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Friday, July 16, 2010
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Government & Politics
To Justify Its Own Existence, NAACP Condemns Tea Party for 'Racism'
A Tea Party protester putting "American" before "African-American"First Lady Michelle Obama went to the NAACP convention in Kansas City, Missouri, this week to speak on childhood obesity, but if you read the ABC News story on the speech, you might think she railed on the Tea Party movement for being racist. On the contrary, the First Lady stuck to her theme of encouraging children to eat healthy foods and get more active in their lives.
Yet since the NAACP's jihad against all things Tea Party is sexier and more inflammatory than yet another lecture on childhood obesity, the Leftmedia outlet hijacked its own headline story to play up the conflict and promote an upcoming protest march in Washington this fall. It's a telling dichotomy that ABC emphasizes polls diminishing the Tea Party movement's impact yet continues to treat the movement as a significant threat. If the Tea Parties were so impotent, one would think the media would ignore them. Then again, they tried that while the movement grew last year -- and just like everything from the Left, it didn't work.
NAACP chief Ben Jealous lived up to his name when he noted the Tea Party's political success, saying, "We have to close the enthusiasm gap." And to close that "enthusiasm gap," the "civil rights" group unanimously passed a resolution calling on the Tea Party movement to repudiate the supposed racism and bigotry in its ranks.
The entire text won't be available until the board of directors votes in October (that's brave of them), and Jealous equivocated: "We take no issue with the Tea Party movement. We believe in freedom of assembly and people raising their voices in a democracy. What we take issue with is the Tea Party's continued tolerance for bigotry and bigoted statements. The time has come for them to accept the responsibility that comes with influence and make clear there is no place for racism and anti-Semitism, homophobia and other forms of bigotry in their movement."
According to a press release, the resolution cites phantom incidents as proof. "In March, members of the Congressional Black Caucus were accosted by Tea Party demonstrators and called racial epithets. Civil rights icon John Lewis was spit on, while Congressman Emanuel Cleaver was called the 'N' word." But the NAACP can't even get their story straight when it comes to these fabricated altercations.
In response, the St. Louis Tea Party passed a resolution condemning the NAACP's resolution condemning the Tea Party movement, specifically calling for the NAACP to withdraw its, "bigoted, false, and inflammatory resolution." We concur. The time has come for the NAACP to accept the responsibility that comes with influence and make clear that there is no place for racism and anti-Semitism, homophobia and other forms of bigotry in their movement.
As for our "post-racial" president and First Lady, they'd do well to focus their NAACP legions on the content of their own character, rather than baseless attacks on the character of others.
This Week's 'Braying Jackass' Award
"The Tea Party, as a political philosophy, is to reverse what civil rights did and that is saying the federal government must protect people." --the "Reverend" Al Sharpton, calling states' rights a racist issue
Sharpton added, "There clearly are some racial leaves in their tea bag, but this is not just about race. It is about how you see government."
At least he got the last part right -- limited government versus nanny state.
News From the Swamp: Senate Passes Financial Bill
"The Senate approved a wide-ranging overhaul of the nation's financial regulations Thursday, handing President Barack Obama his second major domestic-policy victory of the year," reports The Wall Street Journal. The vote was 60-39, mostly along party lines. Republican (in the loosest sense of the word) Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine joined Scott "Kennedy" Brown (?-MA) in supporting the 2,300-page bill, offsetting the loss of Sen. Robert Byrd, who died recently, and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), who voted "no" -- because the legislation's not tough enough. Barack Obama will sign the bill into law in the coming days.
According to the Journal, "The measure, once implemented, will touch all areas of the financial markets, affecting how consumers obtain credit cards and mortgages, dictating how the government dismantles failing financial firms and directing federal regulators' focus on potential flashpoints in the economy." Left out of the bill, though, were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the quasi-government-run mortgage giants that were the prime "flashpoints" of the current financial crisis. Instead, Democrats took the opportunity to put the screws to everyone else.
The New York Times adds further clarity: "The bill ... is basically a 2,000-page missive to federal agencies, instructing regulators to address subjects ranging from derivatives trading to document retention. But it is notably short on specifics, giving regulators significant power to determine its impact." One worrisome provision grants the federal government subpoena power for any financial information from any institution it wants, without probable cause.
Giving the game away, the bill's co-author, lame-duck Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), said, "No one will know until this is actually in place how it works." If this sounds chillingly familiar, recall what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said regarding the 2,400-page health "reform" legislation: "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
Income Redistribution: Democrats Talk Taxes
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Tuesday that Democrats in the House will push to extend some of the Bush tax cuts before they expire at year's end. Of course, Hoyer didn't say this without venturing into the usual class warfare. "What you want to do is stimulate at this point in time, so you certainly do not want to increase taxes on the middle class, middle-income working Americans," he said. Without congressional action, rates will rise across the board. As for individuals earning more than $200,000 or couples more than $250,000, your taxes are going up because, according to Democrats, you do nothing to stimulate the economy. Running small businesses -- the hiring engine of America -- doesn't count.
Oddly enough, for Democrats to talk of extending cuts for the middle class (i.e., preventing a tax increase), they have to admit that taxes were cut for the middle class in the first place. "Tax cuts for the wealthy" was how the Bush cuts were always couched. Of course, if Democrats do take action, they will pat themselves on the back all the way to Election Day.
Meanwhile, the death tax expired at the end of 2009 and the Senate is just now getting around to taking action on it. Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) have introduced an amendment to a small-business bill that would extend permanently the death tax at 35 percent with a $5 million exemption, indexed for inflation. We suppose that's better than the 55 percent rate and $1 million exemption set to kick in on Jan. 1, but it would be nice if they'd just let it die. The lack of any death tax for just this year makes estate planning interesting. Just ask the Steinbrenners.
Immigration Front: DoJ Threatens Second Suit Against Arizona
On the Sunday talk-show circuit, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Justice Department hasn't ruled out filing a racial profiling lawsuit against the state of Arizona for its immigration law. This would be a new and separate suit from the one already filed to kill the law because it supposedly interferes with federal immigration statutes. Holder maintains that the federal government could revisit the law in six months or a year to see if there has been any racial profiling in the execution of the law. If Holder believes this, he must not have much confidence in the suit the DoJ has already brought. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer appeared unimpressed by Holder's threat of a second lawsuit, saying, "Why would they have to hesitate, after all the comments they made, and all the outrage that they made against the bill in regards to racial profiling, that it didn't show up?"
The federal government's hypocrisy over the Arizona immigration law just keeps piling up. See, for example, sanctuary cities such as Chicago and San Francisco that are in conflict with federal law because they willfully refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in identifying and apprehending illegal immigrants. Yet, the Obama administration won't file suit against these sanctuary cities. Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler explained, "There is a big difference between a state or locality saying they are not going to use their resources to enforce a federal law, as so-called sanctuary cities have done, and a state passing its own immigration policy that actively interferes with federal law." Of course, the difference is that sanctuary cities obstruct federal law, while Arizona seeks to enforce it. Such cities, however, do tend to be part of Barack Obama's base. The president would rather appeal to Hispanic voters than strengthen our borders and enforce our laws.
From the Left: Felons for Franken
Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, believes that illegal felon voters may have pushed Democrat Al Franken to victory in the hotly contested Senate race with Republican Norm Coleman. After several recounts, Franken ended up winning the election by just 312 votes, going on to become the 60th Democrat in the Senate and providing key support for ObamaCare and other legislative insults to our Republic. Minnesota Majority did a careful comparison of 2008 voter rolls with a list of known felons and discovered that there were 393 illegally registered voters in the state's two largest counties alone. Since the vast majority of felons routinely vote Democrat, it's likely that Franken has convicts to thank for his victory.
Minnesota Majority hasn't found much sympathy for its report in Hennepin County, the state's largest, but District Attorney Phil Carruthers of nearby Ramsey County is seeking more manpower to fully investigate the situation. A statewide review is certainly needed, but considering that Democrat Secretary of State Mark Ritchie enjoyed ACORN's support in his own election, don't hold your breath. If he truly cared about felon voting, he would've already investigated the registration rolls.
National Security
Administration Denies NASA Muslim Outreach
The wisdom in working for the federal government has become akin to that of marrying King Henry VIII -- it's great to be asked, but there's always that likelihood that eventually, your head's gonna roll. The latest victim of the Obama guillotine is NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. As noted last week, Bolden stated that he had been charged with "making Muslims feel good about their contributions to science and engineering." He even went on al-Jazeera to announce that it was his "foremost job."
For numerous reasons this blew up in the administration's face, and now Bolden finds himself thrown under the bus with the rest of Obama's inconvenient allies. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced Monday that "such activities are not among Bolden's assigned tasks," adding that the administration "has already spoken to NASA." Note that Gibbs didn't deny that currying favor with the Muslim world is now a task of NASA, just that it was assigned to Borden. Also note that this backtracking comes after some NASA employees were informed they would be losing their jobs because of our fearless leader's "vision," which will take the space program in a "new direction." Judging from the job this administration has done with just about everything, that new direction will most likely be straight into the ground, not into the heavens.
UN Security Council Slaps N. Korea's Wrist ... Kind Of
After an act of war against a United Nations member nation, executed with malice aforethought, one might expect the UN to take a firm and principled stance against said naked aggression, upholding the highest standards of its long and storied history of preserving peace around the world and... Okay, that last part was a stretch, but after North Korea sinks a South Korean warship, wouldn't you expect something serious from the UN Security Council? The joint investigation of the sinking left zero room for doubt about who was behind the attack that killed 46 South Koreans. At a minimum, the UN would surely pass a Security Council Resolution demanding compensation for the families of the dead sailors and the loss of South Korean state property, right?
Wrong. In an act of craven spinelessness that sets a new standard for a body already known for spinelessness, all that the UNSC could muster was a Presidential Statement "condemning the attack." Not condemning North Korea, mind you, just condemning the attack, as though it was merely a random act of weather. Worried that even this might appear too judgmental, the statement also found room for North Korea's claim that it "had nothing to do with the incident." The entire sorry episode is too absurd for parody -- who would believe it? If ever there were an argument for scrapping the UN -- or at least getting the U.S. out of it -- this is that argument.
Profiles of Valor: Nick Popaditch
Nick Popaditch is a war hero. A Marine for 15 years, Gunnery Sergeant Popaditch became famous when the Associated Press photographed him smoking a cigar while his unit pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. A year later, Popaditch was severely wounded during fighting in Fallujah -- he lost his right eye and much of his hearing after a grenade was thrown through the hatch of his M1A1 Abrams tank. He was later awarded a Purple Heart and a Silver Star.
Now, Popaditch, bald and wearing an eye patch, is running for Congress in California on a platform of limited government, strong national defense and secure borders. The race inspired a cartoon in the Imperial Valley (CA) Press that didn't go over too well. It depicts two skateboarders viewing a campaign poster of a bald man with an eye patch and cracking jokes about him. Even Popaditch's Democrat opponent criticized the cartoon, and the paper has since made an apology after explaining that they were mocking the skateboarders' ignorance, not the candidate himself. Popaditch said he wasn't offended: "I've got much thicker skin than that." Not surprisingly, the gaffe has raised his profile and may help him in November.
Business & Economy
Regulatory Commissars: Deep-Sea Deep-Freeze
Having had its moratorium on offshore drilling smacked down twice already by the courts, "Team Chosen" is now attempting to prove yet again that no significant ethical hurdles are presented to it by the Rule of Law. The "new" moratorium effort is substantively no different from the previous two attempts. "But never mind that," administration attorneys confidently tell us, "we really need this moratorium, so here it is again." Notwithstanding terminology referencing so-called "deep-water" sites, however, the moratorium will apply to virtually any "floating facility with drilling activities" (read: anything and everything associated with drilling for offshore oil).
Meanwhile, the first of many drilling rigs has begun sailing away from the Gulf. Diamond Offshore announced last week that its Ocean Endeavor rig is now bound for Egyptian waters. Don't look for it, or any others, to return soon, either: Estimates put the earliest possible return at a decade or more, given the time and expense associated with these moves. And therein lies the real goal: Stall, foot-drag, litigate and obfuscate long enough to render the issue moot. Once the rigs are gone, who cares if the ban is operative? This piece of the dismantling of America will have been completed by that time, moratorium or not.
Feebly attempting to justify the suspension, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar stated, "I cannot conclude at this time that deep-water drilling can move forward in a safe and environmentally sound manner." But even Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) noted that Salazar's claim "contradicts testimony given by drilling experts and ignores the history of oil and gas operations in the Gulf." Does anyone really think this moratorium could successfully negotiate a hat trick of federal judicial gauntlets otherwise?
To counter actual news and public outrage associated with the truth, the Obama administration has launched a propaganda -- um, "information" -- campaign using two different websites, restorethegulf.gov (that's $3.5 million to you, taxpayer) and deepwaterhorizonresponse.com, the latter funded by BP in the wake of more government arm-twisting. The most recent site, "Restore the Gulf," centers on "transparency and openness about the BP oil spill," to include the administration's lightning-fast-Day-One response (remember that?) and its assistance to the Gulf Coast communities. The recently retired former head of the Coast Guard, credibility-challenged Admiral Thad Allen, announced the new campaign (did we mention he just "retired" following his brief tenure as disaster-cleanup point man?).
Finally, don't plan on going down to the Gulf anytime soon to find out what the government is actually doing to fix the problem ... or else also plan on going to jail shortly afterwards. According to CNN's Anderson Cooper, reporting on the Gulf oil spill is now essentially a crime, punishable by a fine of up to $40,000, now that the most "transparent administration in history" has made approaching within 65 feet of what the Coast Guard deems "essential recovery efforts" a Class D felony. From our perspective, the truth couldn't be any more "transparent."
Hope 'n' Change: Let's Pretend the Government Creates Jobs
The White House isn't just issuing propaganda about the oil spill, but about jobs, as well. The administration claimed this week that the so-called "stimulus" has "created or saved" between 2.5 million and 3.6 million jobs, approaching, if not surpassing, the promised 3.5 million jobs by the end of this year. But even if they took the "million" out, they'd miss the mark by a mile. Since February 2009, the economy has lost a net 2.35 million jobs. Unemployment remains just below 10 percent -- 2 percent higher than promised in the rush to pass the stimulus. "Yes, but it's not 12 or 13 -- or 15," argued Barack Obama recently.
The Wall Street Journal sums it up: "This is called a counterfactual: a what would have happened scenario that can't be refuted. What we do know is what White House economists at the time said would happen if the stimulus didn't pass. They said the unemployment rate would peak at 9% without the stimulus (there's your counterfactual) and that with the stimulus the rate would stay at 8% or below. In other words, today there are 700,000 fewer jobs than [the administration] predicted we would have if we had done nothing at all. If this is a job creation success, what does failure look like?"
On the other hand, it could be that the jobs the administration is bragging about having created are those placing millions of dollars worth of road signs touting the stimulus.

Bowles Warns of Debt 'Cancer'
The economic outlook doesn't get much worse than that painted last week by the leaders of Barack Obama's debt commission. Erskine Bowles, White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton and current commission co-chair, stated, "The [federal] debt is like a cancer. It is truly going to destroy the country from within." Smashing the government-expansionist dreams of the Obama administration, Bowles warned, "We can't tax our way out... We've got to cut spending or increase revenues or do some combination of that." Of course, as Investor's Business Daily notes, "'[I]ncrease revenues' in Washington-speak is often code for 'higher taxes.' We hope Bowles isn't leaving the door open to that."
Apparently recognizing voter disgust with his spending spree, this week Obama nominated Clinton White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew to return to the post, citing the "record ... budget surplus" generated during Lew's previous tenure. But Concord Coalition Director Robert Bixby says things were different then: "The Redskins brought back [ex-coach] Joe Gibbs, but it didn't mean they were going to win the Super Bowl."
Part of Lew's job will be helping the debt commission pitch its recommendations to Congress. Coincidentally (or not), the commission is due to deliver its final report in early December, just late enough for Democrats to ignore it during mid-term election campaigning.
ObamaCare: Temper Tantrums and Abortion Lies
Speaking about ObamaCare with constituents, Democrat Rep. Ciro Rodriguez claimed, "If we had not done anything in the next eight years based on CBO, Congressional Budget office, numbers it would have cost us $4.1 trillion."
When a constituent questioned where he got that $4.1 trillion number, Rodriguez loses his temper. That won't help him in November.
In other health care news, we're shocked -- shocked -- to report that Democrats lied. Pennsylvania will receive $160 million to establish a "high risk" insurance program that will, among other things, fund abortions -- something Obama signed an executive order saying wouldn't happen. New Mexico will use $37 million in federal funds for a similar program. And we have lame-duck "pro-life" Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), et al, to thank for buying Obama's promises and signing on to ObamaCare.
Some Banks Are Too Small to Matter for TARP
TARP may become self-perpetuating. It seems that the Troubled Asset Relief Program is creating more troubled assets in need of relief. The one-size-fits-all program was initially conceived to stabilize banks considered "too big to fail." Such institutions derive a considerable portion of their earnings from fee income for services provided, rather than interest income from loans. Consequently, their asset turnover ratio is much higher, allowing them to exit the TARP program quickly when their funding sources stabilize.
Community banks are the opposite. While these banks derive some fee income from deposit account service charges (including overdraft charges) along with loan fees such as discount fees and late charges, these sources are generally less than 15 percent of total income. Consequently community banks rely on interest income generated by loans, and that's where the trouble begins. Home mortgage rates are at 40-year lows -- so low, in fact, that community bankers are finding it difficult to obtain interest rates higher than about 7 percent. This is a major problem when the TARP program requires payments of 7.7 percent for the first five years, increasing to 13.8 percent in year six.
Once again a government that is too big to function has insured the dominance of institutions that are too big to fail. Of course, we in our humble shop note that both the Titanic and the Bismarck, once considered unsinkable ships, presently reside at the bottom of the Atlantic; ergo, TBTF simply means that when a failure occurs, it will leave a big mark.
Culture & Policy
Second Amendment: State Department Celebrates Gun Destruction
While the State Department is charged with helping to conduct our foreign affairs, Hillary Clinton's agency sometimes takes cheerleading for international interests a little too far. Last week, the United Nations held its annual "International Small Arms Destruction Day," and the State Department was pleased to reveal that it had aided the effort by spending $130 million and taking 1.4 million weapons "off the street." This was part of a program the UN uses to cut down on the (allegedly illicit) trade in small arms and light weapons.
While the writers of the Second Amendment weren't aware of science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein, they knew without saying that "an armed society is a polite society." One would think that if the United Nations were truly seeking a polite, peaceful society, they would encourage self-defense and not taking guns out of the hands of responsible citizens. However, if it's about government controlling the population, well, you have an "International Small Arms Destruction Day." Subordinating America's interests (and Constitution) to those of an organization controlled in part by our enemies seems to be a perpetual order of the day in the Obama-Clinton State Department.
To Keep and Bear Arms
Eighty-two-year-old Robert Wallace from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, may be spending the rest of his life in jail after defending his home. In February, Wallace says that he witnessed two thieves hooking his flatbed trailer to their pickup truck. The suspects ignored demands to stop and sped off with the trailer; Wallace says that he fired two shots toward the truck as they were leaving.
Just minutes later, Damacio Torres, 32, arrived at the ER at a local hospital to get Alvaro Cardona, 28, medical attention. The latter had been struck in the face by a bullet. Later, Torres admitted to police that they stole the trailer from Wallace's home. According to Wallace, the suspects threatened him during the incident, and he says, "They almost ran me over."
Despite the confession of the crime, and despite both Torres and Cardona living in the United States illegally with arrest records, neither suspect so far has been charged with any wrongdoing. Ironically, Wallace is being charged with 12 felony counts, four of those on the count of attempted first-degree murder. While currently free on bond, Wallace's court date is scheduled for September; at age 82, he may well spend the rest of his life in prison.
Update: The Wheat Ridge Police issued a statement indicating that Wallace did not initially report having fired at the suspects -- only when the suspects arrived at the hospital for treatment did that become evident. Wallace later admitted to firing two shots. He also never reported being in fear of his life, which is why he is being charged. However, we're still trying to figure out how two shots at two suspects resulted in four charges of attempted murder.
Climate Change This Week: An Idea With Merit
A recent Washington Post article fondly recalls the American work environment before air-conditioning. It was a kinder, gentler, more relaxed time of shorter work hours and the peaceful whirring of the desk fan. The author suggests that a return to those days would not only be good for the environment but for the soul as well. For those who have endured the high heat in the Northeast over the past few weeks, those words are enough to incite a riot.
However, when the author moves on to Washington, DC, the notion suddenly seems much more appealing. The article quotes New York Times columnist Russell Baker, who noted that, before air-conditioning, Congress would adjourn for the summer, and "the nation enjoyed a respite from the promulgation of more laws, the depredations of lobbyists, the hatching of new schemes for Federal expansion and, of course, the cost of maintaining a government running at full blast."
A break from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid -- now that would be as refreshing as a glass of ice-cold lemonade on a scorching day. And it would also be a win-win situation for Democrats; after all, think of all the votes Pelosi and her ilk would garner from the envirofascists who think we should abandon technological advancements to halt global warming.
Judicial Benchmarks: SCOTUS on the First Amendment
The Supreme Court last month delivered another blow to liberty in finding against the chapter of the Christian Legal Society (CLS) at the University of California, San Francisco (Hastings) Law School. CLS limits membership to those who share its doctrine forbidding sexual relations outside of marriage. The school found that this condition violated Hastings' rule forbidding discrimination based on religion and sexual orientation.
Read more here.
And Last...
It seems the NAACP was busy this week on matters even more ridiculous than falsely accusing the Tea Party of racism. The California NAACP is backing a resolution seeking to make Neverland Ranch, the home of the late pop star Michael Jackson, into a state park. Jackson lived there from 1988-2005. According to the Sacramento Bee, Neverland featured a "working locomotive, a Ferris wheel and other amusement park rides, a 10,000-volume library and a zoo." As for making it into a state park, state NAACP President Alice Huffman, who also serves on the state Parks Commission, said, "I think Michael's history is world history and I think it would become the number one attraction for the state parks if we could pull it off." Given California's recent fiscal irresponsibility, what could be more fitting than making a monument out of the foreclosed home of a celebrity who went bankrupt?
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kevin
SCOTUS & the 1st Admendment.
Not sure about that, since now Christians should and must be allowed to join gay rights groups, etc and promote healthy lifestyles and Christianity.
Justice Ginsberg forgot about the 'law of unintended consequences' - no group can exclude anyone without being found unconstitutional.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 11:27:57 AM
MNIce
The trouble with liberals like the NAACP leaders is that every time they see something they don't like in the mirror, they think they're looking at somebody else.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 11:51:26 AM
Scott
Although the news media is reporting a minor earthquake in D.C this morning, it was probably just the sound of Obama's new Financial Reform policies hitting the congressional floor!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:06:14 PM
Ruth Ann Wilson
"Eighty-two-year-old Robert Wallace from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, may be spending the rest of his life in jail after defending his home. In February, Wallace says that he witnessed two thieves hooking his flatbed trailer to their pickup truck. The suspects ignored demands to stop and sped off with the trailer; Wallace says that he fired two shots toward the truck as they were leaving.
Just minutes later, Damacio Torres, 32, arrived at the ER at a local hospital to get Alvaro Cardona, 28, medical attention. The latter had been struck in the face by a bullet. Later, Torres admitted to police that they stole the trailer from Wallace's home. According to Wallace, the suspects threatened him during the incident, and he says, "They almost ran me over."
Despite the confession of the crime, and despite both Torres and Cardona living in the United States illegally with arrest records, neither suspect so far has been charged with any wrongdoing. Ironically, Wallace is being charged with 12 felony counts, four of those on the count of attempted first-degree murder. While currently free on bond, Wallace's court date is scheduled for September; at age 82, he may well spend the rest of his life in prison."
I wished I could contact this 82 year old man and salute him for being a common, good American. This is so ridiculous, that I think whoever made these charges against this good man, are more "criminal" than this gentleman who only was "protecting his property." What was the man suppose to do????? Stand there and wait till these criminals (illegals) shot him??????
Good for you, Sir, "Rules of engagement", "shoot first and ask questions later". May you be delivered from "from unreasonable and wicked men" II Thessalonians 3:2.
For God & Country
The American
Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:16:54 PM
Daniel Wainwright Jr
I watched the Movie Demolition Man (Sly Stalone)
last night. There were so many references to what is going on today. The "bad" guys name was even
Phoenix.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:40:44 PM
Rob
I am very disappointed in Senator Scott Brown. I supported his election in both time and money. Yesterday he voted for the financial reform bill. He has let the American people down. He presented himself as a great hope for conservatives, well we have been slapped in the face. Shame on you Senator Brown!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:54:14 PM
Jeff
Ok so who do we contact to make noise about Robert Wallace's situation?
Once again we have a skewed system that allows the perp(s) to walk free while the victim is victimized even more... wonder if the DA is a democrat or up for re-election.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:58:50 PM
desert
I am all in favor of the NAACP...We have needed the "National Association of the Abolishment of Communist People" for a loooong time!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:02:18 PM
Harold (Wyatt)
If tried in court, 82yr. old Robert Wallace needs 12 people on the jury, where most of them are gun owners. I would be very disappointed if a JURY found him guilty in a case where he done the right thing. This case is another testimony as to why the government should be controlling our borders.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:10:26 PM
Allen Stauffer
In Re:Climate Change This Week: An Idea With Merit, i have a better idea: Require Congress to meet only in August, turn off the air conditioning and lock them and their staff in the Capitol building for the entire month with all the food and water they need but no access to shower facilities. Just think of all the monstrous, multi-thousand-page bills we'd never see again!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:17:09 PM
RCJ
In regard to the SCotUS & CLS matter, it seems Hastings Law School is guilty of discriminating against a group for being discriminatory. In other words, CLS didn't measure up to the law school's standards because CLS excluded individuals who didn't measure up to CLS' standards. So the school is excluding an organization because the organization excludes individuals. Unless I'm missing something, this seems blatantly hypocritical. Not that I would expect the Exalted Nine to notice that.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:29:24 PM
Bama
Jealous, Sharpton, the radical New Black Panther, et al, are the racists; the ones who perpetuate the division of races; who causes dissent; who keeps the blacks in economic ruin; who promote strife and hate among both blacks and whites. The "N"word is used because of thier prejudices and overt contempt for whites. There are a lot of good and decent African-Americans who contribute much,who are well respected, yet Jealous and his ilk circumvent and even destroy the good done by many black people. The "N" word - niggers-does indeed apply to the radical blacks who dislike white people.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:33:21 PM
LaGrange, GA
Dear Mark and staff, this is probably one of your finer "works of art". I must take exception with the following, though. "A break from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid -- now that would be as refreshing as a glass of ice-cold lemonade on a scorching day." Nope, it would be a Crown Royal night!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:42:11 PM
MNIce
Correction please: the Minnesota Secretary of State is Mark Ritchie. If he doesn't manage to steal his own election, he should be replaced by Dan Severson in Jan. 2011. Please don't confuse the two - the voters need to get straight information.
There were at least 6000 votes cast by election day registrants who could not be verified. Thousands of instances of election fraud have been identified, but only 28 have been prosecuted. Mark Ritchie has asserted there were no problems with the election, even though some precincts in strongly Democrat counties had more votes cast than there were registered voters. There has been no action by State Attorney General Lori Swanson (also a Democrat up for re-election).
http://www.mngop.com/news.asp?artid=355
Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:54:11 PM
Marvin Shoaf
With all the talk about oil, why is the
Bakken Reserve never mentioned?????
Posted July 16, 2010 at 2:06:01 PM
Major Stu
Simple math.
Take VP Joe BFD Biden's word at 3.5 million jobs "created or saved", whatever that means and however that metric is defined.
Divide the 3.5 million jobs into the $840 Billion that the CBO has now determined the stimulus to cost. That yields a whopping price tag of $240,000 per job created. Great work. I'm sure all those police officers and school teachers that weren't laid off are now enjoying an enormous salary boost on the basis of those numbers - or did that money go somewhere else, and the "most transparent administration" doesn't want to discuss it? At almost a quarter million bucks a pop, why shouldn't they be proud of their accomplishments?
That should be something the GOP candidates should be able to run against this fall - if they can all figure out that they should be opposed to it.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 2:24:27 PM
Rusty Rine
Obama's trips to the gulf coast did no good. A trip to the Arizona border with Mexico -- now that could have done some good. We sure have a lot of work ahead of us in 2011 and 2013 to re-establish our most perfect union.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 2:43:19 PM
Mike Naumann
Mr. Alexander,
Thank you for such a great gift to society. The Patriot Post is my morning cup of coffee and/or my lunch pail. You are truly doing a great thing by keeping us informed of what is happening in our nation and around the world as we go about our duties of the day.
Please be encouraged and encourage your staff that they are doing the right thing! God bless each of you.
Your friend,
Mike N. of Oklahoma
Posted July 16, 2010 at 2:46:38 PM
Barbara Miller
After reading the Patriot's Digest today, I'm more convinced that we have lost our country and her ideals. It has gone to "hell in a hand-basket". I live in liberal (crazy) Oregon and the use-less idiots here have shut their eyes and ears to common sense. Our country is a composite of "1984" and "Brave New World"-truly a disaster. Sorry for the depression I'm sharing, but the only hope is a miracle from God, or lots of miracles! (There are exceptions and I'll keep praying.) Barb
Posted July 16, 2010 at 2:53:06 PM
Thomas B. Trammell
Profiles of Valor: Nick Popaditch....
I saw the cartoon as a reference to Moshe Dyan.
Bald-ish, eyepatch wearing Israeli general and Defense & Foreign Minister... a militant conservative.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 2:54:17 PM
Billy
Allen - that would be a bit cruel to keep them locked up all month w/o a shower. I'd suggest they be locked up and only allowed out to eat and shower after they had passed a bill through both houses (and still only have the month of Aug to meet!)
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:02:04 PM
enemaofthestatistquo
What do the Titanic, the Bismarck, & the USS TARP have in common? Each sank on its 1st voyage.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:20:06 PM
Doug
What we have here is the big O taking control of Financial markets, auto industry,health care,oil companies, wall street etc. As a conservative Christian, religion is next? Both houses don't have any power whatsoever anymore. Is this familiar with the dictatorship seen in the 1930's. You betcha Bunky!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:21:08 PM
Rifleman
Hey, African-Americans and any other hyphenated-Americans: Our grandchildren are Greek-Cherokee-Scots-Irish-German-British-Viking-Norman-Native American-American. What makes you think that you're so special? By the way. Africa is a CONTINENT with 53 or 54 nations -- depending on whether or not you think Western Sahara is a nation. Perhaps you're Kenyan-American, like your president. Got it now?
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:25:25 PM
FreeNorth
The Obama administration has tried to ban oil drilling by a fiat moratorium twice, and has been slapped down by the court for exceeding its authority both times. Now they're going try it again to see if another twisting of the words can be slipped past the judge. At this point, I'd say they're guilty of contempt of court, or at least attempting a frivolous argument. Maybe Mr. Salazar needs to spend some time behind bars to reflect on his sins.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:28:36 PM
enemaofthestatistquo
What more is there to say about the Unuch Nations?
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:35:54 PM
The Scarlet Pimpernel
NAACP says, "What we take issue with is the Tea Party's continued tolerance for bigotry and bigoted statements."
Uhhh... I have news for you folks at the NAACP. Unlike some folks, we Tea Party folks understand that freedom of speech isn't just for speech YOU like. It's for everyone. So while we don't like bigotry or bigoted statements, we still defend your right to make hold those views and make those statements.
The NAACP's contention that the Tea Party movement is "racist" is ITSELF a bigoted statement -- which under the First Amendment, I support their right to say -- even tho I disagree with it.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:41:21 PM
enemaofthestatistquo
Megyn Kelly (H-Fox) reported that the relief wells will soon be drilled & that BP will pump cement into the now capped oil leak. Why Did NOT the Federal Government on April 20 (day 1 of the spill & coincidentally- *Hitler's birthday*), for the timespan of the emergency, commandeer every ocean-going barge from BrownsvilleTX to FTMyersFL load them with cement ingredients & pump/dump the material directly onto the 5000 ft deep well head? Why DID this fiasco of incompetence by design take 90 days to fix?
Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:48:03 PM
Rifleman
I taught Clinical Psychology for a number of years and I understand a great deal about human behavior -- but not all.
What I still haven't been able to work through is this:
Even as the Nazi "workers" in the Konzentrationslager und Vernichtungslager heard the roar of armadas of Allied aircraft overhead, the deep rumbling of thousands of Russian and American tanks and the firing of nearby Allied weapons; even as they saw Allied soldiers closing on their camps, they continued killing "undesirables." In some camps, American soldiers found corpses half-in and half-out of the ovens with wagon loads of corpses waiting for "processing." The Krematoria workers were seen running, throwing down their implements as they ran. Trains jammed full of people, many dead, all sick, were still pulling in to the nearby stations. Trains which should have been used to support German troops were commandeered by the SS to serve them during their wholesale murdering even as the German troops were being overrun and were surrendering by the tens of thousands.
Even though they knew that they had lost, that they'd be captured, interrogated, tried and perhaps executed, they continued to do das Fuhrer's work. It was almost as if their brains had been removed and they'd become automatons with no conscious capacity for self-control or self-direction. There was a point in 1930s Germany when Men of Thought had to flee for their lives. To stay was to die.
I see the same behavior in these Democrats. They know that they're about to be swept away; that their fair-haired boy is a monster of limitless capacity for calculated cruelty. In another time and place, he'd have been processing human skin into lamp shades. Yet, the Democrats won't cease and desist. They will not allow the Rational Faculty to regain control -- even though they're terrified of what is about to befall them. They're free-falling and they refuse to pull the cord on their 'chutes. They'd rather plunge to their destruction in familiar company.
When pack hunters drag down a prey animal, they lose all sense of their surroundings. They're too busy gorging to scan for danger. Is there some biological mechanism, some primeval, genetic impulse that drives the Democrats on -- even to their own
self-imposed destruction? Once awakened, is there a primitive Self that takes over? (Joseph Conrad called it "The Heart of Darkness.")
Are we still that close to the Primitive? Have we not evolved enough -- after 2.5 million years? I know that war drives men into the Darkness where they behave beyond bestial. Is what's happening to the Democrats somehow related to that bestial reversal? Have they devolved into that mind-set? If so, what's the trigger? Where is the tipping point? At what point does a person surrender himself?
RINOs like Brown, Snowe, Collins are caught up in the euphoria for self-immolation. They remind me of the girls and boys running before Hitler's Mercedes, scattering rose petals on the ground. Bawney Fwank and Chris Dodd would have gladly been engineers on Hitler's trains.
If it is a genetic component, somehow buried deep within the Unconscious Mind, then we're not sufficiently evolved to escape ourselves. Is that too easy an answer: Just to throw up our hands and admit defeat and hope to somehow escape it?
Republicans are human. They are not immune, either. Perhaps they are more easily led because they've convinced themselves that such impulses don't affect them. John McCain is proof that RINOs can try to out-Democrat the Democrats. He was swept up in it, too. (Georg Hegel called it der Zeitgeist.)
The Savior offered escape from the Darkness but few there are who find The Path that He trod -- although it seems as though many are trying once again to find it. Perhaps Obama frightens them sufficiently to confront the terrifying reality of what he is.
Since Freud, we've had seven generations of thinkers who've tried to fathom that impulse, none successfully. Perhaps it hides itself even from them.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 4:10:53 PM
Rifleman
So, Obama said today that "We've" done this and that to stop the leak. Reminds me of the story...
The Lone Ranger and Tonto are riding through a blind canyon when they see fifty screaming Apaches blocking their path.
They wheel their horses and gallop madly back down the canyon only to see fifty more Apaches blocking the lower end.
They rein in their horses. The Lone Ranger looks at Tonto and says, "Well, Tonto. What're we going to do now?"
Tonto looks at the Lone Ranger and says, "What you mean 'WE,' white man?"
*******************
During his tenure as a "community organizer," a "constitutional attorney," a college professor, a magazine editor, when did Obama learn how to operate an underwater remote vehicle? When did he study wildcatting? How much time did he spend on a deep water oil rig? The man knows SOOOOOOOOOOOO much about SOOOOOOOOOO much! I'm absolutely amazed at his capacity -- and he's still in his 40s. Imagine how much smarter he'll be in another 30 years! It boggles the mind....
Posted July 16, 2010 at 4:17:19 PM
enemaofthestatistquo
Rifleguy! why stop at another 30 years, we must appoint Him President for Life, wire&tube him, if we must to preserve his munificent beneficence & intellectual acumen. If it takes 100% of the GDP for the medical R&D & we must institute Death Panels into the Health Care system to insure no conflicts in the distribute of valuable medical resources, so be it. (:'}
Posted July 16, 2010 at 4:39:59 PM
Harry Singleton
Please clarify something for me. Does DoJ stand for Dept of Juice or Dept of Jokesters? I'm just asking.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 4:43:35 PM
enemaofthestatistquo
I suspect that Congressiona majority may seriously consider your proposal of an all August session, sans AC. I further suspect, many in the majority and some few of the minority would enjoy the session.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 4:46:05 PM
Bob W
Simply, the NAACP and Left-Wing Liberals are running scared that their affirmative-actions candidate, and socialist manipulated puppet, is going to become a lame-duck in record time than with any presidency in history!
The writing is on the wall and they see it clearly and in BOLD letters that the greatest majority of Americans despise and will not stand for Communism in capitalist United States of America.
Remember November! Remember November!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 4:57:48 PM
Rifleman
Obama throws his friends, supporters and relatives (remember his half-brother in Kenya?) "under his bus" whenever it's convenient and expedient. He reminds me of "Typhoid Mary" who infected everyone she contacted through the food that she prepared. Eventually, 3,000 -5,000 people were infected through direct and indirect contact. Obama's influence on "health care" is a good bit broader and infinitely more dangerous.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 5:29:05 PM
M Rick Timms. MD
Rob,
Like you, I am terribly disappointed in Senator Scott Brown, and the other two RHINO-Republicans who allowed another huge Government power grab to be approved. This bill - which will be written/enacted by bureaucrats, just like Obamacare will provide unimaginable government regulation of every facet of our lives.
Mr Brown is one of those single issue candidates that- while "relatively" conservative, still adheres to the old temptation of proving his worth by bringing home the bacon -- instead of acting as a Statesman and protecting the American citizen according to the constitution. We can and must do better than Scott Brown in the rest of this country in November.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 6:33:37 PM
Carl-Edward Endicott
A racist is one who acknowledges the existence of different races, whilst a racialist is one who holds unfavourable opinions of particular races, often with good reason.
The Civil Rights Act was a piece of unconstitutional
silliness, according privileges euphemistically referred to as rights - and providing lucrative work for Jackson, Sharpton and Company.
What does it matter what people may call one for using one's reason, and thereby rejecting liberal pseudo-hysteria?
Posted July 16, 2010 at 6:34:20 PM
Tom Lynn
I believe I read something recently about a sharp manager successfully turning around the financial position of the Jackson estate. It's possible that this scenario originates with him.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 6:38:36 PM
Peoria Rob
RE: A brave 82 yr old man named Wallace should be given a medal.
So what can anyone do? SIMPLE....Google the City of Wheat Ridge, CO. Locate the police dept or City manager or Mayor...there IS a contact email link.Tell these fools to put the criminal illegal invaders into jail until they can be sent back to whereever. IF ENOUGH AMERICAN CITIZENS FIGHT BACK AND TELL THE LIBERAL FOOLS WE WILL NO LONGER ALLOW SUCH ABUSE OF JUSTICE - THEN MAYBE, MAYBE, WE CAN TAKE BACK AMERICA. Sit back and do nothing will only make you yet another victim of the power mad liberals (only 20% of the population??)- JUST DO IT.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 6:52:44 PM
Bob W
The below article from Yahoo News.com
"Intentionally releasing a private record in Utah is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. If someone stole such a record, it could be prosecuted as a felony with a penalty punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine."
"Herbert said accessing the private information and distributing it to federal immigration authorities is also a violation of federal law. Shurtleff said he would seek the help of the U.S. attorney's office."
"The list contains Social Security numbers, birth dates, workplaces, addresses and phone numbers. Names of children are included, along with due dates of pregnant women."
Ok so let's see, first of all Illegal’s should have no rights under US federal or state law; secondly, it's not private information since they shouldn't be here in the first place, thirdly, if they have SSN numbers, they are stolen identities or forged; and lastly, if they are employed, that is illegal too.
So two or more Patriotic citizens tired of the feds inaction, tired of paying taxes to care for illegals, tired of fearing criminal aliens murdering, raping, and committing other crimes, and tired of a 6 hours emergency room wait because illegal aliens have preference, etc. tried to do what the federal and state government wouldn't, or couldn't do, and these citizens will be persecuted more than the illegal aliens, thrown in jail, fined, and fired from their jobs.
Let me guess, those jobs will be offered to a few of those illegal aliens next?
Does anyone else see the irony this crap?
Illegal’s have more rights than American Citizens. What's wrong with this picture!? We are living in one really F…kd up country now, where foreigners who break our laws are protected and citizens are victimized!
At this ridiculous Socialist over-running, backwards justice pace, revolution is inevitable.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 7:17:00 PM
Freeman Shell
If Racial Profiling is illegal, then someone should sue Atty General Holder for his work in letting Black defendents go (Black Panthers) and suing White Defendents (Arizona and the Oakland Police Dept). He has truly become a champion of Racial Profiling and should be recognizied in Court.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 8:08:37 PM
Howard Last
I received another survey from the republican party. It also contained a request for a contribution. I returned the letter noting that there will be no contribution until RINO's like Snowe, Collins, Brown, Bush, McCain, Steel, etc. are thrown out of the party. Also CFR members like Gingrich must be thrown out of the party. And laws like the unPatriot Act, No child Left Behind, ban on incandescent lights, etc. must be repealed. BTW, I am not hanging by my thumbs waiting for a response. Maybe I should register as a Whig, what they don't exist!
Posted July 16, 2010 at 8:09:10 PM
Freeman Shell
to quote another
A Recession is when your neighbor loses their job
A Depression is when you los your job
A Recovery is when 0bama loses his job
Posted July 16, 2010 at 8:10:08 PM
Freeman Shell
The UN has been for Global Warming, it has now come up with another scheme to hot the rich (America) by declaring Air Conditioning contributes to Global Warming. It would be only fair to have the UN show their leadership by turning off the air conditioning in all UN buldings.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 8:13:06 PM
Freeman Shell
The California NAACP came out with the idea that Neverland Ranch should be made a memorial to Blacks and Michael Jackson and should be a taxpayer financed State Park. This is typical for them in bad ideas to be financed by the taxpayer. Let the NAACP finance the purchase of Neverland Ranch and donate it and an endowment to pay for it to the state of California. They probably could raise the money from all of those who made Michael a bigger star dead then alive.
Posted July 16, 2010 at 8:17:30 PM
gail
RE: To Keep & Bear Arms
The elderly citizen is arrested? The illegals are not arrested?
What a red carpet signal for illegals to go to CO & prey on its citizens! All illegals take notice. You are welcome in CO & your actions are not affected by any law.
I thought when one operated outside the law that makes one an 'outlaw' & subject to the penalty of the law. How wrong can a person be?
Posted July 16, 2010 at 11:56:41 PM
Ruth Ann Wilson
Mr. Endicott, you make a true statement:
"The Civil Rights Act was a piece of unconstitutional
silliness, according privileges euphemistically referred to as rights - and providing lucrative work for Jackson, Sharpton and Company."
With your statement in mind and "Strange Convolutions" in the media, I submit this:
This last piece of "legislation" for "Financial Reform" is right from the "reparation for the Blacks" outline (Communism 101). Martin Luther King, Jr's niece stated she favored "reparations for the blacks" and that was to come from the "Corporations"!!!!!!!!!
I am writing this post and everybody needs to consider, you are either an American with NO HYPHENATION and "leaving those things which are behind", swearing Allegiance to America, or LEAVE. No deep pockets to pick, No reparations from any source, "equality" means "get a job, work, and with the Blessings of God, prosperity will follow."
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Niece stated that "reparations for blacks" needs to come from Corporations!!!!! Did you catch that in her talk??????
Since when?????? This is the "OLD" Communist spin to destroy America from that "angle". Anyone who knows what happened during the Civil Rights marches in Montgomery and "the deep South" knows that Martin Luther King, Jr was a radical Communist. The FBI records of Hoover were "sealed" with a 50 year Moratorium, so that the "condemning FACTS wouldn't be revealed." If you think I'm "digging dirt", do research into "Highlander Folk School" circa '60's in Tennessee. Radical Communist School which was attended by Martin Luther King, Jr, Eleanor Roosevelt, and many other radicals that were out to destroy America.
What's interesting is this, if the Black organizations who now, claim Dr. King was a non-violet, peacenik, which ONLY wanted to see "equality" and they really FAVOR the Founders and the Constitution, why aren't they calling for the REPEAL of the "Civil Rights Legislation of 1964" which was the radical document that Dr. King made his mark with???????
We have a Bill of Rights. We do not need "Civil Rights Legislation of 1964." REPEAL this travesty and then I will believe that the position is "We just want to see the boundaries of the Constitution RESTORED". As the Niece does not even talk of the "Civil Rights Legislation of 1964", I do question her "perception of her Uncle's Activities" which are DOCUMENTED everywhere in this Country with pictures and places. Al Sharpton and Jeremiah Wright are his true Political Sons.
For God & Country
The American

Posted July 17, 2010 at 9:55:32 AM
Terry Stone
If the Tea Party is racist, the NAACP is more so and is like the pot calling the kettle black. There is no proof of the NAACP's accusations.
Posted July 17, 2010 at 10:39:18 AM
BRD
Preposterous charges of racism by the NAACP and others, just like preposterous charges of racial profiling in Arizona (or anywhere else) to uphold immigration law, is the SUREST MEANS the proponents of the traitorous, treasonous obamination administration and their wicked ilk have of stirring public sentiment on their behalf prior to the election. It is an act of utter desperation. And the Black Panther behavior we witnessed was JUST THE BEGINNING. Give in, and we will find that we have lost it all. It isn't about racism at all; it's all about gaining absolute control. Sam Adams, as you noted in his quote above, had it absolutely correct. It's time rational adults took back this country from these juvenile delinquents.
Posted July 17, 2010 at 11:55:48 AM
Boycotting Colorado
Wheat Ridge, CO. The government is telling you that you can keep your arms AS LONG AS YOU NEVER USE THEM TO DEFEND YOUR PROPERTY OR YOUR LIFE. Wake up, America! YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST YOUR COUNTRY. If you want it back, you are going to have to fight, sweat and bleed to get it back. Shame on so-called traitorous "law enforcement" for aiding and abetting criminals in the commission of a felony. Double shame on us for ever allowing it.
Posted July 17, 2010 at 12:11:35 PM
Gregg Keyes
If the idea to turn Michael Jackson's Neverland into a state park doesn't succeed maybe they could turn it into a pedophile campground instead. After all, pedophiles aren't allowed to live most anywhere else, they would feel at home there and we would know just where they are!
And with the sugar daddy gone, no stupid parents would be dropping their kids off for overnight bed stays at Mikey's place, and then having sugar plum dreams of suing him later.
Yeah!!
Posted July 17, 2010 at 12:17:17 PM
Danny Davis
They still have not shown proof or even close to proof. NAACP another way to spell ignorant liberal.
Posted July 17, 2010 at 3:35:34 PM
Ralph Beall
Limited government, absolutely. I believe the only legitimate funcrion of government is to keep its citizens safe and secure in their person and property. Would love to see Alexander's comments on this subject.
Posted July 17, 2010 at 5:37:02 PM
Jon C Savage
Lived in CO for more than twenty years! This arrest is totally contrary to my experience there. I was a Peace Officer, certified in CLETA. Now, some letters to Wheatridge, and some pointed questions to some folks. This is an outrage! To CO, to the US, to Patriots everywhere in this Republic! There may be some facts not reported. Apparently one of the perps was hit. Gun control at its best! But there are some discrepancies in the report, as seen in the newspulper. More on that. Peace---thanks Rifleman, that is a great piece!
Posted July 17, 2010 at 9:45:38 PM
49bob
When will someone point out to Al Sharpton his racist tendencies?
Posted July 18, 2010 at 11:19:37 AM
Frances Taylor
Ref the story on abortions in a recent edition of Patriot Post, what do we know about a Lifenews.com story that said Obama and company had to back off on allowing a "high-risk" insurance program to fund abortions with public monies?
Posted July 18, 2010 at 4:50:06 PM
Ingeborg Phillips
For the life of me I can not understand why some people constantly have to complain about Christianity. This country was built on Christian principles. Sometimes I wish we could turn the clock back when morality still existed. Now, however, everybody seems to be on each others' throat for one thing or an other. Ronald Reagan once said something like "when we become a Nation without God, then we have become a Nation gone under." An other thing...too often I read and hear the words "racist" and "racial profiling." Has anyone ever noticed the kind of groups of people that can not resist to bring racism in to every comment they are making? Well...I have and I think they are the ones who are the racists and I wish they would stop and live and let live and go to Church next Sunday.
Posted July 18, 2010 at 9:05:01 PM
Patricia R. Stonsby
It is heartwarming to read so many comments from real Americans as disgusted with the jerk in the White House and his antics. I appreciate your getting out the truth on this web site, so all people who truly do care about our beloved country can be aware of just what kind of treachery is going on by a surely non-American born, lying and dangerous socialist trying to undo the greatest country in the world. Keep up the great work and know that we who love our God and our Constitution will not give up! A senior, Christian, legal American citizen, and proud of it!!
Posted July 18, 2010 at 10:59:58 PM
Leonidas
It's true that most felons vote Democrat, but many times I think it should be a felony to vote Democrat.
Posted July 19, 2010 at 5:36:29 AM
Mike McGinn
"The California NAACP is backing a resolution seeking to make Neverland Ranch, the home of the late pop star Michael Jackson, into a state park."
Now there's a plan! Let's spend more tax payer dollars in a state that's already flat broke to create a state park that will, in all likelyhook, cost the tax payers money from here to eternity (based on how efficiently the government runs things).
Why not let the Jackson family do like the Presley family did with Graceland, or like Walt Disney did with Disneyland/world? Graceland and Disneyland/world have created thousands of jobs (that didn't need to be funded with tax payer dollars) and generated billions of dollars in revenue (the profits of which turn into tax revenues for the local, state, and federal governments).
Thanks, NAACP, for coming up with an idea that will keep us mired in debt!
PS - If I'm not a Michael Jackson fan (or an Elvis Presley fan, or a Disney theme park fan) why should I be saddled with the cost of running those places? Let them run on their own merits. Oh, I forgot. Graceland and Disneyland already do!
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:10:09 PM
karl anglin
If we don't have the proper fundamental
moral background, we will finally wind up
with a totalitarian government which does
not believe in rights for anybody but the state.
-----Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
Posted July 19, 2010 at 2:01:27 PM
Taze
re UN Security Council Slaps N. Korea's Wrist ... Kind Of
Based upon the UN’s foul record in the middle east, I merely find its iniquity regarding Korea consistent with its demonstrated character. Even so, I continue – based upon the continuing viability of Genesis 12:3 - to find its middle eastern offenses to be the best single reason for the US to both withdraw from and to deport the organization.
Posted July 19, 2010 at 8:55:21 PM
Leonard Marsh
We should start a defense fund for Robt Wallace.Maybe we can sentence pedophiles to neverland for authenticity.
Posted July 20, 2010 at 9:46:10 PM
John McIntyre
I just heard an interesting discussion that pointed out that the Million Man March was nothing more than a form of Tea Party -- the people expressing their feelings. So why should the NAACP et al be criticizing the Tea Party?
Posted August 18, 2010 at 11:29:54 AM