Any siting president who has spent upwards of $1 Million in legal fees with 3 law firms attempting to prevent U.S. Citizen Plaintiffs from forcing him to reveal his "long Form Birth Certificate" that shows the hospital, delivering doctor, and other birth witnesses, is suspect and must be forced to respond to these suits in court.
I would like to see a law enacted whereby all bills are subject to financial analysis by the government and private accounting firms whereby prior to consideration for a vote there will be a specific dollar amount per month it will cost each of the citizens of our Country. (Example the Stimulus Package, and Card Check, etc.) This would give a tangible amount that I and others could then decide if we would like to pay.
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I would like to see a law enacted whereby all bills are subject to financial analysis by the government and private accounting firms whereby prior to consideration for a vote there will be a specific dollar amount per month it will cost each of the citizens of our Country. (Example the Stimulus Package, and Card Check, etc.) This would give a tangible amount that I and others could then decide if we would like to pay. To me, the billions and billions floating around now are things I and most others don’t want to pay for and when a few years from now we realize there was fraud and typical corruption accounting for many of those dollars we will all wish we hadn’t approved it.
The second part is the bill would be repealed automatically if it exceeds its budget estimate?
This way the special interests and lobbyists couldn't slip a piece of pork inside of a poorly written bill and live off of the proceeds for the rest of their lives.
Is in evidence right here on this board.
Instead of getting an open and honest debate, trolls are allowed to come and slander any citizen who asks a question of this administration.
Any person who in sincerity is searching for answers to some very disturbing questions get his posts removed, but the ones who support this admin are allowed to stay and troll the board.
With fanatical zeal and extremely rude posts directed
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Is in evidence right here on this board.
Instead of getting an open and honest debate, trolls are allowed to come and slander any citizen who asks a question of this administration.
Any person who in sincerity is searching for answers to some very disturbing questions get his posts removed, but the ones who support this admin are allowed to stay and troll the board.
With fanatical zeal and extremely rude posts directed at citizens.
I just read that stimulus fraud might be in the billions. I thought "Joe" was supposed to be on top of this and you said that "nothing gets past Joe."
What the heck is going on? It is a pitty that people are so stupid. I guess I really can't blame you for taking advantage of the stupid American public. That's just human nature.
On the discussion web site, the first post mentioning that unmentionable has been redacted and the post refering to the missing message has been minimized.
This goes to show what lengths this administration will go to to push its agenda in creating another filter layer between the voters and their elected officials.
The post refering to the missing post is at the bottom of http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/06/10/enhancing-citizen-participation-in-decision-making/.
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On the discussion web site, the first post mentioning that unmentionable has been redacted and the post refering to the missing message has been minimized.
This goes to show what lengths this administration will go to to push its agenda in creating another filter layer between the voters and their elected officials.
The post refering to the missing post is at the bottom of http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/06/10/enhancing-citizen-participation-in-decision-making/.
First the banks, then the car companies and now a pay czar? Not to mention disdain for America as displayed in the Middle East last week. I think he is a Marxist and many of us know how that turns out. He cloaks his lies in the false rhetoric of "caring" about the less fortunate. He thinks by creating class warfare, he will conquer.....what??? He has the same mindset of a Stalin or a Lenin. Talk about pain and suffering.
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First the banks, then the car companies and now a pay czar? Not to mention disdain for America as displayed in the Middle East last week. I think he is a Marxist and many of us know how that turns out. He cloaks his lies in the false rhetoric of "caring" about the less fortunate. He thinks by creating class warfare, he will conquer.....what??? He has the same mindset of a Stalin or a Lenin. Talk about pain and suffering. What he is doing to our free markets will cause long- term pain to many, many people. The very people he claims to want to help. The rich will continue to be rich and those driven to succeed will always find a way. With the internet, one can live anywhere in the world and conduct business. I don't think the common liberal understands the futility of attacking the leading capitalists and industrialists of America. These people got where they are for a reason and they will not be taken down by a naive, power hungry guy like Obama. The thing about the wealthy is at some point they say enough is enough and they take their businesess to another country or downsize perhaps even close. The unemployment rates goes up and up and the economy stands still at best. I think the reason Obama never shows any emotion (he's more like a trained seal and so predictable) is because underneath that false, invented exterior is a deeply angry man. if he allows any shred of emotion through; or reveals anything honest about who he really is, he will implode. We know nothing about this man and yet, he is the leader a country I love, but fear is being taken hostage by this man and his clan. He sets himself above the law and will continue to do so as long as he has the mainstream media is jumping through hoops in a one-way love affair wiyh this guy. The White House press conferences are a joke. Robert "giggle boy" Gibbs reminds me of a 16-year old who "knows it all" when in fact, he's really quite dense. The administration picked him because he probably is stoned and dumb and will do whatever they say. I'm proud to say I'm not a liberal. Translation....I still have a brain? Thank God the love spell had no affect on me. I was over this guy the first time he opened his mouth.
Interestingly, the Senate never took up the issue of Obama's birth status, but found it expedient to analyze John McCain's. When asked, McCain promptly provided all necessary documentation. Further, his life was an open book and he was well-known, while Obama has arranged to prevent the release of all records.
from theobamafile.com
On April 10, 2008, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced
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Interestingly, the Senate never took up the issue of Obama's birth status, but found it expedient to analyze John McCain's. When asked, McCain promptly provided all necessary documentation. Further, his life was an open book and he was well-known, while Obama has arranged to prevent the release of all records.
On April 10, 2008, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the U.S. Senate that presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was a 'natural born Citizen,' as specified in the Constitution and eligible to run for President.
"Because he was born to American citizens, there is no doubt in my mind that Senator McCain is a natural born citizen," said Leahy. "I expect that this will be a unanimous resolution of the Senate."
At a Judiciary Committee hearing on April 3, Leahy asked Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, himself a former Federal judge, if he had doubts that McCain was eligible to serve as President.
"My assumption and my understanding is that if you are born of American parents, you are naturally a natural-born American citizen," Chertoff replied.
"That is mine, too," said Leahy.
What's interesting here is that Sen. Leahy, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary, confirms that a "natural born" citizen is the child of American citizen parents.
Parents -- that's two. That's BOTH parents.
Every time the words, "citizen" and "parent," are used by Sen. Leahy and Sec. Chertoff, the plural case, "citizens" and "parents," was used. The plural case is the operative case.
It is Sen. Leahy's opinion -- his own recorded words, on his U. S. Senate website -- that Barack Obama is not a "natural born" citizen, and therefore not eligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief, regardless of his birthplace.
Obama had one American parent --singular -- his mother. His father was a citizen of Kenya, and a subject of Great Britain.
Obama, himself, "at birth," was a citizen of Kenya, and a subject of Great Britain -- he says so on his own campaign website. This fact introduces the concept of "divided loyalties," -- the reason the founders created the eligibility requirement in the first place -- a fact that further underlines Obama's ineligibility.
The source of this information is Sen. Leahy's own website. The webpage contains a statement about the resolution; the resolution, itself; the Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.); and an excerpt of Sec. Chertoff's testimony.
The plural word "parents" is used four times. When used to identify the parents, the word "citizens" is used five times. That's nine times that Sen. Leahy, on his own website describes the eligibility requirement. There is NO PLACE in any of these four documents where the singular case of "parent" or "citizen" is used as in reference to presidential eligibility.
Confirmation hearings are about to begin for a new FCC Chairman that could pose a grave threat to conservative speech. Please see the message below from our friends at the Media Research Center who are taking proactive action to protect and preserve our Free Speech Rights.
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After months of delays, we've just learned that the Senate Commerce Committee
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Confirmation hearings are about to begin for a new FCC Chairman that could pose a grave threat to conservative speech. Please see the message below from our friends at the Media Research Center who are taking proactive action to protect and preserve our Free Speech Rights.
After months of delays, we've just learned that the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a confirmation hearing this coming Tuesday, June 16 to consider President Obama's pick for FCC Chairmain, Julius Genachowski-a strong proponent of "diversity" in the media.
as we've previously explained, diversity in broadcasting is an even more insidious attack on Free Speech Rights because it empowers the government to censor and control the airwaves through backdoor policies that could be expanded to include television, newspapers and the Internet!
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We've made it clear to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that we won't be bullied or intimidated into silence.
Now, we need to focus this message like a laser on the Senators that will be questioning Mr. Genachowski next Tuesday. We need them to ensure that he will not threaten conservative speech if he is confirmed as FCC Chairman.
It's vitally important that Mr. Genachowski hears your voice on Tuesday,
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The deceptive Senate Democrats are at it again.
Liberty Counsel's sources are reporting that the anti-faith
Hate Crimes bill will skip normal procedures and be put
on the fast-track to passage.
According to reports, the Senate leadership will attach
the bill as an amendment to another bill because it is
the "most efficient" way to get it passed -- bypassing
the traditionally longer process of committee
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The deceptive Senate Democrats are at it again.
Liberty Counsel's sources are reporting that the anti-faith
Hate Crimes bill will skip normal procedures and be put
on the fast-track to passage.
According to reports, the Senate leadership will attach
the bill as an amendment to another bill because it is
the "most efficient" way to get it passed -- bypassing
the traditionally longer process of committee deliberations
and markup.
Essentially, Harry Reid and others are going to hide the
bill as an attachment on another bill to expedite passage...
and short-circuit efforts to expose and defeat this
anti-faith measure.
+ + I'm telling Mr. Reid: "I Object!"
Contact Reid and other key Senators now
I'm asking you to support this with a flood of contact that will literally
overwhelm Sen. Reid's office as well as the offices
of other key leaders in the Senate -- along with your
May 27, 2009
http://www.thomasmore.org/qry/page.taf?id=19
ANN ARBOR, MI – Proclaiming that times of crisis do not justify departure from the Constitution, Federal District Court Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff allowed the lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve Board challenging the AIG bailout to proceed. The lawsuit was filed last December by the Thomas More Law Center, a national
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ANN ARBOR, MI – Proclaiming that times of crisis do not justify departure from the Constitution, Federal District Court Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff allowed the lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve Board challenging the AIG bailout to proceed. The lawsuit was filed last December by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and attorney David Yerushalmi, an expert in security transactions and Shariah-compliant financing.
In his well-written and detailed analysis issued yesterday, Judge Zatkoff denied the request by the Obama administration’s Department of Justice to dismiss the lawsuit. The request was filed on behalf of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve Board – the named defendants in the case. In his ruling, the judge held that the lawsuit sufficiently alleged a federal constitutional challenge to the use of taxpayer money to fund AIG’s Islamic religious activities.
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “It is outrageous that AIG has been using taxpayer money to promote Islam and Shariah law, which potentially provides support for terrorist activities aimed at killing Americans. Shariah law is the same law championed by Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban. It is the same law that prompted the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our soil that killed thousands of innocent Americans. We won this skirmish. But the war to stop the federal government from funding Islam and Shariah-compliant financing is far from over.”
In its request to dismiss the lawsuit, the DOJ argued that the plaintiff in the case, Kevin Murray, who is a former Marine and a federal taxpayer, lacked standing to bring the action. And even if he did have standing, DOJ argued that the use of the bailout money to fund AIG’s operations did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The court disagreed, noting, in relevant part, the following:
In this case, the fact that AIG is largely a secular entity is not dispositive: The question in an as-applied challenge is not whether the entity is of a religious character, but how it spends its grant. The circumstances of this case are historic, and the pressure upon the government to navigate this financial crisis is unfathomable. Times of crisis, however, do not justify departure from the Constitution. In this case, the United States government has a majority interest in AIG. AIG utilizes consolidated financing whereby all funds flow through a single port to support all of its activities, including Sharia-compliant financing. Pursuant to the EESA, the government has injected AIG with tens of billions of dollars, without restricting or tracking how this considerable sum of money is spent. At least two of AIG’s subsidiary companies practice Sharia-compliant financing, one of which was unveiled after the influx of government cash. After using the $40 billion from the government to pay down the $85 billion credit facility, the credit facility retained $60 billion in available credit, suggesting that AIG did not use all $40 billion consistent with its press release. Finally, after the government acquired a majority interest in AIG and contributed substantial funds to AIG for operational purposes, the government co-sponsored a forum entitled “Islamic Finance 101.” These facts, taken together, raise a question of whether the government’s involvement with AIG has created the effect of promoting religion and sufficiently raise Plaintiff’s claim beyond the speculative level, warranting dismissal inappropriate at this stage in the proceedings.
Click here to read Judge Zatkoff’s entire ruling.
The lawsuit, which was filed in December of last year in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, is a constitutional challenge to that portion of the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” (EESA) that appropriated $40 billion in taxpayer money to fund and financially support the federal government’s majority ownership interest in AIG, which engages in Shariah-based Islamic religious activities that are anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Jewish.
According to the lawsuit, “The use of these taxpayer funds to approve, promote, endorse, support, and fund these Shariah-based Islamic religious activities violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Murray, a former Marine who served honorably in harm’s way in Iraq to defend our country against Islamic terrorists. Murray objects to being forced as a taxpayer to contribute to the propagation of Islamic beliefs and practices predicated upon Shariah law, which is hostile to his Christian religion. He is being represented by Thomas More Law Center Trial Counsel Robert Muise and by David Yerushalmi, an associated attorney who is an expert in Shariah law and Shariah-compliant financing, as well as general counsel to the Center for Security Policy.
According to the lawsuit, through the use of taxpayer funds, the federal government acquired a majority ownership interest (nearly 80%) in AIG, and as part of the bailout, Congress appropriated and expended an additional $40 billion of taxpayer money to fund and financially support AIG and its financial activities. AIG, which is now a government owned company, engages in Shariah-compliant financing which subjects certain financial activities, including investments, to the dictates of Islamic law and the Islamic religion. This specifically includes any profits or interest obtained through such financial activities. AIG itself describes “Sharia” as “Islamic law based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet [Mohammed].”
With the aid of taxpayer funds provided by Congress, AIG employs a “Shariah Supervisory Committee,” which is comprised of the following members: Sheikh Nizam Yaquby from Bahrain, Dr. Mohammed Ali Elgari from Saudi Arabia, and Dr. Muhammed Imran Ashraf Usmani from Pakistan. Dr. Usmani is the son, student, and dedicated disciple of Mufti Taqi Usmani, who is the leading Shariah authority for Shariah-compliant finance in the world and the author of a book translated into English in 1999 that includes an entire chapter dedicated to explaining why a Western Muslim must engage in violent jihad against his own country or government. According to AIG, the role of its Shariah authority “is to review our operations, supervise its development of Islamic products, and determine Shariah compliance of these products and our investments.”
An important element of Shariah-compliant financing is a form of obligatory charitable contribution called zakat, which is a religious tax for assisting those that “struggle [jihad] for Allah.” The amount of this tax is between 2.5% and 20%, depending upon the source of the wealth. The zakat religious tax is used to financially support Islamic “charities,” some of which have ties to terrorist organizations that are hostile to the United States and all other “infidels,” which includes Christians and Jews.
The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, an example of an Islamic “charity” that qualifies for receipt of the zakat, was recently convicted by a federal jury for providing millions of dollars to Islamic terrorist organizations. As a direct consequence of the taxpayer funds appropriated and expended to purchase and financially support AIG, the federal government is now the owner of a corporation engaged in the business of collecting religious taxes to fund interests adverse to the United States, Christians, Jews, and all other “infidels” under Islamic law.
I would like to know where is the transparency that Sotero promised all of us americans when he was running.
Where's the BEEF Sotero or is it you are getting the beef only. Let me think about this somewhat, Kolbe beef is what you folks are digesting at the W.H., not to bad while us americans are all eating Peanut butter and jelly.
It's high time you step down from your position, you have been their to long already
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I would like to know where is the transparency that Sotero promised all of us americans when he was running.
Where's the BEEF Sotero or is it you are getting the beef only. Let me think about this somewhat, Kolbe beef is what you folks are digesting at the W.H., not to bad while us americans are all eating Peanut butter and jelly.
It's high time you step down from your position, you have been their to long already causing america much harm!!!!!
The purpose of the site is to promote Open Government Dialogue, with Transparency of making Government Operations More Open. At issue is the lack of Transparency with recent call for “Pay-As-You-Go” by Mr. Obama. In Mr. Obama’s announcement of “Pay-As-You-Go” he said the following:
“The 'pay as you go' rule is very simple. Congress can only spend a dollar if it saves a dollar elsewhere. And this principle guides responsible
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The purpose of the site is to promote Open Government Dialogue, with Transparency of making Government Operations More Open. At issue is the lack of Transparency with recent call for “Pay-As-You-Go” by Mr. Obama. In Mr. Obama’s announcement of “Pay-As-You-Go” he said the following:
“The 'pay as you go' rule is very simple. Congress can only spend a dollar if it saves a dollar elsewhere. And this principle guides responsible families managing a budget.”
“Paying for what you spend is basic common sense. Perhaps that's why, here in Washington, it's been so elusive.”
However, Mr. Obama does not mention he is exempting $2.5 trillion from his version of “Pay-As-You-Go”. Mr. Obama's $2.5 trillion is for his own priority agenda items, one of which is paying for part of his Health Care plan. Nor does Mr. Obama mention that his version of “Pay-As-You-Go” will allow spending increases by creating news taxes or increasing existing taxes. Thus bypassing the spirit of "Pay-As-You-Go".
Mr. Obama’s lack of support for full disclosure of the exceptions to his version of “Pay-As-You-Go” does nothing to lead or promote the government to be transparent and open to the Citizens of this Republic.
Vote this “Idea” up if you feel that NO elected representatives or government employees should fail to disclose important aspects of policies, actions, or legislation that has impact on the Citizens of this Republic.
Bank of America CEO: Feds Pressured Bank to Buy Merrill Lynch
Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis testified that the federal government threatened to remove board members at his bank if it reneged on a promise to acquire Merrill Lynch, despite Merrill Lynch's crumbling financial state.
Wake up people. How long can our govenment break the law and get away with it?
Why must the moderate approve some posts? I submitted a post about the need for the US to abandon the UN, but it requires review by a moderator? None of my other posts required this. What happened to free speech in the US?
Each day we here how Obama "saved or created" jobs. How does someone quantify "Jobs Saved?" Yet the media never questions "Jobs Saved". How many of the "Jobs Created" are Government jobs? Government jobs should be excluded from the numbers.
No matter how upset you are about politics, policies, or with other people, NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO START SHOOTING PEOPLE. America and the people that live here are CIVIL people that work their differences out in the courts, and not with guns or civil violence. 666obama.com is very much against civil violence of any form. We blog, we post, because we want to bring about change in a civil manner. If your are thinking like
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No matter how upset you are about politics, policies, or with other people, NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO START SHOOTING PEOPLE. America and the people that live here are CIVIL people that work their differences out in the courts, and not with guns or civil violence. 666obama.com is very much against civil violence of any form. We blog, we post, because we want to bring about change in a civil manner. If your are thinking like Von Brunn, don’t take it out on innocent people. Take your problem to the courts and be civil for goodness sake.
Von Brunn has gone about his differences in the wrong way, and based on the basic information about where his brain was before the shootings, it would seem that he was a man full of hate.
Follow up on this article and others at 666obama.com
We need to have a lottery system that chooses one person from every state to act as a corruption investigator. The selection process should be completely random and there should only be a small criteria to disqualify any selected candidate. The following would be a good start; must be able to get security clearance, must not have been convicted of any federal offenses, must not be a current government employee at any
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We need to have a lottery system that chooses one person from every state to act as a corruption investigator. The selection process should be completely random and there should only be a small criteria to disqualify any selected candidate. The following would be a good start; must be able to get security clearance, must not have been convicted of any federal offenses, must not be a current government employee at any level or have been in the last 10 years, must not currently be on probation for any reason. Pay them 50K per year + a housing allowance and give them a staff of a few people to assist them for a three year term.
Hold on to you hat, I just had a thought (I know, GOD help us all). . . Why do we not turn government on its head by leaving the President and the Supreme Court in DC and moving the Congressional offices, Senate and House of Representatives, to their home areas.
Technology has progressed enough that the Congress could hold teleconferences in their local library office that has a public viewing area. Of course, classified
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Hold on to you hat, I just had a thought (I know, GOD help us all). . . Why do we not turn government on its head by leaving the President and the Supreme Court in DC and moving the Congressional offices, Senate and House of Representatives, to their home areas.
Technology has progressed enough that the Congress could hold teleconferences in their local library office that has a public viewing area. Of course, classified hearings would be closed off, but that would also help force a rotation of individuals so that no one hogs up seats and the library could sell per meeting tickets that would help raise funds to cover the communication, building and utility costs of their operations. That way the voters could have the opportunity to oversee their elected official in action (or inaction), gain a more direct access to them, and promote real Transparency in Government.
This would also help reduce Congress’s carbon footprint by reducing the need to travel back and forth from their offices in DC to their homes within their districts on the weekends.
I'm sure I'Ie missed a few.It's getting more difficult by the day to keep track of which Democrats are involved with exactly what corrupt and/or ethically challenged activities.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and her husband own as much as $500,000 in stock of the troubled OneUnited Bank. In a direct conflict-of-interest, she intervened with regulators on behalf of the bank. Ed Morrissey asks the rhetorical question: "Did
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I'm sure I'Ie missed a few.It's getting more difficult by the day to keep track of which Democrats are involved with exactly what corrupt and/or ethically challenged activities.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and her husband own as much as $500,000 in stock of the troubled OneUnited Bank. In a direct conflict-of-interest, she intervened with regulators on behalf of the bank. Ed Morrissey asks the rhetorical question: "Did Americans go deep into debt to send bailout money to politically-connected banks and to prop up the investment portfolios of elected officials? Apparently, yes we did."
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) engaged in a relationship with a Fannie Mae executive while supposedly overseeing the GSE. Fannie's meltdown -- amid repeated financial scandals and Frank's fierce fight to shield them from regulators -- played a critical role in the financial crisis.
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), the powerful Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, threatened filibuster after filibuster over additional regulation of the mortgage market while accepting funds and sweetheart mortgages from the very organizations he was supposed to be regulating. In fact, Dodd has yet to disclose the nature of his personal loan deals, despite having promised to do so months ago.
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, appears to be the subject of 32 simultaneous ethics issues or investigations including 28 mysterious asset transfers (prohibited by House rules); undisclosed income from his Costa Rican rental property; multiple violations of New York City rent control statutes; killing a tax increase that would have hurt a contributor; and more.
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV), dubbed "the overnight millionaire," is in the news again. He received his nickname because in 2000 Mollohan had no portfolio to speak of while making less than $80K a year. By 2004, he reported having at least $6.3 million in assets that generated income of somewhere around $700K annually. Earlier this week, it was reported that a non-profit funded by Mollohan (with the taxpayers' money, of course) had provided his family with $75,000 in free rent and services.
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), an unindicted co-conspirator from the Abscam days, has had several ethical clouds hanging over his head for decades. The latest theft of taxpayer money is especially disturbing: Over the course of the past decade, Rep. John P. Murtha has earmarked millions of dollars for the Electro-Optics Center at Penn State University — money that has, in turn, gone to clients of the PMA Group, the Murtha-linked lobbying shop that was raided in November as part of a federal criminal probe..
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), a member of the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee, helped award $3.7 billion to companies controlled by her hsuband. Despite an obvious conflict of interest, Feinstein voted for appropriations "worth billions to her husband's firms."
Sen. Harry "Land Deal" Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, collected a $1.1 million windfall profit on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't owned the property for at least three years. Reid also did not disclose to Congress an earlier sale in which he transferred his land to a company created by a friend and took a financial stake in that company. The AP learned of the land deal from a former Reid aide who was concerned that the deal had been "hidden from Congress."
Just remember, peons: these jamokes are all still serving in Congress -- without a care in the world -- because they are above the law. They are royalty, not rabble (like you and I). Sure, if any one of us normal folks had pulled this type of chicanery, we'd be serving ten years in the big house.
Oh come now Nancy ,,
Does this mean your not going to drain the swamp,release the memo or end the culture of corruption?
Boy am I disappointed.Just protecting the privalaged class of the politician as usual.I'm sure this will help all your problems with accountability and transparency go away .Those dam people who whatch FOX or read on the internet will just stop looking at your record of criminality now.Good for you girl.I just know that after you've pissed away the democratic control in the congress by 2010 the dirty repub's will not go back to the past (like you) and prosecute yours and your parties malfeasence.Bon Chance Madamme Speaker.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to buffer lawmakers from federal investigators. This is a bad idea. Special legal protections for politicians encourage unethical conduct.
Irvin B. Nathan, general counsel of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. about establishing a protocol on how to handle "hopefully rare searches and electronic surveillance involving members of Congress." Mr. Nathan previously failed to negotiate such an agreement with the George W. Bush administration when Republicans controlled the House. His return to this effort isn't surprising given the number of congressional Democrats facing accusations of ethical misconduct.
Democrats facing scrutiny include the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, for his close ties to the defense lobby firm PMA Group, which is under federal investigation; House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York about a number of tax issues; Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois over his reported effort to persuade ousted Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich to appoint him to fill President Obama's former Senate seat; and Rep. Jane Harman of California, who reportedly was taped in 2005 by the National Security Agency purportedly agreeing to help seek leniency for two accused Israeli spies in exchange for help in lobbying her appointment to chair the House Intelligence Committee.
Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, invoked the separation of powers as justification for the move. Mrs. Pelosi, who has acknowledged being aware previously of Mrs. Harman's controversial dialogue, claims the stance is a matter of principle. "Whether it's invading an office or wiretapping a conversation, it's important for us to have the separation of powers and the respect for individual liberties, again, while not harboring information that would be useful under the speech [or] debate clause," she said
With the groundbreaking research and unswerving personal dedication of Clifford Carnicom, Dr. Gwen Scott, and many others belonging to the various "skywatch" groups around the country, it becomes increasingly evident that the criminal aerosol Chemtrails assault to which we are continuously subjected is creating unmitigated havoc.(1)
Our immune systems are all under daily and constant siege. Here are some urgent, but unanswered questions relating to the ten-year-plus impact of possibly billions of tons of a poisonous soup of chemtrails, being sprayed on us, by military and commercial planes, for all of us to contemplate.(2) We must demand answers from officials --before our country is destroyed and a police state ensues. The window for accountability is increasingly small. Right now, all we have is a crumbling façade of deception by government officials. Connecting the dots for all of us becomes more urgent with each passing toxic day.
Look up at the sky! Really, look up. Look up frequently. Look up every day! The clouds are not real. The bizarre weather we now experience, on a daily basis, changes significantly throughout each day! Look at the planes with their deadly aerosols assaulting us! Watch how these "trails" spread and merge, and create a greyish cover over our skies. Last month, from Portland, Oregon, to Portland, Maine, I saw massive Chemtrail aerosol operations. Within a few hours, I received numerous calls from health-care providers about the spike in emergency room visits for upper respiratory problems.
None of this is natural! This level of toxicity may be mostly invisible, but it is not safe.
1. Why isn't the American Academy of Environmental Medical [www.aaemonline.org] not looking at the impact of particulate matter, much caused by the toxicity of Chemtrail nano-fiber-coated aluminum that we are breathing with each breath? Their scheduled October 2009 conference ["Body Under Siege: Inflammation and Autoimmunity"] does not address this urgent issue. The US Air Force has admitted using it.(3)
2. How much of human "comatose" or "denial" behavior isn't actually caused by the toxicity of this nano-fiber-coated aluminum in Chemtrails? How much of this is causing widespread cognitive troubles? Aluminum is known to cause dementia. Even in early stages, people are not thinking clearly. This is not just a one-cause issue. There are multiple causes. [See the next paragraph.] However, damage to our cognitive functioning, on a daily basis and over a decade, is already showing much odd behavior. For now, however, it is reported as anecdotal.
There is also another aspect to deteriorating cognitive functioning. Americans are poorly educated and less well-informed than Europeans. It is easy to manipulate a population through Orwellian doublespeak and (ungrounded) fear when millions get their news [read: infotainment] from a carefully orchestrated media --85% of which is controlled by five corporations. Bread and circus (as in ancient Rome) masks the rapid collapse of our country.
3. Millions (possibly billions?) of infants and young children are now afflicted with a variety of chronic upper respiratory illnesses (asthma, chronic bronchitis, hard-to-treat pneumonia). Even now, with these epidemic levels, this is not reported as such by mainstream, corporate-controlled media. Breathing is now deleterious to our health. This, in itself, speaks volumes.
Children are suffering. Why are parents not demanding answers to their childrens' illnesses caused by these environmental poisons? Pharmaceutical drugs sometimes may alleviate symptoms (or cause worse ones), but do not cure. As Bill Moyers just wrote a few days ago: "How can we expect an industry that profits from disease and sickness to police itself?"(4) Why do we not demand prevention?
4. Why isn't every citizen self-testing to see if they have Morgellons (linked to exposure to Chemtrails)? A simple mouthwash test using either organic grape juice or merlot wine would demonstrate to each of us that no one is safe from these poisons. What kind of anger and demand for the cessation of these criminal activities would ensue, if millions of American knew their bodies were infested with these poisons? How outraged would we all be then, as walking Morgellons time-bombs?(5)
5. There is a new emerging field of "environmental cardiology." How many cadiologists actually know what Chemtrails are? Why is this discipline not looking into the link between the dangerous levels of barium in Chemtrail aerosols and the dramatic increase in cardiac illnesses? Barium is known to damage the heart.(6)
6. Why are we all not demanding prevention and the Precautionary Principal (meaning: first, do not harm)? How many Americans even know what the Precautionary Principle is?
7. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Convention [the very core of international human law], and US laws all forbid the use of humans as uninformed test subjects. For our safety, why is there not a massive grassroots movement being organized to force compliance to these international laws?(7)
8. We all have a basic human right to breathe air that isn't filled with deadly brews of aerosols (targeting all mammals), chemicals, bio-weapons, and thousands of other toxins. Now we are unwitting human laboratory rats for untold government/military experiments. What is the relationship to all these multiple poisons and now epidemics of multiple chronic illnesses (auto-immune, cancers, etc.) that so many people now have?(8)
9. All mammals are also seriously being affected by the toxicity of Chemtrails. Our companion animals are suffering greatly, too. Why is the alternative veterinary community so poorly informed about Chemtrails and how it affects pets? If there are alternative Vets who do know, why are they not writing in journals, magazine, and speaking out?
10. How has more than 10 years of this daily Chemtrail assault affected the chaotic and unpredictable weather we have? Winters with extremely warm weather. Snow in June. Early Fall in August. More earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and typhoons. Yes, humans continue to cause enormous damaged to our fragile ecosystems. Yes, mega-corporations are wrecking the entire web of life. Short-term Corporate Greed is their bottom line, not sustainability or safety. In addition, how much of "Climate Change" has truly been caused by these aerosolized metals and other toxins that are sprayed into the air? Are years of aerosol spraying of Chemtrails the cause of Climate Change?
11. Why is out planet Earth losing atmosphere, faster than Venus or Mars?(9) How is the Chemtrail/HAARP assault affecting our atmosphere in other unknown ways? The military tampering with eons-worth of our planet's regulatory systems is being damaged in ways that myopic humans cannot either comprehend or foresee. This military assault has nothing to do with safety, but all to do with supremacy behavior and plans that are endangering the entire planet and all life support systems.
12. We no longer can look up and see normal, Mother-Earth clouds that have blanketed our planet from time immemorial. Why is a synthetic cloud called "asperatus" [meaning "rough" in Latin] being considered for inclusion by the Royal Meteorological Society as a "new" cloud? Clouds are created by Nature. Chemtrail clouds are synthetic.(10) Where are any scientific Chemtrail reports from the Royal Meteorological Society?
13. Where are the REAL AND ACCURATE reports from thousands upon thousands of meteorologists reporting daily weather around the United States (and elsewhere around the globe) and the impact of synthetic Chemtrail and EMF clouds? The daily weather reports from these people are worthless and lack complete credibility without reporting the weather impact of Chemtrails. Have ALL the meteorologists been bought off or threatened? What has happened to Kevin Martin who was the only meteorologist reporting chemtrails (on his website, but now off line)?
Congress is broken. They are working for the banks and corporations. They are not working for us: "we, the people." They are no longer concerned with anything that will benefit American citizens. It is all a sham and an illusion to think that our political system is functioning at all. Writing two weeks ago, Paul Craig Roberts [author and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury], reminded us that the corporations are ruling America.(11) Political corruption is rampant and endemic to this completely bankrupt system. Do we understand what this actually means?
So-called "leaders" are taking us on the fast track to the destruction of our country. Planning for a NW-Disorder, these people have no ethical or moral base. Out-of-control greed is all they know. This demonstrates the very worst of human behavior. War and destruction is profitable and growing; but all our social services safety nets are cut to the bone. This creates massive suffering and illness throughout the USA and the rest of the world. Why should our hard-earned tax dollars continue to go for lies, deceit, and epic fraudulent bailouts? If, as Bob Chapman, Paul Craig Roberts and others have written over the past week, we have a very small window [maybe only a few months] before the US economy completely collapses [how long can green toilet paper continue to be printed and countries believe these astonishing Fed lies?], it is urgent for us to WAKE UP NOW!
14. Where is the entire organic community? Where are the alternative health (both for humans and pets!) and environment communities? Where is help from MOFGA [Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association] and Oregon Tilth that certify what is supposed to be "organic"? Where are the Bioneers? Millions and millions of American spend more on organics because they are supposed to be healthier and safer. Safer than what, if the air is permeated and the soil is laden with the devastation of Chemtrails? These Chemtrail toxins are now poisoning the entire food chain, and we are at the top of it.
15. Where are the thousands of eco, peace, and environmental non-profit organizations (that haven't been infiltrated) who truly care about sustainability and a safe and peaceful future? Why are they not joining together to put a stop to this?
There are quite literally millions of citizens who belong to thousands of these different organizations. Truly, we have the ability to unite and join together in these various organizations and create a massive and peaceful grassroots movement to stop this insanity! This is for our common good. This is for today and for a viable future for our children and grandchildren growing up right now. With Chemtrails poisoning us, there is no livable future. Americans are courageous people! We can step up to the plate. We must.
WHEN YOUR RENEW YOUR YEARLY ENVIRONMENTAL MEMBERSHIP DUES, WITH IT DEMAND --RIGHT NOW-- ACCOUNTABILITY AND REAL CHANGE FOR OUR SAFETY AND PEACE! Think of the possibilities open to us with this kind of united action! A healthy population. Great social services! Communities united. Our children not going to bed hungry at night or without shelter. Children taught peace and social justice, instead of our young children going off to fight for the lies and deceit of three illegal wars. Now, thousands of them now come back in a coffin or physically and emotional wrecked for life. Is this the kind of continued violent "future" we want for our children?
Think of what these "United" States could really accomplish with peace, ethics, truth, and justice! Think of the wonderful possibilities, if our children had a real education (and knew their history) and grew up healthy! Think of what this means for our children and grandchildren! No killing. No violence. No young Boy Scouts learning to shoot so-called 'terriorists"! [What an outrage to Robert Baden Powell's vision!] No children with autism, or cancers, or auto-immune diseases, or multiple chronic illnesses, or epic obesity. No children's hospitals. Truly healthy children. No elders left alone to suffer.
I want our children and grandchildren to go out and play in real, fresh air. To be able to take deep breaths of air filled with health. I want them to play in snow that isn't laden with barium, mercury, and nano-particles of poisons filled with bioweaponized aerosols of influenza and deadly illnesses. Think on this!
Do you remember, after a Spring rain, when air smelled sweet and fresh and clean? I want our children and grandchildren to be able to dangle their feet in a mountain stream, or in a lake that isn't a deadly spew of chemicals that seeps into their skin and poisons them along with the very creatures living there. I want our children and grandchildren to look up and see REAL CLOUDS and magnificent, deep blue skies! I want our children and grandchildren to be safe and healthy! Do you?
We cannot leave any of this to the Orwellian goons and criminals in charge of the Augean Stables Beltway. Their agenda is unmitigated chaos. Is THIS what we want to leave as a legacy for our children?
I am one of the survivors of the horrific, 1-million-acre 2003 southern California FIRESTORM that destroyed my entire neighborhood of 2,000. It left an enormous swath of death and destruction in its wake. Friends, neighbors, and small children were burned to death. This nightmare was caused by 14 arsons. It was not a natural fire. Yet, no one has ever been held accountable. It was all covered up and whitewashed. The president and other public officials all lied to us. Insurance companies (for those that even had coverage) deceived us. This is the US government's modus operandi today. No one in an official capacity who could help us did. FEMA was/is worthless. The mayor in San Diego did not return calls. Neither did the governor, or senators, or congress. Supposedly (on paper), they work for us. As our representatives, the overwhelming majority of them, did not respond.
The one rare exception was California State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth who did help us. Only one official did the right thing. The rest of these people do not belong in office. Basically, for years we have been left alone to try and put some other kind of life back together. But there was almost NO social network or safety net. Deceit is rampant. Hurricanes Rita and Katrina: Nothing is fixed. Tornadoes and massive floods: Nothing is really healed. Lives are devastated, while the rich are taking EVERYTHING for which we worked so hard for decades.
In catastrophes, this is how the US functions. There are trillions of taxpayer dollars for three illegal wars and fat bailouts of our money for CEO's salaries, but a pittance for catastrophe survivors. Further, many of us are now paying increased property taxes on burned destroyed land.
Do we want to wait for FEMA to drag us off --innocent citizens-- to unknown locations on US soil to inter us in "FEMA Camps" [read: prisons], or have our military knock down our doors and assault us or cart us off to who knows where? The US government did it to Japanese citizens during World War II. The US is doing this now, detaining and brutalizing people for years and years. All of this is illegal under our Constitutional laws, now deliberately trashed. The rule of law is gone.(12) What will it take for us to wake up from our stupor?
Do we want this kind of nightmare scenario to replay itself over and overad nauseum? How long can we play the ignorant fools? Now, add on to this: the deliberately created financial debacle. Private banksters, elite insiders, and a shadow government have hijacked our economy and our livelihoods and our entire collective future. Look at the intentional havoc they have caused in such a short time! It is not just the fox watching the hen house. They are vipers.
Will you help?
We do have the ability to create a new paradigm of peace and true prosperity. War and the chronic violence that is endemic to our society can be changed. We need to truly emulate the words of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream." We CAN create that dream!
We need to read, comprehend, and implement the works of Dr. Riane Eisler, Dr. Mae Wan-Ho, and Dr. Vandana Shiva. We need to heed the words of Dr. Rosalie Bertell.(13) These are ethical people who speak for true social justice, partnership, and peace. These are heroic people! We can emulate their visions! It is all do-able. Look around you. Search deep in your hearts. We humans have a long history of rising to the occasion under extreme circumstances. Even within a short time frame, this is possible!
It is the eleventh hour.
Think of the words of Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
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Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri is the author of the critically acclaimed, "The Uterine Crisis" that London's The Ecologist calls "an inspiration."
NOTES
1. See: Clifford Carnicom's April 23, 2009, interview about his latest research with Jeff Rense: www.carnicominstitute.org/rense42309w.mp3; and Clifford Carnicom. "Blood Issues Intensify." April 22, 2009: www.carnicom.com/culture4.htm. Skywatch websites include: www.newyorkskywatch.com; www.californiaskywatch.com, www.orgeonskywatch.com, and www.arizonaskywatch.com
2. Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri "Ten Years into the Chemtrail Wars" www.rense.com /general 84/ tenyrs.htm
11. Paul Craig Roberts. "Who Rules America?" May 18, 2009: www. rense.com/general85/robwho.htm.
12. Paul Craig Roberts. "USA no longer ruled by law."
13. Riane Eisler. Her books include: "The Partnership Way," "Tomorrow's Children," and "The Real Wealth of Nations." See: www.partnershipway.org
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho is the Director of Institute of Science in Society, www.i-sis.org.uk Her latest book is: "The Rainbow and the Worm," third edition.
Dr. Vandana Shiva is Director of the Research Foundation on Science. Her most recent books are: "Earth Democracy; Justice, Sustainability, and Peace." South End Press, 2005, and the editor for "Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed," 2007. See: www.vandanashiva.org Dr. Rosalie Bertell is the author of "No Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth" Toronto: The Women's Press, 1985, and "Planet Earth: the Latest Weapon of War," 2000. She was the founder and past president of the International Institute of Concern of Public Health (IICPH). See: www.iich.org
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