You're Not Forcing Me to Buy Insurance!

I just started reading Michelle Malkin's book entitled Culture of Corruption and it is horrifying. Page by page it lays out the broken promises, lies and corruption in Obama's administration - which isn't even a year old. For example, he broke his promise that his administration would be transparent and would give the American people five days to review a bill before he signed it into law - with the very first bill he signed. Since then, no bill has been online 5 days before being signed. Most haven't been online at all and some were posted after they were signed.

Speaking of dirty tricks, what do you think of that trick the Senate pulled? Voting Christmas eve morning, when most Americans are occupied, on a 2,000 page healthcare bill no one has read, using OUR money to bribe a Nebraska senator into voting for it, mandating that individual citizens buy products in the private market or face fines - is this the America we know and love? Not everyone needs health insurance. I can think of several groups of people who would be better off saving their money - but under this bill, either you buy it or you pay $750 a year to the feds. I don't think so. I've already decided what I will do if I ever ever receive a notice like that, but I am too much of a lady to write it here.

And another thing, is it a coincidence that after Obama took office the Muslims start coming out of the woodwork? Bush kept us safe after 9/11, but now we have a crazy Muslim doctor killing 13 people at Ft. Hood and a crazy Nigerian Muslim getting onboard a flight with a homemade explosive device. Maybe it's too early to blame Obama, but the US had plenty of warning about both of those guys but did nothing. Only time will tell if this trend will continue, but these incidents dishearten me, as does Obama's attitude towards the War on Terror- oops, I meant the Overseas Contingency Operation.

9/11 Attackers in NYC on Our Dime

Why is Obama allowing five 9/11 terrorists to come to the New York, less than 1,000 yards from where their mass murders were committed, to attend a US civilian trial? They will get all the same constitutional protections as American citizens!! What if some bleeding heart judge doesn't like the fact that they had some water splashed in their faces and throws the confessions out or some portions of the evidence out? Why is my tax money paying for this? What was wrong with keeping them at Guantanamo Bay?

As this article points out, there are HUGE problems with this scenario:

- There are discovery requirements placed on prosecutors. In a civilian trial of the bombers of the trade center in 1993, prosecutors were required to turn large amounts of sensitive intelligence information over to the defense. Those exact documents were later found in an al-Qaeda hideout!

- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the mastermind, was captured in Pakistan. The intelligence that led to that raid is not known by the general public, but man oh man would al-Qaeda like to know how he was captured. They could learn that at trial.

- A liberal leaning judge could toss out the whole case and send the animals home. These men should have been strung up by their toenails but instead they are going to clean up, put on fancy suits, and have a top notch defense team at our expense.

The article points out that perhaps Obama wants the case to fail. Does that sound crazy? A little, but he just approved new rules for military tribunals that make obtaining convictions there much more difficult or impossible in some cases. Under the new rules, a defendant must have access to classified information used against him, which may lead to fewer prosecutions being sought if the prosecution does not want to damage the source of the information.

Climate Change & National Security

Obama just decided to give eastern Europe a big screw you in order to suck up to Russia by scrapping Bush's plans to build a missile defense shield. The replacement system he is implementing instead is "likely to allay some of Russia's concerns" according to Robert Gibbs. Instead of siding with our allies, Poland and the Czech Republic, Obama chose "setting back the gradual progress toward repairing relations with Russia". And besides, why would Europe need a missile defense shield anyway? Click here to read more.

Another doozy: the Obama administration just concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent. This equals $1,761 a household. All to combat "climate change". Wait, I thought it was global warming, no it's global cooling, no wait, the real problem is climate change. Click here to read more.

The "John Adams Project"

I just got this email from Bill O'Reilly. In it, he describes something called the "John Adams Project", which is a group of people involved with the ACLU who are sneaking around taking pictures of CIA agents who interrogated al-Qaeda suspects after 9/11. The group then gives the pictures to attorneys for the terrorists, hoping that one of the terrorists will claim that someone in the pictures tortured him.

O'Reilly says that only two newspapers have reported on this. I've never heard of it. Where's the outrage in the media? What does Obama say about it? NOTHING!! Oh, that's right, he's the one who wanted the "torture" investigated in the first place.

(On an unrelated note, didn't you just LOVE that Republican who shouted "that's a lie!" during Obama's speech? He was right, it was a lie and that whole speech was filled with lies and it's about time someone actually said it to his face. We are fighting for our healthcare system here people, it's not the time to play nice. And I am disgusted with the republicans who are scolding him).

Labor Unions at Their Finest - Thanks Obama!

What a sad day - our country's first 9/11 since George Bush. When I heard on TV about something the President and his wife were doing to commemorate Sept. 11, I automatically thought of George and Laura. Then the horror sunk in.

From my favorite blog, michellemalkin.com (I also read on this blog that one of my favorite reporters, John Stossel, is moving to Fox News!!):

Many rail attacks by terrorists have occurred, in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chechnya, Madrid, and London. So Amtrak has an Office of Security Strategy and Special Operations (OSSO), full of experts in terrorist-butt-kicking. Each member underwent special training in rail security, marksmanship, etc. OSSO works with federal, state, and local authorities to detect and defend against terrorist attacks on railways. OSSO has also provided security for Bush, the Pope, the Democrat and Republican conventions, etc.

So what's this kick-a** group doing now? The east and west coast teams have not worked at counterterrorism since the summer. This occurred after the departure of an Amtrak VP and an Amtrak general inspector. The VP was instrumental in creating OSSO's predecessor. The Inspector unexpectedly "retired" and the VP was fired. Why?

A union that represents the Amtrak Police Dept. has been peeved that OSSO isn't unionized since it was formed. Biden is very tight with that union. OSSO is now magically under the control of the APD, which is unionized. OSSO's stimulus money has gone to the APD. The APD officers have repeatedly shown they don't understand counterterrorism.

Another example of Obama's chums, the labor unions, at work. Click here for the full story.

Another Round-up of Recent News

Sorry for the break everyone. I had a surprise medical problem a couple of weeks ago and ended up spending a week in the hospital. I'm now catching up on what the Obam-inable one has done recently.

1. North Korea just staged an underground nuclear test. Reminder: out of all of Obama's massive spending, what is one of the few areas he actually cut? Missile defense.

2. Obama nominated his first supreme court justice. Yes, she is both a woman and a minority, as predicted. This woman has a hard core record as a leftist on the Court of Appeals (but did we expect anything less)? In 2002, she said during a speech that it's appropriate for a judge to consider their "experiences as women and people of color" during decisionmaking. Wait a second, isn't justice supposed to be blind? She also has acknowledged that she believes judges aren't there to interpret laws as our founding fathers intended, but rather to make their own rules, saying that "the Court of Appeals is where policy is made." Judges like her are the reason that gay marriage is legal in Iowa, not because voters want it, but because judges do. We can expect bad things from this.

3. Obama's new car tax: Obama announced the nation's first national emissions standards for cars and light trucks. By the time the plan is complete in 2016, consumers can expect to pay an extra $1300 per vehicle. In addition, consumers can expect to pay an extra $700 for changes he's already approved. Wait, I thought he wasn't raising taxes on 95% of working families?

4. Michelle Obama, in a speech at UC Merced, urged graduates to "give something back". Did you know that between 2000 and 2004 the Obamas did give something back - less than 1% of their income was donated to charity. The biggest donation was made to the church that espouses hate towards America and white people.

5. Perhaps the most ridiculous of all things he's said lately: Obama told Americans "we're out of money . . . . this is a consequence of the crisis that we’ve seen and in fact our failure to make some good decisions on health care over the last several decades."

Yes, we are out of money b/c we don't have socialized medicine. Hey, wait a second, don't we have free healthcare for the elderly? And isn't that system completely, totally out of money? So how is adding more people to that plan going to help? Click here to read more.

6. Finally, a little comic relief: remember Obama vowing to close Gitmo, making a big deal out of that, emphasizing that we don't want that sad chapter to continue in America's history, etc. Well the Senate gave him a little dose of reality - they voted to not give any funding in order to close it. Ha ha ha ha ha.

You are Making it Too Easy, Obama

There is so much tomfoolery coming out of the White House these days.

First, a White House photo op nearly scared already scarred 9-11 victims in NY to death. Air Force 747 did a low flyover over Lower Manhattan in order to take some nifty pictures. The White House military office ordered the mission. Hey Obama, if you are looking to trim some fat from your budget, useless pictures for your scrapbook are a good place to start. Click here and here to read more.

Also, Obama is in a bind about what to do over Guantanamo detainees. The U.S. is "relatively close" to a decision about which of the 240 dangerous terrorist detainees to set free and which to put on trial. We are stuck begging with European countries to take them. Maybe if you hadn't closed it we wouldn't be in this mess. Click here to read more.

Finally, the funniest, most hilarious thing of all. Obama's quote from his weekly radio address last week: “We cannot settle for a future of rising deficits and debts that our children cannot pay,” the president says, adding that we must “recognize that we cannot meet the challenges of today with old habits and stale thinking. So much of our government was built to deal with different challenges from a different era. Too often, the result is wasteful spending, bloated programs, and inefficient results. It’s time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington.”
I simply don't know what to say about that. You can click here to watch the video.

What a Hypocrite

Here we go again. Obama flew his enormous Air Force One jet to Iowa yesterday specifically to talk about the benefits of being green. No other reason. Ever heard of teleconferencing, Obama?

Also, remember Barack's new BFF, Hugo Chavez? He went back home and bragged to his subjects that under Obama, Venezuela-style socialism has begun to reach the U.S. Click here to read more.

And another thing. This article points out that Obama is releasing memos about US torture techniques and isn't ruling out prosecution to attorneys who authorized the torture. Never mind the fact that said torture undoubtedly saved American lives by uncovering very credible plots to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge and the tallest building on the West Coast. However, Obama's ignoring the torture being committed by the Mexican government. As the article points out, torture only bothers him when the subjects are terrorists wishing to kill Americans.

He is Making Us Less Safe and Spending Us Into the Poorhouse!

Obama, you've been keeping me busy lately. A couple of knee slappers:

Obama's Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said on Larry King, when talking about illegal aliens crossing the Mexican border, that "crossing the border is not a crime per se." Yes, Janet, it is. You picked yourself a doozy there Obama. Don't you feel safe with her protecting our homeland and our borders? I can't tell who amuses me more, her, Biden, or that poor schmuck Robert Gibbs who stands there before the White House press corps constantly trying to justify the obam-inable policies. Click here to read more.

Another knee slapper: Obama signed a $5.7 BILLION program called Give/Serve to triple the size of the AmeriCorps program. Can we really afford that? And didn't you JUST, in an impressive show of leadership, order your department heads to trim $100 million from their budgets asap? So one day later you spend $5.7 Billion on something we can't afford.

If I don't laugh about it I will cry.

A Round-up of Recent Obam-inable Actions, Part 2

Obama's been keeping busy. Some of his latest Obam-inable actions:

- Obama obviously was not pleased at taxpayers rising up and protesting his massive spending. So what does he do to appease us? He orders department chiefs to cut $100 million from their budgets. Wow, that's great Obama! I believe it's a whopping 1/36,000 of the money you are planning on spending next year. (Or, to someone making $50,000 per year, it's like cutting 72 cents from their annual spending). It's also equal to the interest that accumulates each and every day on the spend-ulus bill that congress passed this year. How stupid do you think we are? Do you think you tossing us a crumb is going to shut us up?

Then, the same day he ordered the budget cut, he announced that the US should loan the International Monetary Fund $100 BILLION. Let's cut $100 million, then spend $100 billion the same day! Click here to read more.

- Obama ordered the release of memos about torture interrogation methods last week. As it turns out, he only ordered the memos released that make the US look bad. Cheney wants memos released showing how successful our methods were at getting terrorists to squeal. Click here to read more.

- Obama has a new BFF (for those not in elementary school in the 80's, that means best friend forever). His name is Hugo Chavez, and he is a ruthless dictator from Venezuela. Chavez once called Bush the "devil" and Obama an "ignoramus". But all those things are in the past now, we should forget about that. They cordially shook hands last week and Obama has a huge grin pasted on his face. Chavez was kind enough to give Obama a gift, a lovely book called "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent", which chronicles America's criminal actions towards Latin America. Obama thought the book was a "nice gesture". I am guessing Chavez will skip back to Venezuela and brag to all his subjects about how he proved to Obama how horrible America is by giving him that book. Sigh.

Two Brief Obama-nations

Obama purposely had a symbol of Jesus covered up when he delivered a speech at Georgetown. More evidence of his atheism. Click here and here to read more.

Obama chose to release memos from the Bush administration detailing torture interrogation methods used on terror suspects. Disgraceful. Let's let our enemies know exactly what will be done to them if they're captured. Click here and here to read more.

More Government Spending

You all know how I feel about the Obam-inable one, but I do have to give credit where credit is due. Navy snipers shot those pirates after the pirates had guns pointed at the captain, apparently on orders from Obama. Maybe if his back is against the wall in military matters he will do the right thing, who knows? Click here to read more.

Now that I've been all warm and fuzzy towards him today, let's talk about his latest Obam-inable actions. The government is going to buy 17,600 fuel efficient cars in order to help U.S. automakers. The cars will be purchased for the "government fleet" and will cost $285 million. The decision was made to buy the vehicles on a short timetable in order to give a boost to the economy and to show Obama's support for US automakers. What? This seems like a waste to me. Haven't the taxpayers already shown their support for US automakers? Does the government fleet even need new cars? Does buying them on a "short timetable" mean they were an impulse buy? Doesn't the government need to get bids or go through a process like that? So many questions, so few answers. Sigh.

Obama the Yellow (and Green)

Right now an American ship captain is being held by muslim Somali pirates. Our destroyer the USS Bainbridge is nearby with guns aimed at the boat. This brave captain jumped overboard to try to swim to the destroyer. So wouldn't the perfect thing to do be to shoot the pirates or destroy the ship since the captain is off the boat? But instead, we just sat there. Who ordered the ship not to fire? I don't know.

Instead, we are negotiating with these thugs. Whose idea was this? I have an idea. But since I don't know the entire story, I am hesitant to place blame. But I am very scared for our safety for at least the next 4 years and probably beyond.

But something I can place blame on him for is his completely hypocritical attitude towards saving our planet. He wants to tell us what kind of cars to drive and where to keep our thermostats (and yes he actually did tell voters where to keep their thermostats and what kind of cars to drive), while he keeps his office hot enough to grow orchids in the winter and flies out to Denver in his fuel burning jet to sign legislation that could have been signed in D.C. And he flew there for the SOLE purpose of showing how green he was.

Now he's ordering pizza ingredients be shipped from St. Louis to D.C., along with a chef to prepare them. A 1600 mile round trip. The restaurant he is requesting them from is Pi, and its website brags about how committed it is to "environmentally benign success".

If he wants pizza and a chef to travel 1600 miles to feed him, that's his prerogative. But QUIT telling me how I should conserve resources while doing whatever the heck you want to. Click here to read more.

I Give Up

One day after North Korea launched a missile, the Secretary of Defense announced cuts to our high tech weapons programs. Need I say more?

Obama's Big Test by Kim Jong Il

Picture these two scenarios:

My three year old daughter throws a book at my one year old daughter's head, in direct violation of the rules as she knows them.

Response #1: "Daughter, your father and I are going to meet in two months to decide your punishment! We may or may not send you a letter condemning your actions."

Response #2: "You go sit on the naughty stool right now! And if you do it again I'm taking away your favorite doll for the rest of the day."

When N. Korea launched a long-range rocket this weekend in direct violation of a UN resolution, what was Obama's response most similar to? Which response would have been most effective?

"North Korea broke the rules, once again, by testing a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles," Obama said in Prague. "This provocation underscores the need for action, not just ... in the U.N. Security Council, but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons."

THEN, the UN couldn't even agree on their response, failing to even issue a condemnation! They couldn't even agree to reprimand him!! Why are we even a member of this useless organization? What are our membership dues up to now?

OK, so the UN's useless, big surprise, so what are you going to do now Obama? Answer: absolutely nothing. I wonder what Kim Jong Il's up to? Now that he knows the most powerful country in the world is going to stand idly by while he turns Seoul into a "sea of fire", as threatened in the past? Is he going to wait 4 or 8 years until we hopefully have a president who will actually take action? Click here and here to read more.

Obama Hates Guns, End of Story

First, an update. Obama is backing off his reprehensible idea to make vets pay for their own health care after being wounded serving our country. That's great but what was he thinking in the first place? Click here to read more.

Obama is determined that America is going to be attacked again by terrorists. I know that sounds crazy, but how else can you reconcile all the actions he's taken to make America weaker during his first 2 months in office? No more waterboarding, no more Guantanamo Bay, and you can't even call the terrorists "enemy combatants" anymore.

And now, he's siphoning money away from a program that allows pilots to carry guns on planes. Apparently this week his administration took $2 million in federal funds away from a pilot training program that trains pilots so that they can carry guns on planes. The money was diverted to hire more supervisors who will engage in field inspections of pilots. This is despite the fact that pilots who have completed the training have the best behavior of any federal law enforcement agency. According to this article, since Obama's election, the approval process for allowing pilots to carry firearms has slowed significantly. I'm not surprised given Obama's distaste for the second amendment. Which is probably why applications for conceal carry permits went up in my state around 80% after Barack took office.

Obama and Gitmo - Terrifying Combo

Obama, while on the campaign trail, promised repeatedly to close Guantanamo Bay military prison in his first 100 days in office. Oops, now he's realizing that maybe this whole closing a prison that houses terrorists trained to kill us thing may be more complicated than he thought, but he's still promising to do it.

Guantanamo Bay prison houses inmates classified by the U.S. as "enemy combatants". Since 2001, 775 detainees have been brought there and 420 have been released without charge. About 255 detainees remain. There has been a lot of hullaballoo about the treatment of prisoners at Gitmo (apparently people who try to kill innocent Americans are entitled to art classes, Gameboys and movie nights to "keep their brains stimulated" and special meals cooked in accordance with Islamic law, including traditional desserts.) Poor little murdering terrorists!

Anyway, Obama thinks closing down this Club Med is a good idea, and either wants: (1) these dangerous anti-American radicals released; (2) the detainees tried in American courts and therefore be entitled to full Constitutional protection; or (3) tried in some yet to be created military court.

If he releases these murderous animals, where would they go? Their home countries don't want them. We don't want them. Also, a report released yesterday by the Pentagon states that 61 of the prisoners released from Guantanamo have returned to their terrorist ways.

Great idea Obama. The hits just keep on coming. And you haven't even taken office yet. Shudder.

Way to Change your Position Barack!

This piece of news isn't really that much of an Obamanation to me. I think Bush has done a great job of keeping America safe. But it's completely the opposite of everything B.O. said when he was running for president:

Remember how opposed Barack was to the war and how horrible he made Bush and McCain out to be when he discussed the war? Remember some horribly offensive remark he made about our troops air-raiding villages and killing civilians? Well, now that he's almost in office, maybe Bush's policies aren't looking so bad - he kept Bush's defense secretary and the news now is that he's keeping most of Bush's political appointees at the Pentagon. Click here to read more. Interesting - so he likes Bush's defense guys and he's thinking of postponing tax increases on the wealthy. Is he realizing that conservative policies are the only way for this country to succeed?

No National Security Clearance for Obama!

Shouldn't the president of the U.S. be able to qualify for a basic government security clearance? He is, after all, the most powerful person in the world, protector of the U.S. and defender of its secrets.
But B.O., by many accounts, would not qualify for one, even though unfortunately that's not a requirement to be president. Here are some reasons:
1. having foreign national relatives who are not friendly to the U.S.
2. drug use
3. ties to known terrorists
4. his issues with honesty

Click here for an in-depth analysis.

I'm Building My Own Bomb Shelter

"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems" said Barack Obama.
"Iran, Cuba, Venezuela? These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose any serious threat to us" he also said.
So do we now use area in square miles to measure a country's danger level?