According to the Kansas City Star, there were 75 'nay' votes for the complete defunding of ACORN. The vote passed 345 to 75 in favor of the defunding. All 75 'nay' votes were democrats.
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E. B.
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kucinich
Larsen (WA)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lynch
Markey (MA)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks (NY)
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler (NY)
Neal (MA)
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Polis (CO)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sánchez, Linda T.
Schakowsky
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Tsongas
Velázquez
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Wexler
Woolsey
I'm embarassed. Emanuel Cleaver is my representative, and he voted 'nay'. (I can already see the T-Shirts, 'Cleaver for underage illegal alien prostitution') Actually i'm not too surprised, SEIU is one of his biggest campaign contributors, and am I not suprised to see Dianne Watson (the race-baiting Castro lover), Henry Waxman (the ugly one who sits on the commerce and energy committee), and ... CHARLIE RANGLE (the one who failed to report 2.4 million dollars on his taxes) among the noes list.
There were some surprising names for the yea votes. (Conyers, the guy who said that the powers that be decided against a federal ACORN investigation), and Al Franken (former Air America host and SEIU's 3rd largest recipient in campaign funds). Some prominent names were missing from the vote altogether (Nancy Pelosi, and Barney Frank)
If your congressman is named in the list above, VOTE THEM OUT.
In my article titled "Impeccable Timing', Nancy Pelosi names Phil Angelides to chair the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. He just so happens to chair the Apollo Alliance (they drafted the stimulus bill we love so much), and ACORN. To make things even muckier, ACORN announced who will perform their internal investigation the notables are..
John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Andrew 'Andy' Stern, International President, SEIU
Eric Eve, Senior VP of Global Consumer Group, Community Relations, Citigroup
With an all star cast like this, and the federal chair of the investigation into these guys, I put my money on nobody finds anything.
This story surfaced on Big Government blog and was written by Phil Kerpen. This article is out standing. Once again, we have high level government officials (Nancy Pelosi, D-CA) appointing Phil Angelides to chair the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. One problem, he also chairs ACORN and the Apollo Alliance. Where have I heard that before? Van Jones. What are the odds that he will turn a blind eye to the corrupt organizations and sweetheart deals?
Try this one on for size, Are President Jimmy Carter and ACORN some how responsible for the sub-prime mortgage crisis? Read this article and you tell me. If this is true, what are the implications? Will Phil Angelides bring this out in the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report?
On a side note, I launched a new blog dedicated to our technology and media rights. Check it out and let me know what you think.
With the firestorm of ACORN controversy as of late, there has been an unraveling of sorts on the political left. Ann Coulter in her book accurately describes the totem pole of liberal victimology. It is quite simple really, in order to champion the disenfranchised, you must yourself remain a victim. For example, if a woman murders her abusive husband, the liberal will spin the events in such a manner so that her status a victim will clear her of the wrongdoing, (the sex card) when the fact remains that all murder is wrong. With ACORN however, they represent the poor, (the class card) as long as they're not white, and blacks, as long as they're not rich. (the race card) In the realm of liberal ideology, race trumps sex. Why else would the media jump ship during the democratic primary? Here you have Hillary Clinton, a rich white woman from an affluent background and an extensive background in the political limelight, juxtaposed to Barrack Obama, a black man from a poor family and a bit of an unknown on the national stage, other than liberalism 101, poor black trumps rich white. Hillary was immediately thrown under the bus by the media, and Obama was portrayed as the savior of the disenfranchised. Or was he?
When faced with tough questions about the economy, what was the response from democratic officials? "We inherited a deficit from Bush, the bush deficit, the bush economy et cetera" (remove yourself from responsibility by maintaining your status as a victim) Look at the statements he's made here over healthcare. With one hand, he champions the poor and the elderly, but misrepresents some facts in order to push the agenda. Upon careful examination of the statements and the actions of ACORN, they claim to champion the disenfranchised with one hand, and with the other attempt to usurp power. They defend their employees with their lips, and throw them to the wolves with their hands. There is a liberal behind every double standard. And the biggest double standard is yet to come.
Enter Sarah Palin, love her or hate her, you defiantly heard of her. Here is a woman (liberals love to champion womens issues) who is a political power player, and now she is the pariah of liberal politics, and the laughing stock of liberal pundits worldwide. Why go through so much effort to destroy such a woman? Well it's because she doesn't fit the mold. Here is a woman who is pro-life (liberals hate these types) and pro gun (liberals really hate them) who has more executive experience than 'The One' and has a down syndrome baby. They hate her because she is not a product of their woman's liberation efforts, and people like her must be destroyed at any cost, thus the increase in the cases of PDS. (Palin derangement syndrome, it's real folks don't let it happen to you)
This story that surfaced on breitbart.com reports that the Baltimore city state's attorney Patricia C. Jessamy is considering prosecuting those responsible for taping the ACORN employees on charges that they violated Maryland's wiretap laws. Maryland law prohibits the interception of communications without the consent of all persons to the communication, and is punishable by five years in prison. I had just one question, does the Maryland state law concerning the law of intercepting communications apply to the two journalists?
The answer can be found to this question can be found not by looking forward, but into the past. Linda Tripp was charged by the state of Maryland for violating the state's wiretapping laws, and thus the evidence she submitted in the Monica Lewinsky trial was inadmissible. Notice the pattern here? The Maryland state wiretapping law states the following; Unlawful acts. -- Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle it is unlawful for any person to: (1) Willfully intercept, endeavor to intercept, or procure any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any wire, oral, or electronic communication; (2) Willfully disclose, or endeavor to disclose, to any other person the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication in violation of this subtitle; or
(3) Willfully use, or endeavor to use, the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication in violation of this subtitle. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §10-402(a)(1)-(a)(3).
"Intercept" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §10-401(3)
"Electronic, mechanical, or other device" means any device or electronic communication other than: (i) Any telephone...equipment...or any component thereof... furnished by the subscriber or user for connection to the facilities of the service and used in the ordinary course of its business. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §10-401(4)(i).
It is lawful under this subtitle for a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication where the person is a party to the communication and where all of the parties to the communication have given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution of laws of the United States or of this State. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §10-402(c)(3).
For the lot who don't understand leaglease, what this all means concerning the ACORN case is that the two journalists didn't wiretap, or illegally intercept any communications as defined by Maryland state law because the device used to obtain the evidence is exempt from the wiretapping laws, the obtaining party was a participant in the communication, and the communication revealed a conspiracy to commit multiple, heinous crimes. Did I mention the 10th Circuit Cort of Appeals ruling in 1974 that states the following?
"The government has adopted the position of the trial court below that the intercepting device was the recorder and not an extension telephone. While such a view avoids the problem presented, we are simply not persuaded by this contention. We agree with appellant that the recording of a conversation is immaterial when the overhearing is itself legal. It is the means whereby the contents of the conversation are acquired that is crucial. See State v. Vizzini, 115 N.J. Super. 97, 278 A.2d 235. A recording device placed next to, or connected with, a telephone receiver cannot itself be the "acquiring" mechanism. It is the receiver which serves this function--the recorder is a mere accessory designed to preserve the contents of the communication. This interpretation comports squarely with the clear distinction drawn between "intercepting" and "recording" under 18 U.S.C. § 2518(8) (a), which deals with judicially authorized interceptions: The contents of any wire or oral communication intercepted by any means authorized by this chapter shall, if possible, be recorded on tape or wire or other comparable device."
Case and point, the legal president states that these two journalists did not in any shape or form flout the law prohibiting wiretaps. The legal president has been established the two journalists should walk away from this.
Okay, I know it's been a while since last posted, but i have been busy, and it's not like I make a lot of money doing this, so it's put on the back burner now and again. I digress however, and will now proceed to opine on the topic of two 'ers'.
In case you have been living under a rock for the past 3 months, ( or just don't pay attention to to current events) there is a 'theory' circulating in several circles who believe that our democratically elected President Barack Obama, was not born in the United States, as required by Article II, section I, paragraph 5 of the US Constitution.
"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."
Now, if ... and this a big if, what these 'birthers' claim is indeed proven to be true, the president would be removed from office, as read in Article II, section 4.
"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
FACTS: 1) Both major newspapers in the state of Hawaii announced the birth of one Barack H. Obama to a Mr and Mrs Barack Obama on the date of 4 Aug 1961 2) There are these photos posted here.
SPECULATION: There would have had to have been an extremely well coordinated effort to manufacture the evidence.
OPINION: The birther claims are bogus claims perpetuated by people who hate Obama. Open and shut, case closed.
When I first saw the story, I believed the claims, but a little research, and some good 'ole fashioned common sense led me to change my mind. I'm not exactly Barack Obama's biggest fan, but these claims are simply beyond the pale. I'm glad that I quit stirring my KoolAid on this.
Now there exists another group of 'ers' that need to be addressed as well. While the 9/11 truth movement has a few more recognizable figures in their following (a small list of these names here,) there exist several glaring facts that simply cannot be refuted here concerning claims that explosives were used to bring down the buildings. I presently do not have all of the facts to form an honest and intelligent opinion concerning peoples motives, but my initial reaction is that the 9/11 truthers are simply loons who will hate George Bush for ever.
Now before I get blasted, let me be absolutely clear. Every American, be they rich, poor, conservative, liberal, black, white or whatever deserve to be treated with respect and civility. Americans, on either side of any debate should exercise their right to question their government. As an American citizen, I demand accountability from my government and you should too because the mainstream media certainly isn't. The First Amendment says this;
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Now, I would like to leave you with a quote from Thomas Jefferson,
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear"
Sources; www.quotedb.com, US constitution, http://recursed.blogspot.com/2009/03/911-truthers-meet-their-waterloo-ron.html, http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041026093059633, http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
Hello again. Today, I have chosen to discuss a few recent events, as well as my viewpoints on two political movements that are set to revolutionize the political landscape of our beloved nation. First off, the state of California held a special election trying to pass measures that would raise the already ridiculous taxes in the state. Every single measure was voted against by the people of California, except for the measure that would deny elected officials a raise in years where the budget has a deficit. Governor Schwarzenegger said in a press conference that he got the message, and he will make budget cuts. My suggestion is that he starts with eliminating some of following ridiculous budget items. It is my personal belief that what goes on in state government is a microcosm of federal government. In this case, there are the tea party protestors who protest the ever expanding power federal government, and are sick and tired of greedy politicians who care only about winning elections, and the California people shoot down every single tax increase handed down to them by the legislature. Has Washington got the message? People don’t want more government, they want more personal liberties, and they want those liberties defended. Government has no business running auto makers, banks, insurance companies, or states. On the flip side, the voter turnout was less than spectacular, so why do I predict that the federal government will run the state of California, and set a terrible precedent for the end of individual state rights? It’s simple really. If California, a state that voted for Obama to the tune of 2 to 1, adopts more conservative fiscal policies. The Democrats would lose 56 electoral votes in a winner take all state, a crippling blow to the party. With put the usual support of that state of California during the presidential race, the party doesn’t have a leg to stand on. If the Obama administration could manage the dealings of state problems similar to how he dealt with the auto industry, he could exercise executive control of the states, and essentially guarantee all of their electoral votes. But how? How about a bailout!!! Despair not fellow Americans, there is hope. Montana, Utah, Texas, and Nevada are adopting a law that would exempt any gun manufactured and sold within the border of their respective states from federal regulation. While many would write this off as just a gun law, I see this as the first step in reclaiming individual state rights. When Thomas Jefferson first laid out the frame work of our nation’s government, the local governments had the most legislative power, while the federal government had only ten powers. Today it’s become quite backwards, which leads me to my next point. The reason corruption has taken over in our society, especially in our government, is because we have let the minority dictate the language of all of the arguments. We should call progressivism what is really is, progressively socialistic. Socialism in America has been tried before. When Jamestown was first settled, the leaders decided at first that everyone would contribute to a common store, and everyone would take what they needed from it. The settlement almost didn’t last the winter. What then happened was that the leaders decided instead to adopt the “He who does not work, does not eat” approach. Socialism destroys entrepreneurship, innovation, investment, risk, initiative, all of which has made our country to prosper for over 200 years. There is however, another political movement that champions fiscal responsibility, national security, and some good old fashioned common sense. Enter Libertarianism, a political movement championed by people such as Penn Gillette, and Glen Beck. I personally have my own reservations about Libertarianism, but that’s for another time. Imagine how much better our country would be with a 3 major political parties. You have the Democratic-Socialist Party who pushes for liberal social policy and socialistic economic policy, the Republican Party who pushes for conservative social and economic policy, and the Libertarian Party who has less liberal social views, but less stringent economic opinions. Good things come in threes when businesses compete for consumers dollars. Only good can come from having three major political parties compete for taxpayer votes. I promise there are videos coming, just please be patient. I promise that the videos will have some humor injected, where appropriate of course. “I personally believe that Thomas Jefferson intentionally put the word ‘pursuit’ in front of happiness when writing our Bill of Rights because if we had a right to happiness, we wouldn’t know what it was.” Yours Truly
When I last posted, I briefly touched on just how big a trillion dollars is, I didn’t realize that it would generate the kind of reaction that it did. In a brief conversation with a friend of my mothers, I took a quick poll of the room of just how long people thought a trillion seconds was. Gasps filled the patio when I told them the answer. Followed almost immediately with “…and he wants to spend how much?”“…he would have to raise taxes by how much?” In order to pay for all the programs he wants to put in place or expand, without increasing the deficit, the American taxpayer would be on the hook for %81 of their income. This would include cap and trade policies, Social Security, Medicare, welfare, education, (like teaching Chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly on the job. Ooh how about mob business management taught by Dale Rathke, or pipe bomb construction with William Ayers.) If I see my payroll deductions go a single tick over %50, I’m moving to Israel.
I am sure you are all aware of the voter registration fraud allegations concerning the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, but few know about just how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Only one cable television program has had the gall to pursue the story, and only a handful of politicians even seem interested in making sure that ACORN’s guilt or innocence is proven definitively.Let’s wind back the clocks a little ways. Dale Rathke was asked to leave ACORN over allegations that he embezzled $1 million. Both Dale and Wade left ACORN by February 2, 2008. They went on to be executive managers of Citizens Consulting Incorporated, the financial arm of ACORN. To repay the money that he stole, they had another organization under the CCI umbrella repay the money. A Google search of CCI turned up a website www.citizensconsulting.org. The only thing on that page is a logo, a Louisiana phone number, and the address 1024 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117. Further research reveals that over 270 different organizations claim this address as home, which includes Social Policy Magazine (3 guesses as to whom is on the cover.) Google Maps shows that this address is an old funeral home.
Just over a week ago, ACORN was indicted in two states for voter registration fraud, Nevada on Monday, and Pennsylvania on Thursday. Five days later, a bill was passed which contained legislation that would prohibit any organization from receiving federal monies if they were being indicted on charges of voter registration fraud. Shortly after it passed, Barney Frank had that particular piece of legislation ‘amended’ (removed). Coincidence? I don’t believe in coincidence, especially in politics. I personally believe that ACORN is every bit as corrupt as Al Capone’s crime family, and I’m out to prove it, or disprove it. I demand the truth, and so should you.
What are the two main focuses of the current administration?Euthinization (Government Health Care), and the Breathing tax (Cap and Trade) policies right? Who is the most adamantly pro Obama news network, almost to a fault? (BS, I mean MS, NBC) Who owns MSNBC? (General Electric).What company has made green the new black through their new advertising campaign? (General Electric) Turns out, GE just hired Dr Thomas Frieden, President Obama’s first pick as the Director of Health and Human Services. If Cap and Trade, and universal health care policies are passed, General Electric will be in position to receive a no-bid government contract for both health care technologies, and green chemistry research contracts, and the average American household will be on the hook for $1600 per year. The federal government would essentially fund a mainstream media outlet with taxpayer dollars. If Halliburton owned Fox News while they had a no bid contract, there would be outrageous media coverage, and a massive federal investigation.That in my honest opinion is simply outrageous.
These stories go beyond left and right, or conservative and liberal. This is about right and wrong, just and unjust. I promise you all that I will strive to do my best to deliver all intellectually defendable points of view on every subject I cover. In the mean time, I suggest that you visit the website http://www.discoverthenetworks.org
“…the Lord causes the sun to shine upon the holy and the evil, and the rain to fall upon the just and the unjust…”
I have chosen today to announce who I think will be the perfect candidate for president. I’ll give you a hint. He ran for president in 2008, and has received favorable reactions from the audiences of both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. (Both hosted on the Viacom Network Comedy Central) I won’t let you hurt yourself much longer; it’s Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas. Why you ask? Here are a few fast facts. He was a Republican governor in a very Democratic state for over 10 years, which means that not only does he have a lot of executive government experience, but he managed to push a lot of conservative policies that proved to be of great benefit to his state (He left the state with a SURPLUS!) including tax deductions, educational reform, and pro life policies. But what impressed me even more than these things was how he ran during the 2008 primaries. He managed to take second place in the Iowa straw poll (Mitt Romneywon with 31 percent of the vote) spending only 58 dollars per vote, while Romney spent over $1000 a vote. And Huckabee went on to win the Iowa primary, and was the last man standing in the national primary behind John McCain losing in Missouri by one and half percent in a winner take all state. If Huckabee can run that well on as little as he had, imagine what he could do with the full political and financial backing of the Republican Party. I highly encourage you to pick up his newest book titled. “Do the Right Thing” Did I mention that he’s Chuck Norris approved?
Catherine Sibelius was confirmed today based on the ‘news’ of a swine flu ‘pandemic’ and the first thing she asked for was 1billion dollars. (Remember, she is the president’s second choice for the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The first one came under fire in much the same Timothy Guithner did with tax issues, and the fact that Sibelius’s campaign was funded by doctors who administer partial birth abortions) This all happens all the while the World Health Organization says that it’s only a flu variant, and there are only 7 confirmed deaths worldwide. This administration is passing spending bills like John Edwards at a beauty parlor. (In case you didn’t know, he’s the dumb guy who ran for president a while ago, and spent $400 on a haircut,) And it’s all under the guise of either “this is an extreme emergency”, or “this crisis was handed to me” and you the tax-payer, are left to pay the bill to the tune of over 32,000 dollars per person for their unnecessary haste this year alone.
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the National Debt and Deficit, and how it now totals around 12.5 trillion dollars. Let me illustrate for you exactly what a trillion is. If federal government spent 1 dollar every second it would spend 86,400 dollars in a 24 hour day, or 31,536,000 dollars in a 365 day year, or over 126,144,000 over 1 presidential term. How long is a trillion seconds ago?I’m 21 years old so that’s roughly 662,256,000 seconds ago. My mother is roughly 42 so that’s 1,324,512,000 seconds ago. Years were being counted as AD instead of BC 63,324,288,000 seconds ago.Experts place the beginning of human history according to the Bible as roughly 189,499,824,000 seconds ago (6,009 years). 315,360,000,000 seconds will add up to be 10,000 years. If my math serves me correctly, it takes just a tick under 31,710 years for a trillion seconds to expire. Now that we have established this, I’ll put it into even more perspective. If the federal government were spending a dollar every single second, it would take 396,372 years to spend twelve and a half trillion dollars. If that doesn’t scare you, 1 trillion dollars would make a stack of $100 bills approximately 986.43 miles high.
In conclusion, the protesters at the April 15 tea parties were absolutely right to be fed up with the out of control spending, and general disregard for taxpaying Americans. I am sick and tired of being marginalized as a mere constituent, and politicians that toy with our national security, and our hard earned money. I’m not saying that there aren’t good people on Capitol Hill, but we need to be actively involved in the process of voting for policies and representatives that will uphold what is right and righteous instead of the dying ideals of left and right. This is a fight that we can win, and must win.
Glen Beck will be performing live in Kansas City on June 4th and will be broadcast live nationwide to a theater near you. Tickets are now on sale.Log on to www.glenbeck.com for details, and be sure to subscribe to his daily news letter. Seriously, this guy gets it.
Next time, I’ll talk about what’s making me shoot blood out of my eye sockets.Injustice, scandal, corporate greed, moveon.org and talking heads will all feel the lash sometime next week. Also, if you can prove that I posted something in this blog that is false, or you have any insight into a particular subject, please let me know. My goal is to deliver opinion based on the facts. You can also follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/the0ath Dear Americans, always remember …
“…When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson