Last week Big Government reported that a “meeting of former Clintonistas and senior Democrat political operatives” headed by James Carville took place “to coordinate a push-back to the burgeoning tea party movement.”

For those who recall former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment, it is hardly surprising that the Clintonistas who saved the Clintons in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal became a threat to the Clinton’s political survival are now plotting to ostensibly save the Democrat party.

Reportedly as part of their ‘push/pull” strategy, 7-8 national figures active in the tea party movement will be identified, targeted and smeared.

The question is–will the tea party movement learn from the Clinton’s history of the politics of personal destruction?

First, I should declare my involvement. In late 1999, I was approached by Linda Tripp’s representatives to write her story. Tripp was targeted, vilified, and smeared during the events that led to President Bill Clinton’s impeachment. As a result, I saw how the Clinton machine worked to destroy their “political enemies.”

A little history here is necessary. It was January 1998 when the Drudge Report broke this news: “Newsweek Kills Story on White House Intern: 23-Year Old, Former White House Intern, Sex Relationship with President.” Serious allegations of suborning perjury, false statements, witness tampering and obstruction of justice followed threatening the Clinton presidency. Shortly thereafter, it was reported that tape recordings existed.

Former President Bill Clinton denied the allegations. Then on January 27, 1998, former First Lady Hillary appeared on NBC’s Today Show to defend her husband. Having, at minimum, knowledge of his record of infidelities, without hesitation Hillary accused what she coined the “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” of conspiring to destroy her husband and of attempting to “undo the results of two elections.”

“… And I think when all of this is put into context, and we really look at the people involved here… look at their backgrounds…,” Hillary declared, “some folks are going to have a lot to answer for.”

President Obama’s Secretary of State and global peacemaker’s accusations ignited a political war to keep the Clintons in the White House. The press snatched Hillary’s bait.

The Clintonista’s, with James Carville leading the charge, declared “war” on anyone who might be involved. By discrediting and impugning Hillary’s VRWC targets, they masterfully turned the focus away from the alleged criminal activities and changed the dialogue to “it was all about sex.”

Linda Tripp was cast in the Clinton White House script as Hillary’s evil VRWC ringleader. The former civil servant who had served in the Clinton White House had taped her phone calls with President Clinton’s paramour Monica Lewinsky as an insurance policy to avoid having to lie under oath about it in the upcoming Paula Jones sexual harassment case against the President.

The nation split down party lines. Battle lines were drawn. It was American versus American. It got ugly.

In the Clinton’s war of politics of personal destruction no tactic is too low. The Clinton machine went into overdrive to destroy Linda. Straight out of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, ‘Pick the Target, Freeze It, Personalize It and Polarize It,’ their character assassination tactics commenced by blast faxing talking points to the press, ascribing inaccurate motives to Linda such as inferring she was a “Republican” even though she was a registered independent. Private investigators were dispatched to dig up dirt. Even Linda’s confidential FBI background check was illegally leaked out to the press. The nuts and sluts tactic previously employed to discredit other women caught in the Clinton’s crosshairs changed to spin Linda into a jealous, bitter woman who conspired to destroy the Clintons so she could write a book.

During the Clinton’s political war the nation saw how anyone could be used to defend their version of events; including Secretary of State Madeline Albright and the late Senator Ted Kennedy who both declared their unwavering belief in President Clinton. President Obama’s Chief of Staff, then Bill Clinton’s CoS, Rahm Emanuel helped close ranks as well when he said, “There is actual truth, and it pertains to two points. Did the president have a sexual relationship with this young lady? No. Did the president ask this young lady to lie? No.” He said, “And that’s what matters…”

While America’s enemies plotted and schemed, for months the Clintonista’s dragged America through their war of political survival until forensics on a blue dress stopped them. Because just like a fictional Hollywood screen play, the Clinton story line took wildly creative liberties. At the end of the day Hillary’s accusations were false; it was President Clinton who lied about Lewinsky, not Hillary’s phony VRWC or Linda.

Today, a broad brush to paint the tea party participants as racists or domestic terrorists has already begun. But one of the many lessons to learn during a Clinton smear campaign is to learn from Linda’s mistake of keeping silent. Her silence allowed the Clintonistas to control the dialogue, where falsehoods morphed into perceived reality irrespective of the truth.

The Clinton’s reputation to never count them out is well deserved. Assuming recent speculation is correct, and Hillary is planning to re-seek the Presidency, consider that similar speculation about Hillary’s plans to run for President during the Clinton White House years, despite her denials, also proved to be accurate.

Buckle up.

Cross posted at Biggovernment.com

Footnotes:

[i] Hillary Clinton and Matt Lauer, NBC’s Today Show, January 27, 1998

[ii] The Secret War, Newsweek Magazine, Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas with Mark Hosenball, Karen Breslau and Daniel Klaidman, Special Report, p. 36 February 9, 1998

[iii] White House, President Clinton’s senior policy adviser, Rahm Emanuel, CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, January 25, 1998

The White House ordered the Justice Department to consider other places to try the 9/11 terror suspects after a wave of opposition to holding the trial in lower Manhattan.

The White House took the action hours after Mayor Bloomberg called Attorney General Eric Holder to say he would “prefer that they did it elsewhere.”

“It would be an inconvenience at the least, and probably that’s too mild a word for people that live in the neighborhood and businesses in the neighborhood,” Bloomberg told reporters.

“There are places that would be less expensive for the taxpayers and less disruptive for New York City.”

State leaders have railed against a plan to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in Manhattan federal court since Holder proposed it last month.

The order to consider new venues does not change the White House’s position that Mohammed should be tried in civilian court.

“President Obama is still committed to trying Mohammed and four other terrorist detainees in federal court,” spokesman Bill Burton said Thursday.

“He agrees with the attorney general’s opinion that … he and others can be litigated successfully and securely in the United States of America, just like others have,” Burton said.

Read story here.

Now the next question to ask is how long before the Obama Administration reverses their position once again and decides KSM should be tried in a military tribunal instead of civilian court considering he has already plead guilty.

Last week I had the privilege to listen to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in New York City discuss the terror trials. He made it abundantly clear that he was not consulted. To not consult the person who has keep New York City safe since 9/11 can be added as another error to the growing list of the Obama Administrations errors.

The credit for President Obama’s reversal begins with the Commissioner. His candid remarks that night started the pressure on the Administration. Incidentally, the Commissioner also stated that he had been recently notified that the Obama White House was planning on sending another suspected to New York, this time to Brooklyn. Time will tell if that will happen or if that decision will fade into obscurity as well.

Update
Unreal: Terrorist trials may still be held in Manhattan, says President

Apparently the news media last week jumped the gun by announcing the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9-11 terrorism suspects would not be tried in federal court in Manhattan. President Barack Obama said during an interview televised on CBS News on Sunday that he had not ruled out holding the trials in New York City, but he acknowledged that there are logistical issues and local opposition that makes such a high profile court proceeding difficult.

When asked during the interview if his administration still planned to hold the trial in New York City, Obama replied, “I have not ruled it out.”
“If you’ve got a city that is saying ‘no’ and a police department that’s saying ‘no’ and a mayor that’s saying ‘no,’ that makes it difficult,” he stated.

Read full report here.

My first article at Tucker Carlson’s new The Daily Caller.

Last month immigration reform, one of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s “10 most important legislative priorities,” took another step forward when Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) unveiled the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009.” Over 85 house Democrats have co-sponsored his bill.

Gutierrez’s proposed legislation includes “earned legalization” for undocumented workers including their spouses and children. A payment of a $500 fine is required and a criminal background check must be passed.

Gutierrez’s bill is not the only one working its way through Congress featuring a path to citizenship. In January 2009, for example, Vermont’s Sen. Patrick Leahy introduced, S. 9, the Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act. “I am confident that our country and our economy will be far more secure when those who are currently living in the shadows of our society are recognized and provided the means to become lawful residents, if not a path to citizenship,” he said at the time.

Meanwhile, last October, President Obama’s new director of the United States and Immigration Services, the agency tasked to implement legalizing millions of illegal aliens, should it come to pass, Alejandro Mayorkas said, “We are under way to prepare for that.”

However, a critical component to solve the immigration crisis continues to be ignored — and that is the role the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), arguably played in contributing to the illegal alien crisis in the first place.

The USCIS’ critical mission includes keeping nefarious persons out while granting visas, residency and citizenship to lawful foreigners. This $2.6 billion agency, funded in part by lawful immigrants filing fees and taxpayer funds, is uniquely positioned to protect national security, enhance the economy while preserving America’s tradition as a nation of immigrants.

But America’s immigration system is broken, however, what some lawmakers and amnesty advocates evidentially do not want the public to know is how broken it really is. Over the last two decades, under both Republican and Democratic leadership, America’s immigration agency produced staggering failures including the agency’s inability to efficiently process legal immigrant applications. According to a December 2008, Homeland Security Department intelligence threat assessment, “Long waits for immigration . . . will cause more foreigners to try to enter the U.S. illegally.”

As former Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, acknowledged during the 2008 campaign, legal immigrants have wallowed in “20-year” backlogs. A private company with that record would be out of business.

Yet, despite previous attempts to rehabilitate the USCIS, the backlog and inefficiency problems persist. In the final days of the Bush Administration, for instance, the USCIS received $500 million over five years to modernize its case management system. This was the agency’s second $500 million cash infusion. According to President Bush’s fiscal 2003 immigration budget, in 2002, the Immigration Naturalization Services (now USCIS) received another five-year, $500-million initiative.”

$500 million dollars later, the Washington Post reported: “Government investigators have reported that the [USCIS’] pre-computer-age paper filing system incurs $100 million a year in archiving, storage, retrieval and shipping costs; has led to the loss or misplacement of more than 100,000 files; and has contributed to backlogs and delays for millions of cases.”

Even worse then the inefficiency, the agency is tarnished by corruption. Bribery indictments, be it for cash, gifts or sex, and embezzlement darken this agency’s history.

Consider these examples:

• In Immigration Labyrinth, Corruption Comes easily—headline, New York Times September 12, 1994. “…the word quickly spread through immigrant communities… Bring cash. Buy the right to live or work in the United States… Smooth-talking middlemen took care of the details, bribing immigration service employees… Every year dozens of INS employees are arrested… the agency has repeatedly failed to shore up security weaknesses, even when corruption arrests have exposed them over and over again.”
• Former Immigration Official Says Fraud, Corruption Rife at Agency, ABC News, April 6, 2006. “[Michael J. Maxwell, former USCIS director of the office of security and investigations] portrayed a dysfunctional agency crippled by corruption both inside and outside that’s trying to handle too many cases with too few employees.”
• Cash, cars, jewelry: Some corruption cases involving immigration officers—headline, Associated Press, September 24, 2006.

• Immigration Official Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Documents—headline Washington Post, December 1, 2006. “A Department of Homeland Security supervisor pleaded guilty… to pocketing more than $600,000 in bribes in exchange for falsifying immigration documents…

• U.S. agents accused of aiding Islamist scheme—headline, Washington Times, August 15, 2007. “A criminal investigations report says several USCIS employees are accused of aiding Islamic extremists with identification fraud and of exploiting the visa system for personal gain…”
• An Agent, A Green Card, and a Demand for Sex—headline, New York Times, March 21, 2008. A USCIS adjudicator was arrested after he was caught on tape, telling a 22-year old Colombian woman, “I want sex,” he said… “You get your green card.”

• Federal Agency Worker & Wife Assisted Aliens in Obtaining Visas and shielding them from Detection – headline, Department of Justice, Northern District of Georgia, May 2008. The indictment… charges both defendants with conspiracy to encourage…aliens to come to the U.S. [illegally] for the Patels’ private financial gain.”

According to former USCIS Acting Deputy Director Michael Aytes, ensuring the integrity of the agency is its highest priority. The “USCIS established the Office of Security and Integrity (OSI) in 2007” to deal with the problem he wrote in a letter directed at me, “We tripled the resources dedicated to this critical mission…” The OSI tripled the resources ostensibly because of the escalating as opposed to the diminishing ongoing corruption at this agency.

It is long overdue that lawmakers acknowledge and remedy the criminal and procedural problems at America’s immigration agency before any path to citizenship falls under its purview.

American’s deserve a competent immigration agency. The people who honorably serve at the USCIS deserve a crime free work environment. Following the law for millions of lawful immigrants should not be an exercise in futility. Maybe when the USCIS is meaningfully reformed and existing laws are enforced, then the illegal alien problem might dissipate.

Last September I reported on a project spearheaded by Vietnam veteran George Samek called “Laptops for Wounded Warriors,” launched at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. The purpose of the project was to raise funds for laptops to donate to medical facilities across America for wounded military personnel to use while they recover from war injuries. Since then, the project has expanded and laptops and IPods have been donated to Bethesda Naval Hospital and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Plans for 2010 include donating laptops and IPods to Camp LeJeune, Fort Bragg and Canadian Troops.

Below is my initial report.

Laptops for Wounded Warriors: September 11th at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

On the eighth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attack on America, a band of patriots were on a special mission at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, DC, with America’s wounded warriors. Their mission, the brainchild of 69-year old, decorated Vietnam veteran, George Samek, was to help the wounded warriors’ recovery by providing them with donated laptops with webcams.

For some of America’s wounded warriors who have risked all in the defence of freedom, the recovery may be swift. For others who have lost precious limbs or endured near death burns at the hands of terrorists and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, their challenging recovery may span months, to years, to a lifetime.

The donated laptops serve not only as a window to the world but will also enable America’s wounded warriors to do something most take for granted—and that is to be able to say “goodnight” to their loved ones and keep in close touch with their families who often live in different states.

After contacting Walter Reed, Samek learned that laptops are the one item that the wounded warriors really wanted and truly needed and he began seeking donations to fulfill this need. As a veteran, his heart lies with America’s armed forces and for years he has been apart of the troop support organization, The Gathering of Eagles. “As a simple old soldier I wish to say thanks to each of you for joining in to make this happen,” Samek said, “I work for smiles from my military and those smiles become a good reason for them to know they know we care and they are not alone.”

The mighty band of patriots at Walter Reed included Captain Larry Bailey, Chairman of The Gathering of Eagles. Among the remarkable special mothers who attended, were Gold Star Mother, Muriel Pederson whose son, Sgt Ken Pederson USMC was killed in action in Vietnam and Gold Star Mother, Debbie Lee whose son, Marc Alan Lee, US Navy was the first Navy SEAL killed in Iraq.

As Blue Star Mother, and Founder of the Band of Mothers whose son served four tours in Iraq said, “On September 11th, 2001, America changed forever, and the noble Warriors at Walter Reed understand this more than any American ever will. I want people to know that these Heroes, who have sacrificed and endured so much, have the bravest, most noble hearts of all. We must shower them all with our utmost love and respect for they are the Bravehearts who have stood between us and pure evil. God Bless Them All!”
Room by room, the band of patriots visited with several wounded warriors and in many cases met with their families as Samek and the mothers presented the troops with laptops, I-Pods and phone cards. The patriots were welcomed and embraced by America’s heroes, brave with the boundless love-of-country.

One warrior’s family recounted how less than a month ago during a harrowing mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, their warrior son nearly died in a deadly IED attack. Sitting across from a fellow warrior, knee to knee, this warrior was leaning slightly backwards instead of resting on his weapon when the IED went off. In what can only be described as a miracle, because this warrior was leaning back—mere inches—instead of leaning forward, he survived the deadly blast but lost his leg. Tragically, his fellow warrior on that fateful mission made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Upon learning that this journalist is Canadian, the young, handsome warrior’s eyes brightly lit up and he told me how Canadians saved his life, then described how during the critical life and death hour, called the “golden hour,” after the deadly IED blast, he was aided by Canadian forces in Afghanistan, “I want to thank the Canadians who saved my life,” he said. Canada has been one of the few allies who have fought with Americans to defeat the terrorists and extremists in Afghanistan.

Later, the band of patriots moved on to Malogne House, part of the Walter Reed complex that is home to more courageous warriors facing another stage in their difficult recovery process. Among the heroes we met there was one striking solider who having lost his leg in Afghanistan fighting terrorists bent on America’s destruction, had stood for the first time in two months, that very day, September 11, after trying out a new prosthetic so he may walk again.

For this journalist, the indelible experience at Walter Reed was humbling and an inspiring privilege.

As Jim Diehl USN 65-71 “Gathering of Eagles” concurred, “The experience of visiting the Wounded Warriors is one every patriot should have. To thank the men and women that gave their minds, their hearts and body parts for the protection of the Free World and to show them that they will not be forgotten.”

For George Samek, with his wife, Jamie, to help the troops in such a meaningful way, “was a life long dream coming true.”

The laptops for wounded warriors average about $350.00 each. “Each tax exempt donation will help buy a gift that will keep on giving as these laptops will be passed on from trooper to trooper and make light come into their life as they recover,” Samek said.

Samek’s passionate mission to support the troops has only begun. His next stop is to present laptops at Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune with other Gold and Blue Star Mothers. His goal is to take Laptops for Wounded Warriors nation-wide.

To donate to this most worthy endeavour please contact samek.george@gmail.com or send your donation to:
Gathering of Eagles/George Samek
1105 Copas Road
Shallotte, NC 28470

The names of America’s wounded warriors have been intentionally omitted to respect their privacy.

This project is supported by the Gathering of Eagles and GOE chairman Larry Bailey.

For more information click here.

The federal government will acquire Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., transforming the prison in a sleepy town near the Mississippi River into a prison that exceeds “supermax standards,” according to a letter to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder and Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair.

Click here for the schedule.

Back in 2004, under the Bush Administration, it was revealed that the men and women of the US armed forces were sent to war without the proper equipment, now five years later, according to John Donnelly’s report at Congress.org, under the Obama Administration, the problem persists.

Soldiers’ complaints spur inquiry

Senior Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee have asked Pentagon leaders to explain repeated reports of inadequate equipment and training for troops headed to war.

At issue are rucksacks that cut off soldiers’ circulation, uniforms that do not provide sufficient camouflage in Afghanistan and that fall apart too quickly, and rifles that jam during use, according to committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and Solomon P. Ortiz (D-Texas) chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Also of concern, the members said, were reports that troops are being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan “straight from boot camp” without enough stateside training.

The legislators expressed their concerns in a Dec. 10 letter to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Copies were also sent to Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. and Army Secretary John M. McHugh.

With roughly 200,000 U.S. military personnel slated to be deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan by mid-2010, the conditions faced by troops in harm’s way, always a worry on Capitol Hill, are expected to become even more of a congressional preoccupation in the months ahead. The Armed Services leaders’ letter underscores those concerns.

“These soldiers are fighting today on the front lines of Afghanistan, and we implore you to take their concerns to heart and see what we can all do to give them the tools they need,” Skelton and Ortiz wrote in the letter, which was obtained by Congressional Quarterly.

Skelton and Ortiz said they heard the complaints from infantry and airborne troops in Germany and Italy preparing to deploy to battle.

One of the allegations was that troops were being sent directly from boot camp to war without extensive training. “Many of the NCOs [non-commissioned officers] we spoke to would like to see their soldiers receive more training before deployment, a sentiment with which we strongly agree,” they wrote.

As for equipment, “numerous complaints” were heard about standard-issue “Army small assault packs and large rucksacks.” The rucksack, a new model, is made of plastic and its straps, soldiers reported, are “cutting off circulation to their arms and hands, making it virtually impossible to fire their weapons,” the members wrote. Many soldiers are using their own money to buy another kind of rucksack that they consider superior, the chairmen added.

Other complaints concern troops’ uniforms. In Afghanistan, soldiers said, the camouflage version of the Army combat uniform “does more to put our soldiers in harm’s way than to protect them,” according to the letter.

Read the full report.

New Yorkers beware. Traffic congestion ahead. Moveon.org is trying to get Senator Chuck Schumer’s attention to keep pushing forward the Health Care Reform legislation by organizing an “actual road block on the side walk” of 47th and 3rd Avenue in New York City tomorrow at 4:00 PM. The motto is “Don’t Let Big Insurance Block [Health Care] Reform. Moveon.org wants the public option.

From Moveon.org’s email:

What: To let Sen. Schumer know that we can’t afford to let Big Insurance block real health care reform, MoveOn members are setting up an actual roadblock on the sidewalk—the same kind you see while driving when a road is being closed down.

For more information click here.

Back in March, I started reporting on Senator Schumer’s leadership.

Here’s an example of his leadership role in America’s economic crisis.
Check out: Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Economic Crisis Hypocrisy

As the firestorm of Congressional condemnation aimed at American International Group culminated into death threats over AIG’s $165 million retention and bonus payments, among the cacophony of outraged politicians fueling the frenzy was Senator “Chuck” Schumer. On March 17, Mr. Schumer warned AIG executives to give up their bonuses or Congress would recoup them through taxes. “In the past year we have learned much about the reckless behaviour within our financial system,” scolded the Democrat Senator from New York, but had Mr. Schumer, a long standing member of the banking and finance committee, adhered to his financial system viewpoint of 1987, at minimum, his righteous condemnation could be justified. At best, he could have potentially used his powerful and influential perch in the Senate to have averted the economic crisis.

Why? Because of legislation called the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933.

Let’s rewind to 1987 to a New York Times op-ed piece authored by Mr. Schumer entitled, “Don’t Let Banks Become Casinos.”

In it Mr. Schumer wrote:

“Citing the pressures of rigorous worldwide competition in financial services, large American banks are pleading for the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, a law that keeps banks out of the more volatile and risky world of securities transactions. Their entreaties should be resisted. The reasons the act was passed are still valid…”

Read entire article here.

Now, back to health care reform, let’s look at Sen. Schumer’s top 20 industries who contributed to his Campaign Committee and Leadership PAC from 2005-2010 according to Opensecrets.com.

Industry Total Indivs PACs
Securities & Investment $1,187,300 $962,300 $225,000
Lawyers/Law Firms $860,449 $746,031 $114,418
Real Estate $677,150 $534,150 $143,000
Misc Finance $279,000 $266,500 $12,500
Insurance $277,100 $85,100 $192,000
Health Professionals $225,450 $47,450 $178,000
Lobbyists $196,095 $188,325 $7,770
Retired $173,249 $173,249 $0
Business Services $169,750 $143,750 $26,000
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $169,350 $113,850 $55,500
Health Services/HMOs $154,650 $59,350 $95,300
Commercial Banks $127,200 $37,200 $90,000
Accountants $117,150 $31,150 $86,000
Computers/Internet $115,812 $67,650 $48,162
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $115,085 $54,550 $60,535
TV/Movies/Music $108,300 $71,300 $37,000
Public Sector Unions $106,000 $0 $106,000
Transportation Unions $77,500 $0 $77,500
Food & Beverage $76,700 $50,200 $26,500
Building Trade Unions $71,000 $0 $71,000

As the saying goes, follow the money…

While countries around the world, in virtual lockstep, refuse to accept the relocation of their own citizens– suspected terrorists–from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a House-Senate panel of the Illinois legislature will consider Governor Quinn’s (and the Obama Administration’s) plan to sell the Thomson Correctional Center, to the federal government to house the Gitmo detainees. The panel will meet in northwest Illinois, where the correctional center is located.

But not so fast, there are residents in Illinois who are outraged by the Obama Administration’s plans for their backyard and they are holding a rally to tell lawmakers “Not here.”

“This is America and our government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, for the people, and we the people were not even consulted about this decision to bring suspected terrorists to Illinois.” Beverly Perlson, founder of the Band of Mothers, and one of the rally organizers, said during a phone interview.

The rally, organized by the Illinois Tea Patriots and the Band of Mothers, has been in the works since November when the Obama Administration’s plans initially surfaced. It is scheduled to be held three days before Christmas, on December 22, outside the State Officiated Public Meeting at Sterling High School, Sterling Illinois, at 1:00 pm.

Watch:

President Obama’s campaign pledge to close Gitmo appears to be on the fast track to becoming a reality. What voters may not have known and what was not disclosed during the 2008 Presidential campaign was that then-Senator Obama’s plans would include relocating the suspected terrorists to U.S. soil.

As biggovernment.com exclusively reported yesterday, a memo allegedly from Eric Holder’s Department of Justice to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, specifies in part: “The Attorney General shall as expeditiously as possible acquire and activate the TCC [Thomson Correctional Center) as a United States Penitentiary, which the Attorney General has determined would alleviate the Bureau of Prisons’ shortage of maximum security cell space and could be used for other appropriate purposed… to accommodate the relocation of [Guantanamo] detainees by the Secretary of Defense…

Read report here.

For Perlson, an Illinois resident, whose son served four deployments with the 82nd Airborne in Iraq, this is personal. She is dedicated to keep suspected terrorists off U.S. soil. “This cannot be allowed to happen,” she said. “Out of respect for my Son’s brothers who didn’t come home, and out of respect for my son who fought to keep us all safe here, if Senator Richard Durbin and Governor Pat Quinn get their way, the sacrifice of all these brave warriors will be in vain.”

“This is the ultimate slap in the face and Governor Quinn should not support this,” Perlson continued during our interview. “If he wants to make the Thomson facility productive and create jobs, take the prisoners from California that are being turned out into their streets and bring those prisoners here.”

However, both Senator Durbin and Gov. Quinn, appear equally committed to bringing suspected terrorists to Illinois. The elected officials praised the justice department memo reported on biggovernment.com

In a joint statement, they said: “Even though the final decision has not been made, we are encouraged by this development,” Durbin and Quinn said. “We will continue working with the White House, the Defense Department and the Justice Department to address important questions regarding security and job creation, and finalize this agreement.”

But Perlson and the Illinois Tea Patriots do not agree. She implores her fellow citizens to, “Please understand, if they come here, they will be released here, sooner or later, after your tax dollars are spent feeding them and defending them. My son fought hard to keep these butchers from hurting his family and his country, I intend to fight hard to honor his service and keep our family and our country safe. As far as I’m concerned, the line in the sand is drawn, and I stand on the side of our Soldiers and our country, not on the side of the terrorists. Please come join us on December 22nd and let our government know “not here!’”

For more information on the hearing and rally click here.

Update:See petition to Stop Gitmo from coming to Illinois

Cross posted at biggovernment.com.

More: See Beverly Perlson on Fox News discussing the rally.

For a preview of what New Yorkers and Americans can expect when the Obama Administration, at taxpayer expense, brings the 9/11 terrorists to Manhattan to be tried in civilian court, instead of trying them under a military tribunal at Gitmo, read the unclassified 7-page Pro Se Filing Order from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Wallo Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin As-Shibh, Ali Abo Al Aziz Ali, Mastafa Ahmed, Al-Hawsawi called “The Islamic Response to the Goverment’s Accusations.”

For starters, according to the document, the self proclaimed jihadists are quick to clarify: “With regards to these nine accusations that you are putting us on trial for; to us, they are not accusations. To us they are badges of honor, which we carry with pride. Many thanks to God, for his kind gesture, and choosing us to perform the act of Jihad for his cause and to defend Islam and Muslims. Therefore, killing you and fighting you, destroying you and terrorizing you, responding back to your attacks, are all considered to be great legitimate duty in our religion.”

That’s right. A badge of honor is murdering almost 3,000 innocent civilians.

Another hightlight.

With regards to the “Terrorism” accusations:
Who are the real terrorists? Is it us, or is it you? America is the terrorist country number one in the world. Is has nuclear weapons of mass destruction, and the hydrogen bombs, and the biological weapons, and its ocean fleets are around the world, threatening countries’ security and safety and any country that is not subjected to its oppressed will.

In addition, America is the main shepherd of the main support to the Israeli terrorism against Muslims in the occupied state of Palestine, and also support and bond with the terrorist governments of the Arab and Islamic world, which, in turn, oppress and suppress their own people that are calling for freedom, and the application of Islamic law.

We do not possess your military might, not your nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, we fight you with the almighty God. So, if our act of Jihad and our fighting with you caused fear and terror, then many thanks to God, because it is him that has thrown fear into your hearts, which resulted in your infidelity, paganism, and your statement that God had a son and your trinity beliefs. God stated in his book, verse 151, AI-Umran: ((Soon shall we cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, for that they joined companies with Allah, for which he has sent no authority; There place will be the fire; and evil is the home of the wrongdoers.))

God also stated in his book, verse 60, AI-Anfal: ((Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the heart of the enemies of Allah and your enemies.))

Also, God has informed us, in his book, of what is in your heart from fear and terror towards us, and that you fear and have been terrorized from us more than God himself. Verse 13, AI-Hashir: ((Of a truth you (Muslims) are more feared in their (the infidels from Christians, Jews, and others) hearts, than Allah. This is because they are men devoid of understanding.)) Therefore, you do not fight us face-to-face, man-to-man. But rather, you fight us from behind roadblocks, trenches, and warplanes, which are thousands of feet in the air.
Your status in Iraq and Afghanistan does not need any further explanation. God has demonstrated to us your mental and your defeated fighting moral status. God has stated in his book, verse 14, AI-Hashir: ((They fight not against you even together, except in
fortified townships, or from behind walls, their enmity among themselves is very great, you would think that they were united, but their hearts are divided. That is because they are a people who understand not.))

Our prophet was victorious because of fear. At a month distant, the enemy did not hear from him. So, our religion is a religion of fear and terror to the enemies of God: the Jews, Christians, and pagans. With God’s wiling, we are terrorists to the bone. So, many thanks to God.
The Arab poet, Abu-Ubaydah AI-Hadrami, has stated: ((We will terrorize you, as long as we live with swords, fire, and airplanes.))

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An email apparently from President Barack Obama was just sent out to his supporters asking Americans to “donate $5 or whatever” they can “afford today,” to “fight alongside” him in the final stretch for health care reform. Organizing for America paid for the campaign email.

In the email, the President of the United States, referring to health care opponents, said, “So I have a message for them, from all of us: Not this time. We have come too far. We will not turn back. We will not back down.”

Below is the text of the email:

As we head into the final stretch on health reform, big insurance company lobbyists and their partisan allies hope that their relentless attacks and millions of dollars can intimidate us into accepting the status quo.

So I have a message for them, from all of us: Not this time. We have come too far. We will not turn back. We will not back down.

But do not doubt — the opponents of reform will not rest. So I need you, the members of Organizing for America, to fight alongside me.

We must continue to build out our campaign — to spread the facts on the air and on the ground, and to bring in more volunteers and train them to join the fight. I urgently need your help to keep Organizing for America’s 50-state movement for reform going strong.

Please donate $5 or whatever you can afford today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/FinalStretch

Let’s win this together,

President Barack Obama

Presidential or Organizer-in-Chief?

Here is the link to the donate page.