HOLDER LOSES FAST & FURIOUS DECISION

After Attorney General Eric Holder flatly refused to answer questions and supply evidence regarding the Fast and Furious scandal, Congress found him to be in contempt; President Obama asserted that Holder had Executive Privilege.  Congress sued in Federal Court and Holder moved to have the suit dismissed without a hearing.  Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled against the Justice Department and said that the case must be heard.  “This case presents the sort of question that the courts are traditionally called upon to resolve,” she said. 

Well, there are still some good judges left on the bench.  Holder is to blame for covering the case up amid suspicion that he and/or the President were behind the scheme to have border gun shops illegally sell illegal weapons to Mexican drug cartel agents so the Feds could blame the gun shops for violating the law in an attempt to put tight gun control on all sales of guns.  

It'll be interesting to see what develops out of this. 

Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to Congress.
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to Congress.
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to Congress.
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to Congress.
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to Congress.
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99A

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

Amy Berman Jackson turned down the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent some records about the administration’s response to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal from being turned over to
Read more at http://patriotupdate.com/2013/10/fresh-doj-loss-fast-furious-docs-fight/#eV5R88RFz6RkxGwK.99

OBAMA, PUTIN AND NETANYAHU

Putin and Netanyahu are both ideological opposites, but they are very much alike in one respect.  They are both better leaders than Barack Hussein Obama.  

Listening to Netanyahu yesterday, one could tell that he was sincere and wants the best for his country's future.  Listening to Obama, he made it clear that all he wants is his damned ObamaCare and he's willing to sacrifice what is right for his country in order to get it. 

In that regard, Putin and Obama are alike... ruthless dictators. 

If Obama's health plan is so damned good for the country, why is he exempting all of his friends from its provisions and sticking it to us? 

I'M TO BLAME

I'm a Conservative.  My forefathers were here before this government was formed and gave their lives to see our country founded. I'm a member of a Tea Party.  I belong to the N.R.A.  I believe in responsible government with the power of government belonging to the people.  I believe in working hard and paying my way and not relying on government to be my nanny. 

Blame me. 

BENGHAZI COVER-UP DEEPENS

Last week's report on the probe into the Benghazi Massacre provided little new information and added to the cloud of suspicion over the events that took place during and immediately after the attack.  The leaders of the State Department probe acknowledged to Congress that their mission was limited in scope and faced questions as to why they gave former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton an advance look at their findings. Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, vice chairman of the accountability review board, also acknowledged that he had warned Mrs. Clinton’s chief of staff not to send a particular official to Congress because he thought “she would be a weak witness” who might have hurt the State Department’s stance. 

Two witnesses who testified to the probe committee have been prohibited from testifying to Congress by the Obama Administration.  

Why was the probe limited in scope?  Why was Clinton allowed to read the report before it was delivered to Congress?  Why is testimony of eye-witnesses being refused?  When are they going to get the skunk our of the woodpile? 

U.N. GUN TREATY: NO ONE CARES?

As you can tell, I'm more than upset that the United States actually went ahead and signed on to the United Nations Weapons Treaty.  This signing isn't even making FOX NEWS, let alone the main stream media.  Yet, it takes us one step closer to losing our Second Amendment rights.  

How can that be, you might ask.  No treaty can circumvent the Constitution, you've been told.  

If the Democratic Senate should happen to ratify the treaty, it becomes law.  Now, some U.S. citizen has to allege and prove that he has been injured by that law and sue in Federal Court.  If he wins, Obama would appeal to an Appeals Court.  Whoever loses will appeal to the Supreme Court.  This could take years and Obama could have the ability to start a massive gun control program in the interim.  All it takes is for one Conservative Judge on the Court to retire or resign; Obama will replace him or her with a left-wing liberal and the Supreme Court can then rule that the ratified treaty does, in fact, trump the Second Amendment.  

That's the danger.  I never thought ObamaCare could be rammed down our throats. 

And not a peep in the press or the media.  Why not?  Who's to blame for that?  

OBAMA HAS KERRY SIGN U.N. GUN BAN TREATY

WE COULD BE TO BLAME

If you're against the ObamaCare program, and you should be,  you need to call or email your Senator today and voice your opinion.  This is the day.  Don't be to blame. 

REID THE ROGUE

Harry Reid blames the Republicans, the Tea Party Members, the Conservatives, the Libertarians, the Chamber of Commerce, business, labor unions, etc. for wanting to scuttle ObamaCare.  He forgets that 70-75% of the country was against the Act, (as if in some kind of sex act), that he and Pelosi succeeded in shoving down America's throats in the middle of the night before anyone had a chance to read one page of it it away from the "fog of controversy." 

Now that he's forced the baby to eat the manure, he's ticked off that the baby wants to spit it back out.  This is dictatorship in its rawest and most simple form: "Shut up and do as I say."  

Various polls show 60% to 70% of Americans want ObamaCare trashed.  He has no right to blame us for wanting to end this un-American nightmare.  He's standing on a lectern of deceit and trickery.  His mean scowls don't scare me a bit.  He, Pelosi and Obama  are the scoundrels to blame for this mess and they owe it to the American public to clean it up. 

HERE WE GO WITH GUN CONTROL AGAIN

It was only a matter of time until Obama would seize upon the tragedy at the Washington Naval Yard to turn it to political gain.  Speaking over the weekend, Obama told Congress to get off their duffs and pass his gun control legislation.  

Isn't it ironic that the two cities with the worst violent crime rates in this country are Chicago and Washington, both with tight gun control and both residences of Obama?  We have law enforcement and even government agents who won't enforce the laws that are already on the books, and we want to add more laws?  All this is about is disenfranchising law-abiding gun owners from their legally owned guns. 

He calls those of us who own these guns insensitive and uncaring and blames us for wanting to see more children dead in schools.  He has no concept of the fact that cities and counties with the highest percentages of gun ownership have the lowest crime rates.  He chooses to ignore not only the law, being the Second Amendment, but also the facts because he has an agenda.  

Well, if you want to understand how great his agendas really are, you don't have to look any further than ObamaCare and Syria.  Let's put the blame where it squarely belongs and quit the bull. 

IS BENGHAZI STORY BURIED UNTIL 2016?

After a whole lot of name calling and finger waving at the recent Benghazi hearings on The Hill, two things are evident: They didn't learning anything new and they don't have the horsepower to get the answers.  In other words, they don't have the ability to get past the President's and the Administration's stonewalling.  

Once again, Obama proves he can do what he wants, when he wants, how he wants, and to whom he wants and there's not a damned thing we can do about it.  He is above the law, because those we entrust with enforcing the law lack the courage, fortitude and skills to enforce it.  

We are the ones to blame here, because we're not raising hell and demanding a full and complete investigation and report to the American people.  How can we, as a nation, allow our Ambassador and three fine Americans to die, to watch our President and his minions lie about it and cover it up, and then turn our backs on it and walk away?  

How can we do that? 

MISFIRED ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE 2ND AMENDMENT

Those of us who own guns or support the Constitution should be aghast to discover that a new Texas schoolbook has redefined the Second Amendment to read: "the right to keep and bear arms in a state militia."  This subtle redefinition implies that we Americans have no right to keep and bear arms unless we are in a state militia.  The Constitution provides: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." 

The work book used at Guyer High School in the city of Denton is "The United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination."  John J. Newman, the book's co-author, claims the text of the book was written before the 2008 Supreme Court ruling, District of Columbia v. Heller, which protects individuals' rights to possess firearms. He said the book's only intent was to summarize the Second Amendment and admitted that the current definition is incorrect. But he said a revised and corrected edition is set to be sold in May 2014.  "There was no devious intention in the definition," he said.  

If you believe that, ask yourselves why the school was using the book in the first place and why whatever review board it has went ahead and selected this version. We all need to be on the lookout for these devious attempts to subvert our government.  Others may be to blame for trying, we will be to blame if we allow them to succeed. 

IS AARON ALEXIS REALLY TO BLAME?

Just 24 hours after the rampage of indiscriminate shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, facts are emerging about the lone perpetrator, Aaron Alexis.  As it turns out, Alexis has had mental issues for many years, mainly dealing with anger management.  He had several brushes with the law, received a less-than-honorable discharge from the Navy and even raised the concern of his father.  

We do not know at this point how many existing laws Alexis violated in this massacre.  Washington D.C. has some of the toughest gun control laws in the nation; yet, Alexis had a concealed carry permit.  We are told that guns are not allowed at the Washington Navy Yard, yet there Alexis was in building 197, a secure facility, with several weapons; he got past the main gate and into that building with those weapons. 

Had any of the existing laws and security measures been enforced, it is entirely probable that this event would not have occurred.  I suppose, however, that the gun control freaks will once again claim that guns are to blame and that they will seek to come and get mine in order to placate their anger against Alexis.  

One thing is certain: if we are ever going to successfully address these gun crimes, we are going to have to inject some sane evaluation and reasonable thinking. 

HOUSE REPORT CARD

A House Committee report concludes that the original State Department investigation into the events at Benghazi was flawed.  It says that senior officials were let off the hook regarding the sad lack of security at the facility.  The report by Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alleges the board’s probe was not comprehensive, its interviews were not thorough, and the investigation itself may have been damaged by conflicts of interest.  

The report, as you can see, doesn't reveal anything that we didn't already know or suspect.  The report also did not ask the really important questions of the day:  Why weren't Marines sent in immediately to secure the facility and protect its assets?  Why did the President delay for almost a month before sending the F.B.I. in?  Why are survivors from the attack being kept in a veil of secrecy and why is the House being denied access to them for questioning?  Why are the so-called perpetrators still visible and on the loose?  

Now that we have this high-cost report, what is the House going to do about it?  

We certainly don't know all of the facts about the Benghazi Massacre, but we do know who to blame for the cover up, don't we Mr. President? 

QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS?

It's been a year since the Benghazi Massacre and it's time to pause and ask ourselves, "What do we know about that event today that we did not know a year ago?"  Although few, there are some important facts that have emerged in that time.  

We didn't know a year ago that security in Benghazi was totally lacking.  We didn't know that help had been requested and denied.  We didn't learn for months after the attack that there were survivors or that they had been secreted away in some hospital and kept nameless so that no one could question them.  We didn't know that Congress would huff and puff for the whole year, presumably trying to get answers while presenting themselves as being in command of the situation.  

We know who to blame for the attack, and that's Libyan-Al Qaeda terrorists.  We don't know the reason for the elaborate cover-up, why Congress didn't ask the right questions when they had Hillary on the grill or why they have been so successfully stymied and buffaloed by the Obama Administration.  

I know in my gut that the answers simply must come out.  We cannot let this massacre slip through our fingers without those answers.  We owe at least that much to the souls of those who died there. 

TWISTING SLOWLY IN THE WIND

It seems to me that Barack Hussein Obama has acquired the Richard Milhous Nixon disease... twisting ever so slowly in the wind.  Things have started to turn against him as the country opens its eyes and starts to see him for what he really is.  

He managed to shuck and duck his way out of the Operation Fast & Furious mess.  A Federal Judge is due to rule soon as to whether Executive Privilege can be applied to the documents that the House wants.   Whoever wins, there will likely be an appeal.  The outcome of the appeal will undoubtedly go to the Supreme Court and a final decision will probably not be rendered until after Obama leaves office.  

But, Benghazi is different.  It's not going away.  People want answers.  Then, of course, the endless parade of scandals put Obama to the test.  Stretched to his wit's end, it was not unlikely that he would fumble the Syrian ball, jumping wildly in several directions and stepping blindly into the poop each time.  Now he has entered another dimension... the ObamaCare chicken that's coming home to roost.  

Big business got some waivers.  Congressional workers got a special subsidy.  Several other groups got special deals.  Now, the unions are ticked off and yesterday, Obama told them he couldn't help them, (not that he won't in some other way soothe their wounds).  But the American public is on the precipice of finding out just how much it's going to cost them, and they're going to be madder than wet cats.  

One by one, all of those nasty deeds he has done are coming back to haunt him.  There's really no one to blame except himself, but I'm sure he'll try.  

 

THE OMNIPOTENT JACKASS

Word around the D.C. Corral is that Fast & Furious is finally coming back to center stage, where it belongs with the Benghazi Massacre, N.S.A., D.O.J., I.R.S., E.P.A. and ObamaCare fiascoes.  Obama is scampering about wondering how to salvage what image he has left after the Syrian debacle, hoping like hell that the other real news of the day stays buried.  As much as his image has suffered over the last week or so, any bad news forthcoming out of any of the above balls he is juggling could prove to cement his future as a truly lame duck President.

We all know how it is when the wheels of fortune turn against us.  Just about the time we think we've seen the last of adversity, another truck full of poop comes around the bend.  This is Obama's first real adversity since becoming President, so there are several more trucks surely waiting just down the street, any one of which could bury him.  Now, for the first time, when Obama gets ready to lay the blame, he has to look squarely in the mirror. 

It truly is a shame that the nation's first Black President has turned out to be such a jackass. He'll probably ruin it for any good ones that might come along for the next 75 years or so.    

UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES: ADMITTED LIE

The Labor Department has admitted the latest figures were. wrong.  They showed a dramatic decrease in the number of weekly unemployment claims for first-time benefits, down to 292,000 from 323,000.  The department claims that two states, not named, were updating their systems and did not fully process all new claims.  Gosh, the government is finally taking the blame for something. 

BENGHAZI'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

And still no answers.  Congress still won't step up to the plate and get the damned answers and Obama is not volunteering.  I wonder if there will be another horrible debacle and yet another cover up before the day is over.  

OBAMA: THE EPITOME OF A BULL IN THE CHINA CLOSET

On the eve of addressing us about the Syrian situation and his need to be able to go in and bomb, Obama late today stepped into the bucket with his other foot.  Caught with his pants down on the "red line" issue, Obama has had his minions out in the hinterlands stumping for support for his "imminent" attack on Syria designed to impress Assad with the seriousness of the matter.  Assad has denied chemical weapons were used; Putin has backed Assad up saying they have proof that the weapons were deployed by rebels.  

Monday, Putin suggested that an international agreement might be reached where the Syrian chemical weapons would come under control of the United Nations.  That was followed by the revelation that the Iranians have been warning us for over a year that the Syrian rebels had acquired chemical weapons.  Obama, instead of denying all of this, has said he is agreeable to discussion of the U.N. idea and Reid promptly announced that a scheduled vote on the Senate floor to allow Obama authority to bomb Syria has been postponed. 

Are we dealing with another Benghazi scenario, where the initial story given to us was an outright lie?  Just who really is to blame for that chemical attack?  Is this really about changing the subject from the Benghazi Massacre, I.R.S., D.O.J., N.A.S. ad infinitum? 

OBAMA REALLY IS TO BLAME

I was brought up to believe in and support the President of the United States whether I voted for him or not.  I was taught that he is the elected leader of our country and we need to stand behind him.  But, I would not stand behind an Adolf Hitler as our President, for example.  The President must be a strong leader, but he must above all be a capable one and an outstanding American.  I'm indeed sorry to say this, but I would support Rush Limbaugh as President long before I will support Barack Obama. 

Obama is no outstanding American and he is no leader.  That's the long and short of it.  With respect to Syria, the time to act was well over two years ago, before Al Qaeda had a foothold.  Today, the rebels consist of a conglomerate of good guys, not so good guys, and downright nasty enemies.  They don't wear shirts or caps to identify themselves.  Any aid to them is likely to end up with the nasties.  

Assad is doing horrible things.  Obama has shucked and ducked that issue from day one, just as he is shucking and ducking the Iranian nuclear problem.  Having achieved office, this handsome and suave talker from wherever he's from has proven to be a chicken and a procrastinator; he doesn't make a single tough decision until someone lights a fire in his public hair.  

In trying to shuck and duck and dance his way around the Syrian-Assad situation, he flapped his gums off with a "However, if Assad uses chemical weapons, that will change our equation."  Of course, Assad is now inherently obligated to test the waters.  Well, you've heard all of the arguments about how we are going to respond... everything from shooting a spit-wad at him to a massive attack of missiles and bombs.  

Now that we've called Obama on his "red line" gaffe, he still refuses to acknowledge he made a mistake and tries to lie and spin his way out of it by suggesting that it's not his red line, it's everyone else's red line.   And we have his supporters running around like chickens with their heads cut off claiming that it's our duty to support our President.  Are we going to be like Nazi Germany in support of Adolf Hitler and blindly support anything this President does?  

I think we're  smarter than that.  We ask questions.  We don't like the situation our President put us in, we don't like the possible repercussions, and we want to sit this one out.  I'm sorry, Barry, but you got yourself into this mess.  You have blamed us, divided us, made us feel like pissants and now you want us to risk our country for the sole purpose of saving your face? 

You are to blame, Mr. President.  Stand up like a man, admit it and show some damned humility.  Start acting like a leader and an American.  Under those circumstances, we will follow you.  Otherwise, you're finished.  Done.  Zero.  

OBAMACARE AND SYRIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN

Seventy plus percent of the country was at that time against ObamaCare.  The Administration had its lackeys out in force, stumping the plan and claiming complete transparency while Pelosi, Reid and cohorts hid out behind closed doors and plotted.  The next thing we knew, in the middle of the night Congress passed the 2,700 page bill that no one had read.  

As you read this, the majority of the country is against taking military action at this time in Syria.  The Administration has its lackeys out in force, etc.  Pelosi, Reid, Boehner and Graham have been hiding out behind closed doors while the rest of Congress rushes back to make the decision on the 7th, when even Obama didn't ask for it until sometime during the week of the 9th. 

And I say, the set up is the same.  Sometime during the middle of the night of the 7th or 8th, Congress is going to give Obama authority to go pound something or other up Assad's fanny.  

If this action on the part of Congress in reaction to Obama's dumb moves and stupid demands in the face of public opposition goes forward, I for one sure as hell hope that the results are not the same as we got stuck with on ObamaCare.  Who is going to be to blame for this one? 

WE ARE TO BLAME

Contrary to the name of the blog, we ARE to blame for this; we elected them.  

John Boehner, Lindsay Graham and John McCain are all stumping for an Obama attack on Syria, presumably oblivious to the potential consequences.  As usual in times of national crisis, Obama is out-of-town. 

ASKING FOR CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL; UNBELIEVABLY SMART

Obama had certainly painted himself into a dark corner by drawing his line and then shucking and ducking when the line was crossed.  Americans are not happy about his blunder and Congress was ticked off that he would strike Syria without their consultation and approval.  He had insisted he has the right to do so and that he intends to do so anyway... regardless of what Congress says.

Although he has really degraded whatever esteem he had left abroad, having Congressional approval gets him off the domestic hook.   He's still to blame for putting us in this position in the first place with his "red line" and by failing to develop a responsible strategy for dealing with Syria several years ago.  

I believe it would be unconscionable for us to proceed now; the time for punitive action has passed.  If we decide to go ahead anyway, I would be inclined to label it as an act of war on our part.  As for Obama himself, he seems to have successfully punted his problem to Congress, at least for the time being.   

RELAX

I don't have any caustic comments or bad news to share.  It's Labor Day weekend, and I'm going shooting.  Back Tuesday. 

MORE BAD NEWS

Late yesterday, word came that the Brits will not support us in an attack on Syria, and the Egyptian rebels threatened to shut down the Suez Canal if we do.  Last night, there was a big conference call with 26 top leaders of Congress and Secretary of State Kerry.  Presumably, Obama was so uptight over the audacity of the Brits to refuse to support him that he was unable to speak with the Congressional folks himself.  This morning, Obama's idol President Jimmy Carter said that unilateral action without Congressional approval wold be illegal and unconstitutional. 

It will be interesting to see what cards he now plays.  He painted himself into this corner.  If he acts, he faces condemnation from his beloved United Nations, Congress and the American people.  If he does nothing, he will most certainly be the laughing stock of the Middle East.  Maybe we should all get together and bake him some humble pie. 

RUSSIAN WARSHIPS HEADED TOWARD SYRIA

The headlines spell it out; at least two Russian warships...an anti-sub vessel and a missile cruiser... are being deployed to the Mediterranean.  Russia is one of Assad's biggest arms suppliers; it opposes any military intervention in Syria and has shielded Damascus against further sanctions at the U.N. Security Council.  

Now then, Mr. President, what is next?  We Americans all know that you will be madder than hell if you don't get your way, and that you are more than ticked off at Assad's audacity in defying your anti-chemical stance.  We're also aware of your desperate need to shift attention from the upcoming first anniversary of the Benghazi Massacre which you continue to cover up and stonewall.    

I suppose the real question is, if your actions lead us into World War III, who will you blame this time? 

SYRIA DECISION: BEHIND THE SCENES

It has just occurred to me in the middle of tea, that the unseen force behind Obama's decision regarding Syria may well be the need to put Benghazi, the I.R.S., D.O.J. and N.S.A. scandals on the way, way back burner.  If that's the case, you can darn well take it to the bank that our military action in Syria is imminent. 

THIS WASN'T RACIST?

Delbert Belton was beaten to death by two black teenagers wielding flashlights.  That was not a racist act.  

Charles Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin during a fight in which Zimmerman feared for his life.  THAT was racist? 

NOW the President zips his lip.  NOW we know who is really stirring up the flames of racism in this country, don't we? 

ANOTHER STUPID BENGHAZI MOVE?

Well, we all know that Obama had nothing to do with Fast & Furious, the Benghazi Massacre, the I.R.S. targeting, the D.O.J. monitoring of the press or the N.S.A. "accidental" spying on millions of Americans, correct?  I'm sure Hillary would be the first to say that all of these events were part of a vaaaast right wing conspiracy.  You guessed it: I'm writing this on Friday afternoon and I'm into the sauce already. 

When the heat got to be almost unbearable on the Benghazi Massacre, the White House popped up with the "we know who did it" story and said they were gong after the bad guys.  Two weeks later, we're supposedly telling our guys to get out of Libya and get home while the getting is good; we're calling off that "chase and capture" scenario.  But, is that the real story, or is it more cover-up? Did we even send anyone to Libya? 

I've said for months, ever since it happened, that there is some really serious issue involved in the Benghazi story that Obama was willing to risk his reelection on in order to stonewall.  I believe his trip to Vegas was his way of trying to wash his hands and walk away from the dirty mess.  I further believe that he is preventing the 30 or so people who were at Benghazi from coming forth because they collectively know enough to end his Presidency.  That being said, does he really want the perpetrators to be brought to justice, where they in turn might spill whatever beans there are to spill? 

Don't you wish Edward Snowden knew something about Benghazi? 

As it stands, the only thing WE know about Benghazi is that the four State Department people who were "fired" but kept on the payroll anyway are now back on the job.  That's the sum of it; that's all we know, one year later. 

HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER "INVESTGATION"

First, we had them denying that the N.S.A. was spying on Americans and insiting that Edward Snowden was a treasonous cad.  Then we had an admission that there were "occasional, inadvertent" mistakes.  Then, there were a few thousand, perhaps.  Then, that lie was modified by adding, "per year."  Now that we know that it has been 56,000 and more per year and that the FISA Court rebuked them for their dirty deeds way back in 2011, the story is that Obama was "concerned" about N.S.A. from the beginning and ordered a "review" but was assured everything was okay.  

So, he's ordered an investigation, just like he did in Fast & Furious.  Just like he did in Benghazi.  Just like he ordered in I.R.S.  Just like he did at Department of Justice.  The only difference is that Holder isn't conducting this investigation; former N.S.A. directors are.  

Oh, wow.  I'm just soooo placated.  

N.S.A. DIGGING ITSELF INTO DEEPER HOLE

Tuesday, we learned that the N.S.A. has been able to monitor 75% of all email traffic in the country, whether there were terrorist ties or not.  Yesterday, we learned they had been chastised by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, (FISA), for collecting thousands of emails and other online details from Americans with no ties to terrorism, according to court opinions released yesterday.  Some of those incidents were minor, but the documents released yesterday detail major compliance problems. 

Contrary to what the N.S.A. has been saying, (first it was a few thousand, then it was several thousand per year), the N.S.A. has been collecting and saving up to 56,000 emails and other communications not connected to terrorism per year.  The court ruled that when it gathered up such large packets of information, they included actual contents of emails between American citizens, and it violated the Constitution's ban against unauthorized search and seizure. 

 

Given the Administration's spying on journalists, the Associated Press and FOX NEWS; given the admitted I.R.S. targeting of conservative organizations and individuals; and given these revelations, it becomes readily apparent that there has been a systemic and deliberate effort to gather information on Americans outside the parameters of any laws.  I can only presume that the reason was to obtain information that could be used to shut down dissent of members of Congress, of members of the press, and of everyday Americans who are vocalizing their disgust with this outlaw government.  

Those are things they do in Russia, Iran, Syria, Venezuela, China.......

I.R.S. BULL

Three months after the original I.R.S. scandal broke about targeting of conservative groups and individuals, the I.R.S. came out yesterday and alleged they had also targeted Democrat-leaning groups such as remnants of ACORN, etc.  So, they ask, why the big fuss? 

Why did they wait three months to come out with that?  I smell one big rat.  It's just another Benghazi Massacre lie and coverup, patterned after Fast & Furious.  This is definitely not over yet. 

WAS BENGHAZI EVER INVESTIGATED?

Since there have been no revelations about anything regarding Benghazi, one must wonder if any investigations were ever conducted.  What was learned late yesterday is that four State Department Officials placed under administrated leave after the massacre and who were going to be "terminated,"  have been reinstated to their jobs.  The 30 on-the-ground witnesses are still being forbidden to testify before Congress.  Obviously, Obama intends that the Benghazi story will suffer the same fate as Fast and Furious. 

Don't you really want to know why there is this massive, in our face coverup? 

WASHINGTON POST REVEALS ADMINISTRATION LIES

While the country has been laying the blame for illegal N.S.A. domestic spying on a run-away Administration, the Administration has been claiming that the N.S.A. is constantly scrutinized by all three major branches of government: the Executive Branch, the Judicial Branch and the Congress.  Last Thursday, the WASHINGTON POST proved all three claims to be a fallacy.  The revelations by Edward Snowden prove that the Executive Branch has not been supervising what goes on at N.S.A.   

The Post presents a second article in which the Chief Judge of the FISA Court admits that the court is unable to act as a watchdog or stop the NSA’s abuses: “The FISC is forced to rely upon the accuracy of the information that is provided to the Court,” its chief, US District Judge Reggie B. Walton, said in a written statement. “The FISC does not have the capacity to investigate issues of noncompliance.”  So much for judicial oversight.  

Finally, if you can believe anybody on the Hill, Congress is claiming that they didn't know of the extent of the domestic spying, either.  Various committees which should be doing oversight activities are not meeting at all and members are being kept in the dark about N.S.A. activities. 

In trying to worm out of it's failures, the N.S.A. says the thousands of instances of illegal domestic spying each year since 2008 have been due to "accident" and should therefore be disregarded.  Various Congressional leaders, such as Peter King and John McCain, insist the country doesn't have anything to worry about and we need to continue the N.S.A. program in order to protect our national security.  

I say that the only mistake involved here is that we have the wrong people in political offices in Congress and the White House.   And, I wonder just how many of those "accidental spying incidents" involved political enemies of the President.  

OFF

Taking the day off.  See you Monday. 

D.O.J. & F.B.I. IN ELECTION FRAUD

Well, we all know what the I.R.S., D.O.J. and N.S.A. scandals are all about... throwing the election to Obama.  Now, we have the D.O.J. and the F.B.I. who both quietly acknowledge that they colluded in supply the public with inflated facts about a mortgage fraud crackdown just before the November elections.  According to a memo circulated by the FBI and a correction posted online by the Justice Department, the number of defendants, the number of victims and the size of the losses are, in reality, a fraction of what officials claimed last October. 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/14/doj-fbi-admit-inflated-claims-about-mortgage-fraud-crackdown-last-year/#ixzz2bzRcDL9Q

Talk about phoney, Mr. President, I think the whole election was a non-phoney fraud on the American public and I further think that you and your lackeys need to be held accountable... NOW. 

I.R.S. HAS PROBLEMS WITH SAME-SEX MARRIAGES

Holy cow!  The I.R.S. has been caught with its pants down.  I wonder who is going to get screwed now? 

Since the Supreme Court ruled that the D.O.M.A. was unconstitutional and gays can marry, they don't seem to know how to treat gay married couples from a tax standpoint or from the ObamaCare standpoint.  In the meantime, of course, the I.R.S.  continues to sit on applications both new and old from conservative groups for 501 (c) (4) status.  I'll bet you they resolve the gay marriage issue long before they quit attacking conservative groups.  I mean, is Holder going to straighten them out?  Yeah, right. 

400 MISSILES STOLEN DURING BENGHAZI ATTACK

MAIL ONE is reporting a former U.S. Attorney who represents whistle-blowers with knowledge of what happened when armed militants attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya last year says 400 surface-to-air missiles were taken from Libya during the attack, and that the U.S. intelligence community is terrified they might be used to shoot down airliners. 

That would certainly explain a lot, wouldn't it?  And who might be to blame for this?  

OBAMACARE MAY START WITHOUT ADEQUATE SECURITY

While ObamaCare is scheduled to start October 1st, a new wrinkle is that the data security system is not, as of this date, ready and is months behind schedule.  The missed deadlines have pushed the government's decision on whether information technology security is up to snuff to exactly one day before that crucial date.  The exchanges may therefore open without adequate security.  

There have been multiple problems in the initiation of ObamaCare, many of them critical.  Labor unions are against the system and Congress has found a way to essentially exempt themselves from its consequences.  This is a horrible scheme being perpetrated upon the U.S. for the sole purpose of massaging the President's ego.  Why can't we simply name a garbage barge after him and let it go at that?  

OBAMA DID IT! NOT US!

Obama's the one who created a loophole around the ObamaCare provisions and found a way to let them escape all of the provisions and penalties of ObamaCare.  Members of Congress just voiced their gripes and Obama came to their rescue.  Praise the Lord!  Hallelujah! Amen!  

They get theirs and we get the shaft... Again. 

F.E.C. COLLABORATED WITH I.R.S. AGAINST CONSERVATIVES

I wondered when they would get around to this: the Vice Chairman of the Federal Election Commission has said the F.E.C. worked closely with the I.R.S. in targeting conservative groups, and probably conservative candidates, during last year's elections.  In other words, the agency responsible for collecting American taxes was engaged in undermining the American political system. 

The F.E.C. is charged with certifying that elections are conducted according to the law.  There were many serious questions after the 2008 elections pertaining to a huge volume and dollar value of foreign contributions to the Obama campaign.  The F.E.C., after Obama took office, said that there was no basis for further investigation and ended up certifying the election sometime during the 2012 election. 

WHY BENGHAZI HAPPENED?

http://www.infowars.com/confirmed-benghazi-was-coverup-of-arms-transfer-to-alqaeda/

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE: BENGHAZI COVERUP EXPANDS

Breaking late Friday, the news is that C.I.A. agents and others on the ground at the Benghazi Massacre are being required to change their names and are being dispersed throughout the country to prevent them from testifying before Congress.  Just prior to this revelation came news that agents were repeatedly being coerced into signing confidentiality agreements although they had already done so and that they were being given polygraph examinations to determine if they had said anything to anybody.  This is all under threat of losing their jobs and, I presume, going to jail if they violate the terms of their non-disclosure agreements.  

Obviously, no one... no one is every going to find the truth about Benghazi if Obama has his way.  That means to me that  crime has been committed, including obstruction of justice and contempt of Congress, plus whatever else it is that they are trying to coverup.  

For Americans to sit here with their mouths shut while this goes on is inexcusable. 

WILL THE STALLS SUCCEED?

Not wanting to be blamed for "phony" scandals, the Democrats and the Administration have been pulling out all of the stops to keep any testimony of value or any pertinent documents involving any of those "phony" scandals from coming out until the August vacation hit.  Now, they can all flitter away from the crime scene and when they come back... it'll be budget time and there'll be no time to get back into the scandal hearing mode. 

It's up to you and me to make sure that doesn't happen.  When they are out and about in the hinterlands, we need to nail them on just what it is they intend to do about getting answers for us.  When they go back, we need to have their mailbags and email boxes so full of noise that they can't hear themselves think.  

Every single one of these "phony" scandals is serious stuff, where people have gone to jail in the past.  Someone is to blame and someone has the answers.  We simply can't allow those people to be intimidated and threatened into keeping their mouths shut; the fact that such threats are being made is prima facie evidence that something criminal has been going on.  We cannot give up until the truth comes out. 

BENGHAZI STONEWALL BOMBSHELL!

I never thought I'd be in the position of thanking CNN News for anything, but they deserve big-time kudos for breaking this story. 

The CIA is polygraphing its operatives on a regular basis in an “unprecedented” effort to prevent Benghazi secrets from leaking out, CNN’s Drew Griffin is reporting, citing unnamed inside sources.  The CIA was on the ground at Benghazi during the attack, according to the story; why they were there is not known. 

Since January, some CIA operatives involved in the agency's missions in Libya, have been subjected to frequent, even monthly polygraph examinations, according to a source with deep inside knowledge of the agency's workings.  The goal of the questioning is to find out if anyone is talking to the media or Congress.  It is being described as pure intimidation, with the threat that any unauthorized CIA employee who leaks information would face the end of his or her career.  One employee says, "You have no idea the amount of pressure being brought to bear on anyone with knowledge of this operation."  

Such pressure surely comes directly from the top and, as far as I am concerned, that means the White House.  The White House, Obama in particular, has done everything from the very moment the first shot was fired to obfuscate, confuse and stonewall.  I am of the considered opinion that, one we get to the bottom of this, Obama will be impeached and ridden out of the country on a rail. 

CONGRESS CHARGES HOLDER WITH DECEPTIVE TESTIMONY

Late yesterday afternoon, word came that the House of Representatives is charging Eric Holder with deliberately deceiving Congress during testimony regarding the Justice Department illegal investigations of the Associated Press and Fox News reporter James Rosen.  The 70-page report was released late Wednesday by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. To coincide with the release, lawmakers also wrote a letter to President Obama calling for a "change in leadership" at the Justice Department.  Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/31/republican-report-concludes-holder-misled-congress-on-reporter-targeting/#ixzz2af9RgvQa. 

Well, it seems that someone in Congress has developed the courage to point the finger of blame to where it belongs.  What we do not know is whether or not these illegal attempts to compromise freedom of the press were done with Obama's knowledge, support and/or direction.  Give it a few days and there will probably be another Contempt of Congress Citation and another proclamation of Executive Privilege. 

SMART PHONES SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT MONITORING

WASHINGTON, (UPI) –  Americans should be worried that their smartphone use, text messages and Web surfing as well as phone calls, can be logged by Washington, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden warns.
“The government will not state clearly what the rules are with respect to tracking Americans on their cellphones, and I have asked this repeatedly at public hearings in the Intelligence Committee,” the Oregon Democrat and member of the Senate Intelligence Committee told the C-SPAN program “Newsmakers.”

“I can’t get into the details of any specific operation, or whether it’s being conducted, but … having that computer in your pocket increases the potential that certainly people could be tracked 24/7,” he told the program, which aired Sunday.  “Under the Patriot Act, the government’s authority to collect is essentially limitless.” 

What has transpired since the first of the current scandals hit the news about two months ago is that we have advanced from meek confessions and finger-pointing to a bold and in-your-face, "W don't care whether you like it or not, we're going to continue doing it. We have no one to blame but ourselves, for allowing this to happen to us. 

IRS PROBE WIDENS

Congressman Darrell Issa's House Committee has widened its probe into the IRS amid new allegations that the agency was unjustifiably targeting conservative organizations which already had tax exempt status.  Several groups are alleging they have been subjected to repeated audits and required to answer ludicrous questions.  The Administration continues to assert that the whole scandal is phony. 

GOVERNMENT DEMANDS YOUR PASSWORDS

Both CNET and THE BLAZE are reporting that the federal government is demanding  major internet companies turn over users’ stored passwords.  “If the government is able to determine a person’s password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could be used to log in to an account to peruse confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user,” the report says. “Obtaining it also would aid in deciphering encrypted devices in situations where passwords are reused.”  But it doesn’t end there; the government is not only requesting the passwords, but its also asking for algorithms and even security questions. 

The report does not say if we should blame the NSA, the DOJ or both.   And just how do you like the thought of some non-descript government agent having your secret passwords? 

NSA COMES UP LAME

The government agency with the fastest computer in the world, with enough available memory to suck up every byte of information ever created about 15 times over, is unable to respond to Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests because it cannot search its own emails, according to Cindy Blacker, FOIA Official for the NSA.  The way the files are set up, she insists, makes it virtually impossible to to an effective search for information.  

Sounds to me like we're the ones being set up.  I mean, isn't that beyond preposterous? 

ANOTHER BENGHAZI HERO IDENTIFIED

One of the most severely wounded survivors of the Benghazi terror attack, Diplomatic Security agent David Ubben, risked his life to help save his fellow Americans, and is still being treated at Walter Reed medical center to this day, Fox News has learned.  Ubben went back into the burning Consulate to rescue the body of Sean Smith and was on the rooftop with Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty defending the compound.  

The State Department is refusing access to the Congressional Committee investigating the Benghazi Massacre.  Our government is acting like Mafioso thugs, daring us to do anything about it. 

"PHONY SCANDALS"

Emperor Barack Husein Obama declared all scandals to be phony history yesterday and declared that the nation must turn its attention to jobs.  He stopped short of adding, "Or else." 

I see.  The IRS admission that it had been targeting conservative groups and groups with "Tea Party" or "Patriot" in their names did not take place?  We never heard it?  The NSA admission that it has been collecting all of this data, the DOJ admission that it targeted the Associated Press and FOX... all of those scandals never existed and none of those "confessions" occurred.  

So, it turns out, there is no one to blame.  That's a pretty darned convenient position to take on the day that we found out that William Wilkins, his political appointee as Chief Counsel at the IRS, met with Obama personally before Wilkins issued a list of new targets and strategies to the IRS, as the White House visitor's log of April 23rd attests.   Then, of course, there was the initial White House denial that such a meeting took place; now, the story is that the IRS was not discussed?  Why was Wilkins there, except maybe for an Easter Egg roll?  

I should add that this is the umpteenth time Obama has turned to the issue of jobs since he took office, but he has yet to do anything for jobs. 

Well, he IS the Emperor and whatever he proclaims or declares is the law of the land, right? 

SCANDALGATE UPDATE

FOX NEWS is reporting that General Carter Ham, then in charge of U.S. forces in Africa, says that it was "quickly" evident that the Benghazi attack was the act of terrorists.  “It became apparent to all of us quickly that this was not a demonstration, this was a violent attack,” Ham said.  He refused to speculate as to why Hillary Clinton insisted that it was a demonstration as a result of the infamous anti-Muslim video.  

The NATIONAL REVIEW is reporting that Community Organizers will have access to all of the information about you contained in the Federal Data Bank.  Ostensibly, this will enable them to contact you and make sure you are enrolled for ObamaCare.  "Community Organizers" represent to me the well-known organization of "ACORN."  I don't care what the damned reason is, this is a blatant, unconstitutional invasion of my privacy!  

The NSA is outraged over attempts to rein in its powers to collect data.  See MY AMERICAN OPINION.COM

THE MUCK OF THE SCANDALS IS GROWING

As reported here, Marine Colonel George Bristol was in charge of Special Operations Forces in Northern Africa on the night of the Benghazi, Libya terror attack and Congress wanted to talk with him to see what he knew.  The Pentagon said that Bristol was retired, entitled to his privacy and refused to tell Congress where to contact him.  

Congressman Lindsay Graham discovered last week that Bristol was NOT retired; we had been told another damned lie.  After a whole lot of coughing and hacking, the Pentagon has put Congress in touch with Bristol, who will be called to testify.  

In the meanwhile, there's another scandal brewing in Homeland Security involving the acting Inspector General who has been blowing a ton of our cash and who hired his wife and has allowed her to work from home.  

Meanwhile, there's a report floating about that says the IRS Chief Counsel who was appointed by the Obama Camp was at the White House for a meeting just two days before he drafted a new targeting list for the IRS. 

Looks to me like the whole damned Administration is corrupt from the top down.  And that includes Congress, because they're not doing anything except hissing, huffing and puffing. 

THE INEVITABLE QUESTION IS...

Is Holder investigating the Justice Department targeting of the press and media?

Is Holder investigating the EPA scandal?  The IRS scandal?  The NSA scandal?  The DOS scandal? The Benghazi Massacre?  

Well, then, why is he so hot to trot in investigating and prosecuting George Zimmerman? 

STATE DEPARTMENT AGENCY ON LIFE SUPPORT

An obscure little State Department agency whose work is called "critical to the Department's information security posture" has been in a shambles for years, and is still in chaos, according to FOX NEWS and an audit report by the department's inspector general released Thursday.  The security checks that the agency is supposed to perform and subsequent approvals for use that it is supposed to bestow every three years on 36 of those State Department systems have lapsed entirely, meaning that they are operating, in effect, illegally.

The Office of Information Assurance of the State Department's Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM/IA) staff apparently has no sense of what security functions their unit is actually required to perform, has failed for years to update information security manuals used by thousands of other State Department personnel, and has often left important details about the  vulnerability of  State's  information systems where they can be accessed by  people with lower-level security classifications.  

 

The problems and scandals emanating out of Washington these days are systemic, meaning they are very wide-spread, pervasive and either tolerated or directed from the very top.  It's fine to poke fun at Obama and his goons, but the fact of the matter is that our national security had been badly damaged and our standing among nations has become a water-cooler joke. 

IRS SCANDAL PRACTICALLY AT WHITE HOUSE STEPS

As expected, testimony on The Hill yesterday revealed that a top political appointee of the White House at the IRS was "in charge" of delaying all applications from conservative groups.  Carter Hull, a top administrator at the IRS said that he was taking orders from William Wilkins, the political appointee and Chief Counsel for the IRS.  Hull repeatedly said that he was not told specifically to hold up applications. But he confirmed that after meeting with the chief counsel's office, applications were eventually taken out of his control and forwarded on for "further review," which he said rarely occurred.

The committee also heard from Elizabeth Hofacre from the Cincinnati Office and Inspector General J. Russell George, who originally spilled the beans.  Democrats spared no words in trying to blame George for starting a political vendetta against the President, but failed to address the fact that the bad news came out after the November elections and not before. 

It was clear from the testimony that Lois Lerner is a central figure in everything that has been reported so far.  Although she claimed the Fifth Amendment when called to testify last month, Committee Chairman Darrell Issa has said he intends to call her back. 

My guess is that William Wilkins and Lois Lerner will soon be awarded Executive Privilege by Obama. 

HOLDER'S GAG ORDER ON NSA

Microsoft has written a letter to Eric Holder asking him to remove the gag order imposed by the Attorney General against companies that have been collecting data on Americans for the government's National Security Agency.  I didn't even know the gag order existed, it was so gagged.   The letter says the incredible secrecy prevents the company from telling the truth about the program -- to the detriment of America itself.  

Microsoft says it has resisted the government where it could: It does not provide the government with direct access to its servers and it did not give the government keys to its encryption.  

It is obvious that this Administration is going to continue to do what it wants, when it wants, and to whom it wants... whether it's legal or not. 

JUSTICE REFUSES TO PROSECUTE I.R.S. CASE

A government watchdog is alleging that the Department of Justice, once made aware of at least one case where the I.R.S. improperly accessed the tax records of a political donor or candidate, refused to prosecute.  Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to know if that DOJ decision was "politically motivated."

In a related development, the word is that a Thursday Congressional hearing is going to produce blockbuster information because it will show that instructions for audits of political donors or candidates and refusals to issue tax exempt status to conservative groups came from the "highest echelons" in Washington.  IRS agent Elizabeth Hofacre, who works in the agency's Cincinnati office, is said to be ready to excoriate her D.C. bosses. 

RECENT REVEALING STATEMENT BY SNOWDEN

Transcript of Edward Joseph Snowden statement, given at 5pm Moscow time on Friday 12th July 2013. (Transcript corrected to delivery)

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Hello. My name is Ed Snowden. A little over one month ago, I had family, a home in paradise, and I lived in great comfort. I also had the capability without any warrant to search for, seize, and read your communications. Anyone’s communications at any time. That is the power to change people’s fates.

It is also a serious violation of the law. The 4th and 5th Amendments to the Constitution of my country, Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and numerous statutes and treaties forbid such systems of massive, pervasive surveillance. While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair. These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice – that it must be seen to be done. The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law. 

I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: "Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring."

Accordingly, I did what I believed right and began a campaign to correct this wrongdoing. I did not seek to enrich myself. I did not seek to sell US secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.

That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets.

Since that time, the government and intelligence services of the United States of America have attempted to make an example of me, a warning to all others who might speak out as I have. I have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political expression. The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists. It demanded Hong Kong return me outside of the framework of its laws, in direct violation of the principle of non-refoulement – the Law of Nations. It has threatened with sanctions countries who would stand up for my human rights and the UN asylum system. It has even taken the unprecedented step of ordering military allies to ground a Latin American president’s plane in search for a political refugee. These dangerous escalations represent a threat not just to the dignity of Latin America, but to the basic rights shared by every person, every nation, to live free from persecution, and to seek and enjoy asylum.

Yet even in the face of this historically disproportionate aggression, countries around the world have offered support and asylum. These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Ecuador have my gratitude and respect for being the first to stand against human rights violations carried out by the powerful rather than the powerless. By refusing to compromise their principles in the face of intimidation, they have earned the respect of the world. It is my intention to travel to each of these countries to extend my personal thanks to their people and leaders.

I announce today my formal acceptance of all offers of support or asylum I have been extended and all others that may be offered in the future. With, for example, the grant of asylum provided by Venezuela’s President Maduro, my asylee status is now formal, and no state has a basis by which to limit or interfere with my right to enjoy that asylum. As we have seen, however, some governments in Western European and North American states have demonstrated a willingness to act outside the law, and this behavior persists today. This unlawful threat makes it impossible for me to travel to Latin America and enjoy the asylum granted there in accordance with our shared rights.

This willingness by powerful states to act extra-legally represents a threat to all of us, and must not be allowed to succeed. Accordingly, I ask for your assistance in requesting guarantees of safe passage from the relevant nations in securing my travel to Latin America, as well as requesting asylum in Russia until such time as these states accede to law and my legal travel is permitted. I will be submitting my request to Russia today, and hope it will be accepted favorably.

If you have any questions, I will answer what I can.

Thank you.

HERE'S WHO IS TO BLAME FOR ZIMMERMAN VERDICT

Ben Kruidbos, the Information Technology (IT) Director for the Florida State Attorney General's Office has been fired for revealing that the office withheld crucial evidence favoring George Zimmerman.  He said he was worried prosecutors didn’t turn over information about deleted images and text messages he recovered from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone, including photos of a hand holding a gun and a plant that looked like marijuana. 

Like Edward Snowden, the friends of the Administration seek to marginalize and punish those who stand up for what is right. 

ANOTHER PENTAGON BENGHAZI COVERUP

Ever since the Benghazi Massacre, every Administration agency even remotely involved with the event has been stalling and stonewalling.   We already know that outright lies were told and that the perpetrator, Susan Rice, is being rewarded for doing so through a promotion to the President's National Security Adviser.  We also know that there were witnesses on the ground in the Consulate and that they are now back stateside, some still under medical care, and that the Administration is refusing to name them or allow access to them. 

Marine Colonel George Bristol was in a key position that night; as such, he's high in the list of people the House would like to talk with.  But, he's now retired.  Since he's retired, the Pentagon has no idea where he is or how to reach him.  Oh, my.  They can tell you how many times the IRS Director visited the White House, who he talked to, who he emailed, who he voted for and how much he gave to candidates, but... they have no idea where a Marine Colonel is.  Members of Congress in both the House and Senate, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have asked the Pentagon for assistance in locating Bristol so that they can question him about events the night of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi; but those efforts have come up empty.  

I keep saying that when and if we ever get to the bottom of the Benghazi story, Obama will be out.  And, I insist, that is where our efforts must be directed, getting to the bottom of that night. 

ZIMMERMAN VERDICT

The Prosecution went to great lengths to blame the verdict on the jury.  Somehow, I think that's what American justice is all about.  So, why the blame? 

IS MORSI TO BLAME FOR BENGHAZI?

WND.COM is reporting that a letter by a top Libyan official blames the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens on Mohamed Morsi, the now deposed president of Egypt.  What follows is a translation of that letter. 

Ministry of Interior
National Security Directorate of Tripoli
Reference Number: 442.67D
Date: September 15, 2012
Report Regarding Egyptian Accomplice Terror Cell That Raided and Burned The American Embassy in the District of Benghazi

His Excellency and dignified Interior Minister, a blessed greetings.

We are honored to bring to his Excellency’s attention regarding the arrest of the Egyptian [terror] cell, which carried out the crime and our investigation up to this date and this hour. That is, after the carrying out of the crime of invading and burning the American general consulate building in the district of Benghazi which happened on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 which resulted in the killing of Mr. Chris Stevens, the American Ambassador in the nation of Libya and Mr. Sean Smith, who finances the Department of Information of the United States Foreign Service including other employees [working] for the embassy. Based on the confessions declared by some who were arrested at the scene of the incident and through our fruitful cooperation with the Department of Security agencies in Benghazi with the information obtained shows that some of the accomplices have escaped the scene of the crime and concentrated themselves in Tripoli. Based on this provided information, an investigative and research group in the agency gained a precise location of the whereabouts this escaped cell was hiding in the vicinity of Khilat Al-Farjan. Immediately after, they were engaged by a special strike force unit, which was able to arrest persons from the cell, all of whom are Egyptian. The initial investigation shows that the membership of the group [belongs] to the jihadist group Ansar Sharia in Egypt which was established and led by Egyptian cleric Marjan Salem.

In addition, there were extremely crucial information as to the financial sources of this group and the planners and executers of the operation which carried out the breaking and entering of the American Consulate in Benghazi and killing all occupants including the desecration of their bodies in revenge for the film which was produced by the Crusaders who produced the film that insults the Messenger, Peace and Prayers be upon Him. The most distinguished names that were obtained from the confessions by members of the cell, is the person, the President of Egypt, Muhammad Morsi, Safwat Hijazy and Saudi businessman Mansour Bin Kadasa, the owner of Al-Nas TV station, Muhammad Hassan, previous candidate Hazim Salah Abu-Ismael, Egyptian attorney named Mamdouh Ismael, Egyptian cleric Atef Abdul Rashid, and other personalities. We also promise your Excellency to exert all our efforts to complete all the investigations and place the final report with your Excellency with 48 hours, Lord willing.

We are honored to announce to your Excellency our continual care to work hard with innovation through out blood and soul for the sake of Libya the land of the brave.

[Please] accept the highest greetings

Colonel Mahmoud al-Sharif,
Security Chief – Tripoli
[SEAL] Department of Security
[SEAL] Department of Security, Tripoli
Office of Chief of Security
Issued
Number: 960-13-B
Date: 12-09-15
Signature

What is Obama's relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and did it play a role in the Benghazi Massacre?  

ANOTHER DOJ DIRTY DEED

News came out Wednesday that the Department of Justice, at our expense, funded a group of demonstrators that went to Sanford, Florida in March and April of 2010 for the express purpose of stirring up support for Trayvon Martn.  Records obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, under the Freedom of Information Act, showed that members of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service were sent to Sanford in March and April of 2012 to help manage protests. 

"These documents detail the extraordinary intervention by the Justice Department in the pressure campaign leading to the prosecution of George Zimmerman," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in a statement posted on the watchdog group's website. "My guess is that most Americans would rightly object to taxpayers paying government employees to help organize racially charged demonstrations." 

Is there no end to the continuing revelations of illegal and unethical activities being perpetrated by the various agencies of this Administration?  I wonder why they're going to lay the blame on for this?

PROPOSED I.R.S. BUDGET CUTS ARE A SHAM ON AMERICA

The proposal by the House to cut the budget of the Internal Revenue Service by $3 billion is just about the dumbest move I have ever heard of. 

To begin with, it leaves in place those responsible for the lavish spending, the conservative targeting, the mis-publication of social security numbers and other sins.  Cutting the budget is not going to stop what has been going on and continues to go on; the mentality of these people is that they will cut some payroll and keep on with "business as usual."  

This amounts to an end-run around the responsibility to investigate and assign blame and to punish those responsible.  It is an abrogation of oversight authority and totally leaves the American public without a due and proper resolution of the matter.  

This Congress refuses, absolutely refuses, to come to grips with the fact that we have an out-of-control  runaway government that can do whatever it wants, whenever it wants.  Are we to accept cutting the budget of State, E.P.A., D.O.J., N.S.A. and the rest of the gang as being the answer to misfeasance and malfeasance in office?  Are our elected officials too afraid of Obama and his goon squad to throw the bums out? 

IRS PUBLISHES 100,000 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

In a direct violation of the law, the IRS published the names and social security numbers of some 100,000 donors to tax-exempt political groups.  An IRS spokesman says they are evaluating and assessing the situation.  

Now then, why do you suppose the IRS had isolated a list of contributors to tax-exempt political organizations in the first place?  Obviously, they intended to use it for something.  I'd like to know how many people on that list are now undergoing audits, wouldn't you?   I wonder if I write a letter asking for my donation back, they will take my name off the list.  For some reason, I feel like there's a target on my back.    

SNAIL MAIL ALSO BEING MONITORED

Leslie James Pickering, a former member of a radical environmental group labeled eco-terrorists by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and called the Earth Liberation Front, told the New York Times that he found a misplaced card in his mailbox last September which indicated that the United States Postal Service was monitoring his mail.  As it turns out, there are two major programs for monitoring your mail.  The original, called Mail Covers and its successor, the Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program, photograph the front of every piece of mail that moves in the U.S. and keeps digital track of who sent it and where it was sent to.  That amounted to somewhere near 160 billion pieces of mail last year.  

Who eventually gets this information, or who has access to it and how long it is maintained and where.... are questions that the government is so far refusing to answer.  So much for the Fourth Amendment?  

WHILE YOU WERE PARTYING...

They always like the stincking stuff that can't pass the smell test to ooze out when the press and media are not paying attention and while we are out partying. 

Well, we all know that Barry and Eric told Robert Mueller and the FBI to be the ones to investigate the IRS.  Then we know that a few weeks later, Robert was asked who was in charge of the investigation and he didn't have the slightest idea.  Then, of course, there was Lois Lerner, who batted her eyes at Congress and told them how innocent she was, and then pleaded the Fifth Amendment. 

Wednesday, just as the parties were starting and the press and the media ran out of stuff to report on the Zimmerman trial, someone brought out the point that the FBI has yet to talk to any of the conservative groups or individuals that were targeted for audits or delayed issuance of a 501 (c) (4) status.  And by Thursday, while we were all headed to the convenience store to reload on party materials, Lois "The Innocent," faced with a potential Contempt of Congress citation, suggested that she might be willing to go ahead and testify after all... if she's granted immunity from prosecution for what she has to say. 

And then I started to think... Is this all just one big, fat charade, or what?  First, there was Fast & Furious.  Eric and his boys rushed out, gathered all of the evidence and stonewalled Congress.  Eric even received a Contempt of Congress Citation over that, and where did that get us?  Assertion of Executive Privilege by Barry.  And all of the huffing and puffing from Congress that, by God, we ARE going to get to the bottom of this, Fast & Furious is ancient history, relegated to the "stories that might have been." 

Did the FBI ever really investigate the Benghazi Massacre, or was that also just a dog and pony show, and where is all of THAT evidence?  Has the FBI even decided yet to assign one agent... any agent... to the IRS investigation?  Will the DOJ ever investigate the DOJ, and who's in charge of that evidence?  What about the NSA surveillance of Americans and who, besides the Billy Graham organization, has actually been surveilled?  Is all of this huffing and puffing by Congress just all for show?  Are Barry, Eric and Congress simply massaging the public prostates?  

Are we simply figments of our own imaginations?  Do we care?  Will we ever have had enough of all of this horseshit? 

HI

Hiatus until Monday the 8th.  Enjoy the 4th, don't drink and drive.  

While you're enjoying yourselves, keep in mind that the FBI, assigned by Holder and the President to investigate the IRS targeting of conservative groups over a month ago, has yet to contact any one of them.  

AND NOW, ANOTHER APOLOGY

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has apologized for telling Congress the National Security Agency doesn’t gather data on millions of Americans. 

Another of many lies told to us, many under oath, by our civil servants who refuse to stand up and take the blame for the errors of their ways.  I just wish one of them, any one of them, would have the guts and the courage to stand up and tell us why they did the things they did and who told them to do them. 

And they are puzzled as to why they all disgust us? 

A NEW BENGHAZI THEORY

DEMOCRACY NOW reports that a new book is suggesting that the killing of Ambassador Stevens and three others at Benghazi last year was the result of "blowback" over a secret assassination operation in North Africa run by the U.S. under Obama's direction.  Stevens was evidently unaware of the scheme.  It sounds plausible. 

Yes, it's going on a year... July 11th will be 10 months of successful stonewalling on the part of Obama and his goon squad. 

QUESTION OF THE YEAR

Will the Democratic controlled U.S. Senate ratify the signing by Obama of the U.N. Small Arms Weapons Treaty and throw the 2nd Amendment into chaos?  And, if so, what will our illustrious Supreme Court do about it? 

And, who will be to blame if it all comes to pass?