July 24, 2013

Access To The White House

By Tammy Derouin

How fundamentally transformed do we have to be before Americans realize we are in trouble?  How about a Muslim Brotherhood flag flying above the White House?  Sounds crazy doesn’t it?  The actions of the Obama administration, over the past five years, would have been an outrageous plot for an action thriller twenty some years ago.

Here’s an idea.  A Saudi National who was a person of interest from an American tragedy, let’s say a bombing, who also happens to have a record of terrorist activities and was scheduled to be deported  on 212 (3)(B), security and related grounds, until his records were tampered with internally within the government, gains access to the White House. 

I can think of a couple Hollywood names that would do an excellent job with this type of fictional action/adventure.  Remember the ones that used to keep us on the edge of our seats while we cheered for America? The president was usually an all-American, born and raised in the U.S.A.  He probably served our country in the military but even if he didn’t, his loyalty was never in question.  Well, not unless he was the “bad guy.”

We don’t need Hollywood to tell this story.  It’s not fiction.  It’s unfolding right before our eyes, if you look past the spineless media. The Blaze has reported, and the identity has been confirmed by a law enforcement official directly involved with the Boston Marathon Bombing, that Ali Al-Salimi Al-Harbi was at the White House on the 4^th of July.  According to The Blaze, “Not only was Alharbi named a “person of interest” in the Boston bombing, he was reportedly set for deportation on 212 (3)(B) grounds – “security and related grounds” – “Terrorist activities” – after the tragedy.”

 How does someone who had the highest terror warning attached to his name get access to the White House? Access to the White House for such a questionable person is unacceptable on any given day but there's something sinister when the access was allowed on our Independence Day. Who allowed this person access? Was he invited? If so, who invited him and why? If he wasn't invited, how did he access the White House? There are too many red flags leading to too many questions. The questions aren’t being asked because we have a press that's running scared.  We can't depend on them for information. This should be headline news!  Where’s the outrage? 

In the movie version, the bad guys, meaning the president and his accomplices in treason, would have been exposed for who they are and what they were doing.  The good guys, meaning the ones who fought for truth, justice and the Constitution, would put the bad guys away for a long, long time, provided they survived at the end of the movie.  All would be well in America.  The press would have released the story, regardless of threats from government officials, and the military would have been portrayed as the mighty force we once were.  The American people would have been appalled with the behavior of our elected officials.   There would have been a lesson in there somewhere of what can happen when we neglect our responsibilities.  It would have been called an excellent thriller but it would never happen, not here, not in America.  

By giving up our right to a free press, we have made ourselves ignorant, and it will prove to be far from bliss.  We can blame the press to some extent but we the people are accountable as well.  What evil manipulation took place by those in power to turn our once tenacious press into slobbering yes men?  The information is out there but you have to be willing to see the truth.  You have to be willing to see that the America you grew up in no longer exists.  Americans took their freedoms for granted.  We became lazy in the enforcement of our Constitution.  You have to be willing to see that the colorful pallet that we once had has been turning gray.  We are slowly being molded into a one size fits all society.  Everyone will have the same boring existence.  You will be told what to do, how to do it, and in time, when you are no longer relevant.

America was founded on freedom.  Our Constitution declares freedom, equality, and justice for all.  How sad that we are willingly walking back into darkness.  We are cheerfully allowing the government to chain us down and destroy the document that states, “We the people...”  It doesn’t say the government shall provide…  It’s as if history never took place.  It’s also why it’s not being taught.  It’s so much easier to control the ignorant.

“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience.  I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.”

Patrick Henry