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"Did Obama Break Constitutional Law By Signing The ACTA Treaty?" The Inquisitr.Com

"any treaty between the US and any other country requires Senate approval – which ACTA never got." "...was Obama even allowed to sign ACTA?"
 
It seems that [the] President signed the ACTA treaty a few months ago, with apparently little or no fanfare, but questions are now being asked by those who do keep a very close eye on this – was Obama even allowed to sign ACTA?
 
It has been pointed out that any treaty between the US and any other country, which is exactly what ACTA is, requires Senate approval – which ACTA never got. What it did get was a change in semantics where is was now being called an “executive agreement” so that President Obama didn’t need Senate approval.
 
However, and this is where the constitution comes into play, this “treaty” is about intellectual property (supposedly) and as Mike Masnick at Techdirt points out the president cannot legally sign any intellectual property agreements as an executive agreement and that it must be submitted to the Senate.
 
That said, even if Obama has declared ACTA an executive agreement (while those in Europe insist that it’s a binding treaty), there is a very real Constitutional question here: can it actually be an executive agreement? The law is clear that the only things that can be covered by executive agreements are things that involve items that are solely under the President’s mandate. That is, you can’t sign an executive agreement that impacts the things Congress has control over. But here’s the thing: intellectual property, in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, is an issue given to Congress, not the President. Thus, there’s a pretty strong argument that the president legally cannot sign any intellectual property agreements as an executive agreement and, instead, must submit them to the Senate.

This is why Senator Wyden has asked the President to explain why Congress has been cut out. Scholars have noted their concern that if allowed, this will open the door to allowing the president to regularly route around Congress on international agreements.

I have said before and I will say it again – the success against SOPA and PIPA is only the opening skirmish of a much bigger war being waged around intellectual property. ACTA has been in the background for sometime but now that SOPA and PIPA have been shelved (temporarily) the fight needs to be now directed against the much more insidious and global version called ACTA.

However the question is now before us .. did President Obama knowingly and intentionally sidestep the US Congress in order to placate the entertainment industry; and in doing this did he break United States Constitutional law?  All credit goes to The Inquistr.com
 
 

Obama Signs Global Internet Treaty Worse Than SOPA

White House bypasses Senate to ink agreement that could allow Chinese companies to demand ISPs remove web content in US with no legal oversight

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Thursday, January 26, 2012    http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-global-internet-treaty-worse-than-sopa/

Months before the debate about Internet censorship raged as SOPA and PIPA dominated the concerns of web users, President Obama signed an international treaty that would allow companies in China or any other country in the world to demand ISPs remove web content in the US with no legal oversight whatsoever.

[...]

Under the provisions of ACTA, copyright holders will be granted sweeping direct powers to demand ISPs remove material from the Internet on a whim. Whereas ISPs normally are only forced to remove content after a court order, all legal oversight will be abolished, a precedent that will apply globally, rendering the treaty worse in its potential scope for abuse than SOPA or PIPA.

A country known for its enforcement of harsh Internet censorship policies like China could demand under the treaty that an ISP in the United States remove content or terminate a website on its server altogether. As we have seen from the enforcement of similar copyright policies in the US, websites are sometimes targeted for no justifiable reason."

“That said, even if Obama has declared ACTA an executive agreement (while those in Europe insist that it’s a binding treaty), there is a very real Constitutional question here: can it actually be an executive agreement?” asks TechDirt. “The law is clear that the only things that can be covered by executive agreements are things that involve items that are solely under the President’s mandate. That is, you can’t sign an executive agreement that impacts the things Congress has control over. But here’s the thing: intellectual property, in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, is an issue given to Congress, not the President. Thus, there’s a pretty strong argument that the president legally cannot sign any intellectual property agreements as an executive agreement and, instead, must submit them to the Senate.”.

26 European Union member states along with the EU itself are set to sign the treaty at a ceremony today in Tokyo. Other countries wishing to sign the agreement have until May 2013 to do so.

Critics are urging those concerned about Obama’s decision to sign the document with no legislative oversight to demand the Senate be forced to ratify the treaty."http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-global-internet-treaty-worse-than-sopa/   http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-global-internet-treaty-worse-than-sopa/

 
Photo and copy below from FreeRepublic.com...Please go to: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2838511/replies?c=1 
 
 FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
  REFERRING TO THE KING OF ENGLAND 

  
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation

A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
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"Courtroom Details of Obama’s 1/26 Eligibility Hearing, Georgia" From Gulag Bound

Details from this morning’s eligibility hearing in Georgia, to accompany the Breaking News, “Default Judgment Against Obama Discussed: Today’s Eligibility Hearing in Georgia.”   Found at: http://gulagbound.com/25486/courtroom-details-of-obamas-126-eligibility-hearing-georgia/

Jan. 26, 2012) — The court convened at approximately 9:30 a.m.  Judge Michael Malihi began by asking those present to stand and reading the last paragraph of Atty. Michael Jablonski’s letter to Brian Kemp, Georgia Secretary of State, “into the record,” commenting that Jablonski was not present at the hearing.

The judge called plaintiff David Welden to stand and asked where he resided and if he were a registered voter in the state of Georgia.  Then his attorney, Van Irion, stood and stated that there were three types of citizenship in the United States.  He then provided argument on the definition of “natural born Citizen,” referring to Minor v. Happersett.

“The court should recognize that the term ‘citizen” is not ‘natural born Citizen,’ Irion said. “The Minor court’s definition of ‘natural born Citizen’ says ‘parents.’

“In closing, this case is about the Constitution,” Irion said. We’ve shown that Barack Obama’s father was never a citizen…and that means he is not constitutionally qualified…Finally, the defendant was ordered to be here, and I wish to state on the record that that shows not just a contempt for this court…”

Then Irion was interrupted and stopped speaking.

9:54 a.m.:  Atty. J. Mark Hatfield stood and stating that he represents Kevin Richard Powell and Carl Swensson.  Hatfield mentioned the White House schedule as he saw that it related to Obama’s lack of attendance at the hearing.

Carl Swensson was sworn in at 9:56 a.m. and stated his residence and county.  Then Kevin Powell was asked the same.  Both were asked if they were able to vote for President of the United States.

Swensson and Powell explained their challenges filed with the Secretary of State’s office to the judge.

Hatfield held up the Certification of Nomination which Nancy Pelosi signed in 2008 to place Obama’s name on the ballot.  The judge asked if it was a “certified copy,” and Hatfield answered that it was.  He then read from it, stating that it did not affirm that the candidates met constitutional requirements to serve, while the wording from the Republican National Committee for its candidates did contain that wording.

The judge asked if the documents were from a “United States government source,” and Hatfield answered “Yes, sir, they were.”

Hatfield cited Jablonski’s January 25 letter “indicating that they did not want the proceedings to go forward and did not want to participate.”  Hatfield also entered into evidence Obama’s book, Dreams From My Father.

Ken Allen, a resident of Arizona, stood to present the documentation he had received from the State Department after submitting a FOIA request early in 2009, which The Post & Email reported on here.  He stated that “Barack Obama Sr.” was “never a citizen.”

At 10:09 a.m. someone said, “Let’s take a short break,” and people stood up and began moving around and talking with one another.

At 10:17 a.m., the court was called back in to order.

Atty. Orly Taitz was called upon to speak.  The Georgia registered voter whom she represents, David Farrar, stood and identified himself.

Taitz utilized a projector on the wall to the right of the judge as an aid in her presentation.  She then stated that evidence existed that Obama possessed Indonesian citizenship, to which the judge was heard by this writer to say, “That’s not relevant.”  Taitz then discussed the court’s decision in Minor v. Happersett and was interrupted by the judge, who said, “Counselor, can you save your argument for the closing?”  She then stopped speaking.

Mr. Christopher Strunk of New York then went up to the front of the courtroom to testify, and Taitz began to ask him questions about the passport records of Stanley Ann Dunham, one of which contains the name “Soebarkah.”  Strunk stated, “She wanted that expunged from her record, but we never got that.”

Susan Daniels, Private Investigator from Ohio, then took the stand, and spoke about her investigation which revealed that Obama had reportedly been using a social security number which she contended had not been assigned to him.

Taitz asked Daniels, “What was the social security number attached to your request?” and Daniels read off “042-68-4425.”  Daniels said, “In all my years, I’ve never seen anything like this.”  She stated that the person who had originally owned the number had been born in 1890.

“First I ran the social security number to check the address, and the same number came up for him in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Washington, DC.  It showed a phone number, and it was always the same number…It would show intermittently ‘August 4, 1961′ and ’1890.’”  Daniels stated that she obtained information “directly from the Social Security Administration.”

At 10:30 Mr. Chito Papa took the stand.  He stated that he works in the field of Information Technology including Adobe® software.

Taitz asked Papa if the “birth certificate” which “Obama posted online” had flattened layers.  ”Did you see one layer or multiple layers? Taitz asked.  ”I saw multiple layers,” he answered.

Taitz asked Papa about Obama’s social security number which appeared on his tax return posted on the internet, and Papa stated that the layers had not been flattened.  Taitz then thanked Papa for his testimony.

At 10:36 a.m. another witness, Linda Jordan, was called to the stand.  Taitz adjusted her Powerpoint presentation by means of a laptop computer and began by asking a question about “E-Verify,” the U.S. government’s system for flagging potential illegal immigrants from working.  Jordan stated that she ran Obama’s number through the E-Verify system and said, “When I read it, it was 2011, and it could not verify it.  It came back.”

At 10:39 a.m., Douglas Vogt took the stand.  Vogt stated that he owns a typesetting company and has been “in the business for 18 years now.”

Taitz asked Vogt if he examined the birth certificate which was posted online, and he said, “Yes, I did.”  He stated that “sloping lines” would not be seen if the image had been made from a paper document.

Taitz asked, “Would you expect to see a clear embossed seal on the document?” and Vogt answered, “Yes, I would.”  However, he stated that such was not present on Obama’s birth certificate.  Regarding the number of Obama’s purported birth record, Vogt stated that “federal regs” require that “all birth certificate numbers have to be sequential, starting on January 1.”

At 10:49, witness John Sampson took the stand.  He stated that he has a background in criminal justice, served as a police officer in New York City and worked as an immigration inspector.  His background includes working for the INS in the area of “immigration fraud” and he was also a deportation officer.   He stated that he has testified in front of “federal grand juries.”  He stated that he started his own consulting firm in 2009 and has been self-employed since then.

Taitz asked Sampson about Obama’s social security number, and Sampson said that he “ran” the number 042-68-4425 and that it was assigned to Obama since 1977.

Taitz asked if Sampson had examined the birth certificate, and he said, “Yes.”  He raised the issue of the Nordyke twins’ birth certificate, whose numbers were lower than Obama’s even though their birth occurred a day later.  He stated that the registrar’s name was different than that on the Nordyke twins’ documents and that it was unlikely that the registrar would have been different in the “same hospital” regarding births one day apart.

Sampson recommended further investigation, including subpoenas and court orders, to obtain more information on the number “042-68-4425.”

Sampson mentioned that Obama has also been known as “Barry Soetoro.”

Taitz asked what Sampson thought needed to be done regarding the questions about Obama’s background, and he recommended asking for an official copy of the SS-5 for his social security number application and the Hawaii Department of Health to see “if he was born in Hawaii.”  Sampson stated that an investigation would be “a criminal investigation” through a U.S. attorney’s office.  He said that if a person has been found to be impersonating a U.S. citizen, he would be subject to “deportation.”

Shortly thereafter, Sampson’s testimony ended, and Taitz began discussing Obama’s alleged years in Indonesia from 1968-71, during which he was known as “Barry Soetoro.”

“We have another boy who from 1968-69 was in Hawaii,” she said.  The judge then said, “Are you testifying?  Do you know how?” which brought laughter from the assembly. The judge then said she could discuss the matter during closing arguments.  Taitz responded, “I would like to testify,” after which she took the stand.

Taitz stated that “Mr. Obama has resigned from the bar.”  The judge asked, “How is that relevant?” Taitz said that it was pertinent because Obama was “hiding his identity.”

“I’m going to ask you to submit your testimony in writing,” the judge said.  ”OK,” Taitz said.  She then left the stand and spoke from the assembly once again.  She stated that “We have clear evidence of fraud and forgery…Mr. Obama has used other last names…”  She then stated that of all the lawsuits filed against Obama regarding his eligibility, none were heard on “the merits.”  Taitz asked Judge Malihi to order the release of Obama’s records in Hawaii and to hold Obama in “contempt of court” for failing to appear at the hearing.

The judge said, “Thank you” and adjourned the court at 11:12 a.m.  Found at: http://gulagbound.com/25486/courtroom-details-of-obamas-126-eligibility-hearing-georgia/

 
Also see  in the comment section of 1/25/2012 of:    
Veritas
January 25th, 2012 @ 1:47 pm

from a current article on thepostemail site (Sharon Rondeau) titled:

“Transformation and Infiltration of America: The United States of Frankenstein

  1. OBAMA’S PLAN FOR AMERICA
    by Dr. Laurie Roth, Presidential Candidate
  2. Press Interview Sunday, Sept. 7th, 2008 with Obama
  3. “The National Anthem should be ‘swapped’ for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song ‘I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing.’ If that were our anthem, then I might salute it. In my opinion, we should consider reinventing our National Anthem as well as ‘redesign’ our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. It’s my intention, if elected, to disarm America to the level of acceptance to our Middle East Brethren. If we, as a Nation of warring people, conduct ourselves like the nations of Islam, where peace prevails —perhaps a state or period of mutual accord could exist between our governments…..”
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Obama's Attorney Jablonski Slapped Down By Georgia SOS Over Obama's Ballot Access Hearing

“if you and your client (Obama) choose to suspend your participation in the OSAH proceedings, please understand that you do so at your own peril.”
 
"If Obama’s lawyer chooses not to attend the next hearing then go for summary judgment FTW and disallow Obama’s name to be placed on the ballot." Comment by Jack Hydrazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2837920/posts#comment
 
"The problem for Obama is if he provides the documents, it will only hasten the final decision against him.  On top of that, his attorney is not going to submit documents he knows to be fraudulent. Jablonski is not going to go to prison and get disbarred for Obama. That's the real reason Jablonski is not going to be at the hearing." Comment by SeaHawkFan   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2837920/posts#comment
 
"Jablonski is definitely between a rock and hard place. Apparently, being held in contempt for failing to appear tomorrow looks to Jablonski like the better option. Not much sleep tonight for the patsy Jablonski. Just another dupe Obama has put in jeopardy." Comment by iontheball
 
 
How long can the mainstream media avoid letting people hear about this???
 
 
REMINDER: 
Article II Super PAC Providing Live Internet Video Stream 
From Inside Obama's 3 Georgia Ballot Hearings

MORE LIVE STREAM DETAILS HERE: http://www.art2superpac.com/livevideo.html

ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY FACTS HERE: http://www.art2superpac.com/issues.html

 
 
 
Above reads as:
 

Dear Mr. Jablonski:

I received your letter expressing your concerns with the manner in which the Office of State Administrative Hearings (”OSAH”) has handled the candidate challenges involving your client and advising me that you and your client will “suspend” participation in the administrative proceeding. While I regret that you do not feel that the proceedings are appropriate, my referral of this matter to an administrative law judge at OSAH was in keeping with Georgia law, and specifically O.C.G.A. § 21-2-5.

As you are aware, OSAH Rule 616-1-2-.17 cited in your letter only applies to parties to a hearing. As the referring agency, the Secretary of State’s Office is not a party to the candidate challenge hearings scheduled for tomorrow. To the extent a request to withdraw the case referral is procedurally available, I do not believe such a request would be judicious given the hearing is set for tomorrow morning.

In following the procedures set forth in the Georgia Election Code, I expect the administrative law judge to report his findings to me after his full consideration of the evidence and law. Upon receipt of the report, I will fully and fairly review the entire record and initial decision of the administrative law judge. Anything you and your client place in the record in response to the challenge will be beneficial to my review of the initial decision; however, if you and your client choose to suspend your participation in the OSAH proceedings, please understand that you do so at your own peril.

I certainly appreciate you contacting me about your concerns, and thank you for your attention to this
matter.

Sincerely,
Brian P. Kemp

http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/01/obamas-attorney-jablonski-slapped-down.html
 
 With this letter it's game on!
 
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Zer0's train wreck rolls on... (Clever Photos from comments during SOTU Address)

He says the same old stuff all the time. It was nothing but a canned stump speech. He talked about new agencies and more oversight one hour and made noise about smaller more efficient government in the next. He is insulting our intelligence and I don’t really think even half of these people clapping really believe anything he’s saying any more than we do. During State of the Union Address 1/24/2012 Comment # 1719 by Califreak at: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2837355/posts?q=1&;page=1719#1719

 
 
 
 
A man goes to heaven and meets St.Peter. St.Peter says, today is different, you have a choice between heaven or hell, we will give you a day in each and you make the choice. So the man says ok and they send him to hell. He gets to hell and its green as far as the eye can see. He sees a huge keg of beer, a golf course and his old buddies. He plays a round of golf, drinks and hangs out with his buddies. He thinks this is great! So then he goes to heaven. He gets there and its quiet, you can jump from cloud to cloud and play the harp. At the end of the day St.Peter goes to him and asks what his choice is. Without pause he says "I'll take hell over this any day". He immediately goes to hell. When he gets there its nothing but dirt and lava. The beer keg is gone, and his buddies are nowhere to be found. The man yells to the devil, what happened? This place was amazing yesterday. The devil replies, "Yesterday we were campaigning, today you voted". http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2837355/posts?q=1&;page=1719#1719
 
Zer0's train wreck rolls on.

US Debt 1-8-12

 
 
 

I FOOLED YOU ONCE SHAME ON ME.
FOOL YOU TWICE SHAME ON YOU
 
 
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We’re on our way to full blown tyranny folks. . . “Fairness for all and responsibility from all.” Obama

 Obama’s SOTU address is just another campaign rehash of class warfare, income redistribution and bigger government guised as ‘fairness’, ‘equality’ and the other usual progressive talking points. We’re on our way to full blown tyranny folks. . . “Fairness for all and responsibility from all.” . . “Consolidate the Bureaucracy.” . .

“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” Karl Marx, 1875, Critique of the Gotha Program.

We are at War with a domestic enemy. We have a born and bred Marxist in the White House! When are independents going to’ get it’? Marxists/socialists/communist end up killing people! Wake up America!

We need the independent vote. A nice tidy list of informational urls on Obama to send to your indie friends:

The Obama File

Discover the Networks - Barack Hussein Obama

Commieblaster.com on Obama

Trevor Loudon's excellent blog - Obama articles

Obama's Political Evolution

Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer

Challenge your independent friends to read this information! If every American had only known this information prior to the 2008 election. Education is the key. Pass them on!


Comment Post # 1,271 posted on 1/24/2012 during Obama's State of the Union Address by Art in Idaho  at:  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2837355/posts?q=1&;page=1251

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"Obama tells USA you might pick the wrong health insurance, mortgage, school for your kids; unless he stops you"

...unless he stops you, you might pick the wrong light bulb!" (paraphrased) Mitch Daniels' GOP Response to Obama's State of the Union Address 

Transcript: GOP Response From Gov. Mitch Daniels

Tuesday, 01/24/12 10:31pm

Following is the full text of Gov. Mitch Daniels' Republican Address to the Nation, as prepared for delivery:

"The status of 'loyal opposition' imposes on those out of power some serious responsibilities: to show respect for the Presidency and its occupant, to express agreement where it exists. Republicans tonight salute our President, for instance, for his aggressive pursuit of the murderers of 9/11, and for bravely backing long overdue changes in public education. I personally would add to that list admiration for the strong family commitment that he and the First Lady have displayed to a nation sorely needing such examples.

"On these evenings, Presidents naturally seek to find the sunny side of our national condition. But when President Obama claims that the state of our union is anything but grave, he must know in his heart that this is not true.

"The President did not cause the economic and fiscal crises that continue in America tonight. But he was elected on a promise to fix them, and he cannot claim that the last three years have made things anything but worse: the percentage of Americans with a job is at the lowest in decades. One in five men of prime working age, and nearly half of all persons under 30, did not go to work today.

"In three short years, an unprecedented explosion of spending, with borrowed money, has added trillions to an already unaffordable national debt. And yet, the President has put us on a course to make it radically worse in the years ahead. The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy; it borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours.

"The President's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars. In fact, it works the other way: a government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class, and those who hope to join it.

"Those punished most by the wrong turns of the last three years are those unemployed or underemployed tonight, and those so discouraged that they have abandoned the search for work altogether. And no one has been more tragically harmed than the young people of this country, the first generation in memory to face a future less promising than their parents did.

"As Republicans our first concern is for those waiting tonight to begin or resume the climb up life's ladder. We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have nots; we must always be a nation of haves and soon to haves.

"In our economic stagnation and indebtedness, we are only a short distance behind Greece, Spain, and other European countries now facing economic catastrophe. But ours is a fortunate land. Because the world uses our dollar for trade, we have a short grace period to deal with our dangers. But time is running out, if we are to avoid the fate of Europe, and those once-great nations of history that fell from the position of world leadership.

"So 2012 is a year of true opportunity, maybe our last, to restore an America of hope and upward mobility, and greater equality. The challenges aren't matters of ideology, or party preference; the problems are simply mathematical, and the answers are purely practical.

"An opposition that would earn its way back to leadership must offer not just criticism of failures that anyone can see, but a positive and credible plan to make life better, particularly for those aspiring to make a better life for themselves. Republicans accept this duty, gratefully.

"The routes back to an America of promise, and to a solvent America that can pay its bills and protect its vulnerable, start in the same place. The only way up for those suffering tonight, and the only way out of the dead end of debt into which we have driven, is a private economy that begins to grow and create jobs, real jobs, at a much faster rate than today.

"Contrary to the President's constant disparagement of people in business, it's one of the noblest of human pursuits. The late Steve Jobs - what a fitting name he had - created more of them than all those stimulus dollars the President borrowed and blew. Out here in Indiana, when a businessperson asks me what he can do for our state, I say 'First, make money. Be successful. If you make a profit, you'll have something left to hire someone else, and some to donate to the good causes we love.'

"The extremism that stifles the development of homegrown energy, or cancels a perfectly safe pipeline that would employ tens of thousands, or jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human health or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy. It must be replaced by a passionate pro-growth approach that breaks all ties and calls all close ones in favor of private sector jobs that restore opportunity for all and generate the public revenues to pay our bills.

"That means a dramatically simpler tax system of fewer loopholes and lower rates. A pause in the mindless piling on of expensive new regulations that devour dollars that otherwise could be used to hire somebody. It means maximizing on the new domestic energy technologies that are the best break our economy has gotten in years.

"There is a second item on our national must-do list: we must unite to save the safety net. Medicare and Social Security have served us well, and that must continue. But after half and three quarters of a century respectively, it's not surprising that they need some repairs. We can preserve them unchanged and untouched for those now in or near retirement, but we must fashion a new, affordable safety net so future Americans are protected, too.

"Decades ago, for instance, we could afford to send millionaires pension checks and pay medical bills for even the wealthiest among us. Now, we can't, so the dollars we have should be devoted to those who need them most.

"The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change nothing. Listening to them much longer will mean that these proud programs implode, and take the American economy with them. It will mean that coming generations are denied the jobs they need in their youth and the protection they deserve in their later years.

"It's absolutely so that everyone should contribute to our national recovery, including of course the most affluent among us. There are smart ways and dumb ways to do this: the dumb way is to raise rates in a broken, grossly complex tax system, choking off growth without bringing in the revenues we need to meet our debts. The better course is to stop sending the wealthy benefits they do not need, and stop providing them so many tax preferences that distort our economy and do little or nothing to foster growth.

"It's not fair and it's not true for the President to attack Republicans in Congress as obstacles on these questions. They and they alone have passed bills to reduce borrowing, reform entitlements, and encourage new job creation, only to be shot down time and time again by the President and his Democratic Senate allies.

"This year, it falls to Republicans to level with our fellow citizens about this reality: if we fail to act to grow the private sector and save the safety net, nothing else will matter much. But to make such action happen, we also must work, in ways we Republicans have not always practiced, to bring Americans together.

"No feature of the Obama Presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others. As in previous moments of national danger, we Americans are all in the same boat. If we drift, quarreling and paralyzed, over a Niagara of debt, we will all suffer, regardless of income, race, gender, or other category. If we fail to shift to a pro-jobs, pro-growth economic policy, there will never be enough public revenue to pay for our safety net, national security, or whatever size government we decide to have.

"As a loyal opposition, who put patriotism and national success ahead of party or ideology or any self-interest, we say that anyone who will join us in the cause of growth and solvency is our ally, and our friend. We will speak the language of unity. Let us rebuild our finances, and the safety net, and reopen the door to the stairway upward; any other disagreements we may have can wait.

"You know, the most troubling contention in our national life these days isn't about economics, or policy at all. It's about us, as a free people. In two alarming ways, that contention is that we Americans just can't cut it anymore.

"In word and deed, the President and his allies tell us that we just cannot handle ourselves in this complex, perilous world without their benevolent protection. Left to ourselves, we might pick the wrong health insurance, the wrong mortgage, the wrong school for our kids; why, unless they stop us, we might pick the wrong light bulb!

"A second view, which I admit some Republicans also seem to hold, is that we Americans are no longer up to the job of self-government. We can't do the simple math that proves the unaffordability of today's safety net programs, or all the government we now have. We will fall for the con job that says we can just plow ahead and someone else will pick up the tab. We will allow ourselves to be pitted one against the other, blaming our neighbor for troubles worldwide trends or our own government has caused.

"2012 must be the year we prove the doubters wrong. The year we strike out boldly not merely to avert national bankruptcy but to say to a new generation that America is still the world's premier land of opportunity. Republicans will speak for those who believe in the dignity and capacity of the individual citizen; who believe that government is meant to serve the people rather than supervise them; who trust Americans enough to tell them the plain truth about the fix we are in, and to lay before them a specific, credible program of change big enough to meet the emergency we are facing.

"We will advance our positive suggestions with confidence, because we know that Americans are still a people born to liberty. There is nothing wrong with the state of our Union that the American people, addressed as free-born, mature citizens, cannot set right. Republicans in 2012 welcome all our countrymen to a program of renewal that rebuilds the dream for all, and makes our 'city on a hill' shine once again."

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Hey Mr. Big Shot (Obama Rejects Pipeline) Who Do You Think You Are?

We need a Rick Santelli rant calling for Nationwide PRO Keystone Pipeline Protest
 
Insert these words in to Rick Santelli's rant below "Mr. President, Obama,  have people vote on the internet, as a referendum whether we would like to have the KEYSTONE PIPELINE, whether we want those jobs in America!!! (APPLAUSE) President Obama are you listening?"
 

 
 

Rick Santelli Rant - Chicago Tea Party - Join Now - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=APAD7537RN0Feb 20, 2009 - 5 min - Uploaded by AnthonyAstolfi
Join Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party here: http://www.reteaparty.com
"...the prime minister of Canada said yesterday, I'm paraphrasing, "You Americans are absolutely nuts. If you want to treat your whole country like an off-limits National Park you go right ahead, but... "  http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/01/18/election_year_politics_obama_rejects_keystone_floats_phony_budget_cuts
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As We Ponder America's Future... Flashback Photo: Christian Golczynski accepts the flag from his father's casket.

Choking back tears, Christian Golczynski accepted the flag from his father's casket.  Photographer Aaron Thompson described this moment as "the most emotionally moving event I may have ever witnessed and may ever witness in my life."


 


Christian Golcznski, Child of a Fallen Marine From The Iraq War Receives American Flag from Marine Lt. Col. Ric Thompson During a Military Funeral for Staff Sgt. Marcus Golczynski

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Golczynski, 30, was killed in Iraq on March 27 in Iraq while on his second tour of duty. Golczynski, also known as "Sergeant Ski," was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's Third Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, Nashville.

 
Awaken O, America
  
 
Four more years?


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Krauthammer: Obama's Recess Appointments Part Of "A Long String Of Lawless Actions"

“I think it's not about the appointee or even about the agency. I think this is a lawless action by the president, the end of a long string of lawless actions. It's banana republic style. The president saying I won't let Congress stop me,' actually. It’s in Constitution that you have to have the Senate approval, the Senate. He can only make recess appointment if the Senate is in recess. It is not in recess," Charles Krauthammer said about President Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
From:Real Clear Politics
 
(see video of Charles Krauthammer's remarks  made on Fox News Special Report at:   
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House Republicans Score a Coup for Freedom of Light Bulb Choice!

"Congressional Republicans dropped almost all of the policy restrictions they tried to attach to the bill, but won inclusion of the light bulb provision, which prevents the Obama administration from carrying through a 2007 law that would have set energy efficiency standards that effectively made the traditional light bulb obsolete."
"Congressional negotiators struck a deal Thursday that overturns the new rules that were to have banned sales of traditional incandescent light bulbs beginning next year."
"That agreement is tucked inside the massive 1,200-page spending bill that funds the government through the rest of this fiscal year, and which both houses of Congress will vote on Friday. Mr. Obama is expected to sign the bill, which heads off a looming government shutdown." 
Excerpted from :

Eureka! Congress blocks the incandescent light bulb ban

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Compromising Positions Deja vu? Taxing the rich during Bill Clinton's reign 1993

"Not only is the Clinton plan now poised to raise taxes in the face of a weakening economy ( the key blunder of the 1990 Bush plan) but nearly all of the increases will be shouldered by only one class of taxpayers--those with six-figure incomes. They are unexpectedly being asked to help make up for the loss of revenue from the now-dead energy tax by paying nearly $7 billion in new taxes, retroactive to last January."  (1993 Congressional Democrats idea "wringing an estimated $6.75 billion out of "rich people" by income-tax hike)
 
 
Found in an article  HOW THE BUDGET BILL WENT AWRY Compromising Positions,  The Bottom Line/ Christopher Byron,  New York Magazine,  August 16, 1993  page 16-19
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Obama's new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax!

"President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees."  See  http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/08/obama-couldnt-wait-his-new-christmas-tree-tax/ for complete details and article.
 
"To pay for the new Federal Christmas tree image improvement and marketing program, the Department of Agriculture imposed a 15-cent fee on all sales of fresh Christmas trees by sellers of more than 500 trees per year (7 CFR 1214.52). And, of course, the Christmas tree sellers are free to pass along the 15-cent Federal fee to consumers who buy their Christmas trees." http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/08/obama-couldnt-wait-his-new-christmas-tree-tax/ for more.
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"Why Obama should withdraw" Steve Chapman of Chicago Tribune

"The vultures are starting to circle. Former White House spokesman Bill Burton said that unless Obama can rally the Democratic base, which is disillusioned with him, "it's going to be impossible for the president to win." Democratic consultant James Carville had one word of advice for Obama: "Panic." "Steve Chapman, columnist for Chicago Tribune.
Two interesting comment made about this article:
nick_2011 at 1:22 PM September 19, 2011
 
That surprises me that the Chicago Tribune, mouthpiece for the liberal media, would dare to say this.
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victorialabreeze at 1:21 PM September 19, 2011

Can anyone answer this question:  The secret service protects former presidents so that they can't be kidnapped and forced to spill out national security secrets, etc., When obama leaves office, how do we know that he, being a socialist, won't take the secrets with him and negotiate with the enemy against America? He has no heartfelt ties nor has he shown any type of national pride in America which is why I think he was not born here.  How can we guard against this happening? How do we know he won't partner with china or russia against us?

We need to beware. I have posed this question to many people in leadership positions and they are concerned as well. What do you think?  
 
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"Gulf War Syndrome Is Brain Damage Caused By Nerve Gas" UT Southwestern Study Proves

"... a legitimate war injury caused b? chronic exposure tο minimal amounts οf sarin gas."
 
Gulf War Syndrome Is Brain Damage Caused By Nerve Gas, Not Psychological Issues, UT Southwestern Study Proves
Excerpted from:  http://standardinsurancetexas.com/gulf-war-syndrome-is-brain-damage-caused-by-nerve-gas-not-psychological-issues-ut-southwestern-study-proves-dallas-observer/
" There′s nο denying it now: Gulf War Syndrome, characterized by memory loss, lack οf concentration, neuropathic pain and depression, is a physiological illness, nοt a psychological one. A UT Southwestern study, published in th? journal Radiology, used a specialized MRI that specifically measures blood flow in the brain and detected marked abnormalities in the brains οf those with Gulf War Syndrome. Nοt οnly haνe those abnormalities persisted fοr 20 years, bυt in sοme cases they′ve worsened. The findings mark a significant advancement in ουr understanding οf the syndrome, which was fοr years written οff by the Defense Department and the Department οf Veterans Affairs as a form οf combat stress rather than an objectively diagnosable injury. Dr. Robert Haley, chief epidemiologist at UT Southwestern, and a cadre οf clinicians and researchers, have struggled with the government fοr some 18 years fοr research funding and tο have the syndrome recognized as a legitimate war injury caused by chronic exposure tο minimal amounts οf sarin gas . “This was really one οf the first techniques tο shοw an objective picture οf whether there′s really brain damage οr nοt,” Haley tells Unfair Park."
 
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Obama To Crowd of (Labor Union Members, Mental Patients and Rent-A-Mob?): "If you love me, pass my jobs bill"

"I always wonder who the people in the background are? Are they mostly labor union members, mental patients, rent - a- mob? I simply can't understand the support for this man! " comment by rs4
 
"What is there to say except "vomit." comment by rprey
 
Obama: If you love me, pass my jobs bill  
 
"One supporter from the raucous crowd shouted to Obama that they loved him, and in a standard response from his 2008 campaign he replied "I love you back" then added a new twist.
 
"If you love me, you got to help me pass this bill," Obama said, repeating the line to more cheers. "  Excerpted from: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.73fa2bce50221a12ab98013337927324.411&show_article=1
 
More comments:
 
"President B.O.zo on the stump! Have you all noticed that he has his African American dialect back. "Foaaah moaaah yeeeeuuuz! Thatsawahmaskin'!" Right... four more years, and the destruction of the American way of life will be complete." comment by Myron Monk
 
 
"My God, this clown gets more embarrassing by the day. I am genuinely ashamed my president conducts himself and the nation's business in this manner. Barry is no longer electable, IMHO. He has turned our country's most serious issue into a campaign slogan for his own re-election. He will have his die-hard fans who will follow him straight off that cliff just ahead but I'm done.  Barry, I would update that resume if I were you. To quote 'The Donald'; "You're fired!"  comment by martinva
 
the four comments above are in regards to the article:  Obama: If you love me, pass my jobs bill  
 
Narcissistic Obama
 
obama narcissistic obama kissing self
photo from:lin sugar lips at: "Could Obie be a psycghopath?" at: http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/could-obie-be-a-psychopath/question-1848001/
 
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