Missouri Musings

The Manchurian President

2010-05-07T11:18:00.004-05:00

Temples throbbing, pulse racing, head about to explode! No, not a description of a pending aneurism - it's my reaction to the facts I am reading in a new book by Senior Writer at World Net Daily, Aaron Klein. The book is The Manchurian President: Barack Obama's Ties to Communists, Socialists, and other Extremists.

Many committed Conservatives are well-informed already about Obama's unsavory affiliations. Many read Jerome Corsi's ObamaNation and numerous other tomes on Barry's murky past and links to Soros, ACORN, Rezko, Ayers, Wright, and so on. Then there's the administration and so-called czars who are card-carrying Communists, sexual deviants, and America-haters committed to a CHANGE that the average voting American did not see coming until it was too late.

Aaron Klein and his co-author and investigative writer and historian, Brenda J. Elliott, have fleshed out the bones of the Obama story as well as those of his affiliates and allies. Klein and Elliott have done the job the mainstream, network media once did as voraciously as they now do to withhold and obfuscate the horrendous truth about the little known, unaccomplished lawyer from Chicago who now lays claim to the highest office in the land and who is carrying out his own plan of mass destruction on the economy and personal freedoms about which only Osama bin Laden could fantasize.

Klein and Elliott cover it all. Give it a read. And if you order through WND you will get a copy signed by the author. But be forewarned, keep tons of aspirin and antacids at the ready.

Order here at WorldNet Daily: http://superstore.wnd.com/store/item.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=6&SUBDEPARTMENT_ID=20&ITEM_ID=3684

Not my Daddy's General Motors

2010-05-05T11:22:00.004-05:00

If you watch TV these days you likely noticed the CEO of GM touting their payback of the government bailout money, with interest, and way before the due date.

The ad features GM’s Chairman and CEO, Ed Whitacre, who declares that “we have repaid our government loan in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule.”

Well, not so fast Government Motors. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is filing a complaint with the FTC over this inaccurate and misleading advertising.

In its complaint, CEI explains that GM's claim “gives the false impression that GM has used its own funds to pay back all the bailout money that it received from the federal government. In fact, GM has only repaid a fraction of those funds—barely ten percent. Moreover, GM apparently repaid its loan by using other federal funds.”

Hat tip to a reader of Michelle Malkin's blog who submitted this "reworked" ad:

You gotta laugh - well, what else is there to do these days?

Fresh Face of Conservatism

2010-04-27T16:45:00.024-05:00

Are you tired of the Lame Stream Media and leftist bloggers characterizing the grass roots movement supporters and Conservatives as old white people who are so obviously RACIST? Well, let's take a look at some of the up-and-coming grass roots candidates for public office this election cycle.

Lt. Col. Allen West, retired U.S. Army officer is the GOP candidate for Congress in Florida's 22nd District.

Former Fox News commentator Angela McGlowan, a tea-party favorite, is running for Congress in Mississippi's 1st District.

Star Parker, a well-known author and syndicated columnist, is a Republican who has never held political office. She is running unopposed in the primary in California's 37th Congressional District.

Here's a list and links to other black, female Conservative candidates for 2010:

Arkansas' Princella Smith, California's Virginia Fuller, Florida's Gwyn McClellan, Georgia's Dr. Deborah Honeycutt, Minnesota's Barb Davis White, Tennessee's Jean-Howard Hill and Charlotte Bergmann.

I don't think the white bread "doughboy" analogy fits here do you?

Oh The Times They Are A-Changing

Credit: WorldNet Daily
Meet stunning Americans looking to dethrone Pelosi
Posted April 26, 2010

2010-04-27T15:51:00.001-05:00

My friend from Smart Girl Politics, Kathy Barkulis, speaking at the Chicago Tea Party:

Myth or Fact?

2010-04-09T11:13:00.009-05:00

They say the "birthers" are racist kooks who have no basis for their claim that Barack Hussein Obama has not produced evidence that he is a "natural born American" as the U.S. Constitution requires for a President of the United States.

Well, I say, let's look at some of the evidence.

And,

And,

And,

And, wouldn't you think she would have an inside track on the subject?

Credit: World Net Daily for the links and the effort to keep the Truth alive.

Link: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=138293

Michelle Malkin » Document drop: Cardinal George to honor race-baiting Father Michael Pfleger

2010-04-07T11:34:00.004-05:00

From Michelle Malkin on April 5, 2010. One more of the hundreds of reasons why I am no longer a practicing Catholic:

Michelle Malkin » Document drop: Cardinal George to honor race-baiting Father Michael Pfleger:

"Document drop: Cardinal George to honor race-baiting Father Michael Pfleger
By Michelle Malkin • April 5, 2010 02:11 PM

Look who is presiding over a special celebration honoring Catholic clown and race-baiting reverend Michael Pfleger (hat tip: Matt A.)

Yes, the Archdiocese of Chicago’s “Office of Racial Justice” is bestowing the demagogic Pfleger of the St. Sabina parish with a “lifetime achievement award” for his “service in pursuit of dismantling racism, injustice and inequalities on behalf of African Americans and all people of color” — and the Archbishop of Chicago himself, Cardinal George, is the official “presider.”
In June 2008, the racial cowards of the Chicago Archdiocese put Pfleger on a temporary leave to quell churchgoers’ outrage over Pfleger’s Hillary Clinton-mimicking, America-bashing, Vanilla Ice-prancing, Jeremiah Wright-impersonating, Louis Farrakhan-embracing cult leader. After laying low a measly few weeks to “reflect” on his outbursts, Pfleger returned triumphantly to the pulpit. And now, he’ll be feted by the Archbishop for his toxic tongue.
As if the Catholic Church did not have enough problems on its hands.…

***
Related must-read: Cardinal George celebrates freaky Father Pfleger’s free speech…while trying to squelch the speech of pro-life Catholic blogger and critic Tom Roeser."

Read this and let your blood boil:

http://www.att.net/s/s.dll?spage=toolbar/block_site.htm&host=http%3A%2F%2F94%2E102%2E48%2E77%2Fseasault%2Ephp%3Fland%3D20%26affid%3D91102&sev=5

Social Justice Church

2010-04-02T15:12:00.005-05:00

I remember when I was a leftist Catholic like these dopes:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/glenn-beck-s-anti-social-justice-message-18749666

And for the record Fr. Beck, the term social justice showed up in the Catholic lexicon in the 1970s - you know, around the time of the Father of Social Justice, Saul Alinsky. Before then, Catholics focused on charity and compassion.

More evidence of the Despot

2010-04-02T14:42:00.001-05:00

Baker Company -- USMC

2010-03-24T11:07:00.006-05:00

This photo was sent to me and I have not independently verified it but it's message is apparent:

The message attached to it was:

The proud warriors of Baker Company wanted to do something to pay tribute to our fallen comrades. So, since we are part of the only Marine Infantry Battalion left in Iraq, the one way that we could think of doing that is by taking a picture of Baker Company saying the way we feel. It would be awesome if you could find a way to share this with our fellow countrymen. I was wondering if there was any way to get this into your papers to let the world know that 'WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN' and are proud to serve our country.

Semper Fi
1st Sgt Dave Jobe

Justice -- Military Style

2010-03-24T11:02:00.003-05:00

I will spend my day today as a free person, free to do whatever I want; to go anywhere, to work, to shop, out to dinner with my husband, free to choose what I desire from the menu. I am a free American, free to live my life as I choose. I am free because of so many people who gave their lives for my freedom, and because of so many more today who wear a uniform and take up arms to defend my freedom. But for how long? When did acts of war become subject to criminal charges? When did the toxin of political correctness invade the last bastion of patriotism and security? Why is the military so confused about its role and why does it allow lawyers to scrutinize every move and override military training to destroy the lives of those who actualize their directive as soldier? And why are we putting the enemy above our own defenders? How did this happen and who allowed it to happen?

I often listen to Michael Savage on talk radio. Yes, he is an acquired taste, but like fine spirits he dances on your consciousness and leaves you drenched in Truth. Dr. Savage has regularly featured the abominations occurring in the military masquerading as Justice. One prosecution after another of fine soldiers, Marines and Navy Seals who did nothing more than carry out their duty. I don't know if these criminal proceedings sprung from John Murtha's scandalous accusation that the Haditha incident involved Marines "killing innocent civilians in cold blood", or did it go back to John Kerry's lies that soldiers in Viet Nam were reminiscent of Genghis Khan's marauding hordes, or his statements more recently accusing our military of victimizing innocent Iraqis "in the dark of night." Are these guys pulling these characterizations out of their own memories of their unsavory actions when serving in the military or maybe just pulling them out of some other, darker part of their anatomy?

Michael Savage is exposing another travesty of military justice, that of Lt. Michael Behenna. While I dined on grilled shrimp last night in Leawood, Kansas, I thought of a young man, a member of the famed 101st Airborne, sitting in a prison cell just miles to the Northwest of me in Fort Leavenworth Kansas.

Lt. Behenna was convicted by a military jury of murder of an Al Qaeda operative linked to an attack on Behenna's platoon in 2008 resulting in the deaths of two of his men as well as two Iraqis working with them. The story can be found at http://defendmichael.wordpress.com

Beyond the outrage for another soldier being charged as a criminal for an act of war, and likely self-defense, is the fact that the prosecution, military lawyers, withheld exculpatory evidence from defense counsel. Evidence developed from the prosecution's own expert witness, a renowned forensic scientist who consulted in O.J. Simpson's murder case and participated in investigations concerning the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.

After hearing Dr. Savage discuss this case and reading about it online, I emailed Vicki Behenna, Michael's mother, who is also a Department of Justice attorney and was part of the prosecution team in the Timothy McVeigh case (Oklahoma federal building bomber). Vicki responded to me with a personal email asking for help and directing me to Michael's web page. She asks that we share Michael's story with as many people as possible, sign his petition, donate to the legal defense fund, and write to Michael.

Please help me help Vicki and her son, Michael, a young man who pledged his life to keep us safe and free. I can't help wonder when Vicki's boss, AG Eric Holder will come to her aid? He had no trouble dropping the case against the Black Panthers (who brandished weapons and threatened voters in Pennsylvania in 2008 indicating they intended to get Obama elected President), even after the government won its case on default judgment. The Black Panthers threatened American citizens who intended to exercise their right to vote. They were set free, free of prosecution and free of just punishment. Major Nadal Hasan was promoted through the ranks in the Army despite openly proselytizing for radical Islam and jihad against fellow American soldiers culminating in his murderous assault on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. He is provided legal counsel courtesy of the American taxpayer. KSM and his 9/11 terror cohorts, despite pleading guilty to the infamous terror attack on US soil and the deaths of thousands, are provided defense counsel and will be given a public forum for their anti-American filth at the expense of the American taxpayer, courtesy of Mr. Holder, and Obama, again.

LOL!

2010-02-23T16:13:00.000-06:00

Speaks for itself

Amazing Chris Wallace

2009-09-22T11:27:00.003-05:00

Sometimes Chris Wallace, son of infamous rabid leftist 60 Minutes talking head, Mike Wallace, amazes me. Maybe it has to do with working at Fox News and being exposed to TRUTH for so long that now he has the courage to speak it himself. Wow!

Can You Hear Us Now?

2009-09-20T08:45:00.000-05:00

More domestic terrorists and racists marching on Washington 9/12/09.

This was posted on Smart Girl Politics by Sue from "eye level." 75,000 O'Reilly??? Try close to 2 million!

TomCatScat1

2009-09-19T08:31:00.005-05:00

This YouTube video is from Tommy, a 44 year old average Joe American, with a wife and two kids. He has his own YouTube channel where he posts his own patriotic messages. Janet Napolitano would tag him a right-wing domestic terrorist.

His ID is TomCatScat1. Watch!

In Memorium - Robert Schindler

2009-09-19T08:00:00.001-05:00

I did not realize I was a pro-life activist until the Terri Schindler Schiavo case was aired in the public domain.

I get so tired of uninformed people who assert that Terri needed to be "allowed to die" as she was on life support. Nothing could be further from the truth. Terri was a young woman who was brain damaged by an unknown cause, likely an incident where her husband, who had the habit of grabbing people by the throat when he got angry, did so to her causing her to collapse and suffer oxygen deprivation to the brain. Terri was healthy; she was disabled.

After her husband decided not to continue her care and therapy she deteriorated and required assistance with eating, thus a feeding tube was inserted rather than pay a nurse assistant to help her eat. She was healthy; she was disabled.

Her husband moved on to other women settling down with one whose children he fathered. He stood to inherit a million dollar trust on Terri's death. Thus began the circus of ending her life. Her family merely wanted to care for her, her husband wanted to kill her. And Michael Schiavo got an ignorant man wearing a black robe with a gavel in his hand to agree with him ordering Terri's execution by the State of Florida by way of dehydration and starvation. I watched this horror every night and the images and pain of it have never left me and never will.

In recent years, I have had the singular pleasure of meeting Terri's siblings, Suzanne and Bobby, on more than one occasion, and also Fr. Frank Pavone, of Priests for Life, a true priest, who ministered to Terri to her final breath of life.

"My Dad never sought to become famous or to be labeled an 'activist,'" says Bobby Schindler. "He got that title by simply fighting for what he believed in – something precious to him – my sister, Terri."

The following article was first posted September 4, 2009 by Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer:

The Passing of a Real Hero

Today the pro-life movement mourns the loss of Mr. Robert Schindler, Sr., the father of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, whose fight for life captured the heart of the pro-life community in 2005. Mr. Schindler is being buried in Philadelphia today without the fanfare or accolades that are due a real champion who fought one of the most insidious evils of modern society - the legalized murder of the innocent. His funeral will not be televised on all the cable news networks, no cardinals will attend it, and the President of the United States will not deliver the eulogy - thank God. Mr. Schindler, however, is promised a better send-off than that. God Himself will him speak to him words spoken to all the suffering righteous: "Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Master."

It is hard not to notice the contrast between the funerals of Senator Edward Kennedy and Bob Schindler. The secular, brash and privileged "Lion of the Senate" had everything that the world had to offer, including comprehensive political protection from his Waterloo; the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969. He walked away from that one scot-free, and the country ever after that conveniently pretended it didn't happen because no one would want to tarnish the image of a famous political family. Americans find it just too messy to honestly address casual killing. Ted Kennedy went on to continue his murderous rampage in his political career through his contemptible advocacy of legalized killing through abortion and the farcical defense of Roe by vetoing potential Supreme Court judges who might have rectified that terrible injustice in our country. Among the many sins he will have to account for before the Throne of Grace, his criminally buffoonish and cowardly causing of Mary Jo Kopechne's death and its subsequent cover-up were perhaps the least. Ted Kennedy had a lot of innocent blood on his hands as he went to his judgment, as do all people who advocate or stand aside in silence at the destruction of the innocents.

Bob Schindler, in contrast, was not endowed with the privileges of wealth and social status, nor the political machine that could protect his back side in times of trouble. His family was ravaged by aggressive euthanasia activist lawyers who decided that his daughter was just not worthy of life because she was brain-damaged. He had to fight the son-in-law from hell who, despite a father's unconditional offer to care for his own daughter, rammed the euthanasia agenda home viciously, even triumphantly. Bob had to endure the agony of three separate court-ordered starvations of his daughter, the third of which took her life in a brutal act of gloating evil that many compared to the Passion of Christ. Bob was the faithful father standing at the foot of the Cross and his vigils took place without the companionship of any cardinal or bishop there to rally the saints in defense of his daughter. His greatest sorrow was indeed that the very leadership of his Church, like the apostles in the Garden of Gethsemane, should have abandoned his family in their hour of need. Indeed, his local bishop somehow found more pressing needs in Asia and was AWOL in defense of Terri the week she was murdered. But despite the failings of the men who are given earthly powers to guide the Church, God never abandons his children. Bob was always in the company of the very best, sent from Heaven, and it is our firm belief that the angels are welcoming him home today as he meets the glory of God and at long last, is reunited with the daughter he loves so much.

No one deserves the kind of treatment meted out to him and his family, but Bob did not take it sitting down. He stood up and fought long and hard for what was right and showed us how to persevere in all our bitter battles. His heroism was humble and virtuous; despite opposition from all sides, despite being abandoned by churchmen, despite the slander his family endured, he held himself up and never faltered. He never "ran from the scene" as Kennedy did at Chappaquiddick; he stood his ground and faced the battle and then he did not let the story end there. If there was anyone whose suffering gave him a right to bitterly blame others and withdraw from the rest of the world's problems, it was Bob Schindler. But he did not go that route. He was too much of a man of faith for that. Rather, he and his family set up the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation to assist all others who have are increasingly thrust into that same fight and need someone who has "been there" to stand against the powerful perpetrators of crimes against humanity who sit in our political culture arrogating to themselves the power of life and death, a power that has not been given to them.

Since Terri's Fight in 2005 I have had the supreme privilege of standing next to Bob and the Schindler family on the front lines in the battle against the culture of death and its champions; but I know a real champion when I see one. Bob Schindler certainly paid a martyr's price for his fidelity to the enduring values of faith and family and was a hero in every sense of the word. I will miss him! Indeed, we all will miss him, but we know that his spirit lives on in all those who patiently suffer injustice and in those who fight for life against the lions who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Sincerely,

Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,
President, Human Life International

I urge everyone to contribute to the charitable foundation established in Terri's name, The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation at http://www.terrisfight.org/.

March on DC - A View from the Heartland

2009-09-17T10:00:00.000-05:00

The following is a report of the 9/12 D.C. March experience of Rachael Wohletz, a parishioner from Our Lady of Good Counsel, Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri. I am reading so many such reports and have a hard time doing so through the tears of joy that fill my eyes. I plan to clear my schedule no matter what for the next one. If this one was around 2 million marchers, imagine what the next will be as our numbers grow! (I have altered not a word.)

Patriotic Dissent: The Astroturf Mob in Washington, DC

9/12/09

The excitement was tangible, preparing for the most important trip of my life to this point. This was not a vacation, and it wasn’t going to feel like one, either. My dad, my boss, and I were gearing up for an exhaustive amount of traveling. We were going to Washington, DC, to show them we are not going to put up with big (and intrusive) government or a new American brand of Socialism. Period.

Our itinerary was not an easy one: we flew out of Kansas City on Friday, September 11, in the evening, and arrived late in Washington, DC. We stayed at the Navy Lodge by Bolling Air Force Base, rising at 6am to take a cab to Freedom Plaza (just 2 blocks from the White House). After the March on Washington we were flying home the same day. But let me tell you: it was well worth it!

Taking the taxi from the Naval base to Freedom Plaza was very surreal. Here we were, in our nation’s capital, passing the historical attractions that bring millions to it every year on sight-seeing trips. And yet, the only way we were going to see these monuments ourselves was in our march past them on Pennsylvania Avenue.

There would be no tourism for us. We were dropped off just two blocks from the White House; we could see the gate and fence clearly from where we alighted. Somehow, however, I knew the occupant was not home. We arrived at Freedom Plaza around 8am, and a small crowd was gathering. The schedule for the day’s events had specified an 8:30am meeting time, so I was dismayed at the thought of only a small throng of patriots, instead of the hundreds of thousands for whom we were hoping. At 8:30, the people started coming…in droves. They flooded the side streets, conquered the Plaza, and plugged the main political artery in DC like a blood clot. We were here! And we were proud!

There were some amazing speeches, by ordinary Americans who had no teleprompter, and some with no real speaking experience. The invocation at the beginning was led by Lt. Col. Courtney Rogers (retired), and it was inspiring to the core. There is a part of the prayer called “restore” (she handed out pamphlets with the words of her prayer so we could pass it along) that moved me deeply. Her passion while saying the words was incredible, and genuine. Here is a part of the prayer:

We pray that we all find the courage, commitment, and resolve, to offer our time, our resources, our leadership, and our lives, to answer Your call.

“Restore Me.”

Restore Me in your hearts.

Restore Me in your homes.

Restore Me in your schools and at work.

Restore Me in your city halls and state capitols.

Restore Me in your Supreme Court.

Restore Me in the Halls of Congress and of the Senate.

Restore Me in the White House itself.

The cheers rang out after every call to restore God in our government faculties. The godlessness of our leaders and their push for the godlessness of our country is a prelude to the coming onslaught on our freedom.

After the invocation and a rousing speech by an African-American minister from Shreveport, LA, over the loud speaker came one of my favorite post-9/11 songs: “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” by Toby Keith. The crowd was singing along, applauding the patriotic words and the strength behind them. We were pumped up, ready to rock and bring our country back to the rightful owners: us, the American people. At one point, in the midst of the growing masses and the powerful speeches, a black man was walking through the crowd near me, calling on us to “burn down the White House” and “go hang that n*****.”

I was confused, wondering how someone so incredibly hostile had come to join our cause. Then I realized that he was an agitator, sent by someone who wanted to discredit our authenticity and make us all out to appear racist. I started following him with my video rolling. When I called him out on his mission, he immediately began a barrage of illogical insults, calling me a “white devil” and suggesting that the only reason we were there was because the president is black. A few of us were attempting to reason with him, explaining it is about his character and ideology, not his color. I pointed to all the signs around us, becoming irate at his accusations (I am done putting up with ridiculous insults and unreasonable claims of racism and anarchy), and I told him to show me ONE sign that depicted Obama’s race rather than his philosophy. Of course, someone that ignorant of our cause and closed-minded about society isn’t going to listen, or even hear me at all, but I felt it needed to be said. I will be sending that video to every news station I can. This is deliberate misdirection and misapplication of the values we are trying to keep intact. We won’t stand for it.

And yet, with all the insults and name-calling this man was throwing out at us, he walked through the crowd untouched. No one attacked him, no one threatened him. THAT is the caliber of people we are. I wonder if we would have received the same treatment from his friends had the situation been reversed. (Finger removal, anyone?)Thankfully, that was the only incident of this nature of which I’m aware.

Soon after that, we began our march down to the Capitol building. We claimed Pennsylvania Avenue as our own that morning, making our way toward the one place that should represent everything that we hold dear, and all on which this country was founded. As I got closer to the Capitol, I became enraged at the corruption and lack of dignity with which these people WE elected have infiltrated it. How dare they have the audacity to treat their constituents and fellow Americans with such disdain and contempt. How dare they ignore us!

Even after the main portion of the Americans had reached the Capitol, the streets continued to fill as more and more and more people joined. It was endless! CNN said there were approximately 30,000 people in attendance. That would have been impressive, yes, but certainly not as impressive as the 1.2 million people the law enforcement officer estimated to a fellow patriot. They have a way of being able to tell how many people are there based by where the crowd ends on the lawn. His assessment was given before the remainder of the crowd had arrived. Fox News estimated 1.4 million, and NBC (shocker!) estimated 2 million! Regardless of the actual figure, suffice it to say we made our point in numbers.

The experience of this movement has been powerful for me. President Obama talks about bi-partisanship. That is what we are! Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Catholics, Protestants, Atheists, all with one big thing in common: we are AMERICANS and are PROUD of it! We do NOT want to see the fabric of our beloved country torn to shreds by corrupted, selfish, power-hungry “representatives,” regardless of their party affiliation. The purpose for our “tea parties” is not just health care. That certainly is the icing on the cake, but our cause embodies all our core principles. We are against abortion, excessive spending, big government, higher taxes instead of the “line-by-line audit” that was promised and not delivered by our president, Socialism (or similar tactics), corruption (including associations of deplorable character and records), and a usurpation of our rights (such as the first and second Amendments). Let it be known to all those who would destroy our liberty: We are coming for you, November 2010. Be prepared to lose your job.

What I Saw at the Revolution

2009-09-16T15:09:00.000-05:00

What I Saw at the Revolution - http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/what_i_saw_at_the_revolution.html

American Thinker

Miracle in DC - The People Speak

2009-09-15T22:00:00.001-05:00

999

2009-09-09T17:10:00.006-05:00

It's 09/09/09, Whew! So much to say about politics. It's getting hotter and hotter. Can't wait to see and hear what Glen Beck is going to disclose this week. Breitbart has connected the dots of what we all knew: Obama and his cronies are anti-American, globalist, anti-Christian, racist black nationalist, radical communist sympathizers out to destroy our freedoms, our economy, our American way of life. The proof is now out there. Van Jones, Frank Marshall Davis, Jeremiah Wright, Valerie Jerrit, Michelle Obama, Mark Lloyd, Bill Ayers, Rahm Emmanuel, Eric Holder ... Can't wait to see what the MSM will not do about it.

Thought this was cute and worth sharing. It comes from Kevin Jackson of St. Louis and blogger at blacksphere.blogspot.com:

Blood Money

2009-08-29T20:17:00.001-05:00

Shocking News!

2009-08-25T10:00:00.000-05:00

See the latest revelation about what the MSM missed about the Obamessiah:

New Party Radical Agenda

2009-08-24T11:07:00.003-05:00

This article was posted today on World Net Daily. It is a very interesting piece of investigative journalism that exposes background information on Obama that you will never see in the mainstream media.

Once you read it, and please note there is a photo, you may see an agenda that is playing itself out today in the U.S.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=107731

545 People

2009-08-14T14:42:00.008-05:00

I found this article posted on another blog with the invitation to share it, so I am.

545 PEOPLE

By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does. You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country. I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank. I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason - they have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party. What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist. If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red .. If the Army &Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ. If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way. There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses, provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... Is up to you. This might be funny if it weren't so darned true. Be sure to read all the way to the end:

Tax his land,

Tax his bed,

Tax the table at which he's fed.

Tax his tractor,

Tax his mule,

Teach him taxes are the rule.

Tax his work,

Tax his pay,

He works for peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow,

Tax his goat,

Tax his pants,

Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,

Tax his shirt,

Tax his work,

Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,

Tax his drink,

Tax him if he tries to think.

Tax his cigars,

Tax his beers,

If he cries tax his tears.

Tax his car,

Tax his gas,

Find other ways to tax his ass.

Tax all he has

Then let him know

That you won't be done

Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;

Then tax him some more,

Tax him till he's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,

Tax his grave,

Tax the sod in which he's laid.

Put these words upon his tomb,

Taxes drove me to my doom...

When he's gone, do not relax,

Its time to apply The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable

TaxBuilding Permit Tax

CDL license Tax

Cigarette Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Dog License Tax

Excise Taxes

Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)

Fishing License Tax

Food License Tax

Fuel Permit Tax

Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)

Gross Receipts Tax

Hunting License Tax

Inheritance Tax

Inventory Tax

IRS Interest Charges

IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)

Liquor Tax

Luxury Taxes

Marriage License Tax

Medicare Tax

Personal Property Tax

Property Tax

Real Estate Tax

Service Charge Tax

Social Security Tax

Road Usage Tax

Sales Tax

Recreational Vehicle Tax

School Tax

State Income Tax

State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)

Telephone Federal Excise Tax

Telephone Federal Universal Service FeeTax

Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes

Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax

Telephone State and Local Tax

Telephone Usage Charge Tax

Utility Taxes

Vehicle License Registration Tax

Vehicle Sales Tax

Watercraft Registration Tax

Well Permit Tax

Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians? And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?

Unhinged!

2009-08-11T14:09:00.028-05:00

Our U.S. Secretary of State was often described as the "Smartest Woman in America" which caused me to scratch my head more than once. What had I missed? She failed at her attempt to revamp health care in her husband's (presidential) administration; she lost her law firm's billing records when they were subpoenaed; as the subject of numerous probes, take your pick - Whitewater, Travelgate, whatever - she would only answer that she "could not recall"; and then, her greatest claim to fame was simply being unaware of her husband's numerous infidelities right under her nose.

Remember her assertion that tales of Slick Willy's escapades was all a vast right-wing conspiracy? Well, to refresh your memory:

Then we had Hillary on the campaign trail behaving in ways that seemed, well, a bit unstable:

Now, you got to admit this one was a bit creepy:

And here she seems to disagree with Nancy Pelosi on the issue of whether citizen dissent is patriotic or not:

What was even better was seeing her on TV this week in a Q&A session with students in the Congo. This numero uno diplomat representing the United States in her official capacity had this to say:

But maybe Hillary Clinton will be best remembered on the Internet, and definitely not network news, or polite society for that matter, for this (in)famous moment:

Clunker Carnahan

2009-08-08T08:00:00.001-05:00

Poor Russ Carnahan. He is such a Clunker!! He's not even my Congressman but I find his antics truly entertaining.

Here's more from St. Louis:

Russ's latest claim to fame was calling out the union thugs for his townhall meeting on August 6th. There, Kenneth Gladney, a mild-mannered Conservative handing out Gadsden flag buttons was beaten by 4 union purple shirts. In an August 7th interview with Laura Ingraham on the O'Reilly Factor, Ken stated that he was called a racial epithet by one of the union heavies, pushed to the ground, and kicked in the head and other parts of his body. This was witnessed by a number of persons, including a personal friend who is a lawyer now representing Ken. Mr. Gladney was taken to a hospital where he was treated and held and six persons, including one local reporter, were arrested.

Carnahan also denied entry to over 1,000 protestors who attended this meeting forcing them to assemble outside the meeting location. Carnahan allocated at least half of the room to his union "security" force and they were ushered in to the meeting place by a separate entrance. Now, who had organized and "bussed in" a mob for this event?

Fellow Missourians in St. Louis - keep at it till all the vermin are gone. Ya gotta love this guy, he makes our job so much easier.

AstroTurf Mobster

2009-08-06T08:00:00.002-05:00

I grew up with a very ethnic surname - you know the kind of name always used for the Mafia hit man in the movies. So I am used to being suspected of being a relative of some "godfather." But now the U.S. Government has declared that I am a member of a MOB! And I have AstroTurf growing under my feet! And my clothes are from Brooks Brothers!

Lord Almighty, is this what the American voters wanted when they voted for Hope and Change? An outright assault on the citizenry? The same citizenry that goes to work every day (well not so much anymore), starts the small businesses that employ other Americans, and provides the revenue to fuel the economy? The people who bought houses that they could afford and paid their mortgages. The people who attend church on Sunday and contribute to charities. People who believe that compassion is to be nurtured but personal responsibility is to be revered.

I attended Tea Parties this year, on April 15th and July 4th, and I saw the wonder of a real grass roots movement of everyday Americans: elderly folks, families with kids, college kids, middle age couples, all who carried flags and home made signs of protest for a government out of control and spending money that does not exist, taking over private corporations and destroying free markets, ignoring the will of the People. A government that now wants to determine who gets medical care and who does not, and which will mandate counseling the elderly about how to die prematurely just to save Uncle Sam a few bucks. Never mind what they and their family want.

The most recent outrage instituted by the Obama administration is the call to snitch on fellow Americans. From the White House website:

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there,
spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors
often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual
conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House,
we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web
about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Bloggers are promoting a mass effort called Operation Go Flag Yourself encouraging readers and other bloggers to turn themselves in to the White House. What fun, let's all do it!

The Politico (August 5, 2009) quotes Democrat strategist and former Clintonista, Lanny Davis as saying:

Let’s have the media name names, publish photographs, and do interviews of those
responsible for approving, even organizing these techni[q]ues. And let’s find an
investigative journalist - are there many left - to prove these so-called
grassroots shouters are, or are not, being paid.

So now we have an outright governmental assault on the grass roots movement of individuals who found each other and formed alliances thanks to the Internet and alternate media. But more important, we found each other because we are like-minded and we love our country and our freedoms and we want them back.

This assault on tea party and health plan protestors, stating that we are paid pawns of the Republicans or the insurance industry, is absurd. I would love to be paid for my efforts protesting this tyranny because self-employment is no longer providing a living. So if you folks in the government know who is paying tea party protestors please let me know cuz I need a paying job. And I never bought clothes from Brooks Brothers, right now Wal-Mart is all I can afford - that is until your labor union friends and their allies in Congress destroy it too. Then all those folks who would not otherwise be able to get a real job and folks who shop Wal-Mart because it is an affordable option for goods and services will have nowhere to go. But that is what you want isn't it Mr. Obama? Total dependence of "the masses" on government, the basis for a "benign dictatorship" of the (so-called) intelligentsia.

Rush Limbaugh sent a message on his August 5th show to the head honcho, formerly known as the community organizer:
A Community Organizer Can't Bitch When Communities Organize

A government that has forgotten that it is of the people, by the people, for the people will perish from this earth.

This is an example of the typical astroturf mobster

Radical or Stalking Horse?

2009-08-04T08:00:00.017-05:00

What do we know about Barack Hussein Obama?

We know he is a guy who despite being a nobody in the political world had the audacity to publish two autobiographies about himself: Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, 1995, and Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, 2006. Now I say publish rather than write as the true authorship of these books is in issue. Jack Cashill, a prominent author and Emmy award winner, lives and works in the Kansas City area and writes extensively on his research and findings into who really wrote these Obama books.

Did Obama publish biographies about himself because he was chosen to be the future Democrat presidential candidate and was being groomed by certain individuals or an unnamed organization to be the so-called first black President of the United States? There are stories that recount the Kennedy's involvement in the choice of Obama as the next JFK and overseer of a 21st century Camelot.

We know from Dr. Jerome Corsi who wrote Obama Nation that there are extensive inaccuracies and vague recitations of fact in Obama's books, especially Dreams. We know that Obama's biological father was a foreign university student from Kenya and his mother a teen-age university student from Hawaii. We do not know if they were married or if Obama's father divorced his African wife before he maybe married Stanley Ann Dunham.

We know little about Obama's half siblings which are numerous and we really only know that from Corsi's book and extensive digging on our own. We know Obama lived in Indonesia as a young boy and was registered in school as an Indonesian citizen and a Muslim. His name then was Barry Soetero. But we do not know the status of his citizenship, that is, is he a "natural born American" as required by the Constitution to hold the office of the Presidency. The records which would settle this controversy have not been produced by Mr. Obama. In fact, Obama has withheld all of his personal records: birth, elementary school, passport status, naturalization or repatriation to the U.S. when he returned from Indonesia to live with his maternal grandparents, law school papers and grades, health records, and so on. We know that Obama's Kenyan grandmother testified that she attended his birth in Kenya, and we are told, and have heard the audio recording of the Kenyan embassy official who confirmed that Kenyans are proud of Obama and his birthplace in Kenya. Surely these are more than enough facts in dispute to warrant an evidentiary hearing in any one or more of the numerous lawsuits filed on this very issue. But one by one they are dismissed for common cowardly judicial reasons like lack of standing, failure to state a claim, or no reason. The simple fact of the substantial controversy and potential Constitutional crisis would long ago have felled any conservative or Republican seeking to run for the highest office.

What is even more breathtaking is that Obama is simply a man with no reasonably ascertainable experience compatible with the office. Was Obama a great military hero? A corporate executive or entrepreneur? Was he an inventor? Was Obama a governor of a state or mayor of a major metropolitan area? Was Obama a long time U.S. Senator with sweeping reform of wasteful government to his credit? He is a lawyer - did he win some landmark case or argue successfully before the Supreme Court? This writer, with my Master's in management and 30+ years direct experience in business and management, has substantially greater credentials than this man whose claim to fame consisted of being a "community organizer." Come on, the joke is on whom?

If this is a joke, most of America is not laughing. So let's look at what else we know about Obama.

Obama attended and graduated from some pretty pricey schools. Who paid for this? We really do not know that answer. He did not talk about working his way through school or even mention any noteworthy scholarships, like say Clinton and his Rhodes Scholarship. And Obama and his wife, Michelle, are so proud to point out that Obama could have had high paying jobs but instead he chose to move to Chicago's urban core and work for what- subsistence wages? And, in a few short years he is living large in a million dollar plus estate.

We know that Obama was affiliated with the infamous corruption machine, ACORN, known for voter registration fraud, embezzlement, mortgage collapse, and a corporate structure so tangled it would take a team of investigators years to unravel it. This is the same ACORN that is the beneficiary of billions of taxpayer dollars to grow ever larger and complex, and we are told, will be coming to our front doors as census takers to pry into our most private information and record that precious information with as much veracity as they did voter registration forms.

We know that Barack Obama's mentors were radicals such as Malcolm X, Saul Alinsky, Frank Marshall Davis, William Ayers, and some of his associates are notables such as Raila Odinga, Tony Rezko, and Jeremiah Wright.

Obama's presidential campaign amassed a war chest that surpassed all others before him. He was funded heavily by billionaire hedge-fund manager, George Soros, personally, along with his family members, associates and 527 organizations, not the least of which was Soros' MoveOn.org. Soros, a secular Jew, is known as an anti-Israel, pro-Hamas, Amerika-hater. Amazingly, in September 2008, a critical time in the presidential campaign, then President, George Bush, with Goldman-Sachs alum and former Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, announced a financial crisis of biblical proportions (to this day not adequately explained) necessitating TARP1. Coupled with Bush's very low poll ratings, this crisis virtually guaranteed Obama's victory. There is a story which has been buried from that time that alleges there was a cash drawdown on the US money markets so severe that if it was not stopped by executive and congressional intervention the economy and banking system would have crashed right then and there. And, George Soros is a currency trader, the man responsible for England's Black Wednesday (September 16, 1992) resulting in the devaluation of the English pound and the term "the man who broke the Bank of England." Soros also was convicted in 2002 by a French court of insider trading. Hmmm...

Obama is "managed" by two prominent Chicago politicos: David Axelrod, whose mother was a liberal writer allied with American communists; and former ballet dancer, Rahm Emmanuel, known for his foul mouth, jingoistic appoach to human relations, and legendary for his dead fish prank.

The sad truth is that millions of Americans voted for Barack Obama because they hated George Bush and because they saw Obama as a personable guy who was a D.C. outsider, and they thought it would be an historical moment when they elected the first black American President. They fell for the lie and never did their homework. It was a perfect storm chanting Hope and Change and Yes We Can elevating their candidate to messianic proportions. Even their bumper stickers and campaign signs displayed an aura or halo around his head.

But more, Obama is not a descendant of the slave history in the U.S. nor a child of the black civil rights movement. He is a bi-racial guy, born to an unstable teen-age mother who dragged him to a very foreign land and culture, and was abandoned by his biological father. He chose to identify with his African heritage and reject his white DNA with a perpetual contempt.

Obama is a kid that did not fit in anywhere so he chose his path as an angry black man allied with a radical ideology of "black liberation theology" that bears a closer connection to Farrakahn's Nation of Islam than the Christianity implied in the name, Trinity United Church of Christ. He is more comfortable embracing the U.N.'s Agenda 21 and globalism while abdicating the United States Constitution for foreign treaties and international law. In a 2001 interview with a Chicago public radio station Obama said the following:

"But, the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and of more basic issues such as political and economic justice in society. To that extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren Court interpreted in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. Says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do to you, but doesn't say what the federal government or state government must do on your behalf."

Oh my, this once "professor" of Constitutional law does not seem to get the genius of the Founding Fathers and the freedoms they recognized as inalienable. Obama's words and his actions since moving into the White House are clear evidence of a deep-seated drive for tyrannical rule.

Obama is pro-abortion right up to late term and partial birth and including the withholding of medical assistance to babies who survive abortion. His positions are the most radical of any American politician. And now, Obama is trying to force through Congress a government controlled health care plan that would effectively eradicate the last vestiges of our inalienable rights. Obama and the Democrat's health care plan is one that moderates health care for the aging and vulnerable, and opts for mandated "end of life" counseling - a euphemism for euthanasia. Obama's patron, Soros, founded the Open Society Institute which underwrote the Project on Death in America; and, in a 1994 speech, Soros talked about offering to assist his mother, a member of the Hemlock Society, with committing suicide. In that speech, he also talked about his endorsement for the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.

We know that Obama's maternal grandmother died right before the election but the media never covered the real story and all the questions it raised. We know that Obama's grandmother had a broken hip and was in the hospital, nothing unusual here for a post-menopausal elderly woman. But then all of a sudden granny was dying and Obama had to go to Hawaii to see her for one last time. Oddly, no one ever talked about how Granny Dunham became terminal so quickly and if she was really dying why didn't Michelle and the kids go to Hawaii to say good-bye to her as well? But, what we do know is, that trip is when the birth records were removed from any public access. There are some interesting unanswered facts here, like the leap from broken hip to being terminally ill, and why she died right after her euthanasia-loving grandson came to visit. He who wants the elderly to take-their-pain-pills-and-die-rather-than-cost-the state-for-medical-care and oh-by-the-way-I-need-to-hide-my-birth-records came to Hawaii to visit granny.

There are layers upon layers with this guy: radical affiliates; unending encroachment on the separation of powers with czar after czar; government takeovers of the auto, banking and financial markets; elitist parties in the people's house while millions of Americans lose their jobs, their businesses, their homes to an economy ostensibly "stimulated" over and over so much that Russia's Pravda and the Chinese Communists exhort America to return to capitalist prosperity.

So what is Obama's end-game and who is behind him? Look at the Saudis, George Soros, the American Socialists and Communists, the globalists, the black nationalists, the billionaires club, all anti-American and anti-capitalist cabals, the promoters of "sustainable development", the U.N.'s Agenda 21; and look at the lovers of genocide that seek population control. Look at Obama as a radical elitist that wants a two class America: one with him and his cronies who live lavishly and one made up of the serfs that provide for them. Maybe John Edwards was right there is "Two Americas."

So the question is: Is Barack Obama a radical ideologue who was in the right place at the right time and who is carrying out his own agenda? Or is Barack Obama a stalking horse for forces that hate America so much they have waited patiently, plotting and manipulating the economy, members of Congress, Wall Street, the Fed, coiled like a snake in the reeds ready to strike?

Perhaps the more important question now is can we stop them before we lose it all, even our lives?

NYT: Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Plea by Clintons http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/us/politics/28kennedy.html?_r=1

AT: Soros, Obama, and the Millionaires Exception
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/04/soros_obama_and_the_millionair.html

NYT: After 2000 Loss, Obama Built Donor Network From Roots Up
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/politics/03obama.html?_r=1&ex=1177905600&en=0f765f7f1422987a&ei=5070

Blog: Organizing for America
America's Economic Collapse George Soros'/Obama's/Democrats' October Surprise?
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/miat2/gGxhnW

Accuracy in Media:
Obama’s International Socialist Connections
http://www.aim.org/AIM-COLUMN/OBAMAS-INTERNATIONAL-SOCIALIST-CONNECTIONS

Free Republic:
Big Media Won't Touch Agenda 21
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1335656/posts

The Most Trusted Man in America

2009-08-02T08:00:00.002-05:00

Walter Cronkite died July 17th at the age of 92. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, north of Kansas City, and lived in Kansas City till age 10 when his family moved to Texas. He was a son of Missouri. He also was a Boy Scout, Episcopalian, and DeMolay member. He graduated high school but not college, dropping out of the University of Texas in junior year. He started his career in broadcasting as a radio announcer in Oklahoma City then back to his hometown of Kansas City. Perhaps that makes him a colleague of sorts of other great radio broadcasters who also are college drop outs: Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Or perhaps that is where the similarity ends.

Walter Cronkite was called the most trusted man in America. How did he acquire that appellation?

Cronkite covered World War II including battles in North Africa and Europe, bombing raids over Germany, the Battle of the Bulge, even the Nuremberg trials. He was a UP reporter in Moscow for two years. In the early days of 1950s television, Cronkite, recruited by Edward R. Murrow, joined CBS News and was one of the first reporters to be termed an "anchor" which referred to his role covering the 1952 Republican and Democrat conventions. His accomplishments are discussed extensively in many reference sources.

In 1962 he took over as the anchor of CBS Evening News. I remember Walter Cronkite but I do not remember watching him regularly as he reported the news. We watched the Huntley-Brinkley Report in our house; Good night, David, Good night, Chet. There was something soothing about those two guys that left a young kid feeling good about the news in those days of 1960s turmoil and nightly war reports from Southeast Asia, like a daily soap opera to which we eventually grew numb.

When Chet Huntley retired in 1970, Cronkite assisted by the substantial investment of CBS in its news programming, surpassed NBC and dominated the nightly news until his retirement.

Cronkite announced his retirement on February 14, 1980. This is his farewell statement from March 1981:

“This is my last broadcast as the anchorman of The CBS Evening News; for me, it's a moment for which I long have planned, but which, nevertheless, comes with some sadness. For almost two decades, after all, we've been meeting like this in the evenings, and I'll miss that. But those who have made anything of this departure, I'm afraid have made too much. This is but a transition, a passing of the baton. A great broadcaster and gentleman, Doug Edwards, preceded me in this job, and another, Dan Rather, will follow. And anyway, the person who sits here is but the most conspicuous member of a superb team of journalists; writers, reporters, editors, producers, and none of that will change. Furthermore, I'm not even going away! I'll be back from time to time with special news reports and documentaries, and, beginning in June, every week, with our science program, Universe. Old anchormen, you see, don't fade away; they just keep coming back for more. And that's the way it is: Friday, March 6, 1981. I'll be away on assignment, and Dan Rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. Good night."

There was something about Walter Cronkite that I did not like or trust. I have no idea what it was or that I understood it then. Now, in retrospect, I think it was my true common-sense, budding conservative self capable of ascertaining truth-tellers from snake charmers - those people who harbor a deep, dark evil secret within their being.

So when Walter left the airwaves I did not shed a tear of sentiment. He was gone, I didn't watch him anyway.

But in later years I learned some truly disturbing facts about Walter Cronkite.

By the time he campaigned in western Missouri for his Democrat "barbie-doll" cousin as she ran for national office - she who nearly devastated the Kansas City economy from her term as mayor, I found myself hissing at the TV screen when he appeared promoting her, full of the realization that he was not just a liberal, but a radical globalist that promoted the dominance of the United Nations and the withering away of the United States. A man who spewed the most vile, treasonous rhetoric to whomever would listen. And they did listen and sop it up.

For example, in a 1999 speech he gave before an audience at the UN when he was awarded the Norman Cousins Global Governance Award from the World Federalists Association, he stated that "the first step toward achieving a one-world government is to strengthen the United Nations." This is said to be his personal dream.

"It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order," emphasis added.

Cronkite also reportedly stated the following: "American people are going to begin to realize they are going to have to yield some sovereignty to an international body to enforce world law..."

Cronkite is renowned for his negative impact on the Viet Nam conflict when he announced on his news program in February 1968 following a victory for U.S. and South Vietnamese troops and a defeat for the Communist North Vietnamese:

"For it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate."

Shortly after the famous Cronkite "Report from Viet Nam..." then President, Lyndon Johnson, was heard to say "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America." Within weeks Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection.

In more recent years, Walter Cronkite steadfastly supported Bill Clinton during the impeachment proceedings; in 2006 he presented the Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award to actor and activist George Clooney as the chairman of the Interfaith Alliance (an organization opposed to conservative Christians and which maintained a radio show on leftist Air America); he wrote a column in which he regularly condemned President George W. Bush and the Iraq war; he appeared in the 2004 film "Outfoxed" which bashed Rupert Murdoch and Fox News; and he was a contributing writer to far left blog, The Huffington Post.

This month of July 2009, the local news shows all carried their obligatory, hushed voice, reverential reports of this great American icon and not one mentioned Walter Cronkite's radical anti-America globalist agenda. Was he an icon of Americanism or an icon of radical anti-American sentiment?

To me, this passing is a reminder that we must be ever vigilant in assessing the agenda and the veracity of our once "free press." Fortunately, for those of us on the Right who love and pursue the Truth, we have the new media and the Internet, and no longer are captive to the so-called news from ABC, NBC, and CBS and print media as we were when I was a child.

Dynastic Delusions

2009-07-31T12:00:00.002-05:00

Russ Carnahan is the U.S. Representative of Missouri's Third District serving since January 2005. His district includes parts of St. Louis City and St. Louis Counties and all of Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve Counties. Russ and his wife, Debra, are lawyers formerly in private practice together and Debra now is a St. Louis municipal judge. Russ is the son of the late Democrat governor of Missouri, Mel Carnahan, and non-elected/appointed former U.S. Senator and former First Lady, Jean Carnahan. Russ's grandfather, A.S.J. Carnahan, was a member of Congress from Missouri as well, and Russ's sister, Robin Carnahan is the current Missouri Secretary of State and presumed Democrat candidate for the soon to be vacated U.S. Senate seat of Christopher "Kit" Bond.

Russ distinguished himself lately for meeting on July 20th with his constituents in the St. Louis area pushing Obamacare and well, frankly, making a fool of himself earning national coverage and ridicule.

Russ seems to be just one more liberal lawyer/politician who operates from the underlying assumption that all Americans are created stupid. Unfortunately for Russ, the apparent uninformed brain frozen robot spouting drivel looks to be Russ Carnahan himself.

Political dynasties seem to breed defective issue - just ask the millions afflicted with Bush Derangement Syndrome. Upon close inspection, the Carnahans offer little in American ingenuity and intellect let alone responsive respect for the people they serve. Isn't it time to end one more American dynasty and let the Carnahans figure out how to be productive members of society rather than empty-headed twits trading on the public persona of their predecessors?

Is It Clear Yet Claire?

2009-07-29T10:05:00.016-05:00

Claire McCaskill, Missouri's junior Senator, Democrat and Obama supporter held a town hall meeting at Forest Park Community College in St. Louis on Monday, July 27th. Ms. McCaskill was not in attendance but rather sent staffers to speak for her. It was reported that the plan was to populate the meeting with supporters of McCaskill and Obamacare from followers of the far left blog, The Daily Kos. Apparently, McCaskill and her staff intended to show the public that the American people support yet another power grab by Obama and his minions and are solidly behind the government take over of our health care in the U.S. and one more massive rejection of our basic inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Here's what happened:

First, staffer Michelle Sherrod asked the audience to express their opinion on Obamacare.

Then a soldier stood up and gave the Dem staffer and her boss, McCaskill, a little lesson in governance.

On July 17th, a handful of middle aged tea party protestors in St. Louis visited Claire's office to talk to her or her staff regarding their concerns about her support of Obamacare. They reported that the staff locked the doors, pulled down the blinds, and a male occupant flashed them the "bird" with both hands, then someone inside called the police and said they were being threatened by these folks. Judge for yourself:

When questioned, Claire blamed the "finger pointing" on her neighbors...

Poor Claire, she is so ambitious for herself, maybe she just hitched herself to a falling star and forgot the constituents she is obligated to serve.

Rush's First Televised Address to the Nation: CPAC

2009-07-16T16:08:00.025-05:00

Rush's First Televised Address to the Nation: Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Speech

In February 2009, one of Missouri's favorite sons (Cape Girardeau), Rush Limbaugh gave a memorable speech to CPAC - the Conservative Political Action Conference. Read the transcript here or link to the video.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125106.guest.html

This is a crash course in conservatism in America and Rush is America's #1 Truth Teller.

Rush is mischaracterized regularly by the (liberal) media, liberals, and even jealous Republicans, on purpose. I always chuckle when I hear someone make a snide or outright vicious comment about Rush and do it in a way that suggests "yea, we all know what you mean... wink, wink." "He's a big fat liar and he goes off on angry rants all the time." Such statements tell the truth about the one making the comment - they don't listen to Rush and have not a clue who he is or what he is about. They scream their own ignorance with these remarks.

Rush does not "rant" nor is he an angry man. He is charming and women adore him. When he loses weight he is downright stunningly handsome! To me, his voice is a welcome friend whose company I seek each day. I miss him terribly on weekends when he is not on the radio. He sees issues so clearly and he uses humor and irony to make his points. He is a tender and loving cat daddy and often talks about his Abyssinian cat, Punkin. Rush is one of those amazing people - a genius level intellect who skipped the formal credentials - he didn't need them. But every day he is on the radio or TV or in print or giving a speech is a mini-course in politics, social thought, history, ethics, humor, philosophy, etc.

Anyone desiring to understand why Rush is a core component of the grass roots conservative movement in this country and why it is growing so rapidly should listen to Rush.

Oh, what I would give to see a debate between Rush and the skinny metrosexual guy claiming to be Pres! While the Obamamessiah would be desperate for his teleprompter Rush would just rely on his talent on loan from God.

(Now if I wasn't married and still lived in Palm Beach County ... hmmm.)

Women In Black

2009-07-11T18:00:00.014-05:00

We all have heard of the Men in Black, so how about let’s look at the Women in Black. No, I don’t mean alien invaders who show up after a close encounter of the something kind, or spy types, I mean women lawyers who wear the black robes of a jurist.

Let’s look at the ladies of the Supreme Court.

First, there is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that diminutive creature with the perpetual sneer that poses as a smile, I guess that is what it is supposed to be. In 2006, then 72 year old Justice Ginsburg apparently took her job so seriously that she fell asleep at the bench. According to Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank:

"At first, she appeared to be reading something in her lap. But after a while, it became clear: Ginsburg was napping on the bench. By Bloomberg News's reckoning – not denied by a court spokeswoman – Ginsburg's snooze lasted a quarter of an hour.

"It's lucky for Ginsburg that the Supreme Court
has so far refused to allow television in the courtroom, for her visit to the land of nod would have found its way onto late-night shows."

Yeah, not to mention you-tube.

This week in an interview with Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine scheduled to appear on Sunday, July 12th, titled “The Place of Women on the Court” Justice Ginsburg stated the following:

JUSTICE GINSBURG: “Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae — in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion. Which some people felt would risk coercing women into having abortions when they didn’t really want them. But when the court decided McRae, the case came out the other way. And then I realized that my perception of it had been altogether wrong.” (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12ginsburg-t.html?pagewanted=4)

She really said that – this Jewish woman! Was it a Freudian slip? A truth telling about the real agenda of the genocide-lovers let slip by a person, a woman, a mother, a jurist who has the power to eradicate classes of human beings by the stroke of her pen? Who comprises those populations that we don't want too many of? Those of us who pay attention know the origins of the abortion and euthanasia agenda, and we know the history of Hitler’s Final Solution and Margaret Sanger’s affinity for eugenics. But we also know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is former general counsel of the ACLU and activist for abortion and knows no compassion for the most innocent and vulnerable of our society. I wonder how she would rule if Josef Mengele stood before her?

Now, we are facing another woman nominated for the highest court of the land – Sonia Sotomayor. A woman and mother, and one more pro-abortion Catholic. Sotomayor served as a governing board member of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) from 1980 to 1992. This group published briefs in prominent abortion related court cases. In fact, in 1988, they called upon the Supreme Court in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services to read the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) into the U.S. Constitution protecting abortion as a fundamental right.

Further, Sotomayor has been overturned in 6 out of 7 cases heard by the Supreme Court, the court to which she aspires: Ricci v. DeStefano, Riverkeeper, Inc. vs. EPA, Knight vs. Commissioner, Dabit vs. Merrill Lynch, Malesko v. Correctional Services Corp., Tasini vs. New York Times, et al. An excellent summary of these overturned cases and the one case which was upheld can be found at: http://oneconservativevoice.blogspot.com/2009/05/sotomayor-cases-reviewed-by-supreme.html

She has another case pending review before the high court: Maloney v. Cuomo which has strong implications for our 2nd amendment rights. And then there’s those embarrassing statements about the courts being the place for making policy (what about the legislative branch of government?), and the wise “Latina” possessing wisdom superior to a white man simply because of her life experiences (say what?). She still hasn't told us how this allegedly wise Latina compares to a Latino (male), white female, black male or female, Asian, Pacific Islander, mixed race person, etc. Perhaps Judge Sotomayor, who appears to rule based on race and ethnicity, missed that law school class on the concept that Justice is Blind.

If these female jurists are the best legal minds that the Democrats can produce we surely have all the information we need to oppose the appointment of another embarrassing, moral and mental midget to the Supreme Court, whatever the gender, or ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious or non-religious affiliation, and all the other meaningless traits that obscure the apparent lack of proper judicial temperament and intellect.

For more information on Sotomayor visit http://www.Sotomayor411.com

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Christians Need Not Apply

2009-07-10T12:00:00.030-05:00

So many people have asserted that Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. The name suggests it. His biological father was Muslim. He was registered in a government school in Indonesia as a Muslim and he has spoken of this time attending the mosque with his Muslim step-father with great sentiment. He delivered speeches in Muslim countries referring to the “holy Quran” while quoting it in Arabic with great ease. Obama bowed deeply to the Saudi king – an act blatantly wrong for the leader of the free world and completely surpasses W’s hand holding as an outrageous act by any U.S. Commander in Chief! He even went so far as to tell the world that the U.S. is not a Christian country and may even be considered a Muslim nation.

These acts and statements of Obama are truly puzzling unless one subscribes to the theory that he is really a closet Muslim and a stalking horse for Islamic terrorists and/or Saudi interests. Compelling, but I submit an alternate theory: Obama hates Christians.

Now, I am sure someone will argue that Obama belonged to the Trinity United Church of Christ of Dr. Jeremiah Wright and was baptized into a Christian faith. Hogwash! This was no conversion. Obama carefully chose his entrée to the world of politics by aligning himself with an organization that is a core institution in the black community – the church. But not just any church, Obama chose one out of the mainstream, one aligned with a belief system not found in the major Christian denominations. Joining the Nation of Islam and embracing Screwy Lewie Farrakhan as his spiritual advisor might have been a choice that would have little appeal but to those so aligned, and would never attract the mainstream black community or those self-loathing, guilt-ridden, political-correctness-paralyzed liberal whites, the brain-numb “I just want to be a nice person” wet noodles, or even the America-hating far left kooks. Jeremiah Wright tells you himself that his Chicago church is based on "black liberation theology" and the writings of James Cone. There is nothing Christian about it other than their central figure is named Jesus Christ, but that is about where the connection ends. It is a racist belief system that preaches white hate and reparation from white Americans. http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/obamas_mentors_mentor.html

In fact, I don’t even think that Obama believes in that ideology. I think Obama is an empty vessel, an a-theist, a person who exists in the absence of God. One could plumb the depths of his psyche to opine on the motivation for this mixed race man, abandoned by both parents, reared predominantly by white grandparents and in mostly Asian dominated environments. He looked in the mirror and saw a fellow that fit in where?

We don’t need Obama’s words, his actions speak clearly. After 56 years of public participation by Congress and U.S. Presidents in the National Day of Prayer with prayer breakfast meetings, other prayer meetings and related observances, Obama said no thanks and merely issued a proclamation. Obama gave a policy speech at premier Jesuit institution of higher learning, Georgetown University, on April 14th and required that the symbol of Jesus’ name (IHS) be covered up and regrettably, Georgetown denied its true Messiah and capitulated to the false one. Also in April, Mr. Obama appointed LGBT activist Harry Knox to his Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Shortly before this appointment in March, the same Mr. Knox launched an attack on Pope Benedict XVI which was published on the website of the Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual advocacy group. He publicly attacked the Pope and the Catholic Church previously in 2007. And yet with this not just “bias” but very real hate campaign against the Church, and advocacy of an alternate lifestyle that is not promoted by most religions, Knox was elevated by Obama to a national role concerned with faith-based policy matters!

Mr. Obama takes positions out of the norm and inconsistent with Christian teaching and natural law. He supports the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, and stated that he would sign the Freedom of Choice Act removing all restrictions on abortion including the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003 which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2007 (Gonzales v. Carhart). We heard the story of Jill Stanek and the shameful practices of a Chicago hospital killing aborted babies that survived the abortion (by leaving them unattended and denied medical care) and Obama’s efforts as an Illinois state senator to thwart the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.
http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/08/barack_obama_pr.html

The most recent slight to Christian America was the Pentagon’s refusal, after 42 years of participation, to conduct a fly-over at the Treasure Valley God and Country Festival held July 1st in Idaho. http://godandcountryfestival.com/ While a Christian event it is also a tribute to our military and Constitutional freedoms.

There are innumerable examples of Obama’s blatant disregard for everything Christian and they are chronicled every day. Only a fool would believe this man is a Christian or that he bears any positive regard for Christian America. Perhaps Mr. Obama, who tends to lack a most basic grounding in fundamental academics like history and geography, would do well to read not insignificant founding documents like the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence, the writings of George Washington (http://www.millennium-ark.net/News_Files/Inspire/Washington.html) and John Adams (http://www.faithofourfathers.net/johnadams.html), and so many others.

But then why should he? He is the new Messiah and he has declared that we are not a Christian nation.

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Socialist Psalm 23

2009-07-09T17:00:00.005-05:00

I first heard this in a sermon by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Ministries in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He found it so relevant to the times in which he found himself and that may have been the 1990s. Oh, if he only saw what was happening to our country today! I bet he would deliver a real fire and brimstone sermon about the shenanigans in Washington and the horrific consequences to our nation, our economy, our culture, and future generations.

I understand that some Christian groups take offense to this rewrite of the 23rd Psalm. There is nothing I can do about that. I think this is a clever, and not sacrilegious, modification of a much prayed biblical verse, and for our times it is quite relevant.

The Socialist 23rd Psalm:

“The government is my shepherd:

“I need not work.

“It alloweth me to lie down on a good job;

“It leadeth me beside still factories;

“It destroyeth my initiative.

“It leadeth me in a path of a parasite for politic’s sake;

“Yea though I walk through the valley of laziness and deficit-spending, I will fear no evil, for the government is with me.

“It prepareth an economic Utopia for me, by appropriating the earnings of my own grandchildren.

“It filleth my head with false security;

“My inefficiency runneth over.

“Surely the government should care for me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in a fool’s paradise forever.”

Credits:

There are many posts of the socialist 23rd psalm and no original author found.

Image is taken from a Glasgow socialist organization promoting itself on the web. It does seem a bit ironic and archaic to promote a "workers unite" mentality when in reality what is being promoted by this ideology is don't work - just take from those that do.

Missouri Musings - An Introduction

2009-07-08T16:15:00.008-05:00

I am a Florida girl, through and through. OK, I know I was born in Michigan and grew up there and now I live in the Midwest. In fact, I have lived in the Heartland longer than anywhere I ever lived in my life. But isn't home where the heart is? I did live 16 wonderful years in South Florida traversing my teen years to mid-adulthood. The cloud streaked skies, the sounds of rustling palms and lapping ocean waves as they caress the sand, the smell of salt water, and the screech of marine birds overhead - all within reach if I just close my eyes and summon them. So, for me, I am still a Florida girl. But the name of the blog is Missouri Musings so what does that have to do with a Florida girl?

Well, this Florida girl will be musing from her Missouri home, sometimes about Missouri, travel in and around Missouri, politics, local and national, recipes, and who knows what else - isn’t that what musing is all about?

So, this is my new, very personal blog. I hope it will be thoughtful, entertaining, provocative, and just an all around good read.