The Last Word - "It's like we took a fry cook from McDonald's and decided to make him a neurosurgeon because he looked good in a surgical mask and then got mad at him when he killed his first patient."

Sometimes humor can expose a stinging truth. The problem in his case is that the fry cook would likely be immediately, banned from the operating room, brought up on charges of manslaughter and sued for malpractice.

In the case of Obama, charges have to be filed in the House of Representatives. Then there is a vote and a simple majority have to agree to impeach the President. From there it moves to the Senate where, after a trial, it takes a 2/3rds majority to convict.

In today's highly-partisan environment I fear that the will of the people will, as we have seen over the last year especially, be lost to partisan politics. There aren't enough Representatives/Congressmen that would have the guts to stand up and represent the people that elected them into office. And, if history is any indication, I doubt there will the sufficient turnover required in order to make this happen.

So, where does this leave us?

Everyone knows how to get to the "green future", just "follow the yellow brick road".

I was surprised that it took FoxNews until this morning to report that ALL States in the US are directed, trained, and funded to enforce immigration laws of the US and have been for decades. I thought that I would take a minute to also point out that whole sections of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, the Texas Transportation Code, the Texas Agriculture Code, the Texas Government Code, the Texas Education Code, the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Texas Natural Resources Code, the Texas Election code, and the Texas Administrative Code are direct quotes of Federal statutes or rules. This was done so that our State law enforcement officers could/can enforce those various Federal laws.

I think that if the Obama Administration continues to threaten Arizona with law suits over their immigration statutes, the States ought of offer to stop enforcing ALL Federal laws. Oh, and they might also consider no longer deputizing of Federal law enforcement officers which allow them to carry fire arms and violate State traffic laws when in pursuit in their State. While they are at it, they could also deny Federal officers use of State and local jails or courts. They could openly, boldly, and loudly ignore Federal statutes that clearly have NO authorization in the United States Constitution and hold federal tax dollars when threatened by a Federal agency. Maybe it’s time that the Obama administration and the liberal democrats in Congress learns that (t)he(y) govern(s) by permission within individual States. Just a thought.

Obama took an oath to defend the Constitution when he was sworn into office. It is obvious not only that he has not done so, but he has no intention of doing so. Isn't this grounds for impeachment?

I saw a YouTube video this weekend in which Michelle Obama was speaking to an unknown group of people. The speech was about HIV testing and how it carries a stigma, but should not. She said that she and her husband, Barack, were in his "native country of Kenya" and got tested for HIV to show the people not to be afraid of the testing. Her words, "native country" She confirmed what we have all known, that he is not a natural born citizen.

Mr Fleming is correct. Each day, as more and more Americans come out of the ether, they express genuine surprise at the Inept-in-Chief's blatant incompetnce. Amazing! Was it Pericles who wisely said "You may not be interested in Politics but it is interested in you" ?

These are the acts of a big city boss or a third world dictator." --columnist Ben Stein

Or even more accurately a petty stupid vicious little black redneck as Thomas Sowell might say.

Uh-0h, just when I was preparing my contribution, I see little girly-boy loser Roy Exum: like something that just floats in the porcelain bowl and will not flush.

I am an old guy (82) who heads a non profit corporation whic supplies pocket constitutions( inclucding the

Declaration of Independence) to about 26,000 students in U. S. Government and History classes each year. We also help teach more than 2000 preschool 4 year olds to read. Usually I restrict my giving to my own Tools of Learning for Children www.tools4preschool.org .Because Patriot post takes the necessary step of showing the intenct of the Constitution through the words of Founding Fathers, I made an exception and have supported patriot Post financially.You constantly doan outstanding job in eductiong America. Thank you. Pardon spelling errors,. I am also almost sightless.

@Jerry L. Cooke, Ph.D. re: June 21, 2010 at 11:30

"Maybe it’s time that the Obama administration and the liberal democrats in Congress learns that (t)he(y) govern(s) by permission within individual States."

I think you were shooting for, "by consent of the governed."

I love your post and look forward to seeing AZ start the avalanche!

no surprise here! A lot of folks knew this before he was ever voted in, but it made no diff in the election.

In the Culture column, "pubic schools"? I know things are badly distorted in public education, but that bad?

Much as I wish it were otherwise, I have to agree with Jeff Jacoby's column quoting Larry Sabato on the probable outcome of the midterm elections in the House. I just don't see the electoral tsunami that many conservatives and Republicans are predicting/hoping for. IF the GOP captures 40 seats, it will have a bare majority -- no more -- and will have difficulty reversing the damage already done by Obama and the Democrats. I fear that, once again, we'll be merely nibbling around the edges of the steady march to an unconstitutional socialist state.

Boy, the last quote really hit me hard but I'm

not really surprised about the "McDonalds fry-cook" analogy.

In our country, marketing has been elevated to an art form and Obama is the marketer's masterpiece. A veritable dream come true. However, with respect to his impact on this country, and as far as "art forms" are concerned, Obama is more like Dorian Gray's picture come to life.

God Help us all.

Community Organizer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing

FBCOs and many grassroots organizing models are built on the work of Saul Alinsky, discussed below, from the 1930s into the 1970s.[3]

[edit] Grassroots and "Door-Knocking" Groups

Grassroots organizing builds community groups from scratch, developing new leadership where none existed and organizing the unorganized. It is a values based process where people are brought together to act in the interest of their communities and the common good. Networks of community organizations that employ this method and support local organizing groups include National People's Action and ACORN.

"Door knocking" grassroots organizations like ACORN organize poor and working-class members recruiting members one by one in the community. Because they go door-to-door, they are able to reach beyond established organizations and the "churched" to bring together a wide range of less privileged people. ACORN tends to stress the importance of constant action in order to maintain the commitment of a less rooted group of participants.

Random thoughts. While glad that our country could finally elect somebody with different color skin than white, I am sadly disappointed in the qualifications of that person. However, did we really elect the first black president? Why do we call him black when his mother was white and she provided most of his upbringing? That qualifies his 'white' part more than his 'black' part. So this sounds very racist in that there is talk of skin color at all. How about next time we cover up their faces during campaign, disguise their voices, and pretend they are all the same race, then vote on the most qualified candidate?

TERM LIMITS!!!!

Have you seen this? I do not know if it is true but, if it is we have a disaster coming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiU0J1baC9Q&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRNx1jQZbhM&feature=player_embedded

Missouri Law

http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=r&BillID=6818

| Senate Home Page | List of 2007 Senate Bills

Current Bill Summary

SCS/SBs 348, 626, & 461 - This act creates the Missouri Omnibus Immigration Act.

Under the act it is illegal to employ unauthorized aliens and the act mandates that every employer in the state participate in the federal Basic Pilot Program in order to verify an employee’s work authorization status. Employers must submit an affidavit to the Department of Revenue accompanying remittance of withholding taxes or annual income tax returns that affirms that the employer is enrolled in the Basic Pilot Program. The failure to timely file may trigger a tax audit. If the employer knowingly makes a material misrepresentation of fact with regard to the affidavit, the employer must add back business expense deductions taken to determine federal adjusted gross income in order to determine Missouri adjusted gross income for wages paid to employees and independent contractors whose employment eligibility was not verified under the Basic Pilot Program.

Law enforcement officers must inquire into the immigration status of any individual detained in a jail facility for a violation of state law. If the individual is found to be illegal, the officer shall cooperate with any request from federal authorities regarding detention and custody transfer.

The state shall enter into cooperative agreements with the federal government to designate state law enforcement officers to help enforce federal immigration law.

Illegal aliens are barred from attending all public universities in the state and shall not receive any type of public assistance or benefit.

The act also authorizes cities, villages, and towns to enact ordinances prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens or unlawful workers and may deny business licenses to employers who employ unlawful workers.

This act is similar to SB 334 (2005), SB 988 (2006), SB 178 (2007), SB 626 (2007), SB 461 (2007), and SB 180 (2007).

CHRIS HOGERTY

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Current Bill Summary

http://www.senate.mo.gov/08info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=138

I agree with Steve. Unfortunately, I don't believe the American electorate will take care of business and save the country from its downward slide to Third World country status under Obutthead. Aren't these the same people who elected this disastrous nitwit in the first place? Just look at the recent situation in SC. They voted for a candidate who lives on is father's couch and has no qualifications whatsoever for the Senate. No research or forethought was accomplished. They just voted for him because they like his name or something. Sounds vaguely like the 2008 Presidential election, doesn't it?

"In the world of unionized pubic schools," --- spell check does not always work, but in this case perhaps it was not an error.

Culture

"Consider that New York just raised its standard for passing sixth grade reading and math tests to the following: on the reading test, 20 correct answers out of 39 questions gets one a passing grade; on the sixth grade math test, 20 out of 49 does the trick. In other words, getting a grade of 51% on the reading test and 41% on the math test gets you promoted to the seventh grade. ... Public school education in New York -- and elsewhere -- has become an overt fraud. ... What are the those in charge thinking? First and foremost, about themselves. They realize that their 'business model' -- a system which has made the genuine education of children and genuine accountability of teachers utterly meaningless -- is an ongoing failure. How do you fix failure? In the real world, failure is fixed by adopting no-nonsense standards -- and getting rid of employees incapable of meeting them. In the world of unionized pubic schools, failure is 'fixed' simply by changing the definition of the word. In other words, failure equals success because 'we say so.' And why do we say so? Because we are politicians beholden to the unions. ... And make no mistake: this is a fraud made possible because the Democrat Party is its chief enabler. Over the last twenty years, the National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher's union, has given ninety-seven percent of its campaign contributions to Democratic candidates. In return, Democrats have opposed everything which threatens the unions' status quo: school choice, ending tenure, instituting merit pay, charter schools, standardized tests and anything else which would allow Americans to clearly understand what a joke public school education has become." --columnist Arnold Ahlert

Socialism is the delusion whereby one segment of the population is encouraged to live off the

remaining segment in order to create minions

for the enablers.------Diane Morgan

"Were the British Empire that fought the War of 1812 still around, America might be looking at a War of 2012."

Here! Here!

Were the "United States of America" that fought the American Revolutionary War still around America would definitely be looking at a new Revolutionary War.

On your artical "culture" the new plantation owners from the south, are the Demorcrats in the cities. Un till the slaves wake up and demand freedom they will continue to be slaves

I very much have to agree with Frank Fleming. Obama told us what he was going to do and yet 61% of the American people and (some illegals) voted for him anyway. The dumbing down of America has gone TOO FAR

I'm 74 and have never in my life seen such asinine behavior as is now going on from the top down.

I've been watching some of the FIFA World Cup, Soccer (football) is much more fun to play than watch, it is excruciating to watch. Soccer is a perfect metaphor for Socialism (starts with the same 3 letters) the goal of Soccer is to score a goal, not to win. A tie is the ultimate (& usual) desired outcome. either a win or tie obtains stnding points. Ten players run around kicking the ball in circles, incessantly for 90+ minutes (the + may be added by the ref to help any team to tie the score) while the goalie (the poliburo- dressed in different garb & the only player able to touch the ball with hands, supervises play like a gubment official. Improvememt could be had by dispensing with the offsides rule, where no player may not get past or closer to the opponent goal than a defending player (goalie not included). American sports call this a slam dunk or going deep or stealing a base, or making serve. So in Soccer as in other Socialist activities, an individual may not gain an advantage towards the goal of a win.

In dicussing NYS raising it's standards, "Consider that New York just raised its standard for passing sixth grade reading and math tests to the following: on the reading test, 20 correct answers out of 39 questions gets one a passing grade; on the sixth grade math test, 20 out of 49 does the trick. In other words, getting a grade of 51% on the reading test and 41% on the math test gets you promoted to the seventh grade." How long before we have bridges and buildings designed by people who feel good about math and science? I for one would rather have an engineer who understands calculus and strength of materials. Don't worry Barry will send in the lawyers to correct the situation.

Our fellow teachers are always amazed that neither of us are members of NEA. My wife was an "unknowing" victim her 1st year to teach (over 35 years ago), and I have never belonged. It seems to be an unwriten LAW that if you teach, you MUST belong to NEA. (Why, don't ya know that they have a 1 million dollar insurance policy in case you're ever sued!....so does your personal property insurance.) This teacher union does not represent ANY of our conservative values, our Christian views, or our Godly morals; thus we refuse to pay them any of our hard-earned money. We've found nothing good about NEA. They encourage mediocre teachers and perpetuate failure in our public schools. School systems are forced to keep lazy, inadequate teachers. NEA is against any type of competition from the private sector or charter schools. The community-organizer-UNchief received hefty donations from NEA, and in return, he did away with the voucher system in D.C......but his kids get to attend PRIVATE school. Why is that?....isn't public good enough for them? Why isn't NEA throwing a striped-fit about his choice of schools for his daughters?

Today I submitted another contribution because I feel so strongly about the need to keep this wonderful on-line newsletter going. I have received the four "Essential Liberty" books from my first contribution and have given out three of them just by putting them out on my desk at work. People say,"What's this?" And I say, "Please take one as a gift from me and the Patriot Post." They do and I send a prayer along with it and for the person who took it. Be sure the ones coming to me will be put to good use. God bless you and thank you.

The things that Obama is doing in some ways they

are similiar to what Hitler,FDR,Abe Lincoln and

devout Communists have done in the past.If you

would check the records of any black leader

they all cheat,lie,and think they are God.

Evenfully they all turn to violence to keep

their power.Idi Amin,Mugbe,etc.

I notice "conservatives"on televion keep quoating

Marlin Luther King.It wasn't too long ago that

Ronald Reagan,J.Edgar Hoover thought King was a

Communist.What changed? Or are these "conservatives"

dupes like the rest of America?

Star Parker references "first principles" on Town Hall today. The message is getting out!

http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2010/06/21/a_roadmap_for_american_renewal

Dale and Gloria, my wife taught for 37 years in the peoples republik of NYS. In NYS you have to belong to the union or pay a fee, equal too dues, to the union. Did anyone say First Amendment? The only objection she had was not contributing to "Vote Cope", the union election fund. She did get some satisfaction by wearing a "Pat Buchanan for President" button. Several teaches said they wished they had the nerve to do the same. Being retired she no longer pays the union anything, but still receives the union newsletter. We put it to use, picking up the dog droppings. We also didn't make the mistake of glancing at it after eating. How do you say propaganda?

From articles and comments I've read about Obama and his days of community organizing, he did very well at the job. He worked with low income people in Chicago to help them explore ways to obtain benefits they wanted from the government. In essence, he taught his following "the squeaky wheel gets the oil."

I researched a man named Manning Johnson who was a community organizer in the 1930s. He was sponsored by communists out of New York. (By the way, I read in an article that Obama was hired out of New York. Coincidentially, his mother was hired by the Ford Foundation in New York to do social work abroad.) Manning Johnson eventually wised up to the fact that the communists did not care about him or his people...he realized they were using him and his people to create unrest for revolution. They wanted black people to remain victims for that purpose.

this is a reply to Mary whose baby daughter of 17 is debating on joining the Air Force. Why not and give it a try and it may not be something you want to do for a career because it isn't for everyone. But there is not a a more noble profession. After 26 years 7 months and 19 days, I had not planned for staying that long but my options were few when I enlisted and it evolved into a great and rewarding career and what a journey it was. and in these uncertain times it has been a great investment CMSgt Al Womack, USAF Ret.

November goes bust - citizen-militia revolution!

This oil spill has me looking at it two ways and both of them cost us more money.

BP has now contributed into the coffers by a enunciated request by Biden and this may entitle them in a back door way, to retain drilling rights in the Gulf and contribute further future donations to the elite Deemer party as a form of tribute to show all how grateful a BP company can be.

If they (BP) cannot stop the leak, and lose the ability to make the contribution request in a timely manner, then BP becomes Barry's Petrol and the riggs in the gulf will be moved to deeper waters in Brazil where G. Soros has in his hand $20 billion dollars American to crew those unused oil riggs. This would constitute a great fortune for the combined efforts of the G. Soros/Barry's Petrol companies and they could live happily ever after, while America was left with a staggering loss.

With the reply that Arizona has received from Hussein on Sending the National Guard to Secure the Border and the Insult to their Senator Kyl, calling the Senator a Liar, when Hussein said if the Republicans wouldn't pass "the Amnesty Bill" he would hold Arizona Hostage????

Isn't it in the Jurisdiction of Governor Brewer, to Protect her Citizens, to activate the Arizona Militia and the Arizona State Guard to "Secure the Borders"??

Arizona held hostage????? Enough is Enough.

For God & Country

The American

Frank Fleming really hit the nail on the head: The ROOT CAUSE of the Presidential Idiocy/Idiot is the INCREDIBLY-STUPID VOTERS who elected him! Once again we have to ask: Why should the 'bottom half' of the Gaussian (Normal) Distribution of populational intellect be even allowed to vote?! Why should one qualified only to say "...and would you like fries with that?" be allowed to decide the national-course of the USA??? Something went wrong with the picture once 'non-land-owners' were allowed to vote!

The Declaration states: But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.

WE ARE HERE.

OFF THE TOPIC BUT..... What if we have a homegrown terriorist in the Whitehouse? It would answer why he doesn't want muslims tried in military court and why he played down the army psychiatrist killer in TX among other puzzling moves he is making.

Mark, the final comments on Obama's abilities - as anything - brings to mind the wonderful Peter Sellers movie: Being There.

The plot: Chance (Peter Sellers) is a middle-aged man who lives in the townhouse of a wealthy man in Washington D.C. Chance seems very simple-minded and has lived in the house his whole life, tending the garden, with virtually no contact with the outside world. His cultural and social education is derived entirely from what he watches on the television sets provided by the "Old Man," who raised him. The only other person in his life is Louise, the maid who cooks his meals and looks upon him as nothing more than a child who has failed to grow up. When his benefactor dies, Chance is visited by attorneys handling the estate. They force him to leave his sheltered existence and discover the outside world for the first time.

Other than Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, this is as good as it gets in describing the current presidential incumbent.

Our schools have been coddling our kids and making them "feel good" for too long. We are promoting and graduation children who are truly functionally illiterate! Too many cannot spell, do not know how to speak with proper grammar, cannot even make change without a help from the cash register, and have many other things wrong with their mental abilities after 12 years of public school. How dare we cheat our kids of what is rightfully theirs in our society and then blame the teachers whose hands are tied behind their backs, or are unable to do their jobs well in the first place? Disgusting! We better wise up soon, because it is later than you think!

A well educated public school product of the 50's and proud of it!

In response to The Last Word (6-21-10), I have to agree with Mr. Fleming in his assessment of Obama. Other than give good campaign speaches (most likely written by someone else), what has he actually done for the good of this country? And just what was in his resume that qualified him to be president? Hopefully the problems caused and neglected by the present administration will cause all voting Americans to research the candidates at the next election before casting their vote.

Since Obama was the one who put the moratorium on drilling in the gulf into effect, maybe HE should be paying the lost wages of the oil industry workers that HIS actions put out of work.

He behaves as if the USA is Chicago and he's Mayor Richard Daily (Sr.)

How his actions shame us all.

When will we get it right? It is wrong to bad mouth teachers and schools. Many students don't care if they learn or pass. "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

I went out the front door of my high school without a full box of tools. It sure wasn't the teachers fault. I didn't care. I wish my parents had booted my butt and made me do my homework and study.

The major problem is our society. There is too much going on to be concerned with education. There is too little parenting going on. If parents would take interest in their student and make them do their homework and study the grades would go up.

Teachers would like to raise standards. If they did a large percentage of their students would fail. Teachers are forced to lower the standards or they would lose their job because they fail too many students. Make that horse drink!

Thanks, Patriot Post, for the impact you have had on me and my family. I and my two sons are all Army Guard: my oldest just completed a tour in Iraq providing convoy security from COB Adder. My younger son and I are serving on an Air Defense mission in the National Capital Region this year. Love of country, the need for a strong defense, and the honor of serving are things I have taught my boys, and I appreciate the back-up I get on a daily basis from your excellent publication. God bless and help us all.

Frank Fleming's article in the Last Word (6-21-10)is priceless.Realizing very early that Obama had nothing of value to offer the American people,I did not support him and certainly did not waste my vote.A review of his time in the office of the U.S. president proves he has accomplished nothing of value and proposes nothing of value for our future. His actions continually scream unAmerican,inexperience, incompetence, indecision, along with embarrassing stupidity. I expected nothing of value from him and can honestly say I have not been disappointed. It is my hope that qualified voters will give serious thought to the candidate for the highest office before again going to the polls.

David Crea, you ask, "Once again we have to ask: Why should the 'bottom half' of the Gaussian (Normal) Distribution of populational intellect be even allowed to vote?! Why should one qualified only to say "...and would you like fries with that?" be allowed to decide the national-course of the USA???"

I submit that as one who sees payroll taxes snatched from his wages and who knows the relation between work and purchasing power, the fry-basket operator is far more qualified to vote than the slouch at the checkout aisle who says, "Gimme some Camels. Now where's my Food Stamp card?" I suggest that people who are dependent on welfare programs for more than six weeks out of the year, except maybe for permanent disability, should not be eligible to vote.