Dan Kennedy's column (above) details only one of the heinous crimes against America's people by the mystery-man with no birth certificate and his wife.Does Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos come to your mind? In addition to her robbery of our taxpayers, he has refused to reign in Nancy Pelosi and her private Air Force that is costing taxpayers tons of money: either he is afraid of her, or he is banking on her collusion to help his get his "death-panel" law glued onto our freedom!

The current administration with it's "in your face" spending spree is typical of these of socialist leaning. Spend the peons money because they can. A weak Congress not having any concern for the people.

The line will be long to urinate on some graves.

I thank you for your covering of the news. I am of the "older generation", and cannot believe the vast changes in our freedoms that I see being removed. I pray that this nation will continue to rise up and make a REAL CHANGE in Washington DC and in some of our States that have completely endorsed this fanatic sense of government.

May we return to being a Beacon of Light and Freedom. Please continue your bringing us the updates, but also the uplifting messages.

There still exists TRUTH. A foundational TRUTH honed by those who built the Foundation of these great United States under GOD's watchful Eye and Direction. The true Citizens of these United States understand that character is lost, as the insidious movement of deceit and dumber do their dirtywork... and The People allow themselves to exist in a vacuum of their own making.If you don't wanna care...you won't. Wake up! Freedom is being erased one day at a time by the present administration. National Day of Prayer insidiously changed for a more "diverse" nothing. Military flyovers by military jet experts, who Train to honor our Military, are refused to perform because the name GOD is included in the title of the event. Look it up! It's true and just happened. After 42 years the White House changes the rules. It's happening folks. Get the word out! Save our fair Country. Save our Freedoms. Save our very lives!!! Patriot Post is where the TRUTH is published. Put it on email, Facebook, Twitter, Bing, MySpace...but put it out there. All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men and women to do nothing! May GOD bless America as we pray and STAND UP for this Country!

RE: "The Last Word" by Dan Kennedy. It seems that with a staff of 22 assistants that one of them would let Mrs Obummer know it's not appropriate to touch the queen. Maybe the President's solution will be to double their sallaries to make sure that type of mistake doesn't happen again. That's the liberal's solution to fixing problems - spend more money.

""do you think you could reign in your wife's blowing of my money just a teeny bit?" --columnist Dan Kennedy""

'Reign' is just what he is doing, as in emperor; 'rein' is the more appropriate word, as in a connecting strap to govern a horse.

George Washington, the father of our country, was actually born on February 11 instead of February 22, the date we officially recognize as Washington's birthday.

So why do we recognize GW's birthday as the 22nd when he was actually born on the 11th?

Answer . . . England and its territories switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, so George shifted his birthday back 11 days.

In 1968, Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act, which moved the official observance of Washington's birthday from Feb. 22 to the third Monday in February.

George Washington's birthday was nominally on February 11, but in the Julian calendar that predated England's calendar reformation in September 1752. His birthday is equivalent to February 22 in the Gregorian calendar used today. The third Monday in a month never falls later than the 21st, so the official holiday now never occurs on his actual birthday.

I think that the lny comment we should make is what happened to Cahnge? when we spend a dollar, any more ther is no Change ! We are told to save and be frugal but now we actually have to because of all the excess taxes that are passed. In another few months retires are not going to be able to live on their Social Security. {many never have }.

Loved the short article by Dan Kennedy about Mrs. Obama's spending habits. I'm guessing that the queen of England has less staff than Mrs. Obama. So while she's blowing $6.3million of the nations hard earned cash, she may want to "schedule" some time through her deputy director of scheduling, to invest in a PDA and fire the "scheduling czar". Most PDA's are $200-$500 each, are easy to carry, don't require health benefits and don't have a salary of $62,000/year.

Mr. and Mrs. Obama- try instilling some fiscal responsibility into the nations budget before you try to tell us how to do it for ourselves. The biggest difference between your spending and our individual spending....I have to pay my own bill at the end of every month; you just tack it on the deficit of a nation. Think before you spend.

Repealing "Don't ask, don't tell"

What Colin Powell is advocating is a political paradigm shift. It seldom happens that someone responsible for creating a paradigm is able to make a shift to a new paradigm that replaces it. We are indeed experiencing a compression of time, as well as seeing a once great man caving to political correctness.

Chuck Colson's commentary about gays in the military are not ones that I, and many other clear thinking conservatives, can support. What is needed is not more discrimination against gay people, but a greater understanding of the reality that gay people are like any others in that they can love their country enough to want to help defend it. I am not gay, but have many gay friends, and understand that their lives do not revolve around their sexual preferences, nor do those sexual preferences create urges that dominate everything that they do any more than the sexual preferences and urges of straight people dominate their lives. Being gay does not make one any more or less sexually predatory than being straight. In my opinion, "don't ask, don't tell" is a dishonest policy adopted to allow those in authority to continue to bury their collective heads in the sand. Education, not discrimination, is the answer to dealing with this admittedly difficult issue.

Why should we expect any different from Mrs. Obama - she and her husband act like ordinary rules do not apply to them...that saving money is something that doesn't apply to me. As always, they talk a good game for the cameras, but when the spotlight is out, "they are going to get theirs, for they have arrived at their (not our) promised land.

The Global Warming alarmist have become ever more dogmatic in their faith and belief in the science that they claim "proves" their theories ..so much so that they make the church theologians of the middle ages look like open minded scientist. When the scientist lose objectivity and forget that science is ...must be objectively neutral...when the scientist adopt their own beliefs as the new religion they betray science, betray knowledge and ultimately betray humanity

I really do thank God for you people. In a word gone crazy with it's hand out, it's nice to know there is somewhere to go to read the truth.

Thank you so much.

"President's Day" is much the same as other efforts to blur history. George Wahington is perhaps the finest of our Founding Fathers, dedicated to the principles Constitutional and republican government. Abraham Lincoln was on the other hand a man prone to excessive executive power and clearly an anti-Constitutionalist. The two could not have been further apart philosophically. While Washington helped in the creation of a great state, Lincoln left a legacy of diviseness. To honor both on the same day is repugnant.

You'd think that with a 22 assistants the wife of the current occupant of the White House could find someone to show her how to not dress like someone in the middle of Spring house cleaning. At the least, she should be able to find sweaters that fit.

I am an avid reader and supporter of the Patriotpost. However I've lost a bit of confidence after reading today's brief concerning Michelle Obama's staff. While I do not doubt that she employs all those folks at our expense, the Patriotpost editorial by Dan Kennedy made it seem that she was the only one who has done that. If you search www.truthorfiction.com you'll read the entire story and find that Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton are at least 2 first ladies who also employed the same large staff in the White House. It's an obscene amount no matter which party occupies the White House. But please PatriotPost, check the truthfulness of what you print before putting it out as fact.

Regarding Mrs. Obama's staff of 22 overpaid assistants in The Last Word; to the average leftist, Mrs. Obama is simply doing her part to stimulate the economy. She is creating some of those "millions" of new (or saved) jobs. In the world of reality, where most of us live, she is actually creating more OVERHEAD.

Mrs. Obama.s staff of 22 and their salary packages are the most outrageous expenditures in the entire budget I wonder what Eleanor Roosevelt's staff expenditures were stated in terms of todays dollar.

Re: "When I watched that Audi ad, my jaw dropped open. I was thinking that there exist people in the nation that would LOVE to see a green police become the law enforcement of the land: scary indeed." — Ileana [not Mercer]

I read almost a year ago in the UK's `Independent´ that there was a big prob in many London neighborhoods with do-gooders inspecting others' bins to ensure trash-vs-recyclable compliance. Sadly, I have lived in a few locales in the US where some also had enough time on their hands to attempt a forced, proper attendance to Mother Gaia. These are presumably the same who spend $70. on a trendy garden trowel.

Justifiably critical comments carry more weight when proof-read.

Check out difference between "reign"and "rein".

God is in the details.

Global Warming is absolutely Bush's fault. If you do not believe me check the popular news magazines of about 20-25 years ago and you will see that the leading pundits and wise men of the day were talking a new ice age.

In today's Yahoo news and comments there are 7 states listed without a state income tax. Among the reasons listed are women's wages(the dollar factors given seem to have no relationship). If people would look away from no Income tax, they would find higher taxes on everything else, including property taxes in Texas. Governments will collect the money, it does not care from which of your pockets but it will collect. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

"The Last Word" by Dan Kennedy. I'm not a Democrat by any sense of the term, but do the math folks. If Mrs. Obama's had 22 staff members and they made $6.3 million annualy; they would average $286,363.63 each annually. According to all the records I've seen; she actually has 24 staff members and they make $1.6 million annualy. Laura Bush had between 24-26 at the end of her husbands term. LBJ and Betty Ford had 30 and Jackie Kennedy had 40. You may be interested in visiting http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/firstlady.asp for the facts.

When this President was elected, I wagered with a co-worker whether he would govern from the center (as a Post reader, I knew better). The winner would be named at the end of the hundred days. Though my coworkers are highly educated and intelligent, many including managers said I would lose the bet. I think this reflects the illusion that so many were under by the hopeychangey campaign. Almost before the swearing in, my counterpart was conceding the bet - he paid out prior to term. Unforunately, that was the most expensive dollar I ever received.

Well, so some else was creeped-out by the Audi ad. Here in Kalifornia we are facing our own, self-inflicted GHG pogrom, and it is frightening to watch this mindless juggernaut as it threatens assure the demise of the state's economy, and for what? "To deminstrate leadership" I've been told when I have posed the simple question to the bureaucrats in charge.

Keep up the good work.

David Branchcomb

George Washington, First POTUS, birthday is celebrated on February 22 BUT he was born on February 11th, 1732. There was a calendar change that eliminated the dates 9-2-1752 through 9-14-1752

The reason for no snow in Vancouver is not because of Global Warming! Vancouver, like Seattle and Portland is in a subtropical rain forest. And like all rain forests, it RAINS. A lot. Why anyone is mystified that there isn't much snow there is a total idiot and needs to look at the area from the last millennium. I used to live in Olympia and Seattle. You rarely see the sun for more than a few minutes for months on end. Why do you think the suicide rate is so high there. You get warm moist air from Hawaii and cool air from south of Alaska that converges over Bellingham. Everything from Portland north along the coast is wet with rain except in the mountains (Whistler) where it actually does snow.

Seems to me that there should be some guide lines in place some where that would govern this , she should not be able to spend this much at her own pleasure.

Through the rigorous application of logic, I have become a believer in the theory that global warming (hot air) leads to otherwise unexplainable cold. I have plotted the speaking engagements of Mr. Al Gore and have found that as soon as he announces that his hot air will be released at a location, the coldest weather in recent history is the result. Release of excessive hot air leads to cold. I am a firm believer now!

Not wanting to be a conspiracy theorist, but isn't it quite a benefit for GM (aka Government Motors) that the reputation of the company recently replacing it as world's largest auto manufacturer (not to mention number one green car maker) is now in shambles? I understand the problem with the brakes is a software problem. I wonder if this problem is unique to Toyota, or to other car manufacturers.

Thanks for the Michelle Obama 'servant' breakdown.

Thirty or more czars and 22 assistants in the midst

of a serious recession, gadfly trips around the globe with more to come (Jakarta, Indonesia in March). Shouldn't we be staying home to attend to

the American economy?

Please, Mr. Obama---do not apologize for America's

exceptionalism, while in Indonesia.

Mr. Colson; You are exctly correct. Mr.Powell, like sailing craft, goes with the wind. Homosexuality has existed since human evolvement. Distrust of homosexuals has existed from that same moment.To accept open homosexual behavior in the military is to contravenes leadership. Men will follow leaders they respect into the hell of battle. Respect is earned by trust. Homosexuals do not inspire trust.

High ranking military, politicians, often 'follow the wind', as Mr. Powell. Ask those in the ranks, that have, perhaps, expericnced homosexual advances. Permit this abomination, and the volunteer military will cease to exist.

USN,E8,Retired.

Mrs. Obama's staff and the czars. Sounds like we have a king already. Maybe this is the new version of Camelot. Kennedys move over.

As a former US Army Engineer and 17 yr vet, there aint no stinkin way I'd bunk with an individual who was allowed to be openly homosexual. If DoD allows open homesexuality in the ranks then all they'll have is homos in the military.

Concerning Abraham Lincoln. Which section of the Constitution says a state can not secede? In the 155 years since the Northern War of Aggression (oops civil war) started has anyone found that section?

Kicking all these people out would pay for years of raises for every one in S.S.

Not wanting to be a conspiracy theorist, but isn't it quite a benefit for GM (aka Government Motors) that the reputation of the company recently replacing it as world's largest auto manufacturer (not to mention number one green car maker) is now in shambles? I understand the problem with the brakes is a software problem. I wonder if this problem is unique to Toyota, or to other car manufacturers.

I have been an Agnosic most of my life, but the weather in Washington D.C. has made a real believer out of me now.

God, is there and he (or she) has a wonderful sense of humor.

John Stossel makes such a big point in his single paragraph essay included herein under the "Government" heading. If only every American could or would read and understand it, then maybe much of the 60% of us would be shamed into curtailing their selfishness, and we could all put pressure on congress to make some real, equitable policy changes.

Everyone should be sure to read John's essay. Thanks, Mark, for including it.

I just sent Audi a nastygram telling them that I don't find Socialism cute or amusing. I thought they were in business to make money in our Capitalistic society? Perhaps others could remind them why they are in business too.

Regarding Michelle Obama's staff, I recall, when voting, having a choice between McCain and Obama. I do not recall seeing Michelle Obama anywhere on any ballot and would be willing to bet that not a single vote was cast for her any where in the United States. I also cannottake to lay my finger, to coin a phrase, on any law that gives the First Lady to appropriate from the public treasury monies for any purpose. Correct me if I am wrong. If I am correct then she, and her husband, appear to be guilty of embezzelment.

I invoke the right to Citizens Arrest.

I am a retired USAF NCO who served 16 years in the Air Force and 4 years in the US Navy and it really burns me to hear all these experts say that times have changed and its time to stop Don't Ask--Don't Tell policy. I just wonder how many of them has had to live in a small comfined space aboard a ship or even in a tent where there is very little if any privacy. I have lived in open bay barracks, tents,sleeping compartments with 60 other males and I don't like the idea of showing my body to a homo to check me out. What is an abomination in GOD's sight is wrong and just because the Sec.of Defense or the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff thinks its now time to make a change and who never did or never will be put into a situation like the common ordinary GI will be faced with. I love my country but to have people that want to compromise our long held standards is wrong and will only destroy the morale of the American men and women who want to serve this country

I'm shocked that Mrs. Obama has 22 assistants with the exorbitant salaries! This is ridiculous!!

What can we do about this?

Spending the money of others without their express permission is just another way to spell "STEALING". Michelle Obama's outrageous budget is just one more way those in federal government are stealing other people's money. May God have mercy on us and illumine the mind's of the American citizenry to this chicanery and that right soon.

Each edition of your wonderful publication leaves me

in awe. The insight of all of the contributing writers is always right on!! To go back and read each edition 2 or 3 times is not unusual. You are to be commended!!

Robert E. Fehmel

There isn't anything such thing as global warming.

It's a hoax. We do have four seasons:

Spring, where it starts getting warmer

Summer, it does get hot

Fall, starts cooling off.

Winter, it gets cold.

This global warming or as they want to call it now climate change is just to steal your money by higher

energy prices. Obama wants to spread the wealth around by taking ours.

Dan Kennedy - It's "rein" in, not "reign".

Don't ask, don't tell:

Homosexuality was common place and acceptable in ancient Greece; it was common place but NOT acceptable by citizens of the Roman Republic.

The Roman military was an honorable career during those Republic years but any hint of homosexuality among the legions meant immediate death. Maybe Caesar knew it would only destroy 'order and discipline in the ranks,' to use Powell's own phrase!

Colson has it right and well said. The important difference between agape love and eros says it all in a nutshell.

Joe Lang joins the ranks of those marching boldly forth with the New and Improved Culture Club, too ready to dismiss the greater wisdom of our forebears. What greater education do I need? I've had gay friends, respected and loved, with out fear or hate. I confess having preferred those able to reciprocate the respect by minimizing the issue in my presense, as a simple understanding of interests.

As a non-golfer I need know nothing of your handicap or your last game. I don't play, so why waste your breath?

Certainly anyone in a work environment, which the military is in quite absolute terms, can appreciate that sex (homo or hetero)is an issue to be left to the off hours. The important distinction is that the military doesn't always HAVE off hours.

Charlie C has it exactly right.

A man stands up willing to put life and limb on the line for his country and you want to subject him to this complete destruction of the necessary atmosphere of brotherhood?

Who are these self-flattering elites who at every safe distance from the front wish to "educate" every G.I. Joe to lend whole second meaning to saying "watch my back".

Just freaking wonderful... and here I am worried

about out- living Social Security!

What has happened to the days when General Patton would have someone who claim to be gay shot.General Patton we need you we are about to be over run........

The average salary for working Americans is $42,000. The average salary for a federal government employee is $75,000. The average salary for a federal government supervisor is $110,000. The problem is that RINOs have spent so much money in and of themselves that for them to complain about the Obamas' and the Commiecrats' spending would be like the pot calling the kettle black. (Am I going to get in trouble for that last statement?)

I ggogled this information. Google opines that this information is true and accurate but that previous First ladies had even larger staffs. It claimed Laura Bush was one of them.

Gee, if there are any vacancies in that Sub Cabinet, I never had a cushy high paying job.... and would like one.

My qualifications are that I Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the School of Hard Knocks. With over 70 years of experience.

Does it offer paid vacations? Expense Account? Health Plan, a Car?

and an Airplane for far away trips? do I get my own office? And a personal secretary?

Ref: Dan Kennedy's talking about Michelle O's spending... I agree; but check with Snopes and (unfortunately) view a list of Republican wives that have come close to that number in their administration(s).

Regardless, it's socialistic.

Bill

"If people would look away from no Income tax, they would find higher taxes on everything else, including property taxes in Texas. Governments will collect the money, it does not care from which of your pockets but it will collect. There is no such thing as a free lunch."

The difference, Mr. Shell, is that one must earn a salary to survive but owning property is an option. Property taxes o.k., income taxes NOT o.k.

The paragraph by Chuck Colson about gays in the military brought up a good point, and possibly a good solution:

With Eros replacing Agape, it leads to the very reasons female troops are still not allowed to participate in forward battle. So, perhaps the solution (if gays serving openly in the military truly is "inevitable") is to keep them OFF the front lines, like the female troops; and perhaps allow them to serve in their own "special" units.

I am a contributing member and really enjoy your newsletters however, the comments about Mrs. Obama's staff have been questioned by a friend of mine and snopes as well as truthorfiction say this is fiction. I would be interested in your comments on this subject.

Thanks,

C. T. Chandler, Jr.

Edmond, Ok.

Richard Nixon, along with a great many errors in judgment of a personal nature, did the cause of patriotism a great disfavor when he signed the Exec. Order that made Mondays the preferred holidays throughout this country. Bowing to the pleas of the retail and educational lobbies he determine that three day weekends were of far more importance to the growth of this republic than an appreciation and celebration of our patriotic holidays. In my youth I stood solemnly in the local cemetery bursting with the remains of our valiant veterans, while listening, hand on heart, to a call to remember and learn from their sacrifices. Now I am numbed by the continuous calls to sales from retailers who, laughing all the way to the bank, don't even know what we memorialize on Memorial Day, honor on President's Day, and commemorate on Armistice (Veterans') Day. Our students have no sense of loyalty to a cause limping to obscurity or a country giving out more than it demands. As an 81 year old first generation American citizen, I still get a lump in my throat and a tear glistening eye when I recall singing with understanding, not just vigor, "This is my country, land of my birth". But then the singing reflected the joy of freedom and the remembrance of effort spent on my behalf. Would that the Executive Order could be rescinded and we could see through the smoke of greed, reaching out for a devotion to God and country, the foundation from which it all sprang.

Could have watched olympics since the '70's but not all events are aired. Most, if not all, countries involved support idealism of one world government. Something the U. S. of A. does NOT need!!!

Tell them, "Git yer lousy, lyin', no good, four flushin' carcass out of my country!"

For truth in advertising, I think we need to change the phrase man-made global warming to man-made up global warming.

What a wonderful post, Mr. John Zee. You, sir, were privileged to live in an America, that wasn't centered on "themselves". Now, everything is predicated on "My Convenience".

And furthermore, our enemies have taken advantage of changing this Beloved Country from our Glorious History to a "play-shop day".

This might give you some hope. Last night, at our LOCAL County Commission, I commemorated the Birthday of George Washington, read part of his 1789 Inaugural address (Bible open on Deut.28, the Blessings and the curses) where at the end, he kisses the Bible and proclaims "SO HELP ME GOD." Then I read to them his most remarkable statement, "It is impossible to rightly govern a Nation without God and the Bible."

"Stick by the STUFF", the glitter and tinsel have no substance and the Foundations will soon be a "sought after commodity"(by the Grace of God). All the "GRANTS" are now burdensome, as that is what happens when God is left out and the "boundaries broken".

Imagine, God gave us such Wonderful Leaders as Washington and the Veterans who have done their duty

to preserve for us, FREEDOM and then allow in 1963, the atheist O'Hare to stand before the Supreme Court and take prayer and Bible reading from the Public School. The Court should have stood on the 1892 ruling that declared, "We are a Christian Nation" by virtue of our Foundations.

FIX IT, REVERSE that ruling. Stop this "vacation plan of convenience" back to the commemoration of our True National commemorations, that generations might ask Why do we do this????? Exodus 10:2, "And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them"; That ye may know how that I AM the Lord."

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

I really enjoy your newsletter and humorous emails. The info about Mrs. Obama's staff is outrageous! Keep up the great work!! Conservative citizens everywhere appreciate it!

God bless all our Military and the United States of America!

What is required to change the RNC? Candidates should subscribe to "first principles" of a party to be endorsed as that party’s candidate. I would love to see the elimination of parties and voting based on the character and principles of a candidate, but our distorted system seems incompatible with that notion. So how do we reform the system? How do we institute a process where dissenters are disowned to find another banner to fly over their confused positions?

Left-leaners would never public their principles because they are incompatible with our constitution. But right-siders are unable to regulate their candidates to maintain "Reagan-like" principles (see Sen Gregg's comment on Health Care Reform—it’s still un-Constitutional).

I'm a centrist because I think that is what Constitutional Conservatism is. I'm not radical. I'm not extreme. But I ascribe to "first principles" and find them to be "common"-sense and tested for success by our founders.

I walked a few days ago past the low fence surrounding Arlington National Cemetery. It was a freezing day with blustering winds - a sea of tomb markers were almost completely buried by pristine snow - so cold, white, desolate, and seemingly forgotten in more ways than one - all tombs of the "unknown" interred twice. My heart ached for those brave soldiers who sacrificed so much for us. Do we still cherish, honor, and respect their sacrifice?

Email that I received recently....

Now this is a real class act!!!

I once said that some people take their football and the fighting for their alma mater way too serious in the "big" picture of life, a game should be a game, with good sports, no hard feelings and being an adult. This was sent to me by a friend, and sort of points that out.

Just prior to the start of the Air Force-BYU football game, Sept. 22, 2009, this video was broadcast in the BYU stadium in Provo, Utah. Later, the USAF Academy Superintendent, LtGen Gould, showed this clip to the faculty and staff. He told everyone that BYU ran it minutes before the kickoff at the game. He was clearly moved by it, as were those who watched it. BYU is a class act.

BYU VS. AIR FORCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=72OhOWFMf84