Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Freedom Isn't Free- Please if You Can Send Her Some Money

Stefan (Major Stefan F. Cook)
I have forwarded the 3 page document to you with my typed signature and followed with a scanned signature. Please check, if they would accept a credit card payment for $450 filing fee.
I recently paid $450 for your appeal in GA, twice $450 for Connie's filing in TX and GA, yesterday I had to issue two cashiers checks for $461 and for $400 for 2 transcripts for 2 hearings (Carter and Land). The foundation account is pretty much empty. Though millions of people are writing "we are behind you and we are praying for you", only 106 supporters ever donated, and majority of them donate $10 and $20 . Very few people ever gave donations over $100. On top of everything Judge Land is threatening me with $10,000 sanctions for repeatedly bringing cases on part of the military against his Royal Highness, comrade dictator.
If Mr. Tisdale or any of the people associated with him can cover any part of the fee, it would be appreciated. Please, let me know how much can be covered, I will transfer the rest through credit card or direct deposit.

Orly Taitz DDS Esq
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Orly's working Pro Bono or with our donations. Please help America out, by helping Orly if you can.

www.orlytaitzesq.com

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Steve

A LETTER TO JUDGE CARTER...

Hon. David O. Carter
U.S. District Court
411 W. 4th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92701

Dear Judge Carter,

I am writing to you because I am worried; in fact I am downright scared. I fear that America is being systematically destroyed from within, by a “president” who has no regard for the principles upon which this country was founded. In my opinion Barack Obama has proven to be unabashedly anti-American, anti-Christian, and an enthusiastic appeaser of our enemies around the world. In fact, I would go so far as to say that Obama and his radical ideology constitute the greatest threat facing America today. His rhetoric, his actions and his policies are undermining the foundation and fabric of this great country and he has shown a total disdain for the Constitution. Virtually all aspects of our lives are under assault!

What is particularly frightening is that Obama’s Marxist agenda is being cheered on by a malevolent Congress, a corrupt Department of Justice headed by an Obama appointed puppet, and a blatantly dishonest and biased mainstream media. As a result our Constitution is being desecrated daily, our original bill of rights and our freedoms destroyed. If these elitists are not stopped soon, the consequences are unimaginable.

Realizing of course that the eligibility case currently before you must be decided on the merits within the constraints of the law, I personally, have the opinion that the election of Barack Obama constitutes the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people. It is a crime of such magnitude that it’s ever-growing impact will soon, far exceed the damage inflicted by our enemies at Pearl Harbor, or the tragedy of 9/11.

Your Honor, there is a mountain of evidence that points to the criminality of Barack Obama and the DNC and all who conspired to look the other way. It was there for all to see last year during the campaign and there is even more evidence and information available today that should give the whole country pause to question who is Barack Obama? The fact is that America does not know. Now we are at a critical stage.

The country is in political turmoil, bitterly divided and under the thumb of an increasingly defiant and oppressive regime that clearly does not have American interests and values at heart. Many Americans are distraught and fearful as to where we are headed. It is difficult for those citizens who are paying attention to be happy. Many of us are having trouble concentrating, sleeping and going about our daily lives because of all the uncertainty as to who is the man in the White House and what is our government up to.

And then of course there is the absurdity of having a “president” who promised transparency. What a joke! What we have in fact, is a man who possibly was not born in America, is likely an illegal alien, whose name is likely legally not Barack Obama, who is clearly constitutionally ineligible to be POTUS, whose real father’s identity we do not know positively, who has been a citizen of a country of Indonesia for sure, whose place of birth, i.e., hospital (if any) is unknown. Need I go on?

Well there is more. What about the fact that we have a “president” who refuses to allow us to see his certified copy of long form birth certificate, his school records, his college records, his medical records, his passport records, his college thesis, his selective service registration, his Illinois State Senate schedule, his law practice client list records, Harvard Law Review articles and University of Chicago scholarly articles and at great financial cost (presumably to him) no less! Common sense will tell any rational, objective person (regardless your political persuasion) that if you have exculpatory evidence; if you have the truth on your side, you do not hide it. This is a travesty. It is unconscionable.

And so where are we now? Well the Obama’s state-run media has continually scoffed, maligned and demeaned all those who seek the truth on this issue. They have blatantly misrepresented and lied about the facts of this issue. Case after case has been dismissed for various technicalities, jurisdictional issues, judicial misfeasance and then of course the Court’s favorite card…standing. Come on! Give us a break!

Judge Carter, every American has standing! Every single freedom loving American including the brave woman and men who serve in the military and protect our freedoms has standing! We all deserve to know who our president and commander-in-chief is! There can be no doubt! Furthermore, all Americans, including you, your wife, your children, your grandchildren, your extended family and friends…yes, all of them deserve to know by what right does this man have to tell us how to live?

So who is he? We all need to know. We all deserve to know. We must know. It is our right! If Obama won’t tell us and prove that he is qualified, then he is unfit to be the leader of our country. We must be able to trust our president and I think it’s quite apparent that this “president” cannot be trusted on any level. In fact, let’s tell it like it is. He is a liar. He lies all the time to us, the American people, those who he is supposed to represent and provide leadership. This is the ultimate disrespect!

America is suffering; American citizens are worried about their lives like never before. They are worried about the erosion of our freedoms today and the country are becoming. We are worried about what kind of country our children will inherit. And all because of the arrogance of one man who had the audacity to defraud and lie to the American people and then for good measure proceeds to impose his radical anti-American agenda enabled by a corrupt government.

Many Americans are fearful of where the country is headed and what the government has in store for them. They sense that something is incredibly wrong. They know instinctively that they do not know who Obama is and that he cannot be trusted. Millions of us are confused, distraught, unhappy, worried and scared. This is an unhealthy situation that cannot be allowed to continue. This situation must be resolved once and for all; for the peace of mind and sanity of all Americans. We deserve tranquility and we must be able to pursue happiness in our daily lives. All Americans deserve to know who this man is. Anything less is a travesty. The situation that exists now is nothing less than the tortious equivalent of severe emotional distress intentionally inflicted upon the citizens by their own government.

Every day that goes by under the Obama regime, our country is becoming less moral, less secure, less prosperous and less free! Personally, I want to pass on to my children a country that is better than the one I inherited from my parents. All Americans want that for their children. Don’t they? Sadly however, we are speeding in the wrong direction.

Fortunately, many Americans have begun to recognize the danger. Their frustration and anger toward Obama and the government has given rise to thousands of “tea-parties” and “town halls” throughout America. This public outrage culminated in the impressive march of more than 1 million freedom loving patriots on Washington D.C. on September 12. This however, is just the beginning. If this eligibility issue is not resolved soon and if our government does not defer to the will of the people and the laws of this land, you can be sure that the people will rise up and take back our country. We will not tolerate being ruled by a small elite.

This issue is not going away. It must be resolved. We the people will prevail.

In the words of John Adams: "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it."

Now it is up to plaintiff’s attorneys to lay out the evidence in a cogent and persuasive manner so that we can see justice served once and for all! Only then can we be confident once again that the principles upon which this country was founded and our unalienable freedoms will be preserved.

Judge Carter, I trust that on October 5, 2009, you will have both the wisdom, common sense and the courage to defer to the rule of law and do your duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. Please allow this important case to move forward and be decided on the merits. WE THE PEOPLE deserve the truth. America’s survival is at stake.

Thank you in advance,

Gary M. Wilmott
Simi Valley, CA

Obama Honoring Communist China-First the White House Lawn. Next the Empire State Building and Now....





Actually she volunteered for this photo

Gotta Love Her

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Majority Turns a Blind Eye to ACORN


Posted by: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann at 2:01 PM

It's amazing to watch the Democrat power players in Washington turning a blind eye to the ACORN controversy, hoping that it disappears in the next news cycle. Unfortunately for them, this ACORN scandal isn't going away, nor should it. When an organization with such a checkered past of nefarious activity is eligible to receive $10 billion dollars in taxpayer funding, and has already received tens of millions, you would think that all legislators, regardless of political party, would want to shut off the funding faucet once and for all.

But, here's what we're hearing from the Democrat majority:

* President Obama told ABC's "This Week" in an interview broadcast Sunday, "Frankly, it's not really something I've followed closely. I didn't even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money."

* According to the Hill newspaper, Senate Majority Reader Harry Reid "dismissed a suggestion...that he sanction a probe into the organization's business practices."

* Yesterday, Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers wrote a letter to Daniel Mullholland, Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to ask them to investigate ACORN’s recent activities, specifically to "research and report on the federal and state laws that could apply to such videotaping and distribution of conversations without the consent of all parties." So, when ACORN workers are caught on film giving legal advice on setting up an underage prostitution ring as a legitimate business, Chairmen Frank and Conyers think we should be investigating the investigators who broke the story?

While both the Senate and House recently took votes to strip ACORN of its funding, having two votes on two entirely different bills in two different chambers against ACORN looks good, but accomplishes nothing when all is said and done. In fact, these votes haven’t stopped one dime from flowing to ACORN.

Rather than wait and hope the House and Senate come together and pass identical language, President Obama should immediately suspend all federal agencies from doing business with ACORN and using our hard-earned tax dollars to perpetuate their scandalous work.

Washington is on notice: The American people won’t be fooled. They want ACORN off the government payroll.

5% of our Population-American Jews

Living at the sharp end of the spear, Israelis see things a bit differently from their American Jewish counterparts however. An Israeli National's view of Obama's unwanted and illegal intrusion into their national affairs find 94% to 6% dislike Obama. Of the 6% pro Obama, that would include Arab-Israeli citizens who currently live in East Jerusalem and Bethlehem amongst other Israeli cities.

Steve

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'US Jews back military strike on Iran'
By HAVIV RETTIG GUR The Jerusalem Post

Article's topics: Iran, Iranian Nuclear Threat, US Jewry, Barack Obama, Settlements

A majority of American Jews support military action against Iran to prevent the Teheran regime from obtaining nuclear weapons, a new study claims.


A ballistic missile is displayed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, in front of a picture of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini during a military parade ceremony just outside Teheran, Iran.

World Asked if they would support American military action, 56% of American Jews said they would, while just 36% opposed it, according to the American Jewish Committee's 2009 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion.

An even greater number support Israeli military action against the Iranian nuclear program, with 66% in favor and just 28% against.

The survey, which polled 800 representative American Jews and was conducted by Synovate between August 30 and September 17, also dealt with US-Israeli relations, worries over anti-Semitism and identity.

It found that a majority of American Jews oppose the Obama administration's recent policy of demanding a total Israeli settlement freeze, but this did not translate into support for keeping these settlements in the long term.

While 51% oppose the American freeze demand (though a substantial 41% agree with it), fully 60% said Israel should dismantle all (8%) or some (52%) of the West Bank settlements in the context of a permanent settlement with the Palestinians.

Despite any criticism, however, American Jews believe that Israeli-American relations were being handled well by the two country's leaders. The Obama administration received 54% approval, compared to 32% disapproval, in its handling of this relationship while Netanyahu garnered a slightly better 59%-23%.

In general, the vast majority of respondents believe US-Israeli relations are strong, with 81% saying they were either "very" or "somewhat" positive and just 16% disagreeing.

Asked about the prospects for peace, three-quarters of the respondents expressed profound skepticism over Arab intentions, saying they agreed with the statement "The goal of the Arabs is not the return of occupied territories but rather the destruction of Israel." Just 19% disagreed.

Thus it is perhaps not surprising that 51% do not believe there will ever "come a time when Israel and its Arab neighbors will be able to settle their differences and live in peace." That pessimism rises substantially, to 79%, when the Palestinian side of the equation is Hamas. Just 17% think peace is achievable between Israel and Hamas.

But the pessimism is not reflective of their hopes. American Jews favor a Palestinian state, even "in the current situation," by a factor of 49-41, through they are opposed (58 to 37) to compromising on Israeli jurisdiction over Jerusalem.

The survey briefly delved into questions of identification.

Asked for their political affiliations, respondents revealed the expected overwhelming identification with the Left and Center. Fully 53% said they were Democrats, 30% Independent and just 16% Republicans.

As for religious affiliation, 27% said they were Reform, 24% Conservative, 9% Orthodox and 2% Reconstructionist. But the most popular answer, at 36%, was "just Jewish."

Jewishness was important to the respondents, with 51% saying it was "very important" in their lives, 33% "fairly important" and just 15% "not very important."

This Jewish identification, however, did not necessarily translate into a feeling of connection with Israel. Just 28% said they felt "very close," 41% "fairly close," and fully 30% were either "fairly distant" or "very distant."

Gitmo North

Is the Governor of Montana aware of this? Where is his approval statement?

To the Terrorists one Infidel Prison is just as bad as the next, how will trading Montana for Cuba make a difference?

Steve
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Neil Katz at CBS News reported:

This is the strange story of how American Police Force, a little known company which claims to specialize in training military and security forces overseas, has seemingly taken control of a $27 million, never-used jail, and a rural Montana town’s nonexistent police force.

After arriving in this tiny city with three Mercedes SUVs marked with the logo of a police department that has never existed, representatives of the obscure California security company said preparations were under way to take over Hardin’s jail, which has no prisoners.

Significant obstacles remain – including a lack of any contracts to acquire prisoners from other jails or other states.

And on Friday came the revelation the company’s operating agreement for the facility has yet to be validated – two weeks after city leaders first unveiled what they said was a signed agreement.

Still, some Hardin leaders said the deal to turn over the 464-bed jail remained on track.

The agreement with American Police Force has been heavily promoted by members of the city’s economic development branch, the Two Rivers Authority. Authority Vice President Albert Peterson on Friday repeated his claim to be “100 percent” confident in the company.

The lead public figure for American Police Force, Michael Hilton, said more than 200 employees would be sought for the jail and a proposed military and law enforcement training center.

The secrecy has led to speculation that the deal is tied to President Obama’s search for Gitmo detainee housing alternatives in the U.S. Hardin jail officials expressed interest in accepting released Gitmo enemy combatants last spring.

There’s not enough info to determine what exactly is going on — so Montana legislators are doing their jobs and trying to get to the bottom of it:

Montana Rep. Bob Ebinger said more rumors were likely until Hardin and the company provide more details.

“Always when things are secretive, you end up getting everybody—on both the right and the left—making suppositions about what’s going on,” said Ebinger, a Democrat from Livingston.

Ebinger and other members of the Legislature’s Law and Justice Committee said they would ask Hardin officials to provide more information about the company.

In addition to taking over the 464-bed, $27 million jail, the company has said it will sink $17 million into a military training center and is seeking 5,000 acres or more for a live-fire training ground.

Company spokeswoman Becky Shay said there were no plans to reveal the project’s financial backers.

They are not going to be able to sustain that position for long.

AMERICA IS ME...AMERICA IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...

COPENHAGEN TRIP POSES LITTLE RISK FOR THE THUG IN CHIEF!...

Does anyone doubt for a minute that this is not a done deal? Unprincipled and devious as he is, do you think that Obama would risk the prestige of the office and personal embarrassment to travel to Copenhagen only to have his pleas on behalf of Chicago voted down? And...what personal debt does he owe to the Chicago political machine? Obama is a conniving, self-centered and egostistical fraud. He is happy to shirk his responsibilities and travel to Denmark to bask in the adulation of his European comrades. Of course he will take all the credit.

Personally we are rooting for Rio...but I think it is pre-ordained...the thugs of Chicago will prevail...thanks to the help of the thug in chief.

By the way...where's the outrage?... Michelle goes first with her entourage...followed by the usurper and his entourage. Taxpayer's money no object. Despicable.

Burn Down The Free Press

Hitler comparisons continue, and well earned.

Many of you may recall during the latter months of 2008's campaign, the stories which recounted the despicable methods Obama's faithful used to suppress a dissenting voice. One Chicago pundent, found the radio program he was on had the listener's telephone call-in lines clogged due to pro Obamaists blocking the lines. The same journalist, while researching an article in a Chicago library, was physically blocked from library resources. The term he applied to the coming Obama government was THUGOCRACY.

Obama originates, passes to his cronies, then steps aside to remain "clean".
In my book that is what is called an instigator.

Obama played the racism card endlessly, until the public was fed up from hearing such garbage. He knows no other way to defend his actions, but realizes he personally has ridden that false-prejudiced pony into the ground. Carter adds his 2 cents , Slick Willy wades in, SEIU and Acorn maintains the chant. Obama goes on Letterman or someplace "claiming" he doesn't think non-democrats are racially motivated--

These mindless fools wouldn't sneeze unless they had a signed authorization from Obama.

Orly Taitz Esq. has surely drawn blood. Obama must be absolutely livid. Monday, October 5 Justice Carter will rule on the defendant's Motion to Dismiss and then order Discovery to proceed full spend ahead, including subpoenas and deposition orders for Mr. Obama, Mrs. Obama, Mr.Biden,Mrs.Clinton,Mrs.Pelosi,and Mr Gates. Hope the Obama's enjoy Denmark this week, next week may not be so much fun. Could you imagine, one day soon, Federal Marshalls leading Obama handcuffed to a patrol car, shirt pulled up covering his head, Michelle in house robe and curlers, shouting police brutality. Think Time Magazine will make that a Cover shot?

After spending a couple million dollars on legal help to seal, scrub and block any attempts to unhinge his plan to burgle the oval office, Obama's legal experts bungled the job. The Taitz suit got lost in the paperwork shuffle, believe it or not. Her suit was allowed to proceed, by default. The Defendant failed to respond or show up for his court date. So what happens when the other side fails to show? The Judge has no choice but to find in the favor of the party present, Taitz.

How fitting, once a scofflaw, always a scofflaw. As a Harvard Law student Obama, received a couple dozen parking tickets which went unpaid until his entry into Illinois state politics. Now there's a teachable moment for the school children of America. " Even though you're being dishonest, never make amends, until life forces you to." Yep, right up there with Washington's Cherry Tree "I can not tell a lie." As far as being ineligible, Obama teaches..... "If you can't win fairly, steal it."

During the August Townhall's Obama, caught up in the moment, and feeling his power I suppose, made the comment..... " If they show up with a knife, we'll show up with a gun...." Immediately following that pronouncement, the grannies in Florida were being shoved around by the hired SEIU refugees from the penitentiary.

Words to live by Youth of America. The Hitler Kinder Jugend were brought up the same way. Lies, Disregard for the Law, Thuggery, Brutality against the targeted opposition. If you want to stop free speech, burn down the news printer shop.

Orly Taitz uses the internet to disseminate her news and requests for assistance to the free American public. Her website has been blocked, infected, shutoff, and sabotaged umpteen times. Obama would never do such a thing though.... see Modus Operandi above. What else could you expect from the President of the Thugs, by the Thugs, and for the United Thugs of America.



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Steve

The COMING MILITARY COUP?

NEWSMAX Story: Obama Risks a Domestic Military ‘Intervention’

Aat some point in time we may de facto be facing a conspiracy of tyranny and usurpation in which:

  • the man holding the office of President
  • a majority of men holding the offices of Representatives and Senators in Congress,
  • a majority of men holding the offices of Justices of the Supreme Court all league together in a conspiracy of usurpation and tyranny.

September 30th, 2009
John L. Perry
Source: Newsmax

There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the “Obama problem.”

Don’t dismiss it as unrealistic.

America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn’t mean it wont. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it. So, view the following through military eyes:

  • Officers swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Unlike enlisted personnel, they do not swear to “obey the orders of the president of the United States.”
  • Top military officers can see the Constitution they are sworn to defend being trampled as American institutions and enterprises are nationalized.
  • They can see that Americans are increasingly alarmed that this nation, under President Barack Obama, may not even be recognizable as America by the 2012 election, in which he will surely seek continuation in office.
  • They can see that the economy — ravaged by deficits, taxes, unemployment, and impending inflation — is financially reliant on foreign lender governments.
  • They can see this president waging undeclared war on the intelligence community, without whose rigorous and independent functions the armed services are rendered blind in an ever-more hostile world overseas and at home.
  • They can see the dismantling of defenses against missiles targeted at this nation by avowed enemies, even as America’s troop strength is allowed to sag.
  • They can see the horror of major warfare erupting simultaneously in two, and possibly three, far-flung theaters before America can react in time.
  • They can see the nation’s safety and their own military establishments and honor placed in jeopardy as never before. So, if you are one of those observant military professionals, what do you do?

    Wait until this president bungles into losing the war in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s arsenal of nuclear bombs falls into the hands of militant Islam?

    Wait until Israel is forced to launch air strikes on Iran’s nuclear-bomb plants, and the Middle East explodes, destabilizing or subjugating the Free World?

    What happens if the generals Obama sent to win the Afghan war are told by this president (who now says, “I’m not interested in victory”) that they will be denied troops they must have to win? Do they follow orders they cannot carry out, consistent with their oath of duty? Do they resign en masse?

    Or do they soldier on, hoping the 2010 congressional elections will reverse the situation? Do they dare gamble the national survival on such political whims?

    Anyone who imagines that those thoughts are not weighing heavily on the intellect and conscience of America’s military leadership is lost in a fool’s fog.

    Will the day come when patriotic general and flag officers sit down with the president, or with those who control him, and work out the national equivalent of a “family intervention,” with some form of limited, shared responsibility?

    Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation. Skilled, military-trained, nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars. Having bonded with his twin teleprompters, the president would be detailed for ceremonial speech-making.

    Military intervention is what Obama’s exponentially accelerating agenda for “fundamental change” toward a Marxist state is inviting upon America. A coup is not an ideal option, but Obama’s radical ideal is not acceptable or reversible.

    Unthinkable? Then think up an alternative, non-violent solution to the Obama problem. Just don’t shrug and say, “We can always worry about that later.”

  • ONLY MINUS 11...Oh my!

    A Low Blow

    No telling what the TSA will come up with to counter this one. The shoe bomber caused us all to fork over our clod hoppers prior to boarding the plane. Now this..
    If you see boxes of latex gloves at the airport security screening area, you just might want to reconsider driving to your destination. Then again, we should be used to it by now, Washington politicians have been doing this to us for years.

    Steve
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    WASHINGTON -- There's a new al Qaeda terror technique that has American security experts pooping in their pants -- call it the "butt bomb."

    A suicide bomber recently put himself next to a member of the Saudi royal family, having outwitted bomb-detection machines in the palace, to set off an explosion using a charge that had been hidden in his rectum.

    The ass-assin, Abdullah Asieri, stashed a pound of explosives and a detonator inside his body in the attack on Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, head of counterterrorism for the kingdom, the Arab TV network Al Arabiya reported.


    AFP/Getty
    GRUESOME END: "Butt bomber" Abdullah Asieri (above) packed a pound of explosives up his rectum in a bid to kill Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef. The assassin killed only himself .

    Bin Nayef was only slightly wounded in the attempt. The explosion, possibly detonated by a cellphone, killed the bomber.

    The technique has astonished security experts, who warn that the United States isn't equipped to prevent the gross new form of terrorism -- and worry such bombers could make it aboard aircraft and blow themselves up mid-flight.

    "Standard airport security is not going to detect that," said terror expert Steve Emerson. "You need a much more intrusive type of X-ray machine that can actually see inside body cavities."

    In fact, many machines were calibrated to have less penetrating effects after protests that they allowed airport screeners to see images of people naked.

    "They may have to calibrate it differently now to look at certain densities," said Emerson.

    "It should definitely cause re-examination" of security tactics, Emerson added. "Because I've never seen that before. I've never heard of that before. The terrorists are always one step ahead of the counter-terrorists."

    The Transportation Security Administration had no comment.

    Initial reports by the Saudi Press Agency indicated that the bomber was carrying the explosives, but only later were the bomber's smuggling techniques revealed.

    The tactic is similar to one drug smugglers have used for years -- getting "mules" to smuggle valuable cocaine and other drugs inside their bodies to dodge airport security.

    The bomber was able to get himself in close proximity to Prince Bin Nayef by calling up and saying he wanted to turn himself in.

    The bomber was searched several times before he got inside the prince's office in Jeddah, including going through metal detectors, according to reports.

    BO the Eyes of Texas are Upon You

    Some of you may be aware I live in the Houston metroplex. This news item was just irresistible. It underscores the creative lengths for revenge a Texan,especially a gal Texan will go to even things up. What you're dealing with when ANYONE "Messes With Texas" is an unknown quantity. I mean, it can get ugly in a hurry.

    Steve
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    Wednesday, September 30, 2009


    PASADENA, Texas — Authorities say a Houston-area woman who was burned up at her former common-law husband fried their pet goldfish and ate some of them.

    Pasadena police say it's a civil matter and no charges will be filed. The seven goldfish were purchased together by the couple during happier times.

    Police spokesman Vance Mitchell says the man reported on Saturday that the woman took the goldfish from his apartment.

    Mitchell says the two argued earlier about some jewelry the man had given her but took back. She wanted the jewelry returned.

    Officers who were dispatched to the woman's home arrived to find four fried goldfish on a plate. The woman said she already ate the other three.

    Tuesday, September 29, 2009

    Three of a Kind




    Fannie Mae Frank







    SanFranNan The San Fran Socialist






    The False Prophet

    Forgive Them Father They Know Not What They Do

    Fantasy World, Obama ?? No Wayyyy!

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy while giving his UN address made a reference to living in the real world and not living in a virtual world. Most believe the comment was directed at Barrack Obama for his naive vision of a world free of nuclear weapons.

    Sure we all would wish for that too, but there is a definite dividing line separating the true facts of life from nutjobville. We have had weapons in our hands from the first day cave dwellers noticed some sticks were pointier than others.

    Idealists and Romantics are dangerous occupants of offices of power. Psychotic pretender Idealists are extremely dangerous to the nation, they think they should be the President.

    Here's a thought for you,- Imagine sitting on a plane, when the guy next to you, wearing jeans and a t-shirt who has been talking to himself about how great it would be, to be able to fly, suddenly stands up, opens the overhead container and puts on a "uniquely styled jacket"..... 12 stripes up each sleeve, generic airline uniform coat with the words "Jet Airplane Pilot" printed across the back, then heads up to the cabin.




    Would you trust him?



    Or would you want to see his pilot's license?

    Steve

    Senate Finance Committee Nixes Senate Version of HealthCare Public Option

    Some good news....

    Twice today the Democrats were turned back on a Public Option for the pending HealthCare Bill. The Bill under debate was the Senate version of what future HealthCare Law should be in America.

    The Senate Finance committee made up of 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans first voted down the more stringent Rockefeller public option version with the help of 5 blue dog democrat votes and full Republican support including left leaner Sen Olympia Snowe-ME. Thanks to Dems. Baucas, Nelson, Conrad, Lincoln, Carper.

    The second vote on the "softer" Schumer public option version was closer but still defeated 13-10 against. Democrats that stayed the course were Baucas, Conrad, Lincoln. Nelson and Carper however wimped out and thus I withdraw my earlier thanks to them.

    Harry Reid the ever braying Democratic jackass, and soon to be defeated lame duck, Senate Majority Leader, misleads and misdirects the public into believing he can pass any version of HealthCare so desired just on the basis of a 51 senate vote margin. If he can then why doesn't he do it??? Why are we still on HealthCare?? Because he knows he's bluffing, that's why.

    I yet once again reiterate it takes 60 cloture votes to end a filibuster. Until he has a solid 60 Harry is just blowing smoke.

    Steve
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    From the Washington Times

    this

    The two votes were a tactical victory for Mr. Baucus, who is trying to craft a compromise plan that can ultimately pass the full Senate. He long has said that the public option doesn't have the 60 votes required to defeat a minority filibuster.


    and this

    Mr. Schumer and Mr. Rockefeller said they expected their proposals would have a hard time passing the finance panel. Their arguments will lay the groundwork for similar pushes when the health reform bill reaches the floor of the Senate, where the amendments have a better shot at passage
    more smoke blowing

    Close Obama White House Aide tied to Acorn. little surprise about that revelation

    The American people know Acorn is a corrupt, dishonest and vote rigging enterprise. Our elected officials know Acorn is a corrupt, dishonest and vote rigging enterprise. The Usurper knows Acorn is a corrupt, dishonest, and vote rigging enterprise.

    Why do we allow Acorn to exist?

    Steve
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    From Newsmax

    Obama's Top Aide Gaspard Tied to ACORN

    Monday, September 28, 2009 2:40 PM

    By: David A. Patten Article Font Size




    Patrick Gaspard, considered one of the most powerful figures in the Obama White House, is a "longtime ACORN operative" and former union official, according to a report posted Monday on the American Spectator's online blog.

    Gaspard's name recently surfaced as the official President Obama dispatched to urge beleaguered New York Gov. David Paterson not to run for another term. Paterson insists he'll continue to run for governor even without Obama's support.

    Gaspard has extensive ties to organized labor and community-organizing groups. One measure of his influence in the White House: He holds the same "political affairs director" title that belonged to Karl Rove during the Bush administration.

    The Spectator's Matthew Vadum, a senior editor at the Capital Research Center think tank, reported that Gaspard was the New York political director for top ACORN official Bertha Lewis before 2003. Lewis is the CEO and "chief organizer" for ACORN, which is the subject of more than a dozen investigations for vote-registration fraud nationwide.

    The House and Senate recently moved to cut off ACORN funding after a series of videos revealed the willingness of its staff to help establish a reputed child-prostitution ring based in San Salvador. Obama refused to support ending federal funding for ACORN, however, telling ABC: "It's not something I'm paying a lot of attention to."

    Vadum cited the blog maintained by ACORN founder Wade Rathke, ChiefOrganizer.org, as his source for the Gaspard-ACORN link.

    In May, Rathke described how officials of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) teamed up with HealthCare Reform Czar Nancy-Ann DeParle to pry big price concessions from private health firms.

    Speaking of the advantage that comes from having powerful friends in high places, Rathke wrote: "Tell me that (Local) 1199’s former political director, Patrick Gaspard (who was ACORN New York’s political director before that) didn’t reach out from the White House and help make that happen, and I’ll tell you to take some remedial classes in 'politics 101.'"

    The Spectator described Gaspard "ACORN's Man in the White House." It also reported that he was national field director in 2004 for American Coming Together (ACT), a get-out-the-vote organization.

    The FEC hit ACT with a $775,000 fine for campaign-finance violations — one of the largest FEC fines ever — and it reportedly ceased operations in 2005.

    Gaspard also worked for eight years for SEIU Local 1199, a hospital workers local, according to the Village Voice.

    The Spectator report detailed what it calls the "fuzzy" line between the SEIU and ACORN.

    Vadum reported that SEIU Local 880 and the SEIU Local 100 that Rathke heads are "part of the ACORN network of organizations."

    He reported that the locals were listed as such on ACORN's Web site, buts the references recently were removed.

    DISHONORABLE JUDGE LAND...Conflict of Interest?...

    thepostnemail has the following: LIFE-LONG REPUBLICAN, PROMOTED FROM STATE LEGISLATURE TO FEDERAL BENCH
    by John Charlton

    (Sept. 28, 2009) — Judge Clay D. Land is the Federal Judge before whose bench Dr. Orly Taitz pleaded for a stay of deployment for Captain Connie Rhodes, in the case Rhodes vs. Mac Donald. Rhodes is now in Iraq, following Judge Land’s rejection of her stay.

    The Post & Email will from time to time publish Spotlight reports on public officials in the news, to highlight their background and personal history, available from public sources and those who have known them in life.

    A ‘Southern Boy’ turns Scholar
    Clay D. Land was born in Shreveport, LA in 1960.

    He attended the University of Georgia and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration, graduating magna cum laude.

    He then went on to the University of Georgia Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1985, graduating cum laude. He was a member of the staff of the Georgia Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif, a honorary scholastic society for law students.

    From the Bar to the Legislature
    He was in private practice from 1985-2001.

    In 1992, he formed the law firm Buchanan & Land LPP, with Jerry A. Buchanan; they specialized in civil litigation. Both attorneys had been partners in the Columbus law firm of Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild. (This Rothschild seems to have no relation to the Banking family).

    Land then entered politics; starting first as a member of the Columbus City Council from 1993-1994, and then serving three terms in the Georgia General Assembly, as a state senator, from 1995-2000.

    In 1996 he donated approx. $1,600 to Republican causes.

    From the Legislature to the Bench
    He was recommended for a seat on the Federal Judiciary by U.S. Congressman Saxyby Chambliss, a Republican.

    He was nominated to the Federal Bench by George W. Bush on September 21, 2001, to a seat vacated by J. Robert Elliot; he was confirmed by a voice vote in the U.S. Senate on December 13, 2001, and received his commission on December 21, 2001.

    According to the court docket there have been over 1,500 Cases filed before Judge Land.

    As a Judge, Land has engaged in various charitable and civic activities with his alma mater. For example, he was enrolled in the Joseph Henry Lumpkin Society, in 2003-4 after making a charitable donation of $1,000 to $2,500 in conjunction with Shannon F. Land, and was a Board of Visitors member for the Univ. of Georgia Law School in 2004-5.

    Financial Disclosures have been problematic
    Judicial Watch publishes the public financial disclosures of Judge Land. A number of them have had to be amended due to an apparent failure of Judge Land to keep track of his numerous investments.

    In 2003, Judge Land had to follow a follow up report for failure to report various investments in Mirant Common Stock and Worldcom Common Stock.

    His reports filed for the years 2003-7 list investments in many of the largest companies backing Barack Obama, such as Microsoft and Comcast.

    In his 2004 report he also lists and investment with Time Warner, Inc..

    In this 2005 report he lists salary from Buchanan & Land, LLP.

    In his 2006 report he adds a follow up report, once again, for failure to disclose some 25 investments in Banks and Mutual Funds; in addition to his 62 other investments in a slew of companies. He also reported income once again from his law firm.

    In this 2007 report he claims income as a self-employed lawyer, and that from his law firm Buchanan & Land LLP, along with 56 other investments in Mutual Funds, Banks and other industries and services.

    It is difficult to understand how, with so many varied investments, Judge Land has managed to avoid conflicts of interest in the numerous cases he has heard. Moreover, seeing that many of these companies would be impacted if the laws signed by Barack Hussein Obama’s were declared null and void, on account of his lack of eligibility for office, it also seems reasonable to ask why Judge Land did not recuse himself in the case Rhodes vs. Mac Donald.
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    McChrystal Talked to Obama Once in 70 Days...Is anyoune surprised?

    McChrystal Talked to Obama Once in 70 Days

    Monday, September 28, 2009 10:40 AM

    By: Amanda Carpenter, Washington Times

    The military general credited for capturing Saddam Hussein and killing the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq says he has spoken to President Obama only once since taking command of Afghanistan.

    "I've talked to the president, since I've been here" just once, via teleconference, Gen. Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday.

    "You've talked to him once in 70 days?" Mr. Martin followed up.

    "That is correct," the general replied.

    This revelation comes amid the explosive publication of an classified report written by the general that said the war in Afghanistan "will likely result in failure" if more troops are not added next year. Yet, the debate over healthcare reform continues to dominate Washington's political discussions.

    Former U.S. Ambassador for the United Nations John Bolton said this was indicative of President Obama's misplaced priorities.

    "I think it's very clear, and has been during last year's campaign and in the eight months the president has been in office that he just doesn't regard foreign policy and national security as important as domestic issues, like reforming the healthcare system," Mr. Bolton told the hosts of the Washington Times' American Morning News Monday morning.

    He went on, "If you think there are no threats then it's not illogical to pay no attention to the rest of the world. The problem is in his [Obama's] basic reading of the international environment where we do continue to face massive threats from international terrorists and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, among others."

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    Monday, September 28, 2009

    Palin's Book Out Nov 17

    Sep 29, 2009 3:06
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    Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, her publisher said.

    "Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project," said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper. "It's her words, her life, and it's all there in full and fascinating detail."

    Palin's book, her first, will be 400 pages, said Burnham, who called the fall "the best possible time for a major book of this kind."

    The book now has a title, one fitting for a public figure known for the unexpected - "Going Rogue: An American Life."

    Priorities

    The Acorn scandal found to be beneath Obama's attention, as he so stated, "I have much more pressing issues than Acorn". Apparently whether Chicago gets the 2016 Olympic Summer Games has much more import. Higher than Afghanistan Troop increase decision making, Anti-Iran coalition building, nor meeting with Industry on ways to create jobs for the millions of unemployed Americans.

    Jetting off to Denmark to make a pitch for 3 weeks of games, 7 years from now seems the best use of his talent, what genius! I truly have no appreciation for such greatness and am by the slightest margin, moronically capable of fathoming just how stupidly inferior and unworthy I am, or how fortunate I am to have his leadership.

    Steve

    QUESTION OF THE DAY:

    OBAMACARE...IF IT'S SO GREAT WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO THREATEN PEOPLE WITH JAIL TIME OR HEAVY FINES IF PEOPLE OPT NOT TO SIGN UP? IF IT'S SUCH A GREAT PRODUCT...WOULDN'T EVERYONE BE CLAMORING TO SIGN-UP?

    What Some People Do In Their Spare Time Tsk Tsk Tsk

    From the New York Post-AP


    WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

    The poll, posted Saturday on Facebook, was taken off the popular social networking site quickly after company officials were alerted to its existence. But, like any threat against the president, Secret Service agents are taking no chances.

    "We are aware of it and we will take the appropriate investigative steps," said Darrin Blackford, a Secret Service spokesman. "We take of these things seriously."


    The poll asked respondents "Should Obama be killed?" The choices: No, Maybe, Yes, and Yes if he cuts my health care.

    The question was not created by Facebook, but by an independent person using an add-on application that has been suspended from the site.

    "The third-party application that enabled an individual user to create the offensive poll was brought to our attention this morning," said Barry Schnitt, Facebook's spokesman for policy.

    Because the application was disabled, the responses to the nonscientific polls are not available.

    "We're working with the U.S. Secret Service, but they'll need to provide any details of their investigation," Schnitt said.

    Barack Insane Obama, Mmm Mmm Mmm!

    The G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, not the full United Nations Assembly mere days earlier, nor Cairo in June, was chosen as the perfect time and setting to reveal Iran's hidden second Nuclear Reactor facility in Qom?

    Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy duly reacted with appropriate levels of stunned outrage, with this new revelation of Iranian duplicity. Medvedev performs an abrupt about face and now is filled with words of chastisement for Ahmadinejad.

    Only today,Iran's provocative military exercises which include several test launches of 1200 mile range missiles have brought added howls from the international community.

    What ironically impeccable timing..... Obama's cancelling European Missile Defense, only a week before, then hatching the news egg he alone has been sitting on supposedly for these past 9 or 10 months. Iran answers by promptly returning fire with these missiles. What kind of incestuous Marxist inbreeding is going on here? Is not Venezuela in bed with the Iranians, and isn't Marxist Obama in bed with Marxist Chavez who is in bed with Marxist Medvedev/Putin who are in bed with Ahmadinejad? Is this some sort of international kabuki dance of distraction orchestration accompaniment by the Riyadh Philharmonic. One wonders if the Israelis are not the intended dupes.

    Nevertheless however, Obama spinners, filled with righteous indignation report to the skeptical Beckists, what a master stroke of diplomacy the Great One has achieved on behalf of Humanity. After being O.J.ed with the rush to judgement flogging received from the right wing extremist know nothings, and fresh off being taken down from the Cross of HealthCare Crucifixion, Obama The Martyr dazzles the world by apparently not giving away the missile defense farm for nothing in exchange from the Russians. We unwashed are shown to be nothing more than uneducated racist international neophytes with nothing but egg on our faces, and black hatred in our hearts, as the Russians now come forth by aligning with the West against Iran. Not so fast Obama lovers please consider these questions.

    Do you truly believe our "inept" CIA was the only intelligence agency that knew about the Qom facility? Would it not seem reasonable Russia, who is selling all the hardware to Iran might have a clue as to how many sets of nuclear components they have sold to Teheran, as in enough for more than one complete nuclear reactor unit? Do you really believe our untrustworthy, torture thirsty,CIA agents never talk to their counterparts in Mossad, MI-6 and the CERTA? Could Russia's new found morality, have anything to do with the fact, that after 7 years of fronting for the Iranians it has successfully given them sufficient time to complete their aims of nuclear armament? Would Russia's sudden jump to the other side of the issue be so timed to coincide with a historic world group photograph, showing they were on the right side of nuclear non-proliferation, no matter how late to the party they arrived, or completely disregarding the facts they loaded the Iranian nuclear gun with Russian nuclear technological bullets? Probably Russia's latest move is the most dangerous warning signal of any that have come before as to how close Iran is to having the Bomb. Russia would not stop it's delaying tactics unless such russian services were no longer required by Iran.

    If Obama alone knew of this intelligence tidbit, why if in a good faith search of the means to unite world opinion against Iran,would he wait until this late date to let the cat, dare I say, tiger out of it's bag? Would not backing up, by 9 months, Iranian progress, seem more useful to our aims?

    Why during this past June, did Obama side with the Iranian regime,at a time when massive election fraud street protests and resultant deaths were occurring? Why not choose that as the time to slay the Iranian nuclear dragon? No,rather Obama, sat on the sidelines wordless to calls for support for Iranian freedom. Obama not only ignored the people he even congratulated the fraudulently elected winner Ahmadinejad. Obama still building his master trap even endorsed Iran's right to develop nuclear "energy". Recall if you will, the back drop during this time. It was the time of Obama's opening tough "love" speeches condemning Israel's intransigence on the two state process and his wooing of Muslims as he sported his pencil thin Islamic mustache in Cairo. Would not the moderate Muslim gulf states last June have slept better knowing Obama had the means to unite the world against Iran. Why wasn't the Cairo Speech chosen for such an earth shattering announcement when the entire world stage belonged to Obama,his every word, breathlessly anticipated by the worldwide faithful? No, Obama instead opts for the backwater town of Pittsburgh,Pa. population 300,000 as the proper setting for his master stroke.

    If I were the Israelis I would make sure my Geiger counters were in working order. We here in America are no safer thanks to Chris Matthew's acclaimed "World's Smartest Man" either, our nuclear clock just clicked yet closer to midnight, and so did Europe's.

    Steve

    Orders We Will Not Obey

    Declaration Of Orders We Will Not Obey - Republished for one Erick Penn

    Oath Keepers

    Stand your Ground

    Orders We Will Not Obey

    “The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army” — Gen. George Washington, to his troops before the battle of Long Island

    Such a time is near at hand again. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this Army — and this Marine Corps, This Air Force, This Navy and the National Guard and police units of these sovereign states.

    Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, reserves, National Guard, peace officers, fire-fighters, and veterans who swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic … and meant it. We won’t “just follow orders.”

    Below is our declaration of orders we will NOT obey because we will consider them unconstitutional (and thus unlawful) and immoral violations of the natural rights of the people. Such orders would be acts of war against the American people by their own government, and thus acts of treason. We will not make war against our own people. We will not commit treason. We will defend the Republic.

    Declaration of Orders We Will NOT Obey

    Recognizing that we each swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and affirming that we are guardians of the Republic, of the principles in our Declaration of Independence, and of the rights of our people, we affirm and declare the following:

    1. We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people.

    The attempt to disarm the people on April 19, 1775 was the spark of open conflict in the American Revolution. That vile attempt was an act of war, and the American people fought back in justified, righteous self-defense of their natural rights. Any such order today would also be an act of war against the American people, and thus an act of treason. We will not make war on our own people, and we will not commit treason by obeying any such treasonous order.

    Nor will we assist, or support any such attempt to disarm the people by other government entities, either state or federal.

    Washington at Valley Forge

    In addition, we affirm that the purpose of the Second Amendment is to preserve the military power of the people so that they will, in the last resort, have effective final recourse to arms and to the God of Hosts in the face of tyranny. Accordingly, we oppose any and all further infringements on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. In particular we oppose a renewal of the misnamed “assault-weapons” ban or the enactment of H.R. 45 (which would register and track gun owners like convicted pedophiles).

    2. We will NOT obey any order to conduct warrantless searches of the American people, their homes, vehicles, papers, or effects — such as warrantless house-to house searches for weapons or persons.

    One of the causes of the American Revolution was the use of “writs of assistance,” which were essentially warrantless searches because there was no requirement of a showing of probable cause to a judge, and the first fiery embers of American resistance were born in opposition to those infamous writs. The Founders considered all warrantless searches to be unreasonable and egregious. It was to prevent a repeat of such violations of the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects that the Fourth Amendment was written.

    We expect that sweeping warrantless searches of homes and vehicles, under some pretext, will be the means used to attempt to disarm the people.

    3. We will NOT obey any order to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to trial by military tribunal.

    One of the causes of the American Revolution was the denial of the right to jury trial, the use of admiralty courts (military tribunals) instead, and the application of the laws of war to the colonists. After that experience, and being well aware of the infamous Star Chamber in English history, the Founders ensured that the international laws of war would apply only to foreign enemies, not to the American people. Thus, the Article III Treason Clause establishes the only constitutional form of trial for an American, not serving in the military, who is accused of making war on his own nation. Such a trial for treason must be before a civilian jury, not a tribunal.

    The international laws of war do not trump our Bill of Rights. We reject as illegitimate any such claimed power, as did the Supreme Court in Ex Parte Milligan (1865). Any attempt to apply the laws of war to American civilians, under any pretext, such as against domestic “militia” groups the government brands “domestic terrorists,” is an act of war and an act of treason.

    4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state, or to enter with force into a state, without the express consent and invitation of that state’s legislature and governor.

    One of the causes of the American Revolution was the attempt “to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power” by disbanding the Massachusetts legislature and appointing General Gage as “military governor.” The attempt to disarm the people of Massachusetts during that martial law sparked our Revolution. Accordingly, the power to impose martial law – the absolute rule over the people by a military officer with his will alone being law – is nowhere enumerated in our Constitution.

    Further, it is the militia of a state and of the several states that the Constitution contemplates being used in any context, during any emergency within a state, not the standing army.

    The imposition of martial law by the national government over a state and its people, treating them as an occupied enemy nation, is an act of war. Such an attempted suspension of the Constitution and Bill of Rights voids the compact with the states and with the people.

    5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty and declares the national government to be in violation of the compact by which that state entered the Union.

    In response to the obscene growth of federal power and to the absurdly totalitarian claimed powers of the Executive, upwards of 20 states are considering, have considered, or have passed courageous resolutions affirming states rights and sovereignty.

    Those resolutions follow in the honored and revered footsteps of Jefferson and Madison in their Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and likewise seek to enforce the Constitution by affirming the very same principles of our Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights that we Oath Keepers recognize and affirm.

    Chief among those principles is that ours is a dual sovereignty system, with the people of each state retaining all powers not granted to the national government they created, and thus the people of each state reserved to themselves the right to judge when the national government they created has voided the compact between the states by asserting powers never granted.

    Upon the declaration by a state that such a breach has occurred, we will not obey orders to force that state to submit to the national government.

    6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

    One of the causes of the American Revolution was the blockade of Boston, and the occupying of that city by the British military, under martial law. Once hostilities began, the people of Boston were tricked into turning in their arms in exchange for safe passage, but were then forbidden to leave. That confinement of the residents of an entire city was an act of war.

    Such tactics were repeated by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto, and by the Imperial Japanese in Nanking, turning entire cities into death camps. Any such order to disarm and confine the people of an American city will be an act of war and thus an act of treason.

    7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.

    Mass, forced internment into concentration camps was a hallmark of every fascist and communist dictatorship in the 20th Century. Such internment was unfortunately even used against American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Whenever a government interns its own people, it treats them like an occupied enemy population. Oppressive governments often use the internment of women and children to break the will of the men fighting for their liberty – as was done to the Boers, to the Jewish resisters in the Warsaw Ghetto, and to the Chechens, for example.

    mass execution
    Such a vile order to forcibly intern Americans without charges or trial would be an act of war against the American people, and thus an act of treason, regardless of the pretext used. We will not commit treason, nor will we facilitate or support it.”NOT on Our Watch!”

    8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control” during any emergency, or under any other pretext. We will consider such use of foreign troops against our people to be an invasion and an act of war.

    During the American Revolution, the British government enlisted the aid of Hessian mercenaries in an attempt to subjugate the rebellious American people. Throughout history, repressive regimes have enlisted the aid of foreign troops and mercenaries who have no bonds with the people.

    Accordingly, as the militia of the several states are the only military force contemplated by the Constitution, in Article I, Section 8, for domestic keeping of the peace, and as the use of even our own standing army for such purposes is without such constitutional support, the use of foreign troops and mercenaries against the people is wildly unconstitutional, egregious, and an act of war.

    We will oppose such troops as enemies of the people and we will treat all who request, invite, and aid those foreign troops as the traitors they are.

    9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies, under any emergency pretext whatsoever.

    One of the causes of the American Revolution was the seizure and forfeiture of American ships, goods, and supplies, along with the seizure of American timber for the Royal Navy, all in violation of the people’s natural right to their property and to the fruits of their labor. The final spark of the Revolution was the attempt by the government to seize powder and cannon stores at Concord.

    Deprivation of food has long been a weapon of war and oppression, with millions intentionally starved to death by fascist and communist governments in the 20th Century alone.

    Accordingly, we will not obey or facilitate orders to confiscate food and other essential supplies from the people, and we will consider all those who issue or carry out such orders to be the enemies of the people.

    10. We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

    There would have been no American Revolution without fiery speakers and writers such as James Otis, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Sam Adams “setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

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    Patrick Henry: “Give me Liberty, or Give me DEATH!”

    Tyrants know that the pen of a man such as Thomas Paine can cause them more damage than entire armies, and thus they always seek to suppress the natural rights of speech, association, and assembly. Without freedom of speech, the people will have no recourse but to arms. Without freedom of speech and conscience, there is no freedom.
    Therefore, we will not obey or support any orders to suppress or violate the right of the people to speak, associate, worship, assemble, communicate, or petition government for the redress of grievances.

    — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually affirm our oath and pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. Oath Keepers

    The above list is not exhaustive but we do consider them to be clear tripwires – they form our “line in the sand,” and if we receive such orders, we will not obey them. Further, we will know that the time for another American Revolution is nigh. If you the people decide that you have no recourse, and such a revolution comes, at that time, not only will we NOT fire upon our fellow Americans who righteously resist such egregious violations of their God given rights, we will join them in fighting against those who dare attempt to enslave them.

    Where was Barack Obama born? Part TWO...Part One below.

    Where was Barack Obama born? Part One...

    PRIORITIES...Michelle goes first ...followed by the usurper...taxpayers be damned!...

    Updated 1:44 PM CDT, Mon, Sep 28, 2009

    President Obama will travel to Copenhagen to make a pitch for Chicago’s Olympic bid, White House officials have confirmed to NBC News.

    Obama will leave for Denmark Thursday night, hours after his wife Michelle departs for the vote. The president made the final decision Saturday night after returning from the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.

    "The President decided over the weekend that he wanted be a part of the final push as we enter the home stretch," Jarrett told Politico.com

    "He did not want to leave any stone unturned. He is very excited about joining the First Lady for both the final presentation and the question and answer session. The Olympic spirit is about giving it your very best down to finish line and not taking anything for granted. That's what his presence in Copenhagen will demonstrate."

    MEANWHILE: OBAMA HAS ONLY TALKED TO AFGHANISTAN COMMNDER GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL ONCE.

    Everthing about this guy is a lie...

    Well, did you think it was authentic? Nope, and just like Obama's Certificate of Live Birth Forgery, it left a nasty Photoshop finger print.

    For those you not that computer-savvy, Photoshop is image-editing software (the most popular). You can virtually superimpose one image onto another etc. Photoshop is often used to put heads on other peoples' bodies (as in the case of some Glam magazines) etc. Even an amateur with this software can make convincing, yet fake photos.

    Check out the image below that Obots are trying to pass around as proof that Obama attended Punahou Private school in Hawaii.

    Now, like his fake Certificate of Live Birth, this is just as bad. Look at the deep dark lines (border lines from image injection) around Obama's (or who is supposed to be Obama) Arms. It is even more noticable around his left arm (see for yourself).

    All that had to be done was open the file in a text editor and sure enough, the Photoshop stamp. This image was tampered with (the original) and saved in Photoshop.

    To illustrate this, here is an image snippet of the Photoshop "fingerprint" in the image.

    Note: For those of you not so computer-savvy - images when opened in text editors (like Notepad) show the Hexidecimal code for the image. Computers only understand numbers, so it uses Hexidecimal to represent pairs of Binary numbers. Binary numbers are 1's and 0's. A pattern of these numbers together, represent the image to the computer, which converts it to what you see. Hexidecimal is a way of shortening up Binary sequences.

    Here is the snippet with the Photoshop stamp. You can see this for yourself by saving the image to your Hard Drive and then opening in a text editor (Photoshop stamp along right side).

    And also notice the letters "JFIF" in the Hex code above.It tells us that the person editing the image was using image editing codes for the resolution or aspect ratio of an image. JFIF provides resolution or aspect ratio information using an application segment extension to JPEG. JPEG does not support it otherwise.

    Also, the editor specified Greyscale for the color model of the image. JPEG does not define which color encoding is to be used for images. JFIF defines the color model to be used. Photoshop supports all this extra (extended) encoding.

    WAKE-UP AMERICA! OBAMA IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH, YOUR SECURITY...AND YOUR PEACE OF MIND...

    Sunday, September 27, 2009

    HR 675

    H.R.675 - To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.
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    1st Session

    H.R. 675


    To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.


    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


    January 26, 2009


    Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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    A BILL


    To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,


    SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR POLICE OFFICERS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS, AND GAME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO EXECUTE WARRANTS, MAKE ARRESTS, AND CARRY FIREARMS.
    (a) Authority- Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:


    ‘Sec. 1585b. Law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense: authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms
    ‘(a) Authority- The Secretary of Defense may authorize any law enforcement officer of the Department of Defense--

    ‘(1) to execute and serve any warrant or other process issued under the authority of the United States;

    ‘(2) to make arrests without a warrant--

    2‘(A) for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of that officer; and

    ‘(B) for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing the felony; and

    ‘(3) to carry firearms.


    ‘(b) Persons To Have Authority- Subsection (a) applies to any law enforcement officer of the Department of Defense whose duties include--

    ‘(1) enforcing laws enacted for the protection of persons and property;


    2‘(2) preventing breaches of the peace and suppressing affrays or unlawful assemblies;


    ‘(3) conducting, supervising, or coordinating investigations of criminal activity in programs and operations of the Department of Defense; or

    ‘(4) enforcing any rules or regulations with respect to Department of Defense property prescribed by duly authorized officials.

    ‘(c) Guidelines on Exercise of Authority- The authority provided under subsection (a) shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines issued by the Secretary of Defense and approved by the Attorney General.

    ‘(d) Definition of Law Enforcement Officer of the Department of Defense- In this section, the term ‘law enforcement officer of the Department of Defense’ means a civilian employee of the Department of Defense who is any of the following:

    ‘(1) A Federal police officer or detective as classified by the Office of Personnel Management Occupational Series 0083 (or any successor to that series).

    ‘(2) A game law enforcement officer or special agent as classified by the Office of Personnel Management Occupational Series 1812 (or any successor to that series).

    ‘(3) A criminal investigator as classified by the Office of Personnel Management Occupational Series 1811 (or any successor to that series) and not employed as a special agent of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (or any successor to that service).’.

    (b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

    ‘1585b. Law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense: authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.’.

    July 30, 2009 -- Voted Against Deal Amendment that would Prevent Health Care Benefits to Illegal Aliens

    THESE SOCIALISTS WHO DON'T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT YOU AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION VOTED 'NO' to Deal Amendment.

    A "No" vote allows illegal aliens to receive benefits under health care reform bill.

    Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
    Rep. Eshoo (D-CA)
    Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA)
    Rep. Matsui (D-CA)
    Rep. McNerney (D-CA)
    Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
    Rep. DeGette (D-CO)
    Rep. Murphy (D-CT)
    Rep. Castor (D-FL)
    Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
    Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL)
    Rep. Braley (D-IA)
    Rep. Sarbanes (D-MD)
    Rep. Markey (D-MA)
    Rep. Dingell (D-MI)
    Rep. Stupak (D-MI)
    Rep. Pallone (D-NJ)
    Rep. Weiner (D-NY)
    Rep. Butterfield (D-NC)
    Rep. Space (D-OH)
    Rep. Sutton (D-OH)
    Rep. Doyle (D-PA)
    Rep. Gordon (D-TN)
    Rep. Gonzalez (D-TX)
    Rep. Green (D-TX)
    Rep. Welch (D-VT)
    Rep. Christensen (D-VI)
    Rep. Inslee (D-WA)
    Rep. Baldwin (D-WI)

    VOTE THEM OUT!

    OBAMA WHINES ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, EXAGGERATES HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LIES ABOUT HEALTHCARE...PART ONE:

    Obama Panders and Lies to the Congressional Black Caucus...who of course lap it up...PART 2:

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    Letter faxed to Judge Carter from a Vietnam Veteran

    Saturday, September 26, 2009 9:19 AM
    From:
    “Tom MacLeran”

    To:
    “Orly Taitz”
    Thomas G. MacLeran
    Ormond Beach, Florida

    September 26, 2009

    Honorable Judge David O. Carter
    U.S. District Court
    Central District of California
    Santa Ana, California

    Dear Honorable Judge Carter:

    In 1963 I enlisted in the U.S. Navy and took an oath to defend and protect our country from all enemies Foreign and Domestic. The country that I took the oath to deployed me to Vietnam in 1965 and I put my life on the line to defend the Constitution of our country.

    It has now come to my attention that this same country is abusing the court system to try and keep it’s law abiding citizens from knowing if the leader of our country is constitutionally qualified to serve. There have been judges that have said that someone with my background has no “standing” to request proof that our leaders meet the constitutional qualifications. I am sure that I do not need to elaborate on how much of an insult the ruling is.

    The question of President Obama’s qualifications goes back to August 2008, before he was even officially nominated by the Democratic Party. Since that time the citizens of this great nation have been told that we do not matter and have no right to question the people that were elected to office. Your previous rulings have shown that we were right to not over react and to keep working the court system, because we will find a judge that is honorable and will allow us to know if our president is actually Constitutionally qualified.

    The latest attempt by the governments attorney’s to use a ruling by a judge in Georgia that didn’t even address the plaintiff’s points in his ruling is a slap in the face to this and every veteran that put their life on the line, or died, to protect our Constitution. Reading that the government attorney’s believe it is a victory to have a judge rule to by-pass verification that our Constitution is being followed by our president is a total disgrace. Never has the American Citizens been allowed to view President Obama’s documents. In fact, an Executive Order has been signed to not allow his documents to be released without the approval of the Attorney General.

    It took me 18 years to finally get past the nightmares I had after my return from Vietnam. I now find myself living in a nightmare knowing that the county I loved enough to defend is telling it’s citizens that they have no right to question their leaders.

    Honorable Judge Carter, I appeal to you to help us resolve this issue so that every American Citizen will know if our president is constitutionally qualified to hold the highest office of this land.

    Thank you,

    Thomas G. MacLeran
    Vietnam Veteran - FTM-3

    TARP Bail Out Funds Update

    From the Wall Street Journal


    SEPTEMBER 25, 2009.Battle Brews Over Unused TARP Cash .ArticleVideoComments (46)more in Politics ».EmailPrinter
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    Text .By DEBORAH SOLOMON and MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN
    WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department is discussing ways to keep in reserve some emergency bailout funds even if the Troubled Asset Relief Program isn't extended beyond the end of the year.


    The Treasury is considering whether to extend the bailout in order to keep control of a remaining $200 billion. But that decision is complicated by lawmakers who are worried about the increasing national debt, WSJ's Deborah Solomon reports.
    .Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may opt to extend the program, which expires on Dec. 31. But even if the program isn't extended, officials want to keep at least some of the money that has yet to be committed to any particular program on hand in case financial conditions worsen and the government is forced to step in.

    The decision of whether to extend TARP has become embroiled in a debate over the unpopularity of the $700 billion bailout and the nation's mounting fiscal woes.

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    Vote: Should the Troubled Asset Relief Program be extended beyond this year?
    .Mr. Geithner hasn't yet determined whether to extend the government's TARP authority, Treasury officials said. Even if TARP is allowed to expire, the program won't technically end until the government's investments are repaid and the U.S. is no longer a shareholder in financial institutions.

    Treasury officials are discussing whether there is any way to preserve that money without extending TARP. While there is no plan to spend additional bailout funds, Treasury officials want the ability to respond in case financial conditions deteriorate.

    Neal Wolin, Treasury's deputy secretary, said it was too early to make a decision on whether to extend TARP. "We will be looking at and making judgments about [extending TARP] in the weeks and months ahead," Mr. Wolin said in response to questions after a speech Thursday.

    As markets begin to stabilize and the economy shows signs of strength, some lawmakers are demanding the program cease and that any unused and repaid TARP funds go to pay down the nation's debt. Last week, a group of 39 Republican senators and one Democrat sent a letter to Mr. Geithner urging him to let TARP expire and to use returned bailout funds "for debt reduction." About $128 billion of the $700 billion remains uncommitted.

    The U.S. is expected to hit its $12.1 trillion debt ceiling later this fall. Mr. Geithner has asked lawmakers to raise that limit so the government can continue borrowing money to fund its obligations.

    The debate has been complicated by the independent overseers of the bailout, who have questioned both the success of the program and whether taxpayers will ever recover their investments. At a hearing Thursday, the special inspector general for TARP said the program has improved market stability but fallen short on broad goals, such as spurring lending. "It is extremely unlikely that the taxpayer will see a full return on its TARP investment," Neil Barofsky told the Senate Banking Committee.

    Treasury officials worry giving up the remaining funds could destabilize markets by removing a potential safety net and handicap government officials in the event that financial conditions worsen.

    "In this context, it is prudent to maintain capacity to address new developments," Herb Allison, the Treasury assistant secretary who heads TARP, told lawmakers on Thursday. Mr. Allison wouldn't say whether he believed the program should be extended.

    Some lawmakers remain skeptical about TARP and its effectiveness and say the program has the potential to turn into a permanent government subsidy if it isn't ended quickly. "I share the concern with a lot of Americans that this is creeping into status quo and a much higher permanent level of government involvement in the market," Sen. David Vitter (R., La.) said at Thursday's hearing.

    To assuage concerns, government officials are taking steps to end some TARP programs no longer deemed necessary, such as a guarantee of money-market mutual funds, which expired last week. Treasury officials expect to allow an untapped program to funnel more money into banks to expire later this year.
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    From ProPublica.org

    Your August Bailout Update: $393 Billion Outstanding
    by Paul Kiel, ProPublica - September 2, 2009 10:25 am EDT
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    Starting with this post, we’ll be updating you every month on the status of the taxpayer-funded bailouts we track in our database [1]—namely the TARP [2] and government rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [3].

    Recent [4] reports [5] have drawn attention to the billions in revenue that the Treasury Department has collected from companies early in returning their TARP investments. While those returns [6] have been encouraging, there’s no question that the taxpayer remains deep in the red.

    In total, $392.6 billion remains outstanding to 641 recipients ($297 billion under the TARP and $95.6 billion that’s gone to Fannie and Freddie). That total excludes the 35 companies that have returned a total of $71.6 billion [7].

    In August, the Treasury invested $129.8 million in nine banks (see our timeline [8] for more details). It also put $10.7 billion more into Fannie Mae [9].

    The Treasury will likely invest or spend billions more. Fannie and Freddie will probably need billions more in assistance [10]. And two major bailout programs have yet to start shelling out committed funds. Treasury plans to use up to $30 billion for its toxic securities program [11], which could begin this month. It has also set aside $50 billion for its mortgage modification program [12], which is already well underway. Under the program, participating loan servicers are only paid subsidies if the loans they modify survive a three-month trial period without defaulting. Forty-two servicers have signed up [12], and roughly 235,000 trial modifications [13], of the administration’s projected total of up to 4 million, had been started by the end of July.

    There is also a major commitment to AIG that may cost taxpayers more. The company has to date received $41.5 billion, but Treasury has committed to providing $28 billion more if it’s needed [14].

    That said, money is flowing in as it’s flowing out. The TARP has two main sources of revenue: quarterly dividend or interest payments and warrant redemptions. Unlike returned money, which can be used again, the Treasury is obligated to use that revenue to pay down the national debt.

    You can see our catalogue of all dividend and interest payments here [15]. The vast majority of recipients pay a dividend at a rate of five percent annually. Companies that got special aid, like AIG and Citigroup, pay higher rates. So far, bailout recipients have paid $9.6 billion in dividends.

    That amount includes the $2.1 billion in dividends paid by Fannie and Freddie. Those payments are a bit of a mirage, however. The rate is set at 10 percent but will jump to 12 percent if the companies miss a payment, so neither has. But since the companies rely on taxpayer money to remain solvent, dividend payments are “effectively funded from equity drawn from the Treasury,” as Fannie Mae stated in a recent regulatory filing [16] (PDF). In other words, until the companies stop losing money, Treasury will continue to pay the dividends to itself.

    So far, the Treasury, through refunded TARP investments, has collected $2.8 billion in exchange for its warrants [7]. The stock warrants, which give the U.S. the right to buy equity in the companies at a set price, came as a condition of the investments. When companies refund the Treasury’s money, the warrants are either sold back to the company or auctioned off.

    Put all that together, and you get a total of $12.4 billion in revenue. Compared to the $392.6 billion in bailout funds still outstanding, it’s reason for cooling any thoughts, at least for now, of the taxpayer pulling a profit.

    Latest Bailouts
    $576 billion of taxpayer money has been allocated or promised to 704 companies and 12 programs.

    Sep 18, 2009 IA Bancorp, Inc.
    Preferred Stock w/ Exercised Warrants $6 million
    Sep 18, 2009 HomeTown Bankshares Corporation
    Preferred Stock w/ Exercised Warrants $10 million
    Sep 16, 2009 Bay Federal Credit Union
    Incentive Payments for Home Loan Modification $410 thousand
    Sep 11, 2009 Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
    Preferred Stock w/ Warrants $6.8 million
    Sep 11, 2009 Community Bancshares of Mississippi, Inc.
    Preferred Stock w/ Exercised Warrants $52 million
    Sep 11, 2009 Heartland Bancshares, Inc.
    Preferred Stock w/ Exercised Warrants $7 million
    Sep 11, 2009 PFSB Bancorporation, Inc.
    Preferred Stock w/ Exercised Warrants $1.5 million
    Sep 11, 2009 First Eagle Bancshares, Inc.
    Subordinated Debentures w/ Exercised Warrants $7.5 million

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    About This Project
    We're tracking where the bailout money is going. Our lead bailout reporter – and blogger – is ProPublica's Paul Kiel. Lead developer is Dan Nguyen.

    ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. We strive to foster change through exposing exploitation of the weak by the strong and the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.