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The Government Wants the Media to Stop Covering Barrett Brown

The Government Wants the Media to Stop Covering Barrett Brown

 

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Barrett Brown has been sitting in prison, without trial, for almost a year. In case you haven’t followed his case, the 31-year-old journalist is facing a century of prison time for sharing a link that contained—within an archive of 5 million emails—credit-card information stolen from a hack of a security company called Stratfor (Jeremy Hammond, the actual hacker, is going to prison for ten years), threatening the family of an FBI officer who raided his mother’s home, and trying to hide his laptops from the Feds.

The flood of NSA leaks from Edward Snowden has placed extra attention on Barrett, who focused on investigating a partnership that many people are incredibly uncomfortable with—the connections between private security, surveillance, intelligence firms, and the US government.

Barrett’s website, ProjectPM, used a small team of researchers to pore over leaked emails, news articles, and public corporate information to figure out what this industry does exactly, and how they serve the White House. It’s partly because of Barrett that we know about things like persona management, a technology used by the US government and its contractors to disseminate information online using fake personas, also known as sock puppets.

He also helped the world learn about TrapWire, a surveillance program that’s built into security cameras all over the world and “more accurate than facial recognition technology.” When it was made public in the pre-Snowden era, most media outlets played it off as not being a big deal. We still don’t know exactly how powerful TrapWire is, but, because of the Strafor hack and Barrett’s research, at least we know it exists.

Anyone interested in getting involved with ProjectPM is invited with this call to action: “If you care that the surveillance state is expanding in capabilities and intent without being effectively opposed by the population of the West, you can assist in making this an actionable resource for journalists, activists, and other interested parties,” which sums up the quest for information that is, in and of itself, on trial in Barrett’s case. As Glenn Greenwald wrote in the Guardian regarding the prosecution of Barrett Brown, “here we have the US government targeting someone they clearly loathe because of the work he is doing against their actions.”

Barrett is set to appear in court next month, but his defense attorneys are asking for an extension to sort through the prosecutors’ evidence. The defense insists they’re in the midst of having a forensics expert process the data. The US government’s evidence is stored on a 2 Terabyte hard drive and two DVDs, and the prosecutors are essentially arguing that a.) All of that does not account for much information, despite the forensic processing that is still ongoing, and b.) the defense has had enough time to get their <snip> together. But, beyond that, they’re trying to silence the media coverage surrounding Barrett Brown’s case.

Within the government’s “Opposition to Continuance,” written to oppose an extension of Barrett’s trial is a lengthy section about his supposed media strategy. In this section, the government prosecutors have claimed Barrett’s defense team is defying the judge’s warning to not “try the case in the media.” It also states “the government has reason to believe that Brown’s attorney coordinates and/or approves the use of media.”

After that is a list of occasions where Barrett communicated with members of the media, myself included. For what it’s worth, I did not arrange that interview through Barrett’s attorneys, nor did his current attorneys represent him at the time of our conversation. The government is asking for a complete ban on media statements from Barrett and his representatives. It appears to be a desperate strategy to silence criticism and dissent in a case that already deeply threatens the nature of journalism and freedom of information.

Also alluded to in the government’s outline of journalists who have covered Barrett Brown are Glenn Greenwald and the late Michael Hastings, who was a friend of Barrett’s. As Hastings himself said: “Barrett Brown is a journalist, plain and simple. He’s also a colleague and friend, and one of the brilliant, if highly unconventional, American writers of his generation. I offer my support to Barrett and his family, and respectfully ask for his immediate release from custody.”

While the judge waits to decide whether or not Barrett’s trial date should be extended, and if a media gag order should be allowed (his defense rightfully points out this request comes without citing any particularly offensive or justice-obstructing statement Barrett has made thus far), we have decided to publish an original article from Barrett Brown himself, which you can read right over here. It compares the Watergate era to the Wikileaks era, and does not deal with the specifics of Barrett’s trial.

Barrett Brown is an imprisoned author who deserves to be published while he navigates the harsh obstacles of today’s American justice system. The precedent that a guilty verdict—and a 100-year prison sentence—would set is troubling. But, as Barrett told me in March, he’s not “terribly worried” about the punishment he’s facing. While it’s hard to fully believe him, it’s certainly reassuring for someone like me who is in fact quite worried about what prison time, in this case, could mean for the future of investigative reporting, internet security, and journalism at large.

If Barrett goes to prison for digging into the pitch-black world of online surveillance, it will make figuring out what America’s massive intelligence firms are doing with their powerful, secret surveillance tools even more difficult and dangerous than it already is. With Edward Snowden stuck in Russia and Bradley Manning facing well over a century of hard time, the world simply can’t afford to lose Barrett as well.

 

Previously:

Why Is Barrett Brown Facing 100 Years in Prison?

Entry #649

Why I Don't Like the Obamas – LA Writer And Talk Show Host Mychal Massie

Why I Don’t Like the Obamas – LA Writer And Talk Show Host Mychal Massie

Sunday, August 11, 2013
 
 

“Many in America wanted to be proud when the first person of colour was elected president, but instead, they have been witness to a congenital liar, a woman who has been ashamed of America her entire life, failed policies, intimidation, and a commonality hitherto not witnessed in political leaders. He and his wife view their life at our expense as an entitlement – while America’s people go homeless, hungry and unemployed.”

The other evening on my twitter, a person asked me why I didn’t like the Obamas?

Specifically I was asked: “I have to ask, why do you hate the Obamas?

It seems personal, not policy related.

You even dissed (disrespect) their Christmas family picture.”

  The truth is I do not like the Obamas, what they represent, their ideology, and I certainly do not like his policies and legislation. I’ve made no secret of my contempt for the Obamas. As I responded to the person who asked me the aforementioned question, I don’t like them because they are committed to the fundamental change of my/our country into what can only be regarded as a Communist state.9

I don’t hate them per definition, but I condemn them because they are the worst kind of racialists, they are elitist Leninists with contempt for traditional America . They display disrespect for the sanctity of the office he holds, and for those who are willing to admit same, Michelle Obama’s raw contempt for white America is transpicuous.

I don’t like them because they comport themselves as emperor and empress. I expect, no I demand respect, for the Office of President and a love of our country and her citizenry from the leader entrusted with the governance of same. President and Mrs. Reagan displayed an unparalleled love for the country and her people. The Reagan’s made Americans feel good about themselves and about what we could accomplish. His arrogance by appointing 32 leftist czars and constantly bypassing congress is impeachable. Eric Holder is probably the MOST incompetent and arrogant DOJ head to ever hold the job. Could you envision President Reagan instructing his Justice Department to act like jack-booted thugs?

Presidents are politicians and all politicians are known and pretty much expected to manipulate the truth, if not outright lie, but even using that low standard, the Obama’s have taken lies, dishonesty, deceit, mendacity, subterfuge and obfuscation to new depths. They are verbally abusive to the citizenry, and they display an animus for civility.

I do not like them, because they both display bigotry overtly, as in the case of Harvard Professor Louis Gates, when he accused the Cambridge Police of acting stupidly, and her code speak pursuant to now being able to be proud of America. I view that statement and that mind-set as an insult to those who died to provide a country where a Kenyan, his illegal alien relatives, and his alleged progeny, could come and not only live freely, but rise to the highest, most powerful, position in the world. Michelle Obama is free to hate and disparage whites because Americans of every description paid with their blood to ensure her right to do same.

I have a saying, that “the only reason a person hides things, is because they have something to hide.”

No president in history has spent over a million dollars to keep his records and his past sealed.

And what the two of them have shared has been proved to be lies. He lied about when and how they met, he lied about his mother’s death and problems with insurance, Michelle lied to a crowd pursuant to nearly $500,000 bank stocks they inherited from his family. He has lied about his father’s military service, about the civil rights movement, ad-nausea. He lied to the world about the Supreme Court in a State of the Union address. He berated and publicly insulted a sitting Congressman. He has surrounded himself with the most rabidly, radical, socialist academicians today. He opposed rulings that protected women and children that even Planned Parenthood did not seek to support. He is openly hostile to business and aggressively hostile to Israel . His wife treats being the First Lady as her personal American Express Black Card (arguably the most prestigious credit card in the world). I condemn them because, as people are suffering, losing their homes, their jobs, their retirements, he and his family are arrogantly showing off their life of entitlement – as he goes about creating and fomenting class warfare.

I don’t like them, and I neither apologize nor retreat from my public condemnation of them and of his policies. We should condemn them for the disrespect they show our people, for his wilful and unconstitutional actions pursuant to obeying the Constitutional parameters he is bound by, and his wilful disregard for Congressional authority.

Dislike for them has nothing to do with the colour of their skin; it has everything to do with their behaviour, attitudes, and policies. And I have open scorn for their constantly playing the race card.

I could go on, but let me conclude with this. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the media for refusing to investigate them, as they did President Bush and President Clinton, and for refusing to label them for what they truly are. There is no scenario known to man, whereby a white president and his wife could ignore laws, flaunt their position, and lord over the people, as these two are permitted out of fear for their colour.

As I wrote in a syndicated column titled, “Nero In The White House” – “Never in my life, inside or outside of politics, have I witnessed such dishonesty in a political leader. He is the most mendacious political figure I have ever witnessed. Even by the low standards of his presidential predecessors, his narcissistic, contumacious arrogance is unequalled. Using Obama as the bar, Nero would have to be elevated to sainthood… Many in America wanted to be proud when the first person of colour was elected president, but instead, they have been witness to a congenital liar, a woman who has been ashamed of America her entire life, failed policies, intimidation, and a commonality hitherto not witnessed in political leaders. He and his wife view their life at our expense as an entitlement – while America’s people go homeless, hungry and unemployed.”

“We should stop going around babbling about how we’re the greatest democracy on earth, when we’re not even a democracy. We are a sort of militarised republic.”

– Gore Vidal

Obama Lied ‘Repeatedly’ During NSA Presser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0tkOtAxfc#at=178

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Entry #648

The U.S. Senate: Charge the President with crimes against citizens of the United States

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The U.S. Senate: Charge the President with crimes against citizens of the United States
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The law was broken by circumventing Congress to give $1.5 Billion of taxpayer money to the Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organization, providing weapons to Mexican drug cartels which resulted in the killing of U.S. Citizens, and violation of U.S. Code by desecrating the flag of the United States of America.

To: United States Attorney's Office District of Colombia SUBJECT: Formal criminal complaint naming BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA and OBAMA's CRIMINAL ASSISTANTS in commission of the crime of TREASON against the United States of America.  1. We are arrived at a point in our Nation's life wherein BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA and OBAMA's CRIMINAL ASSISTANTS threaten the life of our Nation to the point of death. OBAMA and his CRIMINAL COHORTS install an unconstitutional, rival, and competing government that replaces our United States Constitution.  2. Mr. OBAMA's unconstitutional government is thriving and growing. Under Mr. OBAMA the United States Constitution no longer operates. Mr. OBAMA and his OUTLAW PARTNERS enforce their own form of unconstitutional, treasonous government.  3. Proofs and evidences of Mr. OBAMA's TREASON are manifest. Moreover we have Mr. Obama's silent agreement and consent. "Qui tactet consentire." The maxim of the law is "Silence gives consent!"  4. Chillingly we find senior military officials, command racketeers, no more obedient to the United States Constitution than Mr. OBAMA. We point to the Attainder courts-martial of Army Colonel, Doctor Terrence Lakin and Sargeant of Marines Lawrence Gordon Hutchins III. We point to the militarization of domestic emergency services and civilian police forces. To Wit: The illegal deployment of U.S. Army troops in Samson, Alabama.  5. Law enforcement officials of every stripe are paralyzed in their unwillingness to do their duty. State and Federal judges (William Killian, Knoxville, Tennessee) accept OBAMA's TREASON and are derelict in the performance of their duties.  6. We on the other hand refuse to accept the complicity of cowards. We insist and inspire YOU, the San Diego County Grand Jury, in the exercise of your Great Commisson: THE POWER OF PRESENTMENT. You are capable of transforming a collective fear and shame darkening this land in to the peaceful exercise of constitutionally recognized law enforcement.  7. Be mindful and clear on this point, this point alone: We the People--in one aspect or another--are the final arbiters in this matter. We the People hold in our hands the final appeal our Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution command.  We the People exercise our Rights as afforded to us by those who wrote our Laws. To Wit: The Fifth Amendment of our United States Constitution.  The Penal Code requires you, the Grand Jury, to inquire into the willful and corrupt misconduct in office of public officers. Any failure to do this constitutes a violation of our Fifth Amendment Rights as given to us by the United States Constitution.  Specifically,  1. U.S. Army troops were deployed in Samson, Alabama on March 10, 2009. In response to a Freedom of Information request by the Dothan Eagle (see Lance Griffin), the Department of Army Inspector General found that the armed troops deployed to Samson, Alabama violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which restrains the use of the military for civilian law enforcement purposes.  2. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA violated Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution by becoming the first United States President to chair the United Nations Security Council. To Wit:  No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, or Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. 
3. (a) Mr. OBAMA declared War on the Republic of Libya on March 17, 2011 without the approval of the Congress, violating Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of our United States Constitution.  3. (b) Mr. OBAMA has also entered into an Agreement with the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan), a foreign Power, and with the intent to sell 125 tanks to Egypt, home of the Muslim Brotherhood, violating Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of our United States Constitution. To Wit:  No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.  4. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA is under investigation by California Congressman Darrell Issa for Project Gunrunner, and justice is clearly obstructed in this case as well as the Black Panther voter intimidation case.  Please see links below for charges of TREASON brought against BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA in 2009:  http://voteforallen.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/obama-is-guilty-of-treason/&nbsp; www.TinyURL.com/6hyz6g9&nbsp; http://thejaghunter.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/acts-of-treason/&nbsp;
FINAL ANALYSIS of BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA's Certificate of Live Birth - by Douglas Vogt:  Re: Legal proof that BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA's Birth Certificate is fraudulent.  Douglas Vogt has mailed a formal notice to Director Robert Mueller III at FBI headquarters stating that multiple felonies have been committed under U.S. Code section Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 47, Section 1028. (RE461679786US) and (EG410045020US). A copy of that notice was also mailed to Special Agent in Charge Frank Montoya in Honolulu, Hawaii. (70103090000) and (9410803699300019474252). Please see link below.  News Release of June 13, 2011 Final Analysis of of President Obama's Certificate of Live Birth by Douglas Vogt (28 pages):  http://www.archiveindex.com/Obamas_certificate_of_Live_birth_June-12-2011_News_Release.pdf www.TinyURL.com/3uwaubt&nbsp; We the People will Not Remain Silent, and neither should YOU. To remain silent at this point, and with the glaring evidence before us, will constitute our Complicity in this matter, and our United States Constitution has given YOU, the GRAND JURY, the POWER OF PRESENTMENT. We Trust that YOU, the Grand Jury, will use these Powers given to you by our United States Constitution to investigate this matter, whether or not the U.S. Attorney'S Office grants consent. To Wit: The Fifth Amendment of our United States Constitution.  Be advised that the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of California, Laura E. Duffy, has been notified, and I, Kristy Lonestar, charge Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Orabona with the crime of obstruction of justice. He blatantly lied to me today, Thursday, July 14, 2011, by referring me to the Secret Service to investigate the charges of TREASON already brought, and accepted, by U.S. Attorney William Killian of Knoxville, Tennessee. The Secret Service Agent informed me that their job is to protect the President, not to investigate him, referring me back to Joseph Orabona, who has not returned my call.  Be mindful and clear on this point, and this point alone: We the People--in one aspect or another--are the final arbiters in this matter. We the People hold in our hands the final appeal our Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution command.  In Liberty, 
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Entry #647

Obama Leaked Al-Qaeda Call ( Make It Go Viral )

Obama Leaked Al-Qaeda Call

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National Security seems to be a big joke to Obama. Check it out:

There’s a story that just ran on what it is that constituted the reason for this massive shutdown of our embassies. And apparently the regime, this Eli Lake and another writer have the story at The Daily Beast, and the only way they could get this is if the regime leaked it. I mean, who else knows this? Who else knows what happened? I mean, sure you’ve got people — the NSA and CIA — but that’s the regime. And basically Ayman al-Zawahiri is now apparently much more active than even bin Laden was. He was bin Laden’s number two. Apparently, these terrorists had a conference call of like 20 of them, 20, 22 terrorists, conference call around a virtual conference table, like a board of directors of a corporation. They planned all this murder and mayhem and terrorism, and we overheard the call. And we’ve leaked that.

So now Zawahiri and his other fellow members of the Board of Terrorists Inc. now know not to use that form of communication again because it’s been compromised. Why in the world leak this? I’ll tell you why leak it. They leak it so as to make Obama look big and competent and tough and make this administration look like nobody’s gonna get anything past them. These are really tough guys, the Obama administration, and they really take terrorism seriously. So we shut down 21 embassies for a week, and we now know the explicit reason why, because we leaked it. So Zawahiri, just to repeat, is on a conference call with the other members on the board essentially — I mean, look at this as a corporation — and they’re planning these various assaults and techniques, and whoever’s listening said, “Man, this is serious stuff. This is bigger or as big as what we heard prior to 9/11.”

So they announce the closing of the embassies, and then, while Obama’s telling us he’s got Al-Qaeda on the run, we leak the actual details of that call, which gives up, tells these terrorists, Zawahiri and the others, not to use whatever form of communication they were using because it’s been compromised. So now they’re gonna go do something else that we can’t follow. Why in the world would you do this? Why would you leak this? Isn’t it enough to say that the chatter was serious and it’s causing potentially grave consequences, we have to shut the embassies?

Now, naturally people are gonna say, “Why? Well, what happened, what happened, what’s going on?” “Well, we can’t tell you. Okay, you want to know why; here’s what happened. We intercepted a phone call, series of phone calls, video calls, whatever it was.” Zawahiri and his gang now know not to do it that way again because it’s been compromised. So rather than leave it untouched and able to tap into any and every time perhaps that Zawahiri gets on the phone with his buddies, we’ve shut that down. It doesn’t make any sense, unless they’re a couple steps ahead of us on this, which I would hope, but I don’t have a lot of confidence.

 

 

 

Read more at http://conservativebyte.com/2013/08/obama-leaked-al-qaeda-call/#AwpFRT14bx6gRsCp.99

Entry #646

As A Country We Are In Mortal Danger!

As A Country We Are In Mortal Danger!

Wednesday, August 7, 2013
 
 

By Aaron Cantor USAF (ret) * Eyes On Washington

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What do you get when you get a Commander in Chief who gets himself elected by way of massive voter fraud, who is totally incompetent, spends OUR money like it was water when we don’t have enough to pay our own bills, much less handing out foreign aid like it was going out of style, surrounds himself with more incompetent boobs including a former staff sergeant for a Secretary of Defense?

The Obama Administration!!! The following was taken from Military.com

The Army would shrink to 380,000 troops, the Marines Corps to 150,000. The Navy would lose three carriers, and the Air Force would begin mothballing its B-52 bomber fleet under a worst-case budget scenario outlined Wednesday by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

In addition, Tricare fees would go up, housing allowances would be slashed, pay raises would be scaled back, and commissary subsidies would be reduced, Hagel said — unless Congress and the White House can agree to lift the sequestration deficit-reduction process that is projected to take $500 billion out of defense budgets over the next 10 years. The re-balance of forces to the Pacific under the national defense strategy introduced by President Obama would also come under renewed scrutiny from the budget planners.

“We are committed to sustaining that effort in a significant way,” a senior Pentagon official said of the so-called “Pacific pivot” to counter the rise of China. However, “it would be very challenging to implement that as conceived,” he said. Hagel and Adm. James Winnefeld, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed at press briefing the findings of the Pentagon’s Strategic Choices and Management Review after first consulting with Congressional leaders.

continue article at Eyes On Washington:

http://www.eyesonwashington.com/2013/08/as-a-country-we-are-in-mortal-danger/

Entry #645

If You Think The Employmnet Numbers Are Good , The You Reallly Need to Read This Article !

If You Think The Employment Numbers Are Good, Then You Really Need To Read This Article

By Michael Snyder 

 

 

Homeless Bill Needs Rich Woman Photo By Josh SwieringaDo you actually believe that the employment numbers are getting better?  Do you actually believe that there is a bright future ahead for American workers?  If so, then you really need to read this article.  The truth is that we are in the midst of the worst employment crisis since the Great Depression, and there has been absolutely no employment recovery.  In fact, the percentage of working age Americans that are employed is just about exactly where it was during the darkest days of the last recession.  But the mainstream media is not telling you this.  The mainstream media is instead focusing on the fact that the official "unemployment rate" declined from 7.6% in June to 7.4% in July.  That sounds like great news, but when you take a deeper look at the employment numbers some very disturbing trends emerge.

Over the past several years, almost the entire decline in the unemployment rate can be accounted for by people "leaving the workforce".  The "unemployment rate" has not been going down because people are actually getting jobs.  Rather, the "unemployment rate" has been going down because the government has been pretending that millions upon millions of American workers simply do not want jobs anymore.  This is extremely misleading.

We are being told that 162,000 jobs were created in July.  Okay, so that is just barely enough to keep up with population growth, and most of the jobs that were created last month were part-time jobs.

Meanwhile, the jobs numbers for the two previous months were both revised down...

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised from +195,000 to +176,000, and the change for June was revised from +195,000 to +188,000. With these revisions, employment gains in May and June combined were 26,000 less than previously reported.

Will this month eventually be revised down too?

When it comes to measuring employment in the United States, I believe that a much more accurate measurement than the highly manipulated "unemployment rate" is the civilian employment-population ratio.  This ratio tells us what percentage of working age Americans actually have a job.

Just prior to the last recession, about 63 percent of all working age Americans had a job.  During the recession, that number plunged dramatically and ultimately fell below 59 percent, and it has stayed below 59 percent for 47 months in a row...

Employment-Population Ratio 2013

This is the first time in the post-World War II era that the employment-population ratio has not bounced back after a recession.

So there has not been an employment recovery.  Anyone that tells you that there has been an employment recovery is lying to you.

Since the end of 2009, we have been treading water at best.  But during that time, another disturbing trend has emerged.  Good paying full-time jobs are rapidly being replaced by low paying part-time jobs.

And this trend has definitely accelerated this year.  If you can believe it, an astounding 76.7 percent of the jobs that have been "created" in 2013 have been part-time jobs.

As I wrote about last month, the employment landscape in this country is fundamentally changing.  At this point, the number one employer in this country is Wal-Mart, and the number two employer in this country is a temp agency (Kelly Services).

This is a huge reason why the middle class is dying.  You simply can't raise a family on a part-time income.

Our young adults are being hit particularly hard.  According to Gallup, the percentage of working age Americans under the age of 30 with a job fell from 47.0% in June 2012 to 43.6% in June 2013...

Fewer Americans aged 18 to 29 worked full time for an employer in June 2013 (43.6%) than did so in June 2012 (47.0%), according to Gallup's Payroll to Population employment rate. The P2P rate for young adults is also down from 45.8% in June 2011 and 46.3% in June 2010.

When our young people get out of school and enter the real world, they are finding that "good jobs" are few and far between.  But unless our young people can find "breadwinner jobs", they are not going to be able to get married, buy homes and raise families.

A lot of young people are doing their best, but things are really tough out there right now.  The lack of good jobs is the primary reason why families that have a head of household under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent.

A lot of young adults are coping with this employment crisis by moving back in with their parents.  According to one recent study, 36 percent of all young adults in the 18 to 31 age bracket are currently living with their folks.

Are you starting to understand that our system is broken?

The quality of jobs in this country continues to steadily decline.  Just consider the following numbers from one of my previous articles...

-The number of part-time workers in the United States has just hit a brand new all-time high, but the number of full-time workers is still nearly 6 million below the old record that was set back in 2007.

-In America today, only 47 percent of adults have a full-time job.

-At this point, one out of every four American workers has a job that pays $10 an hour or less.

-An astounding 53 percent of all American workers make less than $30,000 a year.

And as I mentioned yesterday, until we have a jobs recovery there will be no housing recovery no matter how much the Federal Reserve tries to manipulate the system.

The mainstream media continues to insist that "things are looking up" for the housing market, and yet the home ownership rate in the United States is the lowest that it has been in 18 years.

In order for the middle class to thrive, people have got to be able to get good jobs and people have got to be able to buy homes.

Instead, the percentage of good jobs in our economy continues to shrink, the level of home ownership continues to decline, and less than half of all Americans now consider themselves to be middle class.

The next wave of the economic crisis has not even hit us yet, but we continue to see poverty rates soar all over the nation.  In fact, just this week there was an article about the tent cities that are starting to pop up all over New Jersey...

Tent cities have popped up across New Jersey including the state's poorest city.

Meg Baker chased the story of Camden's tent city.  Residing off Route 38 at Wilson Boulevard under an overpass, through woods and down a path of trash lays a community of people living in tents.  This particular community was relocated from Federal Street and it's inhabited by an array of people: addicts, people who have fallen on hard times and some with mental illness.

Baker took a tour of this run down community and the pictures show just how heart-wrenching this situation really is.  Among the homes are decomposing food, broken furniture, and feral cats.

This is supposed to be "the economic recovery".

If things were going to get "better" it should have happened by now.

But things didn't get better, and now the next wave of the economic crisis is rapidly approaching.

As I tried to explain the other day, the most important number in our economy is the yield on 10 year U.S. Treasuries.  As that number goes up, interest rates all over our economic system go up.  And much higher interest rates would be absolutely devastating for our economy.

Unfortunately, many analysts now believe that interest rates are going to go much, much higher than they are right now.  Just check out this excerpt from a recent CNBC article...

The Federal Reserve will lose control of interest rates as the "great rotation" out of bonds into equities takes off in full force, according to one market watcher, who sees U.S. 10-year Treasury yields hitting 5-6 percent in the next 18-24 months.

"It is our opinion that interest rates have begun their assent, that the Fed will eventually lose control of interest rates. The yield curve will first steepen and then will shift, moving rates significantly higher," said Mike Crofton, President and CEO, Philadelphia Trust Company told CNBC on Wednesday.

If interest rates do go that high, our economy simply will not be able to handle that.  It would cripple the finances of state and local governments all over the nation, it would absolutely crush the housing market, and it would cause a derivatives crisis unlike anything that we have ever seen before.

The smart money knows that rising interest rates spell big trouble and they are already pulling their money out of the market as a Bloomberg article recently detailed...

Private-equity managers from Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) to Blackstone Group LP (BX), which made billions by buying low and selling high, say now is the time to exit investments as stocks rally and interest rates start to rise.

And Apollo Global Management LLC Chief Executive Officer Leon Black said the following back in April...

"It’s almost biblical: there is a time to reap and there’s a time to sow," Apollo (APO)’s Black said at a conference in April. "We think it’s a fabulous environment to be selling. We’re selling everything that’s not nailed down in our portfolio."

The smart money is getting out while the getting is good.

They know that a storm is coming.

They know what higher interest rates will do to the economy.

As bad as the employment picture is right now, this is NOTHING compared to what is coming.

This is about as good as things are going to get.  It is all downhill from here.

So enjoy this false bubble of pseudo-prosperity while you still can.

When the next great wave of the economic crisis strikes, millions upon millions of Americans are going to lose their jobs and the official unemployment rate is going to soar well up into the double digits.

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Entry #643

19 Profound Evidences Of Obama's Radical Muslim Faith

19 Profound Evidences Of Obama’s Radical Muslim Faith

Sunday, August 4, 2013
 
 

I say it all the time, America needs to connect the dots.  Is it possible that Barack Hussein Obama, the President of the United States and Commander-and-Chief of the most powerful military force of all time is a radical Muslim? If so, what are the implications and why should it matter?  It matters of course because when he ran for office and after he took office he has presented himself time and time again as a Christian.  For America to discover he is a Muslim would be unimaginable fraud.  Furthermore, there are literally millions of Muslim’s that are not friendly to the U.S. to say the least and we are at war (allegedly) with many such as the Taliban and Al Qaeda whose radical view of Islam breeds Jihadist who want to destroy and subdue this nation under the Sharia.  Beyond this, the tenants of Islam and many of its followers seek to destroy the nation of Israel as well, one of our strongest allies. We won’t get an interview of course, where Obama admits to being a Muslim (well, of course there is this one, but that one is subject to just a simple slip of the tongue).  I can’t give you a sound bite “proving” my case; the attention span of so many today requires that or we move along to the next subject, not interested enough to look at the evidence presented. The truth is, the evidence abounds that in fact Obama is a radical Muslim (and a Marxist one to boot) all we have to do is look. I am convinced, as are many others, that after connecting the dots, Obama is busy working against Christianity and for Islam. Specifically the Muslim Brotherhood.  Speaking logically, it only stands to reason that no one actively supports the Muslim Brotherhood who is not ideologically joined with that belief system.    Is this my opinion? Yes.  Just like it is my “opinion” that JFK wasn’t shot by simply by a lone gunmen. We have enough evidence today to make a strong case that Kennedy was part of a plot. Few will deny it, and never has that plot been brought to light in an American court room. Can it be proved? Not in the sense that it will end up in a court of law, but it is true that some 80% of American’s don’t believe in the lone gunmen theory anymore.  By the same rationale, today Obama is not going to stand before a court of law and forced to present a case for or against his alleged Christian faith or a case that he is a Muslim.    Before I make my case, let me lastly say this; if you find the evidence presented compelling yourself, please share this.  Speak out, tell others.  Truth is on our side, and it is a great weapon to mobilize our nation into action.  The truth can in fact, “set you free”. 

Because the Muslim Brotherhood will be alluded too very often, I think it is important to get an understanding of who this group truly is, what they are trying to achieve and to see for yourself their own documents discovered by our FBI talking about their plot to overthrow the U.S. government by infiltration into our government: 

1. History of the Muslim Brotherhood Penetration of the U.S. Government

“This report describes how the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrated and suborned the U.S. government to actively assist, whether knowingly or not, the mission of its grand jihad. Its hard-won position at the forefront of the 21st century Islamic Awakening is possible only because of decades of patient infiltration and political indoctrination (Da’wa) in the West, and especially the United States of America, even as the grassroots work of building an organizational structure advanced steadily in the land of its origin as well. It is important to recognize the sophistication of the Brotherhood’s international strategy and how the takedown of U.S. national security defenses from within was critical to the current Middle East-North Africa (MENA) campaign to re-establish the Caliphate and enforce Islamic Law (shariah).”

2. WARNING FROM BECK: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD INFILTRATION “The threat is vast, highly organized, deep into its playbook and coming at America like a locomotive..and we are not awake.  We know their plans because the were exposed by the FBI, which means naturally Obama knows their plans too…and at best looks away, at worst, and what I believe…is complicit and on their team. They declared war violently and clearly on 911, but their war is not just the conventional wars we have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are much more stealth, much more clever, and much more insidious than must of us have ever imagined. From sleeper cells and training camps in rural America, to mosques funding terror inside of America to the Brotherhood INSIDE of the White House, to a psychological and propaganda war in the media and in the classroom..The war is real and the hour is late.”   Why would any person claim publicly to be a Christian, and then do some of the things that Obama does that are completely anti-Christian?  Including some of the most mundane things:

3. UPDATE: OBAMA’S WAR ON CHRISTIANITY

One of his {Obama’s} first executive order in January 2009 was to reverse the practice of the Bush Administration and start giving tax payer money to organizations that perform abortions in other countries. In February of 2009, he announced the elimination of conscience protections that allowed pro-life doctors and nurses in federally funded hospitals to opt out of performing abortions.  In April 2009 Obama delivered a speech at Georgetown University only after his staff had pressured the Catholic College to cover up the monogram for the name of Jesus that was always displayed above the podium” The next thing we noticed was that when President Obama recites the Declaration of Independence, he changes the wording.  When he quotes the great Declaration he censors out the word “Creator”.  We all know that the Declaration proclaims that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights. Again and again when Obama recites this line he omits the word “Creator”.  Obama has done this so often that it cannot be a slip of the tongue or a glitch of the teleprompter. It is deliberate.”  “Obama canceled the traditional White House event honoring the National Day of Prayer saying he would pray “only in private”.  “In a November 2010 speech Obama pretended to quote the U.S. National Motto, which is, “In God We Trust”, I guess he couldn’t bring himself to say “God”, so he mistakenly said our  official motto is “E Pluribus Unum”.  “When Obama gave the traditional Thanksgiving Day Presidential address in 2011 he again failed to mention God.  It wasn’t clear who he was thanking on this uniquely American holiday, but it certainly wasn’t God.  “Barack Obama must think that his title of Commander in Chief enables him to banish religion from the U.S. military. In July 2011 Obama’s Department of Veteran’s Affairs banned any mention of Jesus Christ during the burials at Houston National Cemetery. Hundreds of demonstrators turned out on Independence Day to protest and to support a lawsuit against that ban.  After that, the ban was lifted.”

10 interesting quotes by Obama regarding Christianity:  #1 “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation” #2 “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.” #3 “Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy?  Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an abomination?  Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith?” #4 “Even those who claim the Bible’s inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages – the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ’s divinity – are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.” #5 “The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.” #6 From Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope: “I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that confers equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital visitation or health insurance coverage simply because the people they love are of the same sex—nor am I willing to accept a reading of the Bible that considers an obscure line in Romans to be more defining of Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount.” #7 “I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell.  I can’t imagine that my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity.  That’s just not part of my religious makeup.” #8 “Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God’s will–they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.” #9 On his support for civil unions for gay couples: “If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.” #10 “I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.”    Why would Obama bring into his administration Muslim men that are part of the Muslim Brotherhood or their affiliates especially since he has to be aware of the FBI findings that the plan of the murderous Muslim Brotherhood is to infiltrate the U.S. government? Is Obama part of this infiltration? 4. MEET SOME OF THE NEWEST OBAMA WHITE HOUSE RADICAl’S

“I find it absolutely fascinating, when we really drill down and see who the radicals know and what channels brought them to the White House we see both Islamic ties as well as clearly the Communist, Marxist component as well, including George Soros, Bill Ayers, Van Jones, etc.  I don’t think that point can be emphasized enough. So many of us mistakenly see the war against America as one being fought by Islam and one being fought by Progressives, but this is wrong. They are working quite often through networks in conjunction with each other to dismantle and destroy what I refer to often as the three C’s that have been the bedrock of America and that is the Constitution, Capitalism and Christianity.” 

“We have someone sitting in the White House who is part of an organization that has advocated the killing of Americans.  What is going on in the White House” – Former N.Y. Mayor Rudy Guiliani “Mr. Brennan (now head of the CIA) did convert to Islam when he served in an official capacity on behalf of the United States in Saudi Arabia”  -John Guondolo, Former FBI agent and counter terrorism expert (see bio) “He has given them access to the National Security Council, The National Security Staff.  He has brought known Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood Operatives into those positions of government.”  – John Guondolo, Former FBI agent and counter terrorism expert (see bio
“Each U. S. military action in Europe and the Middle East since 1990, however, with the exception of Iraq, has followed an overt pattern: First there is an armed conflict within the country where the intervention will take place. American news media heavily report this conflict. The “good guys” in the story are the rebels. The “bad guys,” to be attacked by American military force, are brutally anti-democratic, and committers of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Prestigious public figures, NGOs, judicial and quasi-judicial bodies and international organizations call for supporting the rebels and attacking the regime. Next, the American president orders American logistical support and arms supplies for the rebels. Finally the American president orders military attack under the auspices of NATO in support of the rebels. The attack usually consists of aerial bombing, today’s equivalent of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries’ gunboat which could attack coastal cities of militarily weak countries without fear of retaliation. The ultimate outcome of each American intervention is the replacement of a secular government with an Islamist regime in an area that had been part of the Ottoman Empire.”

7. OBAMA-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PRESIDENT 

10 Quotes By Barack Obama About Islam #1 “Islam has always been part of America” #2 “we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities” #3 “These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.” #4 “America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.” #5 “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed” #6 “Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality” #7 “As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith.” #8 “I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.” #9 “That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.” #10 “I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story.” 8.  Video:Obama Giving Billions To The Muslim Brotherhood!

Obama gave the Egyptian government, under control of dictator and MB President Morsi, billions in aid. Yes, BILLIONS.   Here is the kicker.  When the people rose up 10 million strong, the military booted out Morsi.  Now, Obama no longer wants to give the aid to Egypt.  How glaring is this? Oh, but wait, there is much more evidence. 9.  Obama’s State Dept Issues 2000-Plus Word Terror Alert, Refuse To Use Words Islam, Jihad or Muslim  “A State Department “worldwide caution” updating U.S. citizens about potential terror threats has little to say about the fact that most of the terrorist groups targeting Americans profess themselves to be inspired by Islam.” 10.   STUNNING: Obama’s Pick For CIA Is A Converted MUSLIM! “In 2009 Obama wanted more Muslims to work in his administration. (link here) As far as Brennan goes, this is the guy that equated terrorism to shoplifting. (link here) He also covered up Obama’s passport and therefore Obama’s true identity. (link Here) Brennan is the guy who said Islam, “helped to shape my own world view.” (link here) So it really isn’t too hard to swallow that the Brennan is a Muslim because that is who his boss hires, is supportive of (link here) and is in fact, one himself (link here).” 

11.  REPORT: OBAMA ‘COVERTLY RECRUITING’ MUSLIMS AS DIPLOMATS

“Judicial Watch said the Obama administration was hiring Muslims at the State Department. The fiscal watchdog said the recruitment was part of the administration’s outreach to Muslims to work for the federal government.”  12.  OBAMA ORCHESTRATED AND SUPPORTS SHARIA LAW IN KENYAN CONSTITUTION

Evidence strongly suggests that Barack Hussein Obama is Kenyan. Evidence strongly suggest that Barack Hussein Obama’s Kenyan family are Wahhabist Muslims and they have extensive ties to terrorism. Evidence strongly supports that Barack Hussein Obama himself is a Muslim.  Evidence strongly suggests that Senator Barack Hussein Obama campaigned in Kenya, which is illegal, for the Sharia loving leader Raila Odinga. (see video) Evidence strongly suggests, from the mouth of Odinga himself, that Barack Hussein Obama and Raila Odinga are cousins. (see video) Evidence further suggests that Raila Odinga, now Kenyan Prime Minister, is a mass murderer and radical Muslim. (see video) Further evidence now shows that Barack Hussein Obama helped to orchestrate, through campaigning and financial support and with U.S. tax dollars, Sharia law in his native Kenya which he is now covertly encouraging. 13.  Obama’s Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood ” The information here is not only enough to impeach and bring criminal charges against Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett it is also enough,  at the very least, to throw out every member of Congress that has not vehemently spoken out about the radical’s inside of our government.”

14.   Congressman: Obama Can’t Utter the Words ‘Muslim Terrorist Attack’ 

“No, the Muslim in Chief does not call out his fellow Muslims as terrorists. He does not tie the two words, “Muslim” and “Terrorist” together.   Never has, never will. Those are his brothers…and that is a statement easily backed up:  Click here. 15.  More Radicalism from another White House Guest 

“An Islamist activist honored by the White House last December as a “Champion of Change” called Zionism “racism” this week and said “nothing is creepier” than the belief in a Jewish homeland. ” 16.  A Red Carpet for Radical Islamists at the White House

“A year-long investigation by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has found that scores of known radical Islamists made hundreds of visits to the Obama White House, meeting with top administration officials. Court documents and other records have identified many of these visitors as belonging to groups serving as fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and other Islamic militant organizations.” 17.  BOMBSHELL REPORT: OBAMA’S RING, ‘THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH’ 

“Moreover, according to Arabic-language and Islamic experts, the ring Obama has been wearing for more than 30 years is adorned with the first part of the Islamic declaration of faith, the Shahada: “There is no God except Allah.”  18.   Obama’s Coziness with the Muslim Brotherhood 

19.  Obama-endorsed ‘Islamic Relief’ – More than a charity, a fundraising front group for Hamas “Islamic Relief USA is a widely-exalted charity embraced by the Obama Regime. Islamic Relief Worldwide was founded in the United Kingdom in 1984. Its creator is Hani Al-Banna, who previously served as a trustee in Muslim Aid. Joe Kaufman documents that one of Muslim Aid’s “partner organizations” was the Al-Salah Islamic Association, a group the U.S. government labeled a Hamas front. Al-Banna’s previous group was also involved with Muslim Brotherhood affiliates like Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1999, IRW received a $50,000 donation from Human Concern International; a group the U.S. government says is linked to Al-Qaeda. According to the NEFA Foundation, IRW is one of the founders of a network of charities called the Union of Good that was created in 2000. It was blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2008 for its links to Hamas. The U.S. government said it was “created by Hamas leadership to transfer funds to the terrorist organization.” It is led by Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi, the top Muslim Brotherhood cleric who unequivocally supports Hamas and violent jihad.”

As a side note, let’s not forget that the Democratic Party has also embraced radical Islam 

Source: http://www.infiltratednation.com/2013/08/19-profound-evidences-of-obamas-radical.html

Entry #642

Shocking? With Muslim Brotherhood Out, Obama Stops Aid To Egypt

SHOCKING? WITH MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OUT, OBAMA STOPS AID TO EGYPT

Thursday, August 1, 2013
 
 

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Though I am not a big proponent of giving money and weapons to other nations at a time when we are bankrupt, I was feeling a bit better about that decision when last month the wretched Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi, was stripped of his power. 

Morsi had been on video calling Israel “apes and pigs” and advocating a boycott of America. (here)  Well, Morsi is gone, and apparently now so is our aid to Egypt.  Again, I am not unhappy about pulling back the aid, but rather pointing out what the move says about our President.  It CONFIRMS that Obama is a tool of the Muslim Brotherhood.  If you haven’t watched before the video I have posted over on Infiltrated Nation, entitled “Obama’s Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood”, it too is a MUST SEE.

The entire video below is worth watching as the discussion starts with Obama’s effort to “pivot” away from his so-called “phony” scandals.  Talk of the end of Egyptian aid starts at the 3:40 mark.

VIDEO PLAYS HERE

 

Entry #641

You Want Answers On Benghazi? Here's the Truth

You Want Answers On Benghazi?  Here’s the Truth

 

The Benghazi attack that resulted in the deaths of 4 Americans was,  with almost 100% certainty, a planned prisoner exchange to swap Ambassador  Chris  Stevens for “The Blind Sheik.” It was, in my opinion, a  deal  between Barack Obama and Mohamed Morsi that went bad.

This story has been floating around since shortly after the attack. The  difference between now and 10 months ago is that the original hypothesis has  continued to gain evidence to support it. Yesterday’s conspiracy has  turned in today’s reality. This will likely be a long write-up but  for  the sake of my country I plan to tell you what I know. In the end you will  have  to judge whether you deem it as proof or at least reason for suspicion to  support this story line.

 Answers On Benghazi Americans are sick and tired of the media circus and the  lack of results coming from Congress. We want the truth. The  problem is that our congressional leaders don’t seem to be asking the right  questions and they are certainly not talking to the right people. On  Thursday, CNN’s Jake Tapper added to  the growing evidence of internal cover up by exposing the fact that “dozens” of  CIA agents were on the grounds and have been intimidated so they won’t talk.  They are allegedly going through routine polygraph testing to ensure they are  not talking to either the media or congress. I was ecstatic to see that come  from a left-wing media source, by the way.

The truth is that this is not about left v. right. It is about wrong  v. right.  Evidence may come out that “the right” was complicit in  this  cover up, as I believe they are. I believe that we have lots of corrupt  legislators on both sides of the aisle that are covering this up like their  life  depended on it. Because it probably does.

For Congress to spend all of this time beating a dead horse makes me think  that they are knowingly complicit or, at least, inadvertently complicit in this  cover up. They continue to ask “softball” questions of people who they know  will  be unwilling to talk. Chances are that nearly every past  testimony  is already a case for perjury but how will we ever know if we don’t  get to the  truth?

So what happened? What is this talk of a prisoner exchange?

Again, this is going to be a long article because I want to make sure that I  leave nothing out.

It all started with Mohamed Morsi and a promise…

 Answers On Benghazi On June 29th, 2012 The Wall Street Journal reported  that Mohamed Morsi was making some rather extreme promises to his new  constituents:

Egypt’s President-elect Mohammed Morsi made a nod to his base in a speech  on Friday when he pledged to seek the release of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman from  U.S. custody.

Sheik Abdel-Rahman, who is better known as the “blind sheik” is serving a  life sentence at a federal penitentiary in North Carolina for his role in  planning the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York  City.

This is more than likely where the theory began. What one must ask themselves  is this…Did Morsi already have a plan in place to make sure that he  could deliver on this promise? It is my belief that he did.  Barack  Obama was a big Morsi supporter from the beginning as were his cabinet  members.  Shortly before the current revolution started John Kerry waived normal  conditions to make sure that Egypt got 1.3 billion in additional  aid from us.

When did the Egypt/USA prisoner exchange theory first gain some  credibility?

What would you rate the credibility level of a retired 4-star Admiral?  Someone who has held that position certainly understands more than you or I do  about the inner workings of Washington and the level of corruption to which it  might sink. Retired Admiral James “Ace” Lyons appeared in an  interview with Lou Dobbs back in early November to lend more credibility to the   “prisoner exchange” theory. I apologize for the quality of this  video but it was the only one I could find that didn’t cut out the excerpt I  want you to hear. That’s interesting in and of itself. Thank goodness for a guy  with a camcorder…

The benefit to Morsi is obvious, but what about Obama?

What benefit could Obama possibly receive from this exchange? The idea is  that, in what was thought to be a hotly contested presidential race, an October  release of Ambassador Stevens may have been enough to put Obama over the top. A  tragedy happens and Obama rides in on his stallion to save the day… It turns  out  that he did not need any help.

Great theory, but how can we prove anything when no one is  talking?

The thing is that people are talking, but no one seems to be listening.  Witnesses and whistleblowers have been intimidated into silence in our own  country but they are talking elsewhere. A lot of smart bloggers and journalists  have caught on to this, and even though most of these stories don’t make it to  the mainstream media, it does not mean they are not true. Now I want to  summarize four stories that I feel lend credibility to this prisoner exchange  scenario. All of them came from outside of our own borders.

Regarding the security, or lack thereof, question…

 Answers On Benghazi To this day I would bet that less than 10% of American people  realize that we were paying an Al Qaeda linked group to defend  our diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Why would we do that? Well maybe we  wanted to make sure that attack happened.

The February 17th Martyr’s Brigade was hired by our government to  defend the diplomatic mission in Benghazi. This organization proudly flew an Al  Qaeda flag on their Facebook page. Yes I am serious.

Two days before the attack they threatened withdrawal. A  few hours after the attack they officially disbanded. How  convenient? Does that smell anything like a set up to you? The  only  way we would have left that diplomatic mission in such bad hands is if  we wanted it  attacked or simply did not care.

Further Research: TREASON…Government Hired Al  Qaeda to Defend the Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi?

In early June there was the first big break from foreign sources to  support the “prisoner exchange” story…

The original prisoner exchange story died down until it was rekindled in June  by comments made by an Al Qaeda weapons  expert. The Washington Free  Beacon reported:

“…according to the March 14 posting on an al Qaeda-linked website,  Abdallah Dhu-al-Bajadin, the al Qaeda weapons expert, stated that Stevens was  given a lethal injection and that the injection was overlooked during the  medical autopsy.

According to Dhu-al-Bajadin, “the plan was based on abduction and  exchange of high-level prisoners.”

This was our first piece of potential evidence from abroad that the prisoner  exchange theory might have been true. The problem is obvious. Who wants to  trust  the word of an Al Qaeda operative? But in very short time we had another  source  come forward…

Further research: Benghazi… New Source Claims  Ambassador Stevens Died From Lethal  Injection 

Also in June an Egyptian journalist linked Morsi to  Benghazi…

Cynthia Farahat is an Egyptian  journalist who came upon a video which she translated to English. The  video was of the terrorists who attacked the diplomatic mission and they were  quoted by her as saying:

“Don’t shoot, don’t shoot, Dr. Morsi sent us.”

Farahat also went so far as to surmise that the dialect of Arabic being  spoken was not indigenous to Libya. Her claim is that the men were speaking in  an Egyptian dialect.

At the time I was unaware because I had only started blogging in late 2012  but Pamela Geller had already pounced on  this story long before Farahat. So it seems that at least two  translations have implicated Morsi in this matter.

Further research: Egyptian Journalist Links  Morsi to Benghazi 

At this point my personal thoughts were starting to lean in the direction of  the “prisoner exchange” theory but I was not convinced. I had one Al Qaeda  operative and one translator of Arabic in my corner. I don’t know Arabic and  didn’t know that there were other sources citing the same translation. I felt  that there was still something missing. Then it happened. At the end of June we  heard a third story to corroborate everything and the story was huge, yet very  under reported by both the left and right.

A leaked Libyan intelligence document implicated Morsi…

 Answers On Benghazi Raymond Ibrahim broke a story in the U.S. of a leaked Libyan intelligence document that  implicated Mohamed Morsi as a financier of the Benghazi attack. Here is a  quote from Ibrahim:

On Wednesday, June 26, several Arabic websites, including Veto Gate,  quoted the intelligence report, which apparently was first leaked to the  Kuwaiti  paper, Al Ra’i.  Prepared by Mahmoud Ibrahim Sharif, Director  of  National Security for Libya, the report is addressed to the nation’s  Minister of  Interior.

It discusses the preliminary findings of the investigation, specifically  concerning an “Egyptian cell” which was involved in the consulate attack.  “Based  on confessions derived from some of those arrested at the scene” six  people,  “all of them Egyptians” from the jihad group Ansar al-Sharia  (“Supporters of  Islamic Law), were arrested.

According to the report, during interrogations, these Egyptian jihadi  cell members “confessed to very serious and important information concerning  the  financial sources of the group and the planners of the event and the  storming  and burning of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi…. And among the more  prominent  figures whose names were mentioned by cell members during confessions  were:  Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi; preacher Safwat Hegazi; Saudi  businessman  Mansour Kadasa, owner of the satellite station, Al-Nas;  Egyptian Sheikh  Muhammad Hassan; former presidential candidate, Hazim Salih Abu  Isma’il…”

There is a similar translation from a different source in this article at WND.com.

Further research: Libyan Intelligence Confirms  Egyptian President, Muslim Brotherhood Involved in  Benghazi 

So where does this leave us? It would appear that Morsi can be as least  listed as a strong suspect. Three sources of proof have come forth to  substantiate the story of a prisoner exchange and/or Morsi’s involvement.

 Answers On Benghazi How can we reasonably tie that to Barack Obama and Hillary  Clinton? I can’t tell you of anything that we have thus far that might hold up  in court but just consider the actions of Obama, Kerry and Clinton.

How many times have we bent over backward in recent months (before the  revolution) to placate Morsi and The Muslim Brotherhood? The 1.3  Billion dollar gift from Kerry and his waiver of congressional restrictions is  a  perfect example. Anyone hear anything about fighter jets and  tanks? Why is this important?

It is important because I guarantee that Obama, Clinton and Kerry  knew about that Libyan intelligence report long before we ever  did. Yet they continued to support our Egyptian “allies” and went  out of their way to do so.

Why? Because they were partners in crime with Morsi and I am 99%  sure of it. If they wanted justice for Morsi’s involvement in  Benghazi they would have called for it long ago.

Rand Paul has been screaming for months about how we need to cut off aid to  Egypt and very few of his colleagues seem to listen. Why might that be?

It might  be that many of them are complicit. They are covering for  Obama.

When I hear these stupid questions about where Obama was or who gave  the stand down order I cannot easily digest them. These questions  are irrelevant to the bigger story. It seems to me that our congressional  servants are protecting the president and his staff. These people are more  informed than you or I. That is their job.

Many of them know about these reports. Again, it is their job to stay  informed and they have varying levels of security clearance and plenty of  contacts.

I get very frustrated as a small potatoes blogger. I find these stories and  report them and see the media ignore them. This includes a lot of  big right-wing news sources. It’s not just the liberal led  mainstream media outlets.

 Answers On Benghazi In the end it is my belief that both Hillary Clinton and Barack  Obama were involved in a deal to send The Blind Sheik back to Egypt in exchange  for Stevens. A few people on the other end screwed up the script and here we  are.

I am not really concerned with what Obama was doing during the attacks. It’s  obvious that he was gone to establish distance from the happenings of September  11th 2012. It was planned for his protection.  I am more concerned with  the  fact that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are more than  likely  accessories to the murder of four Americans.

That is how I see it. In my mind I already know, with almost 100% certainty,  what happened and it is my belief that corruption runs so deep that congress  will not do one thing about it. They will continue to ask stupid questions that  get us nowhere. Very few of them have any backbone at all and we will continue  to see evidence of that in the coming months.

So I write this not for any results to come out of it. I am just hoping that  some people will find some peace in the truth. If we could get the  truth from our own elected officials we wouldn’t have to trust Al Qaeda  operatives, Egyptian journalists and Libyan intelligence reports.

For now that’s all we have. If congress would approach this angle then the  details might begin to fall into place. Either way, unless something major  breaks to prove me wrong, I have heard what I needed to hear in regards to the  truth.

I know the road that congress should be taking and they are failing to take  it. Obama and Clinton certainly deserve their day in court because  nothing I have told you is absolute proof, but… My guess is that they will  never  see that day in court.

It’s a travesty for the families and for the American people as a whole. But  I hope you can walk away from my ramblings today and have a clearer picture in  your mind of why this senseless tragedy happened. I have a sense of peace about  what happened in Benghazi and I hope you can find the same.

All I wanted was the truth. I never really believed our government would do  anything about it.

We cling to the truth for that is all we have.

Yes, our government really is this corrupt.

Never forget Benghazi!

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Entry #640

Obama Is At Two Dozen Scandals And Counting

Obama Is At Two Dozen Scandals And Counting

Thursday, August 1, 2013
 
 

by Keith Koffler on August 1, 2013, 9:25 am

President Obama claims that Republicans are busy probing “phony scandals.” But the sheer number of scandals suggests that misbehavior, abuse of power, and possibly corruption are not something being dreamed up by the GOP, but a defining characteristic of the Obama administration.

Here is a full list of the administration’s most egregious scandals. The ones we know about, at least. I’ve added four since the last time we ran the list – an increase of 20 percent!

1. IRS targets Obama’s enemies: The IRS targeted conservative and pro-Israel groups prior to the 2012 election. Questions are being raised about why this occurred, who ordered it, whether there was any White House involvement and whether there was an initial effort to hide who knew about the targeting and when.

2. Benghazi: This is actually three scandals in one:

  • The failure of administration to protect the Benghazi mission.
  • The changes made to the talking points in order to suggest the attack was motivated by an anti-Muslim video
  • The refusal of the White House to say what President Obama did the night of the attack

3. Watching the AP: The Justice Department performed a massive cull of Associated Press reporters’ phone records as part of a leak investigation.

4. Rosengate: The Justice Department suggested that Fox News reporter James Rosen is a criminal for reporting about classified information and subsequently monitored his phones and emails.

5. Potential Holder perjury I: Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress he had never been associated with “potential prosecution” of a journalist for perjury when in fact he signed the affidavit that termed Rosen a potential criminal.

6. The ATF “Fast and Furious” scheme: Allowed weapons from the U.S. to “walk” across the border into the hands of Mexican drug dealers. The ATF lost track of hundreds of firearms, many of which were used in crimes, including the December 2010 killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

7. Potential Holder Perjury II: Holder told Congress in May 2011 that he had just recently heard about the Fast and Furious gun walking scheme when there is evidence he may have known much earlier.

8. Sebelius demands payment: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius solicited donations from companies HHS might regulate. The money would be used to help her sign up uninsured Americans for ObamaCare.

9. The Pigford scandal: An Agriculture Department effort that started as an attempt to compensate black farmers who had been discriminated against by the agency but evolved into a gravy train delivering several billion dollars in cash to thousands of additional minority and female farmers who probably didn’t face discrimination.

10. GSA gone wild: The General Services Administration in 2010 held an $823,000 training conference in Las Vegas, featuring a clown and a mind readers. Resulted in the resignation of the GSA administrator.

11. Veterans Affairs in Disney World: The agency wasted more than $6 million on two conferences in Orlando. An assistant secretary was fired.

12. Sebelius violates the Hatch Act: A U.S. special counsel determined that Sebelius violated the Hatch Act when she made “extemporaneous partisan remarks” during a speech in her official capacity last year. During the remarks, Sebelius called for the election of the Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina.

13. Solyndra: Republicans charged the Obama administration funded and promoted its poster boy for green energy despite warning signs the company was headed for bankruptcy. The administration also allegedly pressed Solyndra to delay layoff announcements until after the 2010 midterm elections.

14. AKA Lisa Jackson: Former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson used the name “Richard Windsor” when corresponding by email with other government officials, drawing charges she was trying to evade scrutiny.

15. The New Black Panthers: The Justice Department was accused of using a racial double standard in failing to pursue a voter intimidation case against Black Panthers who appeared to be menacing voters at a polling place in 2008 in Philadelphia.

16. Waging war all by myself: Obama may have violated the Constitution and both the letter and the spirit of the War Powers Resolution by attacking Libya without Congressional approval.

17. Biden bullies the press: Vice President Biden’s office has repeatedly interfered with coverage, including forcing a reporter to wait in a closet, making a reporter delete photos, and editing pool reports.

18. AKPD not A-OK: The administration paid millions to the former firm of then-White House adviser David Axelrod, AKPD Message and Media, to promote passage of Obamacare. Some questioned whether the firm was hired to help pay Axelrod $2 million AKPD owed him.

19. Sestak, we’ll take care of you: Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel used Bill Clinton as an intermediary to probe whether former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) would accept a prominent, unpaid White House advisory position in exchange for dropping out of the 2010 primary against former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.).

20. I’ll pass my own laws: Obama has repeatedly been accused of making end runs around Congress by deciding which laws to enforce, including the decision not to deport illegal immigrants who may have been allowed to stay in the United States had Congress passed the “Dream Act.”

21. The hacking of Sharyl Attkisson’s computer: It’s not clear who hacked the CBS reporter’s computer as she investigated the Benghazi scandal, but the Obama administration and its allies had both the motive and the means to do it.

22. An American Political Prisoner: The sudden decision to arrest Nakoula Basseley Nakoula on unrelated charges after protests in the Arab world over his anti-Muslim video is an extraordinarily suspicious coincidence. “We’re going to go out and we’re going to prosecute the person that made that video,” Hillary Clinton allegedly told the father of one of the ex-SEALs killed in Banghazi.

23. Get rid of inconvenient IGs: Corporation for National and Community Service Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired in 2009 as he fought wasteful spending and investigated a friend of Obama’s, Sacramento Mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson. The White House says Walpin was incompetent.

24. Influence peddling: An investigation is underway of Alejandro Mayorkas, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who has been nominated by Obama for the number two post at the Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas may have used his position to unfairly obtain U.S. visas for foreign investors in company run by Hillary Clinton’s brother, Anthony Rodman.

Entry #639

Barry Soetoro (aka Barack Obama) Disappears From DC Voter Registration Site Following Exposure By Bl

Barry Soetoro (aka Barack Obama) Disappears From DC Voter Registration Site Following Exposure By Bloggers

 
 
 

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Tim Brown

Almost two weeks ago, we reported that Barry Soetoro, an alias of Barack Hussein Obama, was registered to vote in Washington, D.C. Granted, many think this was a hoax and someone other than Obama registered Barry Soetoro in DC. We knew at the time that Barack Obama was registered in Chicago, Illinois and did vote there in 2008 and 2012. However, after the information about Barry Soetoro being registered to vote in Washington, DC, the DC Board of Elections has scrubbed the voter registration for Barry Soetoro with no explanation.

If you recall, we provided the image of the District of Columbia Board of Elections search of Barry Soetoro, which you can see below dated July 20, 2013. Notice he was registered 22 days before the 2012 elections.

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While we are told that Barack Obama took the name Barry Soetoro due to the fact that his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, had married Lolo Soetoro on March 15, 1965 when he was just four years old. Young Barry Soetoro and his mother went to live with Soetoro in Indonesia when he was only 6 years old, but that time was short lived as he was sent to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents at age 10.

Entry #638

Agitator in Chief: Barry Obama Soetoro Can't Stand to Govern

Agitator in Chief: Barry Obama Soetoro Can’t Stand to Govern

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of Air Force One. Yes, Obama is jetting off  yet again to campaign for or against something. Does he ever stay in Washington?  Maybe he can rent out the White House like some kind of timeshare – pay down the  debt.

The odd thing is that he seems to be constantly campaigning against his own  administration’s policies. As if he’s still candidate Obama from five years ago  and they are not his policies.

So the question remains – why doesn’t he just stay in Washington and  demonstrate to all how well he can govern? Even some in the liberal press are  asking this.

Well, there are three parts to that answer. (1) He doesn’t really care about  the whole governing thing. (2) He is more comfortable on the road because, (3)  he doesn’t know how to govern and does not wish to learn. One only needs to look  at his background to know this is true.

Before he was a senator for about an hour and a half, he was a State Senator  whose votes mostly consisted of “present”. Before that he was a community  organizer, and agitator, a rabble-rouser. He was a student of Saul Alinsky’s  Rules for Radicals. Not exactly the encyclopedia on governance.http://voicesofthenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/alinsky-obama.jpg

He was evidently highly educated, but by radical professors and by his own  admission, he sought out radicals and Communists with which to hang out.

I liken his management skill to another governing mastermind – the great  peacemaker Yasir Arafat. Now don’t get your panties in a bunch. I’m not saying  our president is a terrorist. Although he plants them quite often, Obama’s IED’s  are strictly rhetorical.

Arafat was offered land for peace. He was offered a real homeland for his  precious PLO. He rebutted every attempt at peace and settlement.

At one point Israel was willing to withdraw from 97% of the West Bank and  100% of the Gaza Strip. They offered to dismantle and abandon 63 entire  settlements. They even offered Arafat East Jerusalem as the capital of the new  Palestinian state, plus right of return and an international fund worth $30 billion  for reparations.

As an aside, in my opinion, none of this should have been offered, for many  others and I knew who Arafat was and that he would turn it down, which he did.  No matter what Israel proposed, it would never be enough. Why? Because Arafat  was a terrorist leader, not a governor. He had neither the desire nor capability  to govern.

The same trait can be found in the presidential agitator Obama. No matter  what the Republicans stupidly offer him it has been and will never be enough,  for if it were, he would have nothing to agitate for. He would be out of his  element, his comfort zone.

This is why radicals never seem to be satisfied. They can’t be, for they know  nothing else.

The president is a radical ideologue, not a manager, not a governor. In fact  he is the flip side of Reagan. Like Reagan, Obama is a big-idea man. With Reagan  one got the grand vision of growth, prosperity and patriotism – love of country.  But you also got a leader – one who relished the opportunity to govern.

With Obama, the agitator, we have a fomenter of hatred, envy, decline and  division, but certainly not governance.

Read more: http://politicaloutcast.com/2013/07/agitator-in-chief-obama-cant-stand-to-govern/#ixzz2ae2BjgwV

Entry #637

President milks Trayvon Martin death to push gun-control agenda

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President milks Trayvon Martin death to push gun-control agenda

Posted on: July 30th, 2013

President Obama is milking Trayvon Martin’s death for all he can — first to  stir up racial division and now to get more gun-control laws. After the Florida  jury rightly decided that George Zimmerman was not guilty of murder when  defending himself against the teenager’s physical assault, Mr. Obama called for  overturning “stand your ground” laws in the states.

“If Trayvon Martin was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on  that sidewalk? And do we actually think that he would have been justified in  shooting Mr. Zimmerman who had followed him in a car because he felt  threatened?” Mr. Obama asked rhetorically in an unscheduled appearance in the  White House Briefing Room on July 19. “And if the answer to that question is at  least ambiguous, then it seems to me that we might want to examine those kinds  of laws.”

The president also questioned whether these state laws “are designed in such  a way that they may encourage the kinds of altercations and confrontations and  tragedies that we saw in the Florida case, rather than defuse potential  altercations, if there’s a way for them to exit from a situation.”             

Read more: http://patriotoutdoornews.com/7132/president-milks-trayvon-martin-death-to-push-gun-control-agenda#ixzz2aasspigS

Entry #636

Newspaper spanks Obama: 'Shove it, Mr. President'

Newspaper spanks Obama: 'Shove it, Mr. President'

Editors scorch 'umpteenth different' jobs plan

       
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A newspaper editorial today greeted Barack Obama in an entirely new way as he  traveled to Chattanooga, Tenn., to visit an Amazon.com business center and lobby  for his newest strategy to try to create jobs for Americans.

“Take your jobs plan and shove it, Mr. President: Your policies have harmed  Chattanooga enough,” said a  commentary in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

 

“Forgive us if you are not greeted with the same level of Southern  hospitality that our area usually bestows on its distinguished guests. You see,  we understand you are in town to share your umpteenth different job creation  plan during your time in office. If it works as well as your other job creation  programs, then thanks, but no thanks. We’d prefer you keep it to yourself,” the  newspaper said.

“That’s because your jobs creation plans so far have included a ridiculous  government spending spree and punitive tax increase on job creators that were  passed, as well as a minimum wage increase that, thankfully, was not. Economists  – and regular folks with a basic understanding of math – understand that these  are three of the most damaging policies imaginable when a country is mired in  unemployment and starving for job growth.”

At Amazon’s Chattanooga fulfillment center, Obama praised the operation for  being “kind of like the North Pole of the south right here. … Got a bunch of  good-looking elves here.”

He boasted of creating “7.2 million new jobs over the last 40 months” because  of the “grit and resilience of the American people.”

“But as I said last week, and as any middle-class family will tell you, we’re  not there yet,” Obama said. “Even before the financial crisis hit, we were going  through a decade where a few at the top were doing better and better, but most  families were working harder and harder just to get by. And reversing that trend  should be Washington’s highest priority.”

He said he wanted to lay out his ideas for creating good jobs but lamented  that the Republicans in Congress wouldn’t give him everything he asked for.

Obama cited a strategy to offer incentives for manufacturers to keep jobs in  the U.S. or bring them back from overseas, spending billions to catch up on  “deferred maintenance” in the U.S., creating jobs in wind, solar, and natural  gas industries, and exporting more.

He also said he wants corporations to hire more people.

“We’re not lacking for ideas, we’re just lacking action, especially out of  Washington,” Obama said.

The newspaper noted “64 percent of Chattanooga respondents said they would  rather you hadn’t chosen to visit our fair city,” but the editorial said it  actually was good that Obama visited.

“It will give you an opportunity to see the failure of your most  comprehensive jobs plan to date, the disastrous stimulus scheme, up close and  personal,” the newspaper said.

The commentary cited the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009′s  funding of the “Gig to Nowhere.”

That’s a $552 million “socialist-style experiment in government-owned  Internet, cable and phone services orchestrated by EPB – Chattanooga’s  government-owned electric monopoly.”

“The Gig to Nowhere is a Smart Grid, a high tech local electricity  infrastructure intended to improve energy efficiency and reduce power outages.  After lobbying for, and receiving, $111.6 million in stimulus money from your  administration, EPB decided to build a souped-up version of the Smart Grid with  fiber optics rather than more cost-effective wireless technology. This decision  was supposed to allow EPB to provide the fastest Internet service in the Western  Hemisphere, a gigabit-per-second Internet speed that would send tech companies  and web entrepreneurs stampeding to Chattanooga in droves.”

The reality, however, is that the project is “an absolute bust.”

“While the Smart Grid will cost taxpayers and local electric customers well  over a half-billion dollars when all is said and done, there has been little  improvement in the quality of EPB’s electric service. Worse, despite being  heavily subsidized, EPB’s government-owned Internet, cable and telephone outfit  that competes head-to-head against private companies like AT&T and Comcast  is barely staying afloat, often relying on loans from electric service reserve  funds to afford its business expenses,” the newspaper pointed out.

“Further, there has been no credible evidence to suggest that EPB can even  provide a gig of service consistently and reliably. Any companies hoping to  utilize the Gig to Nowhere are quoted monthly billing costs that make the  service unfeasible. As a result, Chattanooga has remained a relative ghost town  for technological innovation. Almost no economic development whatsoever has  resulted from the gig,” the newspaper said.

The newspaper said what the government program has achieved is a “shocking  price tag.”

“Because of your unwillingness to balance the budget, Mr. President, the  $111.6 million federal handout to subsidize the Gig to Nowhere will actually  cost federal taxpayers $158.2 million, due to interest. Once EPB received the  stimulus infusion to fund the pork project, the electric monopoly took out a  $219.8 bond that will balloon to $391.3 million by the time Chattanoogans are  done paying it off.

“The bond’s first payment comes due this fall and there remain significant  questions about how EPB can manage to pay the debt without hiking electric rates  on EPB customers,” the newspaper said. “Building a Smart Grid to get into a  telecom sector already well-served by private companies was a bad idea from the  start. But getting government involved in places it doesn’t belong is a hallmark  of your administration.”

Obama’s explained his newest strategy is a plan that “simplifies the tax code  for our businesses and creates good jobs with good wages.”

He said he would be willing to tax code reform – but only if it allows the  government “to use money from transitioning to a simpler tax system for a  significant investment in creating middle-class jobs.”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/newspaper-to-obama-shove-it-mr-president-2/#qAXAoTKGScvGfbXj.99

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