Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. I haven't written anything in almost 2 weeks. I don't pick my topics so much as the topics pick me. I have to feel moved to write and express myself. The past couple of weeks, as I was watching what was happening in the world, and keeping up with news on the internet, I became disheartened. Seeing the man who was supposed to be the leader of the greatest country in the history of and on the face of the earth, get door after door closed in his face as he traveled to Indonesia, India, and Portugal. He celebrated Veterans Day, which is an American observance, in Indonesia and praised, not the American military, but the Indonesian military. At least he didn't apologize for America on this trip, but he did bow down to a Hindi official and state that America was once a world leader. I began to feel somewhat shamed that the rest of the world is judging Americans by the man that fooled too many a couple of years ago. The resentment I have felt over the Americans who were either fooled by him, or knew who he was and just didn't care, or voted based on color of skin and not content of character, began to rise up and choke me again. I've had to work my way up thru that morass again, and once again deal with the reality that so many Americans are so clueless and apathetic. I read an opinion on line this morning that proposed we should be thankful that Obama and the Democrats have grabbed so much power and so many of our rights in such a short time, because it shook many Americans out of their stupor and lethargy. I'm thankful, dear God, that we only have 2 more years left to survive this wanton destruction of America from within. So here are some interesting Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations to consider and compare:

Within a year of being elected the first President of the newly formed Republic, the United States of America, George Washington issued this proclamation:
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor - and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be - That we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks - for His kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation - for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war - for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed - for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted - for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which He hath been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions - to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually - to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed - to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (expecially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord - To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us - and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.
G. Washington

For almost 100 years, Thanksgiving Days were observeed by the individual states, at varying times of the year. During his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln issued several Thanksgiving Day proclamations in Washington D.C. calling for local days of thanksgiving. Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of Godey's Lady's Book campaigned for 15 years for a national thanksgiving date, until, in 1863 President Lincoln responded to a letter from her by designating the last Thursday in November each year as a national Thanksgiving Day. The following proclamation is credited to President Lincoln, although in the handwriting of his Secretary of State William Seward. It's not known if President Lincoln composed it himself or if Seward did:
By the President of the United States of America.
A Proclamation.
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respeccted and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversion of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, Who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father Who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty-eighth.
By the President: Abraham Lincoln
William H. Seward,
Secretary of State

And now for comparison, here is Obama's Thanksgiving Proclamation. I had already found the proclamations of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln before I came across one solitary mention of this one on the internet; therefore I didn't know that Obama had referenced both of them in his. And since I don't know which one of his many speechwriters actually wrote it, I can't give credit where credit might be due. However, I do want to mention something that is kind of a sore point for me - the mistaken assumption that by supporting the Democratic Party, one is supporting the party of emancipation, freedom and rights. That cannot be further from the truth, and any American that believes that is very sadly mistaken. President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and it was the Republican Party and it's followers who fought so hard for the emancipation of the black slaves in America. The Democratic Party, which was composed largely of southern slave-owners fought against the emancipation of their slaves, their "property"; to the extent that the Ku Klux Klan is an off-shoot of the Democratic Party.  From Obama, the man who refuses to give voice to the concept that our inalienable rights are bestowed by our Creator:
A beloved American tradition, Thanksgiving Day offers us the opportunity to focus our thoughts on the grace that has been extended to our people and our country. This spirit brought together the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe - who had been living and thriving around Plymouth, Massachusetts for thousands of years - in an autumn harvest feast centuries ago. This Thanksgiving Day, we reflect on the compassion and contributions of Native Americans, whose skill in agriculture helped the early colonists survive, and whose rich culture continues to add to our Nation's heritage. We also pause our normal pursuits on this day and join in a spirit of fellowship and gratitude for the year's bounties and blessings.
Thanksgiving Day is a time each year, dating back to our founding, when we lay aside the troubles and disagreements of the day and bow our heads in humble recognition of the providence bestowed upon our Nation. Amidst the uncertainty of a fledgling experiment in democracy, President George Washington declared the first Thanksgiving in America, recounting the blessings of tranquility, union, and plenty that shined upon our young country. In the dark days of the Civil War when the fate of our Union was in doubt, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a Thanksgiving Day, calling for "the Almighty hand" to heal and restore our Nation.
In confronting the challenges of our day, we must draw strength from the resolve of previous generations who faced their own struggles and take comfort in knowing a brighter day has always dawned on our great land. As we stand at the close of one year and look to the promise of the next, we lift up our hearts in gratitude to God for our many blessings, for one another, and for our Nation. This Thanksgiving Day, we remember that the freedoms and security we enjoy as Americans are protected by the brave men and women of the United State Armed Forces. These patriots are willing to lay down their lives in our defense, and they and their families deserve our profound gratitude for their service and sacrifice.
This harvest season, we are also reminded of those experiencing the pangs of hunger or the hardship of economic insecurity. Let us return the kindness and generosity we have seen throughout the year by helping our fellow citizens weather the storms of our day.
As Americans gather for the time-honored Thanksgiving Day meal, let us rejoice in the abundance that graces our tables, in the simple gifts that mark our days, in the loved ones who enrich our lives, and in the gifts of a gracious God. Let us recall that our forebears met their challenges with hope and an unfailing spirit, and let us resolve to do the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constituion and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 25, 2010, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all the people of the United State to come together - whether in our homes, places of worship, community centers, or any place of fellowship for friends and neighbors - to give thanks for all we have received in the past year, to express appreciation to those whose lives enrich our own, and to share our bounty with others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.
Barack Obama

Could that be any more generic and politically correct? America was founded in order to worship and praise Almighty God, which our founders openly and frequently recognized. George Washington spoke of Almighty God in his first sentence and by name or pronoun at least 15 times in his 3 paragraph proclamation. Abraham Lincoln's proclamation names Almighty God in it's second sentence and another half-dozen times in it's single paragraph. Both Washington and Lincoln repeatedly ascribed our blessings and freedoms as coming from Almighty God. Obama issued a 6 paragraph proclamation, in which the 6th paragraph was all about himself; he doesn't speak of God until the 2nd paragraph and that is to quote Lincoln calling for "the Almighty hand" to heal and restore our Nation. The 3rd paragraph mentions gratitude to God for our many blessings; and then in the 5th paragraph is mentioned the gifts of a gracious God. Unlike Washington and Lincoln, who delineated blessing by blessing, and attributed them to God; this years proclamation mentions bounties and blessings in general, with no mention of what they are or Who they came from. Instead we are told to thank the Native Americans and to express appreciation to those whose lives enrich our own. Our founders, and most of our Presidents since our founding, were Godly men. Regardless of what you may think of Obama's religious preference; we do not, for perhaps the first time in American history, have a Godly president.
President Lincoln spoke of "one heart and one voice by the whole American People".
America, find your founders heart, find your founders voice.

The Path to Shariah

In this short video, Col. Allen West takes 2 minutes to brilliantly give a chronological history of Islam and points out that Islamic terrorists are not just a handfull who are distorting a religion for their radical purposes, but are in fact living up to the actual tenets and teachings of Islam. Col. West is a newly elected Congressman from Florida, and a Constitutional conservative. When forced to resign from the military for a harsh interrogation technique that uncovered information that saved the lives of many of our wonderful military men and women, Col. West said he would do it again; that if it meant the welfare and lives of his troops he would walk thru Hell with a gasoline can.

In the pre-Reagan era, the American policy toward the Soviet Union was one of  "detente"; the thought that the Soviets could be placated by accomodative policies; much like Obama's policy of appeasement toward muslim-majority countries. Back then, a group of highly-regarded analysts formed to critique that policy of accomodation. In 1976, they formed "Team B", to rebut the accepted government ("Team A") policy regarding the Soviet Union; and found that detente was actually exposing the U.S. to lethal danger. It was the findings of Team B that later formed the foundation of the Reagan Doctrine. Now a new team of analysts have formed Team B II to study the effectiveness of appeasement on the spreading of Islam and Shariah throughout the fiber of America. Yesterday, the Center for Security Policy released the results of that study; a 372 page document entitled "Shariah - The Threat to America, An Exercise in Competitive Analysis, Report of Team B II".  I found a summary of that report at http://www.rightsidenews.com/ titled Chilling Report / The Legal, Political and Military Path of Shariah in the United States Today. You can go to Right Side News to read their summary, or to the Center for Security Policy website to read the entire report. Here are a few points I want to emphasize from the summary:

For over 60 years, muslims have been settling in the U.S. under a strategy of  "stealth jihad". At the center of that strategy is Shariah ("the path"), which has been misconstrued as a religious doctrine, but is in reality a legal-political-military doctrine. In 1991, a document was seized at the home of a Muslim Brotherhood member; "An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America". I have seen this reported on at World Net Daily; if anybody is interested, you can go there and find it in their archives. In this document, the Muslim Brotherhood outlined how it planned using peaceful means at first, then calling for the destruction of America, to be replaced with rule by Shariah. It is outlined under Point 4 "Process of Settlement": "The process of settlement is a "Civilization Jihadist Process" . . . the Brotherhood must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions". 

Another document which came to light in 2004 during the Holy Land Foundation terror funding trial, listed the phases of that "stealth jihad" and the Team B II report indicates we are close to the last phase. Phase One calls for discreet and secret establishment of leadership (muslim leaders quietly established themselves until once we hear their names they have been entrenched for decades).  Phase Two calls for gradual appearance on the public scene and exercising and utilizing various public activities, infiltrating sectors of the government, establishing religious institutions, gaining public support, and establishing a shadow government within the U.S. government (muslims now in high offices in the regime, in Congress, advising the president, and at least 3 in the Dept. of Homeland Security, the latest appointed by Napolitano quietly 3 weeks ago). Phase three calls for escalation prior to conflict and confrontation with the government, utilizing mass media (they are currently stepping up their actions, lawsuits, etc, and manipulating msm into being sympathic to their causes). Phase four calls for the open public confrontation with the government, exercising political pressure (look at Imam Rauf and the Ground Zero Mosque issue, he confronts the government openly and uses political pressure to his advantage) and training in the use of weapons here and abroad , getting ready for zero-hour (there are many training camps for muslims here and the government does very little to shut them down, the assaults won't all come from overseas). Phase five calls for the seizing of power to establish the Islamic Nation under which the various groups are united (all muslims are working toward the same goal, eliminate us).

Our government seems to be going out of its way to aid and abet the muslim take-over of America. I've written in the past about the 2 "devout muslims" that Obama appointed to the Dept. of Homeland Security shortly after he took office; Arif Alikhan the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Policy Development, and Kareem Shora on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. What hasn't been publicized much is that about 3 weeks ago, Napolitano added another "devout muslim" to the Homeland Security Advisory Council as a "de-radicalization expert"; Mohamed Elibiary, who is openly critical of the U.S. prosecution of terror suspects. Here are some other examples of how political-correctness has allowed muslims to invade the fabric and fiber of American life: a known agent of Hamas and an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding case was given a tour of the FBI's National Counterterrorism Center back in September, Anwar al-Awlaki the American-born cleric behind several terror plots including the Fort Hood shooter led a prayer meeting in Congress and had lunch at the Pentagon since 9-11, the chief of staff for a Congressman started  the Congressional Muslim Staff Association which had the head of an organization that supplys funds to al Qaeda come and lead prayers, the National Counterterrorism Center recruited a de-radicalization expert Yair Qadh who is on the terrorist watch list, Muslim Students Assn at Ohio State University was found to be funded by a terrorist financing group, a New Jersey judge ruled that a muslim man may beat and rape his wife because his religion allows it, recently appointed Supreme Court judge Kagan promoted Shariah as dean of Harvard Law School by developing a Saudi-funded program to introduce Shariah compliance, Hillary Clinton used her position as Secretary of State to lift a 6 year ban on the son of the Muslim Brotherhood founder who is now back in America aggressiively pursuing "stealth jihad", and the epitome of the stupidity of political correctness is the sensitivity training of FBI agents in Islam to prevent offending muslims. When did the FBI ever show concern about offending Christians, Jews, Hindus, et at? For that matter, how often is someone hired by the government described as a "devout Christian, or Jew or Hindu"?

The Right Side News summary of the Team B II study points out that the radical left, in promoting the goals of radical Islam, is very aware of what those goals are. Many of the radical left muslim sympathizers and abettors are in our own government. David Horowitz has written about it in his book "Unholy Alliance, Radical Islam and the American Left". I haven't read it yet, but I will; I want to know how many other high level officials in our own government are leading us to slaughter by the muslims. Copies of the complete report on the study by Team B II will be delivered to Congress. I'm hoping that this will be something that Congressman Issa (R-CA) and Congressman Smith (R-TX) will have one of their investigation teams  look into. These days, I look around and I feel like Alice after she fell down the rabbit-hole. Have half of my countrymen/women lost their collective minds? Do they really want to "accomodate" and "appease" a barbaric system of  law, Shariah, that has nothing to do with a "religion" and everything to do with being legally able to beat, rape and kill another human being? That goes against everything I've ever known about America; and for anybody, ANYBODY in America to even for a nano-second consider allowing it goes against the very spirit of America.
America wake up; or the stoning, hanging, beheading may be yours.

Paul's Letters to the Ephesians

Having spent most of my adult life living near military bases, from 1966 to 2004, I have a great respect and love for our wonderful military men and women. Hundreds of them have come thru my life, be they family or friends, they are all loved ones. We have been endowed by our Creator with our inalienable rights; but it is our military that sacrifices so that we won't lose those rights. Regardless of what many may think, our rights are not granted by any government or politicians, although those rights are documented in the Constitution of the United States of America; neither do any government or politician serve to protect those rights as much as our military does. It's our military that puts themselves in harms way, puts their very lives on the line to stand between our freedoms and tyranny. Some gave all; all gave some. God, bless them.

As I was scanning thru Free Republic this morning, I saw that one of the members had submitted a "vanity" post; as it's called when somebody posts their own thoughts or comments rather than posting a news article and link. It was a tribute to our troops on today, Veterans Day. When I started to read it, I saw the poster had typed out the Armor of God scripture from Paul's Letters to the Ephesians. It struck me as extremely fitting for the times we are in, and so appropriate; bringing to mind that old axiom "there are no atheists in the foxholes".  I am more of a "Christian soldier" and "prayer warrior" than somebody who, with a facade of sweetness and piety, asks What Would Jesus Do?  I'm more apt to point out that while Jesus IS the embodiment of love, he also confronted sinners and rebuked sin; and physically drove the money-changers out of the temple at the receiving end of a whip. Being a Christian doesn't mean being a wimp (thank you Pastor Nick) and meek doesn't mean weak (thank you brother Bill). So in honor of our military veterans, active duty, retired, and deceased; and as a reminder to every American to keep them all in our prayers:

The Armor of God; Paul's Letters to the Ephesians, 6: 10-20
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take our stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known they mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."

Sharia-compliant Complacency

In last weeks election, the state of Oklahoma passed, with a 70% majority of voters, a change to their state's Constitution that would bar judges in that state from considering international law or Sharia law when rendering their judgements. Oklahoma prefers it judges to consider Oklahoma state law or United States federal law when deciding cases before them. Sounds reasonable to me. Then CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) stepped in and filed an application for an injuction. A judge granted a restraining order against the state of Oklahoma preventing it from implementing it's new law, until a hearing is held on the constitutionality of it. CAIR won Round One. While driving into town yesterday, I was listening to Mike Gallagher talking about this turn of events. He mentioned a column Thomas Sowell had just written about political judges. I came home and looked up Sowell's article. It didn't speak to this case, but to the appointing of judges in general, instead of putting them on the bench by elections. He ended his article by saying we should stop treating these judges like "sacred cows" when too often they are full of bull.

Let me give you a little background about the judge who sided with CAIR against the State of Oklahoma; Vicki Miles-LaGrange. She's the first black woman to serve in the Oklahoma state legislature or appointed as a federal district judge. She is an activist judge, ala Sotomayor and Kagan, appointed in 1994 by then President Bill Clinton. Which tells you she's a progressive, at least, if not completely socialist. Her education credits, per wikipedia, list University of Ghana (West Africa): Vassar College and Howard University here in the U.S.  The Ghana connection intrigued me; although Ms. Miles-LaGrange is a long-standing member of a Baptist Church. I wondered why, as a Christian, she would support proponents of Sharia law. Thanks to wikipedia, I have my answer: in the 9th century, Islam began it's spread thru West Africa with it's roots in Ghana. Ms. Miles-LaGrange must surely have lived in Ghana while she was attending the University of Ghana. It brings to mind Obama living in Islamic Indonesia, then attending a Christian church for 20 years, while maintaining his obvious muslim leanings and sympathies.

The CAIR lawsuit against the State of Oklahoma was brought by Muneer Awad, the executive director of CAIR in Oklahoma. His claim is that the new Oklahoma law banning international law and Sharia law violates his 1st Amendment rights through the condemnation of his faith and singles out Islam by barring courts from referrring to Sharia law. I don't see how he has a case. The new Oklahoma law won't prevent any muslim from practicing their "religion"; it will prevent the implementation of a barbaric, stone age type of criminal justice system that calls for such things as the stoning to death of women for adultery or "caning" of them for wearing western clothes or being in the company of non-relative men, for the killing of infidels (those who don't believe in Islam, i.e. Christians), or cutting off the hands of thieves (even someone who steals food because their children are starving). Do we really want that kind of law in America? I say NO! And anybody who labels themselves a Christian should be shouting NO! also. We are heading toward Sharia-compliant Christianity. Christianity is practicing slow-motion suicide, instead of acting in self-defense. The implementation of Sharia law in America will give muslims a legal right, under law, to kill Christians.

Mike Gallagher also mentioned yesterday an ABC program hosted by Christiane Amanpour, with a panel discussing Islam. I looked that up on the internet also. I hadn't heard about it, so I assumed it was something from a while back. Wrong. It was from a recent episode of  "This Week" on ABC, from a few Sundays back, questioning "Should Americans fear Islam?". On the panel was Reverend Franklin Graham, Reza Aslan of The Daily Beast, and Anjem Choudary who is the leader of the extremist group Islam4UK which is now outlawed in Great Britain. According to CNS News, 10-6-10, Amanpour chastised Reverend Franklin Graham for pointing out the dangers of radical Islam, while Reza Aslan said the Reverand's position "is actually the definition of bigotry". And what did Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary have to contribute to the discussion? "We do believe as Muslims, the East and West will be governed by the Sharia. INDEED WE BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY THE FLAG OF ISLAM WILL FLY OVER THE WHITE HOUSE. Islam has a solution for all of the problems that mankind faces".  (emphasis mine) I would like to point out that any muslim cleric or scholar can pass judgement on any person under Sharia law, without need of a judge or jury, by passing a fatwa and condeming that person to death. Is that the kind of law we want in America?

While looking for a source for the statement that Mike Gallagher said Choudary had made (and which no major news outlet reported), I came across information on CAIR founder Omar Ahmad, and also information on another muslim leader, Abu Saif of the Party of Liberation, which states its aim is to establish the rule of Islamic law (Sharia) over the world. First, about Omar Ahmad: in 1998 reporter Lisa Gardner, writing for the Fremont CA Argus newspaper and the San Ramon Valley Herald, covered a conference Ahmad spoke at regarding "How Should We As Muslims Live in America". She quoted Ahmad as saying "Islam must one day dominate the U.S. Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of Scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth". To be fair, when Ahmad was asked about this quote by World Net Daily in 2007, he claimed that he had protested it's accuracy to the publications it appeared in and disputed Ms. Gardner's reporting, but neither publication ever printed a retraction or correction. Ahmad also denies that he told the group of Muslims at the conference in 1998 that they are in America not to assimilate but to help bring about Islam's rule over the nation.

At this same conference was Abu Saif, the Party of Liberation representative. Abu Saif spoke at a muslim rally in London  in 2007 that was covered by World Net Daily, talking of a future vision that encompassed an Islamic takeover of the White House and the rule of the Quran over America. Abu Saif was interviewed (taped) by Rusty Humphries for World Net Daily, stating "Are we to say that Muslims can fully practice religion in America . . . say, for instance, I was a Muslim in America. Could I call for the destruction of the American government and establishment of an Islamic state in America? No. So where is the freedom of religion? There is none."  When asked by Humphries if he called for the overthrow of the American government, Abu Saif replied "Of course, we want Islam to be a source of governance for all of mankind. And we also believe that one day America will be ruled by Islam. One of the prophecies of the message of Muhammad was the hour will never come, i.e., the last day - which you (Christians) also believe in - will never come until a group of Muslims . . . will rise and conquer the White House." Humphries warns that America has 3 major vulnerabilities to patient, fundamentalist Muslims who believe their purpose for being in America is to help fulfill that prophecy; our unprotected borders, our inability to say NO to the muslims, and the lack of assimilation of muslims into American culture. Christians, we need to stand up and say NO!

On the subject of our unprotected borders, the video at the top is from a Phoenix AZ television station; reporting about the incursion, over our border with Mexico, of several hundred members of the Islamic terrorist organization Al Shabob. A happening that our government, in the form of Obama's Department of Homeland Security head, Janet Napolitano is choosing to do nothing about. Our own government, for reasons of political expediency, in the hopes of padding it's voter base with hispanics, by pandering to the large population of illegal aliens in America, is endangering the lives of it's own citizens by doing nothing. And another article I want to mention, since it strikes a chord with the "taking over the White House" Islamic prophecy, is from Newsmax dated 9-7-08 and quotes Menashe Amir, the Iranian head of Radio Israel Persian language: "Iran's leadership has expressed great pleasure at the prospect of a Barack Obama victory in November. One of the Iranian religious leaders said if Obama will enter the White House, then Islam will conquer the heart of the American nation. The Iranian leadership likes Obama mainly because he is a Muslim. His first name Barack, comes from "Al-baraq" which is the name of the horse that muslims believe Muhammad rode on his way to paradise."  This sent me to my Bible; Revelation 6:5-6: "When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the thrid living creature say, 'Come!' I looked, and there before me was a black horse! It's rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, 'A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"  The third horse of the Apocalypse, the black horse, signifies famine. I've heard on the news the past couple of days, that economists are predicting after the Federal Reserve just monetized American's debt, that we will be facing rising food prices and shortages; we are told to expect $20 loaves of bread and to pay $24 for a bag of sugar. And who put the measures in place that is bringing America to it's knees?

But back to the subject at hand; the push of muslims in America to force us to become Sharia-compliant. Aided and abetted by Christians who are trying too hard to be politically correct. There is a report in the U.K. Telegraph from yesterday 11-9-10, about a woman sentenced to death by hanging in Pakistan. Her name is Asia Bibi, a 45 year old mother of 5, and the charge is blasphemy - a capital offense under Sharia law. She was working in a field with other women and was asked to go fetch some drinking water. When she got back, some of the muslim women in the group refused to drink the water, claiming that it was "unclean". There was a confrontation, which died down; but a few days later Asia Bibi was beset by a mob. She was rescued from the mob by the police, which was really no rescue at all; because the police succumbed to pressure from muslim clerics and charged her with blasphemy. A charge for which the muslims clerics sentenced her to die by hanging. Her true crime? Being an infidel in the eyes of Islam; being a Christian. Is this the kind of law and punishment we really want in America? It has nothing to do with the practice of a "religion". It has to do with barbaric, stone age, theocracy. Christians, we need to stand up and shout at the top of our lungs, loud and clear, on the subject of Sharia law in America, a resounding NO!
America, wake up before you smell your Bibles burning.

Trust Him To Keep Kids Safe?

Sometimes I let ideas for posts swim around in the swamp that is my mind for a while before I write about them. If they swim away, then I let them go. This subject has been pressing on my mind since day before yesterday, Saturday. Yesterday, as I was going in to town to have lunch with my sister Lou at the nursing home, I was listening to Life and Liberty on the radio. They have a great website too. I heard a quote which was attributed to President John Adams, our 1st American Vice President under President George Washington, our 2nd American President, and father of President John Quincy Adams our 6th American President. When I went to look up the quote, to get the text of it correct, I found a couple of other quotes by President John Adams that are relevant to our current times. Here is the quote that caught my attention on Life and Liberty Radio:

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by moralty and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. OUR CONSTITUTION WAS MADE ONLY FOR A RELIGIOUS AND MORAL PEOPLE. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other".
Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts 10-11-1798
(emphasis mine)

Here are the other two quotes by President John Adams, that struck a chord with me:

"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the Republic (yes, Republic; not a Democracy - I can't say that often enough) into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution". Letter to Jonathan Jackson 10-2-1789 (my observation: the evil that is the Socialist Party has co-opted the Democrat Party in its agenda to end the Republic)

"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge - I mean the character and conduct of their rulers".  A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765 (my observation - while we, unfortunately, know very little about the character and conduct of the person now holding the highest office in America, we know all too much about the character and conduct of the people he has appointed to high government offices - his "czars" - and too few people care that they are morally bankrupt.)

Which brings me to the person who has, for some reason, been heavily on my mind the past few days. Kevin Jennings, the so-called "Safe Schools Czar". The following information may be familiar to some of you. It's from a Fox News article of 9-23-09 that I forwarded along with a letter to my Senators, Cornyn and Hutchison, and then forwarded to my email contacts; and also Senator Cornyn's reply to me on 10-13-09, to which I added further information about Kevin Jennings before forwarding that also. A lot of you already know that I am adamantly against the indoctrination of America's children within the public school system, by left-wing liberals; taking over so much of that which should only be the rights and responsibilities of parents. One area that strongly concerns me is the sexualization of young children, much like pedophiles do to "soften up" their victims. Y'all know I'm not a prude, and what adults choose to do is up to them, their choice; but don't impose adult attitudes on somebody else's children. The area of sexual attitudes and any moral guidelines attached to that issue, belongs solely under the guidance of parents. Not in the hands of  "officials" who would teach that sex has no value except as a bodily function, and certainly no moral or societal restrictions.

I've brought to attention recently the struggle that parents in Helena MT are fighting with the local school board over it's proposed sex education agenda; wanting to use pictures to show kindergarteners sexual genitalia as a means to teach them the proper words for them, planning to teach 6th graders different sexual acts and positions. There is an update; the school district has conceded that it will drop the graphics it had planned to show to 5 and 6 year olds, but still planning to teach them the "proper words" for genitalia, but still planning to go ahead with teaching sexual acts and positions to 11 and 12 year olds. That's just obscene. And I've been pointing out that a lot of federal legislation starts with "test cases" on a local level. Governor Mike Huckabee was interviewed on another Fox News show right after last weeks election, and he said the same thing. Talking about the fact that conservatives / Republicans picked up 680 seats in various state legislatures and another 22 governorships making that total now 27, he mentioned that a lot of federal laws start out as state or local laws that are then picked up by Congress. You can be sure that Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" Kevin Jennings has his eyes on what's happening way out in Helena, MT.

Now to Kevin Jennings; a little background on him: he is a former teacher, an advocate for promoting homosexuality in schools, openly writes about his past drug abuse without expressing regret, and expresses a contempt for religion. He wrote the forward to the book "The Queering of the Elementary Schools"; stated that he wants to "encourage homosexuality in the public schools" and wants kids to be taught about homosexuality as early as kindergarten.  How confusing will that be to them? In his own book, "Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir" he dedicated a chapter to Harry Hay, the man behind NAMBLA (National Association of Man-Boy Love) and praised Hay in a speech as being his inspiration. Hay espoused that the greatest experience boys as young as 13 could have is involvement with older men. Jennings, when he was a teacher, was approached by a 15 year old boy troubled because he had been picked up in a bus station by an older man and had sex with him. Instead of addressing the issue of pedophilia and victimization of a child, which this clearly was, Jennings merely told the boy he hoped he had used a condom. How "cool" was that? Jennings started the organization GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) which is now widespread in schools across the country. At a GLSEN  conference in 2000,  there was an "educational" seminar for kids that included instruction in various sex acts; one of which is "fisting". If you don't know what that is, look it up. It was described as "an experience of letting somebody into your body that you want to be that close and intimate with". Adults? That's their business. Kids? That's another whole ballgame. Leave the kids alone!

Since being annointed; excuse me, appointed, "Safe School Czar" Kevin Jennings has compiled a list of 100 "Recommended Reading" books for teachers and students. I'm not going to list the titles here, you should look them up for yourself. But they read like pornography. Again, a tactic used by pedophiles to acclimitize young children before victimizing them. I read excerpts from some of the books on the list. One described a teenage girl who recommended teenage prostitution as a means to boost self-esteem. Give me a break, is anybody but a gullible teenager going to believe that becoming a prostitute will make them feel better about themselves? Another described sexual encounters in the boys room at school between kindergarteners. Yet another described a 13 year old boy who spent months "screwing" every boy / man he could. I don't recall any of the "100 Recommended Reading" books advocating anything but homosexual acts; nothing being taught about sex or love between members of the opposite sex.  In the Fox News article, Peter Sprigg, a senior fellow at the Family Research Council was quoted as saying "Jennings was obviously chosen for this job because of the safe schools aspect . . . defining 'safe schools' narrowly in terms of  'safe for homosexuality'." It's clear to me that Jennings is serving to indoctrinate Americas children with his own personal attitudes about sexuality; teaching only a homosexual agenda instead of the whole picture. Like I said, indoctrination. Which leads me to the moral / religious aspect, which should be up to the parents / family of the children of American to impart to them. Here's what Jennings has to say about that, from his above mentioned memoirs: "What had God done for me . . . Squat. Screw you, buddy - I don't need you around anymore, I decided". Speaking of the Baptist Church: ". . . I wanted no more of it or its Father. The long erosion of my faith was now complete, and I, for many years, reacted violently to anyone who professed any kind of religion".

Thus saith Kevin Jennings, "Safe School Czar". Do you trust him to keep your kids safe?
America, wake up and smell the rubber burning.

Get Your Popcorn Ready

The shenanigans of "Dirty" Harry Reid were bound to come to light; there was almost no chance he could have beaten Sharon Angle in the election the other night without some "dirty deeds". According to The Hill, here's how the win was snatched from the jaws of defeat: Reid's campaign committee sent an email on election day to the vice president of Harrah's Casinos asking for help and offering to have Reid call to authorize whatever "backing" was needed to make that help forthcoming. The vice president of Harrah's Casinos then sent a memo to all department heads, who sent the department supervisors into every office to ferret out any employees who had not voted. Busses were quickly provided to then take all Harrah's employees - and there are quite a few throughout Nevada (Las Vegas, Reno, Laughlin, etc) - that had not voted, to the polling places and have them vote for Reid. Needless to say, there are many calls going out for the Nevada Secretary of State to investigate this blatant voter tampering before Reid is sworn in, so that the election win can be transferred to Sharon Angle in the event that those Harrah's employees votes are thrown out. Word also has it that Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Dept. of Injustice will be investigating this matter right after it deals with the voter intimidation by New Black Panther Party members in Philadelphia in the 2008 election.

Get Your Popcorn Ready

Stock up on popcorn; the newest investigation show is bound to be entertaining and enlightening. We now have 2 new committee chairmen in the House who are raring to go with investigating the shady goings-on in the Obama regime. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is now the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is now the Chairman of the House Judicial Committee. Fox Philadelphia mentions that both men have been critical of the Obama administration and the Holder Justice Dept. And both men now will have the power to compel people to testify before Congress. The Washington Post speculated that Attorney General Eric Holder may get the first subpoena of the new year in the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case from 2008. By the way, it happened against last Tuesday, same place in Philadelphia; the same Black Panther that was wielding a billy club in front of the polling place there in 2008 was pacing in front of the doors again this year, minus the billy club, but wearing a big Black Panthers button on his jacket. Emboldened, I'm sure, by the tacit approval given by the Obama regime.

Congressman Issa, who the New York Times has dubbed "the annoyer-in-chief" has been outspoken against the unethical doings of the Obama regime for the last couple of years and has been digging into possible illegal actions that may be grounds for impeachment. He vows to investigate the bailouts, the stimulus, and the health care bill. He said his first point of business will be to grant subpoena power to all 74 of the governments inspectors general. You know, those people that the Obama regime have just conveniently fired when they have brought forth evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the administration. Then Issa is going to form investigation teams and start issuing subpoenas..

Congressman Smith has been a thorn in the side of the Obama regime, insisting that the New Black Panthers Party be investigated and prosecuted for voter intimidation in 2008, He is strong on immigration enforcement and border security, saying that the Obama regime has been lax in the areas of border security and terrorism. He is also in favor of reforming the 14th Amendment to close the "technicality" that grants birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliems. Smith is also a proponent of using subpoena power to get to the truth and to get to the facts. Instead of the administration continuing to be able to dodge any kind of supervision and oversight, Smith says their refusal to testify is no long acceptable.

Among the things Congressman Issa and Congressman Smith are planning to investigate are the Sestak affair where former president Clinton proferred a position in the Obama administration to Sestak if he would drop out of the primary and allow Spector to remain; the "Cornhusker Kickback", and the "Louisiana Purchase". Now they have another incident of meddling by Bill Clinton, to look into: asking the Democratic candidate in Florida to drop out of the race so Charlie Christ would have a chance to beat Marco Rubio. I've often said that this is the most openly corrupt administration in American history, they don't care who sees them doing their dirty deeds; it's the only thing "transparent" about the current regime. But I'm sure what they've allowed us to see is just the tip of the iceberg; remember it was a huge iceberg under the surface that sunk the Titanic.

I can't wait to see what more corruption Congressman Issa and Congressman Smith are able to uncover. It's going to be enlightening, and so very entertaining, and oh so edifying. The liberal pundits are starting to squawk about the Republicans possibly trying to impeach Obama. There was even a petition posted on facebook a couple of weeks ago asking the Republicans not to impeach Obama. Now why would the liberals and the Democrats even worry about that, it they weren't already aware that there are grounds for impeachment, whether they want to give voice to them or not. In espionage circles, when things are being talked about in the background, it's called "chatter". Well, there has been "chatter" on the internet for several weeks that there is a big scandal involving Obama that is going to come out after the election. I saw word (just from a commenter on another article, just speculation at this point) just today, that the New York Times is sitting on information about a "Watergate-esque" event that they are about to blow open. Stock up on popcorn, sit back and enjoy the show.

Selling The Infrastructure Out From Under Us

First, some more good news from the election a couple days ago. NumbersUSA tracks Congress members on their immigration stance; one way they "sort" is by whether the member is pro-high-immigration or pro-low-immigration. We were able to replace 24 high-immigration-proponents in the House and 6 high-immigration-proponents in the Senate with Republicans that are proponents of low-immigration quotas. FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform) has a breakdown of a Pew Hispanic Center survey of unemployement percentages in their newsletter from Tuesday. Between June 2009 and June 2010, the unemployment rate for immigrants dropped by 0.6%, while during that same period unemployment for Americans rose 0.5%. Within the ethnic group of Hispanics, the unemployment rate for immigrant Hispanics dropped from 11 % to 10.1% while the unemployment rate for American Hispanics rose from 12.9% to 14%. The Pew Research Center is a non-partisan, non-biased research "think tank". Their research is completely above-board, and shows that illegal immigrants are taking jobs away from American citizens.

The television program "60 Minutes' did an episode recently on the unemployment situation in America. While the "official" unemployement rate is 9.5%, the "real" unemployment rate which includes those not getting unemployment checks or working part time, is actually about 17%. There is a group called 99er's that are unemployed Americans who have been out of work longer than the 99 weeks covered by unemployment compensation. Fox did coverage on them a couple of weeks ago; they are getting organized and unionized with the help of SEIU so that they can lobby Congress to extend unemployment benefits even longer than 99 weeks. The current number of 99er's is 1.6 million and growing daily, costing us tax payers over $100 billion so far. One of the ways Obama came up with to put Americans back to work was with "shovel ready" infrastructure jobs; i.e. jobs building highways, bridges, railways, runways, etc. According to Wikipedia, $105.3 billion in the Stimulus Act was designated for infrastructure jobs. According to the Wall Street Journal, only 1/3 of the stimulus money for infrastructure has been spent; $8 billion of the stimulus money for infrastructure was to be dedicated to the railroad system and only 7% of it has been spent. Yet, according to the Washington Examiner on 9/9/10 Obama went back to Congress and asked for an addition $50 million infrastructure stimulus fund to "overhaul America's transportation networks". Yet, our government is selling our infrastructure to foreign countries. Our oil assets, our natural gas assets, our manufacturing assets, our uranium assets, and now our infrastructure assets. America, itself, is being sold out from under us.

I found an article on The Economic Collapse blog, citing an article in Rolling Stone magazine, that lays out how our money is going to foreign nations such as Saudi Arabia, China, Kuwait, Libya, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, to purchase oil or goods or in the form of aid; and that money is being used by those "sovereign wealth funds" to buy up American infrastructure assets. We are being screwed coming and going. Every month, tens of billions of our tax dollars are going to other countries, who are then using that money to buy our infrastructure assets that we paid to build with our tax dollars in the first place. Obama has doubled the rate and value of major acquisitions of American infrastructure by foreign nations in just the first 6 months of this year alone. Here are some of the examples given in the Rolling Stone article: a toll highway in Indiana, the Chicago Skyway (elevated system), a stretch of highway in Florida, parking meters in Nashville, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, etc; and a large number of California public infrastructure projects. A whole array of infrastructure assets, from highways to airports to parking garages to toll roads to parking meters, anything that can be considered infrastructure, is being sold or long-term leased (50 to 75 years) right out from under us. We are making the rest of the world wealthy enough that they can come back and buy our country away from us with our own money.

In the Market for a Runway, Railway, or Highway?

A lot of these projects have already been completed; those that are not could provide jobs for Americans and profits for American companies that could then grow and provide more jobs for Americans. The assets that are completed, likewise, could provide jobs for more Americans. How many Americans dearly need work, need an income, and would gladly work for a construction company, or even a parking garage? And the proceeds and profits from all the infrastructure jobs could be going into growing American companies instead of lining the pockets of foreigners we've already made rich by buying their oil and goods. Which in turn could help creat more jobs for more Americans. Oh but wait; I've got it wrong. It's the government that's going to create jobs for Americans. So it doesn't really matter that our own government is selling America out from under us. And Obama faster than any president so far. So we don't really need our country; Uncle Sugar will make it all better by spreading the wealth brought in by selling America to the highest bidders. Right? Dead wrong. America, wake up and smell the bridges burning.

A Word of Wisdom for Today - From 1837

I've always thought it was kind of fitting that the man who would become the first President of the newly formed Republic of the United States of America (not democracy), George Washington, was a descendent of the Royal Family of Great Britain. It seems like kind of an "in your face" moment in history. Since George Washington had to fill a never-before-held position, he wasn't privvy to a job description. The office of the Presidency was formed out of the whole fabric that was the essence of the integrity of George Washington. There has always been an inherent sense of dignity imbued by the very position that each ensuing President has risen to, up to but not including the present office-holder. Now we have a "bro" or a "cuz", pick one, who has gone around the world apologizing for America and bowing down to foreign heads of state; who has appeared on such undignified venues as The View (or as I unaffectionately call them, The Shrews), Jon Stewart's Daily Show on Comedy Central television network, MTV, Univision (the Mexican network where he told hispanics to "punish their enemies" - everybody that doesn't agree with him); did a radio interview with Ryan Seacrest, one of the judges on American Idol; and did an interview with Rolling Stones magazine. After 2 years, I still can't bring myself to put the auspicious title of President in front of the name Barack Hussein Obama. He deminishes and tarnishes the position.

As we are faced with the largest tax hike in American history, saddled with a National debt that will never be paid off, and hampered with the strangling chains of socialism being tightened around us, I came across an article yesterday in the Washington Times, "Old Hickory's Tea Party Roots".  For those of you who never knew or don't remember, Old Hickory is the nickname of one of our past Presidents, Andrew Jackson. The article has the text of one of his speeches, which I am going to post without my own comments. It speaks for itself. Read it and contemplate; the more things change, the more things remain the same:

President Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address   March 4, 1837
"Being about to retire finally from public life, I beg leave to offer you my grateful thanks for the many proofs of kindness and confidence which I have received at your hands . . . And if I use the occasion to offer to you the counsels of age and experience, you will, I trust, receive them with the same indulgent kindness which you have so often extended to me, and will at least see in them an earnest desire to perpetuate in this favored land the blessings of liberty and equal law.

We have now lived almost 50 years under the Constitution framed by the sages and patriots of the Revolution. The conflicts in which the nations of Europe were engaged during a great part of this period, the spirit in which they waged war against each other, and our intimate commercial connections with every part of the civilized world rendered it a time of much difficulty for the Government of the United States. We have had our seasons of peace and of war, with all the evils which precede or follow a state of hostility with powerful nations. We encountered these trials with our Constitution yet in its infancy, and under the disadvantages which a new and untried government must always feel when it is called upon to put forth its whole strength without the lights of experience to guide it or the weight of precedents to justify its measures. But we have passed triumphantly through all these difficulties. Our Constitution is no longer a doubtful experiment, and at the end of nearly half a century we find that it has preserved unimpaired the liberties of the people, secured the rights of property, and that our country has improved and is flourishing beyond any former example in the history of nations . . .

It is well known that there have always been those amongst us who wish to enlarge the powers of the General Government, and experience would seem to indicate that there is a tendency on the part of this Government to overstep the boundaries marked out for it by the Constitution. Its legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created, and its powers being expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for claiming anything beyond them. Every attempt to exercise power beyond these limits should be promptly and firmly opposed, for one evil example will lead to other measures still more mischievous; and if the principle of constructive powers or supposed advantages or temporary circumstances shall ever be permitted to justify the assumption of a power not give by the Constitution, the General Government will before long absorb all the powers of legislation, and you will have in effect but one consolidated government. From the extent of our country, its diversified interests, different pursuits, and different habits, it is too obvious for argument that a single consolidated government would be wholly inadequate to watch over and protect its interests; and every friend of our free institutions should be always prepared to maintain unimpared in full vigor the rights and sovereignty of the States and to confine the action of the General Government strictly to the sphere of its appropriate duties.

There is, perhaps, no one of the powers conferred on the Federal Government so liable to abuse as the taxing power. The most productive and convenient sources of revenue were necessarily given to it, that it might be able to perform the important duties imposed upon it; and the taxes which it lays upon commerce being concealed from the real payer in the price of the article, they do not so readily attract the attention of the people as smaller sums demanded from them directly by the tax gatherer. But the tax imposed on goods enchances by so much the price of the commodity to the consumer, and as many of these duties are imposed on articles of necessity which are daily used by the great body of the people, the money raised by these imposts is drawn from their pockets. Congress has no right under the Constitution to take money from the people unless it is required to execute some one of the specific powers intrusted to the Government; and if they raise more than is necessary for such purposes, it is an abuse of the power of taxation, and unjust and oppressive. It may indeed happen that the revenue will sometimes exceed the amount anticipated when the taxes were laid. When, however, this is ascertained, it is easy to reduce them, and in such a case it is unquestionably the duty of the Government to reduce them, for no circumstance can justify it in assuming a power not given to it by the Constitution nor in taking away the money of the people when it is not needed for the legitimate wants of the Government.

Plain as these principles appear to be, you will yet find there is a constant effort to induce the General Government to go beyond the limits of its taxing power and to impose unnecessary burdens upon the people. Many powerful interests are continually at work to procure heavy duties on commerce and to swell the revenue beyond the real necessities of the public service, and the country has already felt the injurious effects of their combined influence. They succeeded in obtaining a tariff of duties bearing most oppressively on the agricultural and laboring classes of society and producing a revenue that could not be usefulyl employed within the range of the powers conferred upon Congress, and in order to fasten upon the people this unjust and unequal system of taxation extravagant schemes of internal improvement were got up in various quarters to squander the money and to purchase support. Thus one unconstitutional measure was intended to be upheld by another, and the abuse of the power of taxation was to be maintained by usurping the power of expending the money in internal improvements. You can not have forgotten the severe and doubtful struggle through which we passed when the executive department of the Government by its veto endeavored to arrest this prodigal scheme of injustice and to bring back the legislation of Congress to the boundaries prescribed by the Constitution. The good sense and practical judgment of the people when the subject was brought before them sustained the course of the Executive, and this plan of unconstitutional expenditures for the purposes of corrupt influence is, I trust, finally overthrown.

The result of this decision has been felt in the rapid extinguishment of the public debt and the large accumulation of a surplus in the Treasury, notwithstanding the tariff was reduced and is now very far below the amount originally contemplated by its advocates. But, rely upon it, the design to collect an extravagant revenue and to burden you with taxes beyond the economical wants of the Government is not yet abandoned. The various interests which have combined together to impose a heavy tariff and to produce an overflowing Treasury are too strong and have too much at stake to surrender the contest. The corporations and wealthy individuals who are engaged in large manufacturing establishments desire a high tariff to increase their gains. Designing politicians will support it to conciliate their favor and to obtain the means of profuse expenditure for the purpose of purchasing influence in other quarters; and since the people have decided that the Federal Government can not be permitted to employ its income in internal improvements, efforts will be made to seduce and mislead the citizens of the several States by holding out to them the deceitful prospect of benefits to be derived from a surplus revenue collected by the General Government and annually divided among the States; and if, encouraged by these fallacious hopes, the States should disregard the principles of economy which ought to characterize every republican government, and should indulge in lavish expenditures exceeding their resources, they will before long find themselves oppressed with debts which they are unable to pay, and the temptation will become irresistible to support a high tariff in order to obtain a surplus for distribution. Do not allow yourselves, my fellow-citizens, to be misled on this subject. The Federal Government can not collect a surplus for such purposes without violating the principles of the Constitution and assuming powers which have not been granted. It is, moreover, a system of injustice, and if persisted in will inevitably lead to corruption, and must end in ruin. The surplus revenue will be drawn from the pockets of the people - from the farmer, the mechanic, and the laboring classes of society; but who will receive it when distributed among the States, where it is to be disposed of by leading State politicians, who have friends to favor and political partisans to gratify? It will certainly not be returned to those who paid it and who have most need of it and are honestly entitled to it. There is but one safe rule, and that is to confine the General Government rigidly within the sphere of its appropriate duties. It has no power to raise a revenue or impose taxes except for the purposes enumerated in the Constitution, and if its income is found to exceed these wants it should be forthwith reduced and the burden of the people so far lightened . . .

In presenting to you, my fellow-citizens, these parting counsels, I have brought before you the leading principles upon which I endeavored to administer the Government in the high office with which you twice honored me. Knowing that the path of freedom is continually beset by enemies who often assume the disguise of friends, I have devoted the last hours of my public life to warn you of the dangers. The progress of the United States under our free and happy institutions has surpassed the most sanguine hopes of the founders of the Republic (yes Republic, not a Democracy). Our growth has been rapid beyond all former example in numbers, in wealth, in knowledge and all the useful arts which contribute to the comforts and convenience of man, and from the earliest ages of history to the present day there never have been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed so much freedom and happiness as the people of the United States. You have no longer any cause to fear danger from abroad; your strength and power are well know throughout the civilized world, as well as the high and gallant bearing of your sons. It is from within, among yourselves - from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power - that factions will be formed and liberty endangered. It is against such designs, whatever disguise the actors may assume, that you have especially to guard yourselves. You have the highest of human trusts committed to your care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without number, and has chosen you as the guardians of freedom, to preserve it for the benefit of the human race. May He Who holds in His hands the destinies of nations make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed and enable you, with pure hearts and pure hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time the great charge He has committed to your keeping."

 

Channelling Patrick Henry

This morning, after the Republicans won back the House of Representatives in yesterdays mid-term elections, but failed to win a majority in the Senate, and after "Dirty" Harry Reid of NV was elected by whatever dirty deeds we don't know (yet), I had a commiserating phone call from a friend. An immigrant from Hungary who opines that American young people are woefully unread and under-educated in regards to their own history. I have to agree with that assessment. I recently heard our founders described as a "bunch of old, dead white men".  First of all, they weren't all old, white, or men. The youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence was 26 year old Edward Rutledge of South Carolina; blacks fought alongside whites in the Revolutionary War; and there were women soldiers, one of which was in Washington's boat crossing the Delaware. Second, we should all thank God for that small group of men with their dream of freedom (not just the purvue of MLK Jr.) and the courage of their convictions; who pledged each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. That last, the sacred honor, is all too sadly lacking in America today. And yes, they did have fortunes; George Washington was a descendent of the ruling house of England. By the end of the Revolutionary War, most of them had indeed given their fortunes, and a lot of them had given their lives. We need the Spirit of '76 in America today.

Most of us remember scant of our history lessons, but most of us remember the words "Give me liberty or give me death", sometimes without remembering who said it, or when. The winds of the Revolutionary War started blowing long before that fateful July 4, 1776. The colonies had started organizing; and one colony, Virginia, had established a House of Burgesses, in opposition to the rule of the Governor appointed by King George of England.. In March of 1775, attorney Patrick Henry was riding thru the town square of Culpepper VA when he saw a man tied to a whipping post, being scourged with whips laced with metal. When Henry asked why, he was told that the man was a minister who refused to stop preaching the word of God without a license from the King of England. There were a total of 12 ministers that day, all beaten to death by the King George's "enforcers". That brave minister had declared at his trial, without benefit of a jury of his peers, that he was authorized by God Almighty, not the King of England. I see a parallel between the Court of England and the government of the United States. Our government is trying to suppress, control, and dictate to us, the right to worship our God, the God of Christians in America.

Here is the text of the speech that Patrick Henry gave 3 days later, March 23, 1775, before the Virginia House of Burgesses, with my own comments in italics; The War Inevitable Speech by Patrick Henry:
"No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as the abilities of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house. But different men often see the same subject in different lights, and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen, if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I should speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the house is one of awful moment to this country (just as today, as we are being led, almost forced into socialism). Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere about all earthly kings (if we keep our mouths shut out of political correctness, we risk a grave injustice to America and God).

"Mister President, it is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope (or, the illusion that is "hope and change"). We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth - and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts (wake up America, or we won't recognize what we have become). Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty (a struggle like we're in today)? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation (America, open your eyes, your ears)? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it (the truth is not always pretty, but Americans are strong).

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past (learn from the past, don't repeat mistakes). And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry (Obama regime) for the last ten years (2 years) to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house (to justify trusting them)? Is it that insidious smile (smug smirk) with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet.

"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss (see both sides of Obama's duplicity). Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land (Obama has declared war on half of American, those who disagree with him are enemies). Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation (wny does Obama need a National Security Force)? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation - the last arguments to which kings (or dictators) resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it (well, why does he need his own civilian army)? Has Great Britain (the Obama regime) any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies (to appoint so many "czars" and expand the Dept of Injustice)? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can almost be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains (increased taxes and regulations), which the British ministry (Obama regime) have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten (2) years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it was capable; but it has been all in vain (Obama doesn't listen to us). Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find that we have not already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on (vote them out).

"We have petitioned - we have remonstrated - we have supplicated - we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament (we have demonstrated, rallied and picketed to try to stop Obama and the Democrat Congress). Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult (we have been insulted, vilified, and beaten down); our supplications have been disregarded (laws have been rammed down our throats); and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne (Obama declared "I won"). In vain, after these things, we may indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope (Obama turns a deaf ear). If we wish to be free - if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending - if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained - we must fight? - I repeat, sir we must fight (America, unless we want to lose what our founders gave their lives for, our freedom, privileges and rights, we must never give up, never give in)! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us (we must engage God in our struggle)!

"They tell us, sir, that we are weak - unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be next week or the next year (the time is now, the place is here)? Will it be when we are totally disarmed (2nd Amendment right), and when a British guard (civilian security force) shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction (lethargy weakens)? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot (appeasement doesn't work)? Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means the God of Nature hath placed in our power (God will strengthen us). Three millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us (we're Americans, we can prevail). Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us (God will be with us). The battle, sir is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election (he means no choice). If we are base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest (wanting freedom is the 1st step to attaining it). There is not retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged (Obama and his corrupt cartel already intend to subjugate us). Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston? The war is inevitable - and let it come (once again, America has to fight for it's freedom, this time from within)! I repeat, sir, let it come!

"It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace - but there is no peace (burying your head in the sand won't make it go away). The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it the gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God - I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

AND TO THAT I CAN ONLY ADD: A RESOUNDING "AMEN!"

There's Got To Be A Morning After

"It's not too late, not while we're living . . . . There's got to be a morning after."
paraphrased from the song "The Morning After" from the movie "The Poseidon Adventure"

Today is the mid-term elections for Congress, electing Senators and Representatives. Please God, we will elect enough conservative Republicans, if not to obtain a majority in both Houses, to at least stop the sickening slide into European-style socialism Obama and his corrupt cartel threw the United States into with the general elections of 2008. As far as I'm concerned, the only good liberal is a gone liberal. Starting tomorrow, however, we need to be aware that Obama is not going to give up any of the power he has grabbed unto himself, with his Democrat-majority Congress that allowed him to pass just about any measure he chose to. Look for him to try to rely more and more on executive orders to conduct his agenda, by way of completely circumventing Congress. Like CNS News observed back in August, "He doesn't want to be a president, he wants to be a dictator ruling by fiat". In an interview last week, Obama told the interviewer that "we have the structure in place" to start implementing most of the measure that have already passed. One thing to look for is the tightening of EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) rules and guidelines as a way to adapt some of the measures Obama wanted in the Global Warming Initiative that he wasn't able to get passed. Or to start using the Health Choices Committee (death panel) that was set up and funded thru the Stimulus Bill.

Look for Congress to try to feverishly ram thru some more legislation during their lame-duck session before the newly elected members of Congress are seated on January 1, 2011. During his campaigning for the presidential election in 2008, Obama talked about the "need" for a civilian security force "as large and as well funded as the military".  Well, now Congressman (or maybe it's Senator) Charlie Rangel wants to give it to Obama. According to Western Journalism, he has proposed the Universal National Service Act, requiring everybody between 18 and 42 (42?) to perform service, in the armed forces or in civilian service, in the interest of national defense and homeland security. The proposal also reinstates the "draft", calling for the induction of both men and women into the armed forces during wartime. If you aren't fit for military service, then you have to serve in the civilian service. This may be a smoke screen. I think everything the corrupt cartel does is scripted and structured. There was no need to worry about "death panels" in obamacare; they were already set up in the stimulus bill. Now, we are all watching to see what happens with Rangel's proposal, when in reality there is already a provision in obamacare (Section 5210: Establishing a Ready Reserve Corps.); the description of which very closely resembles what Charlie is proposing. Smoke screen? Maybe, maybe not.

There are two ways in which the lame-duck Congress plans to try to ram shamnesty down our throats while they still have a Democrat majority. In today's newsletter from FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform) Senator "Dirty" Harry Reid is promising action on the DREAM Act before the end of the year. That's his plan to allow illegal aliens who came here as children and are between the ages of 15 and 30, to attend college or do military service in exchange for legality. Which would then grant them citizenship in 2 years and they could then "sponsor" all their illegal relatives for citizenship. One question - what happens to all those illegal relatives in the meantime? Are they just allowed to continue sponging off America at will, while they are waiting for the back door to open for them? Reid announced his plan on Univision; you know, the Mexican television network that Obama spoke on last week where he told the hispanics to "punish their enemies", those of us who oppose blanket amnesty. Dirty Harry seems sure of his chances of success; he told The Hill yesterday that "We all support the DREAM Act. I just need a handful of Republicans to help me." Dream on, Harry. Now let's take a look at Congressman Luis Gutierrez of Illinois. He's going for the whole enchilada. He want's "comprehensive immigration reform"; i.e. blanket amnesty for everybody. He plans to re-introduce the bill he wrote, in the upcoming week, and try to get it passed by the end of the year. He even gave up a chance to run for mayor of Chicago to stay in Congress and push for shamnesty. So far, Gutierrez has helped over 50,000 illegals in the Chicago area become legal, according to Chicago Now. And he told the Chicago Tribune "That is my vocation and that is where I will put my energy in the coming months." So we need to put our energy into continuing to let our Congress critters know they'd better not pass shamnesty.

There are 2 more ways the corrupt cartel plans to try to get into our wallets while they have a lame-duck Democrat majority. One is by way of HR-4646, the so-called "Debt Free America Act" introduced by Congressman Peter deFazio (D-OR) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA). In addition to letting the Bush tax cuts expire the end of they year, Congress is also trying to impose a 1% financial transaction tax. What it will mean, unless we can stop it, is that everytime we make a bank deposit, bank withdrawal, or write a check, we will pay 1% of the transaction into the U.S. Treasury as tax revenue. For instance, if you have a paycheck deposit of $500, Uncle Sugar will get $5; for a transaction of $5,000, the government will get $50; and so on. Not just for deposits. For every financial (bank) transaction, whether you're putting in or taking out. The bill is now in committee, and page 11 of it states that the vote on passage shall occur not later than December 23, 2010. Merry Christmas; not. But by far the most diabolical of the financial grabs that Obama and his cronies are trying to make is the nationalization of our 401K's. The House of Representatives has already held hearings on it; Obama has an unofficial 401K nationalization czar, Teresa Ghilarducci of the New School for Social (socialism) Research, who has already testified in favor of the government seizing 401K's and other retirement assets. Also, on the Senatorial side of the aisle, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) introduced a bill in August to mandate (make mandatory) automatic IRA (401K) contributions. Sounds like that's paving the way to guarantee a constant influx of money into the 401K's after the current regime appropriates them. According to World Net Daily and Western Journalism, the plan is to apply the money's in retirement accounts, which is over $15 trillion, to the national debt, then "equalize" what everybody gets by way of retirement dispensation. Can we say "socialism", children? The next "taskforce" meeting on this is scheduled for November 10. We need to also continue contacting our members of Congress and let them know to keep their hands out of our bank accounts and our retirement accounts. America, wake up and smell the sulfur burning.

Pot = Kettle = Black

Voting is a Right of Citizenship

Hi y'all. I'm baaaack. After a brief hiatus. I had a houseguest for 8 days; a liberal, which goes to show that liberals and conservatives can survive under the same roof.  Since tomorrow is election day, I'm going to write about all the rampant voter fraud being perpetrated by the Democrats; which comes as no surprise to anybody. However, first I want to mention a couple of things in recent news that is voter related, just not necessarily fraud related; but if left unaddressed, could lead to more voter fraud. On the Democratic side, of course. Arizona has had a law on the books for several years requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Last week, Sandra Day O'Connor took it upon herself to open the door to widespread voter fraud in Arizona. I know, she retired from the Supreme Court. But she is a "roving judge", filling in for judges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Recently she struck down the Arizona law, which has been in effect since 2004, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Now, anybody that wants to, can register to vote in Arizona, regardless of their citizenship or residence status. Also in the news lately, some cities are trying to pass local ordinances allowing anybody to vote in local elections, whether they are citizens or not. That would be Portland ME, New York City, and San Francisco. The feeling is, that anybody that lives there should be able to vote in matters that affect them. Just another crack in the door for illegal immigrants. Or as the Western Journalism article calls them, "undocumented Democrats". VOTING IS A RIGHT OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. If you're not a citizen, whether you are here legally or not, you haven't earned the right to vote in our elections. Period.

Now on to the voter fraud issue. Everybody knows about the voter fraud that was widespread in the 2008 election. ACORN was rampant in perpetrating it, such as registering all the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Denver CO and registering Mickey Mouse to vote in FL, giving cigarettes and money to people when they registered, etc. And everybody has seen the video of the New Black Panthers Party physically intimidating voters; and knows that they were charged with voter intimidation, which charges were dropped by Eric Holder and the Obama Dept. of Injustice. After the case was won by default because the defendents didn't bother to appear in court. Some of the employees of the Obama/Holder Justice Dept. who have defied Holders orders to ignore the Congressional subpoenas and actually testified before Congress have stated that they are told that the Civil Rights Act didn't apply to white people and that they were not to respond to complaints where the victims were white,or where the accused are black. Ergo, Dept of Injustice. Actually, the intimidation and fraud in the 2008 election started during the primary voting. There was a case here in Texas where people showing up at the polls to vote in the Democratic primary were told "If you're not voting for Obama, you're not voting today".

This year, the voter fraud is even more widespread and transparent. It's like the Democrats are going to win, whatever measures it takes to win; and they don't care how openly they do it, because it's so widespread that it won't all be caught or corrected. The most publicized cases are in Nevada and North Carolina, where the voting machines are popping up with the Democrat candidates names checked off when the voters are pushing the buttons for Republicans. Also, some people showing up at the polls and giving their names to be checked off on the register list are finding that their ballots have already been cast, BEFORE THEY EVEN ARRIVED AT THE VOTING PLACE. The state of Illinois failed to mail out the absentee ballots to it's military service members, yet they hand-carried absentee ballots to the prisons. (Convicted felons can't vote, but misdemeanor convicts and those in jail awaiting trial can. An interesting point from 2008, in the Minnesota Congressional race: Al Franken won his seat by the same number of votes as those of the prison absentee ballots.) In Cincinnati OH, high school students old enough to vote were taken out of class during school hours, given only the Democrat ballot, bussed to early voting places, then taken out for ice cream after they voted for the Democrats. Last month, the entire city council of Troy NY, all Democrats, were required to give DNA samples (cheek swabs) because all it's members are being investigated for absentee ballot fraud. In Pennsylvania, nursing homes are being investigated because the staffs are mailing in ballots for patients in comas or suffering from alzheimers. In Dallas, the ballots at several precincts only had the name of the Democrat candidate, Eddie Bernice Johnson, on them and not the name of her Republican opponent, Pastor Stephen Broden. Eddie, by the way, is being investigated for funneling federal scholarship money to family members and staff family members. In Daytona Beach, FL a Democratic official and his campaign manager were arrested for absentee ballot fraud. I don't remember their names, but I saw the television report where they were led away in handcuffs.

Now closer to home, Houston TX. I wrote previously about the election fraud charges against the organization Houston Votes, which was run by an SEIU employee who turned in 25,000 voter registrations alone, of which over 23,000 were fraudulent. That's not to mention those turned in by other Houston Votes people. A group of volunteer poll watchers witnessed such obvious voter fraud in 2008, that they formed an organization named True the Vote and investigated Houston Votes. They went thru proper channels and turned their findings over to the Harris County Registrar of Voters, who verified the evidence and then turned the case over to the Harris County District Attorneys Office. Within days of the Harris County District Attorneys office filing charges against Houston Votes, a warehouse holding 40,000 voting machines was burned to the ground. Now enter Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Let me digress a moment and take this opportunity to address some misinformation that has been fed to, and swallowed by, the blacks in America. Back in July, Jackson-Lee spoke at an NAACP meeting in Kansas City where she vilified the Tea Party movement as being the KKK without the sheets; those who wore the sheets are now wearing clothes and calling themselves the Tea Party. If Jackson-Lee knew her American history, then she would know that the KKK was started as an arm of the Democrat Party, which itself was started to oppose the Republicans led by Abraham Lincoln in freeing the black slaves. The Democrat Party started the KKK as a means to intimidate freed blacks and the white Republicans who were helping them. One-third of the people killed by the KKK were white people, Republicans who supported the emancipation of blacks.

Now back to Sheila Jackson Lee and voter fraud. She was caught last week on video tape, campaigning at an early voting place, that just also happened to be where her offices are. A poll watcher observed the illegal polling place campaigning and reported it to one of the election clerks. When Jackson-Lee became aware of who had reported her, instead of ceasing and desisting from breaking the federal election laws, she demanded to know the person's name and who they represented. She was asked by the election clerk to leave and wouldn't; she had to be ordered out of the polling place by the election clerk. The article from the Cypress Times didn't give that information about the poll watcher, but from Jackson-Lee's actions, I can surmise that it was somebody from True the Vote, which to my knowledge is not affiliated with the Tea Party. So what did Jackson-Lee do? What all Democrats do, deflect, dissemble, disseminate. (Like Press Secretary Goofy Gibbs did when a reporter asked him about Michelle Obama campaigning at an early voting place when she cast her ballot; he told the press pool that nobody would dare press charges against her because their life would be made miserable) Here's what Sheila Jackson Lee did: she called Eric Holder at Obama's Dept. of Injustice. And what did Holder do? Why, he promptly sent investigators down to Houston to look into the allegations of voter intimidation against the poll watchers of True the Vote who dared to stop Sheila Jackson Lee in her endeavors to break federal election laws by campaigning within 100 feet of a polling place. Hell, she wasn't just within 100 feet, she was INSIDE the lobby of the building. Are the allegations against her going to be investigated? Of course not. For two reasons. First, according to several Justice Dept. employee's testimony before Congress, the Dept. of Justice will not investigate or inforce allegations against blacks for voter fraud; and Sheila Jackson Lee is black. Second, she's a Democrat; and like so many Democrats in the current regime who break the laws (Maxine Waters, Barney Frank, Eddie Bernice Johnson, to name a few), nothing will be done to stop Democrats who break the law, much less bring them to justice.  So a Democrat blatantly defying federal election laws won't be investigated, but the poll watcher she reported for stopping her, will. Now, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?