...Historically, presidents with approval ratings below 50 percent—Obama is at 45—lose an average of 41 House seats in midterm elections. This year, that would return the House of Representatives to Republican control. The Democrats will suffer disproportionately from a climate in which so many Americans are either dissatisfied or angry with the government, for Democrats are in the large majority in both houses and have to defend many more districts than Republicans. In any election year, voters' feelings typically settle in by June. But now they are being further hardened by the loose regulation that preceded the poisonous oil spill—and the tardy government response.How will Obama react to the coming meltdown of the Democratic Party's power?
[...]
It is clear that the magical moment of Obama's campaign conveyed a spell that is now broken in the context of the growing public disillusionment. Obama's rise has been spectacular, but so too has been his fall.
"ALL CAPS IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE."Tuesday, July 06, 2010
THE WRITING ON THE WALL FOR NOVEMBER 2010
Mexico thwarts Hezbollah bid to set up South American network - This Only Goes to Prove Hizbollah Is Operating Just South of Our Border
Mexico foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to establish a network in South America, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Hezbollah operatives employed Mexicans nationals with family ties to Lebanon to set up the network, designed to target Israel and the West, the Al-Seyassah daily said.
According to the report, Mexican police mounted a surveillance operation on the group's leader, Jameel Nasr, who traveled frequently to Lebanon to receive information and instructions from Hezbollah commanders there.
Police say Nasr also made frequent trips to other countries in Latin America, including a two-month stay in Venezuela in the summer of 2008.
Nasr was living in Tijuana, Mexico at the time of his arrest, the report said.
The report follows warnings from the United States that Hezbollah and its backer Iran are stepping up operations in the region.
Hizbollah is operating just south of our border. I believe this is why we are seeing so many beheadings in the ongoing gang war.
United States Congresswoman Sue Myrick recently the alarm about Hizbollah in Mexico:
A Hizbullah terror cell may be operating among drugs cartels around the US-Mexican border, announced US Republican National Committee Representative Sue Myrick, according to a Fox News report.
Myrick requested US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano create a special team to further investigate the potential problem and threat.
The Republican representative referenced several incidents that show evidence of Hizbullah's efforts to infiltrate the US region with the aid of Mexican drug cartel gangs.
"It is vital we know what is happening on our border, especially as crime and violence continue to rise there and as terrorist plots and threats are increasing inside the US," quoted the Fox News report.
Myrick cited the warming relationship between Iran and Venzuela as proof that Hizbullah members may be collaborating with Latin American drug cartels, who may be utilizing Hizbullah's ability to dig underground tunnels for drug smuggling and in turn, providing funding, document forging and false identities.
The Fox News report referenced Anthony Placido, assistant administrator for intelligence at the Drug Enforcement Administration, testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee in March this year, that some drug smugglers in the US-Mexico region have had relationships with Hizbullah between the 1980s and 1990s.
"There are numerous reports of cocaine proceeds entering the coffers of Islamic Radical Groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas," Fox News quoted Placido when he testified to the subcommittee. Placido labeled the proceeds as "easy revenue" that could potentially be used to fund terrorism.
Monday, July 05, 2010
KRUGMAN: "OBAMA'S EFFORTS INADEQUATE AND DISAPPOINTING".
WHEN YOU'VE LOST KRUGMAN, YOU'VE LOST THE WAR.
YEAH BABY!
WHO ARE THE JIHADO-TERRORISTS IN BRITAIN?
- UNEMPLOYED,
- UNEDUCATED,
- IMPOVERISHED
- FOREIGN BORN
- VICTIMS OF ZIONISM AND AMERICAN IMPERIALISM,
WRONG!
THEY ARE EMPLOYED, EDUCATED, MIDDLE CLASS, AND BRITISH BORN.
IF BRITISH DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN POLICY WERE THE CAUSES, THEN NON-MUSLIM NON-BRITISH NON-WHITE SECOND GENERATION PEOPLE SHOULD BE BECOMING TERRORISTS AT THE SAME RATE.
AND THEY ARE NOT.
THIS ONLY HAPPENS TO MUSLIMS.
IT ONLY HAPPENS TO MUSLIMS BECAUSE THE ROOT CAUSE IS ISLAM.
ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN 22 MONTHS AGO?
WE ARE AT ANOTHER TURNING POINT:
Next November is an Election.
We will go to the polls, and stand there in the polling place and make a decision.
When you make that decision, it might be well if you would ask yourself, are you better off than you were 22 months ago?
Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was 22 months ago?
Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was 22 months ago?
Is America as respected throughout the world as it was?
Do you feel that our security is as safe, that we're as strong as we were 22 months ago?
And if you answer all of those questions yes, why then, I think your choice is very obvious as to whom you will vote for.
If you don't agree, if you don't think that this course that we've been on for the last four years is what you would like to see us follow for the next four, then I could suggest another choice that you have.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
VOTE GOP.
OBAMA UTTERS A VERY A REVEALING SENTENCE
"We celebrate the principles that are timeless, tenets first declared by men of property and wealth but which gave rise to what Lincoln called a new birth of freedom in America — civil rights and voting rights, workers' rights and women's rights, and the rights of every American," Obama said from a White House balcony with first lady Michelle Obama at his side."MEN OF PROPERTY AND WEALTH."
PASSIVE.
NOT MEN WHO HAD RISKED ALL AND CREATED PROSPERITY,
THEY WERE "MEN OF WEALTH".
AS IF THEY JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE PROPERTY AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE WEALTHY.
NOT THAT THEY TOILED FOR IT AND WERE ENTITLED TO KEEP THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR.
- THIS REVEALS A BASIC MISUNDERSTANDING COMMON TO MOST LEFTISTS
- LEFTISTS THINK THE RICH GOT THEIR MONEY UNFAIRLY AND THAT MONEY GROWS ON TREES
- AND YOU CAN TAX AND SPEND AND REGULATE YOUR WAY TO PROSPERITY.
- OF COURSE THE SUBTEXT OF THIS COMMENT IS ALSO THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE WHITE SLAVEHOLDERS - ANOTHER OLD LEFTIST CHESTNUT
- WHICH OBAMA - AS POTUS - SHOULDN'T HAVE UTTERED ON THE DAY COMMEMORATING OUR NATION'S BIRTH.
UPDATE: LARD-ASS LEFTIST PIECE OF CRAP NYTIMES DRAMA CRITIC TURNED POLITICAL COMMENTATOR FRANK RICH TROTTED OUT THIS SAME OLD LEFTIST CHESTNUT TO OPEN HIS COLUMN TODAY:
ALL men may be created equal, but slavery, America’s original sin of inequality, was left unaddressed in the Declaration of Independence signed 234 years ago today.SHEESH: AS IF LIBERATING US FROM THE TYRANNY OF BEING SUBJECTS WITHOUT RIGHTS TO A KING WASN'T ENOUGH ON THEIR PLATES!
IN FACT, THE ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (WHERE IT WAS FITTING AND PROPER TO ADDRESS IT) AND SLAVERY WAS ESSENTIALLY GIVEN A DEATH SENTENCE IN IT:
REPEAT: "Article 1 Section 9 protected the slave trade for twenty years."The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 is a United States federal law that stated, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States, that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States.
This act effectively ended the legal transatlantic slave trade. However, slavery continued in the United States until the end of the Civil War and the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The United States Constitution, Article 1 Section 9 protected the slave trade for twenty years. Only after 1808 could laws be passed to end the slave trade.
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.[1]
AMPLIFICATION:
THIS EFFECTIVELY WAS DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE SLAVE TRADE, ALBEIT IT ONE THAT REQUIRED A BLOODY CIVIL WAR TO ENFORCE IT:
- 650,000 KILLED;
- 650,000 WOUNDED -
- AND THE NATION'S TREASURE DIVERTED TO WAR FOR 5 YEARS.
WHY?
BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN ATTEMPT TO DELEGITIMIZE OUR CONSTITUTION.
- THEY WANT TO DELEGITIMIZE OUR CONSTITUTION BECAUSE AS STATISTS AND COLLECTIVISTS, LEFTISTS WANT A STRONGER STATE THAN THE FOUNDERS WANTED AND CREATED;
- LEFTISTS NEED A STRONG STATE BECAUSE TO TO INFLICT LEFTISM ON THE PEOPLE YOU MUST FORCIBLY TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHTS.
IT'S JUSTICE IN THEIR TWISTED MINDS, TIT-FOR-TAT.
WE CAN TEACH BARRY HUSSEIN SOETORO OBAMA JUNIOR AND FRANK RICH AND THEIR COMRADES A LESSON THIS NOVEMBER: VOTE FOR PATRIOTS; VOTE GOP!
OBAMA: PERON AND EVITA OR CHAVEZ?
TURKEY THREATENS TO BREAK ALL TIES WITH ISRAEL
DIPLOMATICALLY, THIS WOULD PUT TURKEY ON PAR WITH SYRIA.Turkey has for the first time threatened to break diplomatic ties with Israel over its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.
Turkey's foreign minister said a break could only be averted if Israel either apologised or accepted the outcome of an international inquiry into the raid.
The Israeli government said it had nothing to apologise for.
IT PROVES - ONCE AGAIN - THAT TURKEY IS MORE ALLIED TO IRAN AND HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH THAN TO ISRAEL OR NATO AND THE USA AND THE WEST.
IT'S TIME WE THREW THEM OUT OF NATO.
THE OBAMANOMICATASTROPHE
Sunday, July 04, 2010
GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE: TAKING ON THE AXIS OF TAXES
THEY'RE DOING IT IN BRITAIN:
Ministers are due to meet civil service union officials to discuss possible changes to redundancy terms, as they try to reduce costs of cutting staff.
Treasury figures suggest 600,000 public sector jobs could go over the next five years, as the coalition tries to slash the country's record budget deficit.
But last month, the government lost a court battle over attempts, started by Labour, to reduce redundancy payments.
Unions fear ministers plan emergency legislation to reverse the ruling.
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that ministers intend to press on with reform of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS).
"As outlined in the coalition agreement, we are looking at ways to reform the CSCS to bring it more into line with good practice in the private sector," a spokesman said.
"Our intention would always be to seek to reach a negotiated agreement, which would include protection for lower paid civil servants."
'No status quo'BBC political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue said the CSCS had in the past resulted in some payouts equivalent to six years' salary.
If agreement on reform could not be reached, ministers would have to amend the 1972 Superannuation Act which established the redundancy rules.
"Unions say letters have already gone to heads of human resources telling them they shouldn't assume the status quo will last for more than the next couple of months, suggesting change could be forced through," our correspondent added.
It emerged at the weekend that Chancellor George Osborne had ordered most government departments to draw up plans for budget cuts of up to 40%, as they prepare for October's spending review.
BRAVO!
WE NEED ORE OF THAT HERE - IN EVERY STATE AND IN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER: COULD HE BE A MISSION FOR GARY BROOKS FAULKNER?
HE FAILED.
MAYBE WE SHOULD SEND HIM ON AN EASIER ASSIGNMENT: THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER.
THIS IS WHY:
A doctor who said the man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 had only three months to live now says the Libyan could survive another 10 years, London's Sunday Times reported.Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of 270 counts of murder for being behind the 1988 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, was released on compassionate grounds in 2009, after doctors said he only had a few months to live.
Specialist Karol Sikora told the newspaper it was "embarrassing" that al-Megrahi, who has prostate cancer and received a hero's welcome upon his return to Libya, had managed to outlive the prognosis.
The report is sure to re-ignite accusations that Scottish authorities bowed to pressure from Libya and the British government to release al-Megrahi, who American officials accuse of being an officer of the Libyan intelligence service.
"There is always a chance that he would live for 10 years ... but it's very unusual," Sikora told the Times.
I THINK THIS GUY WILL BE EASIER FOR FAULKNER TO FIND. AND KILL.
GO BABY GO!
HEZBOLLAH'S SPIRITUAL LEADER DIES
Hizbullah’s Shi’ite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah died Sunday after being hospitalized in Beirut for internal bleeding. Fadallah was reported Saturday to be struggling for his life.Finally, this filthy entity has gone to face the highest court for his crimes. I don't know if he was injured by his fellow Islamofascists or what, but this is welcome news to know that's he's gone. It won't weaken them easily, but it'll hopefully be something to damage the horrible terrorist outfit of Lebanon.
The 75-year-old leader was the spiritual guide to Hizbullah, which is headed by Hassan Nasrallah, and backed the Iranian revolution against the Shah in 1979. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard helped establish the Hizbullah terrorist organization.
Fadlallah advocated suicide attacks against Israel and survived several assassination attempts against him. One of his former bodyguards was Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car-bombing in Damascus two years ago. In 1985, a car bomb exploded near his Beirut house, but he and Mughniyeh survived the blast.
FINALLY:THE A-WHALE - THE WORLD'S BIGGEST OIL-SKIMMER - HEADS FOR THE BP OIL SPILL AND 2 DAYS OF TESTING
A giant tanker refitted to scoop up spilled oil is being tested at the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
The Taiwanese vessel - called "A Whale" - is designed to vacuum up oily water, separate the oil and return the water to the sea.
It is undergoing two days of testing before starting work, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
Much smaller skimming vessels have been working off Louisiana, but they have been affected by rough seas.
Oil has been gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico since 22 April, when BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank.
Crude oil has been leaking at a rate of between 35,000 to 60,000 barrels per day, according to US scientists.
Two containment ships capturing about 25,000 barrels of oil per day are now in place, and there are plans to double this by connecting a new vessel, the Helix Producer.
But these plans have been delayed by tropical storm Alex, which brought high seas and strong winds to the region.
Clean-up boostTesting of the giant skimmer vessel - which its owners say can process 21 million gallons of oily water per day - began on Saturday.
The 275m (300-yard) tanker takes in oily water through 12 vents.
In a series of tanks, the oil is separated for transfer to another vessel, while the clean water is returned to the sea.
THIS SHIP CAN TAKE IN DAILY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT ALL OTHER SKIMMER SHIPS HAVE COLLECTED TO DATE.
SO WHY IN THE HELL DID OBAMA DELAY ITS ARRIVAL!?
CLOWARD-PIVEN I GUESS: OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES GAMBLED THAT THE BIGGER THE CRIS9IS THE MORE THE ELECTORATE WOULD HATE "BIG OIL" AND SUPPORT "THE GREEN ECONOMY".
I THINK THEY GUESSED WRONG. THE ELECTORATE BLAMES OBAMA FOR THE INEPT RESPONSE. EVEN JAMES CARVILLE DOES.
I PRAY THEY STAY AWAKE THROUGH NOVEMBER AND VOTE GOP@!
NYTIMES FRONT PAGE: CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS IN BIG TROUBLE
State in Play
A Battle for Congress
This is part of a series of articles looking at House and Senate races in the battleground state of Ohio and other developments there that highlight the forces shaping politics in the 2010 midterm campaign.
His Republican opponent, Steve Chabot, whom he defeated in 2008, greeted potential voters at the Westfest street festival in Cheviot.
"Hi, I’m Steve Driehaus,” he said, leaning down to shake a woman’s hand. “I’m your congressman, and I need your help in November.”
While all candidates ask voters for support, the pitch from Mr. Driehaus is more pointed than most.
He is among the class of Democrats who face the challenge of running in difficult districts without the same enthusiasm and expected voter turnout [BLACK TURNOUT --- SEE BELOW!] that helped the party expand its Congressional majorities when Barack Obama led the ticket two years ago.
The race highlights a central question of this election cycle:
What chance do Democrats have of defending House districts, like the one here in Cincinnati and a dozen more across the country, where, by narrow margins in 2008, they captured seats held by Republicans?
To hold these seats and to protect others that are vulnerable, Democrats are trying to re-create the Obama campaign machinery and expand turnout beyond a typical midterm election to compete with a particularly motivated Republican base.
The prospects for Democrats holding on to the House, and perhaps even the Senate, could rest with whether legions of first-time or occasional voters who supported Mr. Obama, including a high percentage of African-Americans, return to the polls this year.
The contest in Ohio’s First Congressional District offers one of the best case studies in the country. The campaign is among a dozen rematches in this election cycle: Steve Chabot, who was first elected in the 1994 Republican sweep, lost his seat to Mr. Driehaus by four percentage points — 14,772 votes — and is fighting to win it back.
“I think people are ready for a change from the change,” Mr. Chabot said in an interview at his storefront headquarters, decorated with signs and banners from his previous races. “The change that they’ve seen isn’t what a lot of people had in mind.”
If Republicans are to win control of the House, party leaders are relying on candidates like Mr. Chabot to whittle away the 39-seat Democratic majority. Their strategy is rooted in the belief that the Republican base is significantly more energized than it was two years ago, particularly because of the influence of Tea Party activists and at least a share of independent voters who have soured on the leadership of Democrats.
I'M GLAD THEY DID MENTION THE FACT THAT - DESPITE 2 WARS AND A RECESSION AND A STOCK MARKET CRASH --- AND DESPITE PUTSEPNDING MCCAIN AND SPENDING CLOSE TO ONE BILLION DOLLARS ---- OBAMA WON LARGELY BASED ON TURNOUT - BLACK TURNOUT
THAT'S ONE EFFIN' HUGE REASON THE GOP WILL SWEEP.One of the MAJOR reasons Obama beat McCain was the black turnout; they need to repeat this to have any chance of holding the House and the Senate.
Here's the back-story:
THE MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR OBAMA WAS THE BLACK VOTE.In last year’s presidential election, younger blacks voted in greater proportions than whites for the first time and black women turned out at a higher rate than any other racial, ethnic and gender group, a census analysis released Monday confirmed.
As a result, in the election that produced the nation’s first black president, the historic gap between black and white voter participation rates over all virtually evaporated.Total turnout in 2008 was about the same as it was in 2004, about 64 percent of voting age citizens.
But with Barack Obama on the ballot, the makeup of the 131 million who voted last year was markedly different.
While the number of non-Hispanic white voters remained roughly the same, 2 million more blacks, 2 million more Latinos and 600,000 more Asians turned out.
Compared with 2004, the voting rate for black, Asian and Hispanic voters increased by about four percentage points.
The rate for whites declined by one percentage point.
REPEAT: THE MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR OBAMA WAS THE BLACK VOTE.
AND IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT; POLITICO - 10/6/08, JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION:IN 2008, THE LEFT HAD A BLACK MAN ON THE TOP OF THE TICKET, AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT. (THEY ALSO LIED, AND TOLD THE ELECTORATE THAT OBAMA - THE MOST LEFTIST CANDIDATE EVER NOMINATED - WAS A CENTRIST.)As Barack Obama trekked through the Philadelphia suburbs, Northern Virginia and Greensboro, N.C., in recent days, his campaign was ramping up a massive parallel effort in big cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Miami.
In the largely black precincts of those metropolises, radio broadcasts blast constant reminders to vote for Obama, field organizers swarm, and megastars including Jay-Z, Russell Simmons and LeBron James have led massive rallies, working to reach not just the substantial portion of the black community who regularly come out to vote but also the younger people and others who have never before cast a ballot.
Though the rallies are publicized, much of the advertising directed at black voters isn't. Get-out-the-vote ads on radio and television aren't released to the media, and the number of new voters Obama has registered is a closely held secret. He is, however, leaving no stone unturned when it comes to registering African-American voters. The campaign has, for example, a major initiative aimed at turning barbershops and beauty parlors into voter registration offices. This week, Kimora Lee Simmons' E! Network reality show, "Life in the Fab Lane," carried a campaign ad at the bottom of the screen reminding citizens to register to vote.
Monday morning, the deadline for registration in several key states, Obama appeared on two of the most widely heard African-American radio programs, where hosts implored listeners to register to vote and Obama directed them to his campaign's registration website.
"The African-American vote can be a game-changer in all sorts of states," Obama told host Steve Harvey. "In Florida, in Indiana, in North Carolina, in Ohio. I just want people to look at the numbers."
Little of this targeted outreach has produced images of Obama addressing black crowds or mingling with black officials, and most has gone unnoticed by the broader electorate.
"If you didn't notice it, then you probably weren't the target," said Obama spokesman Corey Ealons of the targeted advertising. He described the campaign's general voter registration drive — which has focused heavily on young voters, as well as African-Americans — as "a very extensive effort and that's been one of the highlights and major focuses of the campaign."
IN 2010, THEY DON'T HAVE A BLACK ON TOP OF THE TICKET,
ANOTHER REASON IS THE FACT THAT INDEPENDENTS WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED HIM WHEN HE SAID HE WAS A POST-RACIAL POST-PARTISAN MODERATE NOW KNOW THAT THEY WERE LIED TO, AND THEY'RE ANGRY AND GOING TO VOTE GOP.
ADD TO THAT GOP ENTHUSIASM AND WE HAVE THE MAKINGS OF THE GREATEST SWEEP IN USA HISTORY.
GOD-WILLING.
THERE'S ONLY TWO THINGS THAT CAN PREVENT THIS:
ONE IS THIS: OBAMA ATTACKING IRAN BEFORE LABOR DAY.
THE OTHER IS THIS: MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD IN KEY RACES.
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER BARTLE BULL IS AFRAID THIS MIGHT HAPPEN: ZIP AHEAD TO THE 3:50 MARK TO HEAR HIS WARNING:
BACKGROUNDER HERE:
WITHOUT VOTER FRAUD OR A STATE OF WAR OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES CAN'T WIN: MAYBE HE'LL TRY BOTH!
STAY TUNED...
WHO ARE THE INVADERS OF NORTH AFRICA, CHRISTIANS OR MUSLIMS?
Muslim invasion of Egypt
The Muslim conquest of Egypt took place in AD 639. Despite the political upheaval, the Egyptian population remained mainly Christian. However, the gradual conversions to Islam and higher birthrates, murders and forms of coercion over the centuries changed Egypt from a Christian to a largely Muslim country by the end of the 12th century.[10]
VIDEO UPDATE: HOW CHRISTIAN CONVERTS ARE TREATED IN EGYPT:
NEVER FORGET THAT ISLAM AND THE ARABS ARE THE INVADERS WHO DON'T BELONG.
ON OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY, LET US PRAY THAT ALL THE WORLD AND ALL HUMANITY WILL ONE DAY BE FREE FROM THE TYRANNICAL, MISOGYNISTIC, AND GENOCIDAL CREED OF ISLAM.
MAY ALL MANKIND WIN FREEDOM FROM ISLAM,
AND ALL ALL OTHER FORMS OF TYRANNY -
WHETHER ISLAMIC OR COLLECTIVIST -
AND MAY ALL HUMANITY LIVE PEACEFULLY AND PROSPEROUSLY
UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PHOTO ESSAY: WHY WE FIGHT:
Top 20 Photos From the Gulf that Obama Doesn't Want You to See
Although Obama appears to have ordered a media blackout of the Gulf disaster, a relative few shocking photos have leaked out thanks to enterprising area residents. You won't be seeing these in your local paper, that's for sure.



















Maybe after Key West, Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale are coated in oil, the President will begin paying attention.Cross-posted at: Doug Ross @ Journal.
Independence Day 2010
One more video, in which a reading of the Declaration of Independence begins around time marker 4:20:
THE ENTIRE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,GOD BLESS AMERICA!
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
When our land is illumined with liberty's smile,
If a foe from within strikes a blow at her glory,
Down, down with the traitor that tries to defile
The flag of the stars, and the page of her story!
By the millions unchained,
Who their birthright have gained
We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained;
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave,
While the land of the free is the home of the brave.










