Friday, March 2, 2012

We have a right to know; Breitbart's Obama tapes to be released soon; CA allows 12 yr. olds to get free condoms; Buffalo teachers get free plastic surgery; Codes to International Space Station in stolen laptop; Celebrating death; Obama's advantages; DNC Chair to speak at fundraiser hosted by Muslim on our Federal Terrorist Watch List; Our Afghanistan Ambassador hasn't ruled out military proceedings against Quran burners; Senate upholds contraception in Obamacare; Lack of respect for nature's laws; Money buys freedom now; For shame, MI Credentials Committee; Taxpayers pay for Obama agenda promotion

World Net Daily: An investigative “Cold Case Posse” launched six months ago by “America’s toughest sheriff” – Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County – has concluded there is probable cause that the document released by the White House last year as President Obama’s birth certificate is a computer-generated forgery.
The investigative team has asked Arpaio, who is at a news conference in Phoenix live-streamed by WND TV that began at 3 p.m. Eastern time, to elevate the investigation to a criminal probe that will make available the resources of his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
The posse says it has identified at least one person of interest in the alleged forgery of Obama’s birth certificate. 
“Officers of the Hawaii Department of Health and various elected Hawaiian public officials may have intentionally obscured 1961 birth records and procedures to avoid having to release to public inspection and to the examination of court-authorized forensic examiners any original Obama 1961 birth records the Hawaii Department of Health may or may not have,” Zullo said.
The investigators say the evidence contained in the computer-generated PDF file released by the White House as well as important deficiencies in the Hawaii process of certifying the long-form birth certificate establish probable cause that a forgery has been committed.
“A continuing investigation is needed to identify the identity of the person or persons involved in creating the alleged birth certificate forgery and to determine who, if anyone, in the White House or the state of Hawaii may have authorized the forgery,” Arpaio said.
Among the evidence released at the press conference are five videos – which can be seen at the end of this article – to demonstrate why the Obama long-form birth certificate is suspected to be a computer-generated forgery.
The videos consist of step-by-step computer demonstrations using a control document. They display the testing used by the investigators to examine various claims made by supporters of the April 27 document. [For those of you who would enjoy watching how the birth certificate and selective service documentation are declared to be forgeries, a few videos here are most instructive.  Sheriff Arpaio is now committed to discovery of just who did the forgeries....]
http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/sheriff-joes-posse-probable-cause-obama-certificate-a-fraud/
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Mediaite reports: On his program Thursday, Fox News’ Sean Hannity spoke with Steve Bannon (producer of The Undefeated, among various other films) about a series of tapes Andrew Breitbart claimed to have about Barack Obama. Breitbart mentioned the tapes during his recent CPAC speech, sharing that “[w]e are going to vet [Barack Obama] from his college days to show you why racial division and class warfare are central to what hope and change was sold in 2008.”

Bannon confirmed that there exists a series of tapes taken during Obama’s time at Harvard, which will be publicly released “in a week or two.” Breitbart has been “very systematic about going through this thing,” Bannon added. [Andrew Breitbart will live on, forever.  Listen to his speech here.  He was a true Patriot and American truth will miss him.  May his death inspire others to greatness in the cause.]  http://www.mediaite.com/tv/breitbart-friend-reveals-to-hannity-obama-harvard-tapes-will-be-out-in-a-week-or-two/
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CNS News reports: No wonder California is perpetually in financial chaos. It’s too busy setting up programs to distribute free condoms to 12-year-olds and teenagers to help them responsibly manage their sexual budgets – and avoid their parents finding out.
The Condom Access Project (CAP), according to the Bakersfield Californian, allows children as young as 12 to go to TeenSource.org and order free condoms by mail in several California counties. The program, supported by the California Department of Public Health's STD Control Branch and the nonprofit California Family Health Council, was launched this year - on Valentine’s Day. http://cnsnews.com/blog/paul-wilson/condom-access-program-mails-free-condoms-12-year-olds-without-notifying-parents
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Big Government (ONE OF ANDREW BREITBART'S PRODUCTIONS) writes: As CNN reports:
The sweet deal that all the 3,400 teachers in Buffalo are eligible to get under one of their insurance plan options, they are billed nothing for any plastic surgery procedure, such as botox, liposuction, tummy tucks, and there is no deductible …. Last year, Buffalo’s schools spent $5.9 million on plastic surgery which is also known as a cosmetic rider. And Buffalo teachers have had this rider for nearly four decades …. Now you might think Buffalo’s school district must be flush with cash to be offering perks like free plastic surgery, right? Wrong. Louis Petrucci, the president of the Buffalo Board of Education says he is projecting a $42 million deficit in next year’s school budget. http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2012/02/28/teachers-unions-opt-for-plastic-sugery-on-taxpayers-dime/
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UK Daily Mail reports: A laptop stolen from NASA contains the control codes used to command the International Space Station. 
The unencrypted laptop stolen last year is among dozens of mobile devices containing sensitive information that have been reported missing from the space agency, an internal investigation has found.

Giving testimony on the space agency's security issues, NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin told Congress that 48 agency devices were lost or stolen over a two year period.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108701/Stolen-NASA-laptop-contained-command-codes-CONTROL-International-Space-Station.html#ixzz1nsxa6Wzf
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Free Beacon writes about the typical behavior of many on the Left: Economics and philosophy expert Matthew Yglesias reacted with glee Thursday morning at the news that conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart had died.
“Conventions around dead people are ridiculous,” the Slate correspondent wrote on Twitter this morning. “The world outlook is slightly improved with @AndrewBrietbart [sic] dead.”
“If you think @AndrewBrietbart’s [sic] opponents shouldn’t be glad he’s dead, you’re not taking his life’s work seriously,” Yglesias added.
Yglesias is a former employee of ThinkProgress, a blog operated by the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Breitbart passed away early Thursday of natural causes, according to BigGovernment.com, a website he founded. He was 43.
Yglesias is not the only liberal commentator to publicly celebrate Breitbart’s passing.
The Washington Examiner has compiled an array of colorful tweets mocking the deceased icon. http://freebeacon.com/slate-columnist-cheers-breitbarts-death/
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Canada Free Press brings us down to earth [but I shall remain hopeful]: You don’t need the mainstream media, FOXNews, the conservative blogosphere or even Canada Free Press (CFP) to tell you that Obama has the deck of cards stacked against any realistic hope of relieving him from office.  With ingrained election fraud, unshakeable Obama control of the mainstream media and the Internet, 12 million free telephone recipients that can be texted all the way between now and Election Day, 40 million on food stamps, internecine fighting among Republican presidential candidates and the power of martial law and election suspension at his command, how can Obama realistically be unseated? http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/44957
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Free Beacon writes: Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is facing criticism for her upcoming appearance at a fundraiser hosted by an American Muslim leader who was placed on the Federal Terrorist Watch List.
Wasserman Schultz is set to keynote an annual fundraising dinner for EMERGE USA, a Muslim community group led by Khurrum Wahid, a controversial attorney with a track record of defending accused terrorists and associating with Muslim Brotherhood-backed groups.
Democrats and Republicans alike are wondering why Wasserman Schultz, described by the Jewish Daily Forward as a “proud Jewess,” would associate with Wahid. http://freebeacon.com/debbies-date-with-radicalism/
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"If there are to be proceedings, they are going to be U.S. proceedings under the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) -- and I don't think there is any question or doubt on the part of the Afghan government that that is exactly how it's going to go," Ryan Crocker told Fox News Wednesday night. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-ambassador-doesnt-rule-out-proceedings-against-us-troops-who-burned-qurans
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Washington Examiner writes: The Senate on Thursday defeated a GOP effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage in the first vote on an issue that raised questions of religious and women's rights and riled Americans in this volatile election year.
The 51-48 vote killed an amendment that would have allowed employers and insurers to opt out of portions of the president's health care law they found morally objectionable. That would have included the law's requirement that insurers cover the costs of birth control. Democrats said the measure would have allowed employers and insurers to opt out of virtually any medical treatment with the mere mention of a moral or religious objection. http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2012/03/senate-defeats-bill-reverse-birth-control-rule/326846

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Weekly Standard writes: "After decades of sidelining the once-thriving American timber industry and taking the food out of the mouths of loggers' children to allegedly protect the spotted owl, the green bureaucracy is still not happy and has declared war on the environment," the director of the Occupy Occupy D.C. movement, David Almasi, said in the release. "One owl is being sacrificed for another. Where is the respect for the laws of nature? The one thing we do know from this travesty is that the Endangered Species Act is out-of-control and desperately needs to be reformed."  http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/anti-occupy-movement-rallies-against-obamas-war-nature_633047.html
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Fox News reports: Seven American rights workers are on a plane out of Egypt after the U.S. paid nearly $5 million in bail costs to secure their freedom. 
Egyptian officials said the U.S. paid $300,000 each for 16 Americans, nine of whom were already out of the country. 
The State Department said the money was paid by the nongovernmental organizations where the democracy and rights workers work. However, the NGOs receive U.S. funding for their operations.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mercury News reports: Michigan has 30 delegates to the party's national convention. State GOP rules said two of the delegates should be awarded proportionally based on the statewide vote, according to a party memo shared with the campaigns. The other 28 would be awarded based on the results in each of the state's 14 congressional districts.
Under these rules, Romney and GOP rival Rick Santorum's would split the delegates, with each getting 15. However, the Michigan Republican Party Credentials Committee voted 4-2 Wednesday night to give 16 delegates to Romney and 14 delegates to Santorum.
Committee members said the Feb. 7 memo was incorrect. Instead, they said, a new party rule adopted Feb. 4 was intended to award both statewide delegates to the statewide winner.
The Santorum campaign said it would appeal the ruling and, in an email, referred to the turn of events as an "election scandal." http://www.mercurynews.com/presidentelect/ci_20080791
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Examiner writes: Do you ever get that funny feeling that something is just not right--in the Obama Administration?
Well, then you have been joined by Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), former Bush Administration Office of Management and Budget director, and Sen. Clare McCaskill (D-MO), who on Wednesday blasted out letters to 11 federal agencies asking for detailed information about public relations and advertising contracts over the past three years, according to a FOXNews article today.
Both Senators were compelled by several reports they received, indicating that the Obama Administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars to promote the president's political agenda, which is not acceptable, versus informing the public about government programs.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Another eligibility question in the mix; Infanticide justified by ethicists; Obama denies Medicaid money to Texas; Rep. West opines on US "safety net"; Pennsylvania challenges Obama's spot on ballot; "Shut Down the Corporations Day of Action"; Administration "not interested in lowering gas prices"; Department of Defense not aware of new $750,000 soccer field at Gitmo; This President DOES negotiate with terrorists; Texas employs gun boats along border; Obama negotiates unilaterally with N. Korea

Western Journalism writes [as today we hear Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "posse" report on Obama's eligibility]: But new questions about the status of BHO’s teen age mother Stanley Ann Dunham are surfacing as analysis at another web site is revealing a Congressional rule change for people born between December 23, 1952 and November 13, 1986 puts in serious doubt Stanley Ann Dunham’s ability to confer citizenship status on her son.
Since Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. was born in 1961, this newly discovered law involves Dunham’s age because she was only 18 at time of delivery!  The law says:
”When one parent was a U.S. citizen and the other a foreign national, the U.S. citizen parent must have resided in the U.S. for a total of 10 years prior to birth of the child with FIVE of the years after the age of 14.” Stanley Ann Dunham did not meet requisite status according to blog discovery.  One commenter said, “She was not old enough to register Obama’s birth in Hawaii or anywhere else in the U.S. as a Natural Born Citizen as she did not meet the residency requirements!  Backing this statement up, another commenter reiterates:” The law specifically outlines the requirements for a CITIZEN mother to confer citizenship to her baby.  Ann Dunham was NOT old enough-case closed!” http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-not-a-citizen-thanks-to-his-own-mother/
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Conservative Byte reports: Two ethicists working with Australian universities argue in the latest online edition of the Journal of Medical Ethics that if abortion of a fetus is allowable, so to should be the termination of a newborn.
Alberto Giubilini with Monash University in Melbourne and Francesca Minerva at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne write that in “circumstances occur[ing] after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible.”
The two are quick to note that they prefer the term “after-birth abortion“ as opposed to ”infanticide.” Why? Because it “[emphasizes] that the moral status of the individual killed is comparable with that of a fetus (on which ‘abortions’ in the traditional sense are performed) rather than to that of a child.” http://conservativebyte.com/2012/02/ethicists-argue-in-favor-of-after-birth-abortions-as-newborns-are-not-persons
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An local NBC affiliate investigative report found Colorado welfare cards used at ATMs in casinos, liquor stores, strip clubs, amusement parks, and even out-of-state locations like Disneyland and Las Vegas. The WFB staff reports. [Fraud?  What fraud?  We've been told there is almost NO fraud!] http://us.mc1610.mail.yahoo.com/mc/showMessage?.rand=486435708&fid=Inbox&
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Life News reports: Planned Parenthood is spewing misguided rage towards Texas governor Rick Perry, claiming he is to blame for the recent Medicaid revocation (of the 1114-Medicaid waiver) in the state that will impact 130,000 Texas women.
 Texas decided to bar the Women’s Health Program funding from abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, in May of last year. Almost immediately, the Obama administration threatened to pull Medicaid from Texas if funding wasn’t reinstated for the abortion giant. Texas refused, and in turn, the Obama administration decided last week to yank the annual $40,000,000 Texas received for its Medicaid program, beginning in March. This also results in another $17,000,000 loss to Planned Parenthood of Texas. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/02/28/obama-pulls-texas-medicaid-funds-over-planned-parenthood-de-funding/
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Think Progress reports on Rep. Allen West: "Our party firmly believes in the safety net. We reject the idea of the safety net becoming a hammock. ... What Republicans have long understood is that poor communities are best served when they're empowered to care for themselves. The more they come to rely on government checks, the less they learn to rely on their own ability and ingenuity. For this reason, the Republican value of minimizing government dependence is particularly beneficial to the poorest among us. Conversely, the Democratic appetite for ever-increasing redistributionary handouts is in fact the most insidious form of slavery remaining in the world today, and it does not promote economic freedom."
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Western Journalism opines: The latest state to hear arguments challenging President Barack Hussein Obama’s eligibility to be on its 2012 Presidential ballot is  Pennsylvania.
Last week, Attorney Philip J. Berg officially challenged the nomination petition of Obama. A lifetime resident of the state of Pennsylvania, Mr. Berg was born and raised in the city and county of Philadelphia. Interestingly enough, he is a registered Democrat. It is important to remember that questions regarding Obama’s eligibility were first asked by supporters of the current Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton,  when she was running for the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago.  http://www.westernjournalism.com/usjf-philip-berg-file-obama-eligibility-case-pennsylvania/
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KATU reports: The vandalism comes ahead of a planned Occupy Portland march and rally in Portland on Wednesday afternoon as part of the Shut Down the Corporations Day of Action. The event is also known as the F29 march and organizers said they will be focusing on corporations that are part of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). http://www.katu.com/news/business/140864923.html
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Yahoo News reports: President Barack Obama's Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu uttered the kind of Washington gaffe that consists of telling the truth when inconvenient. According to Politico, Chu admitted to a House committee that the administration is not interested in lowering gas prices.
Chu, along with the Obama administration, regards the spike in gas prices as a feature rather than a bug. High gas prices provide an incentive for alternate energy technology, a priority for the White House, and a decrease in reliance on oil for energy.
The Heritage Foundation points out that hammering the American consumer with high gas prices to make electric and hybrid cars more appealing is consistent with Obama administration policy and Chu's philosophy. That explains the refusal to allow the building of the Keystone XL pipeline and to allow drilling in wide areas of the U.S. and offshore areas. http://news.yahoo.com/energy-secretary-chu-admits-administration-ok-high-gas-193900713.html
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Daily Caller reports: In the wake of the revelation that the Department of Defense has spend $750,000 on a soccer field for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp pressed Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on his knowledge of the expenditure at a Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday.
Panetta denied knowledge of the project.
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National Review reports: The Arabic-language newspaper al-Arabiya reported on Tuesday that the Obama administration has offered to release Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman to Egypt. Abdel Rahman is the infamous “Blind Sheikh” who was convicted in 1995 for masterminding a terrorist war against the United States that included the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a plot to bomb New York City landmarks. According to the late Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda’s founder, Abdel Rahman is also responsible for the fatwa — the necessary Islamic edict — that green-lighted the 9/11 attacks.
The alleged offer to release Abdel Rahman is said to be an effort to end the impasse over 16 American “civil-society activists” (including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood) being detained by Egypt’s interim government.
American immigration authorities permitted Abdel Rahman to settle in the United States in 1990, eventually giving him permanent residence status as a “religious worker,” even though his long history of inciting terror and his virulent anti-Americanism were well known — and even though his name appeared on U.S. terrorist watch lists. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/292301/releasing-blind-sheikh-andrew-c-mccarthy
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CNN reports: Next month, the state's Department of Public Safety will deploy the first of a fleet of six gunboats on the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between the state and Mexico, CNN affiliate WFAA-TV reports.
The 34-foot-long boats, each powered by three, 300-horsepower outboard engines, will have bulletproof plating and six machine guns apiece, not unlike the river patrol boats the U.S. Navy used during the Vietnam War.
The vessels will be able to operate in as little as 2 feet of water, according to the report, and will work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to combat drug smuggling coming across the Rio Grande.
"They're finding out when those people are coming across, and one of the things they need to be able to do is interdict them on the water," Texas state Rep. Paul Workman told CNN affiliate KVUE-TV when the first of the boats, the JD Davis, was christened in December. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/29/texas-navy-to-patrol-the-rio-grande/?hpt=hp_t2
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American Enterprise Institute reports: In the trumpeted North Korea agreement released today, the United States pledged once again that we harbor “no hostile intent” toward the Pyongyang regime.  But unlike the 2000 agreement, apparently the North Koreans do not reciprocate, and make no such commitment.
So let’s review the bidding one last time.  President Obama has “no hostile intent” toward North Korea, but seeks no such assurance from North Korea that the American people will be safe from Pyongyang’s predations.  Another diplomatic triumph! http://www.aei.org/article/foreign-and-defense-policy/regional/asia/hey-north-korea-we-wont-attack-you-but-its-ok-if-you-attack-us-love-barack-obama/
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    Wednesday, February 29, 2012

    Obama requests volunteers to organize in congregations; Constitution not a consideration in Obamacare; Muslim tv show canceled; Sheriff Arpaio "posse" to report on Obama's eligibility on Thursday; Secret agreement with Iran?; Light Squared CEO's connections to Obama; $750,000 soccer field for Gitmo prisoners; Nutrition program forced onto military; Obama administration plays God with birds; Independent Payment Advisory Board gets more power over healthcare provisions

    Personal Liberty writes: Visitors to the President’s re-election website can opt to volunteer for the campaign by “organizing in barber shops and beauty salons,” “organizing black businesses,” “organizing civic organizations,” “organizing congregations” [whatever happened to separation of church and state?] or “organizing at historically black colleges and universities.” http://personalliberty.com/2012/02/28/african-americans-for-obama/?eiid=
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    Fox News Nation reports: Question: “Under what portion of the Constitution is the government allowed to require a private or religious organization to pay for anything for free?”
    Dem Rep. Kathy Hochul: “Well, basically, we’re not looking to the Constitution on that aspect of it. What I’m trying to say is basically the decision has been made by this congress that American citizens are entitled to health care.” http://nation.foxnews.com/us-consitution/2012/02/27/dem-congresswoman-asked-about-obamacare-mandate-basically-we-re-not-looking-constitution
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    Debbie Schlussel reports: Uncork the champagne bottle!  “All-American Muslim,” the TLC propaganda show whitewashing several Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah supporters in Dearbornistan, has been canceled.  http://www.debbieschlussel.com/47680/alhamdillullah-praise-allah-all-american-muslim-canceled---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    World Net Daily reports: This week,for the first time,the results of a formal law enforcement investigation into Obama’s eligibility will be released.
    WND TV will live-stream the news conference scheduled by Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County,Ariz.,Thursday at 1 p.m. Mountain Time in Phoenix,or 3 p.m. Eastern. Arpaio previously has indicated there might be a “shock” in the report.
    The stream will be on this linked page. In addition, WND will make available to the public, the same day by email, the official report distributed to media by Arpaio’s “Cold Case Posse.” Those interested in receiving the report can sign up for the free service between now and the March 1 news conference.
    Arpaio previously told WND that when he launched his Cold Case Posse it was with the possibility that he would clear Obama.  But he said it wasn’t an issue he could ignore, after 250 members of the tea party organization “came to me and asked their sheriff to investigate Obama and the birth certificate.”
    The posse was constituted as a 501(c)3 organization, designed to cost the people of Maricopa County nothing, while enabling people from around the country to contribute to its mission.
    Those wishing to send a tax-deductible contribution directly to the Cold Case Posse may do so by mailing a check or money order to: MCSO Cold Case Posse, P.O. Box 74374, Phoenix, AZ 85087.  http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/what-does-law-say-about-obamas-eligibility/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Daily Caller reports: My sources inside Iran tell me that President Obama, seeking to protect the recovering U.S. economy and bolster his chances of being re-elected in November, apparently has entered into an informal agreement with Iran that he believes will defuse the nuclear weapons crisis and keep Israel from attacking the Islamic regime.
    The agreement calls for the United States to acknowledge that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, and for Iran to hand over its highly enriched uranium, which is necessary for nuclear weaponization. Iran, for its part, though engaging Obama, has no intention of abiding by the agreement and is stepping up its nuclear enrichment program clandestinely, even as it prepares for a war it believes it can win.
    When Obama took office in 2009, he threw out the Bush administration’s aggressive posture in negotiating with Iran and instead sought a new approach, one of diplomacy and friendship. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/27/obama-iran-in-secret-nuclear-deal/#ixzz1niJra8Ui
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    Daily Caller reports:  LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday amid revelations of his company’s political proximity — and his own closeness — to the White House and Obama administration officials.
    The Daily Caller first reported one week ago on emails and documents that indicate political ties and numerous meetings between LightSquared and Obama administration officials as the was undergoing regulatory review.
    Ahuja’s resignation comes after Obama’s FCC suspended conditional approval of a waiver LightSquared needed to complete its high-speed broadband network. Until two weeks ago, the company’s final approval appeared imminent.
    Ahuja, who had never donated to Democrats before and has not since, gave the maximum allowable $30,400 contribution to the Democratic National Committee on the same day his lawyers were trying to arrange a meeting for him at the White House with top Obama technology adviser Aneesh Chopra and other officials. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/28/lightsquared-ceo-resigns-amid-revelations-of-companys-proximity-to-obama-white-house/#ixzz1niLp23JQ
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    Free Beacon reports on our tax dollars at work: At a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches — at a cost of $750,000 to taxpayers. http://freebeacon.com/gitmo-camp-set-to-open-750000-soccer-field-for-detainees/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CNS News reports: The nutrition education program alerts soldiers that “red” foods like bacon and apple pie should only be eaten rarely, with a warning: “limit intake.”  Foods labeled green, however, such as mustard greens, are deemed “premium fuel for the soldier athlete,” “fresh and flavorful” and “nutrient dense.” Soldiers are advised to eat these frequently. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/army-dietitian-touts-warning-labels-desserts-and-fried-foods-mess-halls
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    Washington Post reports: Obama administration plan would kill rival bird to save spotted owl. To save the endangered spotted owl, the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to shoot barred owls, a rival bird that has shoved its smaller cousin aside. The plan is the latest government attempt to protect the northern spotted owl, the meek, one-pound bird that sparked an epic battle over logging in the Pacific Northwest two decades ago. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ap-newsbreak-obama-administration-plan-would-kill-rival-bird-to-save-spotted-owl/2012/02/28/gIQAvxAUgR_story.html 
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    Forbes writes: President Obama is doubling down on one of the most dangerous provisions in his 2010 health overhaul law. In his proposed budget, he plans to give even greater powers to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a panel created by the new health law to contain Medicare spending.
    1. The IPAB is one of the most egregious parts of ObamaCare because it puts rationing of care on auto pilot. A House subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), is expected to vote today on a bill that would repeal the IPAB entirely.
      The IPAB is to be composed of 15 appointed officials who will have the authority to make cuts in Medicare payments if per capita spending exceeds defined targeted rates. The U.S. Constitution gives the power of the purse to Congress so that elected representatives can be accountable to the voters for their decisions. The IPAB would turn this principle upside down.
      In creating the IPAB, the president and Democrats in Congress wanted to take difficult decisions about cutting spending on Medicare out of the legislative process. In so doing, they gave unprecedented authority to unelected experts to make Medicare payment policy involving hundreds of billions of dollars and impacting tens of millions of seniors.
      President Obama’s 2013 budget describes the IPAB as “a key contributor to Medicare’s long-term solvency.” http://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2012/02/28/president-obamas-dangerous-new-medical-board/2/
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      According to a Statement of Work (SOW) posted today to the FedBizOpps database, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking contractors capable of carrying out Phase II of the “Program to Extend Scholarships and Training to Achieve Sustainable Impacts,” or PRESTASI.
      The selected vendor will continue to assist existing Phase I participants while identifying and placing new candidates for the extended program—which will cost an additional $16-$20 million. [Just asking - am I the only one who sees a pattern here regarding the agenda of this Administration?] http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/u-s-paying-for-indonesians-masters-degrees/

     

    Tuesday, February 28, 2012

    Obama's Office of Opportunity, Inclusiveness and Compliance; NATO asked to proceed with trials on Americans; Radical plan protest of Republican National Convention; Why doctors refuse CPR for themselves; 75% of Americans think "rich" should pay lower taxes; Military familes to pay much more for their healthcare while unionized workers untouched; Obama now backs part of Keystone XL; No personal bible study in your home; President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Partnerships allowed to die; Water bills to triple;


    [So - you actually think Sharia Law is not slowly weaving itself into the fabric of American Life?  Do read the following:]
    American Thinker reports: Back in October, I reported on Ernest Perce, a parade-goer wearing a "Zombie Muhammad" costume while marching in a local Pennsylvania Halloween parade.  He was viciously attacked and choked by Talaag Elbayomy, a Muslim (who was enforcing the sharia -- he assumed that it was illegal in this country to insult Muhammad).  "He grabbed me, choked me from the back, and spun me around to try to get my sign off that was wrapped around my neck," reported Perce.

    Last week, an American judge in Pennsylvania, Judge Mark Martin, ruled on the case and sided with the Muslim, and said that the victim would have been put to death in Muslim societies for his "crime."
    Martin told Perce: "Having had the benefit of having spent over two and a half years in predominantly Muslim countries I think I know a little bit about the faith of Islam. ... In many Arabic-speaking countries something like this is definitely against the law there. In their society in fact it can be punishable by death and it frequently is in their society."
    So what?  This is America, where we don't have to obey the Islamic blasphemy laws -- at least not yet.  But Martin went on to reveal why he was ruling against the victim: "Then what you have done is you have completely trashed their essence, their being. They find it very very very offensive. I'm a Muslim, I find it offensive."  He now denies that he is a Muslim, but that's what he said.
    Ultimately, it is irrelevant if the judge is or isn't a Muslim.  What is germane is his sharia ruling, which is worse if he's not a Muslim.  In Islam, sharia supersedes all man-made laws.  It is the law of Allah, so one might understand (though not condone) a Muslim judge defaulting to sharia.  But an American judge admonishing an infidel victim while holding up the Koran is shocking.
    Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/exclusive_interview_infidel_victim_of_pennsylvania_sharia_judge_reveals_inside_details_of_case.html#ixzz1ngJqI9dE
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    Liberty News reports: [M]ost of us out here in the real world have probably never even heard of the “Office of Opportunity, Inclusiveness and Compliance” over at the Library of Congress. ...

    [T]his department is in place to manage the Affirmative Action Program ... What kind of staff does it take to manage the Affirmative Action
    program?
    That’s quite a team of government workers to manage Affirmative Action, is it not? And guess what? The bureaucrats are looking for a new Director.  It pays nicely. $119,554.00 to $165,300.00 / Per Year for the the following: "Incumbent is responsible for planning and managing the Employment Discrimination Complaint Program, Cultural Exchange and Awareness Program, Selective Placement Program and partners with HRS on Recruitment Planning." http://www.libertynews.com/2012/02/25/proof-found-that-obama-really-is-trying-to-create-jobs/
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    Expose Obama reports: Let us not forget that Taliban fighters and al Qaeda thought it perfectly correct to behead the non-combatant Journalists Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl.  Where was the outrage when these Somali animals drug the burnt dead decapitated bodies through the streets in Somalia and then displayed them by hanging them from a bridge.
    “NATO officials,in response to a request for the trial and punishment of the perpetrators … promised this crime will brought to court as soon as possible,” Karzai’s office said in a statement.
    The recent uproar about  US military personnel allegedly burning Qur’an in Afghanistan has resulted in more violence and the demand that NATO  put on public trial those who burned them  at a NATO base.
    After a fifth day of bloody protests over the incident,President Hamid Karzai’s office has asked NATO to proceed with these trials. http://www.exposeobama.com/2012/02/27/nato-promised-karzai-to-put-american-soldiers-on-trial-for-burning-koran-as-soon-as-possible-will-obama-prevent-this-from-happening/
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    Expose Obama writes: Monday,August 27 is the time to advance the cause of justice and make our voices heard,” states the protest march flier which you can read at.
    -Endorsing organizations already include SDS chapters in Tampa Bay,Gainesville,Chicago,Wisconsin,and Minnesota colleges and universities. The Student-Farm Worker Alliance along with PROYECTO DIGNIDAD will be marching for immigrant rights along with certain women’s groups. The Alliance for Global Justice,the International Action Center and the South Bay (San Jose,CA) Committee Against Political Repression and the Anti-War Committee of MN show the national and international scope of this widespread movement against the RNC Convention in Tampa this August.

    “The Republican National Convention brings together some of the worst politicians that this country has to offer,” organizers say as they are calling on national and international protestors to converge to “Say NO to the Republican Agenda!” http://www.exposeobama.com/
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    The Public Square reports: It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. For all the time they spend fending off the deaths of others, they tend to be fairly serene when faced with death themselves. They know exactly what is going to happen, they know the choices, and they generally have access to any sort of medical care they could want. But they go gently.
    They want to be sure, when the time comes, that no heroic measures will happen—that they will never experience, during their last moments on earth, someone breaking their ribs in an attempt to resuscitate them with CPR (that’s what happens if CPR is done right).
    Many people think of CPR as a reliable lifesaver when, in fact, the results are usually poor. I’ve had hundreds of people brought to me in the emergency room after getting CPR. Exactly one, a healthy man who’d had no heart troubles (for those who want specifics, he had a “tension pneumothorax”), walked out of the hospital. If a patient suffers from severe illness, old age, or a terminal disease, the odds of a good outcome from CPR are infinitesimal, while the odds of suffering are overwhelming. Poor knowledge and misguided expectations lead to a lot of bad decisions. http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2011/11/30/how-doctors-die/read/nexus/
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    Free Beacon reports: Despite President Obama and Democrats’ insistence that the rich “pay their fair share,” three-quarters of likely voters believe the nation’s richest should pay lower, not higher, taxes, according to a poll conducted by the Hill.  http://freebeacon.com/poll-vast-majority-of-likely-voters-think-rich-already-pay-their-fair-share/
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Beacon writes: The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. The proposal is causing a major rift within the Pentagon, according to U.S. officials. Several congressional aides suggested the move is designed to increase the enrollment in Obamacare’s state-run insurance exchanges.
    The disparity in treatment between civilian and uniformed personnel is causing a backlash within the military that could undermine recruitment and retention.
    The proposed increases in health care payments by service members, which must be approved by Congress, are part of the Pentagon’s $487 billion cut in spending. It seeks to save $1.8 billion from the Tricare medical system in the fiscal 2013 budget, and $12.9 billion by 2017.
    http://freebeacon.com/trashing-tricare/
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hill reports: The White House backed TransCanada Corp.’s bid to build a major portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline Monday, a move that could shield President Obama from growing GOP attacks over the project.
    Obama's support for the southern portion of the pipeline gave the White House another chance to blunt GOP attacks by touting support for U.S. oil development. But it quickly re-opened a rift with the president’s environmental base, which condemned the project.
    TransCanada, which has been working for years to win federal approval of Keystone XL, said Monday that it will begin construction on a section of the pipeline that runs from Cushing, Okla., to Texas.
    The White House quickly reiterated its support for the pipeline segment, which would carry crude oil pumped from land in the Midwest and surrounding areas to refineries in Texas. The pipeline can't be extended to carry oil sands crude from Canada until the company receives a cross-border permit from the State Department, a permit the president rejected in January.
    http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/212785-white-house-backs-major-segment-of-keystone-pipeline
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Godscare reports: Orange County California has passed a law that prohibits personal bible studies in your own home. www.godscare.net  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJrmWbHM2I
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poliltico reports: The president’s first Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships delivered a 163-page report in March 2010 and then disbanded. The second council has waited more than a year for a full slate of appointees and has yet to meet. And the hottest issue — whether religious groups that receive public money can discriminate in hiring — remains unresolved more than three years after Obama promised to address it.
    “It’s the mysterious, disappearing faith-based council,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, who advised the first council.  Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73351.html#ixzz1ngGtmHRD
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington Examiner writes: First high gas prices, now water. A shocking new report about the nation's crumbling drinking water system says that Americans should expect their bills to double or triple to cover repairs just to keep their faucets pouring. That means adding up to $900 a year more for water, nearly equal the amount of the newly extended payroll tax cut.
    Fixing and expanding underground drinking water systems will cost over $1 trillion in the next 25 years and users will get socked with the bill, according to the American Water Works Association.  http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/02/more-bad-news-us-water-bills-triple/317086
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Thinker reports: Back in October, I reported on Ernest Perce, a parade-goer wearing a "Zombie Muhammad" costume while marching in a local Pennsylvania Halloween parade.  He was viciously attacked and choked by Talaag Elbayomy, a Muslim (who was enforcing the sharia -- he assumed that it was illegal in this country to insult Muhammad).  "He grabbed me, choked me from the back, and spun me around to try to get my sign off that was wrapped around my neck," reported Perce.
    Last week, an American judge in Pennsylvania, Judge Mark Martin, ruled on the case and sided with the Muslim, and said that the victim would have been put to death in Muslim societies for his "crime."
    Martin told Perce: "Having had the benefit of having spent over two and a half years in predominantly Muslim countries I think I know a little bit about the faith of Islam. ... In many Arabic-speaking countries something like this is definitely against the law there. In their society in fact it can be punishable by death and it frequently is in their society."
    So what?  This is America, where we don't have to obey the Islamic blasphemy laws -- at least not yet.  But Martin went on to reveal why he was ruling against the victim: "Then what you have done is you have completely trashed their essence, their being. They find it very very very offensive. I'm a Muslim, I find it offensive."  He now denies that he is a Muslim, but that's what he said.
    Ultimately, it is irrelevant if the judge is or isn't a Muslim.  What is germane is his sharia ruling, which is worse if he's not a Muslim.  In Islam, sharia supersedes all man-made laws.  It is the law of Allah, so one might understand (though not condone) a Muslim judge defaulting to sharia.  But an American judge admonishing an infidel victim while holding up the Koran is shocking.
    Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/exclusive_interview_infidel_victim_of_pennsylvania_sharia_judge_reveals_inside_details_of_case.html#ixzz1ngJqI9dE
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    Monday, February 27, 2012

    Nothing but burning the White House will do; Sharia Law accepted by Obama; WWII cemetery desecrated in Egypt; US bases and missions targeted; Americans on trial in Egypt; Shocking facts on CPR; Bonuses and 70% pay raises go to Solyndra employees; Wyoming preparing for total collapse of America; Warrantless use of GPS banned; Cruise ship passengers robbed by gunpoint in Puerto Vallarta; One hour to get fake ID; AZ Governor asked to testify before Senate; NYC Teacher's performance now public knowlege

    Alarabia writes: In a move likely to irk tension between Iran and United States, a top Iranian military commander said on Saturday that nothing short of burning the White House and hanging American military commanders can compensate for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan last week.

    “The U.S. has committed such an ugly act and burnt Qurans because of the heavy slap it has been given by Islam,” commander of Iran’s Basij force, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi told the semi-official Fars news agency. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/02/26/197070.html
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    Muslims Desecrate WW II British Cemetery Hours After Obama Apologizes for Torched Korans.  http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/02/muslims-desecrate-ww-ii-british-cemetery-hours-after-obama-apologizes-for-torched-korans/

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    US bases and diplomatic missions are targeted by Muslims: 

    http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46533861/#46533861 

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    Egypt trial against American pro-democracy workers opens

    The trial begins in Cairo with none of the accused American pro-democracy workers appearing in court. The U.S. and Egypt have struggled to resolve the crisis.  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-egypt-trial-20120227,0,3072157.story

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    Enraged Afghans rioted after evidence emerged that U.S. military officials had burned the holy books, something that is considered blasphemy for devout Muslims. Gen. John R. Allen, the top Western military commander in Afghanistan, responded swiftly with a statement promising a thorough investigation and expressing his "sincere apologies," and Obama later sent Afghan president Hamid Karzai a letter expressing his "deep regret." 

    Gingrich pounced on Obama's apology as evidence of the president's weakness on Islamic extremism. Two American soldiers were killed in reprisal for the Koran burnings after Obama's apology, and Gingrich demanded that Karzai apologize for those deaths.
    "There seems to be nothing that radical Islamists can do to get Barack Obama's attention in a negative way and he is consistently apologizing to people who do not deserve the apology of the president of the United States period," Gingrich said. If Karzai does not apologize, Gingrich said, "we don't need to be here risking our lives and wasting our money on somebody who doesn't care." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/304200/20120224/obama-koran-burning-afghanistan-apology-karzai-gingrich.htm
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    Several of the nearly two dozen employees at bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC who were approved for bonuses Wednesday had months earlier received pay raises as high as 70 percent, a fact the company never disclosed in its request for bonus cash. http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/02/23/thanks_taxpayers_solyndra_employees_getting_bonuses
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hooded bandits robbed 22 Carnival Splendor cruise ship passengers at gunpoint as they traveled on a bus near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, several days into a cruise that left from Long Beach, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
    The tourists, who departed California on Feb. 19 and returned Sunday, were traveling on a bus after going on a nature hike Friday when the bandits struck near the Mexican port city, according to local media reports.
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    One hour and $260 can get you phony green card, soc. security and license

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    Before the U.S. Supreme Court hears the arguments for and against Arizona’s controversial immigration law, the leader of a U.S. Senate immigration panel wants to hear Gov. Jan Brewer's opinion on the issue, according to a press release.
    Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has asked Brewer to testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security on April 24 -- the day before oral arguments to decide the constitutionality of S.B. 1070 begin.
    In a letter to Brewer, Schumer wrote that he wanted to know why she signed the law and if she still thinks it’s necessary: http://www.governing.com/news/state/gov-arizona-gov-asked-to-testify-before-immigration-law-heads-to-court.html
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    Updated After a long legal battle and amid much anguish by teachers and other educators, the New York City Education Department released individual performance rankings of 18,000 public school teachers on Friday, while admonishing the news media not to use the scores to label or pillory teachers. http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/24/teacher-data-reports-are-released
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