Supreme Court ruling expands police authority in home searches - latimes.com

Supreme Court ruling expands police authority in home searches - latimes.com:

 "Police officers may enter and search a home without a warrant as long as one occupant consents, even if another resident has previously objected, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a Los Angeles case.

The 6-3 ruling, triggered by a Los Angeles Police Department arrest in 2009, gives authorities more leeway to search homes without obtaining a warrant, even when there is no emergency."

Jay Carney’s Ironic Statement on Executive Action: The ‘Job of the Executive Branch Is To…’ | TheBlaze.com

Jay Carney’s Ironic Statement on Executive Action: The ‘Job of the Executive Branch Is To…’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Just a day after a congressional panel was warned of a “constitutional tipping point” resulting from President Barack Obama’s use of executive powers, White House press secretary Jay Carney asserted “the job of the executive branch is to carry out the laws that are passed by Congress.”"

ObamaCare menu mandate creates headache for restaurants | Fox News

ObamaCare menu mandate creates headache for restaurants | Fox News:



 "That edict is now creating headaches for small business owners across the country, particularly pizza chains.

Take Domino's. There are 34 million different pizza combinations available at the chain, when all crusts and cheeses and toppings are factored in.

 Now imagine walking into a Domino's and navigating a menu board with 34 million different options on it.

Executives say figuring out the small print will be a big burden.

"Our company, like many pizza enterprises, is individual small business franchisees, so these are people that own three or four, or one or two Domino's pizza stores," said Domino's spokeswoman Lynn Liddle. "To have to redo the menu boards every time something changes on a calorie count would cost them several thousand dollars.""

Obama’s ‘Voter ID’ Scam is Busted! | TheBlaze.com

Obama’s ‘Voter ID’ Scam is Busted! | TheBlaze.com

Take Philadelphia as just one example. There were voting precincts in Philly where the combined vote was Obama over Romney by about 30,000 to 0. In those precincts GOP poll watchers were forcibly removed for several hours, until judges ordered them back in. During those hours were the ballot boxes stuffed? Did Democrat voters vote 10 times each? As absurd as 30,000 to 0 is (it’s just statistically impossible), maybe the right vote total was 6,000 to 0.

 

 

 

 



February 26, 2014

Forward Colored Glasses

By Tammy Derouin

There was a time in our history when it was popular for young people to go find themselves.  An individual who wasn’t satisfied and feeling lost may have used such feelings as a reason to abandon the acceptable path and go backpacking across Europe.  I’m not against anybody having an adventure just as long as it doesn’t cost taxpayers a penny.  Taxpayer money was never intended to fund the dreams of its citizens and politicians; including the fallout from the messes they make. The government wasn’t set up to be a safety net.

Progressives have the determination of a puppy on a lawn.  The lawn is beautiful.  That doesn’t mean it hasn’t had its share of problems. Unwanted critters causing damage, disease infestations, droughts, flooding, among other harsh conditions, have made its survival challenging.  With care and due diligence, the lawn survives.  A puppy doesn’t see a lawn as beautiful; he sees it as a play yard.  If not trained properly, there will be ankle breaking holes, yellow burnt grass and many other signs of a puppy without restraints.

Progressives are determined to be successful, whatever the cost.  They will repackage, reshape and redistribute the same old vile product with the hope that you won’t recognize the evidence from the past.  If that doesn’t work, they have a hammer and a sickle.  Their failures have only multiplied over time.  Maybe that’s why they’re pushing Common Core so aggressively.  They need to redesign math, science, history and the role of government.

Their propaganda department has one objective; make manure look desirable and needed.  How do they convince Americans that their product is so much better than our current God given rights?  We have a system that doesn’t require a shovel, hip boots or data mining.  Is this what Obama meant by shovel ready?

The Progressive Propaganda Department is charged with convincing the people that Communism, the most destructive plan known to mankind, is the only solution.  They must find a way to remove the importance of our independence and self-reliance.  An independent, free thinking society would reject the enslavement of Communism. 

Our freedoms, our very rights, are being turned into burdens; negative liberties.  They paint colorful pictures and make promises full of hope.  You are forced to purchase FORWARD colored glasses to hide the change.  Those glasses are expensive!  They have to be.  Manure is manure.  It takes a lot of technology to turn it into a pile of gold.  That’s why you have to purchase the glasses.  That’s exactly why you can’t keep your current lenses no matter how much you like them.  They aren’t equipped with the anti-manure deflecting lenses.  They have an answer for everything.  The more you argue against their idiotic logic, the more you become a target. 

It’s a good thing they can’t go after you without just cause.  Whoops!  Well, at least they can’t intrude into your private life and read your emails or listen to your conversations without a warrant.  Oops!  Don’t worry; they’ll never use a Drone to attack an American.  Well not unless it’s decided by the collective that the individual is really bad and an exception must be made.  I know, you’re not doing anything wrong but you don’t decide what’s right or wrong.  The ruling party will decide that for you.  Do you own a gun?  Do you question the government?  Do you believe in the Constitution?  Did you say something they didn’t like?  If it’s getting too scary, you can grab those glasses any time.  They can be quite soothing once you get past the nausea.

The Constitution was written with a system of checks and balances.  No one branch is stronger than the other.  When two of the three branches refuse to limit the power of one, we have a crisis.  Executive Orders have allowed our dictator to assume all the power he wants.  All he needs is a crisis.  He knows how to create a problem. He already has the solution.  When will he strike the match? 

There was a time in our history when it was popular to be proud to be an American.  An individual who wasn’t satisfied and feeling lost may have used such feelings to step out of his comfort zone and start his own business.  I’m not against anybody having an adventure just as long as it doesn’t cost taxpayers a penny.  Taxpayer money was never intended to fund the dreams of its citizens or politicians.  That should also include the fallout from the messes they make. The government wasn’t set up to be a safety net.

Our country wasn’t lost until we allowed the Progressives to take us off track.  We don’t need to go backpacking across Europe; Europe has come to us.  

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.  As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”

Benjamin Franklin

 



 

School lesson portrays Obama as messiah

School lesson portrays Obama as messiah:

"A new lesson plan for American school students, offered on an open marketplace for educators, is reprising what some devout followers have called Barack Obama for several years already – a messiah.

Created by Sherece Bennett, it’s based on the book “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope” by Nikki Grimes.


Kyle Olson reported the plan on his Education Action Group website, commenting that it casts Obama “in a messianic light. Literally.”"

February 26, 2014

Forward Colored Glasses

By Tammy Derouin

There was a time in our history when it was popular for young people to go find themselves.  An individual who wasn’t satisfied and feeling lost may have used such feelings as a reason to abandon the acceptable path and go backpacking across Europe.  I’m not against anybody having an adventure just as long as it doesn’t cost taxpayers a penny.  Taxpayer money was never intended to fund the dreams of its citizens and politicians; including the fallout from the messes they make. The government wasn’t set up to be a safety net.

Progressives have the determination of a puppy on a lawn.  The lawn is beautiful.  That doesn’t mean it hasn’t had its share of problems. Unwanted critters causing damage, disease infestations, droughts, flooding, among other harsh conditions, have made its survival challenging.  With care and due diligence, the lawn survives.  A puppy doesn’t see a lawn as beautiful; he sees it as a play yard.  If not trained properly, there will be ankle breaking holes, yellow burnt grass and many other signs of a puppy without restraints.

Progressives are determined to be successful, whatever the cost.  They will repackage, reshape and redistribute the same old vile product with the hope that you won’t recognize the evidence from the past.  If that doesn’t work, they have a hammer and a sickle.  Their failures have only multiplied over time.  Maybe that’s why they’re pushing Common Core so aggressively.  They need to redesign math, science, history and the role of government.

Their propaganda department has one objective; make manure look desirable and needed.  How do they convince Americans that their product is so much better than our current God given rights?  We have a system that doesn’t require a shovel, hip boots or data mining.  Is this what Obama meant by shovel ready?

The Progressive Propaganda Department is charged with convincing the people that Communism, the most destructive plan known to mankind, is the only solution.  They must find a way to remove the importance of our independence and self-reliance.  An independent, free thinking society would reject the enslavement of Communism. 

Our freedoms, our very rights, are being turned into burdens; negative liberties.  They paint colorful pictures and make promises full of hope.  You are forced to purchase FORWARD colored glasses to hide the change.  Those glasses are expensive!  They have to be.  Manure is manure.  It takes a lot of technology to turn it into a pile of gold.  That’s why you have to purchase the glasses.  That’s exactly why you can’t keep your current lenses no matter how much you like them.  They aren’t equipped with the anti-manure deflecting lenses.  They have an answer for everything.  The more you argue against their idiotic logic, the more you become a target. 

It’s a good thing they can’t go after you without just cause.  Whoops!  Well, at least they can’t intrude into your private life and read your emails or listen to your conversations without a warrant.  Oops!  Don’t worry; they’ll never use a Drone to attack an American.  Well not unless it’s decided by the collective that the individual is really bad and an exception must be made.  I know, you’re not doing anything wrong but you don’t decide what’s right or wrong.  The ruling party will decide that for you.  Do you own a gun?  Do you question the government?  Do you believe in the Constitution?  Did you say something they didn’t like?  If it’s getting too scary, you can grab those glasses any time.  They can be quite soothing once you get past the nausea.

The Constitution was written with a system of checks and balances.  No one branch is stronger than the other.  When two of the three branches refuse to limit the power of one, we have a crisis.  Executive Orders have allowed our dictator to assume all the power he wants.  All he needs is a crisis.  He knows how to create a problem. He already has the solution.  When will he strike the match? 

There was a time in our history when it was popular to be proud to be an American.  An individual who wasn’t satisfied and feeling lost may have used such feelings to step out of his comfort zone and start his own business.  I’m not against anybody having an adventure just as long as it doesn’t cost taxpayers a penny.  Taxpayer money was never intended to fund the dreams of its citizens or politicians.  That should also include the fallout from the messes they make. The government wasn’t set up to be a safety net.

Our country wasn’t lost until we allowed the Progressives to take us off track.  We don’t need to go backpacking across Europe; Europe has come to us.  

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.  As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”

Benjamin Franklin

 

 

 

Kids distraught under ‘botched’ ObamaCore

Kids distraught under ‘botched’ ObamaCore:

"It’s a federal takeover of education that’s so flawed, more teachers, states, parents and students want nothing to do with it.

It’s the Common Core State Standards Initiative, or CCSSI – more often referred to simply as “Common Core.”

In one case, an Arkansas mother of three shared a simple fourth-grade division problem: Mr. Yamada’s class has 18 students. If the class counts around by a number and ends with 90, what number did they count by?

The simple answer is five, because 90 divided by 18 equals five.

But according to Common Core, that logic would be incorrect.

Rather than employing the simple division step, children are expected to draw 18 circles with 90 hash-marks and use 108 steps to solve the problem."

Harvard writer: Abolish free speech

THIS IS OUR FUTURE AMERICA


Harvard writer: Abolish free speech:
 "“This is what the left is,” he explained. “Why do you think they want to get rid of this program? Why do you think they want to get rid of Fox News? Why do they want to silence criticism? What is Obama’s modus operandi? Eliminate the opposition. This is already a movement!”

 “This woman has just written a column about it at Harvard with what appears to be an extreme view of eliminating the First Amendment as a way of silencing opposition. But she’s very honest. The First Amendment, free speech, ‘threatens liberalism,’ meaning liberalism cannot thrive in an open society. Liberalism is totalitarianism. Liberalism is statism. It is authoritarianism. It is all of the horrible Isms, and it cannot thrive when there is open debate. It cannot survive challenges.”"

Shock Claim: Obamacare Cancelled My Mother’s Cancer Treatment and Forced Her to ‘Buy a New Plan That Would Accelerate Her… Death’ | TheBlaze.com

Shock Claim: Obamacare Cancelled My Mother’s Cancer Treatment and Forced Her to ‘Buy a New Plan That Would Accelerate Her… Death’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Shock Claim: Obamacare Cancelled My Mother’s Cancer Treatment and Forced Her to ‘Buy a New Plan That Would Accelerate Her… Death’

Feb. 24, 2014 6:30pm Becket Adams


The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has been for many in Washington, D.C., a frustrating and embarrassing experience. Indeed, from the glitchy healthcare.gov website to unflattering hearings on the law’s rollout, the execution of the ACA has been anything but smooth.

But for many Americans living outside the nation’s capital, Obamacare has been a lot more than frustrating.

Take, for example, the story of Stephen Blackwood, president of Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia.

Blackwood in an op-ed published Sunday in the Wall Street Journal said his mother, who was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer in 2005, reportedly lost her health insurance because of Obamacare.

And now she allegedly can’t get treatment for her cancer."

The Details on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s Proposal to Shrink Army to Smallest Size in 74 Years | TheBlaze.com

The Details on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s Proposal to Shrink Army to Smallest Size in 74 Years | TheBlaze.com:

 "The Details on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s Proposal to Shrink Army to Smallest Size in 74 Years
Feb. 24, 2014 7:20pm Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking beyond America’s post-9/11 wars, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday proposed shrinking the Army to its smallest size in 74 years, closing bases and reshaping forces to confront a “more volatile, more unpredictable” world with a more nimble military."

Holder gives nod to state AGs to drop defense of gay marriage bans amid court challenges | Fox News

Holder gives nod to state AGs to drop defense of gay marriage bans amid court challenges | Fox News:

"Attorney General Eric Holder has given the nod to his state counterparts that they do not have to defend laws against constitutional court challenges if they consider them discriminatory -- effectively giving the green light for states to stop defending bans on gay marriage.

Holder addressed the issue during a gathering of state attorneys general on Tuesday, after detailing his position in a New York Times interview.

Speaking to the National Association of Attorneys General, Holder said that any decision not to defend individual laws in court must be "exceedingly rare" and reserved for "exceptional circumstances." He indicated that legal challenges to gay marriage bans would qualify as such a circumstance. "

Watch: Ted Nugent Annoys CNN Host by Taking Credit for Getting Piers Morgan’s ‘A** Thrown Out’, Blasting Her Colleagues | Video | TheBlaze.com

Watch: Ted Nugent Annoys CNN Host by Taking Credit for Getting Piers Morgan’s ‘A** Thrown Out’, Blasting Her Colleagues | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Conservative rocker and NRA board member Ted Nugent took some credit for getting Piers Morgan’s CNN show cancelled during an interview with one of the network’s other anchors, Erin Burnett. His comments came after Burnett asked him if his apology for calling President Barack Obama a “sub-human mongrel” was sincere.


(CNN)
Nugent insisted his apology was serious and also defended himself against claims that his comments were racist in nature.

“We call bad people who are destroying our neighborhoods mongrels,” Nugent said, later adding, “I don’t have a racist bone in my body!”

“For anyone to claim that I’m a racist or it had racist overtones is the typical crap that the propaganda ministry and the media — particularly most of your co-workers there, even though I got Piers Morgan’s a** thrown out, and I’ll do the same with Don Lemon and Wolf Blitzer when I can,” he said."

Mike Rowe Blasts Media Coverage of His Walmart Ad, Names Writers and Calls Them Out: ‘I’m Sure Matt’s a Swell Guy, But…’ | TheBlaze.com

Mike Rowe Blasts Media Coverage of His Walmart Ad, Names Writers and Calls Them Out: ‘I’m Sure Matt’s a Swell Guy, But…’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Though the attacks are mind-boggling, Mike Rowe is still fighting back critics over his decision to appear in a Walmart ad emphasizing the beauty of hard work. More importantly, the ad promotes the giant retailer’s pledge to invest $250 billion in U.S. manufacturing.


(Facebook)
“I’m back. Three days of press, five hours of sleep, four bottles of wine, a speech, a job offer, 5,000 form letters, and a couple of good-natured death threats. All because of a commercial that I narrated about American manufacturing paid for by Walmart,” Rowe wrote on Facebook on Monday.

Perhaps because he finds some amusement in pointing out the misleading arguments being made against him, the former “Dirty Jobs” host hit a few writers over their reporting on his relationship with Walmart."

The Latest Obama Claim to Receive ‘Four Pinocchios’ by Washington Post Fact-Checker | TheBlaze.com

The Latest Obama Claim to Receive ‘Four Pinocchios’ by Washington Post Fact-Checker | TheBlaze.com

Why Chris Wallace Thinks Susan Rice May Have Skipped His Program Sunday | Video | TheBlaze.com

Why Chris Wallace Thinks Susan Rice May Have Skipped His Program Sunday | Video | TheBlaze.com: "“I wanted to ask the Obama Administration about the crisis in Ukraine, but they decided to put National Security Advisor Susan Rice on only one show today in her first Sunday appearance since 2012 when she blamed the Benghazi terror attack on reaction to an anti-Islam video,” Wallace said. “Of course FOX has led the way in questioning how the administration handled Benghazi.”

“Perhaps Susan Rice didn’t want to answer the tough questions we would have asked.”
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“Perhaps Susan Rice didn’t want to answer the tough questions we would have asked,” he concluded.

Instead, Rice appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” saying she has no regrets for conducting a series of controversial interviews immediately following the Benghazi terror attacks.

The National Security Advisor further insisted that she never misled the American people in the wake of the attack.

—"



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Airport lights now watching passengers

Smile for Big Brother!

Airport lights now watching passengers: "NEWARK (Fox) – There are new LED lights greeting passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal B but they do more than illuminate; they also are part of a security system that is watching you before you even get to the security checkpoint.

The lights are fitted with computer chips, cameras, sensors and wi-fi antennas. They collect data that can help detect suspicious activity or aid in police investigations.

Currently, the lights are only near the ticketing counters of the one terminal but the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, is considering expanding the pilot program to other terminals.

Advocates say the lighting systems can be used for a variety of useful applications. But others say the collection of more and more data raises privacy concerns.

The system also can aid in moving people and cars by identifying long lines."



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This Montage of Ukrainians Tearing Down Lenin Monuments Will Raise the Hair on Your Neck | Video | TheBlaze.com

This Montage of Ukrainians Tearing Down Lenin Monuments Will Raise the Hair on Your Neck | Video | TheBlaze.com: "Ukraine is on the brink of civil war.

Fearing that their country could one day align closer with Vladimir Putin’s Russia and not with the European Union, Ukrainians have taken to the streets in protest.

The state tried to outlaw public demonstrations, but the people refused to obey.

The Ukrainian people flooded the country’s capital, Kiev, in numbers too great for government forces to repel. Deadly clashes between protesters and government forces soon followed.

Fighting in Kiev has claimed dozens of lives and injured hundreds more. The unrest continues.

The West looks on, trying to make sense of the situation, as inspiring and terrifying images of the events in the shaken country continue to find their way online.

The following video, which was uploaded Friday to YouTube, shows Ukrainians banding together to tear down statues of Russia’s Vladimir Lenin:"



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Paradoxical Quote of the Day from Ben Stein:

"Fathom the hypocrisy of a government
that requires every citizen to prove they
are insured. . . but not everyone must
prove they are a citizen."


Now add this, "Many of those who refuse,
or are unable, to prove they are citizens
will receive free insurance paid for by
those who are forced to buy insurance
because they are citizens."

 

Saving America, Step 1: Stop Re-writing History

February 21, 2014 by John Dunne 1 Comment

Today, Americans have to fight daily to defend their freedoms and Constitutional rights from an overreaching government. People are fighting fiscal insanity in DC with huge annual deficits; a national debt that has now eclipsed $17,200,000,000,000; the NSA monitoring your calls, texts, and emails; the IRS’ targeting of the Tea Party; and last but no means least – Obamacare. All of these issues and many more need to be addressed and overcome if America is to survive as a country.

However, I want to highlight a troubling trend that is equally important. It is time America stopped letting history be re-written. Every man, woman, and child in America has a duty and responsibility to ensure the next generation is being taught the real history of America.
Do they know the history of your founding, and what led to the revolution, and how men like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams risked their lives just by signing the Declaration of Independence? Are they told about the people who fought in the revolution and the conditions they had to overcome? (Many regularly went barefoot and shirtless, and many survived without blankets.) Are they told about great heroes like George Washington (who was not only a great general but a humble gentleman)? Or were the Founders just a bunch of men who had false wooden teeth, owned slaves, and are irrelevant in today’s world?
Is your Constitution, and how it is a document that affects everyone, being taught in school? Are your kids being taught about being an individual or part of the collective? Are they being told government is the solution, or government is the problem? Are they being taught about World History and the role America plays? We all have a duty to ensure the next generation is not only being taught the history of America, but that they are being taught the TRUTH!
Propaganda is not just in your schools; it is also now on your TV. Today, media companies don’t care about the truth and are doubling down on big government propaganda. Just last week, NBC called Communism in the Soviet Union a “Pivotal Experiment”. We need to ensure everyone knows why this is a huge problem. Is NBC now saying that Communism in Russia, which killed over 50 million people, let people starve to death, tortured countless others, and falsely imprisoned people, is now okay? Also, can you try to imagine how upset and mad you would be if you had family in places like Ukraine during this time, and now 100 years later one of the major networks in America is calling your families’ suffering part of a pivotal experiment?
NBC decided to go one step further when Bob Costas delivered a monologue making Vladimir Putin look like a statesman and a peacemaker for taking part in deals with Syria and Iran. Ask yourself one question – who do you think Vladimir has more in common with? General George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, modern-day progressives like Barack Obama, or terrorists like the mullahs of Iran and Bashar Al-Assad? America must understand who their enemy is. However, America also re-writes its own history.

Every few years, educational institutions rank every President in US history. There are two US Presidents who always appear in the top ten. These are men I despise because of the incredible damage they inflicted on individual freedoms.
Woodrow Wilson
America fought a bloody civil war that dealt with the moral question of slavery. However, in the following years, minorities were dealt some major blows. It started with a Supreme Court that coined the phrase “separate but equal” in the case of Plessy v Ferguson. Woodrow Wilson dealt a further blow when he not only supported re-segregation, but called it a benefit. He said “Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen”.
If that was not bad enough, he also supported the existence of the Ku Klux Klan, who targeted black institutions including schools, churches, and black politicians. He wrote in his book, “The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation … until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the southern country.” It was actions like these that set back civil rights until 1954, when the Supreme Court heard Brown V Board of Education. Can you imagine what civil rights would look like today if Woodrow Wilson was never President? Surely, we can all agree that this is not a man worthy of any admiration (and especially unworthy of being called “The Forgotten President”.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When people think of FDR, most talk about winning World War II. However, when you take a closer look, you will understand why he deserves no admiration. Yes, he was President when World War II was won; but at what cost? This is a President who reportedly once said in a meeting, “We are not there (Germany) to save the Jews; we are there to stop Germany”. This attitude helps explain some of the actions by America during World War II – they never bombed the tracks of Auschwitz, did very little to help Jewish refugees, and quite simply cared more about Jewish art and culture than the Jewish people.
These actions are a disgrace; but like Wilson, FDR also hurt civil rights for many years when he set up internment camps for over 100,000 Americans of Japanese dissent. This was approved by the Supreme Court in the decision Korematsu V United States. Can you imagine being an American citizen and having your rights taken away just because you are at war? Would you surrender your individual rights and be treated like a criminal, just so your country could go to war?
America is the greatest country in the world – but it is not perfect. The truth will set you free, and we all have a role in ensuring the truth about America is not only remembered, but shared with everyone. The American people must spread the truth about their country to not only show future generations what works, but also to ensure that mistakes of the past are not repeated.

Read more at http://www.westernjournalism.com/saving-america-step-1-stop-re-writing-history/#6ofozm2iuWSSWEqZ.99

Our foundation has been
       TRANSFORMED









We have become the oppressive government we once despised.

 

Pay attention America!

 

Medic: 70 Protesters Killed, 500 Wounded in Kiev Clashes

Feb. 20, 2014 5:11pm Associated Press

 

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines Thursday in Ukraine’s embattled capital. Government snipers shot back, killing at least 70 people and wounding hundreds of others, according to a protest doctor.
Video footage on Ukrainian television showed shocking scenes Thursday of protesters being cut down by gunfire, lying on the pavement as comrades rushed to their aid. Trying to protect themselves with shields, teams of protesters carried bodies away on sheets of plastic or planks of wood.
“The price of freedom is too high but Ukrainians are paying it,” said Viktor Danilyuk, a 30-year-old protester. “We have no choice, the government isn’t hearing us.”

KIEV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 3: Anti-government protester at the Kiev barricades on February 3, 2014, in Kiev, Ukraine. Giles Clarke/Getty Images

Protesters were also seen leading policemen with their hands held high around the sprawling protest camp in central Kiev. Ukraine’s Interior ministry says 67 police were captured in all. An opposition lawmaker said they were being held in Kiev’s occupied city hall.
President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition protesters who are demanding his resignation are locked in an epic battle over the identity of Ukraine, a nation of 46 million that has divided loyalties between Russia and the West. Parts of the country – mostly in its western cities – are in open revolt against Yanukovych’s central government, while many in eastern Ukraine back the president and favor strong ties with Russia, their former Soviet ruler.
Protesters across the country are also upset over corruption in Ukraine, the lack of democratic rights and the country’s ailing economy, which just barely avoided bankruptcy with a $15 billion loan from Russia.
At least 101 people have died this week in the clashes in Kiev, according to protesters and Ukrainian authorities, a sharp reversal in three months of mostly peaceful protests. Now neither side appears willing to compromise or in control of the streets. The opposition is insisting on Yanukovych’s resignation and an early election while the embattled president is apparently prepared to fight until the end.

Thursday was the deadliest day yet at the sprawling protest camp on Kiev’s Independence Square, also called the Maidan. Snipers were seen shooting at protesters there – and video footage showed at least one sniper wearing a Ukraine riot police uniform.

One of the wounded, volunteer medic Olesya Zhukovskaya, sent out a brief Twitter message – “I’m dying” – after being shot in the neck. Dr. Oleh Musiy, the medical coordinator for the protesters, said she was in serious condition after being operated on.

Activists pay respects to protesters killed in clashes with police, in Kiev’s Independence Square, the epicenter of the country’s current unrest, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Fierce clashes between police and protesters, some including gunfire, shattered a brief truce in Ukraine’s besieged capital Thursday, killing numerous people. The deaths came in a new eruption of violence just hours after the country’s embattled president and the opposition leaders demanding his resignation called for a truce and negotiations to try to resolve Ukraine’s political crisis. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

An activist carries a tyre at the burning barricades close to Independence Square, the epicenter of the country’s current unrest, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Fierce clashes between police and protesters in Ukraine’s capital have shattered the brief truce Thursday and an Associated Press reporter has seen dozens bodies laid out on the edge of the protest encampment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Musiy, the protest doctor, told the AP that at least 70 protesters were killed Thursday and over 500 were wounded in the clashes – and that the death toll could well rise further.
In addition, three policemen were killed Thursday and 28 suffered gunshot wounds, Interior Ministry spokesman Serhiy Burlakov told the AP.
There was no way to immediately verify any of the death tolls. Earlier in the day, an Associated Press reporter saw the bodies of 21 protesters laid out near Kiev’s protest camp.
In Brussels, the 28-nation European Union decided in an emergency meeting Thursday to impose sanctions against those behind the violence in Ukraine, including a travel ban and an asset freeze against some officials.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama about the crisis in Ukraine on Thursday evening. She briefed them about the trip of the three EU foreign ministers to Kiev, and all three leaders agreed that a political solution needs to be found as soon as possible to prevent further bloodshed.
Saying the U.S. was outraged by the violence, Obama urged Yanukovych in a statement to withdraw his forces from downtown Kiev immediately. He also said Ukraine should respect the right of protest and that protesters must be peaceful.
The Kremlin issued a statement with Putin blaming radical protesters and voicing “extreme concern about the escalation of armed confrontation in Ukraine.”
The Russian leader called for an immediate end to bloodshed and for steps “to stabilize the situation and stop extremist and terrorist actions.” He also sent former Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to Ukraine to act as a mediator.

People light candles for the victims of violence in Kiev, in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Fierce clashes between police and protesters, some including gunfire, shattered a brief truce in Ukraine’s besieged capital Thursday, killing numerous people. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Although the first weeks of the protests were determinedly peaceful, radical elements have become more influential as impatience with the lack of progress grows. In their battles Thursday, those hard-hatted protesters with bats and other makeshift weapons regained some of the territory on the Maidan’s fringes that police had seized earlier in the week.
One camp commander, Oleh Mykhnyuk, told the AP that protesters threw firebombs at riot police on the square overnight. As the sun rose, police pulled back, protesters followed them and police then began shooting at them, he said.
The Interior Ministry warned Kiev residents to stay indoors Thursday because of the “armed and aggressive mood of the people.”
Yanukovych claimed Thursday that police were not armed and “all measures to stop bloodshed and confrontation are being taken.” But the Interior Ministry later contradicted that, saying law enforcers were armed as part of an “anti-terrorist” operation.
Some signs emerged that Yanukovych is losing loyalists. The chief of Kiev’s city administration, Volodymyr Makeyenko, announced Thursday he was leaving Yanukovych’s Party of Regions.
“We must be guided only by the interests of the people, this is our only chance to save people’s lives,” he said, adding he would continue to fulfill his duties as long as he had the people’s trust.

 

Another influential member of the ruling party, Serhiy Tyhipko, said both Yanukovych and opposition leaders had “completely lost control of the situation.”
“Their inaction is leading to the strengthening of opposition and human victims,” the Interfax news agency reported.
The parliament building was evacuated Thursday because of fears that protesters would storm it, as were the government office in Kiev and the Foreign Ministry buildings. But parliament convened in the afternoon, with some pro-government lawmakers heeding the opposition’s call to work out a solution to the political stalemate.
As the violence exploded Thursday morning and heavy smoke from burning barricades at the encampment belched into the sky, the foreign ministers of three EU countries – France, Germany and Poland – met with Yanukovych for five hours after speaking with the opposition leaders. The EU ministers then returned to speak again with opposition leaders.
Prior to the clashes Thursday, the Ukrainian Health Ministry said 28 people have died and 287 have been hospitalized this week. But protesters who have set up a medical facility in a downtown cathedral so that wounded colleagues would not be snatched away by police say the number of wounded is significantly higher – possibly double or triple that.
The Caritas Ukraine aid group said many of the wounded will need long-term care, including prosthetics.
The clashes this week have been the most deadly since protests kicked off in November after Yanukovych shelved an association agreement with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia. Russia then announced a $15 billion bailout for Ukraine.
At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Ukrainian alpine skier Bogdana Matsotska, 24, said she will not take part in Friday’s women’s slalom due to the developments in Kiev.

 

 

 

 

February 19, 2014

Can You Handle the Truth?

By Tammy Derouin

I was contacted this past week by a reader who is frustrated.We see our nation falling apart and we feel helpless.Jo Ann Landman asked if I had any suggestions. What can we do?

Every week I struggle with a topic.There are so many examples of things that are wrong in America.The president’s abuse of power and his enlistment of all government agencies are beyond belief.How can we stop it?

Unfortunately, there isn’t an easy answer. This didn’t happen overnight.The American people allowed this to happen slowly and over time.We began to blindly trust those we sent to Washington. Because of this, we have a runaway government.We’ve allowed too many rotten eggs into our once sacred offices.They have contaminated and spoiled our system of government.

We are no longer a free nation, ruled by the people.We freely elected an individual who has done everything he stated he would do. By his actions, he has established himself as a dictator.Hitler was elected to power.He convinced the people that he would save their country.Hitler created problems and had solutions at his fingertips. He waited for the people to cry out for help.If you know even a little about Nazi Germany, you know Hitler called it, The Final Solution.

If you think that type of tyranny can’t happen here, you’re fooling yourself.You might as well put your head back in the sand.While you are content in the dark, keep repeating to yourself that it can’t and never will happen here.The evidence is out there.How far are you willing to dig?How much of the truth are you willing to see?Maybe Americans have gotten to the point where they can’t handle the truth.

We have a dictator who says he’s the president, which apparently means he can do whatever he wants. The media will tell you he was only joking.If his actions didn’t prove otherwise, there may be room for a slight chuckle.How much more evidence is needed?The scandals are endless. There’s Benghazi, the IRS, Obamacare, Fast and Furious, NSA and now our children by way of Common Core. Please check into Common Core. It’s in our schools!

Obama and his progressive cronies have taken off their masks.They want to destroy America.Obamacare is an absolute fundamental transformation of America. Millions are losing their jobs. The administration is telling us that it’s a good thing.In what reality is a government program which will eliminate 2.3 million jobs, according to the CBO, a good thing? Wasn’t it supposed to create more jobs?How is Obamacare good when it forces people off their insurance plans? We’ve been lied to, yet we continue to smile and applaud!How is the inevitable insurance company bailout a good thing?

Obama created a problem. He’s waiting for the crisis.He will blame the free-market system, the insurance companies and whatever or whomever gets in his way.Have no fear!Obama has a plan, a solution. He’s just waiting for the people to cry out for help.He will swoop in and take over, everything.How many will suffer and die because we elected someone who promised so much hope and change?

His magic knows no bounds. It’s limitless; not even a ceiling can contain him.Congress was unable to defeat the dictator in his quest for limitless access to America’s money.Congress raised the debt ceiling with no strings attached.Obama is thrilled that they all worked together.The GOP rolled over and the few that tried to filibuster were betrayed by their own party.

The job of the President is to uphold the law.Obama decided he would rather make the law.Nobody stopped him.He only upholds the law if it’s agreeable to him.He picks and chooses which laws are worthy of his attention.His own law, Obamacare, is changed on a whim. Obamacare has been called the law of the land.Nobody said anything.The law of the land is our Constitution.

Do you still need more proof that Obama doesn’t like America?He loosened the rules for citizenship.Foreigners with only minor connections to terrorism will not be banned from becoming American citizens.What could possibly go wrong?

What can we do?Be informed.Go beyond the mainstream media.I know of several news outlets that are telling the truth.They know the truth has no agenda.Don’t take anybody’s word for it, investigate for yourself.Talk to people.Ask questions.Vote the rotten eggs out of office.Pray.

Can you handle the truth?

“The fact that we were able to pass a clean debt limit is just one example of why when you guys are unified, you guys stick together, this country is better off.”

President Obama

 

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February 12, 2014

Americana

By Tammy Derouin

A recent day trip turned into a much needed escape from reality.  I stopped in Whitehall and stayed for the afternoon.  The small town atmosphere was very inviting.  Each shop had its own unique style.  The Hokey Pokey was full of charm and the desire to purchase something from our past.  So many items caught my eye.  What a creative business these ladies have established.

The General Store was an unexpected treasure.  I walked by at first because I noticed signs indicating they were having a fabric sale.  I don’t sew, so I didn’t think I would find much of interest.  As it turns out, the store had everything I needed.  This was small town America at its best, Americana.

My senses came alive as I admired the characteristics of the old building. Squeaky floors, high ceilings and a stairway to an upper room had my imagination working overtime.  I wondered about the history of the building.  The chatter and laughter down below snapped me out of my daydream.  Visions of an apartment filled with vintage treasures went dancing through my mind. 

The chatter followed by laughter made me smile as I descended the staircase.  There were several ladies waiting in line on one side of the store.  The fabric sale had brought them in despite the winter snow warning.  They socialized as they waited to have their choice of fabric cut to length.  Everyone knew each other or so it seemed.  

When I had decided on my purchase, I stood in line right behind them.  The line had shifted to across the aisle.  I was the outsider but they made me feel welcomed. The lady who had been very busy cutting fabric only moments before had offered to take care of my purchase.  She had a momentary reprieve as all the ladies she had been assisting were now waiting to check out.  She smiled as she offered to ring up my purchase at a display table. 

There was one register and no fancy scanners.  She wrote down every item and used a calculator to tally my order.  This lovely lady didn’t wear a name tag but everyone knew her name.  She didn’t wear an ear piece attached to a radio, strapped to her waist, yet she knew when and where she was needed.  There were no attempts to sell you more than what you desired.  There weren’t any elaborate advertising gimmicks or reward card bonuses.  It felt good to be a person and not a number.   

All businesses start out small.  There’s a commercial currently running which points out that several big corporations began in a garage.  Being successful is the American dream.  Entrepreneurs are the ones who create jobs.  Nobody, including the government, should tell you there’s a limit as to how much you can make or how you should run your business.

America has many successful businesses but they tend to lose Americana.  They lose touch with their customers.  Electronic eyes and ears have replaced human intelligence.  They plug in and take direction from their collective. They’ve forgotten how to watch and learn for themselves. Big business and big government are very similar in the way they do business. 

As my day trip came to an end, I began driving towards home.  I wasn’t ready for the day to end and I certainly didn’t want to lose that small town, Americana feeling.  As the Muskegon exit signs approached, I knew where I could go.  I stopped at Lakeside Emporium.  There’s nothing like being individually greeted as you enter a shop.  I love this store.  Their sweet treats are heavenly.  Truffles, pralines and fudge, oh my!  They even had a chocolate dipped Twinkie and chocolate covered Nutter Butter.  If this isn’t Americana, I don’t know what is.

Beyond the heavenly treats, the fabric or the goods and services, it’s the way the American small business owner makes you feel welcomed.  That’s the appeal of independently owned and operated.  Hard work and endless hours are the forgotten aspects of the American dream.  The American dream is not an entitlement.  It’s not something the government can give.  Individuals, who pursue their own dream, have the opportunity, not the guarantee, of living the American dream.    

One definition of Americana includes things typical of America.  What is typical of America these days?  Does it make you feel proud?  Does it make you feel safe and secure?  Does it feel like the land of opportunity?  Another definition: collectible items; items of value representing American heritage. 

We have taken for granted the invaluable documents that have made us unique and exceptional.  America is losing its Americana.

“The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market.  And that’s why it’s so essential to preserving individual freedom.”

Milton Friedman

 

 

 



THE CROWN FITS! 

 

So the president can do anything he wants?  The puppet press will spin Dictator Obama’s little slip as a joke.  Unfortunately, he can do anything he wants because we’ve allowed him to transform himself from American President to American Dictator.

The Transformation of America continues.

The American people can stop this presidential hijacking of our freedom and our system of government.  Read The Constitution!  He has taken YOUR Life, Liberty and your ability to pursue your Happiness!

Americans have given up their freedom for the promise of getting something for nothing; translation, HOPE and CHANGE!

We’ve surrendered our independence for magical beans.  The once greatest nation in the world was duped, conned into thinking those little magical beans known as Hope and Change would actually lead us to another mystical land known as Utopia.  We bought into the lies, the fairy tales, hook, Hammer and Sickle.

If the opening ceremony in Sochi didn’t scare the Putin out of you, you need to follow The Red Brick Road down History Lane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 5, 2014

A Tale of Two Realities

By Tammy Derouin

It only took a moment for our Dictator in Chief to set the stage for his Tale of Two Realities.  Did everyone get nice and comfy?  Did you have your government issued pillow, blanket, jammies and hot cocoa?  Were there enough “Progressive ‘Teddy’ Bears” to go around?  Mine didn’t survive.  Don’t worry he’s in the recycling bin.  And if you believe that, you’ll believe his fairy tales.   

And so the story began… It was the best of times; it was the happiest of times.  The nation had never enjoyed such widespread prosperity.  The sun mysteriously grew and became brighter under his rule, despite ill-fated and misguided leadership.  If the global warming jokers were worth their weight in ice cubes, they would’ve been concerned about the damage being inflicted on the land. Where are the pitchforks and torches?  I hope they remember to use the non-flammable torches.  You know the ones.  They have a screw top for a $10 compact fluorescent complete with mercury.  Don’t forget the extension cord!  Oh wait, the sun is growing to benefit them so it doesn’t fit their agenda, move along. 

In this prosperous land, one is free to dream but only until those dreams lead to prosperity that is greater than your neighbors.  This will force the dictator to step in and seize assets in an attempt to make the neighbors’ dreams come true.  He has a pen and a phone and he will use them, all by himself.  He will dictate what is best for each individual.  Would someone pass me a pair of those government issued shades?  No, I need something smaller.  Oh, one size fits all?  Everything is ones size fits all?  That’s ALARMING!   Just remember to keep your eyes closed and enjoy the growing sunshine under the protective shade of the government.  You’re gonna love the ending, more cocoa?

I remember wishing the teleprompters would shut down so he would have to think for himself.  I would have enjoyed watching him as he tried to figure out which lie came next.  How would he make it to the end without the words of the collective?  But then I remembered that would go against his principles, their principles.  No self-respecting progressive would be caught independently thinking.  His partners in Grand Theft Freedom would come to his rescue. 

The nation would wait on hope and change, anticipating his every lie.  Of course, the teleprompters didn’t malfunction but our system of government sure did.  His speech was full of propaganda of epic proportions.  If that didn’t wake you up, you have the ending you’ve got coming.  Unfortunately, the ignorance of so many will take us all down.

The President of the United States stood in front of Congress and the American people and lied, repeatedly.  He is successfully manufacturing a new reality.  I so desperately wanted to see one member of Congress muster up the courage along with their spine and walk out of the chamber.  I wanted just one person to explain as to why they were leaving.  Sadly, many congressmen waited in line for hours to high five the Commander of the Federal Titanic. 

Our Congress no longer has the courage to stop our impending doom.  Instead, they gleefully jump up and down doing parlor tricks.  It’s sickening to watch as they willingly offer to throw more coal onto the fire.  They fan the flame that will lead to disaster.  I guess I should say spin the blades on the windmill, yet another successful fairy tale.  If we are relying on wind power, maybe we do have a chance, jokers.

Our dictator smiles because he knows that his rhetoric is being accepted.  He smiles to our face while he stabs us in the back.  As we drool with a bottle of government issued formula hanging from our mouth, he will convince us that in order to take better care of us, one document must go.  Will anybody have the courage to say NO?!

And in the end, The Tale of Two Realities ends in sacrifice as would be expected.  The blindfold has been removed and you finally see reality and truth.  But is the decision still yours?  Are you willingly sacrificing for the greater good or has the collective greater good decided to sacrifice you?

“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities