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Obama Acting Like Chicago Mayor at Great Expense

House Minority Leader,John Boehner, says it correctly: "Listen I think it's a great idea to promote Chicago but he's the president of the United States, not the mayor of Chicago," Boehner said. "And the problems we have here at home affect all Americans and that's where his attention ought to be."

Politico said the the White House originally noted that Obama wouldn't be making the trip to Denmark due to the pressing issues of Health-Care, and the desperate push to get the bill ready to pass (before Americans have any more time to examine it).

As Michael Steele said,"If the priority is the Olympics in seven years, okay, then tell the nation that’s the priority and that’s what we should be focused on because we’ll create jobs then and we won’t worry about it between now and 2016. But if the goal is to create jobs here in America today, then let’s do that".

Maybe, for the first time on an overseas trip, we will hear Obama say "nice things" about America as he lobbies for the Olympics. He and Michelle will be putting a good spin on Chicago.  Certainly Obama will not feel the need to apologize for all of our gold medals.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27742.html#ixzz0Sdlh5hMg

Andy Williams: "Obama wants Country to Fail"

When I think of Bobby Kennedy and his funeral, Andy Williams always come to mind and the song he sang: "The Impossible Dream". He was good friends with the Kennedy's but Williams doesn't think that much of Barack Obama.

Williams told the Radio Times the following:

"Don't like him at all," he said, "I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very Left-wing. One is registered as a Communist.

"Obama is following Marxist theory. He's taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail."  Williams went on to explain his thinking due to the fact that Obama has taken over the banks, the auto-industry, and associates with very radical people,one of which is a communist.

I never thought that much about Williams' politics, but would have assumed the "Moon-River" guy was a liberal democrat like so many of his colleagues, but that is not so. Bobby Kennedy knew Andy Williams was a republican, and Williams had planned to switch parties so he could serve as a delegate for Kennedy.

It's too bad Williams never got to serve as a delegate for Bobby Kennedy. Yet, Williams,like so many Americans can clearly see the fact that Obama has associated heavily with radicals and the major effort Obama has made to steer this country towards socialism.

Yet these facts concerning Obama don't seem to bother enough Americans-not yet anyways.

Sarah Palin Strikes a Libertarian Stand

"Sarah Palin , in what was billed as her first speech overseas, spoke on Wednesday to Asian bankers, investors and fund managers. A number of people who heard the speech in a packed hotel ballroom, which was closed to the media, said Mrs. Palin spoke from notes for 90 minutes and that she was articulate, well-prepared and even compelling.

"The speech was wide-ranging, very balanced, and she beat all expectations," said Doug A. Coulter, head of private equity in the Asia-Pacific region for LGT Capital Partners. "She didn't sound at all like a far-right-wing conservative. She seemed to be positioning herself as a libertarian or a small-c conservative," he said, adding that she mentioned both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher."

via www.rightsidenews.com

Sarah Palin supporters still wonder if she will start a third party, but whether she does or not, she is bringing various factions of independents, libertarian republicans, and conservative democrats together. Palin's advisors do not seem to be pushing her in that direction knowing how a third party is never successful in America. Instead, Sarah Palin is in a process of re-branding herself as a spokesman for the middle-class.  Keep in mind how many Americans are trying to re-brand or find a label that can comfortably fit their political ideals.  So many Americans are working hard at this now. That is why we are hearing from so many these days.

Obama Cyber Czar Will Regulate Freedom of the Internet

Amazing what goes on behind the scenes right in front of us. Right Side News stays on top of this Internet Czar.  What is most flabbergasting in reading about this new bill is the fact that all IT personnel will have to be certified by the government.  Remember the howling when the House overwhelmingly voted in The Patriot Act? Many didn't like that, but those same voices (like the ACLU) are very quiet...now.

"While the American people, the news media and most politicians are absorbed with proposed health care legislation,  two pieces of legislation that were introduced in the U.S. Senate, if passed, will grant the President Barack Obama unprecedented power to access private Internet data, regulate cybersecurity in the private sector, and the authority to completely shutdown the Internet during a cyber emergency.

Senate bills 773 and 778, introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., are both part of what's being called the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, which would create a new Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor, reportable directly to the president and charged with defending the country from cyber attack."

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via www.rightsidenews.com

Feds to Soon Regulate Social Web

For over a year, the Government has been investigating paid search ads,testimonials,and every facet one can imagine when it comes to web communication.  From internet products, testimonials,and those ads which attempt to influence your political opinion,the FTC is looking at ways to regulate it.

As millions have found out, it can be very lucrative for business, and it can even influence elections.

Anything that protects the consumer is generally thought to be "good."  Yet the fear of over-regulation on bloggers, businesses, and marketers are causing many to wonder if disclosure isn't possible without the FTC intervening. As Web Pro News reports,... "the FTC is expected to release their guidelines at any time, we might not have to speculate for much longer".

One opinion expressed on the blog sums up the fear many have: "... This is nothing more than the typical standard way the government slides things past the public under the guise of something else they cloak with “good intentions”. Plainly speaking, they use this as an excuse to regulate the web, pass laws to force people and businesses to register in order to use it, etc., but the true reason is (to) gain LEGAL access to the web in order to CONTROL it and its users." read more

Think of the power the internet has had on communication. Business and users all need to be accountable, but also consider the good we suffer to lose. For once the little man has not simply been an "audience".

CNN Finally Brings A.C.O.R.N. Fiasco Off the Back Page

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CNN is finally moving the sordid recent news on A.C.O.R.N. to the front pages.  This is due in part because the story and videos have become impossible to ignore.

It was obvious to most Americans that CNN was burying the A.C.O.R.N. news on the back-page while Bertha Lewis, ACORN"S Chief Executive, accused republicans of "doctoring" the video.

What should be most embarrassing for CNN is the fact that according to the Free Republic, the New Zealand Herald reported the third video which had undercover activists depicting a pimp and prostitute seeking tax advice from ACORN...before CNN reported it.

Here is the short of it from the Free Republic:

For the third time is less than 6 days, a video showing ACORN workers giving advice to a pimp and a prostitute was released by the good folks over at Big Government.com. This video features New York City ACORN workers giving advice on how to hide prostitution profits in a tin can buried in the back yard, how to lie when applying for a housing loan and ways to shelter the money for tax purposes. The number of hits on Google search at 4pm this afternoon? 58. Some of the news sites that covered the story? * Fox News * The Baltimore Sun * The New York Post * Examiner.com * The San Francisco Chronicle (the article was actually defending ACORN against the evil people that exposed them) * And THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD??? No Kidding...True Story. The New Zealand Herald actually put out a story on the third video before CNN did. Read more at The Hippo's Ass.

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Obama Policies Do Frighten Most Americans

I was reading E.J.Dionne Jr.'s op-ed from The Washington Post which covered his views on Rep.Joe Wilson (SC), and health-care in general.

Dionne thoroughly argued his points for health-care and the attempts that Democrats have made to make sure illegal immigrants are not covered, and how abortion will hold a neutral place in the bill that will finally be presented for Obama to sign. What struck me was how his article gave way to describing opponents to health-care, and Obama policies in general as "far right" conservatives. Dionne began his assailing by quoting Limbaugh:

"This administration is not your average presidential administration," Limbaugh declared. "This is not a garden party. This is not a lecture at Harvard or any other university. We are in the process, we are in the midst of an administration that is trying to totally tear down the institutions and traditions that have made this country great."

Dionne then adds his thoughts on the Limbaugh statement: "And what evidence is there that Obama is tearing down our "institutions and traditions"? There is none, unless you see it as an affront to our traditions that we have our first president whose father was born in Kenya, or that the American people decided to elect someone other than a conservative as our commander in chief. The far right has decided that extremism in assailing Obama is no vice."

My response to the statement by Dionne is that he is correct in thinking that the Far Right is alarmed.  Yet it isn't just the "far right". Too many Americans are noting the dangerous ballooning of our government and deficit.  Many Americans are offended by the obvious acts of secularism by this Administration, and its nasty disdain for those who would disagree.  Many Americans know they can not rely on an unbiased press to help keep this Administration accountable. Most Americans have come to realize that our health-care system is 18-20% of our GNP, and does not need to be socialized. 

If Government runs our health-care, we will be in short a socialistic nation.  There will be no turning back once this chunk of America's industry is handed over to government. We have experienced the bail-outs and record setting government intervention.

Many Americans are frightened of Obama's Administration,not because his Father was born in Kenya, but because of Obama-care, and other policies that simply are dangerous for America's well-being.

Far Left: "You Lie" is a Racist Statement

It is now claimed by the Far Left that Joe Wilson is a racist.  That was once it was determined he represented South Carolina.  CNN is reporting this as well as the New York Time's, Maureen Dowd who is quick to always write disrespectfully of any Southerner...regardless.

CNN reported: "If he's the face of the GOP, we'll have public option by Columbus Day!" wrote Andisheh Nouraee, a columnist for Creative Loafing, an alternative weekly in Atlanta, Georgia.

Maureen Dowd wrote: "Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it." Even if Obama and his advisers "don’t choose to openly acknowledge it, this president is the ultimate civil rights figure—a black man whose legitimacy is constantly challenged by a loco fringe...".

Maureen Dowd needs to realize that the Democratically packed House and supporters of Obama-care can not accept the fact they are seeing push-back from the majority...yes the majority of Americans. The majority of Americans are racist?

Does a week go by that some Democratic Congress-person refers to all the "racists" trying to bring down this President because of the color of his skin.  The opposition to reckless spending hears it regularly now...if you are from the South and oppose out-of-control spending, you are immediately branded as a David Duke supporter.

Supporters of Obama-care lack knowledge of the various versions of health-care now being worked out in committees.  If the arguments for Obama-care were merited with any clarity and reasonable cost-control,the Far Left would not have to resort to calling anyone "racist" when making sound arguments for their type of reform.

The problem is: They can't. Those who oppose or present any disagreement with Obama and his legislation are presented as "racist".  How can any agreement be reached with this type of far left mentality?  Add media types such as Maureen Dowd and her constant slew of insults and anger is fueled only to leave many, many Americans anxious for 2010 elections.

House Democrats: Joe Wilson Needs to Apologize Again

Charles Pergram at Fox News writes that "two Apologies" from Joe Wilson(R) from S.C. isn't enough for most House Democrats: "I want Mr. Wilson to come to the floor of the House and apologize," said Steny Hoyer (D)Md.

Nancy Pelosi seems ready to move on and quite happy to focus on ramming a plan through by Thanksgiving, and Obama has so nobly accepted Wilson's apology.  Yet other democrats aren't so happy...still.

Yet it certainly seems understandable to a lot of Americans how Wilson had such a gut reaction to Obama saying illegal aliens would not be covered in his health bill. As Wilson voiced his anger,  there were many Americans who identified with Wilson.  Surely there were audible sighs of exasperation escaping into the night sky while  Obama chided and challenged so many Americans and members of Congress.  This President was referring to a great majority of Americans as being the obstacles to health-care reform.

If house Democrats are successful in "censuring" Joe Wilson it will simply draw more negative attention to Obama's stance on illegal immigrants with health-care, and the host of other "lies" we spread about Obama-Care.

The Judicial Prejudice of Eric Holder

Twice we have brought up unfinished business concerning the Black Panthers.  The last time we asked why the Justice Department conveniently dismissed their case was 5-30-09. Mike at Common Conservative Sense addresses it very well below. We are printing here with his permission:

Posted By Mike from NC on September 3, 2009

You can read Mike's blog at: Common Conservative Sense

Earlier this year,  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to prosecute members of the Black Panthers who dressed in paramilitary garb outside a Philadelphia polling place last November. The men were brandishing night sticks, pointing them at people, and making racial threats. In the first week of January, the Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members, saying they violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by scaring voters with the weapon, uniforms and racial slurs. In May, Holder’s Justice Department, against the advice of it’s own attorneys, dropped the lawsuit, even though the defendants made no response, meaning Justice would have won by default.

Then, on February 17, 2009,  Mr. Holder enlightened us regarding his opinion of the racial progress we have failed to make as a nation. “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, a nation of cowards,” Holder said in remarks to his staff in honor of Black History Month. His comments appear on a transcript provided by the Justice Department.

Earlier in his career,  Holder played a critical role in the pardon of Marc Rich under former President Clinton. Rich was a commodities trader who was indicted in 1983 on 65 counts of tax evasion and other crimes. He fled to Switzerland prior to being prosecuted where he avoided extradition. He eventually arranged to be represented by Jack Quinn, formerly a Clinton White House counsel. Quinn went straight to Holder, then Clinton’s deputy attorney general. According to Richard Cohen of the Washington Post, “Holder was not just an integral part of the pardon process, he provided the White House with cover by offering his go-ahead recommendation. No alarm seemed to sound for him. Not only had strings been pulled, but it was rare to pardon a fugitive — someone who had avoided possible conviction by avoiding the inconvenience of a trial.”

Now, Mr. Holder has indicated he plans to investigate members of the Central Intelligence Agency regarding coercive interrogation techniques, namely water-boarding, against terror suspects. At the end of August, he announced his plan to appoint a special prosecutor to conduct the investigations, over the public protests of Leon Panetta, Obama’s head of the C.I.A. In fact, President Obama himself has said his desire was not to look back but to move forward. The fact that crucial information was obtained, preventing American deaths and aiding in thedefeat of Al-Queda, seems to have become irrelevant. Besides, this investigation has already been done once by the Justice Department, and with one exception, there was nothing to prosecute.

So, our U.S. Attorney General refuses to prosecute clear and obvious voter intimidation, even when the case is pre-won. He apparently has no issue with tax evasion and fugitives from justice, and believes we are a nation of cowards, racially speaking. But he is eager to investigate the American patriots who obtained critical information from terrorists who want nothing more than to kill Americans and to destroy our way of  life. How does this make us safer? How does this further the pursuit of justice?

Is there anybody in this administration that doesn’t think Americans are the bad guys?

 How’s that hope and change working out for you?

Charlie Rangel Blames Health Care Woes on "Racists"

It seems Charlie Rangel (D) Manhattan  (the soul-mate of John Murtha) made some outlandish remarks that involve using the race-card to explain away the sorrowful outcome of Obamacare.

Carl Campanile at the New York Post reported this:

Rangel then likened the battle over health-care expansion for the uninsured to the fight for civil rights.

"Why do we have to wait for the right to vote? Why can't we get what God has given us? That is the right to live as human beings and not negotiate with white southerners and not count the votes. Just do the right thing," he said. end quote~

Actually, it seems that Gov.Paterson and Charlie Rangel are the racists. With the poor polling results that Paterson is receiving, and the ethic investigations (tax evasion) that Rangel is forced to face, cause these two politicians to turn to the ever present weapon of the race card.

Has Charlie Rangel stopped to think of the racist whites that elected him to office? It also seems that America has been very good to Mr.Rangel.

Charles Rangel would be more than happy to keep the focus on health-care and racism instead of his ethic problems.

Fox News reported this from Rangel when he was at a town hall meeting on Tuesday: "Some Americans have not gotten over the fact that Obama is president of the United States. They go to sleep wondering, 'How did this happen?'... "

Some of us go to bed at night and wonder why it has taken so long for Rangel to be investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

No Need for Obama to Address American Children

Obama is taking the old role of Father O'Malley by "dropping in" on the kids during class. With Obama's intentions of addressing students throughout the country on September 8th, two things come to mind: Communism 101, or the religious instruction given in parochial schools pre-Vatican II.

This is highly unusual for the President to assume a patriarchal role when he is an elected political official. Parents that are not followers of Obama's political persuasions will view this as threatening. Can you imagine the reaction if George W. Bush had addressed the students across America?  It would have been inappropriate with Bush, and it is threatening and offensive as well for Obama to directly address the children of this country.

This is a primary facet of Fascism, and how it is historically known to present itself in the streets and throughout the community. What's the next step? Asking children to report their parents?