Or, put another way, "Remove the Stain of Barak Hussein Obama from American Politics" Day!
Today we can rebuke and remove America's first anti-American president.
Today we can rebuke and replace the Reid/Pelosi congress.
Today we can set the nation on a path of recovery and renewal!
We can repeal the government takeover of healthcare - Obamacare - and get rid of it. (Also, disabuse some "conservatives" of crafting some kind of interstate "market" for health care insurance that just begs for federal regulation of interstate commerce).
Today we can start fixing the economy instead of harming it.
Every dollar taken from the economy in taxes is a net loss to the economy. We must lower taxes and slash federal spending. NOW!
Today we can fix it so we rescue Ambassadors under attack by terrorists instead of letting them die in the street.
Today we can avoid plunging off the fiscal cliff and defuse the January 1 tax bomb.
Today we can chase Chicago/Alinsky politics out of Washington.
Today is the day of the American Renewal. Let's make it happen today!
Showing posts with label Barak Hussein Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barak Hussein Obama. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Monday, August 1, 2011
Thoughts on the Proposed Debt Limit Deal
We now have a proposed “bipartisan” debt deal hammered out by the people who have put us in the position of having unsustainable spending levels and unsustainable debt in the first place, and foisted upon the American people and Congressional rank-and-file sight unseen:
Spending levels are economically unsustainable now, and will be unsustainable after this debt deal.
The debt level is economically unsustainable now, and will be worse after this deal.
While raising the debt limit will allow the treasury to borrow money to continue the present unsustainable level of spending, it will not preserve the US’ AAA bond rating.
The US will not default on its debt obligations whether or not the debt deal passes.
The debt deal permits immediate access to the first tranche of borrowing, and will permit the entire amount to be borrowed in less than a year, yet the spending “cuts” are spread out over ten years. This gives Barak Obama a blank check for two years, and handcuffs the replacement President for the next eight.
The spending “cuts” are reductions in the baseline growth over government spending over the ten years, not actual cuts to the existing budget. This deal actually cuts nothing, it only slows the growth of spending, and not even at a rate below inflation.
The deal exempts cuts to the greatest sources of budget busting in the future: Social Security, Medicare, and Obamacare.
The debt deal will permit the balance of the fiscal year to be spent as set forth in the continuing budget resolution (remember, the Democrats have not passed a actual federal budget in more than 800 days).
If a budget deal is not passed, the US will not be able to borrow additional sums of money. It would be, therefore, a “poor man’s” balanced budget amendment, or better yet, a spending cannot exceed revenues cap. It is a back-door way to forced fiscal responsibility in spending.
If the US is not in the market for loanable funds, the demand for investment funds is therefore decreased, which has the effect of lowering interest rates on such investments.
Given all this, what is the benefit of this debt deal?
If a budget deal is not passed, the US’ bond rating will certainly be downgraded.
If the US’ bond rating is downgraded, interest rates might rise from 0.1 to 0.5 points, and they are already at near historical lows, however, this will be offset by the decrease in interest rates on investment funds. Given the Fed’s qualitative easing over the last several months, an small interest rate increase is likely in any event.
If a budget deal is not passed, the Obama administration would pick and choose which programs get paid and which programs will become prorated or impounded, that is, which are short-paid and which are not paid at all. In any event, there is adequate revenues coming into the Treasury to service all US debt and continue Defense, FAA, Social Security, and Medicare payments if Obama so chose. Senator Pat Toomey has proposed legislation directing the priority of payments, and Congress can certainly direct the Administration by law if it so chose.
If a budget deal is not passed, non-essential government workers would likely be furloughed. Thus, we will get to see how many people are on the government payroll that are not doing anything essential for taxpayers. One wonders why we have non-essential government workers in the first place. In years past, when this happens, the government workers get paid for the furloughed days anyway, which just provides these government workers yet another paid holiday at taxpayer expense.
Politically, Obama will blame Republicans and the Tea Party for a government shutdown. But, as all elements of government are held in extremely low regard by the people, what difference would it make? Since none of the GOP’s leading candidates for president in 2012 are involved in this budget and debt limit mess, but Obama is, a shutdown will hurt Obama’s reelection chances as much as anyone’s.
Lastly, it bears mentioning that every budgetary and economic government action has unforeseen economic consequences. These can be good or bad, and they are certainly hard to predict. So, the budget deal at least alleviates uncertainty, even as it simply postpones a real date of reckoning.
So, is it worth it to the taxpayers and for the rank-and-file of each party in Congress to accept this budget deal to possibly avoid a bond rating downgrade, in fact avoid forced government belt-tightening, and the political ramifications of a partial government shutdown?
Spending levels are economically unsustainable now, and will be unsustainable after this debt deal.
The debt level is economically unsustainable now, and will be worse after this deal.
While raising the debt limit will allow the treasury to borrow money to continue the present unsustainable level of spending, it will not preserve the US’ AAA bond rating.
The US will not default on its debt obligations whether or not the debt deal passes.
The debt deal permits immediate access to the first tranche of borrowing, and will permit the entire amount to be borrowed in less than a year, yet the spending “cuts” are spread out over ten years. This gives Barak Obama a blank check for two years, and handcuffs the replacement President for the next eight.
The spending “cuts” are reductions in the baseline growth over government spending over the ten years, not actual cuts to the existing budget. This deal actually cuts nothing, it only slows the growth of spending, and not even at a rate below inflation.
The deal exempts cuts to the greatest sources of budget busting in the future: Social Security, Medicare, and Obamacare.
The debt deal will permit the balance of the fiscal year to be spent as set forth in the continuing budget resolution (remember, the Democrats have not passed a actual federal budget in more than 800 days).
If a budget deal is not passed, the US will not be able to borrow additional sums of money. It would be, therefore, a “poor man’s” balanced budget amendment, or better yet, a spending cannot exceed revenues cap. It is a back-door way to forced fiscal responsibility in spending.
If the US is not in the market for loanable funds, the demand for investment funds is therefore decreased, which has the effect of lowering interest rates on such investments.
Given all this, what is the benefit of this debt deal?
If a budget deal is not passed, the US’ bond rating will certainly be downgraded.
If the US’ bond rating is downgraded, interest rates might rise from 0.1 to 0.5 points, and they are already at near historical lows, however, this will be offset by the decrease in interest rates on investment funds. Given the Fed’s qualitative easing over the last several months, an small interest rate increase is likely in any event.
If a budget deal is not passed, the Obama administration would pick and choose which programs get paid and which programs will become prorated or impounded, that is, which are short-paid and which are not paid at all. In any event, there is adequate revenues coming into the Treasury to service all US debt and continue Defense, FAA, Social Security, and Medicare payments if Obama so chose. Senator Pat Toomey has proposed legislation directing the priority of payments, and Congress can certainly direct the Administration by law if it so chose.
If a budget deal is not passed, non-essential government workers would likely be furloughed. Thus, we will get to see how many people are on the government payroll that are not doing anything essential for taxpayers. One wonders why we have non-essential government workers in the first place. In years past, when this happens, the government workers get paid for the furloughed days anyway, which just provides these government workers yet another paid holiday at taxpayer expense.
Politically, Obama will blame Republicans and the Tea Party for a government shutdown. But, as all elements of government are held in extremely low regard by the people, what difference would it make? Since none of the GOP’s leading candidates for president in 2012 are involved in this budget and debt limit mess, but Obama is, a shutdown will hurt Obama’s reelection chances as much as anyone’s.
Lastly, it bears mentioning that every budgetary and economic government action has unforeseen economic consequences. These can be good or bad, and they are certainly hard to predict. So, the budget deal at least alleviates uncertainty, even as it simply postpones a real date of reckoning.
So, is it worth it to the taxpayers and for the rank-and-file of each party in Congress to accept this budget deal to possibly avoid a bond rating downgrade, in fact avoid forced government belt-tightening, and the political ramifications of a partial government shutdown?
Monday, May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden Has Assumed Room Temperature
The one time in my life I was pleased to hear something - anything - out of B. Hussein Obama's mouth was last night. Osama bin Laden has been killed by the United States military. In Pakistan, which we knew was harboring al Qaeda's founder all along.
We are sure of two things: bin Laden's death was assured on 9/11, and Barak Hussein Obama had nothing to do with causing it.
We can all be very, very thankful that we killed the bastard so he can rot in hell. And that he was not captured so the idiot AG Eric Holder could put him on trial.
As a super added bonus, May Day will no longer be referred to as that Communist celebration in the United States, but as The Day We Heard Osama bin Laden Was Dead Day. It has a better ring to it.
A toast to our fighting men putting bad guys down in places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. May many, many more follow bin Laden to Hell.
P.S. Rob Bell: there is a Hell, and Osama bin Laden is in it.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Reform the TSA Now!
In the balance between security and liberty, the Obama regime has gone too far. The obtrusive, offensive, and unconstitutional searches of airline travellers must end.
Under what legal theory do we believe that airports are Constitution-free zones? Under what legal theory can it be implied that a commercial transaction between private parties (purchasing an airline ticket) comprises a waiver of Constitutional rights?
Under what legal theory does the Obama regime assume that American citizens that do not qualify for even a Terry stop can be subjected to sexual assault or a strip search merely because they want to travel?
Why does the "brilliant" Obama need to be told that treating each and every airline passenger as as a potential terrorist is anti-intellectual? Is EVERY traveller a potential terrorist? And, we are willing to trust the controls of a plane to a pilot, but we want to search him for explosive underwear first? We do have a description of suspect airline bombers/hijackers. Let's put those people to enhanced searches. It is usually those people who are waved through security, sacrificing real airline safety and civil rights of travellers on the altar of political correctness.
I understand why Obama would innately be drawn to Soviet-style police state searches of American citizens, but even the KGB targeted its efforts. Even authoritarian overseas regimes in terrorist-rich regions do not subject travellers to physical assaults and strip searches to travel. I know, I've travelled there.
Congress needs to step in now and end the offensive touchings and virtual strip searches immediately. A valid, effective security process would involve merely this - metal detectors for persons, x-ray the belongings, and send everything past an explosives sniffer (either mechanical or animal). Instead of spending money on a radiation-spewing back scatter device, we should have spent the funds on a combination x-ray machine/explosive compound detector. Enhanced
I knew when Bush wanted the Department of Homeland Security created, we could not trust it to the Democrats because they would use it against the citizens. Liberals can never, ever be trusted with power.
Under what legal theory do we believe that airports are Constitution-free zones? Under what legal theory can it be implied that a commercial transaction between private parties (purchasing an airline ticket) comprises a waiver of Constitutional rights?
Under what legal theory does the Obama regime assume that American citizens that do not qualify for even a Terry stop can be subjected to sexual assault or a strip search merely because they want to travel?
Why does the "brilliant" Obama need to be told that treating each and every airline passenger as as a potential terrorist is anti-intellectual? Is EVERY traveller a potential terrorist? And, we are willing to trust the controls of a plane to a pilot, but we want to search him for explosive underwear first? We do have a description of suspect airline bombers/hijackers. Let's put those people to enhanced searches. It is usually those people who are waved through security, sacrificing real airline safety and civil rights of travellers on the altar of political correctness.
I understand why Obama would innately be drawn to Soviet-style police state searches of American citizens, but even the KGB targeted its efforts. Even authoritarian overseas regimes in terrorist-rich regions do not subject travellers to physical assaults and strip searches to travel. I know, I've travelled there.
Congress needs to step in now and end the offensive touchings and virtual strip searches immediately. A valid, effective security process would involve merely this - metal detectors for persons, x-ray the belongings, and send everything past an explosives sniffer (either mechanical or animal). Instead of spending money on a radiation-spewing back scatter device, we should have spent the funds on a combination x-ray machine/explosive compound detector. Enhanced
I knew when Bush wanted the Department of Homeland Security created, we could not trust it to the Democrats because they would use it against the citizens. Liberals can never, ever be trusted with power.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Continued Fleecing of Taxpayers by Government Motors
Today, Government Motors will issue an "initial" public offering of taxpayer-owned GM stock. While the taxpayers and shafted secured debt holders of GM paid for GM's bailout, the taxpayers took about a half interest in Government Motors and Obama gave the other half to the UAW, which invested nothing. Obama's justification that the labor of the UAW workers on the line amounts to corporate capital is straight out of Karl Marx's Das Kaptial.
Today's Government Motors stock firesale means that the taxpayers will see a permanent loss of over 9 billion dollars on the GM bailout. Furthermore, it will make the UAW the largest single shareholder and corporate controller of Government Motors.
In their wildest dreams the union thugs in this country would never have imagined that a president would transfer the ownership of GM to the unions, but it has indeed occurred -- and financed by the taxpayers and secured debt holders of GM to boot!
The transfer of taxpayer wealth to unions continues unabated, and more generosity to Government Motors new union owners is forthcoming. Wait until Obama and the Democrats forgive the loans to Government Motors Ed Whiteacre lied about repaying.
Today's Government Motors stock firesale means that the taxpayers will see a permanent loss of over 9 billion dollars on the GM bailout. Furthermore, it will make the UAW the largest single shareholder and corporate controller of Government Motors.
In their wildest dreams the union thugs in this country would never have imagined that a president would transfer the ownership of GM to the unions, but it has indeed occurred -- and financed by the taxpayers and secured debt holders of GM to boot!
The transfer of taxpayer wealth to unions continues unabated, and more generosity to Government Motors new union owners is forthcoming. Wait until Obama and the Democrats forgive the loans to Government Motors Ed Whiteacre lied about repaying.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Remembering 9/11
Yesterday was the 9th anniversary of the Islamic attack that destroyed the twin towers in New York City, hit the Pentagon in Washington DC, and forced the passengers of a jet to crash in Shanksville, PA.
President Barak Hussein Obama spent it trying to appease Muslims.
While my motto about 9/11 is "never forgive, never forget, and never submit", we have a President far more interested in convincing Americans that heretical Islam is "true" Islam because he says so.
While it may well be in the United States' best interests to pervert Islam into some sort of watered down Rick Warren-esque meaningless mainstream religion, he should not spend time trying to convince the American people that madrases funded by Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan already instruct Muslims in that manner. They don't.
Never Forgive. Never Forget. Never Submit. Not even if a President named Barak Hussein Obama tells you that we have nothing to worry about from Islam.
President Barak Hussein Obama spent it trying to appease Muslims.
While my motto about 9/11 is "never forgive, never forget, and never submit", we have a President far more interested in convincing Americans that heretical Islam is "true" Islam because he says so.
While it may well be in the United States' best interests to pervert Islam into some sort of watered down Rick Warren-esque meaningless mainstream religion, he should not spend time trying to convince the American people that madrases funded by Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan already instruct Muslims in that manner. They don't.
Never Forgive. Never Forget. Never Submit. Not even if a President named Barak Hussein Obama tells you that we have nothing to worry about from Islam.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Obama's Economic Guru Resigns
Christina Romer, chair of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, is resigning her post. Romer, said to be an expert in the Great Depression, has done her best to get us into another Great Depression.
Romer's economic guidance has been devastating to the country. Never before has this nation had so much long term unemployment, not even under Carter's devastating tenure.
Roemer was the chief architect of Obama's great economic failure, the Obama Excessive Government Spending and Debt Plan (a/k/a the "Stimulus"). Romer co-wrote a justification paper saying the Obama Stimulus would keep unemployment rates from rising above 8%. She was, predictably, dead wrong. Liberals who call themselves economists always are. Even so, she has advocated a path of "doubling down" by borrowing yet more Chinese money and increasing government spending even more.
Her failure will almost certainly be rewarded with an appointment as the chairwoman of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. Such is the path of the liberal elite.
Romer's economic guidance has been devastating to the country. Never before has this nation had so much long term unemployment, not even under Carter's devastating tenure.
Roemer was the chief architect of Obama's great economic failure, the Obama Excessive Government Spending and Debt Plan (a/k/a the "Stimulus"). Romer co-wrote a justification paper saying the Obama Stimulus would keep unemployment rates from rising above 8%. She was, predictably, dead wrong. Liberals who call themselves economists always are. Even so, she has advocated a path of "doubling down" by borrowing yet more Chinese money and increasing government spending even more.
Her failure will almost certainly be rewarded with an appointment as the chairwoman of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. Such is the path of the liberal elite.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
GM Continues to Rob Taxpayers
GM announced today that it is taking $3,100,000,000.00 of the taxpayer money it has lying around (and lied about repaying "in full") and using this taxpayer money for purchasing a sub-prime lending firm. Recall that GM jettisoned their own dying credit arm GMAC (now the ironically named "Ally" Bank) into the TARP bailout fund.
The Obama Administration has used your hard-earned tax dollars to enrich his union enablers the UAW as surely as if he personally put their hands in your wallet. While GM is still overbloated and losing money, they are spending your tax dollars to take a profitable business down with them.
In what world turned upside down does this make any economic, financial, business, or political sense?
The Obama Administration has used your hard-earned tax dollars to enrich his union enablers the UAW as surely as if he personally put their hands in your wallet. While GM is still overbloated and losing money, they are spending your tax dollars to take a profitable business down with them.
In what world turned upside down does this make any economic, financial, business, or political sense?
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Our Financier Snubs Obama Again
Red China says NO to a proposed "fence mending" visit from Sec. Def. Gates while he was in the region.
Hey Obama - how is that era of improved foreign relations coming along? How does this help us address North Korean aggression?
I've said it before - weakness invites attack, from terrorists, competitor nations, and politicians. The Obama regime is so obviously out of their league on the world stage that they endanger Americans every second the regime remains in power.
Hey Obama - how is that era of improved foreign relations coming along? How does this help us address North Korean aggression?
I've said it before - weakness invites attack, from terrorists, competitor nations, and politicians. The Obama regime is so obviously out of their league on the world stage that they endanger Americans every second the regime remains in power.
Friday, May 28, 2010
How to Try to Bury a Story
Release it past the deadlines on Friday before a three day national holiday, of course! From the self described most transparent and ethical administration in history.
White House asked Clinton to talk to Sestak about Senate run
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/05/exclusive_white_house_asked_cl_1.html
White House asked Clinton to talk to Sestak about Senate run
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/05/exclusive_white_house_asked_cl_1.html
More On Obama's Destruction of Intelligence Sharing
A week ago, I posted that B. Hussein Obama was damaging the nation's security and ability to prevent terrorist attacks by withholding intelligence sharing between this nation's intelligence services.
http://redwarning.blogspot.com/2010/05/obama-is-destroying-us-intelligence.html
I the prior article, I stated that John Brennan was favored by the Obama regime over Jim Clapper for the appointment of the next DNI. I still believe this.
Today, Obama's operatives on the Senate Intelligence Committee have leaked that they do not want to have Jim Clapper sent to the committee as the next DNI.
Yesterday, it was revealed that Obama's real first choice, John Brennan, gave a speech saying that jihad was a legitimate tenant of Islam, and that the nation should not refer to attacks by Islamists as either terrorism or jihad.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/27/counterterror-adviser-defends-jihad-legitimate-tenet-islam/
These statements reveal that Brennan is so out of touch with political realities that he will never get past the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Which means that the nation will likely suffer the appointment of a career politician, Leon Panetta, currently the director of the CIA, as the next Director of National Intelligence. Leon Panetta was at the time of his appointment as the DCIA the least qualified person in the history of the position to be named to it. Of course, B. Hussein Obama was the least qualified person in history to obtain the office of the Presidency, so it really is a case of "next verse, same as the first" for the Obama regime.
We will see if Leon Panetta has the gut to take on Obama, Holder, and Napolitano over the issue of segregated intelligence streams. I doubt it.
http://redwarning.blogspot.com/2010/05/obama-is-destroying-us-intelligence.html
I the prior article, I stated that John Brennan was favored by the Obama regime over Jim Clapper for the appointment of the next DNI. I still believe this.
Today, Obama's operatives on the Senate Intelligence Committee have leaked that they do not want to have Jim Clapper sent to the committee as the next DNI.
Yesterday, it was revealed that Obama's real first choice, John Brennan, gave a speech saying that jihad was a legitimate tenant of Islam, and that the nation should not refer to attacks by Islamists as either terrorism or jihad.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/27/counterterror-adviser-defends-jihad-legitimate-tenet-islam/
These statements reveal that Brennan is so out of touch with political realities that he will never get past the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Which means that the nation will likely suffer the appointment of a career politician, Leon Panetta, currently the director of the CIA, as the next Director of National Intelligence. Leon Panetta was at the time of his appointment as the DCIA the least qualified person in the history of the position to be named to it. Of course, B. Hussein Obama was the least qualified person in history to obtain the office of the Presidency, so it really is a case of "next verse, same as the first" for the Obama regime.
We will see if Leon Panetta has the gut to take on Obama, Holder, and Napolitano over the issue of segregated intelligence streams. I doubt it.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Obama: Sending Troops to the Border?
I had been wondering what Obama would do to preempt Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's effective use of the Arizona National Guard to enforce the border between Arizona and Mexico. We now have the answer.
Obama plans to nationalize the Arizona National Guard and put them in an unarmed, away from the border, purely ineffective support role "supporting" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This after John Morton, Assistant Secretary of State for Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the Arizona law enforcing the federal laws is "not good government."
It was clear that the Obama regime was going to fight Arizona all the way on this. Obama just did what he could by removing the Arizona National Guard from Brewer's control, while spinning it like he is doing something to support border enforcement. Brewer would be wise to tell Obama, Reid, and Pelosi "thanks, but no thanks."
UPDATE: 24 hours later, my beliefs are confirmed. The State Department announced the US National Guard troops being sent to the Mexican border will NOT be used to stem the flow of illegal aliens across the frontier and will not enforce US immigration laws.
State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters, "It's not about immigration."
Your move, Arizona.
Obama plans to nationalize the Arizona National Guard and put them in an unarmed, away from the border, purely ineffective support role "supporting" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This after John Morton, Assistant Secretary of State for Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the Arizona law enforcing the federal laws is "not good government."
It was clear that the Obama regime was going to fight Arizona all the way on this. Obama just did what he could by removing the Arizona National Guard from Brewer's control, while spinning it like he is doing something to support border enforcement. Brewer would be wise to tell Obama, Reid, and Pelosi "thanks, but no thanks."
UPDATE: 24 hours later, my beliefs are confirmed. The State Department announced the US National Guard troops being sent to the Mexican border will NOT be used to stem the flow of illegal aliens across the frontier and will not enforce US immigration laws.
State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters, "It's not about immigration."
Your move, Arizona.
Plug the Damn Hole!
Word leaked that Obama was acting all tough with his aides behind closed doors and said "Plug the damn hole!"
At first, I thought he was talking about the leaky border between Mexico and the United States, but no, he was complaining about BP.
At first, I thought he was talking about the leaky border between Mexico and the United States, but no, he was complaining about BP.
Obama's Redistribution Plan Is Working As Designed
Private pay is down, government handouts of taxpayer money is up. Just like Obama told Joe the Plumber in a rare moment of honesty. Of course, tax revenues are down and the taxable base of private workers is shrinking, just like Greece.
White House approved media story at the link "Private Pay Shrinks To Historic Lows" cannot hide the facts.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
New Black Panther DoJ Trial Attorney Resigns
The Obama regime is OK with violent criminals intimidating voters, but wants desperately to find someone, ANYONE, with a Tea Party affiliation doing anything wrong.
The ethical attorneys remaining in the DoJ are jumping ship.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31574180/J-Christian-Adams-resignation-letter-051910
The ethical attorneys remaining in the DoJ are jumping ship.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31574180/J-Christian-Adams-resignation-letter-051910
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Obama Is Destroying US Intelligence Sharing
B. Hussein Obama forced retired Admiral Dennis Blair to resign the office of Director of National Intelligence. The mainstream media spin will be that Blair never had the support of the White House, fought unnecessary and unpopular turf wars, appointed the wrong people, and had to take the fall for recent intelligence failures.
If I have learned anything in my years walking this earth, the mainstream media will have it wrong. This is assuredly NOT a case of Admiral Blair "walking the plank" for intelligence failures during his tenure.
Maybe this is a case of removing an unpopular DNI. And maybe this is a case of the President of the United States removing a watchdog from the warehouse so the criminals will have an easier time of it.
I believe it likely that Obama insider and White House operative John O. Brennan, not retired General and current Pentagon intel chief Jim Clapper, will be named the new Director of National Intelligence. Liberals opposed John Brennan for the top spot at the CIA early on in the Obama tenure. Watch as liberals wilt in the face of Obama/Brennan now.
The Director of National Intelligence, a position few people know about, is actually the new head of the US Central Intelligence operation - boss of the CIA. I have a long job description of the Director of National Intelligence at the bottom of this post. Suffice to say, his job is to act as the gathering point for all US intelligence, and provide the methods for effective sharing of intelligence between US intelligence agencies so these agencies are not “stove piped” and miss seeing the larger intelligence picture.
Now, it has happened since the ascension of the Obama regime, that the Department of Justice, including the FBI, is no longer sharing intelligence information of any sort with the United States Military intelligence apparatus. The Department of Justice is headed by the Attorney General, and the Attorney General (both by his own authority and upon the instruction of the President) has the ability to veto the intelligence sharing rules promulgated by the Director of National Intelligence.
The Attorney General is Eric Holder. Eric Holder and Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano, along with B. Hussein Obama, are not concerned with protecting the homeland from foreign invasion. This much is crystal clear. Janet Napolitano was the prior governor of Arizona who failed to stem the tide of illegal immigrants in Arizona, directly leading to recent Arizona laws designed to make the state safe again. The same Janet Napolitano that said she would never have signed the new Arizona law if she were still governor. The same Janet Napolitano that issued a Homeland Security warning upon taking office warning US law enforcement against the threat of “right wing extremists.” Not worried about al Qaeda, worried about the Tea Party.
This is the same Eric Holder that made a huge deal about arresting a “right-wing militia” group in Hutaree (later discovered to be composed of registered Democrats). Even the FBI case against the Hutaree group is falling apart. Even U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts exclaimed in a pre-trial hearing “I share the frustration of the defense … with all of the responses that are coming from this witness [FBI Lead Agent Leslie Larsen] that she doesn’t know anything.” Judge Roberts release the group on bail, ruling that they “do not pose a threat to the community.”
If I were to speculate, I would suspect that Dennis Blair was pushing for complete sharing of the intelligence gathered by the Intelligence Community among the entire Intelligence Community. I would additionally speculate that Eric Holder, either of his own directive or under the direction of B. Hussein Obama, overruled Dennis Blair and determined to keep the Department of Justice intelligence information completely away from the U.S. military intelligence services. I would suspect that this caused friction between Blair and the White House, and lead directly to the sacking of Blair. And, I would suspect that the FBI does not want the military to see its intelligence gathering because it is focused on US citizens who oppose the policies of the Administration in an attempt to paint them as right-wing militia members, and that some of these folks are or are close to people in the military.
If my speculation is correct, it means the FBI is stove piping their intelligence information, whether it pertains to US citizens or foreign nationals with ties to overseas terrorists, because they wish to mask their politically motivated investigations from the larger intelligence community.
The stove piping of intelligence information is the pre-9/11 mindset, and directly lead to the intelligence gaps that made the 9/11 attacks successful. This stove piping runs directly against the purpose of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004. Recall the report of the post-9/11 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States:
"A "smart" government would integrate all sources of information to see the enemy as a whole. Integrated all-source analysis should also inform and shape strategies to collect more intelligence."
When the Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, withholds its intelligence from other members of the Intelligence Community, it is the opposite of “smart” government. Of course, that has been the hallmark of the Obama regime.
What follows is the job description of the Director of National Intelligence. You can see how the Attorney General has the Director in a political headlock:
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the President, the Director of National Intelligence (Director) shall serve as the head of the Intelligence Community, act as the principal adviser to the President, to the NSC, and to the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to national security, and shall oversee and direct the implementation of the National Intelligence Program. The Director will lead a unified, coordinated, and effective intelligence effort. Except as otherwise directed by the President or prohibited by law, the Director shall:
A. have access to all information and intelligence. For the purpose of access to and sharing of information and intelligence, the Director: (1) will determine that intelligence, regardless of the source from which derived and including information gathered within or outside the United States, pertains to more than one United States Government agency; and (2) Shall develop guidelines for how information or intelligence is provided to or accessed by the Intelligence Community. All guidelines developed in accordance with this section shall be approved by the Attorney General and, where applicable, shall be consistent with guidelines issued pursuant to section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458) (IRTPA).
B. Shall ensure, through appropriate policies and procedures, the deconfliction, coordination, and integration of all intelligence activities conducted by an Intelligence Community element or funded by the National Intelligence Program. In accordance with these policies and procedures:
(A) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall coordinate the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence collected through human sources or through human-enabled means and counterintelligence activities inside the United States;
(B) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall coordinate the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence collected through human sources or through human-enabled means and counterintelligence activities outside the United States;
(C) All policies and procedures for the coordination of counterintelligence activities and the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence inside the United States shall be subject to the approval of the Attorney General; and
(D) All policies and procedures developed under this section shall be coordinated with the heads of affected departments and Intelligence Community elements.
1.5 Duties and Responsibilities of the Heads of Executive Branch Departments and Agencies. The heads of all departments and agencies shall:
(a) Provide the Director access to all information and intelligence relevant to the national security or that otherwise is required for the performance of the Director's duties, to include administrative and other appropriate management information, except such information excluded by law, by the President, or by the Attorney General acting under this order at the direction of the President.
If I have learned anything in my years walking this earth, the mainstream media will have it wrong. This is assuredly NOT a case of Admiral Blair "walking the plank" for intelligence failures during his tenure.
Maybe this is a case of removing an unpopular DNI. And maybe this is a case of the President of the United States removing a watchdog from the warehouse so the criminals will have an easier time of it.
I believe it likely that Obama insider and White House operative John O. Brennan, not retired General and current Pentagon intel chief Jim Clapper, will be named the new Director of National Intelligence. Liberals opposed John Brennan for the top spot at the CIA early on in the Obama tenure. Watch as liberals wilt in the face of Obama/Brennan now.
The Director of National Intelligence, a position few people know about, is actually the new head of the US Central Intelligence operation - boss of the CIA. I have a long job description of the Director of National Intelligence at the bottom of this post. Suffice to say, his job is to act as the gathering point for all US intelligence, and provide the methods for effective sharing of intelligence between US intelligence agencies so these agencies are not “stove piped” and miss seeing the larger intelligence picture.
Now, it has happened since the ascension of the Obama regime, that the Department of Justice, including the FBI, is no longer sharing intelligence information of any sort with the United States Military intelligence apparatus. The Department of Justice is headed by the Attorney General, and the Attorney General (both by his own authority and upon the instruction of the President) has the ability to veto the intelligence sharing rules promulgated by the Director of National Intelligence.
The Attorney General is Eric Holder. Eric Holder and Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano, along with B. Hussein Obama, are not concerned with protecting the homeland from foreign invasion. This much is crystal clear. Janet Napolitano was the prior governor of Arizona who failed to stem the tide of illegal immigrants in Arizona, directly leading to recent Arizona laws designed to make the state safe again. The same Janet Napolitano that said she would never have signed the new Arizona law if she were still governor. The same Janet Napolitano that issued a Homeland Security warning upon taking office warning US law enforcement against the threat of “right wing extremists.” Not worried about al Qaeda, worried about the Tea Party.
This is the same Eric Holder that made a huge deal about arresting a “right-wing militia” group in Hutaree (later discovered to be composed of registered Democrats). Even the FBI case against the Hutaree group is falling apart. Even U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts exclaimed in a pre-trial hearing “I share the frustration of the defense … with all of the responses that are coming from this witness [FBI Lead Agent Leslie Larsen] that she doesn’t know anything.” Judge Roberts release the group on bail, ruling that they “do not pose a threat to the community.”
If I were to speculate, I would suspect that Dennis Blair was pushing for complete sharing of the intelligence gathered by the Intelligence Community among the entire Intelligence Community. I would additionally speculate that Eric Holder, either of his own directive or under the direction of B. Hussein Obama, overruled Dennis Blair and determined to keep the Department of Justice intelligence information completely away from the U.S. military intelligence services. I would suspect that this caused friction between Blair and the White House, and lead directly to the sacking of Blair. And, I would suspect that the FBI does not want the military to see its intelligence gathering because it is focused on US citizens who oppose the policies of the Administration in an attempt to paint them as right-wing militia members, and that some of these folks are or are close to people in the military.
If my speculation is correct, it means the FBI is stove piping their intelligence information, whether it pertains to US citizens or foreign nationals with ties to overseas terrorists, because they wish to mask their politically motivated investigations from the larger intelligence community.
The stove piping of intelligence information is the pre-9/11 mindset, and directly lead to the intelligence gaps that made the 9/11 attacks successful. This stove piping runs directly against the purpose of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004. Recall the report of the post-9/11 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States:
"A "smart" government would integrate all sources of information to see the enemy as a whole. Integrated all-source analysis should also inform and shape strategies to collect more intelligence."
When the Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, withholds its intelligence from other members of the Intelligence Community, it is the opposite of “smart” government. Of course, that has been the hallmark of the Obama regime.
What follows is the job description of the Director of National Intelligence. You can see how the Attorney General has the Director in a political headlock:
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the President, the Director of National Intelligence (Director) shall serve as the head of the Intelligence Community, act as the principal adviser to the President, to the NSC, and to the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to national security, and shall oversee and direct the implementation of the National Intelligence Program. The Director will lead a unified, coordinated, and effective intelligence effort. Except as otherwise directed by the President or prohibited by law, the Director shall:
A. have access to all information and intelligence. For the purpose of access to and sharing of information and intelligence, the Director: (1) will determine that intelligence, regardless of the source from which derived and including information gathered within or outside the United States, pertains to more than one United States Government agency; and (2) Shall develop guidelines for how information or intelligence is provided to or accessed by the Intelligence Community. All guidelines developed in accordance with this section shall be approved by the Attorney General and, where applicable, shall be consistent with guidelines issued pursuant to section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458) (IRTPA).
B. Shall ensure, through appropriate policies and procedures, the deconfliction, coordination, and integration of all intelligence activities conducted by an Intelligence Community element or funded by the National Intelligence Program. In accordance with these policies and procedures:
(A) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall coordinate the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence collected through human sources or through human-enabled means and counterintelligence activities inside the United States;
(B) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall coordinate the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence collected through human sources or through human-enabled means and counterintelligence activities outside the United States;
(C) All policies and procedures for the coordination of counterintelligence activities and the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence inside the United States shall be subject to the approval of the Attorney General; and
(D) All policies and procedures developed under this section shall be coordinated with the heads of affected departments and Intelligence Community elements.
1.5 Duties and Responsibilities of the Heads of Executive Branch Departments and Agencies. The heads of all departments and agencies shall:
(a) Provide the Director access to all information and intelligence relevant to the national security or that otherwise is required for the performance of the Director's duties, to include administrative and other appropriate management information, except such information excluded by law, by the President, or by the Attorney General acting under this order at the direction of the President.
Monday, May 3, 2010
2010: A Long, Hot Summer of Bombs and Misery?
While Barak Hussein Obama and his radical leftist fellow traveller Eric Holder want to treat war-making terrorists as criminals, the Islamic terrorists are plotting to attack the United States and its people directly with any means available to them. This weekend's car bomb in New York City and the earlier efforts of the panty bomber was just the first salvos in what I expect will be a series of Islamic attacks that will be conducted inside the United States this year.
Pakistan-based Taleban leader Hakimullah Mehsud appears to have survived a missile attack against him, and has vowed to attack US cities in communications since the attack. His group claimed credit for the attempted car bombing this weekend, although it remains to be seen if there is evidence that ties the Taleban this car bomb.
"The time is very near when our fedayeen will attack the American states in the major cities," said Mehsud in a recent Internet posting.
All of this comes on the heels of the statements by Noman Benotman, who was the head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in 2000 and a former associate of Osama bin Laden. Benotman reported in a recent interview that “What happened after the [9/11 attacks] was beyond [al Qaeda's] imagination.” He said that al Qaeda was convinced that the United States had no appetite for military actions overseas based on the US response to the terror group’s attacks on embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
It appears that al Qaeda now understands that there are differences between George W Bush and Barak Hussein Obama, and that the United States is free to attack again without fear of a devastating military response from the United States in their own homeland. After all, the innocent must not suffer for the actions of accused criminals with legitimate gripes.
The weakness of Barak Hussein Obama and Eric Holder invites attack, and I believe attacks will come. The United States is a wide-open society full of soft targets, undocumented foreigners, and mosques. We are demonized for looking at anyone with suspicion, not matter what their behavior might be. We punish law enforcement for taking initiative to defend the nation.
The most likely response from the Obama Regime will be to further curtail the civil liberties of the American public by having the Department of Justice bring profiling cases against law enforcement, signing Executive Orders curtailing the possession and transfers of weapons and ammunition, making construction and agricultural materials harder to come by, and slapping travel bans on private citizens.
I truly believe that the Islamic enemies of the United States will not be content with bombings and shootings this year, and will attempt biological or chemical attacks within the United States. I am frankly surprised that such attacks have not yet occurred. And, frankly, the posture of the United States government invites attack.
I do not mean to suggest that Obama or Holder wish attacks upon the United States. I do suggest that they are so ignorant and inexperienced in matters of national security that they have no earthly idea how to protect a country beyond what their radical leftist professors taught them. The actions of the Obama Regime back up my beliefs. From changes in communications (no more "global war on terror" its an "overseas contingency operation" and from "terrorism" to "man-made disasters"), reading terrorists their rights before intelligence agencies can interrogate them, deciding to prosecute foreign terrorists in U.S. civilian courts, destruction of the CIA's interrogation facilities, the hiring of al Qaeda lawyers at the Department of Justice, and the attempt to shut down Guantanamo Bay all within B. Hussein Obama's first year in the Oval Office demonstrate that the Obama Regime operates in a mindset of a leftist fantasyland.
The United States economy is fragile right now, along with much of the world's economies. Even if no material terrorism occurs in the next twelve months, I believe that we will see a default of sovereign debt somewhere in the world this year.
Add to the current economic instability a series of effective terrorist attacks within the United States, and we will see an economic meltdown in the United States that will spread to Europe and Asia. This economic posture cannot be overlooked by Islamic terrorists bent on the destruction of the "Great Satan" United States. This is their moment if they truly wish to do the United States harm. We can only pray that our military, fighting with one hand tied behind its back and the Department of Justice out to prosecute anyone who fights effectively, can stave off attacks against us through the use of timely intelligence gathering and immediate, violent action based on that intelligence.
But if the intelligence leads the military to believe the actionable targets are already within the United States, all bets are off because the military has to had the intel over to the Department of Justice and look the other way.
Under the Obama/Holder regime, Justice Department intel sharing is starting to become a one way street as the DoJ has taken some or all their intelligence work completely in-house and off the government intelligence sharing processes. This action runs completely contrary to the underlying reason the Untied States reformed the intelligence services following the Trade Center Attacks by Islamic terrorists. Intelligence sharing between government agencies was at the core of the justifications for the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Under this law, the Department of Justice is a member of the United States' Intelligence Community under the direction of the Director of National Intelligence. The goal of the law was to force more effective sharing of national security related intelligence. A member of our intelligence community keeping their intelligence away from the other members only hinders our ability to defend the nation.
Responsible, forward-thinking individual action should be taken now to protect yourself, your family, and your community. http://www.ready.gov/ may be a good place to start.
Pakistan-based Taleban leader Hakimullah Mehsud appears to have survived a missile attack against him, and has vowed to attack US cities in communications since the attack. His group claimed credit for the attempted car bombing this weekend, although it remains to be seen if there is evidence that ties the Taleban this car bomb.
"The time is very near when our fedayeen will attack the American states in the major cities," said Mehsud in a recent Internet posting.
All of this comes on the heels of the statements by Noman Benotman, who was the head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in 2000 and a former associate of Osama bin Laden. Benotman reported in a recent interview that “What happened after the [9/11 attacks] was beyond [al Qaeda's] imagination.” He said that al Qaeda was convinced that the United States had no appetite for military actions overseas based on the US response to the terror group’s attacks on embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
It appears that al Qaeda now understands that there are differences between George W Bush and Barak Hussein Obama, and that the United States is free to attack again without fear of a devastating military response from the United States in their own homeland. After all, the innocent must not suffer for the actions of accused criminals with legitimate gripes.
The weakness of Barak Hussein Obama and Eric Holder invites attack, and I believe attacks will come. The United States is a wide-open society full of soft targets, undocumented foreigners, and mosques. We are demonized for looking at anyone with suspicion, not matter what their behavior might be. We punish law enforcement for taking initiative to defend the nation.
The most likely response from the Obama Regime will be to further curtail the civil liberties of the American public by having the Department of Justice bring profiling cases against law enforcement, signing Executive Orders curtailing the possession and transfers of weapons and ammunition, making construction and agricultural materials harder to come by, and slapping travel bans on private citizens.
I truly believe that the Islamic enemies of the United States will not be content with bombings and shootings this year, and will attempt biological or chemical attacks within the United States. I am frankly surprised that such attacks have not yet occurred. And, frankly, the posture of the United States government invites attack.
I do not mean to suggest that Obama or Holder wish attacks upon the United States. I do suggest that they are so ignorant and inexperienced in matters of national security that they have no earthly idea how to protect a country beyond what their radical leftist professors taught them. The actions of the Obama Regime back up my beliefs. From changes in communications (no more "global war on terror" its an "overseas contingency operation" and from "terrorism" to "man-made disasters"), reading terrorists their rights before intelligence agencies can interrogate them, deciding to prosecute foreign terrorists in U.S. civilian courts, destruction of the CIA's interrogation facilities, the hiring of al Qaeda lawyers at the Department of Justice, and the attempt to shut down Guantanamo Bay all within B. Hussein Obama's first year in the Oval Office demonstrate that the Obama Regime operates in a mindset of a leftist fantasyland.
The United States economy is fragile right now, along with much of the world's economies. Even if no material terrorism occurs in the next twelve months, I believe that we will see a default of sovereign debt somewhere in the world this year.
Add to the current economic instability a series of effective terrorist attacks within the United States, and we will see an economic meltdown in the United States that will spread to Europe and Asia. This economic posture cannot be overlooked by Islamic terrorists bent on the destruction of the "Great Satan" United States. This is their moment if they truly wish to do the United States harm. We can only pray that our military, fighting with one hand tied behind its back and the Department of Justice out to prosecute anyone who fights effectively, can stave off attacks against us through the use of timely intelligence gathering and immediate, violent action based on that intelligence.
But if the intelligence leads the military to believe the actionable targets are already within the United States, all bets are off because the military has to had the intel over to the Department of Justice and look the other way.
Under the Obama/Holder regime, Justice Department intel sharing is starting to become a one way street as the DoJ has taken some or all their intelligence work completely in-house and off the government intelligence sharing processes. This action runs completely contrary to the underlying reason the Untied States reformed the intelligence services following the Trade Center Attacks by Islamic terrorists. Intelligence sharing between government agencies was at the core of the justifications for the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Under this law, the Department of Justice is a member of the United States' Intelligence Community under the direction of the Director of National Intelligence. The goal of the law was to force more effective sharing of national security related intelligence. A member of our intelligence community keeping their intelligence away from the other members only hinders our ability to defend the nation.
Responsible, forward-thinking individual action should be taken now to protect yourself, your family, and your community. http://www.ready.gov/ may be a good place to start.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Fort Knox Trains To Engage Tea Party Members
Patriotpost.us, a right-thinking Internet publication I enjoy reading and recommend to all, got wind of a U S Army exercise that set out the scenario where the Army was deployed against Tea Party protesters.
I encourage you to read the whole background story at http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2010/04/29/army-preps-for-tea-party-terrorists/
The guys at Patriotpost are predisposed to give the military the benefit of the doubt, even those officers that would remain in the United Stated Army under Commander in Chief B. Hussein Obama. As a result of the Patriotpost's desire to be good guys, they withdrew the unclassified Army documents
I do not share the Patriotpost's benefit of the doubt in favor of the Fort Knox officers' corps. This is not a critique of Mark Alexander or the Patriotpost; I simply see things differently than they do.
So, here are the documents Patriotpost removed from its website.
I want these documents to be seen by as many folks as possible so we can understand the lengths to which the Obama Regime will plan to destroy its political enemies, the People of the United States of America.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Marxist Quote of the Day
We’re not, we’re not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that’s fairly [sic] earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.
- Barak Hussein Obama
April 28, 2010
If only the Anointed One believed that at a certain point government has SPENT enough money.
- Barak Hussein Obama
April 28, 2010
If only the Anointed One believed that at a certain point government has SPENT enough money.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
More Lies from The Liar In Chief
While B. Hussein Obama told the socialists at Barbara ("Don't Call Me Ma'am") Boxer's fundraiser this week that he was trying to "lower taxes on 98% of Americans" [well, Mexicans are Americans, too], not even Obama's sycophantic press could suppress the following stories:
Millions face tax increases under Dems budget plan:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_budget
Obama suggests value-added tax may be an option:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_tax
Tax increases are on the way, it is what Democrats do. They think it is their money, not yours.
Millions face tax increases under Dems budget plan:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_budget
Obama suggests value-added tax may be an option:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_tax
Tax increases are on the way, it is what Democrats do. They think it is their money, not yours.
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