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Friday, April 30, 2010
The Foundation
"Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules. That these rules shall be as equal as prudential considerations will admit, will certainly be the aim of our legislatures, general and particular." --Thomas Jefferson
Government & Politics
Arizona Immigration Brouhaha
Did these guys just come to work?Last week, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed a tough new law designed to crack down on the flood of illegal immigration in the state and the violence and mayhem that has accompanied it. Political mayhem is the price of the law's enactment.
Stepped-up enforcement of the border in California and Texas has funneled much of the illegal alien traffic and cross-border smuggling through Arizona. A sharp increase in crime has resulted, with Phoenix now being the kidnap capital of the United States. Ranchers near the border live under a state of siege, but demands that the federal government take aggressive remedial action have been unavailing. The recent murder of Rob Krentz, a kind-hearted rancher who often assisted desperate immigrants abused and abandoned by their "coyote" guides, prompted widespread outrage at the federal government's fundamental failure to protect its citizens against a dangerous foreign invasion.
The race-baiting grievance mongers wasted no time in denouncing the law. Vandals smeared refried beans in the shape of a swastika on the Arizona Capitol building (which we find to be an incredibly strange mixed message). Some leftist church leaders denounced the law as "hateful." Race hustler Jesse Jackson called it "terrorism." Calling it "stupid," "an embarrassment" and "racist," Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik (Tucson) said he would refuse to enforce it.
Latino activist and far-left Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) called for a boycott of his own state, saying, "I support some very targeted economic sanctions on the state of Arizona. We will be asking national organizations -- civil, religious, political -- not to have conferences and conventions in the state of Arizona. There has to be an economic consequence to this action and to this legislation." We're sure Arizona's 2.3 million unemployed will thank Grijalva for his principled stand.
Meanwhile, in a stunning display of hypocrisy, the government of Mexico issued a travel advisory and expressed concern about the rights of its citizens in the United States. Of course, Mexico plays by much more stringent rules when dealing with its own immigration issues.
These critics either haven't read the law or, more likely, don't want to be bothered with reality. Among other things, Arizona's new law makes it a state crime for people to be in Arizona if they are in the United States illegally. If the police have an otherwise lawful encounter with someone, and if they have "reasonable suspicion" that the person is in the United States illegally, the police are required to ask for documentation of immigration status. An Arizona driver's license is presumptive proof of lawful status.
The law specifically forbids police from basing their actions solely on someone's race or ethnicity. It also compels the police to base their "reasonable suspicion" on criteria that are permissible under the U.S. and Arizona constitutions. Moreover, when she signed the bill, Gov. Brewer issued an executive order directing additional training specifically to avoid racial profiling when the law is enforced.
The new law, which in many places quotes federal law verbatim, was enacted because of the failure at the federal level to enforce those same laws. None of this matters to the Left. With tactics straight out of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," they have demonized everyone who dares stand up for responsible enforcement of our laws and for the protection of our citizens.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama declared that the nation may not have the "appetite" for an immigration fight this year, so he removed the issue from his agenda. That's a relief.
Quote of the Week
"So Arizona passes a tough law against illegal immigration and suddenly they've got Washington's attention. One poll finds 70 percent of Arizona voters support this new law, so, 'Hey, maybe we better do something, too.' And like the lemmings they are when they smell a chance to score some political points, and some of them need a lot of help with the midterms coming up, there is now talk of rushing immigration reform through Congress. President Obama called the Arizona law 'misguided.' What's misguided, Mr. President, is the federal government's ongoing refusal to enforce the laws that are already on the books. Read the Arizona law. Parts of it are word-for-word the same as the federal statutes which continue to be all but ignored. Now we'll hear all sorts of blathering from our Washington gerbils about the need for a new federal law. There'll be news conferences and interviews and committee hearings and draft legislation and polling -- all the usual carnival acts that accompany any hot button Washington issue. Instead of simply closing the borders and enforcing the existing law so they could turn their attention to something like the national debt and the fact that the country is bankrupt, instead we're going to get this freak show. Washington's position on illegal immigration is patently dishonest from the top down. No enforcement, no border security, just pandering to the Hispanic voters and the corporations that hire the illegals. And then, when one of our states that's being ravaged by the presence of 460,000 illegal aliens inside its borders does something about it, the president says that's misguided. What a shame." --CNN commentator Jack Cafferty
Headline of the Week
"Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law" --Associated Press
Isn't that the point?
More on the Ft. Knox Security Scenario
Regarding Mark Alexander's essay, "Army Preps for Tea Party Terrorists," the update on this story issued yesterday was not a correction or retraction, but additional information about the security scenario circulated at Ft. Knox.
In response to our initial inquiries regarding this scenario, security staff at Ft. Knox responded, predictably, "We are not authorized to discuss this exercise."
Before publishing this story, we established that there was, indeed, a security exercise at Ft. Knox this week, and that the security scenario Mr. Alexander described was, in fact, circulated among officers, security personnel and civilians involved in that exercise.
After publishing yesterday, Mr. Alexander was contacted by Command Staff at Ft. Knox who confirmed that there was a security exercise, but that the scenario circulated among officers, security personnel and civilians, had been altered to include "Tea Party" and "anti health care" protesters "in order to make it more realistic."
The fact that any officer would associate Tea Party folks with "white supremacists" armed with "military grade weapons" and "bomb making components," and believe that association would make this scenario "more realistic," is troubling, at best.
In his essay, Mr. Alexander wrote, "It's not likely that Ft. Knox Commanding General James Milano or Deputy Commander Col. David Teeples, or even the regimental and brigade commanders for the 16th Cav and 194th AB, actually read the exercise scenario..."
Indeed, Command personnel informed Mr. Alexander that they had neither read the scenario nor authorized it.
Further, Mr. Alexander was informed that the officer who authored the scenario had been identified and would be brought in for "appropriate counsel" to ensure no such highly politicized scenario finds its way into official channels again.
Mr. Alexander says he accepts the explanation provided by Command staff with the caveat that it is not clear why objections to this scenario were not raised within the command by those who received it, thus requiring objections to be raised by The Patriot Post.
In regard to the verbatim scenario documentation we posted, even though those documents were not classified, Command staff asked that we remove them for specified security reasons.
As our mission is not only to uphold our Constitution by holding those in positions of authority accountable to their oaths, but also to support our uniformed Patriots, Mr. Alexander agreed to remove the documents from our Web site.
The facts remain: The security exercise scenario was described in Alexander's essay, exactly as it was written and circulated at Ft. Knox to both military and civilian personnel with security responsibilities. A handful of Patriots, at risk to their careers, came forth with this information and expected us to handle it honorably and accurately, and we did just that.
In conclusion, Mr. Alexander says, "It is important to note that the vast majority of uniformed officers and enlisted personnel serving our country are right-thinking Patriots who are serving their country with honor and integrity, who are true to their oaths. For sure, one Army officer will think twice about politicizing a security exercise scenario in the future, if he or she still has a future in the Army."
From the 'Non Compos Mentis' File
Dangerous radicalsSWAT teams and snipers deployed against Tea Partiers? The National Guard sent to combat crime in Chicago? Suing gunmakers in international court? Welcome to ObamaWorld. Read more here.
News From the Swamp: Financial Regulation Bill
After a week of parliamentary motions by Republicans and political mudslinging by Democrats, the Senate has begun debate on Sen. Chris Dodd's financial overhaul bill. Dodd (D-CT), who's hoping to make this his swan song before retiring at the end of this session, drafted the original legislation several weeks ago with a number of provisions meant to put America's financial system firmly under the boot of the federal government. Read more here.
This Week's 'Alpha Jackass' Award
"Now, what we're doing, I want to be clear, we're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money." --Barack Obama
Of course, the Obamas reported $5.5 million in income last year. When will it be enough, Barack?
New & Notable Legislation
The Senate climate bill crafted by John Kerry (D-MA), Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) nearly went up in smoke this week when Graham threatened to walk away from the tenuous triumvirate if the Senate chose to work on immigration reform before the climate package. As mentioned above, however, immigration appears to be off the table. The climate bill, which is meant to reduce emissions that have been blamed for global warming, has been months in the making. The original Democrat draft of the legislation threatened to hamstring America's energy production and manufacturing sectors by placing onerous and unrealistic targets on those industries. Then again, how realistic can a bill be when it seeks to curb a problem that many legitimate scientists aren't even sure exists? But we digress. In the end, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that climate change would be the Senate's next project, and, by extension, the American energy and manufacturing would be their next target.
The House voted 223-169 Thursday night to allow the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico to decide its future political relationship with the United States -- meaning the protectorate could become the 51st state. According to Fox News, "The bill introduced a two-step ballot measure for Puerto Rico to decide if its residents want to change their current relationship with the United States. If they vote to change their status, they can then choose to become a state, pursue independence, or seek some other 'political association between sovereign nations.'" Even if Puerto Ricans choose statehood, Congress would have to vote again to admit the island to the union.
Crist Announces Independent Bid
As expected, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced that he will continue his quest for a Senate seat as an independent. Crist said that his decision to leave the Republican party is "the right thing for America" and "the right thing for Florida." Primarily, though, he thinks it's right for Charlie Crist.
His poll numbers have been declining steadily for months as former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio -- an actual conservative -- has won over Republicans in the primary race. Rather than admit defeat, the "moderate" Crist will try to duplicate the success of Joe Lieberman, who lost the Connecticut primary in 2006 to left-wing loon Ned Lamont, but bounced back to win re-election in the general as an independent. This situation differs in that Florida features a legitimate three-way race, with the advantage now going to Democrat Kendrick Meek. Crist may also have trouble hanging on to campaign donations from Republicans now angry that he has abandoned ship.
National Security
Warfront With Jihadistan: The Fight to Come
The fighting in Afghanistan is tough and looks to get tougher. A major offensive is planned for this summer to secure the Kandahar region, anchored by 30,000 U.S. troops in the surge ordered by Barack Obama. This offensive was supposed to build on the current, much smaller offensive that began in late winter with the aim of securing the smaller Marjah area in southern Afghanistan. However, the current offensive has slowed significantly, according to military officials. Local villagers, upon whom troops rely for intelligence, haven't rallied to the Afghan government in large numbers and are afraid to back the government, even if they hate the Taliban. U.S. military officials fear the opportunity to win them over is fading fast.
If U.S. troops can't win over Marjah, they will have little hope of winning the trust of the much more heavily populated Kandahar area, birthplace of the Taliban and the staging ground for al-Qa'ida's 9/11 attacks. Most of Kandahar's one-million-plus inhabitants are viewed as sympathetic to the Taliban, if not actively helping them. Obama has said U.S. troops will start leaving Afghanistan in 2011. If so, and if victory is America's goal, U.S. troops could be facing the heaviest and bloodiest fighting of the war.
Speaking of al-Qa'ida, a former associate of Osama bin Laden made an interesting assertion. Noman Benotman, who was head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and allegedly a close OBL confidant, said bin Laden had no idea the U.S. would hit al-Qa'ida as hard as we did after 9/11, saying, "What happened after the 11th of September was beyond their imagination." While Benotman has several reasons to make this assertion, there are U.S. intelligence reports that back him up. And if true, they are all the more reason to continue taking the fight to the jihadis, no matter how long it takes for victory.
Department of Military Readiness: Women on Submarines
The United States Navy announced Thursday that the military's ban on women serving on submarines is no longer in force. Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified Congress in February that the Navy would lift the ban unless legislators took action. The deadline for action passed Thursday at midnight.
"There are extremely capable women in the Navy who have the talent and desire to succeed in the submarine force," Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said. "Enabling them to serve in the submarine community is best for the submarine force and our Navy." According to the Associated Press, "Women make up 15 percent of the active duty Navy -- there are 52,446 out of the force of 330,700." In order to accommodate women, many submarines will require expensive modification, which will be done in phases.
Profiles of Valor: U.S. Army Major Robert Eldridge
EldridgeUnited States Army Major Robert Eldridge enlisted in the Special Forces Reserves in December 1986. "My father was in Special Forces and I knew quite a few people in Special Forces. I liked it. It sounded like what I wanted to do, so I pursued it," he said. In 2004, Eldridge deployed to Afghanistan, where, on Dec. 17 of that year, his vehicle struck an IED while on patrol. Eldridge was seriously injured, but the team medic began treating him within minutes. Eldridge lost a leg as a result of his injuries and spent six months recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center.
He then fought to re-enlist. "I wanted to go back," he said, "and my group commander and battalion supported my coming back." In March 2007, Eldridge redeployed to Afghanistan with his Special Forces unit. "Within a month and a half of getting back to my unit, I started conducting airborne operations again," he said. For the events of that December day, Eldridge received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star with combat "V" for valor.
Business & Economy
Income Redistribution: Debt Commission Meets and Geithner Speaks
With Barack Obama and Congress spending money at an appalling pace, the idea of a bipartisan commission to address the deficit problem was hatched earlier this year. This 18-member panel was designed to give Obama plenty of cover -- it's composed of 12 Democrats and only six Republicans, and their report isn't due until after the 2010 elections have safely passed. Its primary purpose is to allow Obama to claim to be doing something about the deficit.
The commission, which met for the first time Tuesday, will recommend ways to pare down the annual deficit to $550 billion by 2015. But it's not as if the red ink will magically stop flowing even if the commission achieves its stated goal. With the creative accounting of our federal government, the result will likely be yet another shell game not unlike those we've seen before, such as with the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
TARP made news last week as well, as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner claimed that our bailouts of the financial and auto industries may cost taxpayers "only" $87 billion -- a win considering the $700 billion we expected to throw down the rat hole. As much a Pyrrhic victory as it may be (assuming Geithner is telling the truth -- a major assumption), any good financial news out of Washington is welcomed by nervous Democrats worried about their re-election.
Needless to say, this will make the shell game a little easier for the debt commission. While the GOP members of the panel aren't willing to raise taxes to address the deficit, their counterparts on the left are more than happy to consider the familiar "soak the rich" play to mollify Medicare and Social Security special interest groups that want their programs to remain untouched -- regardless of the ticking time bomb they present. Indeed, when Washington speaks on the deficit, the only thing we're assured of is a lot of hot air.
This Week's 'Braying Jackass' Award
"Now, the thing I didn't anticipate up until a few months before my election was the fact that we were gonna be in such a deep crisis that I'd be inheriting a $1.3 trillion deficit, $8 trillion worth of accumulated national debt that we're gonna have to deal with. And that's why I've appointed this bipartisan fiscal commission to give me recommendations in terms of how do we deal with this in a serious way moving forward." --Barack Obama, still in blame-Bush mode, still refusing to accept any responsibility for our record deficits
Beware ObamaCare Scams
Many of us knew that Obama's health care overhaul was a scam from the start, but now states are warning the public to beware of the insurance frauds cropping up in our fearless leader's name. According to The New York Times, ObamaCare has opened up a niche market in the world of confidence schemes, namely the selling of fraudulent policies that promise "affordable compliance" with the new law. These policies are usually named "Obamacare" or "Obama Health Plan" (which don't exist); promise to do things like "expedite Medicare drug coverage rebates" (which the government doesn't allow); and are priced under $30 (which is just laughable). One promised protection from "death panels"; another targeted Spanish-speakers. How ironic that the vulnerable populations that the Left claims to protect are the ones being targeted by these schemes.
Michael T. McRaith, director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, advised people to be "aggressive and informed" because "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is." If only that advice had been heeded by Congress before the bill was passed.
Karmanomics
Founding Father John Adams once said, "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." Fast forward to today, where noted historian-in-chief Barack Obama has yet to learn that wishing growth upon the economy doesn't change the facts. Read more here.
Ford Profits -- GM Flounders
While Government Motors is running an ad campaign touting the supposed repayment of its government loans, Ford Motor Co. released its quarterly earnings report. It appears that the one Detroit-based automaker that didn't seek either financial support from the taxpayers or bankruptcy protection from its creditors has generated its fourth sequential quarterly profit. Ford attributes those profits to effective asset allocation, increased operational efficiency, and product development that meet the needs and desires of consumers. In other words the company practices that cornerstone of free-market capitalism, good business management.
The return to profitability was not driven by growth alone. The company has discontinued non-profitable operations and eliminated the hourly and salary jobs associated with those facilities. Again we state the obvious: that such actions are the responsibility of business managers who are not only accountable for the immediate performance of the firm, but also for its long-term viability. Ford also acknowledges that it benefited from the current woes experienced by Toyota, but the latter's recall problems didn't hit until the first quarter of 2010. All things aren't perfect at Ford, but with GM still majority owned by the U.S. government and losing billions all the while, it's refreshing to see Ford succeed.
Cape Cod Wind Farm a Go
"The Obama administration Wednesday approved what would be the nation's first offshore windmill farm, delivering a major victory for the wind energy industry after years of delays," reports The Wall Street Journal. "The Cape Wind project, approved by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, would occupy a 25-square-mile section of Nantucket Sound and generate enough energy to power over 200,000 homes in Massachusetts. But the project could still face financial and legal challenges."
One of the main opponents over the years was the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, who thought that the windmills might sully his view of Nantucket Sound. Sen. Scott Brown, who was elected to "Kennedy's seat" in January, also criticized the plan, saying it will cause job losses in Cape Cod's tourism and fishing industries. Supporters, on the other hand, claim that the farm will deliver enough reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to equal taking 175,000 cars off the road. It seems we'll soon find out who's right.
Culture & Policy
Climate Change This Week: Clean Air Causes Warming
The United States government, beginning in 1955, enacted a series of laws intended to decrease air pollution. Indeed, the EPA recently announced that such pollution has been significantly reduced since the 1980s. Other scientists, however, are concerned that reducing certain kinds of pollutants, such as sulfate aerosols, may actually increase global warming. Welcome to the Land of Unintended Consequences.
Scientist and writer Eli Kintisch, in an interview with NPR, explained that aerosols, while polluting the air and contributing to respiratory issues, also block sunlight; this makes clouds more reflective and helps to cool the planet. Kintisch even went so far as to write in a recent L.A. Times op-ed, "If we continue to cut back on smoke pouring forth from industrial smokestacks, the increase in global warming could be profound." Both Kintisch, and NPR, of course, were careful to distinguish between aerosols and greenhouses gases like CO2, which are still leading to our "demise."
In the ever-growing mountain of environmental "facts," there are a few kernels of truth that continue to emerge: that the science of "global warming" is unsettled; that we do not yet know everything about the planet on which we live; and that we must stop the government from passing uninformed environmental legislation, lest we deal with worse "unintended consequences" in the future.
In other global warming news, Al Gore doesn't appear to be too worried about rising sea levels after all. He just purchased an $8.8 million ocean-view villa in Montecito, California. The mansion comes complete with six fireplaces and nine bathrooms -- entirely appropriate when one considers how full of it Gore is.
Faith and Family: Oklahoma Enacts Abortion Laws
On Tuesday, the Oklahoma legislature overrode vetoes on two abortion measures, one that requires women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion and one that prevents women from suing doctors for withholding information about possible birth defects. "These laws all have the same goal, and that's to discourage women from seeking abortions in the first place," complained Anita Fream, the chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma. "They just throw down one roadblock after another in front of women and hope maybe they will give up." Of course, Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, has a vested financial interest in more abortions. As State Senator Todd Lamb, the majority floor leader, put it, "The goal of this legislation is just to make a statement for the sanctity of human life."
Judicial Benchmarks: SCOTUS Rules That Mojave Cross Can Stay
The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that the Mojave War Memorial Cross in California need not be taken down to accommodate the atheists who had sued for its removal. Veterans of Foreign Wars erected the cross more than 75 years ago in the Mojave National Preserve to honor the military dead, but it has been desecrated by a plywood cover for several years pending litigation.
As is the preference of Chief Justice John Roberts, the case was decided on narrow grounds, returning the issue to the lower courts with instructions to give heed to the fact that Congress has already enacted legislation transferring the parcel of land with the war monument into private ownership. As Associate Justice Samuel Alito pointed out, this congressional act, in response to the lawsuit, was a practical accommodation serving the interests of tolerance and comity.
It's outrageous that the case got this far and took this long. Beyond that, the decision was a 5-4 split among the Justices. That four of them believed the nonsense peddled by the ACLU is indicative of how precarious the balance is between originalists and proponents of the so-called "living constitution," especially as Obama's next Court pick will be announced this summer.
To Keep and Bear Arms
Two robbers with masks entered a Walgreens Pharmacy in Omaha, Nebraska, one of them carrying a short-barrel shotgun. According to Officer Jacob Bettin, the suspect with the gun was pointing it at customers. However, a customer by the register pulled out his pistol and fired at the suspect, hitting him several times. After trying to run, the intruder collapsed and later died at the hospital. The other suspect, only 17 years old, was held by the customer until police arrived and took him to the local Youth Center under suspicion of robbery and using a weapon to commit a felony.
And Last...
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a radical leftist organization that tracks so-called "hate groups" in America, recently released a "definitive" report on groups or individuals that it considers to be dangerous. The report, entitled "Meet the 'Patriots,'" explains, "In the last year and a half, militias and the larger antigovernment 'Patriot' movement have exploded, accompanied by the rapid expansion of other sectors of the radical right. This spectacular growth is the result of several factors, including anger over major political, demographic and economic changes in America, along with the popularization of radical ideas and conspiracy theories by ostensibly mainstream politicians and media commentators."
In a report with such a title, we were dismayed to find that The Patriot Post was not among the listed troublemakers. So we sent them a letter with the following language: "We are shocked -- shocked -- that you did not include The Patriot Post among your 'Patriot' movement hate list. As much as we write about constitutional integrity and Rule of Law, surely you would believe that we're masking our ultra-rightwing agenda and are clearly among the most dangerous threats to the continuity of America's democracy."
No word yet from the SPLC as to whether they'll reconsider this grievous omission, but we'll keep you posted.
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One VA Patriot
I'm not normally lead down the primrose path of conspiratoralists, but I find it curious that the oil rig in the Gulf blew up so close upon B. Hussein Obama's promise to begin off-shore drilling.
Greenpeace call your office.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:16:27 AM
Keith Adams
The following came from snopes.com about the medical exemptions to the ObamaCare bill on Tues 20 April 2010. Could this be possible that only Jews and Christians are to be taxed, fined or otherwise responsible for funding health care for everyone else? I don't know, just asking a question.
...Health Insurance Exemptions Claim: Scientologists, Amish, Christian Scientists, and Muslims will be exempt from requirements to obtain health insurance....
...The ObamaCare bill is the establishment of Dhimmitude and Sharia muslim diktat in the United States. Muslims are specifically exempted from the...
...of government. Believe it or not, if you are a Muslim you may claim a special religious exemption to Obama-Care that is denied to main-stream Christians...
Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:43:01 AM
Robdog
One VA Patriot -
I've been pondering that all week. How long ago was the last oil-platform "accident"? Yet a few weeks after the Whitehouse declares it will end the off-shore drilling moratorium, we have one explode in the gulf. I'm finding the coincidence a little hard to wrap my head around.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:49:44 AM
Al Ciricillo
My heartfelt thanks to Mark Alexander for his postings on the "exercise" at Fort Knox. As a retired Army officer, I am well aware of the meaning of "protect and defend" and am disgusted with the clown or clowns who wrote and/or revised the planned exercise. That fact that it took Mark Alexander to expose this nonsense is of great credit to him but of little credit to those in command who should know better. Keep up the fine work, Mr Alexander!
Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:53:55 AM
Rick Richter
RE: Arizona Immigration Brouhaha ...
Patriot stated; Barack Obama ---- removed the issue
from his agenda this year. Really??
Please note the front page of the Los Angeles Times' today, April 30, 2010 states:"top government lawyers have begun studying legal strategies for the Obama administration to mount a challenge to Arizona's new illegal immigrationlaw, including the filing of a federal lawsuit against the state.....
Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:55:21 AM
Ruth Ann Wilson
How do you spell STUPID???????
Woman in "combat situations ie "foxholes" with Men"??????
and now, this absurd "submarine situation."
"The United States Navy announced Thursday that the military's ban on women serving on submarines is no longer in force. Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified Congress in February that the Navy would lift the ban unless legislators took action. The deadline for action passed Thursday at midnight."
Please do not respond that "I am naive and have my head in the sand." Do not accuse me of not wanting women in the Military, yes, but in their "selected, protected places." If women have insisted on this, shame on them.
This is a deplorable situation. American women have always had such wonderful privileges and now, this "degradation" and "dangerous situation for the women and the men."
I am sorry we have come to this in America.
For God & Country
Ruth Ann Wilson
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:11:24 PM
James
Hey Patriots lets organize a boycott of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Two can play the boycott game. A few thousand potential visitors not showing up in those cities this summer will effect them much more than their pretend boycott of Arizona.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:16:10 PM
Jim
The SPLC - Southern Poverty Law Center should look over their shoulder for their enemies -- not at the Patriots they are looking at and introduced to us.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:17:13 PM
George of Ohio
Actually, I have 2 comments on today's "Digest" (4-30-2010)
I knew that Illegal Immigration over our (non-existant) Southern Border was serious problem about 3 months after I moved to Houston, TX in 1980. THIRTY YEARS AGo...and it is stil NOT fixed. Perhaps making the first 3 miles inside our border a "Free Fire Zone" is not such a bad idea.
On Ford profits v. GM floundering...Could it be that many folks (like ME) have bought from Ford since they were the only 'domestic' auto-maker that didn't run to Washingtion DC with their hands stuck out expecting "The .Guv" to bail them out?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:24:10 PM
Ed Doyle
Before you start giving the nod of approval to wind farms you might want to check on what an expensive fraud it is. Our little group of real conservations just fought the installation of a 400' high windmill in Wellfleet on Cape Cod. Please check out our website http://saveourseashore.org/ for the real truth about this fraud.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:24:35 PM
Jay Hirst
I believe Gov. Jan Brewer should ask for Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik's resignation for saying he would refuse to enforce the new law. The sheriff should enforce all legal laws, not just the ones he likes.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:24:37 PM
B. Lee Pemberton
Oh, what a precious jewel is The Patriot Post -the voice of sensible, conservative, traditional, law-abiding, God-loving American patriots!
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:35:41 PM
Louis from Texas
About y'all's message to the SPLC (a.k.a. Sad Poor Leftist Crybabies, or is that too harsh?) Anyway, you guys at The Patriot Post have a great sense of humor! I appreciate all y'all do in protecting the good laws and liberties that we have.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:54:06 PM
billybarney
For sometime now I have put forth the historical facts on the deportation of Illegal Aliens in this country to multiple Major Media Outlets. For starters, since the Hoover & Rooselvelt years between 1930 & 1936 a total of 2.5 Million, the Truman years of 1946 & 1949 2 Million (+), and President Eisenhower between 1954 & 1956 a grand total of 13 Million were deported in 24 months. Imagine that, 24 months. Maybe it will take another General or Lt. Colonel to get the job done once and for all. Generals, of course by today's standards would have to prove their allegiance The Constitution and the population first.
These numbers are right out of the Congressional Record and The National Archives of the noted time frames. Why won't any of the main stream print & telecommunications openly discuss these facts so that the American People can can make a reasoned judgement on the Illegal Immigration Issue?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:54:41 PM
billybarney
For sometime now I have put forth the historical facts on the deportation of Illegal Aliens in this country to multiple Major Media Outlets. For starters, since the Hoover & Rooselvelt years between 1930 & 1936 a total of 2.5 Million, the Truman years of 1946 & 1949 2 Million (+), and President Eisenhower between 1954 & 1956 a grand total of 13 Million were deported in 24 months. Imagine that, 24 months. Maybe it will take another General or Lt. Colonel to get the job done once and for all. Generals, of course by today's standards would have to prove their allegiance The Constitution and the population first.
These numbers are right out of the Congressional Record and The National Archives of the noted time frames. Why won't any of the main stream print & telecommunications openly discuss these facts so that the American People can can make a reasoned judgement on the Illegal Immigration Issue?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:58:20 PM
Glen
Hey James... for those boycotting San Fran & LA... How about a trip to the Grand Canyon instead?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:05:24 PM
Stephany
From Patriot Post Digest-April 30, 2010 "Arizona Immigration Brouhaha": "Meanwhile, Barack Obama declared that the nation may not have the "appetite" for an immigration fight this year, so he removed the issue from his agenda. That's a relief."
I hope that 'relief' comment was tongue-in-cheek. Obama is planning a vigorous,renewed and immediate drive for wholesale amnesty for every illegal immigrant presently in the United States. If Obama gets his way chain migration will soon follow, quickly overwhelming the voter base. I believe these illegals are who Obama is relying on to win his re-election in 2012. Our elections are in real peril due to Acorn, unions,illegal aliens, etc. Seemingly, all engage in voting fraud schemes and intimidation, seeking to overwhelm honest citizens. How can those of us, in whom ethical behavior reigns supreme, win out against those who engage in fraud?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:10:34 PM
Bill Ragan USMC Ret
I concur with James, yet we need this idea blossom a bit. Let's look at all of the blue counties/cities from the 2008 election and boycott all of them and buy from AZ.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:15:11 PM
Bob H.
So wonderful that GM is repaying the government loan. (Insert sarcasm here)
I've been seeing nauseating television ads by GM touting their government loan repayment. How wonderful! Hey GM, how about repaying the 25,000 shares my wife and I lost when you declared bankruptcy? That investment was intended to help sustain us during our retirement years. Tens of thousands of us retirees lost much of our retirement investments and GM gleefully brags about repaying the government? What a bunch of hypocrites!
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:17:21 PM
Tim
Chris Dodd and Barney Frank drafting financial reform? Wow. This would be like asking Timothy McVeigh to help secure other Oklahoma City government buildings.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:25:59 PM
Frank Morgan
This is in response to the news item you included in the Post today about women serving on submarines. There are many fine, capable women serving in the navy, but putting them on submarines is nothing more than political correctness. As a former submarine officer, I can tell you that the interior of a submarine pressure hull has only just so much room. Today, that space is FILLED with equipment designed to allow the submarine to fulfill its military mission. The changes that will be required to provide habitable and private space for females will NECESSARILY involve removing some of that equipment, thereby diminishing its military capability. That in ITSELF should preclude doing this, without even mentioning the problems of fraternization and pregnancy currently experienced in the surface navy. Think about THOSE problems in the confines of a submarine at sea for 60-90 days submerged! If the events leading up to the Fort Hood shooting are not enough to convince you that our top military “leadership” is infested with political correctness, this decision should. I would love to see someone there resign on principal (against this) and speak out, but I’m not holding my breath.
Frank Morgan
(former)Lt, U.S. Navy
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:40:12 PM
Lisa
Good going to Ford. I am a Ford person and always will be.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:41:02 PM
Carol Lea Mueller
Congratulations on exposing yet again the hilarious side of global warming(caused by clean air!)and how Al Gore continues to 'gorge' himself with his 'windfall' profits.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:43:51 PM
Freeman Shell
Win in the Stan? In Nam after the Easter offensive of 72 (I was there then) the US & SVN govt gave up the top 1/3 of the country to the North. It was no surprise that the 75 offensive took off and won (especially after Democrats in the Congress banned ammo transfers and USAFF bombing of hte offensive).
We cut and ran we are fixing to cut and run, who would be stupid enough to trust the US as an ally?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:47:48 PM
G. Kempter
Your article suggested that Arizona has 2.3 million unemployed, more than a third of the entire population of the state. This figure is probably exaggerated by factor of 10.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:54:49 PM
Freeman Shell
General McChrystal & his CSM posted new rules for Afghan fighting as reported on Military.com. The General who compared troops riding in IED proof (resistant?) vehicles aqs being equivalent to traveling in an armored submarine ordered US troops out to increase US wounded and dead. His second order was not to shoot at the Taliban troops and supporters because it woulod make their friends angry at US. His third order closed Rear area Burger Kings and other civilian food alternatives to Dining Facilities this included the number of can drink dispensers. (Wow someone figured out why we lost in VN, having a choice from Mess Halls in rear areas.) He stated they needed the room BKs were taking for surge troops. This is certainly an 0bama general.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 1:56:02 PM
Neil McQueen
The Fed has refused to uphold the laws already on the books and so Arizona has decided to stand up and take back their state and I support them in it.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:02:45 PM
Pamela Heckel
I am perplexed by the response to the Arizona immigration law. The law is based on Federal law and excludes racial profiling. If an officer stops me for a traffic violation, I am required in my state to provide proof of insurance and my drivers license. In Arizona, if I could not produce my drivers license, the officers would have probable cause to ask for proof that I was legally allowed to be in the United States. Without documentation, I might be arrested and eventually deported. Without "probable cause", they leave me alone. Could fear of the law be a lack of familiarity with the legal doctrine of "probable cause"?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:12:48 PM
Harold (Wyatt)
Are you planning a vacation in the West this year? I suggest that everybody take their vacation in Arizona this year and forget about California and every other state that calls for boycotts on Arizona. Obama says that immigration reform is shelved for now, but look out later, because if they do something STUPID like grant Amnesty, wityhout securing the borders first, they will be sending the message for millions more to come. It will be a never ending process. Do you think the economy and unemployment is bad now? Just wait for amnesty. VACATION IN ARIZONA----CHIEF, USN,Ret in PA
Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:27:25 PM
Gary Smith
If you are among the most dangerous, then count me in with the group. I stay armed at all times (I have a Concealed Weapons Permit).
Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:34:07 PM
Bob W
Re: Gang Banger Picture above "Did these guys just come to work?"
Of course not. More likely they snuck across the border in early AM, went to the welfare office to claim their benefit's checks, strolled by the food stamp agency, went to the emergency room to get free medicine for allergies, bought a Mexican flag with their social security check to hang on an American flag pole, and then went to this rally in early afternoon.
Come on, give these guys a break! It was hard work for these guys to get here when they did, especially with the long lines they must wait in Arizona and western states for benefits.
Gotta love America!
Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:36:30 PM
Kevin Barnes
I think the reason it is off the table (immigration fight) is because it will be back on the table around November 5th and a vote around December 20th. All of this before he loses his majorities in the House and Senate. You watch it will be another Christmas Vote again.
I am an Ex-Submariner who does not agree with the “Women on Subs” ideal. I am and always have been a Ford Man (except when my driver in NASCAR switches brands, but I still drive one).
Keep up the Great Work.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:47:26 PM
Dave
1st - "Planned Parenthood", "Pro-Choice" ?? Nice words for "killing". If you want "planned parenthood", then don't get pregnant when you don't want a child. Many ways around it. Easy enough. It's called responsibility (and morality). "Pro-Choice" is a "choice" given to kill an infant. It should be called the opposite of Pro-Life, that is "Pro-Death". To the women who claim they "have a right to do what they wish to their own bodies." I agree with them, although it's illegal for them to kill themselves so that right stops short of "killing". When they get pregnant, they have exercised that right. But the "unborn" infant now has his/her own body, which is (should be) off limits to anyone.
2nd - Immigration "reform". It's pathetic that we are even discussing it. "Reform" is not needed. We addressed it already, and passed laws accordingly. Follow/enforce the law. Better yet, if you want to put "immigration reform" to rest, put the issue on the ballot, and let us vote on it. That's what you do in a democracy, isn't it? Oh yeah, that's right, look at the "heath care reform".
3rd - Speaking of voting. We put so much value on it, and it's our biggest example of freedom. But is it really? In REALITY, we get to choose from two candidates. Bush-Gore, Bush-Kerry, Obama-McCain. Is this the best that we, the great US, can come up with. Are these our best leaders? How valuable is voting and being able to pick our leaders, or how much freedom is it really providing when you get to choose from one of two candidates that the majority of voter don't want, either way it goes.
4th - The US was founded upon Christian values. In God We Trust, One Nation Under God and so many other official statements. Quiz: Look at what is on many monuments in DC as well as above the entrance of the US Supreme Court. My point ... the separation of church and state allows for you to practice whatevery religion you want, or none at all. It does NOT mean we abandon our morals. Many have died fighting for that belief, the belief in a great America. Don't try to change our culture, the culture that our founding fathers began. Many wars have been fought to maintain that culture, and many more if need be.
Finally - There is no shortage on the hypocrisy seen and heard from the Dems (and Repubs too). Instead of merely talking about it on the Post, where most readers are those who agree, why not have a prime time TV spot (Special) where we expose all the main ones (there isn't enough time to expose them all). Let's get the rest of America to wake up. I'm sure I would learn a few things as well. But, don't disclude any political party. Throw it on the table, and let's see if we (Americans) have any common sense left.
I'm done, thanks for listening. Where do I mail my copay for this therapy session?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:50:11 PM
Faith Wooldridge
Waukegan Il. proudly displays a sign stating that it is the second largest port for the mexican comunity. Having said that, I was in a traffic accident where the other party stated she didn't speak much english, she did not have a drivers licence or insurance and (suprise)no passport. She was VISITING family and she was from El Salvidor. I overheard this and when I asked the officer if she would be held he said he was not allowed to hold her even though she had just stated she was here illegally. That was the job of the immigration bureau. Would he be contacting them. No. Once again it begs the question, what part of illegal is not being understood?
We are a nation that was founded by immigrants and to this day would love to have more of them go thru the process to become Americans and contribute to our wonderfully diverse communities. But, if you start off by breaking the law to get here, what makes you think we would expect you to obey the rest of the laws? Just the ones YOU like?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 3:06:49 PM
Faith Wooldridge
Waukegan Il. proudly displays a sign stating that it is the second largest port for the mexican comunity. Having said that, I was in a traffic accident where the other party stated she didn't speak much english, she did not have a drivers licence or insurance and (suprise)no passport. She was VISITING family and she was from El Salvidor. I overheard this and when I asked the officer if she would be held he said he was not allowed to hold her even though she had just stated she was here illegally. That was the job of the immigration bureau. Would he be contacting them. No. Once again it begs the question, what part of illegal is not being understood?
We are a nation that was founded by immigrants and to this day would love to have more of them go thru the process to become Americans and contribute to our wonderfully diverse communities. But, if you start off by breaking the law to get here, what makes you think we would expect you to obey the rest of the laws? Just the ones YOU like?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 3:13:59 PM
Les Lennox
What has happened to the Office of the President when Obama gets on national television to openly criticize a State Governor and state that because of her action a small kid out to get an ice cream could get stopped and asked to see identification papers,and having none could be taken to the border and deported. This comment coming from our President-- what sound reasoning!!!!
Posted April 30, 2010 at 4:23:34 PM
One VA Patriot
Cape Cod Wind Farm a Go
One of the intended consequences of this Cape Cod Wind Farm is to eliminate 175,000 cars off the road. That's quite a lot of traffic, and one can only assume that includes toruist traffic from those who come to enjoy Nantucket Sound and the Cape. But with less tourists won't there be a concomitant loss of demand on the Massachusetts energy grid? And the resulting reduction in greehouse gas emissions will be sure to increase since tourism will stop coming into the state; read less tourist dollars. Oh! It's I see, its a win-win for the lefty loons! They'll have their pristine environment (save the chopped-up seagulls washed on-shore) and less congestive traffic to impede their enjoyment of their cape homes.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 4:47:24 PM
Dolores Adams
I applaud Jan Brewer for passing the illegal immigrantion bill. This has been long past due.
In 1986, the government said there would be no more amnesty. That's a laugh.
This government won't do anything about the illegal
immigration. They want the illegaligrants here.
As far as I'm concerned, if they are here illegally, they have no rights. People are getting tired of having to push No. 1 to speak English.
They are murdering American citizens, pushing their drugs to the U.S. from Mexico, stealing American citizen's identies, etc.
When will this government ever learn?
Posted April 30, 2010 at 5:04:05 PM
Tall Texan
After the next judge is appointed to the Supreme Court, the atheist will probably try again. The next time, he may succeed in tearing down another Monument dedicated to our fallen Heros.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 5:30:08 PM
Carol
Shocked that you folks did not make the hate list?
You folks ROCK!! keep doing God's work!
Posted April 30, 2010 at 5:41:52 PM
Me Again
Think about this for a moment......The Wind Turbines, will reduce NOTHING! They will only produce electrical power! They are NOT replacing ANYTHING! The reduction of greenhouse gasses will ONLY OCCUR if they eliminate the 175,000 cars,,,and you know as well as I, that that will never happen!
Posted April 30, 2010 at 5:42:51 PM
Brian Crook
Regarding the "counseling" for the officer who inserted the references to "'Tea Party' and 'anti health care protesters'", I'm reminded of Bill H., a former USAF officer, and a dear friend. He had a rep for "counseling" subordinates in a less-kind, less-gentle, politically incorrect mil-spec manner, reminiscent of the 50s and 60s when he and I had served. For a gag, someone hung on the wall of Bill's cubicle a pair of baseball cleats with simulated blood on the spikes, labeled "Bill's counseling shoes". My lips are sealed.
I don't think it's too much to ask, but probably too much to expect given the generally wussy nature of our present-day officers, that the perp's counseling was comparably rigorous.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 5:52:14 PM
Brian Crook
With regard to FoMoCo's brilliant success, it is useful to note that the Ford family, headed by William Clay Ford the elder, controls over 40% of the voting stock, which has essentially immunized the company from corporate raiders. Being vulnerable to raiders is what cooked GM's and Chrysler's geese, forcing them to be so cash and asset poor as to offer no profit to a potential raider, and so highly leveraged as to be vulnerable to the slightest glitch in the credit market, as we have seen.
This invulnerability has enabled FoMoCo to make some really brilliant moves over the past 40 years or so, even under some loser CEOs.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 6:06:47 PM
M. Bert Jocks
Love the Patriot Post. Curious as to why you haven't commented on the story that Glenn Beck has been breaking all this week on the connections between BO, Tides Foundation, Chicago Climate Exchange, Fannie May, Goldman Sachs, AlGore, Big Union and long list of progressive movers & shakers that are and have been working very hard to position themselves to profit by untold Billions of dollars if they can force the passage of Cap & Trade restrictions. None of the main stream media have been bold enough to touch the story even to ridicule or deny. One thing you have to give Beck...he can back every claim he makes with verifiable sources. You need to get on the stick.
Respectfully, M. B. Jocks
Posted April 30, 2010 at 6:16:16 PM
Nilsson
Please don't dignify the $outhern Poverty Law Center as a 'radical leftist organization'. Nothing so fancy: it's a shakedown racket run by a mail order tycoon and paedophile named Morris Dees, which has been exposed by journalists several times.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 7:45:50 PM
W.T. Door
Thanks for printing Jack Cafferty’s excellent commentary on Arizona’s behalf. The Governor’s catching a lot of flak from Hispanic activist groups, liberals, and “students”( ? )in addition to opposition of some officials; e.g. the Phoenix mayor, Rep. Grijalva, the Pima County sheriff , and a police officer also named Grijalva who’s actually suing the state. And, oh yes, the President of Mexico; now that's a case of the pot calling the kettle, black. For those outside Arizona, please note that this hotbed of discontent is centered in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and doesn’t represent the views of the vast rural portions of the state.
"Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law" --Associated Press
Quick, someone hand me the worlds smallest violin !
Posted April 30, 2010 at 8:56:09 PM
W.T. Door
Women on subs. Set aside for a moment the argument that the Navy is not the place for social engineering experimentation which is sufficient unto itself. In these days when the President is preaching cost cutting, and the Armed Forces are woefully short of money for personnel and materiel, consider the exorbitant cost of retrofitting existing ships, and new construction changes required to accommodate females especially when it adds nothing to the ships combat capabilities.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 9:19:07 PM
FREDO
What next? Women in the NFL? When I was an 18 year old submariner in 1951, the thought of a woman on a boat would have caused laughter. When I was a 25 year old fighter pilot the thought of a woman flying a fighter in my squadron would have caused screams of hilarity. When I was a helo pilot in Viet Nam at the age of 38, earning DFC's and Air Medals, the thought of a female co-pilot would have made my hair stand on end! When I was a 58 year old airline pilot, I had to fly with female co-pilots. I did it but I was never comfortable with it. I'm glad I served when I did. I'm 78 now and I wonder if the consequences of this stupidity have been examined. It's been tried before in history and I don't know of any instances where it's worked out.
Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:37:39 PM
Barney Brenner
Hi folks,
Good digest but we may need a slight correction. With less than 7 million residents, I HOPE Arizona doesn't have 2.3 million unemployed. (Or have than many jobs been displaced by illegal immigration?)
Best regards,
Barney Brenner
Tucson
Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:46:09 PM
Tony V
"Meanwhile, Barack Obama declared that the nation may not have the "appetite" for an immigration fight this year, so he removed the issue from his agenda. That's a relief."
When President Obama tells us he is not going to do something is when I really begin to worry.
Posted May 1, 2010 at 2:20:26 AM
Paul Pierce
Crist Announces Independent Bid
"As former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio -- an actual conservative."
Rubio is not a conservative, but rather a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, when Speaker of The House in Florida he raised our Insurance rates, Public Utilities, help promote the Rep. Samson scandal, got himself a $125,000 Florida College job after leaving the House and misappropriated $100,000 thousand from the Republican State Committee.
Is this your definition of Conservative?
Tea Party supporters and Patriots new to realize both Democrats and Republicans have brought us to were we are today along with apathy.
We need a bloodless revolution of a whole new government, no incumbent House of Representatives and Senate.
Paulus,
Tampa Bay Christian Network
Posted May 1, 2010 at 2:39:08 AM
Steve from OHIO
Just crazy.. Today I hear Obama is supporting sanctions against Arizona.. WE ARE SANCTIONING OURSELVERS??
I guess Obama see's Arizona as a bigger threat than Iran or N. Korea..
Posted May 1, 2010 at 5:40:51 AM
Luciano Muniz, Jr
From day one, I maintained, & still do, that Barry Sotero's & his White House thugs ultimate goal is the economic ruin of the US. Next, confiscation of all individual arms; then incarceration of selected newsmedia types & publishers that do not tow "the line".
Posted May 1, 2010 at 8:28:05 AM
John, WIS.
First.....what a waste of re-fried beans.
Don't the perpetrators know that there is a better use for food, considering that many people are starving in this world? They should.....they are always wanting the government to do something about it.
Second.......I can't say I'm supporting women on subs. (My sister is retired Air Force...so I don't have a problem with women in the military).
Men...women...close quarters...testosterone...estrogen...when mixed can be very potent.
Could cause serious problems........tough call.
Third......Illegals.
The President needs to announce that..."all of those who have entered the United States of America, from ANY and ALL foreign nations without permission, or have allowed their visas to expire to stay in this country......are to report to authorities immediately, to start the process of immediate deportation, and or leave and return to your country of origin. You are in violation of the sovereign law of the United States of America. You have 30 days to comply".
Fourth.......Fort Knox exercise/Riot police at Tea Party Demonstration.
Who gave the order?
Fifth.....Chris Dodd...no one trusts that crook.
Crist....who cares?!
Cape Cod....enjoy the view!
Climate Bill......triumvirate meatheads!
SPLC........endorsed Carter......like Beckel running Mondales election bid against Reagan, won one state...Minnesota...by less than 300 votes.
(Need I say more?)
*****
Major Eldridge.....Patriot!
*****
Posted May 1, 2010 at 10:33:20 AM
Walnut Hill Billy
This is a short film made in 1948. Well worth nine minutes of your time to view. Prescient view of our own time.
http://nationaljuggernaut.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-cartoon-seemed-far-fetched-in-1948.html
Posted May 1, 2010 at 12:19:45 PM
Robert,USN E8, Ret
Excellent presentation, as usual. Thank you. There is a current furor about talking, texting, and other events with portable communication devices, while operating a vehicle. Some military installations post at the entry ;No use of mobile 'phones, except with headset.New Regulations, for truckdrivers and motortrain operators,'not texting while driving, etc'. Pennsylvania solved this years ago, before mobile telephones,signs posted on highways. "Driver is required to have two hands on steering wheel, except for shifting gears", and it was enforced!
Do we actually need any new laws to address this ridiculous practice? Tictet time, baby! Any time one is seen without two hands on the wheel (except to shift gears). Simple, effective. What say you?
Posted May 1, 2010 at 12:44:02 PM
Robert Solum
Ford profits/ GM flounders. While everything you said is true Ford did not take the disgraceful path that GM and Chrysler did there are a couple things to keep in mind.
Number one Ford profited more by GM and Chrysler doing what they did than anything Ford did. Thousands of people disgusted with GM and Chrysler abandoned them and went to Ford. I have considered it my self.
Number two Ford has a lot to answer for in that it believes in and supports anthropogenic global warming and both the President and CEO of Ford have actively campaigned for $8.00 a gallon gasoline which would make what GM and Chrysler did look like child's play as an economy wrecker.
Do GM and Chrysler deserve the grief they are receiving absolutely is Ford like a shining city on the hill absolutely not.
Please keep this in mind in future articles.
Posted May 1, 2010 at 12:54:40 PM
Robert, USN E8 Retired.
Shame on SPLC! Does this omission not constitute discrimination? Blatant discrimination, say I! Speaks to the very issue in discussion; "hate speech" and "racism." As a founding member of the 'right wing', Constitution admiring, military supporting, American TEA bagger---I strongly resent the omission! Get after them, again! Thanks.
Posted May 1, 2010 at 12:57:50 PM
Bill Momeno
PHOTOSYNTHESIS - THE CARBON LIFE CYCLE
We have all heard the news: “Human activity has greatly increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leading to global warming i.e., Green House Effect.” A great Scientific Community Global Warming debate is raging as to if it is us or a natural cyclic phenomina. Recent revelations of destroying raw temperature data and data/results manipulation have surfaced, which question the verification and validity of the math models used in these predictions.
Let’s get out of the debate noise and focus on the fundamental photosynthesis process designed for our survival. In simple terms, the photosynthetic process uses water to produce oxygen from carbon dioxide. Plants and some bacteria use sunlight energy to produce the oxygen from carbon dioxide by the process of photosynthesis. There is a chemical equation that describes this process - since most of us don’t speak chemicalese, the chemical equation translates in word form to: “Six molecules of water plus six molecules of carbon dioxide produce one molecule of sugar plus six molecules of oxygen.” Thus through photosynthesis, one bundle of carbon dioxide can produce one bundle of oxygen for our very survival . Let’s plant some more bushes, trees, grass etc., instead of buying carbon credits.
In summary, carbon dioxide is needed to produce oxygen for our survival, despite the EPA’s assertion that carbon dioxide is dangerous. The real question is: “How much carbon dioxide is required to sustain our carbon life cycle?” Hopefully we can answer this question with honest scientific study instead of hysteria. Interfering with the Photosynthesis Natural Order, by arbitrarily limiting carbon dioxide emissions, could lead to severe unattended consequences.
Bill Momeno
St. Charles, MO
Posted May 1, 2010 at 1:01:34 PM
Jimmy D
6th paragraph down has a link to Michelle Malkin's report on Mexico's Immigration Law that is priceless.
Oh! Please! Please! Please! let there be someone in the AZ state legislature (with a pair) who will lift every one of those statutes and with great fanfare present them all seriously as a single bill.
MSM morons will broadcast the story non-stop for a week before the source is exposed and they figure out they've just helped educate the country on the incredible hypocrisy of our despotic neighbors.
C'mon! Even if it didn't work the attempt would be widely reported!
Posted May 1, 2010 at 2:21:36 PM
Walnut Hill Billy
This is a short film made in 1948. Well worth nine minutes of your time to view. Prescient view of our own time.
http://nationaljuggernaut.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-cartoon-seemed-far-fetched-in-1948.html
Posted May 1, 2010 at 2:57:25 PM
Norge
The Southern Poverty Law Center obviously doesn't know a high-quality ultra right-wing nutjob troublemaker when they see one. Hell, they snubbed me, too.
Keep up the great work, guys, we love you out here...
Posted May 1, 2010 at 10:48:20 PM
Ruth Ann Wilson
Army Major Robert Eldridge
After the battle, wounded, he didn't want to quit.
"He then fought to re-enlist. "I wanted to go back," he said"
Reminds me of Hebrews 11:34, "Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, WAXED VALIANT IN FIGHT, TURNED TO FLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIENS."
What determination, What courage, What strength, You prove the American Spirit.
Well Done, Sir
God Bless You
For God & Country
Ruth Ann Wilson
Posted May 2, 2010 at 2:45:14 PM
Anne L. Cross
What happens to these abusive laws if the idiots are voted out next term? Can these laws be repealed?
I am finding little comforting information from online searches.
Posted May 2, 2010 at 3:58:36 PM
karl anglin
One way to possibly explain Obama?
As long as people believe in absurdities
they will continue to commit atrocities
-----Voltaire (1694-1778)
Posted May 2, 2010 at 9:31:57 PM
William Vogen
I enjoyed reading the Post today as forwarded by a close Friend. I support the efforts of the Post and I will try to offer some volunteer efforts after I retire in 1.5 years. Please keep up the publishing of this humble bits of information. Thank You Thank You!!
Posted May 3, 2010 at 9:37:23 AM
Mary Alexander
I don't recall anyone's noting the hubris of the assumption that science is the "god" to turn to regarding global warming. Didn't the volcanic ash experience teach onyone anything regarding Who is omnipotent?
Posted May 3, 2010 at 11:39:03 AM
Tim Mercer
Regarding the Cape Wind project, you noted that "Supporters, on the other hand, claim that the farm will deliver enough reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to equal taking 175,000 cars off the road. It seems we'll soon find out who's right."
I guess in Ted Kennedy's case that would be taking 174,999 cars off the road and 1 car out of the water.
Posted May 3, 2010 at 12:02:54 PM
Bobbie LaDue
And Last...
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a radical leftist organization that tracks so-called "hate groups" in America, recently released a "definitive" report on groups or individuals that it considers to be dangerous....
I am very disappointed at this report. I pray your staff and editors will commit to doing better in the future. Let's hope The Patriot Post's exclusion was an oversight!
Posted May 3, 2010 at 4:49:14 PM
Brian Owens
10 years in the submarine service. 2 patrols on a fast boat LA Class, 14 FBM patrols on Polaris Poseidon and Trident boats taught me one thing. There is no place for a woman on a submarine filled with men for a 4 month deployment. There will be accusations of sexual harrassment, dressing issues toilets, berthing, absolutely nothing on a submarine of any class is designed for multisex use. Enlisted women will have to be given special berthing in "officers quarters" to provide them with privacy. Personal hygiene devices will have to go into the compactor with the rest of the trash, new biohazard issues. Narrow hallways where 2 people must turn sideways and squeeze through, open toilet rooms and showers stalls. Water issues where there is no shower for a week or more, crews birthing where all manaer of very personal activities are attended to behind nothing more than a curtain. Trust me, as a long term subsailor qualified on 5 different boats - Subs were not made for two sexes.
The shipyard tried to avoid discrimination lawsuits by allowing female engineers and technicians on board for shakedown. After years of fights, they conceeded and let 4 women go out for a 3 day cruise.
When the boat returned there were 25 allegations and a resulting lawsuit for inappropriate behavior.. like... It was the "womens hour" in the Head, the woman said "I was doing my business when some sailor walked in on me. He was naked as a jaybird holding his package."
The nonqual sailor who works 6 hours on watch has 6 hours off, 6 hours on watch and 6 maintenance/quals, 6 more on watch and then 6 hours off to sleep, woke up and had to pee. stumbled into the head and .. Lawsuit.
From then on when a submarine went to sea for trials in the yards for more than a day trip, the female techs and engineers working on that project got paid for going to sea for the 3 or 4 days of 24 hour pay, plus hazardous duty pay, and radiation eposure pay, as they waved goodby from the pier.
It was cheaper than the lawsuits.
A submarine where EVERY person on board is a woman... OK that could work, but why would any woman with eggs and potential babies inside want to work in a place with so much radiation that could harm it and them and the breast milk and the rest.
Sometimes I just wonder why women dont just accept that once in a while they have things a little better than the men and consider themselves lucky that they do.
All I know for sure is it will be a constant lawsuit fest for everything. NO male sailor ever got to miss a patrol because his wife was pregnant. No male sailor asked to miss a patrol because he was pregnant.
Why cant they just accept that they are different.
Posted May 3, 2010 at 8:04:20 PM
Ron Doty
Re Algore's mansion in California: Mr. Alexander should have noted the following: Montecito, California — Elevation: 180 FT
According to http://wapedia.mobi/en/Montecito,_California
180 feet should be right on the beach in a few years. Got sand fat Al?
Posted May 4, 2010 at 4:41:50 PM
Ron Doty
The SPLC are bigots-prejudiced bigots. That is why they left Patriot Post off their list of dangerous institutions/organizations.
Posted May 4, 2010 at 4:45:46 PM
M.T., from NC
One word to that: TOUCHE! Thanks for ending on a note that made me laugh.
Posted May 5, 2010 at 12:22:51 AM
Caljonli
I believe all Illegal immigrants should go home. If they donb't go voluntarily after a stated period of time, they should be imprisoned when caught and made to work for free. They can be bailed out when someone bails them out and returns them to the homeland. A worker program can then be initiated that companies that need help can obtain workers, as long as they ensure they return wsorkers back to their homelands when the work is completed. I also believe that all US Citizens, that like the Arizona law, should vacation in Arizona this year. All spectators should boycott the Phoenix Suns basketball game, as the Suns protest the Arizona law.
Posted May 5, 2010 at 9:25:00 AM