The start of something BIG.

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GBTV, Glenn Beck

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This could be the start of something BIG.

Tonight! The Grand Finale.

Tomorrow!  A new era in Internet TV.

We look forward to it.  Buh bye, FOX News.

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WND chief Joseph Farah and Dr. Jerome Corsi News Conference at Nat’l Press Club

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Dr. Jerome Corsi, Esquire Magazine, Joseph Farah, WND

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From WorldNetDaily:

WASHINGTON – The issue of Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president took center stage at the National Press Club today, with even portions of the “establishment media” taking note of the heating dispute.

Holding a news conference regarding a new lawsuit against Esquire magazine over its faked “report” that falsely claimed a New York Times best-selling book, “Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible To Be President,” had been pulled from shelves and recalled were its publisher, WND CEO and founder Joseph Farah, and book author by Jerome Corsi, Ph.D.

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After the rain…

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Day at the Beach

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Photo by Andrea Shea King

The Un-American President

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Obama fraud

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American Thinker’s Jay Clark:

“The reason that Americans feel unease when Barack Obama talks about America is that he is talking about a different America.  His words are carefully chosen and crafted to sound American, but the hidden meaning is much more malevolent.

His goal is “fundamentally transforming the United States of America” into a nation where social justice reigns and injustice is counted as fairness and equity.  He seeks a nation of redistribution where those who succeed through hard work, honest enterprise, financial investment, time, energy, and risk are rewarded with government confiscation of the fruits of their labor.  His is a country where communication systems, travel corridors, and private property are tightly controlled by the State.  It’s a country where education is state-run and curricula are state-mandated.  In a fully implemented Obama-nation, it would be illegal to pass the accumulation of one’s lifetime on to heirs.  This is the America of Karl Marx’s dreams.

Barack Obama does not sound like an American because Obama’s heart and soul are not American in nature.  His thoughts are not American.  His attitude and philosophy are not American.  He cannot speak from the heart about America because America does not reside there.  With a Muslim upbringing, a radical family, radical mentor, a myriad of radical connections, radical advisors, a radical theology, and some say a radical spouse, it’s no wonder.

Obama’s agenda is informed by Marx and guided by years of close associations with extreme individuals and groups whose stated goals are the demise of America and America’s influence in the world.  When he says he wants to “fundamentally transform America,” he is dead serious.

For the first time in all of American history, we are at the mercy of an un-American American President.

May God truly bless the United States of America.”

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Tonight – Elizabeth Letchworth translates the political language

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Elizabeth Letchworth, John Boehner, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity

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Rush Limbaugh:

Folks, it’s dangerous what’s happening here.  And it’s very important for the Republicans to understand what’s going on here and to be prepared for it.  Obama’s trying to show up late here and pretend to lead on the debt ceiling and on the debt and on the deficit, but he brought so many straw men to this news conference today that it’s a fire hazard in there.  A little humor, Mr. Snerdley.  Snerdley is so serious, he’s so ticked off that nothing’s funny to him today.  But we’re looking at the one responsible man in the room, Barack Obama, responsible for the mess.  We’re looking at the one responsible person.  He’s going to try and has tried to present himself as the one reasonable man in the room.  He is single-handedly, along with his party, responsible for this. (imitating Obama)  “Republicans are gonna be trying to drive us into the ditch.”  Obama will stand tall, declare each side must give a little, and Obama is the one reasonable man in the room because he’s the smartest.  

I think the Republicans ought to issue a statement before this press conference is over, and it’s not over yet, it’s still going on.  Hold the president’s feet to the fire in terms of facts and in terms of context.

So… did they??? Will they?  Do they?

The ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW

Congressional candor with Capitol Hill Insider Elizabeth Letchworth

9PM ET

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Obama’s Presidential Library

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Obama fraud

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B. Hussein Soetoro Soebarkah Obama Presidential Library

A friend sent this essay. I don’t know who authored it, but it’s worth repeating.

Oh, by the way, did you know that WorldNetDaily publisher Joseph Farah and author Dr. Jerome Corsi are suing Esquire mag? More to come in another post. Meantime…

Bare Shelves in the BHO Presidential Library?

This is quite a read and proposes many questions for which there should be easy answers……but we know nothing. Why is it that? Is it a ploy, or are these legitimate issues?

It will be interesting to see what they put in his “Presidential Library” about his early years when he is out of office.

In a country where we take notice of many, many facets of our public figures’ lives, doesn’t seem odd that there’s so little we know about our current president, Barack Obama. For example, we know that Andrew Jackson’s wife smoked a corn cob pipe and was accused of adultery; Abe Lincoln never went to school; Jack Kennedy wore a back brace; Harry Truman played the piano.

As Americans, we enjoy knowing details about our news makers, but none of us know one single humanizing fact about the history of our own president.

We are all aware of the lack of uncontestable birth records for Obama; that document managing has been spectacularly successful. There are however, several additional oddities in Obama’s history that appear to be as well managed as the birthing issue.

It’s interesting that no one who ever dated him has shown up. The charisma that caused women to be drawn to him so strongly during his campaign, certainly would in the normal course of events, lead some lady to come forward, if only to garner some attention for herself. We all know about JFK’s magnetism, that McCain was no monk and quite a few details about Palin’s courtship and even her athletic prowess Joe Biden’s aneurisms are no secret; look at Cheney and Clinton, we all know about their heart problems. Certainly Wild Bill Clinton’s exploits before and during his White House years, were well known. That’s why it’s so odd that not one lady has stepped up and said, “He was soooo shy…” or “What a great dancer…”

It’s virtually impossible to know anything about this fellow.

Who was the best man at his wedding? Start there. Then check groomsmen.

Then get the footage of the graduation ceremony. Has anyone talked to the professors? It is odd that no one is bragging that they knew him or taught him or lived with him.

When did he meet Michele, and how? Are there photos there? Every president gives to the public all their photos, etc. for their library, etc. What has he released? And who in hell voted for him to be the most popular man in 2010? Doesn’t this make you wonder?

Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from President Obama’s past saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc?? Not one person has ever come forward from his past.

It certainly is very, very strange…

This should be a cause for great concern. To those who voted for him, you may have elected an unqualified, inexperienced shadow man. Have you seen a movie named “The Manchurian Candidate”

As insignificant as each of us might be, someone with whom we went to school will remember our name or face; someone will remember we were the clown or the dork or the brain or the quiet one or the bully or something about us.

George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, said the same thing during the 2008 campaign. He questions why no one has acknowledged the president was in their classroom or ate in the same cafeteria or made impromptu speeches on campus. Stephanopoulos also was a classmate of Obama at Columbia — the class of 1984. He says he never had a single class with him..

He is such a great orator; why doesn’t anyone in Obama’s college class remember him? Why won’t he allow Columbia to release his records?

Nobody remembers Obama at Columbia University …

Looking for evidence of Obama’s past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama claims to have been there… but none remembered him.

Wayne Allyn Root was, like Obama, a political science major at Columbia who also graduated in 1983. In 2008, Root says of Obama, “I don’t know a single person at Columbia that knew him, and they all know me. I don’t have a classmate who ever knew Barack Obama at Columbia , ever.”

Nobody recalls him. Root adds that he was also, like Obama, Class of ’83 Political Science, and says, “You don’t get more exact or closer than that. Never met him in my life, don’t know anyone who ever met him. At the class reunion, our 20th reunion five years ago, who was asked to be the speaker of the class? Me. No one ever heard of Barack! And five years ago, nobody even knew who he was. The guy who writes the class notes, who’s kind of the, as we say in New York, ‘the macha’ who knows everybody, has yet to find a person, a human who ever met him.”

Obama’s photograph does not appear in the school’s yearbook and Obama consistently declines requests to talk about his years at Columbia, provide school records, or provide the name of any former classmates or friends while at Columbia .

Some other interesting questions..

Why was Obama’s law license inactivated in 2002?

Why was Michelle’s law license inactivated by court order?

It is circulating that according to the U.S. Census, there is only one Barack Obama but 27 Social Security numbers and over 80 alias.

The Social Security number he uses now originated in Connecticut where he is never reported to have lived.

No wonder all his records are sealed….

Please continue sending this out to everyone. Somewhere, someone had to know him in school…before he “reorganized” Chicago & burst upon the scene at the 2004 Democratic Convention.

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Not for lack of trying…

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ALIPAC, Class Action Lawsuit, Federal Reserve, impeachment, Obama Corruption, RICO

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ALIPAC Calls for the Impeachment of President Barack Obama Posted on Tuesday, June 28 @ 10:31:57 EDT Topic: Barack Obama Campaign for President

June 28, 2011For National ReleaseContact: Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) (866) 703-0864 / Press@alipac.us The Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is calling for the impeachment of President Barack Obama for his involvement in the Operation Gunrunner scandal, as well as his recent edict instructing federal employees to establish a form of amnesty for illegal aliens in defiance of the Congress, existing federal laws, and the US Constitution. Obama’s ICE Director John Morton issued a memo on June 17th to all ICE Field Office Directors, Special Agents-in-Charge, and all Chief Counsel, authorizing them to decline to remove illegal aliens who meet the qualifications for amnesty under the DREAM Act Amnesty which Congress has rejected many times. Congressional investigations have determined that Obama’s ATF and Justice Department have been supplying assault weapons to the drug cartels that import most of America’s cocaine, methamphetamine, and illegal immigrants. “President Obama is no longer the legitimate President of the United States,” said William Gheen, President of ALIPAC. “By arming drug and human smugglers with assault weapons that have been used to kill American and Mexican citizens and police forces, and by ordering Amnesty for illegal aliens which has been rejected by both the Congress and the American public more than eight times, Obama has committed a form of Treason against the United States and must be removed from office by Congress.” Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is a national organization founded on 9/11 of 2004. ALIPAC has over 40,000 supporters, comprised of Americans of every race, party, religion, and walk of life, who represent the over 80% who want America’s existing immigration laws enforced. ALIPAC is sending letters to the 137 current members of Congress whom the group endorsed and supported in the 2010 elections requesting the impeachment process to begin immediately in the interest of public safety and civil stability. “Obama just made it clear to the American public that he does not care what they think, what the current federal laws are, what the US Constitution says, or what Congress has ratified,” said William Gheen. “Congress must take immediate action to stop Obama or the American Republic will fall. What use are elections, candidates, or the Congress, if the Executive Branch rules by decree?” All ALIPAC supporters and like-minded Americans who oppose Amnesty and illegal immigration are called upon to immediately call and write their members of Congress demanding the impeachment of President Barack Obama for crimes against the people of the United States. If Congress does not respond by July 15, ALIPAC will move to call for public protests across the nation calling for the ouster of this authoritarian regime which feels it can arm rebel groups invading America with their illegal cargo while forcing an Amnesty on the public. The self-governance of American citizens and the health of the American Republic must be guarded against this form of Treason. The Congress will be given an opportunity to act before members of the public take things into their own hands and call for a day of nationwide protests. For more information, to schedule interviews or to show your support for the impeachment of President Obama, please visit ALIPAC at www.ALIPAC.us ###

And this… a class-action suit against the Federal Reserve using RICO laws.

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“A bright light in the world’s darkness”

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Korea's Got Talent

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If this doesn’t give you a lump in your throat and bring a tear to your eye, you’re not alive.  A tip of the hat to Kathleen G for sending this my way, and for giving me the title of this post. She wrote:

“Sometimes, we need to step back and just bask in the goodness of God in the midst of our battle.  This video will raise the hair on the back of your neck as God parts the curtain on one of His special creations.”

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“By their fruits ye shall know them”

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Evil, Sarah Palin, The Undefeated

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Photo by Andrea Shea King

There is evil around us.  Dark, raging, fang-baring evil.  The kind of malevolent foulness that gives off its own stench, nightmares and spine shivers. It walks (prowls) among us, taking many shapes.  It reveals itself in those possessed of a hatred for all that is beautiful, wholesome and good.  It is satanic. And it is real…

Witness this (from The Blaze):

When Sarah Palin showed up in Pella, IA to attend a screening of her own documentary, “The Undefeated,” she hadn’t seen all the footage beforehand. So when the film opened with people calling her “slutty,“ ”scary,“ and a ”bit**,” she was a little taken aback.

“This is the first that I’ve seen much of that. It kind of takes you back,” she told The Hollywood Reporter (THR). “It makes you want to reach out to some of these folks and say, What’s your problem? And what was the problem? And what is the problem?”

THR describes the graphic opening:

The movie begins with Sen. John McCain introducing his running mate, then quickly cuts to the Hollywood sign, and the music turns ominous. A TV news anchor says, “Hollywood has a new favorite pastime: taking aim at Sarah Palin.”

Then the celebrity montage begins: Damon likens Palin to a “really bad Disney movie” and says she’s “really scary” and Letterman calls her ”slutty,” and the discourse descends in to the filthy from there. Maher calls her a “dumb twat” on his TV show, Madonna screams “Sarah [Fu**ing] Palin” while on stage, and comedians use graphic, severely bleeped language to describe how Palin gave birth to a “retard.” One entertainer after another calls Palin a “slut” or a “[bit**]” or describes the intensity with which they “hate her.”

When the montage is through, the screen goes dark and a Bible verse comes into focus: “By their fruits ye shall know them.”

While at the premier, Palin tried hard to disspell rumors that she is once again going to run for president, dismissing a comment from her daughter Bristol that she’d already made up her mind.

Bristol said during a television interview earlier Tuesday with Fox News that her mother had definitely made a decision about whether to run, but that “there are some things that we talk about at the kitchen table that stay at the kitchen table.”

Sarah Palin said the remark was either taken out of context or inaccurate. She said deciding to run for president is a “tough decision” and she’s not ready to announce her intentions.

Below is video of Palin arriving at the premier:

Glenn Beck this morning on his radio program repeated Thomas Jefferson’s words:

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

Indeed.

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Coast to Coast

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Tea Party Express IV

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Photo by Andrea Shea King, Tea Party Express IV National Tour, October 27, 2010, Paducah, KY

Let the campaign begin!

TEA PARTY EXPRESS LAUNCHING FIFTH NATIONAL TOUR THIS SUMMER!

Coast-to-Coast Route Will Focus on Early Presidential Primary States

The Tea Party Express (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) announced today the launch of a national bus tour that will feature 29 tea party rallies across the country. This marks the fifth such tour by the group, whose rallies have been described as “a rolling 4th of July show” and feature conservative singers, speakers, candidates, and celebrities.

The Tea Party Express tour will launch on August 27th in Napa, CA, and head East to culminate in Tampa, FL in time for the Tea Party Presidential debate. The Tea Party debate, hosted by CNN and the Tea Party Express, will take place at the Florida State Fairgrounds located in Tampa, FL. Full details of the tour schedule will be released in the coming days.

“We’re thrilled to be going back on the road doing what we love – meeting with the incredible Americans who give the tea party movement its unstoppable strength and energy, celebrating the great things about our country, and encouraging everyone to keep fighting for a better tomorrow.” said Tea Party Express Chairman Amy Kremer.

It was previously announced that Tea Party Express had teamed up with CNN to host the only national Tea Party debate. The Tea Party Express has built a network of more than 100 local tea party, 912 and conservative groups representing every state in the nation who have signed on to cosponsor the groundbreaking Tea Party Presidential Debate on September 12, 2011.

The latest Tea Party Express bus tour is expected to feature Presidential candidates, highlight core issues such as fiscal responsibility and constitutionally limited government, and generate interest and awareness for the upcoming Tea Party debate.

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How d’ya like me now?

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Obama Corruption

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Obama’s drawdown

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Political Humor

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What voting Democrat gets you

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Figure at least a million. Not including the tongue.

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Michelle Obama, Obama Corruption

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Mrs. Obama’s South Africa Trip Cost Taxpayers Over $500,000

by Keith Koffler on June 27, 2011, 1:01 pm

First Lady Michelle Obama’s trip to South Africa and Botswana last week cost taxpayers well over half a million dollars, possibly in the range of $700,000 or $800,000, according to an analysis by White House Dossier.

Many of the trip’s expenses cannot be obtained with specificity, including the cost of local transportation for the first lady, Secret Service protection, the care and feeding of staffers, and pre-trip advance work done by administration officials in South Africa.

But it is possible to estimate some of these costs and put a price tag on one of the major expenses – her transportation to and from southern Africa and her trips between cities there.

While the goals of her journey – “youth leadership, education, health and wellness” in southern Africa, according to the White House – are laudable, many may question whether such an expensive outreach overseas by the president’s wife is worthwhile given the threat of the ballooning federal debt to the economy.

This is particularly true given that the trip, while featuring many official events, also included tourist components such as visits to historical landmarks and museums, a nonworking chance to meet Nelson Mandela that Mrs. Obama described as “surreal,” and a safari. Mrs. Obama also brought along her mother, her daughters and two of their cousins – the children of her brother Craig Robinson.

In a conversation last week with a South African online newspaper, U.S. Embassy Spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau made clear that the trip was partially a personal pilgrimage for the first lady.

“She’s coming on this trip to talk about women’s development and youth development, and South Africa is a leader in that, not only on the continent but globally,” said Trudeau. “A visit to South Africa is important for them as a family. She’ll be visiting many Struggle-era landmarks, including the Apartheid Museum (and) the Hector Pieterson Memorial.”

Based on the plane’s tail number and a description of it in a press pool report, it’s clear Mrs. Obama flew over and back on a C-32, a specially configured military version of the Boeing 757 that also ferries the vice president on occasion and is sometimes known as “Air Force Two.”

According to publicly available Defense Department figures, DOD charges other federal agencies $12,723 an hour to cover expenses for the use of a C-32. Based on the distance traveled and the flight speed of the plane, this adds up to about $430,000 for use of the aircraft alone.

Perhaps the best estimate of the other costs involved in such a trip comes not from official sources but from a reporter, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. In a 2002 article, he wrote that his reporting had found that a single presidential fundraising trip within the United States by then-President George W. Bush could cost close to $100,000 for items like staff, Secret Service and advance work.

While the first lady would certainly have a smaller retinue than a president, it seems very safe to say that a weeklong trip by Mrs. Obama to a high-crime country like South Africa would involve at least the expense of a single domestic trip by a president ten years ago, and probably much more.

In addition, a military cargo plane typically accompanies a first lady on overseas trips to bring cars and other gear. It is not clear if a cargo plane also went along on this trip, but if it did – as is likely – it could easily have added another $200,000 to the cost, based on Defense Department rates for cargo planes.

Mrs. Obama’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Of course not…
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Herman Cain and Bumps in the Road

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Herman Cain, Tea Party Express

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I had the opportunity to meet and talk with Herman Cain on both Tea Party Express national tours.  He’s congenial, and he’s serious. I’m glad to see he’s in the 2012 race for President.  We need to hear him.

Andrea Shea King and Herman Cain, Tea Party Express IV National Tour, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 27, 2010

Cain hits a couple of bumps in the road. Nothing he can’t handle.

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Fore!

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Big Fur Hat, Obama fraud, Third Wave Dave

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Inspiration by Third Wave Dave, execution by Big Fur Hat, gloating by Andrea Shea King.

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Audacity of Hope? Netanyahu: We will block

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Benjamin Netanyahu, Flotilla, Gaza, Israel

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From World Jewish Congress:

Six ships that were scheduled to take part in the Gaza-bound flotilla have been detained by Greek port authorities, the Israeli news website ‘Ynet’ reported. Senior officials in Jerusalem confirmed the report, which followed a decision by Greece on Sunday to stop the American vessel ‘Audacity of Hope from participating in the convoy. While the organizers claim that more than 1,500 activists are set to take part in this year’s flotilla, it now appears that no more than seven ships, carrying between 200 and 500 passengers, will set sail next week.

The Israel Navy is gearing up to stop a flotilla that plans to run the blockade of the Gaza Strip this week, amid predictions that violence will be minimal after Turkey’s IHH organization – behind the Mavi Marmara last year – withdrew from the initiative. - Source: Jerusalem Post

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that Israel would not allow any ship to breach its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem believes that the dwindling extent of the sail can be largely attributed to the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic efforts to stop the flotilla. “The Foreign Ministry is leading diplomatic efforts to delegitimize the flotilla in the eyes of the international community,” Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said. “The world is aware that such sails are unnecessary, that they are just provocations which violate international law.” Ayalon added that Israel was still gearing to meet whichever vessels do end up participating in the flotilla.

Pray for Israel.

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Chris Wallace is a flake.

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Chris Wallace, Michele Bachmann

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Mark Davis, sitting in for Rush Limbaugh today, is all about defending Chris Wallace’s faux pas yesterday when he asked Michele Bachmann THE question making the buzz today “Are you a flake?”

Davis and others are praising Wallace for walking it back with an apology issued quickly, but I beleive he did it only because he immediately started feeling the blowback from his audience, who were insulted and affronted at the temerity of Wallace to pose such a question.  Many believe, myself included that Wallace would have never asked that of another candidate, especially if he was male.

Here’s my take on it.  I believe Chris Wallace was showing his true colors with that question. 

I’ve always thought Wallace was a chip off the old man’s block.  We all know that Mike Wallace was biased toward the Left, never more so than later in his career when it was hard to tell him apart from Dan Rather or any of the other media leftists.

So, to Mark Davis and anyone else who wants to assure their listeners/readers that Chris Wallace is a super nice guy for having issued the apology, I say BS.  If Wallace was truly an unbiased journalist, he never would have asked the question in the first place.

Chris Wallace gets a fat fail.  And shows his true colors.

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Barnhardt Booked: Keynote at Center for Strategic Analysis Annual Seminar

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Ann Barnhardt, Center for Strategic Analysis

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You go girl!

Live Event Booked – Back to Vegas

Posted by Ann Barnhardt – June 23, AD 2011 4:27 PM MST

I am going to be speaking at the Center For Strategic Analysis’ annual seminar in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 24th. It is a one day seminar that will have a variety of speakers from the intelligence and military communities (before they went to hell) on various topics having to do with counter-Jihad and the war against islam.

Here’s the LINK!

And yes, since we’re now in Bizarro World, I am going to be the keynote speaker. My speaking block is one hour and forty-five minutes. I have decided that I will use this event to roll-out my magnum opus on the systemic sexual perversion in islamic culture. This is a massive topic, and my rough outline contains no less than NINE discrete sub-topics. I think that delivering this as a speech with an associated PowerPoint slideshow including photographs and video citations will be extremely effective. My speech is entitled, “Islamic Sexuality: A Survey of Evil”.

The event is being held at a secure location in Las Vegas which will only be given to attendees AFTER they enroll and pay the tuition. There will also be extensive security on-site. It is open to civilians, bloggers, first responders, military, and law enforcement. There are also usually some muslim “crashers”, or so I’m told, so it is guaranteed to be extra-fun. Bloggers are welcome to bring cameras and recording devices, although some of the speakers reserve the right to not be photographed. Obviously, I would have no problem being photographed.

I think this could be a great “meet-up” and networking opportunity for the blogging community in addition to the insights presented at the conference itself. I also like the venue, as Las Vegas is cheap and easy to get in and out of and has plenty of dirt-cheap lodging, thus being a great choice for those on a shoestring budget. The cost is $100 per person if enrolled before July 4th, $125 before August 1st, and $150 after August 1st. Absolutely no enrollments at the door, of course.

FYI, I am receiving no honorarium or speaking fee and am paying 100% of my own travel and lodging expenses. I will make my PowerPoint presentation, citations and bibliography available for free download to all attendees.

Hope to see you there. Tell a friend!

Want to know why Ann carries a sidearm all the time? Good reason.

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Obama snoopers to check up on Docs.

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Obamacare, Socialism

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How many more groups can he piss off before something is done about this POS POTUS?

“Totalitarian mindset of this foul administration. Gotta get him & his brownshirts OUT!” – Char from Hollywood

Obama to send out ‘snoopers’ to pose as patients so they can check up on doctors | Mail Online

The BLAZE:

Secret shoppers aren’t anything new. Retail stores use them regularly to gather customer service data. But what happens when the government uses them to check up on doctors across the country? Is that going too far? That‘s exactly what’s about to happen to over 4,000 doctors in nine states.

The New York Times reports that 4,185 doctors in Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia — 465 in each state — will be getting stealth calls from people posing as potential patients. The point is to see if doctors are discriminating against those with government care such as Medicare, and to decipher how long wait times are.

“Access to primary care is a priority for the administration,” Health and Human Services spokesman Christian J. Stenrud told the Times. “This study is an effort to better understand the problem and make sure we are doing everything we can to support primary care physicians, especially in communities where the need is greatest.”

But plenty of doctors don’t see this as a friendly phone call as much as a government encroachment. Or, worse, Big Brother.

“I don’t like the idea of the government snooping,” Dr. Raymond Scalettar, an internist in Washington, told the Times. “It’s a pernicious practice — Big Brother tactics, which should be opposed.”

And that seems to be the consensus of those physicians interviewed by the Times:

Dr. George J. Petruncio, a family doctor in Turnersville, N.J., said: “This is not a way to build trust in government. Why should I trust someone who does not correctly identify himself?”

Dr. Stephen C. Albrecht, a family doctor in Olympia, Wash., said: “If federal officials are worried about access to care, they could help us. They don’t have to spy on us.”

The Times obtained a mock script of what a mystery caller might say:

Mystery shopper: “Hi, my name is Alexis Jackson, and I’m calling to schedule the next available appointment with Dr. Michael Krane. I am a new patient with a P.P.O. from Aetna. I just moved to the area and don’t yet have a primary doctor, but I need to be seen as soon as possible.”

Doctor’s office: “What type of problem are you experiencing?”

Mystery shopper: “I’ve had a cough for the last two weeks, and now I’m running a fever. I’ve been coughing up thick greenish mucus that has some blood in it, and I’m a little short of breath.”

Most offices will get two calls, one pretending to be from someone with private insurance and one from someone pretending to have government care. Still other offices will get a third call from government officials who “will ask whether the doctors accept private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare, and whether they take ‘self-pay patients’” in an attempt to note any discrepancies.

The use of the secret callers comes as a Massachusetts Medical Society released a report last month showing a dismal trend in the state where government health care has taken root: 53 percent of family physicians and 51 percent of internal medicine physicians are not accepting new patients, and wait times are increasing, averaging 36 days to see family doctors and 48 days for internists.

“Is this a good use of tax money? Probably not,” Dr. Robert L. Hogue, a family physician in Brownwood, TX asked the Times. “Everybody with a brain knows we do not have enough doctors.”

Read the NY Times article here. Read the full Massachusetts Medical society report here.

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