subscribes to redistributive economics called “environmental justice.”
His secretary of Transportation openly advocates using government to force people to stop driving cars. 
Hired the John Paulson — the billionaire most famous for selling subprime mortgage-backed securities — to help write “consumer protection” legislation.
Debt is now threatening America’s very existence
Despite running on promises to cut federal spending and slash the deficit in half by the end of his first term, federal spending
Immediately sent debt skyrocketing.
For months he deferred calls to act on the deficit and debt by creating a commission to handle the issue; after the commission issued its report, he ignored it entirely.
Since taking office, Americans’ share of the debt is going up $50/day.
Has plans to increase spending another 49 percent over the next 10 years.
Increased food stamp usage 50 percent.
His “balanced” deficit reduction plan is 88 percent tax hikes.
Embarrassing gaffes are an every-day thing
Misspelled the Chinese president’s name during a state visit.
Displayed the Philipines flag upside down at official event, forcing an apology.
Gave Russian officials a symbolic “reset” button that was written in Russian, but which actually spelled something completely different.
Misspelled Rhode Island as “Road Island.”
Spelled “Americans” wrong, too.
Gave British Prime Minister Gordon Browns a gift of … DVDs, which — even worse — were in the wrong format.
Thought Austrians spoke “Austrian.”
Misquoted Lincoln in a State of the Union address.
In making fun of Republicans’ grasp of history, mangles history himself.
Despite having a constitutional law background, he misstates constitutional law in an unscripted attempt at defending ObamaCare (eventually forcing his Dept. of Justice to issue a “correction”).
Didn’t know the difference between the Malvinas and the Maldives.
Compared his campaign staffers to the embassy staff killed in Libya.
Removed a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office; after a columnist ridiculed the move, his administration called the columnist a liar and reassured the Brits the bust remained. But in fact the columnist was right — the Brits had taken the bust after the White House removed it — and the administration was forced to apologize.
Favors for friends, not for the people
Disposed of Department of Labor rules that mandated unions are transparent with their spending because the rules were overly effective highlighting fraud.
Issued new global warming rules in January 2011, offering General Electric an exemption in February.
Less than a year into ObamaCare, 733 waivers were issued, almost all to political allies and unions.
Whilst “saving” GM, union workers’ pensions remained intact, while non-union workers were given the shaft.
Covered up a program that pays union workers taxpayer money to lobby the government for more unions.
While he regularly ridiculed the Tea Party, he instructed the GSA to “stand down” on Occupy Wall Street.
Created program to give free cell phones to (primarily) people already receiving government assistance, giving the lucrative contract to a wireless company owned by one of his campaign contributors.
Bought ads on MSNBC using taxpayer money to promote stimulus programs.
Used ObamaCare funds to give business to his senior adviser’s former firm.
Included $10 billion in his health-care law for the United Auto Workers and other union retirees.
Sought exemptions for unions in the ObamaCare bill itself.
Gas is up, as is the price of everything else
Price of gas upon taking office: $1.78/gallon. Average price in 2012: $3.16.
He actually sought higher gas prices from the get go: “Obama suggested that the main problem with high gasoline prices is their rapid rise, not their total of about $4 a gallon. ‘I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment,’ Obama said.”
Despite boasting of increased domestic oil production, he actually fought court orders mandating his administration to act on deep-water drilling permits, eventually leading to being found in contempt of court.
Hired an energy secretary who sought to double — or triple — gasoline prices.
The number of dollars in circulation has tripled.
Health care made unaffordable, less effective, and in shorter supply
His secretary of Health and Human Services threatened to put out of business insurance companies that communicated with their customers about the potential impact of ObamaCare.
Broke almost every health-care promise he made on the campaign trail.
The Mayo Clinic, which he touted as an example of what ObamaCare can accomplishes, trashed the bill.
ObamaCare forbids insurers from using drug use to impact premiums.
Sought to utilize “interventions” in private homes to raise awareness among seniors of their end-of-life options.
States are forced to pick up ObamaCare’s tab.
ObamaCare taxes the uninsured, breaking a campaign promise.
Sought to exempt Congress from ObamaCare.
Justified ObamaCare by citing the plight of 48 million uninsured Americans — a figure that proved wildly inaccurate.
ObamaCare does not view races equally under the law.
ObamaCare increases taxes on families earning more than $250,000.
ObamaCare amendments that would have outlawed health-care rationing were blocked.
ObamaCare destroys five freedoms we once enjoyed.
Americans liked ObamaCare even less than HillaryCare.
ObamaCare forces insurance companies to “justify” raising premiums.
ObamaCare creates a new tax on investments.
ObamaCare puts new limitations on those with HSA and FSAs.
ObamaCare taxes Americans who buy medical devices.
ObamaCare increases payroll taxes.
ObamaCare taxes insurance plans.
ObamaCare taxes employers.
ObamaCare taxes uninsured Americans.
ObamaCare taxes drug companies.
ObamaCare increases corporate taxes.
ObamaCare taxes self-insured health plans.
ObamaCare taxes tanning salons.
ObamaCare increases taxes on energy companies.
ObamaCare penalizes marriage.
ObamaCare puts Medicare decisions in the hands of an unelected board.
ObamaCare taxes health insurers.
ObamaCare won’t let you keep the plan you like.
ObamaCare created a new entitlement program called CLASS.
ObamaCare makes more than half of America dependent on the government for health care.
ObamaCare cleared its own budget path by defunding Medicare’s most successful program.
ObamaCare utilized an executive order to reinsert provisions that were so controversial they were stripped out before the bill passed.
ObamaCare is destroying the health insurance market for kids.
Cooked the books to show ObamaCare reduces the size of government.
ObamaCare’s ostensible savings were ridiculed by the head of Medicare.
ObamaCare creates new tax forms for small business.
ObamaCare arranged for the hiring of spies to investigate private doctors.
ObamaCare violated existing federal law.
ObamaCare effectively bans physician-owned specialty hospitals.
ObamaCare, contrary to the administration’s claims, expands the deficit.
ObamaCare let a few select states avoid its worst provisions.
ObamaCare forced even Democratic governors to seek an escape hatch.
ObamaCare’s onerous impact on small business ridiculed by Starbucks CEO.
Nearly 20 percent of ObamaCare waivers went to gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, and fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi’s district.
ObamaCare expands coverage meant as a safety net for the poor into the middle class.
ObamaCare immunizes the Independent Payment Advisory Board from lawsuits resulting from the way its decisions impact patients.
ObamaCare tasks the IRS with collecting the newly created tanning-bed tax.
Eighty-seven percent of ObamaCare waivers went to his supporters.
ObamaCare forces Catholic organizations to violate their faith.
ObamaCare violates the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty.
Changed his legal argument justifying ObamaCare mid-stream.
ObamaCare funds bike lanes and pet neutering.
ObamaCare’s passage relied on secret deal between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry. 
Indecisiveness plagues an administration obsessed with being popular
When Afghanistan was falling apart and debate simmered over what course to take, Obama took several months to weigh in.
Wouldn’t comment on whether he agreed with his appointee that the pope is a discredited leader.
Justice perverted by his attorney general and Department of Justice
DoJ overturned a legitimate North Carolina vote that ended the use of party ID in local elections because it was thought to potentially hurt Democrats.
DoJ threatened Oklahoma not to pass a planned English-only education reform.
DoJ let political ally Bill Richardson off the hook.
DoJ sued Arizona for attempting to enforce existing immigration law.
DoJ sued Alabama for attempting to enforce existing immigration law.
DoJ dismissed a voter fraud case it had already won against two Black Panthers.
DoJ sought to dramatically expand its workforce, despite lawyers having so little to do, they’re often found playing Solitare, watching videos, and venting about their lack of work.
His Attorney General Eric Holder was earlier most notorious for arranging a pardon of Puerto Rican terrorists.
Holder also arranged a pardon for tax cheat/fugitive Marc Rich.
Entry #172

Unvetted Obama Never Had To Undergo Security Clearance Background Check

Unvetted Obama Never Had To Undergo Security Clearance Background Check
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 0:52
 

Barack Obama Did Not Have to Undergo Any Background Checks to Become President or Gain Access To Top Secret Information Because It was Not Required

Adjudication of Publicly Available Information Proves Obama Would Never Be Granted A Security Clearance If He Had To Qualify For One

By CPT Pamela Barnett, U.S. Army Retired

(Use of rank does not imply endorsement or approval of the Department of Defense or U.S. Army)

Obama never had to prove his ability to legally work in the United States or had to submit to a security clearance background investigation…. Ever!!!  Shockingly the reason is that it is not required.  This statement is proven in the recently released book Obama Never Vetted: The Unlawful President, The National Security Loopholes and Ensuing Conspiracy.  I have had many years of experience working with the security clearance process as an officer in the Army.  One of my job positions was as the battalion intelligence staff officer where I was in charge of security clearances and physical security for a unit of 400 people.

I became unnerved at all of the suspect relationships of Obama in the 2008 campaign.  When Obama was sworn in, I knew that there could not be a security check requirement because Obama wouldn’t pass.  I began my research into the presidential vetting process only to find that there are no requirements of even vetting the minimum qualifications to become President, only a couple times where vetting is optional:  with Congress when certifying the election results and with the states as a matter of ballot access.  No federal agency is required to check into a Presidential candidate or President Elects’ background.

This CIA page snap shot, clearly states that President, Senator and Representatives do not have to qualify for a security clearance.  They are just given one because they were elected…  Unfortunately for the security of the U.S. voters are not privy to a candidates’ critical background information so they cannot fully evaluate a candidate’s trustworthiness .

From the Central Intelligence Agency’s report How Intelligence-Sharing Works at Present (2007);

https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/sharing-secrets-with-lawmakers-congress-as-a-user-of-intelligence/3.htm

From the CIA website link above –

In General

All Members of Congress have access to intelligence by virtue of their elected positions. They do not receive security clearances per se.

The Office of Personnel Management for the federal government also states that the federal government does not do a background check  into Presidents, yet they do a background check for everyone else working in the White House.  See OPM letter below.

 

 

Because Obama’s background was not vetted by any federal agency, I adjudicated his background using publicly available information and the federal guidelines for adjudicating an applicant for access to classified information.  My conclusion is that Obama would be denied a clearance if he had to qualify for one.

Here’s the Obama Adjudication report from Obama Never Vetted: The Unlawful President….

Obama Security Clearance Adjudication Preliminary Analysis Begins Here

Obama did not contribute to this analysis.

Information was obtained from publicly available sources linked within analysis.

 

(Appendix Contains Federal Forms that All other Federal Employees Except The Constitutionally Elected Employees Have to Complete at End of Chapter)

(1) Guideline A: Allegiance to the United States

Concern 1 – Obama born with British/Kenyan Allegiance through legal father Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.

Concern 2 – Obama became Indonesian and developed Indonesian allegiance through adopted father while living overseas in Indonesia. (according to Indonesian School records from AP.)

Concern 3 – No proof that Obama has renounced citizenship to either country.  (President of the U.S. only position that requires sole allegiance to the United States (ie: Natural Born Citizen requirement in Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5)

Concern 4 – Obama supports actions of Islamic caliphate in Arab world instead of promoting secular democracies run by the people of the country in an effort to continue Middle Eastern allies.  Obama was raised in the Islamic religion and shows a preference to Islamic rule in the middle east which compromises the security of the United States.  Obama’s adviser Dalia Mogahed is a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer.  It is the express goal of the Muslim Brotherhood to bring the entire world under Islamic government and Sharia law – including the United States.

Muslim Brotherhood and Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL6JK55ql1E

Obama’s Pro  Muslim Brotherhood Advisor Dalia Mogahed: http://frontpagemag.com/2010/nonie-darwish/appeasing-the-muslim-brotherhood/

Obama gives billions of tax payer money to Muslim Brotherhood to Buy Weapons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2S1mJAxMzA

Obama spends $770 million to help foreign mosques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHwPrXsw0Ag&playnext=1&list=PLCCEBB0C000B35B07&feature=results_main

Concern 5 -  Regarding 4(C )(1)(2)(4) Long- time friend of Bill Ayers, Member of the Weather Underground, which wanted to overthrow the United States, The Weather Underground was responsible for multiple murders and bombings of federal government buildings.  Ayers has been quoted as saying he wishes he could have done more.  Recently an affidavit was signed by the mailman for the Bill Ayer’s family house which stated that the Ayers family paid for Obama’s college and said that Obama was a foreign student.  So Obama has been closely associated with Bill Ayers for about 30 years. He wasn’t just a man in the neighborhood as Obama has repeatedly espoused to the electorate of the U.S.: http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/postman-ayers-family-put-foreigner-obama-through-school/#ooid=E0ZGg2NDqsd2ZwNHinIhhgXegZkT00X1

Concern 6 – Obama associates William Ayers Bernadine Dohrn, Tom Hayden and Carl Davidson were involved in espionage against the United States on behalf of communist Cuba according to FBI files.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/5860

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2322

From DiscoverTheNetworks-

Carl Davidson and Tom Hayden take credit for having launched in 1969 the “Venceremos Brigades,” which covertly transported hundreds of young Americans to Cuba to help harvest sugar cane and interact with Havana’s communist revolutionary leadership. (The Brigades were organized by Fidel Castro’s Cuban intelligence agency, which trained “brigadistas” in guerrilla warfare techniques including the use of arms and explosives.)

from Canada Free Press story-

Unrepentant terrorist former leading Weather Underground Organization (WUO) member William Ayers was aided by Fidel Castro’s Cuba in the 1970s, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report.

The 400-page report, a copy of which was obtained by the New York Times, revealed that Cuban intelligence officers in the General Directorate of Intelligence (known by its initials in Spanish as the DGI, Cuba’s equivalent of the CIA) set up the Venceremos Brigades in which WUO members participated.

  “The ultimate objective of the DGI’s participation in the setting up of the Venceremos Brigades was “the recruitment of individuals who are politically oriented and who someday may obtain a position, elective or appointive, somewhere in the U.S. Government, which would provide the Cuban Government with access to political, economic and military intelligence.”(Italics CFP’s). bold underlines by author.

Obama is linked to Ayers by working with him directly in multiple progressive foundations and Obama is linked to Carl Davidson from his involvement in The New Party in Illinois.  Obama is closely linked with Tom Hayden ( http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2012/05/14/obamas-connections-to-the-violent-sds-tom-hayden/) who also has an FBI file for his subversive activities against the United States.  Hayden has a 22,000 page FBI file. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/review/subversives-by-seth-rosenfeld.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

In the mid-1990s Davidson was a major player in the Chicago branch of the New Party, a socialist political coalition whose members hailed largely from the Committees of Correspondence, the Democratic Socialists of America, and ACORN. Davidson first met Barack Obama through the New Party, which endorsed Obama’s campaign for the Illinois state senate in 1996.

Concern 7 – Regarding 4(a)Raised money and campaigned for Ralia Odinga who sought to be elected in Kenya,  a fellow member of the Luo Tribe member.  Odinga is an avowed communist and signed an agreement with a Muslim group in his country to not assist America and other nations with the apprehension and extradition of terrorists while under the counsel of Obama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnfsF-9h4LI&feature=channel&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tHUbtrpFeU&list=UUY8sdsGPYCgy8XrVT-mPX4g&index=7&feature=plcp

Obama’s actions could be strongly construed to be a payoff for possibly hiding or destroying something in Kenya- like a birth certificate perhaps.  Note: Why else would Obama be travelling to another continent and advising him unless he was getting something in return?

Concern 8 – Regarding section 4(a),  Obama in his own autobiography admits that he was mentored by Communist Party member Frank Marshall Davis who was working directly for the Soviet Union to overthrow the Republican system of government.  Frank Marshall Davis has a large FBI surveillance file and would have been arrested for espionage if the U.S. went to open war with the Soviet Union.  The following are some links that contain parts of the FBI file on

Sources:  Autobiography, http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf, http://www.usasurvival.org/marshall.fbi.files.html

Concern 9 – Obama wants a new system of government fascism instead of the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution, the Constitution which is his job to defend and uphold.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge3aGJfDSg4&feature=player_embedded

Mitigating Factors – None.  No mitigation has been done by Obama, in fact he has spent $10 million in U.S. tax payer dollars to pass a new Kenyan Constitution to instill Muslim Sharia law and legalize abortions in Kenya.  He continues relationships and courses of action which are of great concern. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlboSRT5kYo&feature=player_embedded#!)

 

(2) Guideline B: Foreign Influence

Kenya

Concern 1 - Obama states he was born in Kenya until 2007 while stating also he was born in Hawaii.  Source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYUwlLrl3w

Concern 2 – Regarding section 7(a)(b), Obama took U.S. tax payer money to help write and pass a pro-Sharia, pro-abortion Constitution that would also allow him to become President in Kenya.  Source:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlboSRT5kYo

Concern 3 -Obama is influenced by his Kenyan fellow citizens.  He also has substantial profit from foreign companies in his 2011 tax return.  Members of the Kenyan government have stated on the record that Obama was born in Kenya, found it amazing that a non-native of America could become President of the United States.  Sources;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8PC3oKAvA

Concern 4 – Regarding section 7(a)(b), Obama has very close ties to Ralia Odinga who promoted violence when he lost his election and signed agreement to not cooperate with the U.S. regarding terrorism.  Obama acts as if he owes something personally to Ralia Odinga by raising $1 million dollars and campaigning for him even though it is against the Logan Act.

Indonesia

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Entry #171

Clinton asks Philadelphia crowd: 'Who wants a president who will knowingly, repeatedly tell you som

Clinton asks Philadelphia crowd: ‘Who wants a president who will knowingly,  repeatedly tell you something he knows isn’t true?’ [VIDEO]

1:54 AM  11/06/2012
Gregg Re
Associate  Editor

 

 

Campaigning for President Barack Obama in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon,  former President Bill Clinton inadvertently struck a note of irony while  attempting to criticize Mitt Romney’s campaign.

“You’re laughing, but who wants a president who will knowingly, repeatedly  tell you something he knows is not true?” Clinton asked, after discounting a  claim in a recent Romney ad that the Obama administration’s auto bailout hurt  American workers.

“When I was a kid, if I got my hand caught in the cookie jar, where it wasn’t  supposed to be, I turned red in my face, and I took my hand out of the cookie  jar,” Clinton added.

Clinton was impeached in 1998 on one count of perjury and one count of  obstruction of justice, after repeatedly telling Americans and a grand jury that  he did not have sexual relations with a White House  intern.

“You’ve got to give it to Governor Romney. When he gets his hand caught in  the cookie jar, he just digs down for more cookies,” Clinton said Monday, to  applause. “I want you to send him a message tomorrow. You don’t have to be from  Ohio to want your president to tell you the truth, when it comes to jobs for the  American people.”

Watch:

 

 

Read more:  http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/06/clinton-asks-philadelphia-crowd-who-wants-a-president-who-will-knowingly-repeatedly-tell-you-something-he-knows-isnt-true-video/#ixzz2BSR66oVl

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