Writers who are not pro-Barack Obama are suffering character assassination as well. George Will of the Washington Post, the nation’s senior conservative columnist, has been so assaulted by bloggers that his editor, Fred Hiatt, recently wrote, “I would think folks would be eager to engage in the debate, given how sure they are of their case, rather than trying to shut him down.”

Frightening trend, but it’s really not new.  Obama has seen to this since he’s hit the national spotlight.  He has someone really powerful keeping him above the fray, but very much in the limelight.

So, Senator Kerry.  You think that the government investing in newspapers much like they have in the auto industry is a good idea…  And, you say, they won’t interfere in operations much like in the auto and banking industry.  But haven’t you guys been essentially running the banks since investment in them even going so far as to refuse repayment in order to keep some level of control over them?

You won’t see that question from the MSM.  This is a DANGEROUS move especially considering the alleged interference from the Obamanation and alleged threats against lawyers and investment firms for not going along with Obama’s planned rescue.  Newspapers are already part of the Obamanation, so it’s not like this will make very much difference if they do have control, but from a fiscal standpoint where does it end?

You are getting this money from a shrinking group.  Taxpayers.  As unemployment goes up, revenue for the government goes down, yet they are spending at an unprecedented rate.  I don’t know about you, but I can’t afford to fund any more takeovers and bailouts and neither can my children.  I would like for my children to be able to keep more of what they earn than any generation since the spending spree by government began.  The Obamanation Socialist Movement is not only going to bankrupt this generation, but generations to come and taking away freedoms by the minute.  It’s up to us to stop it before it’s too late.  VOTE THEM OUT.  Email them.  Call them.   Make it known that if they want reelection, they must answer to you.  It’s our only hope.

The Republican Party keeps making such a mess trying to remake itself when all it has to do is get back to it’s core values minus the extreme social conservatism and we’re back in business.  People don’t like either extreme.  Fiscal conservatism is actually popular amongst working Americans, but the far right loudmouths are getting most of the press right now because of the OSM in the media.  That’s not what the Republican Party is about, but the OSM media always seeks out the nutjobs to put on CNN and the 3 major OSM outlets plus MSNBC.

VOTE.  THEM.  OUT.

This book is dedicated to the memory of Murph, Axe, and Danny Boy, Kristensen, Shane, James, Senior, Jeff, Jacques, Taylor, and Mac. These were the eleven men of Alfa and Echo Platoons who fought and died in the mountains of Afghanistan trying to save my life, and with whom I was honored to serve my country. There is no waking hour when I do not remember them all with the deepest affection and the most profound, heartbreaking sadness.

Now here’s another very interesting quote from the book on page 36:

Looking back, during our long journey in the C-130 to Afghanistan, I was more acutely aware of a growing problem which faces U.S. forces on active duty in theaters of war all over the world.  For me, it began in Iraq, the first murmurings from the liberal part of the U.S.A. that we were somehow in the wrong, brutal killers, bullying other countries; that we who put our lives on the line for our nation at the behest of our government should be somehow charged with murder for shooting our enemy.
It’s been an insiduous progression, the criticisms of the U.S. Armed Forces from politicians and from the liberal media, which knows nothing of combat, nothing of our training, and nothing of the mortal dangers we face out there on the front line.  Each of the six of us in that aircraft en route to Afghanistan had constantly in the back of our minds, the ever-intrusive rules of engagement….
…I can say from firsthand experience that those rules of engagement cost the lives of three of the finest U.S. Navy SEALs who have ever served.

These are our defenders.  These are our fathers, brothers, and sons.  Yet we stand by and let the liberal media and liberal politicians cost their lives needlessly in the name of political correctness.  I ask you this… Why?

Read the book.  It’s really awesome and inspiring.

If you look outside LA and San Fran, the state is really fairly conservative (when you’re only talking about those here legally that is).  I’ve been here for about 24 hours now and haven’t talked to a liberal yet.  On the plane ride into Sacramento, I talked with a retired woman who didn’t like living here because of the “liberals taking over the government here”.  In talking with people at the plant where I’m doing some work, same story about LA and San Fran giving the state a liberal slant because the population is so high there that they essentially over ride the rest of the state.

I also hadn’t considered how much of the state is rural and agricultural.  As I arrived in Sacramento, the nice lady sitting next to me pointed out the rice fields.  I didn’t know they grew so much rice here either.  You learn something new every day, if you listen more than you talk.

Amazing how much things change when you are the one making the decisions.  With his “changes” to the system, now it’s ok to have military tribunals for terrorists.  Heaven forbid a terrorist not get a fair trial before his slap on the wrist and ticket back to terrorist central.

If President Obama didn’t have enough on his plate already, he’s now thrust himself into the middle of a statewide race that has sparked growing resentment among some New York Democrats.

Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) asked Obama to implore Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) against challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in the Democratic primary next year, FOX News has learned.

And the OSM moves forward.  Here’s an interesting point for you:

It’s rare for a president to inject himself into statewide politics. And a host of New York political insiders with ties to several House Democrats say they’re angry that the president even got involved.

“What? You can’t have a primary? It’s decided in backroom deals?” asked a source who spoke to FOX News on the condition of anonymity. “What if someone told Obama he couldn’t have a primary and Hillary (Clinton) would just be the nominee? Where would he be? It’s an outrage.”

Obama’s power and influence continues to grow, but if you look hard enough, like in this story, you’ll see that Americans are starting to not be very happy with what’s going on within our government.  Another example is this poll which states that 54% of Americans think that Obama is proposing too much of an increase in government spending.  Also:

The Obama administration consistently uses the word “invest” or “investment” instead of government “spending.” Even so, most Americans don’t make the distinction as fully 78 percent say it means spending their tax dollars, not saving them.

Some days it looks like people are paying attention, yet on other days it just doesn’t.

Update: I wonder if Obama had anything to do with this.  I would be surprised if he didn’t since he was buddying up to him as the great convert even though he hasn’t changed his philosophy, just his party in order to keep his seat.  How sickening…

So much for killing them with kindness, eh Mr. President…

Obama vowed when he took office to extend a hand to troublesome countries “willing to unclench your fist” but so far he has had little success with North Korea or Iran, which have continued to advance their nuclear programs and showed little interest in renewed dialogue.

I guess he thought that talking with them, from one now socialist nation (ours) to another, they might listen.  I guess he was wrong (again).

In an unusual turn of events, a California court upholds the decision of the people.

In a normal turn of events, those who lost protest and call those with differing viewpoints every bad name you can think of.  Funny how they show so much hate in the name of love, isn’t it?

See what you think.

A poll watcher who provided an affidavit to prosecutors in the case noted that Bartle Bull, who worked as a civil rights lawyer in the south in the 1960′s and is a former campaign manager for Robert Kennedy, said it was the most blatant form of voter intimidation he had ever seen.

In his affidavit, obtained by FOX News, Bull wrote “I watched the two uniformed men confront voters and attempt to intimidate voters. They were positioned in a location that forced every voter to pass in close proximity to them. The weapon was openly displayed and brandished in plain sight of voters.”

He also said they tried to “interfere with the work of other poll observers … whom the uniformed men apparently believed did not share their preferences politically,” noting that one of the panthers turned toward the white poll observers and said “you are about to be ruled by the black man, cracker.”

Yet the department of justice dismissed the charges.  Welcome to the new world that you asked for!

Even the Russians see what Americans won’t.  If this doesn’t wake you up, nothing will and from the l0oks of it.  Nothing will.

Then came Barack Obama’s command that GM’s (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of “pure” free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.

So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a “bold” move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK’s Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our “wise” Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.

Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper…but a “freeman” whimper.

So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set “fair” maximum salaries, evaluate performance and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.

The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.

The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.

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