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Friday, October 14, 2011

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Government & Politics

Obama's 'Jobs' Bill Going Down in Flames

On Sept. 8, Barack Obama made yet another speech to a joint session of Congress. In it, he demanded that they pass his latest $447 billion "jobs" bill (i.e., Stimulus Jr.) "right away." It took weeks to write an actual bill and bring it to a vote, and, on Oct. 11, more than a month later, it went down in flames. While on the campaign trail, Obama defiantly declared that neither he nor "the American people" would "take 'no' for an answer." He chided Republicans for obstruction and challenged them to explain why they didn't want to create jobs. The Leftmedia happily repeated the charge that Republicans were to blame. The inconvenient truth, however, was that the Democrat-controlled Senate shot down his bill.

It's true that Republicans were united against the bill, but two Democrats joined them. And Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) actually pushed for the vote, not to obstruct it.

Republicans -- and a few Democrats -- realize that the president's plan won't work. If the first "stimulus" didn't come close to accomplishing its stated goals, how would half the money spent in much the same way do any better? We did the math and this new stimulus doesn't cut it. But that doesn't mean the Congressional Budget Office isn't trying feverishly to make it work.

The CBO determined this week that the millionaires' tax proposed by Democrats would supposedly cover the bill's $447 billion price tag. What the CBO doesn't account for is the loss in tax revenue that always occurs when the so-called rich get soaked. Small businesses cut back and investment capital heads overseas. Taxes change behavior.

Even a few Democrats are starting to see that the gig is up. Some people even think that Obama is cynically seeking to use Republicans' votes against them in 2012 -- far fetched, we know. Even the Associated Press, normally a bastion of leftist propaganda, presented an unflattering analysis of Obama's bill and his recent performance as president. The AP observed that Obama is more motivated by campaigning than governing, so maybe they're finally coming around to what the rest of us have known for a long time.

Meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden is doing his part to strike fear into opponents of the bill. Campaigning in Flint, Michigan, Biden warned the crowd that if Congress doesn't spend hundreds of billions of dollars, it would lead to (even more) rampant rape and murder. "In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city," Biden said. "In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65 and rapes -- just to pick two categories -- climbed to 229. In 2011, you now only have 125 shields. God only knows what the numbers will be this year for Flint if we don't rectify it." So why didn't the first stimulus save all those police jobs?

On the other hand, Bill Clinton is warning that the tax increases in Obama's bill are a bad idea in this economy. "Should you raise taxes on anybody today -- rich or poor or middle class?" Clinton asked rhetorically. "No, because there's no growth in the economy." Oddly enough, he didn't comment on rape and murder rates.

Obama remains undeterred. In fact, he told supporters, "We're not gonna wait for Congress." He said he had given his instructions to his advisers: "Scour this report, identify all those areas in which we can act administratively without additional congressional authorization and just get it done. Anything that's within our authority to do as an administration we start doing immediately, and we don't wait for Congress." Hey, it's not like this is a constitutional republic.

One final note: Obama has added even more obfuscation to his "saved or created" metric for jobs. The White House now measures stimulus results with the utterly immeasurable word "supported." Based on his all-encompassing view of government, every job qualifies under that rubric.

The Oath Accountability Civil Action

Join the tens of thousands of Patriots who have already signed on to the Oath Accountability Civil Action for Constitutional Integrity.

To enforce our Constitution's limits on the central government, we believe a formal legal action is necessary. This action, if successful, would require that all members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches, first and foremost, abide by their oaths "to support and defend" our Constitution, under penalty of law, and comport with its enumerated limitations on the federal government. The current scope of federal activities provides abundant evidence that many members of those three co-equal branches have long since abandoned their oaths, and, at present, there is no recourse for prosecution to enforce compliance.

To that end, we urge you to join this action with Patriots across the nation in this effort to establish legal standing as citizens, particularly those in our Armed Services who defend their oaths with blood and life. If we are unsuccessful in our effort to seek remedy for the lack of any proscription against, and penalty for breach of oath, it will be because the judiciary refuses any such accountability regarding the wanton violation of our Constitution. Such rejection would in effect condemn Americans once again to the abuse previously characterized in American history as "Taxation Without Representation."

Our goal is 500,000 signatures. Please join us, and encourage other like-minded Patriots to do so. A large support base will be necessary if the federal judiciary refuses to hear this action and we are forced to take it to the national legislature for codification into federal law.

News From the Swamp: 'Spending Reduction'

After all the drama surrounding the debt ceiling and the debt super-committee, anyone who's curious about whether the federal government is actually cutting spending can rest assured that they're not. The CBO now projects that this year's budget deficit will hit $1.3 trillion, which is $14 billion higher than they figured in August. The budget cut wars fought between Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been a farce. Outlays in 2011 rose 4.2 percent from last year, including 1 percent increases in defense spending and Medicaid. The current deficit accounts for 8.6 percent of the economy, making this the third-highest debt rate since World War II. And the debt is growing fast. The monthly deficit for September was $64 billion -- almost $30 billion higher than it was in September 2010. So much for progress on the national debt.

New & Notable Legislation

The Senate passed, 63-35, the Currency Exchange Oversight Reform Act, a measure to allow the U.S. to take action against China for undervaluing its currency. Hardly anyone disputes that the Chinese are, in fact, keeping the value of the yuan artificially low, thereby doing damage to the U.S. manufacturing sector. Yet the bill faces defeat in the House, where Speaker John Boehner warned that it was "dangerous" and could lead to a trade war with China. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai likewise said, "Should the proposed legislation become law, the only result would be a trade war between China and the U.S., and that would be a lose-lose situation for both sides." China's currency practices must be addressed, but it remains to be seen how that can be done successfully.

In other trade news, thanks to Republicans, Congress passed free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. While trade with the two South American nations will have limited impact, South Korea is the world's 15th largest economy. The Washington Post reports, "The South Korea deal has the potential to create as many as 280,000 American jobs, according to a recent assessment by the staff of the U.S. International Trade Commission, and to boost exports by more than $12 billion." These agreements were drawn up by the Bush administration. Until now, however, Obama and his weak-kneed fellow Democrats have been afraid to stand up to Big Labor.

This Week's 'Braying Jenny' Award

The House on Thursday passed the Protect Life Act, a bill to bar federal funding for abortions. The bill also provides conscience protections for health care providers so that they are not forced to perform abortions against their beliefs.

This seems to us what you might call a "no-brainer." Perhaps that's the key to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's response: "When the Republicans vote for this bill today, they will be voting to say that women can die on the floor of health care providers. It's just appalling." Ironically, Pelosi and other leftists have no problem letting women be killed before they're even born, or with forcing providers to so do against their will. Pelosi has no shame.

It's worth noting, too, that 11 Democrats voted for the bill. We wonder what they thought of Pelosi's comments. Also, Barack Obama has promised a veto.

Senate Parliamentarians

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) went nuclear last week, arbitrarily and unilaterally changing Senate parliamentary procedure in an attempt to stifle Republican opposition in debate. Reid acted without consultation or announcement, and the new rules passed by a strictly party-line vote. Reid claimed that GOP demands for votes on amendments drove him to this drastic action, and the assumption is that Democrats will be able to move their legislation. In reality, Reid's short-sighted maneuver will likely come back to haunt Democrats. Republicans are now in a position through procedural rules to bring Senate business to a halt -- not that it was moving at a brisk pace before. Democrats think the new rule was worth the cost because Republicans will have no real say in new legislation. Is it possible that they haven't thought far enough ahead to consider what might happen if the Republicans take the Senate in 2012?

On the Campaign Trail: Primary Dates

The jockeying for best position among states planning their GOP primaries and caucuses has gone to ridiculous extremes. New Hampshire, zealously proud of its first-primary-in-the-nation status, is holding its primary Jan. 3, and the Granite State may even push it up as early as Dec. 6 if Nevada and other states don't cave to pressure to back their primaries further into 2012. States have been shuffling dates on the calendar for several election cycles now, aiming for more influence in the nominating process, and the campaign season has gotten interminably longer as a result.

It wasn't always this way, though. Until 1972, the first primary was in March of the election year, and in 1968, New Hampshire was the only state to hold a primary even that early. However, in 1972, Florida began the leap-frog contest by bumping up its primary to the same day as New Hampshire's. The latter state couldn't tolerate this affront, and moved theirs up as well. Thus began the competition. The GOP tried threatening sanctions against states that continued this trend, including taking away half a state's delegates, but Florida did it again this year anyway. With the convention in the Sunshine State, it's unlikely the GOP will back up its threats.

National Security

The Iranian Terror Plot Brings Questions

"FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a 'significant terrorist act in the United States' tied to Iran," ABC News reported this week. "[Federal] officials said the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb attacks on the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, D.C. Bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were also discussed, according to the U.S. officials." Attorney General Eric Holder said the plan was "conceived, sponsored and ... directed from Iran." If true, this plot further damages our long-deteriorating interaction with that rogue nation.

Following administration policy, after the suspects were arrested, they were indicted Tuesday in federal court. According to ABC, Manssor Arbabsiar, an Iranian-American, as well as Gohlam Shakuri, an Iranian official, "were named in a five-count criminal complaint filed Tuesday afternoon in federal court in New York. They were charged with conspiracy to kill a foreign official and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, a bomb, among other counts. Shakuri is still at large in Iran." The conspiracy allegedly included a Mexican drug cartel.

The plot seems almost too strange -- Arbabsiar was a used-car salesman from Corpus Christi, Texas, and he was supposedly recruited by Iran's elite Quds Force to connect with the Mexican drug cartel known as the Zetas to carry out the assassination. However, several elements of the story just don't compute. For example, the Zetas don't commit political murders in the U.S. -- it would be bad for business. In addition, many experts remain skeptical that Iran was behind the plot because it doesn't fit their style, and Iran would stand to gain nothing from the plot's success.

Nevertheless, Justice Department officials are standing by their story. Four years ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to speak at Columbia University, and then candidate-Obama said he "would be willing as president to meet with the Iranian leader as a way to protect U.S. interests." How did that turn out? Well, The Wall Street Journal reports, "Mr. Obama injected a new level of gravity into the incident by taking the unusual step of authorizing U.S. diplomats to deliver a tough message directly to Iranian representatives." That'll show 'em.

Warfront With Jihadistan: The Plight of Middle East Christians

Ten years after the United States freed the Afghan people from the Islamist Taliban regime, and months after the "Arab Spring" supposedly brought more freedom to many Arab states, the reality on the ground, especially for religious freedom, continues to deteriorate. According to the U.S. State Department's latest International Religious Freedom Report, for example, there is not a single public Christian church left in Afghanistan despite the deaths of more than 1,700 U.S. troops and $440 billion spent to win freedom for the Afghan people. The last public Christian church in Afghanistan was razed in March 2010, according to the report, which also notes that "there were no Christian schools in the country."

Meanwhile in Egypt, ground zero for the Arab Spring, the allegedly secular military government has actively joined the country's majority Muslim population in brutally persecuting Egypt's Coptic Christians. This week alone, Egypt's armed forces killed more than 25 people and wounded hundreds when they brutally dispersed Coptic Christians gathered in front of the state broadcasting building to protest a church burning in Aswan. It is now feared that anti-Christian mobs will take the military's active repression as license to further terrorize the Copts.

Finally, religious freedom fares no better in Iran, where that nation's Supreme Court has ordered a retrial for the high-profile case of Yousef Nadarkhani, the 32-year-old pastor who was sentenced to death for converting to Christianity. Iranian authorities later changed their story to say that Nadarkhani had committed rape and other crimes. Sadly, for all the talk of freedom in the Muslim world, there is still little evidence it exists.

Business & Economy

Wall Street Occupied ... With Giving Obama and Democrats Big Bucks

The Red October Occupy Wall Street protests taking place in New York and being copied in cities around the nation reveal the irony of Obama's relationship with Wall Street. Forget for a moment the shocking pictures of garbage piling up, the arrests of protesters -- though apparently not the one caught on camera defecating on a police car -- and the competing lists of demands that include everything from forgiveness of all debt and a "living wage" of $20 per hour to a maximum allowed annual income of $40,000. While Obama's party sends out e-mail missives blasting a "reckless Republican leadership" that's "out of touch," it's interesting to note that Wall Street was very good to Barack Obama in 2008, and the 2012 cycle appears to be more of the same. All told, Obama for America received $15.8 million from Wall Street firms in 2008 and $7.2 million so far this cycle -- figures that dwarf the contributions received by any other candidate.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is quickly gaining the imprimatur of groups traditionally favoring Democrats as well as the party itself, as a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee e-mail calls on recipients to sign a petition in support of the movement. A number of labor groups have also joined protests around the country supporting the group's aims.

Sounds like "Astroturf" and not grassroots to us. Unfortunately, the stench of Zucotti Park that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg deems "not good for tourism" is very real indeed. Maybe New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was right when he wrote, "[T]here has in fact been nothing so far to match the behavior of Tea Party crowds in the summer of 2009." No, Tea Party members don't violate or vandalize private property, expose themselves indecently, or get arrested for disorderly conduct -- and they clean up after themselves when they're finished, partly because they actually leave and go home.

Income Redistribution: Stimulus Was 'Surprisingly Naive'

While the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize is generally politically motivated, many of the other Nobel awards go to those truly deserving in their fields of endeavor. That's why it's so refreshing that a recently named Nobel laureate warned two years ago about something we already knew: government stimulus doesn't work. New York University professor Thomas Sargent, one of the two winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics, foretold as early as 2009 that the approach of massive government spending presented "respectable reasons for doubting that fiscal stimulus packages promote prosperity" and, furthermore, that dismissing the arguments of skeptics is "not an accurate description of the full range of professional opinion."

As time goes by, the crushing failure of the so-called stimulus package becomes more evident. For example, a $500 million program through the Employment and Training Administration that promised 125,000 jobs has spent $162.8 million so far, but it only employed 8,035 people. Of those, just 1,033 are still working after six months.

Another example of the failure of Obama's policies is that incomes are declining at a faster rate during the so-called "recovery" than they did even during the recession that technically ended in June 2009. Politico reports, "During the recession, which economists say lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, the median annual household income fell by 3.2 percent, from $55,309 to $53,518, according to a report authored by two former U.S. Census Bureau officials. But in the post-recession period from June 2009 to June 2011, the figure fell by 6.7 percent, from $53,518 to $49,909. From December 2007 to June 2011, median annual household income fell by 9.8 percent."

Not only was the stimulus "surprisingly naive" in the face of numerous experts advising a different approach; it has made the situation worse -- unless you revel in bad news for America. In that case, it's just what the doctor ordered.

Solyndra Fallout

Solyndra, the solar-panel maker that went bankrupt after taking a $535 million loan from the federal government, is once again in the news. CEO Brian Harrison has stepped down in the wake of the scandal. Harrison and Solyndra's chief financial officer, Bill Stover, testified before Congress last month, but pleaded the Fifth Amendment more than a dozen times rather than actually answer questions. Harrison's is just the latest head to roll -- last week, it was Jonathan Silver, the director of the Energy Department's loan program. Unfortunately, these resignations won't bring back the 1,100 jobs lost at the company's manufacturing facility, or the half-trillion dollars in taxpayer money burnt up on this "green" energy source.

Culture & Policy

Second Amendment: Holder Subpoenaed

Last week, we described how Attorney General Eric Holder was playing "fast and furious" with the facts related to Fast and Furious, the ATF's alleged undercover operation to track the straw purchase of American weapons transferred to Mexican drug cartels. We commended Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, for his efforts to get to the bottom of this scandal despite constant administration roadblocks. Issa hasn't let us down. Wednesday, he subpoenaed Holder seeking, among other things, all communications from 16 top Justice officials regarding the operation, including Holder, his chief of staff, Gary Grindler, and the head of the department's criminal division, Lanny Breuer.

The subpoena also asks for all documents and communications referring or relating to the murder of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, including any correspondence outlining the details of Zapata's mission at the time he was murdered. In a statement announcing the subpoena Issa said, "Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know more about Operation Fast and Furious than they have publicly acknowledged. ... The documents this subpoena demands will provide answers to questions that Justice officials have tried to avoid since this investigation began eight months ago. It's time we know the whole truth."

Issa's subpoena is a challenge to Holder's honesty before Congress -- not for the first time, either. For an administration that claimed it was going to improve transparency, its attorney general's forthrightness before Congress is awfully opaque.

Around the Nation: California Dreamin'

California is at it again. The state that gave us the University of California at Berkeley and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just handed down a quartet of laws that can only be described as absurd. First, Democrat Governor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown signed the California Dream Act, which will give illegal aliens taxpayer-funded college financial aid to the tune of some $14.5 million. This is an insult not only to every legal immigrant but also to every taxpayer whose earnings will go to educate lawbreakers. Second, Brown signed a law banning the open carrying of unloaded handguns in public. Previously, open carry of unloaded guns was allowed, but apparently these expensive paperweights made some folks squeamish. Fear not, though, as HotAir's Ed Morrissey writes, "[S]tate legislator Anthony Portantino discovered this grave threat to public safety that has produced no violence and no issues, except that it makes some people nervous." What a way to crack down on ... freedom.

A third law prevents anyone under the age of 18 from using tanning beds. While this alone may not sound crazy, given the threat of skin cancer (government over-reach aside), the lunacy is revealed with the fourth law, which permits children 12 or older to make decisions, without parental or guardian consent, about receiving medical care to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. In other words, a 15-year-old can't walk into a tanning salon for artificial sun but can walk into a medical clinic and obtain an HPV vaccination or, for that matter, an abortion on demand. Indeed, stupidity has become standard in the once-Golden State.

Judicial Benchmarks: Court to Decide on Church Ministers

The Obama Justice Department has requested that the Supreme Court hear arguments in a religious liberty case. Naturally, the administration is on, at best, dubious ground. The case is that of Cheryl Perich, a "commissioned minister" and "called teacher" at Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Redford, Michigan. After being diagnosed with narcolepsy in 2004, she was granted leave by the school, which eventually had to hire another teacher and sought to "peacefully release" her. Perich, however, demanded to be reinstated and threatened legal action if the school failed to do so. She was then fired because taking such matters to secular court is against church teaching.

The Justice Department has backed her and is seeking to have the Supreme Court rule that the school must reinstate her on the grounds that her firing violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The school maintains that she was fired for threatening legal action, not for her disability. Furthermore, ADA contains a "ministerial exception," so that churches aren't forced to hire people who violate their teachings (female priests in Catholic churches, for example). The question for the court, then, is whether Perich was a "minister." The only thing at stake is religious liberty. What could go wrong?

From the Village Academic Curriculum File

A Michigan school district recalled a book on global warming that was included in science kits this week after parents complained. "This book makes sweeping statements" unfounded in science, said Connie Duncan, director of the Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center. "We want to be sure the information we send out is 100 percent correct to the best of our knowledge." According to the Kalamazoo News, "The book holds up Al Gore as an 'eco-hero;' promotes organizations such as Greenpeace and Rainforest Alliance; urges children to persuade their parents to 'Vote Green' and buy organic; cautions against new-home construction, the plastics industry and conventional agriculture, and notes 'many people believe that it is best for the earth for families to have no more than one child.'" The only thing surprising here is that the district had the wherewithal to pull the book.

And Last...

Barack Obama enjoyed one vote of confidence this week. On the same day he visited Orlando for another fundraiser, the city opened the first part of a new road named after him. The construction of President Barack Obama Parkway created 150 jobs at a cost of $10.5 million (roughly equivalent to the cost of Obama's visit, no doubt), and as Phase II begins, the city plans to hire another 150 workers. The road isn't at all what we expected. In fact, we were surprised to learn that it's not a dead-end dirt road littered with Recovery Act signs.

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team

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The Texas Cooke

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is, herself, the best argument in support of abortion that I have yet to see.....if her Mom had only chosen correctly.....

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:19:56 AM

Jim Battistoni

I have figured it out! It is now so clear and obvious. We can disband Homeland Security and stop taking off our shoes at airports. We must maintain constant vigilance because we can’t predict with accuracy when the terrorist might attack us. Well now I can. If we look at the pattern developed with the Obama presidency a terrorist attack is timed to match a political problem that it is facing. Is it a coincidence that some used car salesman from Texas is identified as “the jackal” just when Eric Holder is being served with a subpoena from Congress? Why apprehend him now and leave his accomplice(s) at-large? The timing of this operation smells like Michelle’s arm pits in a long sleeved shirt (which may be why she always wears sleeveless clothes). Since we can see another “green company” scandal on the horizon we can either predict another “attack” or the scope of this one during investigation to expand. So watch the news. Unless Obama is in another scandal we can sleep safe.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:35:35 AM

Jon Wardlow

@The Texas Cooke

I'm not for Nancy Pelosi having been aborted. I just cringe and wonder how someone that clueless and just dumb attains such power in the world. She reminds me of Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter that just makes you cringe every time she speaks and you wonder that dumb or cruel thing we'll all suffer from her merely existing.

In a more perfect world, Nancy Pelosi would never have been in any position of significance other than some poor kid having to work for her at a family business every day or some such and cursing his luck until he can get hired away from the Pelosi Car Dealership or some such.

Remember, Nancy, One must not tell lies!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:37:08 AM

Dr. Roger Price

In the idea of an "attack" on the US, suspension of rule of law allows control of things that are not being controlled yet by laws being passed. Never let a crisis go unused......................

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:42:14 AM

Howard

More debt and not much else. for jobs and the economy all negative results.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:43:12 AM

A F Ticker

I posted this on my blog(afticker.blogspot.com) yesterday concerning the so called Iranian bomb plot and Holder. I find lots of questions and few answers.

There are far too many questions and things that just do not make sense in this so called assassination attempt on the Saudi Ambassador.

One question that comes to mind and something that just doesn't make sense is why Iran, with all the experts in assassination and espionage , use an individual who has been in Texas for over twenty years and a used car salesman at that, to bring off an assassination?

Does anyone actually believe that the Iranian's are that stupid and so careless that they would use an inexperienced individual for such a plot?

Next question. Would Iran then use such an individual to contact a Mexican Drug Cartel to aid in carrying out a plot for a measly half million dollars up front and maybe another half million when the job is finished? A question with that is why would the cartel risk billions for a measly half million dollars?

Next question.Why would Iran use anyone, when they no doubt have direct contact with such groups and have people in Mexico who could go direct if they were going to attempt to use someone from drug cartel to make the hit?

Next question. Why, in the indictments put out by Holder and the DOJ are only a handful of Iranians listed, some of whom are relatives of the so called "hit man" or contact man and the rest such low level government individuals that they would perhaps be equal to a county/state employee in the US?

Next question. Why, in the indictments put out by Holder and the DOJ are there NO CARTEL members mentioned?

Next question. Why was it a very low level agent who happened to stumble across this alleged plot and the only one to have contact with the "used car salesman" turned hit man?

Something smells about all this and it's not yesterdays fish wrap paper or the cats litter box.

Bigger Questions.

Could this be just more in the unfolding cover -up of Holders complicity in Fast and Furious ?

Would this not give Holder the perfect excuse of I can't say anything because it involves National Security?

Why hasn't the LSM asked these questions?

Why hasn't Issa figured this out yet when it makes perfect sense to this lowly blogger?

Lots of questions and yet no answers. Perhaps you can provide some.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:45:20 AM

Dr. Roger Price

Having been a student and then parent and husband during the Vietnam era, and subsequent "love-ins" and "make love not war", it is the same old rebellion that is being used to try to bring down our government, as it is currently, to one that gives too much power to a few and no rights to the rest.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:47:10 AM

Marvin

As I have said for many years - The legislators of California never let intelligence get in the way of any of their actions and it has more nuts and fruits per sq. mile than any other state.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:55:21 AM

Sam K

Every day gives me another reason not to live in California. The Patriot Post has just given me four.

That should cover it for the weekend.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:55:36 AM

P Finnigan

Iranian plot more likely a cover to take attention from the W/H Holder gun running mess!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 11:57:57 AM

DKT

Mark Alexander, you wrote: "Republicans are now in a position through procedural rules to bring Senate business to a halt..." Can you, or someone, please explain how that can work?

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:00:04 PM

Dave

The contrast between the Tea Party and the Flea Party could not be any starker than the difference between mature, thinking adults, and spoiled, obnoxious children.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:06:12 PM

Ken W

The Iranian Terror Plot; A cover story for a real international scandal; Eric Holder and his "Fast & Furious"

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:06:16 PM

desert

I am not at all sure this b.s. about the bombing of the embassies isn't more "false flag" propaganda...isn't it a little too convenient this kind of stuff always comes up when oblahma and holder have their respective tits in a wringer...this time over fast and furious.....these lying scum need to share a prison cell for many years to come imho!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:09:49 PM

RV

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.

Although we may find our leader's actions contemptible, it should lead us not into contempt. Rather, we should pray (and work) for their rapid recovery from ignorant bliss or their speedy dismissal from office.

Lately, I find myself doing a lot of praying.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:13:18 PM

Wu Ming Ren

The Federal government has no business putting up money for police, firefighters, EMTs, teachers, or any other service providers at the local level. The Federal government can put money up for the alphabet agencies (FBI, CIA, HSA, etc.) because they are Federal jobs. Local jobs must be supported by local tax revenues. If Obama were able to provide 500 sworn police officers for Flint, Michigan, with a "jobs" bill, what is Flint going to do to sustain those new recruits next year, wait for another stimulus bill? Who ya gonna blame next year, Joe? You are such a freakin' joke!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:17:13 PM

Adam Lininger

In the case of Cheryl Perich: I am fairly knowledgeable about the LC-MS teaching regarding a "called teacher". If she had a "divine call", the church can not fire her except for a very few things (including false doctrine, improper behavior, or other similar causes). They may have some recourse if she is unable to perform her job.

In any case, there are mechanisms with in the church for handling such a situation. This should never have gone to the courts.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:19:16 PM

Joseph Randolph

Simply not a jobs bill. Only a bill to look like a jobs bill. Only made to slide the country down the slide of dependency socialism a little faster. And finally when we are at the the bottom, we cannot by ourselves put ourselves back up--but of course our nanny stateocrats will be there to help.

Joseph Randolph

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:27:57 PM

Nans Kunz

Misleading numbers or a typo?

In the "spending reduction"paragraph the following sentence is either misleading or a typo; "The CBO now projects that this year's budget deficit will hit $1.3 trillion, which is $14 billion higher than they figured in August. ". $14 Billion is not even a significant figure in $1.3 Trillion, i.e. you need two more digits in the trillion number to even show the the different that is only in the 10's of billions. In other words, when rounded to 2 digits, $1.3 Trillion + $14 Billion = $1.3 Trillion. I find it very annoying when MSM, mistakenly swaps the words, millions, billions, & trillions as if they were similar, which really leads to a lack of appreciation of how much a TRILLION really is, even when compared to billions which of course is also a huge amount of money. I've come to expect more from the Patriot Post.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:37:10 PM

Editor's Reply:

It was neither misleading nor a typo. The point of the story was to show that, rather than cutting spending - which is what the debate has been about all year - spending has increased.

jw

So, a living wage of $20/hour and a maximum salary of $40K/year. By my calculations that leaves a total wage range of $20 to just over $21.27/hour ($40K/1880 hrs/year). Wow, the high school dropout pulling weeds at the hospital makes $20 and the heart surgeon makes a buck twenty seven more. Good luck finding a heart surgeon - either because no one is willing to undergo the rigorous training or because they only work eight hours per week.

Although, I suspect this wage would align pretty closely with the politicians time actually working versus time seeking campaign contributions.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:51:13 PM

lfod

the only job i'm interested in affecting is that of the little muslim n chief in the oval office. time to water that liberty tree i'm thinking.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:55:05 PM

Keith Cook

Three comments:

(1) Your use of sarcasm reflects my own sense of humor, but I worry that some of your readers may misconstrue what they read. It also makes the "voice" of the Patriot Post seem more bitter than constructive.

(2) I have not signed the Oath of Accountability petition. I don't think such a measure has a chance of passing. If it somehow did pass, I don't think it would change the behavior of leftist politicians one iota. It seems to me, thus, to be a waste of Conservative energy that could be better spent in other ways.

(3) The taxpayer-funded loan guarantee to Solyndra were approximately half a billion dollars, not half a trillion. Millions, billions, trillions, it's an easy mistake to make. Perhaps the overspending in government is not because our political leaders are profligate or corrupt but because they get confused about all those zeroes and "-illions."

Posted October 14, 2011 at 12:58:57 PM

Gator

Dr Roger Price, you nailed it, my sentiments exactly,however adding slightly to your comments, These people are probably some of the offspring that brought LBJ down, no draft cards to wave, the draft registration is obviouly not enforced by this administration, like most everthing else and finally back in the 60s they were smoking Whacky Weed, now they can buy the good stuff with their government handouts.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:04:44 PM

Shirley Jones

I notice that at the end you have a request to pray for our troops in harm's way and I would like to add to that a request to pray for our wounded warriors who come home to small towns only to find that the work that might provide enough funds for their families' support is something that their injuries keep them from accomplishing. And if they do make enough money to support their families, then they stand to lose their disability checks. We need to find better ways to support our precious young wounded warriors in their homecoming!!! Thank you! May God continue to Bless America!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:08:25 PM

lfod

with the corruption and incompetance in this justice dept their is no telling what really happened in this "assasination attempt" but you can bet Holder and therest aren't telling the whole truth. Sounds like a shame to divert attention away from the Gun Runner scandal for which Holder et al should be tried and hung.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:09:00 PM

lfod

occupy wallstreet is to the teaparty as:

communism is to capitalism

slavery is to freedom

democrats are to constitutional conservatives

evil is to good

irresponsibility is to responsibility

immature is to mature

ignorant is to wise

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:15:45 PM

R.M. Zobenica

Tea Party supporters are motivated by an unabashed love of country and its founding philosophies, both secular and religious. They believe that the 'original contract' with the American people placed limits on the central government, that it 'was chained down', that its purpose was to be the guarantor of life, individual liberty, property rights, and allow the individual to 'open his tool box' and put his God-given talents to good use.

The 'contract' was deemed workable only for a moral and religious people...the latter referencing Judeo-Christianity.

The Tea Party understands economic and political systems. They believe personal wealth is personal property, the fungibility of money notwithstanding. They have gained historical perspectives and have witnessed human behaviors, both good and evil. They are aware of political demagoguery, crony capitalism, the corruptions of power. They possess the maturity, however, to understand that the sacrifices of the Founders and subsequent generations, which ensured a national legacy of human freedom and achievement, is worth preserving and must not be squandered. Nihilism is not seen as a solution to national ills.

They argue that the purpose of government is to provide individual protection, not to demand human perfection.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:16:24 PM

Maxroom

Adam, the firing WAS about improper behavior. She threatened to sue in court - refusing to handle the issue within the church's process. If the SCOTUS sees that as the issue, they will rule for the church. If they think she was "de-called" for her illness (rather than not following the doctrines she was supposed to be teaching), then they may rule in her favor.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:18:51 PM

lfod

Churches let the camels nose under the tent when the churches caved in to 501-C3 status. By selling their souls for the money offered in this bogus "taxfree" status the church is now finding out they can't preach God's word from the pulpit. The can only preach what the Federal "God" tells them to preach. Some of us have warned of this from the start but todays churches are about big business and filling the pews (donations) so what can we expect.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:25:24 PM

Wu Ming Ren

The Federal government has no business putting up money for police, firefighters, EMTs, teachers, or any other service providers at the local level. The Federal government can put money up for the alphabet agencies (FBI, CIA, HSA, etc.) because they are Federal jobs. Local jobs must be supported by local tax revenues. If Obama were able to provide 500 sworn police officers for Flint, Michigan, with a "jobs" bill, what is Flint going to do to sustain those new recruits next year, wait for another stimulus bill? Who ya gonna blame next year, Joe? You are such a freakin' joke!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:31:14 PM

Fred

OWS different from the Tea Party? Let me count the ways. Filth, dirt, no stated long range goals and no idea, or care, for the country, just themselves and how to get something for nothing. Reminds me of Woodstock forty five years ago. These people obviously don't learn anything from their parents' generation, who, today, as a group, are wondering 'What was I thinking back then?'. OWS should be very thankful our police are well trained and not prone to premature reaction. If the police were there would be red in the streets along with the brown. Jane Fonda has to be loving this spectacle.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:45:37 PM

AZPatriot

The reason the federal budget keeps going up is because they use "baseline budgeting" instead of "zero based" budgeting. Every year every department's budget starts at the previous years budget and then increases it by a percentage. If the federal government was mandated to use zero based budgeting, each department would have to start from scratch and "sell" their programs, etc. for their budget. what business uses baseline budgeting? It's ludicrous!!! That's the federal government for you.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 1:48:33 PM

radical rabbi

It is nothing more than a CYA moment for Eric Holder. This is no different than Bill Clinton wagging his finger at America and declaring, "I never had sex with that woman, Ms. Monika Lewinsky."

Holder and his minions are lying to deflect from his being called before Congress to answer possible perjury charges due to his answers given in previous testimony.

If there were such a plot, the only way American intelligence sources would have known, would be if the Mossad of Israel told them.

What a pathetic attempt by someone who is ultimately responsible for the death of a border patrol agent.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 2:17:02 PM

Frank E.

10/15/11

When I refered to NANCY PELSOI as the wicked

WHITCH from the WEST,IT WAS IN"JEST"!I'm CONVINCED

SHE REALLY IS A WHITCH!!!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 2:19:37 PM

Howie Brown

The PARAMOUNT thing that each citizen needs to realize (regarding the Iranian plot) is what ALL Muslims have been instructed to do from the teaching of the Qur'an.

Muḥammad ibn `Abd Allāh (26 April 570 ~ 8 June 632) unlike the Bible, was the sole writer of the Qur'an. All of Islam believe that he was the only true prophet of Allah (God). All Muslims have been instructed to either have every non-Muslims (infidels) to convert or they should be wiped off off the planet.

Since 1979 when the Shah of Iran was ousted into exile, Iran's Ayatollahs have been the CENTER of all of Islam. Even Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must inform Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of every plot that the country is involved with. In other words their most powerful person that sanctions everything is the Ayatollah.

Our citizens must also understand that being a Muslim is more than just a religion, it also is involved in their law (Shariah) and there culture.

So when the pundits stress that this Holy War is just a fringe group, they are either ignorant or they think that they must be politically correct and that just empowers them more.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 2:32:04 PM

Jill Jarvis

Everyone knows many years The legislators of California never let intelligence get in the way of any of their actions and it has more fruits, nuts and flakes than any other state. Washington seems to be following this pattern. God help us!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 2:37:02 PM

A Murricun

In the 14 October Digest, "Even a few Democrats are starting to see that the gig is up."

Hoping not to seem pedantic (improper use of language is quite jarring to we who care), the proper word is "jig". "Gig" (pronounced with a hard "G")is a musician's job or a smallish boat carried on naval vessels for the use of the captain.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 2:37:51 PM

C.J.

Dear Patriot Post,

I am an ardent reader and greatly appreciate your standing up for conservative values through the Post. However, I did not appreciate the TN Moonshine ad in your latest issue. Openly advertising products with alcoholic content degrades your newsletter, and I respectfully request that you refrain from such ads in future. Yes, alcohol is a legal product, but do we really want the conservative movement associated deeply through advertising with a product that we work hard to keep a way from children, and that reaps so much death and destruction in our country through car accidents, homes where abuse is related to alcohol, and the simple lost life and lost hours spent with alcohol instead of with loved ones in quality and wholesome activities? As conservatives, we can and should do better and set a higher standard. Thank you.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 2:58:28 PM

Irene E.

I had not heard that the First Amendment had been repealed. The government should not be involved in a religious matter. Should a Jewish school be required to hire a Catholic teacher?

Posted October 14, 2011 at 3:23:11 PM

Terry Taylor

Democrat politicians have absolutely no integrity, period. How can you tell if they are lieing, their mouths are moving. This is just another way of the obama administration to try and move the attention of Holder's mess with "fast and furious" away from him and somehow blame someone or something else. They will probably try and blame it on President Bush. They will never take any responsibility for the mess this country is in.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 4:01:14 PM

Keith E.

If Obama's "jobs bill" were passed, it would have a negative effect on our economy (and more importantly, on our grandchildren's economy), if any at all. The point is that it was never intended to pass.

Any reasonably intelligent, realistic American realizes that we have allowed our government to bury us in a very deep hole. Regardless of who is in charge, there will be pain involved in climbthe fix", so he can blame them for the continued slide - 'round about election time!

The fact that some Democrats are standing against it may complicate his plan. They must have missed the memo.

The only thing that will save this country in any semblance of its foundation is to return national government to its Constitutional role and make the U.S. the best, most profitable place in the world to conduct business. If the full potential of the American entrepreneur is released in a free market environment anything is possible...perhaps even saving Liberty AND prosperity for our posterity. God willing.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 4:09:50 PM

Larry

This 'jobs bill' will have only the impact that it will waste more federal money that we the taxpayers will have to cover. The claim that the bill will be paid for by a 'special tax on the rich' is really a lot of bull. If you raise taxes on the rich owners of manufacture or other major income sources, they will simply raise the cost of their product as it is presented to the consumer. Thus the consumer will actually wind up paying the tax and absolutely no jobs will be produced by the 'stimulus' funds!!!

Posted October 14, 2011 at 4:30:31 PM

Jim H.

The Foolish Occupiers.

Do any of you find it ironic, like me, that many of these so called "Occupier Activists", speaking out against wall street "corruption and immorality", demanding "social and economic justice", and condemning capitalism as "Evil" etc., etc. are in fact a large representative of those who have been ravenously attacking and seeking to erase the moral principles and absolutes that actually define honesty, morality, trustworthiness, justice, loving your neighbor as yourself, etc.?

Is it possible for these people to grasp the clear hypocrisy and utter foolishness? I guess what else do you expect for a society that has rejected God and His Truth...

Posted October 14, 2011 at 4:36:38 PM

Jim H.

The Foolish Occupiers.

Do any of you find it ironic, like me, that many of these so called "Occupier Activists", speaking out against wall street "corruption and immorality", demanding "social and economic justice", and condemning capitalism as "Evil" etc., etc. are in fact a large representative of those who have been ravenously attacking and seeking to erase the moral principles and absolutes that actually define honesty, morality, trustworthiness, justice, loving your neighbor as yourself, etc.?

Is it possible for these people to grasp the clear hypocrisy and utter foolishness? I guess what else do you expect for a society that has rejected God and His Truth...

Posted October 14, 2011 at 4:50:52 PM

wayne

Is it the Justice Dept. trying to take the heat of Fast & Furious off their back? Is it Big Brother, as in 1984, trying to create confidence in Government among the masses?

Posted October 14, 2011 at 5:20:22 PM

scotti

Maybe all those Flea Partiers should sign the Oath Accountability Civil Action.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 5:30:48 PM

Mike Patterson

Lets be optimistic, and hope it will never get out of Congres thusly having NO impact.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 6:14:00 PM

Chris Horton

I believe quite simply that it's a destraction from the lawless activities of the doj,fbi,and atf in the "gunwalker" debacle. Anything to keep that from blowing up! They should all be tared and feathered at the VERY LEAST. they are all traitors to the Oath they took.

CIII

Posted October 14, 2011 at 7:34:22 PM

RiverKing

Several people have posted comments here and in other threads describing Nancy Pelosi in various deservedly derogatory ways. I am probably one of those posters. I just wanted to remind everyone that, when the Democrats controlled the House, they elevated Pelosi to the position of Speaker of the House, third in the chain of succession to the Presidency. I hope you never miss an opportunity to remind Democrats and Independents of this fact; it says so much about the Democratic Party.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 7:46:58 PM

Rob

I believe the PatriotPost's approval of the South Korea trade agreement is misguided. According to the Eagle Forum, it will cost more jobs than it will create, put the U.S. at a trade disadvantage (what;s new?), and surrender some of our sovereignty. For a different perspective on the trade agreement, see this link:

http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2011/oct11/11-10-12.html

Posted October 14, 2011 at 9:15:06 PM

D.A.V.E.

@C.J.

There you go again, blaming the "product" and not the person.

If a person cannot "hold their liquor", how does that make alcohol "bad"? Is alcohol "bad" because you don't know "when to say when"? I personally believe that all bad things that happen that happen to involve alcohol would have happened anyway. "Alcohol" does not "cause" car accidents, stupid people do. "Alcohol" does not "cause" domestic violence, immature children do.

It is easy to blame an inanimate object for all of our ills because the object cannot retaliate. Why don't you blame the stupid idiot that "got drunk" and beat up his wife/children? I can guarantee that that dolt would have beat his wife/children regardless if there was "alcohol" involved or not. Why don't you get off your "high horse" and quit being so damned sanctimonious? Like somehow, you're better than all the rest of us? It is what it is; learn to deal with it.

Posted October 14, 2011 at 9:41:51 PM

Richard Weir

It is absolutely ridiculous. This case has no right to be in a court of law and the government should butt out. It is a matter of eclesiastic law.

Posted October 15, 2011 at 1:50:08 AM

Martha Ramer

When Glenn Beck event that was held on the Washington mall was over, the maintaince crew from the mall said that it was left very clean and all the trash was picked up. Conversely the following day the Al Sharpton group held an event and left the very same area a complete mess with less thabn 1/10th of the people in attendance. The Tea Party people was respectful of the property. There is absolutely no comparing the OWS people with the Tea Party people unless it is to show the correct and incorrect way of holding an event.

Posted October 15, 2011 at 2:58:57 AM

scotti

Maybe all those Flea Partiers should sign the Oath Accountability Civil Action.

Posted October 15, 2011 at 11:13:06 AM

karl anglin

Obama demands jobs bill pass?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted October 15, 2011 at 3:29:04 PM

Homer

Does anyone know why we have Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Eric Holder, Barry Sotero, and so many more political Midgets in Office? Do you really want to KNOW? Because when you (I mean this nation) rejected "LIGHT" (John 14:6 KJV) it becomes Lightning! In oher words this nation, i.e. the Supreme Court said it was "Unconstitutional, after 200years of prayer and bible study in schools etc, to do so! Now since Madeline Murray Ohare, and a few other idiots saw to that and christins did NOTHING, guess what we get the 3 Stooges! (with an extreme opology to Curly, Larry and Moe) Is there a way to stop this and return to the OLD paths YES!! see Jeremiah 6:16 KJV and Call upon the Lord Jesus Christ abd He will heal US!!

Posted October 15, 2011 at 3:52:04 PM

Preston L. Lowry

This Iranian plot has the same background as the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Create a crisis and never allow it to go to waste. PLL

Posted October 15, 2011 at 8:07:42 PM

RK Sprau

RE:Alex: Wish you luck in your suit for this is how we should handle things.

RE: Court case: Interesting, to close to call. However the AG's in the state of Indiana (Auburn) 1986) sued one of there ministers in civil court and won. I know of several cases mainly involving S.B.s with the same outcome.

Why is everyone so afraid of the 99%'s Like them or not they currently enjoy public backing, something the Tea Party only did in theory. If the DNC's harness them, a one termer is back in.

Don't complain, study them, find out strengths and weakness and why they enjoy a massive world wide movement and the Conservatives are dropping off.

I see complaints about a jobs Bill MR. SPEAKER, it's been 10 months where are the jobs? Youkeep forgetting the tea party was elected on a jobs p platform, not this morality platform, Create jobs, quit complain for at 7.3 to one the nation is against you. If you have something worry of merit beyond drill baby drill which will create at best .2 jobs, put it on the table or quit complaining.

I keep[ hearing cut taxes for the rich and jobs will be created. I've waited for 10 years where are the jobs. Now the GOP wants to break there pledge and raise my taxes. Why should I back that. raise my taxes but by gum R. Murdock needs a new 2,000.00 suit.

Posted October 15, 2011 at 9:08:53 PM

James

B 0bama, N Pelosi, Al Sharpton, J Jackson, Chavez, the American Nazi Party, the Democratic Party, the American Communist Party, Labor Unions have all come out in support of the Occupy Wall Street Occupy America organizations. Look for the pic of the kid with a 2 inch stack of $20 dollar bills in middle of protest against wealth, Salmon anyone?

Posted October 16, 2011 at 2:19:53 AM

Bill DeFelice

bamer's jobs bill,will have the same effect as punching holes,in a sinking ship's hull to let the water out.

Posted October 16, 2011 at 11:33:47 AM

Bill DeFelice

The Iranian assasination plot,is a ruse to show how much we need that gun running punk,Holder.If you sniff around,you can smell axle grease there.

Posted October 16, 2011 at 11:49:00 AM

Bill DeFelice

The main thing different between the Tea Party,and The Flea Baggers,is integrety.The Tea Party is talking truth!The Flea bags,are all lies.Bunch of spoiled kids,taking tantrums.

Posted October 16, 2011 at 11:59:41 AM

Tim Mercer

If you are going to name a road after Barack Obama, it should be the Barack Obama Traffic Circle (or "roundabout") for the following simple reasons:

1. While you are on it you are always veering to the left;

2. As long as you stay on it, you will never get anywhere; and

3. The only way to get off of it is to make a right turn.

Posted October 17, 2011 at 10:22:37 AM

Kent

The assassination plot is nothing more than 'Hyper-Media' to take the focus off of Fast and Furious. Holder and most likely Obama have some serious explaining to do. Americans died as a result of this socialist/liberal plan to reduce all Americans 2nd amendment rights. At what point in their failure to uphold the Constitution do we declare these officials incapable of doing their jobs and impeach them?

Posted October 17, 2011 at 2:03:25 PM

An Old Dawg

Re: the recent legislation in California.

Isn't it odd that the Golden State is spending taxpayer gold to encourage brown people to become American, while discouraging Americans from becoming brown people?

Posted October 18, 2011 at 12:04:16 PM

RyDaddy

"And Last..."

Its the close proximity of the 500ft-long President Barack Obama Parkway to the 312.5 MILE-long Ronald Reagan Turnpike I find particularly cute.

Something could be read into that about the relative significance of the 2 presidents...

Posted October 18, 2011 at 2:07:46 PM

Laurence Chisholm

FLEAS

Posted November 30, 2011 at 11:13:56 AM

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