America How I Love Her

Darrell Scott's Congressional Testimony

2012-01-01T22:10:00.001-05:00

At this very moment in a cemetery in Southern Denver - Chapel Hill Cemetery - they're erecting 13 crosses that I think are well known across the country, as a permanent memorial at the head of my daughter's grave. And my heart really longs to be there with my children, Bethany and her husband Don, Dana, Craig, and Mike, but it's with their blessing that I'm here today, and I appreciate that.

I realize that I'm a mere pawn in today's hearings, but I'm a willing pawn, because I dare to believe that I can make a difference. Every once in awhile, a pawn has been used to checkmate a king. I have no hidden agenda, and of course I have no political aspirations. I simply speak to you as a brokenhearted father, and I only ask that you allow your heart to hear me for the next few minutes.

Since the dawn of creation, there has been both good and evil in the hearts of men and women, and we all contain those seeds: We contain the seeds of kindness and we contain the seeds of violence. And the death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joyce Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other 11 children who died, must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.

The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used, neither was it the NCA - the National Club Association - the true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in his heart. In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA, I am not a hunter, I do not even own a gun, I'm not here to represent or to defend the NRA, because I don't believe they are responsible for my daughter's death, therefore I don't believe they need to be defended by me. If I believed that they had anything to do with Rachel's murder, I would be their strongest opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tradgedy, it was a spiritual event which should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies. Much of that blame lies here in this room - much of that blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves.

I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expressed my feelings best, and it was written before I knew that I would be speaking here today, and I'd like to read that:

    Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
    Your words are empty air.
    You've stripped away our heritage,
    You've outlawed simple prayer.

    Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
    And precious children die.
    You seek for answers everywhere,
    And ask the question "Why?"

    You regulate restrictive laws,
    Through legislative creed.
    And yet you fail to understand,
    That God is what we need!

Men and women are three part beings: we have a body, and we have a soul, and we have a spirit ... And I believe we fail to recognize that third element, that really does need to be recognized by the legislative bodies of this country, that's been ignored for so long. Spiritual influences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries, and we know this is a historic fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We've refused to honor God, and in doing so we opened the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs, politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that continue to erode away our personal and private liberties.

We don't need more restrictive laws. Erik and Dylan would not have been stopped by more gun laws or metal detectors. No amount of laws can stop someone who spends months of planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts. Political posturing and restrictive legislation are not the answers. The young people of our nation hold the key, and there is a spiritual awakening that is taking place that will not be squelched. We don't need more religion, we don't need more gaudy television evangelists spewing out verbal religious garbage, we do not need more million dollar church buildings built while people's basic needs are being ignored. We do need a change of heart and a humble acknowledgement that this nation was founded on the principle of simple trust in God.

When my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he didn't hesitate to pray in school, and I defy any law or politician to deny him that right. I challenge every young person in America and around the world to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School, prayer was brought back to our schools. Don't let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your conscience and denies your God-given right to communicate with Him.

And to those of you who would blame the NRA, I give to you a sincere challenge: dare to examine your own heart before you cast the first stone. My daughter's death will not be in vain: the young people of this country will not allow that to happen. And remember that even a pawn in a master's hand can accomplish much.

Thank you very much.

Darrell Scott, before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee, May 27, 1999

Random Quotes From 2011

2012-01-01T22:02:00.001-05:00

"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election".

- Warren Buffet, CNBC Interview with Becky Quick, 7 July, 2011

1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

- Fictional Congressional Reform Act of 2011 (2009), Source Unknow.

"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."

- Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Version 1)

"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.

It shall be required of every newborn within the United States to be the issue of at least one legal American citizen, the issue of one naturalized American citizen, or of naturalization by a legal guardian who is a citizen in order that birthright citizenship may be bestowed in decendency."

- Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Version 2)

'We are Wall Street' Leafts Dropped on 'Occupy Chicago' Protesters

2011-10-29T17:59:00.001-04:00

Wednesday afternoon, some one from the Chicago Board of Trade dropped leaflets on the 'Occupy Chicago' protesters.

We are Wall Street It's our job to make money. Whether it's a commodity, stock, bond, or some hypothetical piece of fake paper, it doesn't matter. We would trade baseball cards if it were profitable. I didn't hear America complaining when the market was roaring to 14,000 and everyone's 401k doubled every 3 years. Just like gambling, it's not a problem until you lose. I've never heard of anyone going to Gamblers Anonymous because they won too much in Vegas.

Well now the market crapped out, & even though it has come back somewhat, the government and the average Joes are still looking for a scapegoat. God knows there has to be one for everything. Well, here we are.

Go ahead and continue to take us down, but you're only going to hurt yourselves. What's going to happen when we can't find jobs on the Street anymore? Guess what: We're going to take yours. We get up at 5am & work till 10pm or later. We're used to not getting up to pee when we have a position. We don't take an hour or more for a lunch break. We don't demand a union. We don't retire at 50 with a pension. We eat what we kill, and when the only thing left to eat is on your dinner plates, we'll eat that.

For years teachers and other unionized labor have had us fooled. We were too busy working to notice. Do you really think that we are incapable of teaching 3rd graders and doing landscaping? We're going to take your cushy jobs with tenure and 4 months off a year and whine just like you that we are so-o-o-o underpaid for building the youth of America. Say goodbye to your overtime and double time and a half. I'll be hitting grounders to the high school baseball team for $5k extra a summer, thank you very much.

So now that we're going to be making $85k a year without upside, Joe Mainstreet is going to have his revenge, right? Wrong! Guess what: we're going to stop buying the new 80k car, we aren't going to leave the 35 percent tip at our business dinners anymore. No more free rides on our backs. We're going to landscape our own back yards, wash our cars with a garden hose in our driveways. Our money was your money You spent it. When our money dries up, so does yours.

The difference is, you lived off of it, we rejoiced in it. The Obama administration and the Democratic National Committee might get their way and knock us off the top of the pyramid, but it's really going to hurt like hell for them when our fat a**es land directly on the middle class of America and knock them to the bottom.

We aren't dinosaurs We are smarter and more vicious than that, and we are going to survive. The question is, now that Obama & his administration are making Joe Mainstreet our food supply... will he?

OccupyWallStreet: Anarchists, Socialists, Unions, Democrats and Their Plans to ‘Destabalize’ Global Markets, Governments

2011-10-17T14:15:00.001-04:00

We’re in this for the long haul. There are no “solutions” that can be presented quickly to make us go away. And so there will be moments where our presence is no longer an uncomfortable and unknown variable, but rather is normalized and integrated. It’s in those moments that we have to push the envelop, pry open the space of possibility even farther. We go as far as we can to destabalize, but maintain momentum. And when that’s the new “normal” then we go farther. That’s how change happens, how we shift the terrain and the terms of the game.

- Email in “Occupy” archive, “Re: Can OWS be turned into a Democratic Party Movement?”; Wednesday, October 12, 2011

“October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back,” he went on. “We are a part of something called the American Dream Movement. We`re having a huge summit on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Come—you can go to rebuildthedream.com and find out more about it. We are going to build a progressive counterbalance to the Tea Party.”

- Van Jones, MSNBC, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Thursday, September 29, 2011

These are just a couple of examples of what is going on behind the scenes with the Occupy Wall Street Movement. There is nothing spontaneous about OccupyWallStreet and its many spin-off protests across America. Groups like Anonymous, Lulzsec, Anti-Sec started actively organizing or at least aided in the dissemination of the information. Indicating that many of their members or at least the ones in control are actively working with subversive organizations here, in America, and abroad.

What exactly do these protesters want? What is their platform? From what I can tell, most of the people that are attending these protests are "died in the wool" socialist, communists, and anarchists. They claim they want social justice and social equality, whatever those are, your guess is good as mine. They don't really want justice and equality, They fully intend to collapse the system and replace it with a system consistent with their Marxists ideologies. Meaning that the differences between those who "Have" and those who "Have not" becomes even more dramatic. The only difference is they get to control who is a member of those categories.

Time to wake up to what is happening around you America. You keep sleep walking through life, you are going to wake to a country that you no longer recognize.

Resources:
Big Government: ‘Crowdsource’ This: Emails Expose #OccupyWallStreet Conspiracy to ‘Destabalize’ Global Markets, Governments
Big Government: The Email Archive of the #OccupyWallStreet Movement: Anarchists, Socialists, Unions, Democrats and Their Plans
Big Government: BREAKING: Violence Feared at #OccupyChicago Today – UPDATE: Police Say 3,000 Attend, 24 Arrests, 1 For Battery
Big Government: Meet The Anarchist Leaders Behind The ‘Leaderless’ #Occupy Movement – Part One: Lisa Fithian
Big Government: Convicted Bank Fraudster Robert Creamer Leads Democrats, #OccupyWallStreet Against Bank of America
Big Government: The Return of Van Jones and Marxist Street Protests

NOTES: I usually refrain from using material from only one source. I much rather have material from several sources. If anyone can provide additional source material by all means leave a comment and post the link.

Nazis and Communists Support The Occupy Wall Street Movement

2011-10-17T11:24:00.001-04:00

The American Nazi Party likes what it sees. The American Nazi Party released a statement in support of Occupy Wall Street movement.

The foremost authority on National Socialism in America has this to say about “Occupy” [ANP leader Rocky Suhayda -ed.] :
What is really MISSING – is the “MOVEMENT” from these popular protests – its time to pull WN heads out of their collective ass’s, and JOIN IN the attack on Judeo-Capitalism. What do you suggest? That WN Working Class White people DEFEND the Judeo-Capitalists? IF the “movement” wasn’t so PATHETIC it would be OUT THERE – LEADING these protests! The fact that its these “lefties” as you call them, who are picking up the ball and running with it – only shows how much more in tune THEY are with the fed up masses of White Workers, than the fossilized, reactionary “right-wing”. WHO holds the WEALTH and POWER in this country – the JUDEO-CAPITALISTS. WHO is therefore the #1 ENEMY who makes all this filth happen – the JUDEO-CAPITALISTS. WHO therefore do WN need to FIGHT? My heart is right there with these people, perhaps someday the “movement” will SHOW the same COURAGE and DEDICATION that these people OUT THERE FIGHTING are SHOWING!

Sincerely, ROCKY SUHAYDA Hail Victory! 88!

The Communist Party USA also supports the Obama-endorsed Occupy Wall Street Protests.

From the CPUSA website:

This is an exciting time! Thousands of mainly young people have been occupying Wall Street for three weeks already, and the “Occupy Movement” has spread to more than 200 other cities. On Oct. 6 the actions spread to our nation’s capital.
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) will hold a national teleconference to discuss it:
Arturo Cambron
The Communist Party and the Occupy L.A. Movement
Tuesday, October 11, 8 pm Eastern
Teleconference number: 605-475-4850 (please note this is the corrected number. ignore previous.)
Access code: 1053538#
Southern California Party leader Arturo Cambron will share how the CPUSA and Young Communist League (YCL) are working in “Occupy Los Angeles.”
This movement, also known as the “99% movement,” is being hailed across the country. Movements and organizations are reaching out in solidarity. The AFL-CIO is opening union halls and offering other material assistance. Ordinary people are donating food, money and materials.
In many areas, the “Occupy Movement” is linking up with the National American Wants to Work Week of Actions, Oct. 10-16.
No doubt the “Arab Spring” demonstrations and those that exploded in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere have inspired it. But underlying it all is the economic crisis, the massive unemployment and growing realization that nothing is getting better, and in fact we may be slipping into a “double dip” crisis. The crushing student debt and the feeling of being locked out of society with no future compound this.
The movement is the newest wrinkle in the all-people’s upsurge against the banks and corporations and reflects a new level of class-consciousness.

Source: The Gateway Pundit: Nazis and Communists Throw Their Support Behind Occupy Wall Street Movements (Updated)

Yuri Bezmenov: Deception Was My Job

2011-10-17T09:33:00.001-04:00

This is G. Edward Griffin's shocking video interview, Soviet Subversion of the Free-World Press (1984), where he interviews ex-KGB officer and Soviet defector Yuri Bezmenov who decided to openly reveal KGB's subversive tactics against western society as a whole.

Bezmenov explains how Jewish Marxist ideology is destabilizing the economy and purposefully pushing the U.S. into numerous crises so that a Big Brother tyranny can be put into place in Washington, how most Americans don't even realize that they are under attack, and that normal parliamentary procedures will not alter the federal government's direction.

He then explains how Marxist leaders use informers to make lists of anti-Communist and other politically incorrect people who they want to execute once they - actually a Jewish oligarchy - come to power. The oligarch's secret lists include "civil rights" activists and idealistically-minded "useful idiot" leftists as well.

Bezmenov provides several real world examples of how Marxist leaders even execute and/or imprison each other. Also he explains how American embassy employees were known to betray Soviets attempting to defect, how their existed a "triangle of hate" in the Soviet government, why he realized that Marxism-Leninism was a murderous doctrine, and how the CIA ignored (or didn't care) about Communist subversion.

He also mentions that revolutions throughout history are never the result of a majority movement, but of a small dedicated and highly-organized group who seize power, whether for good or bad. Next he explains how the American mass media spread lies about life in the Soviet Union.

Bezmenov also explains how the LOOK magazine article falsely claimed that the Russian people were proud of their victory in the Second World War, where in reality the Judeo-Bolshevik-Communist-Marxist government was happy that Hitler had been defeated so that they could remain in power.

Find out how the KGB utilized various individuals to undermine the Western society in its morals and values.

Communist Party U.S.A. in Solidarity with Occupy Chicago

2011-10-17T09:28:00.001-04:00

Communist Party marches in solidarity with Occupy Chicago. Occupy Chicago gives them a warm reception.

So, do you still think we don't have a problem in America? Wake up, this is what is happening right now. This is the change that President Obama was talking about when he campaigned for President.

"Keep The Change" - Hank Jr.

2011-10-11T22:24:00.001-04:00

Special version of "Keep The Change" by Bocephus himself! Download it for FREE here: http://bit.ly/pebVTA

I believe Hank is just a little pissed over this whole thing; and I can understand why.

Foo Fighters Sing to Westboro in Counter-Protest

2011-09-17T22:29:00.001-04:00

Westboro Baptist Church received a unique counter-protest Friday, a serenade from the Foo fighters in front of the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Costitution Day 2011

2011-09-17T11:01:00.001-04:00

On September 17th, 1787, 42 of the 55 delegates appointed to the Constitution Convention held their final meeting. Only 1 item of business was on the agenda for that day, the signing of the Constitution of the United Sates of America. Of the 42 delegates who attended the meeting that day, 39 actually signed the Constitution. Edmund Randolph and George Mason of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts refused to sign due in part due to the lack of a bill of rights.

Ratification Time Line:
Saturday, September 15th, 1787 - Final draft ordered written
Monday, September 17th, 1787 - Final draft of the Constitution signed
Wednesday, September 19th, 1787 - Constitution is published in the Pennsylvania Packet
Friday, September 28th, 1787 - Congress approves the Constitution and sends it to the states
Friday, October 5th, 1787 - First Centinel Anti-Federalist letter published
Saturday, October 27th, 1787 - First Federalist Paper is published
Friday, December 7th, 1787 - Delaware ratifies Constitution
Wednesday, December 12th, 1787 - Pennsylvania ratifies Constitution
Tuesday, December 18th, 1787 - New Jersey ratifies Constitution
Wednesday, January 2nd, 1788 - Georgia ratifies Constitution
Wednesday, January 9th, 1788 - Connecticut ratifies Constitution
Wednesday, February, 6th, 1788 - Massachusetts ratifies Constitution
Monday, March 24th, 1788 - Rhode Island rejects Constitution
Monday, April 28th, 1788 - Maryland ratifies Constitution
Friday, May 23rd, 1788 - South Carolina ratifies Constitution
Wednesday, May 28th, 1788 - The Federalist published (Federalist Papers 1-85)
Saturday, June 21st, 1788 - New Hampshire ratifies Constitution
Saturday, June 21st, 1788 - Constitution Ratified
Wednesday, June 35th, 1788 - Virginia ratifies Constitution
Wednesday, July 2hd, 1788 - Congress is informed the Constitution has been ratified
Saturday, July 26th, 1788 - New York ratifies Constitution
Saturday, September 13th, 1788 - Congress votes to begin a new government on the following March 4
Wednesday, March 4th, 1789 - The Constitution goes into effect
Saturday, November 21st, 1789 - North Carolina ratifies Constitution
Saturday, May 29th, 1790 Rhode Island ratifies Constitution

Is the Governement Capable of Learning From Past Mistakes? No.

2011-08-26T09:42:00.001-04:00

“It almost seems to me you want to have some type of announcement or policy, program or something from the federal government that provides that clear signal that we are here supporting the housing market and this is indeed a good time to really consider buying,”

-- Frank E. Nothaft, the chief economist at Freddie Mac.

While talking to the New York Times, Frank Nothaft made the above comment about a rumored Obama administration plan to offer lower mortgage rates to people with bad credit.

If I am not mistaken, but wasn't the 2008 housing market collapse, directly related the the high number of defaults on mortgages granted to people who did not have the means to repay said mortgages? So, the latest idea, coming out of Washington to stimulate the housing market, is for the government to back low interest mortgages to people, who can not afford to repay said mortgages.

Home ownership is a privilege and not a right. How on Earth, would this brain dead crowd in Washington even think for the briefest of moments that past failed policies, would stand a chance of working now? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Finance 101, folks. You do not lend money to people who do not have the means to repay. Anyone, who as operated a bank for any length of time, understands this concept. I suspect that every bank that has failed, did not adhere to sound financial principles. I would like to know how many of the banks, that have failed in recent years, were willing participants in the Governments insanity of handing out money to people who can't repay?

Starbucks CEO to DC: You've been cut off

2011-08-17T19:31:00.001-04:00

CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is fed up with Washington.

And he is doing something about it.

Spurred by what he describes as a failure of leadership on the part of lawmakers, Schultz is mounting a one-man bull rush against a political culture that has "chosen to put partisan and ideological purity over the well being of the people."

Read the Article at CNN Money

Dylan Ratigan (rightfully) loses it on air

2011-08-17T19:18:00.001-04:00

In a conversation with a show panel about the country's debt and credit downgrade, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan passionately calls both the Democratic and Republican economic plans, "reckless, irresponsible and stupid."

From Tuesday August 9th, 2011

San Francisco judge removes circumcision ban from ballot

2011-07-28T20:13:00.001-04:00

CNN.com
San Francisco judge removes circumcision ban from ballot
By Madison Park, CNN
July 28, 2011 7:33 p.m. EDT

San Francisco residents will not be voting on whether male circumcisions should be banned in the city this fall.

A Superior Court judge ordered Thursday that the proposed measure, which had initially made it onto the November 8 city ballot, be removed entirely.

Superior Court Judge Loretta Giorgi wrote that male circumcision is "a widely practiced medical procedure" and that medical services are left to the regulation of the state, not individual cities.

Read the Full Article at CNN.com

Finally, someone in San Francisco that displays a bit of common sense. This whole proposal to ban male circumcisions, under the pretense that it is genitalia mutilation was just down right ludicrous.

Stark Reality: Dem Firebrand Admits Debt Ceiling Deadline a Charade

2011-07-26T11:54:00.001-04:00

Democrat firebrand Pete Stark appeared at a town hall meeting in Fremont, California Saturday morning. After receiving an award from the local MoveOn.org chapter for his work on their behalf, Congressman Stark addressed the Debt Ceiling crisis.

“You’ve heard a lot about the Debt Limit. And I guess that’s – I don’t know how many of you are worried about it or concerned about it. The fact is I think it’s a political charade.

“I’m afraid that the Democrats have done that in the past, threatened to shut down the government. I don’t think there’s a chance that it will happen. I think the last time somebody did, they lost enough seats in the House of Representatives to convince them it was a dumbest thing they ever did. [It] doesn’t get us anywhere, it doesn’t help anybody, and to extend the Debt Limit is nothing more – than people have described it – than that the government’s credit card doesn’t run out of resources.

“And we all know we have more debt than we should be carrying and there’s a fight going on: Should we raise your taxes to lower that debt? Should we quit government spending? The question is if we quit government spending, what do we quit spending? Do we quit spending on Social Security and WIC and children’s daycare? Or do we quit spending for corporate jet deductions, and those sorts of things? And those are the political fights.

“They are going to go on. You’ll hear about them ‘til the end of the year. My prediction is that we will extend the Debt Ceiling; and the Republicans will accuse us Democrats of being big taxers and big spenders; and I guess we’ll accuse them of not being concerned about the elderly, and the poor, and children.

“And the country will go on with its debates, and we hope that you will all stay involved and express your opinions loudly and to all of us. …”

Congressman Stark's statements expose a rift between the President and his allies on the ideological Left and Democrats in office. Elected officials and Hill watchers have always known that the August 2 deadline was arbitrary, and that the US Treasury - receiving $200B each month - is well-able to pay its financial obligations, including the military, interest on the debt, and Social Security with money left over.

Meanwhile, the President's insistence - for political gain - on August 2 marking a 'debt ceiling doomsday' continues to send shock waves through an already jittery global financial market. The phony deadline is creating the possibility of very real negative financial ramifications to the US economy.

The Decline: The Geography of a Recession by LaToya Egwuekwe

2011-05-31T20:10:00.001-04:00

According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 28 million people currently unemployed -- that's including those involuntarily working part-time and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one. In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. "The Decline: The Geography of a Recession," as created by labor writer LaToya Egwuekwe, serves as a vivid representation of just how much. Watch the deteriorating transformation of the U.S. economy from January 2007 -- approximately one year before the start of the recession -- to the most recent unemployment data available today. Original link: www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofarecession.html. For more information, email latoya.egwuekwe@yahoo.com

LSU Student Plans to Burn American Flag

2011-05-11T12:04:00.001-04:00

LSU Student Reportedly Plans to Burn American Flag in Peaceful Campus Protest
Published May 10, 2011 | FoxNews.com

A student at Louisiana State University reportedly is planning to burn an American flag on campus Wednesday as part of a peaceful protest, the student newspaper reports. ...

Benjamin Hass, a communication studies graduate student, has reportedly followed university procedure in seeking clearance to host the flag-burning protest at noon on the Baton Rouge campus.

Read Full Article at FoxNews.com

Editorial Comment: Every court in the land that has ruled the various forms of expression as protected under the "Free Speech" clause of the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution; are so far in out in left field, I don't even think they can see home plate.

The framers of the "Bill of Rights", specifically the 1st Amendment never intended to protect the expression of anger and hate as forms of political speech. Burning the flag of any nation, not just the American flag, is an expression of hate; and therefore was never intended to be protected speech.

It is long past time that someone in this nation interjected some restraint is the political discourse. The level of rhetoric and outrageous behavior have to be brought under control. This is not a Kindergarten Playground.

Trump: "This Country Is Going To Hell"

2011-04-07T14:15:00.003-04:00

Donald Trump in a recently aired MSNBC interview with Meredith Vieira.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Sounds like he is laying the ground work before making a run for President.

Man Mauled by Bear While Not At Work Gets Workers' Comp

2011-03-25T11:21:00.001-04:00

The Seattle Times
Court: Man mauled after smoking pot gets work comp
Published Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 8:16 AM

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a Workers' Compensation Court ruling that about $65,000 in medical bills incurred by a man who was mauled while feeding the bears at a tourist attraction should be covered by workers' compensation, despite the fact the man had smoked marijuana on the day of the attack.

Read the Full Article at The Seattle Times

The Montana Supreme Court is so far out there on this, it is not funny. The Justices who voted to uphold the lower court's ruling should be stripped of their robes. No one, and I mean absolutely no one is entitled to Worker's Compensation for injuries sustained in a non-work related incident.

This individual was mauled by a bear while feeding it at a tourist attraction. Not only was he feeding the bear he was doing so after having smoked Marijuana.

The only question that needed to be asked is, was this injury worker related? If the answer is no, then no workers' comp for you. It really is that simple.

What's the Constitution? Don't bother asking 70% of Americans

2011-03-22T19:01:00.002-04:00

MailOnline
What's the Constitution? Don't bother asking 70% of Americans: Alarming number of U.S. citizens don't know basic facts about their own country
By Rachel Quigley

Stumped: In the U.S. citizenship test, only 38 per cent of Americans passed and some didn't know answers to basic questions like who is the vice president?

First Christina Aguilera forgot the words to the national anthem.

Now it has emerged that 70 per cent of Americans do not know what the Constitution is, and six per cent don't even know when Independence Day falls.

Newsweek recently gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship test and found that their knowledge of the history and running of their own country was seriously lacking.

Although the majority passed, more than a third - 38 per cent - failed, and some of the basic questions surrounding citizenship were answered incorrectly.

The U.S. citizenship test is administered to all immigrants applying for citizenship. It is comprised of 100 questions across five categories - American government, systems of government, rights and responsibilities, American history and integrated civics.

Congressman King Under Fire for Hearings

2011-03-10T09:42:00.001-05:00

King Draws Fire for Hearings on Radicalization of Muslims in U.S., But Most Americans Support Discussion
Published March 10, 2011 | FoxNews.com

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King has had around-the-clock security as he pushes forward with a hearing Thursday on the radicalization of Muslims in America, but a new Gallup poll shows a majority of Americans support King's plans.

The New York Republican who is hosting the first in a series of hearings on homegrown terror, will have extra security from Capitol Police who will be securing the congressional hearing room and surrounding areas, as well as his office, as the House Homeland Security Committee takes testimony.

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History shows that appeasement does not work; and no matter how hard you try to ignore the issue it will not go away. It will become a even larger problem if not dealt with head-on. The issue of Islam and it's leaders, must be dealt with; and openly addressed.

Taxing Church Attendance?

2011-03-10T09:31:00.002-05:00

Taking Liberties: Taxing Church Attendance?
By Douglas Kennedy
Published March 10, 2011 | FoxNews.com

Erik Stanley walked up Woodson Road in Mission, Kansas, surveying the church parking lot at St. Pius X Catholic Church. He said the government can tax your life and can tax your death, but they’re not supposed to tax your church.

And that’s exactly what he said is happening in Mission.

“The city of Mission is taxing churches,” he said. “And that’s clearly unconstitutional.”

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NPR Muslim Brotherhood Investigation Part I

2011-03-08T17:28:00.001-05:00

Senior Executives at NPR meet with Muslim Brotherhood Front Group to solicit $5mm and discuss their federal funding, Fanatical Christians, Zionists in the media, Tea Partiers, Republicans, Uneducated Americans and Juan Williams.

Featuring:
Ron Schiller, President NPR Foundation.
Betsy Liley, Senior Director, NPR Institutional Giving.

Reporters:
Shaughn Adeleye as Amir Malik
Simon Templar as Ibrahmim Kasaam.

Produced by James O'Keefe
TheProjectVeritas.com
Promoting Modern-Day Muckrakers.

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Jim Demint: Public Broadcasting Should Go Private

2011-03-04T17:39:00.001-05:00

The Wall Street Journal
OPINION | MARCH 4, 2011
Public Broadcasting Should Go Private
by Jim Demint

When presidents of government-funded broadcasting are making more than the president of the United States, it's time to get the government out of public broadcasting.

While executives at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) are raking in massive salaries, the organizations are participating in an aggressive lobbying effort to prevent Congress from saving hundreds of millions of dollars each year by cutting their subsidies. The so-called commercial free public airwaves have been filled with pleas for taxpayer cash. The Association of Public Television Stations has hired lobbyists to fight the cuts. Hundreds of taxpayer-supported TV, radio and Web outlets have partnered with an advocacy campaign to facilitate emails and phone calls to Capitol Hill for the purpose of telling members of Congress, "Public broadcasting funding is too important to eliminate!"

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Lifting the ban on ‘concurrent receipt’

2011-03-04T17:24:00.001-05:00

Lifting the ban on ‘concurrent receipt’
The American Legion - March 4, 2011

Legislation has been introduced in both houses of the 112th Congress that would allow qualified military retirees to receive both their VA disability compensation and DoD pensions at the same time. Called “concurrent receipt,” the dollar-for-dollar offset of military retirement pay based on the amount of VA medical disability compensation one receives has long been opposed by The American Legion.

Concurrent receipt of retirement pay and disability compensation has been expanded in recent years, but it still does not apply to military retirees with service-connected disabilities rated less than 50 percent. The continuing practice of requiring disabled retirees to fund their own pensions is commonly known as the “disabled veterans tax.”

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