May 8, 2013

Land of Opportunity

By Tammy Derouin

Piles of papers arranged by topic form a circle around me.  In days gone by, each paper in each pile would have been a major news event.  If the press where only a fraction of their former self they would be heroes instead of cowards.  They would show a president and his administration are either clinically incompetent or criminal in their actions, as they do irrefutable damage to our nation.  The citizens of this nation should be demanding answers but the press no longer provides the questions.

Americans should know how the government is spending their money.  While honest Americans work for a living, our government promotes an endless welfare state.  This activity is dangerous for its own citizens. It makes people dependent on the government instead of themselves.  When the government promotes a welfare state for non-citizens, it’s not only dangerous, it overwhelms the system financially and it brings our enemies to our door step.

The U.S. government funded the family who would become the enemy of the American people.  The Boston Herald reported, “The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer funded assistance.”  This included benefits such as food, cash and Section 8 housing.  Government assistance was handed out from 2002 to 2012.  Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed by police, received $5,566 for educational aid.  He received Pell Grant funds, cash and tuition waivers.  Talk about the land of opportunity. 

Three college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston bomber suspect who is recovering in the hospital, have now been arrested.  According to the AP, two of the three have been held in county jail on allegations they violated their student visas.  Don’t worry; the Boston Police have stated they pose no threat to the public.  Meanwhile, American citizens with clean records aren’t allowed to take nail clipper on an airplane.

There are reports that Russian agents had Tamerlan Tsarnaev under surveillance and that Russia tried to inform the U.S. about the Tsarnaev brothers as a potential security risk.  Reports are also emerging that a senior Saudi government official told Daily Mail that Saudi Arabia sent a written warning to DHS in 2012.  The letter warned of Tsarnaev as a potential threat.  With all this information being provided by other countries, and all the surveillance the government engages in, isn’t it odd that the FBI asked the public for help in identifying those responsible for the bombing?

Reports are once again emerging that a Saudi Family, who had been living in Florida, had ties to terrorists involved in the 9/11 attack.  The Telegraph reported in 2012 that security records show that Mohamed Atta, the leader of the 9/11 attack as well as other 9/11 terrorists, visited the al-Hijji family on numerous occasions.  Neighbors reported that the family fled suddenly prior to the attack.  Apparently, the FBI has 35 pages of information on this family.  Some of the information has been blacked out and four pages were never released. 

Whistle-blowers that want to tell what they know about the Benghazi crime have been threatened by the State Department, the CIA and unnamed Obama administration officials.  Rep. Issa has complained to Secretary of State John Kerry that the department has not cooperated with at least one of the attorneys representing a whistle-blower.  According to Fox News, “The Obama administration maintains that it has been more than forthcoming on Benghazi and that it is time for the State Department to move on.”  Kerry said, “I do not want to spend the next year coming up here talking about Benghazi.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the Benghazi attacks were, “a long time ago.”  Now there’s transparency for you.  Deny, lie and after time it will all go away.

There was a report from Buck Sexton on documents released through a FIOA request.  “The Department of Justice gave tech companies immunity from breaking federal wiretapping law in exchange for allowing law enforcement to intercept online communications.”

What about reports that Pro-Hezbollah and Pro-Hamas stations are being broadcast in America?  They copy images of popular children’s characters to spread their hate.  I guess freedom of speech is fine if you are the enemy of the United States.  Being pro-Constitution however, makes you a radical. 

To say I was drowning in information would be an understatement.  There are so many unreported stories every week.  Our time is running out.  Our government is conspiring against the people.  Our president was willingly put in office by the people, not once but twice.  There will be consequences for our actions.

“Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.”

Michelle Obama