IT’S A NEW DAWN IN AMERICA, LUIS GUTIERREZ!

Listening to Michael Savage explode over our dire situation with illegal aliens in America is better than eating a bowl of delicious lemon souffle ice cream!

HERE WE GO AGAIN – GOP GIVES UP THEIR FILIBUSTER OF WALL ST REFORM

This from The Daily Caller

Threatened with all-night session, Senate Republicans cave on filibuster

By Jon Ward – The Daily Caller | Published: 04/28/10 at 4:42 PM | Updated: 04/28/10 at 8:10 PM

Senate Republicans Wednesday said they will stop filibustering the financial regulatory reform bill, backing down after Democrats said they would make them stay through the night into Thursday morning to sustain their blocking of the legislation.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said there had been a “key agreement reached.”

He cited “assurances” from Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, Connecticut Democrat, that he would remove provisions in the bill that the GOP believes will lead to excessive risk-taking by financial firms requiring more bailouts.

The key Republican senator involved in talks with Dodd, Richard Shelby of Alabama, said Dodd had promised him “that he will address a number of concerns I have expressed with respect to ending bailouts.”

But Shelby said talks with Dodd on other issues had “reached an impasse,” due to continued disagreement on the scope and size of a consumer protection agency and the regulation of derivative trading.

“It is now my belief that further negotiations will not produce additional results,” Shelby said.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, had forced Republicans to vote Monday and Tuesday on procedural motions to move toward debate of the bill.

He was also ready to keep the Senate in session all night Wednesday, with Republicans sustaining their filibuster the way it used to be done, with continuous speeches on the floor.

All 41 Republican senators voted together as a group against the motions over the last two days, saying that they wanted Shelby to have maximum leverage in negotiations and that they had no assurances from Reid that they would be allowed to offer amendments during the floor debate.

But Shelby signaled that with negotiations no longer proving fruitful, the bill could move forward.

“I thank my Republican colleagues for their support and defer to their individual judgments on whether the Senate begins a floor debate on this bill,” he said in his e-mailed statement.

President Obama, speaking at an event in Illinois, said he was “very pleased” with the GOP’s decision to drop their filibuster.

“I want to work with anyone — Republican or Democrat — who wants to pursue these reforms in good faith,” Obama said.

Requests for comment from spokespersons for Reid and Dodd have not yet been returned.

LAURA BUSH SAYS SHE AND PRESIDENT BUSH MAY HAVE BEEN POISONED AT THE 2007 G8 MEETING

Laura Bush book suggests poison at German summit: report

(AFP) – 7 hours ago

NEW YORK — Former first lady Laura Bush writes in her forthcoming autobiography that she and her husband George W. Bush may have been poisoned when they became ill at a summit in Germany in 2007, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Writing in her book “Spoken from the Heart,” due to be released in May, Laura Bush says that the US Secret Service probed whether the presidential delegation may have been poisoned at the G8 summit.

George W. Bush spent part of the summit bedridden.

Doctors concluded that they had contracted a virus, she said, according to the Times report.

However “we never learned if any other delegations became ill, or if ours, mysteriously, was the only one,” Laura Bush wrote.

She also wrote about a fatal November 1963 car accident when she was 17 in Texas and at the wheel of a car that hit another, killing the driver, a fellow student.

“I lost my faith that November, lost it for many, many years,” she writes.

“It was the first time that I had prayed to God for something, begged him for something, not the simple childhood wishing on a star but humbly begging for another human life. And it was as if no one heard.”

The book is also devoted, according to the Times report, to rebutting critics of her husband. She calls insulting comments by the Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid “uncalled for and graceless.”

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posted by rightthingtodo Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 9:08 pm

PRAYER FOR THE NATION by FRANKLIN GRAHAM

Franklin Graham is the 2010 Honorary Chairman for the National Day of Prayer on May 6, 2010

Lord,

We are thankful for the abundant blessings You have bestowed on America. Our forefathers looked to You as Protector, Provider, and the Promise of hope. But we have wandered far from that firm foundation. May we repent for turning our backs on Your faithfulness.

We pray that this great nation will be restored by Your forgiveness.

From bondage, You grant freedom.

Through Your own sacrifice, You offer salvation.

From the state of despair, You offer peace.

From the bounties of Heaven, You have blessed – not because of our goodness – but by Your grace.

You have given us freedom to worship You in spirit and in truth as Your Holy Word instructs. May our lives honor You in word and deed. May our nation acknowledge that all good things come from the Father above.

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that our nation should set apart a day for national prayer to confess our sins and transgressions in sorrow: “…yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon… announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.”

“We have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our own hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own… we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God who made us! It behooves us then… to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”

Help us to pray earnestly for our president and leaders who govern, that they will humble themselves and seek Your guidance so that everything we do will shine the light of Your glory in a darkened world.

May our prayers as a people and a nation be heard and blessed for such a time as this. We make this plea in faith, believing in the mighty Name of Jesus our Lord.

Amen

REV. FRANKLIN GRAHAM IS NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

In John 14:6, Jesus says “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”. This means (and this will offend some of you) that Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven, His truth is the only truth and He is the only One who can give you eternal life.

Islam is a false religion.  Not only is it false but it is mean-spirited, evil and wicked just as Franklin Graham described it. To all of our Muslim neighbors, God loves you and sent His Son to die for you too.  Mr. Graham was right to speak out in truth and God will reward him for his faith.

So the Pentagon has rescinded its invitation to Rev. Graham to give the invocation at the Pentagon on May 6, 2010, the National Day of Prayer.….hmmm, let me see.-

First, President Obama canceled the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House last year, then Judge Barbara Crabb declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional this year and now, Franklin Graham has been chastised and dis-invited by Obama’s officials in the Pentagon and told he was not welcomed because of his remarks about Islam.

THIS IS AN EROSION OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH IN AMERICA!

Even though Obama’s Justice Department is appealing the ruling by Judge Crabb, we all know that the appeal is simply window-dressing.  Obama does not care about the National Day of Prayer and in my opinion is quite pleased about all of this.  Barack Obama is shameless.

Red State had this report-

Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)

Thursday, April 22nd at 10:13PM EDT

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Billy Graham’s son Franklin, a solid evangelist in his own right, was invited to give the address at the Pentagon’s National Day of Prayer service.

Barack Obama’s administration has revoked the invitation.

Why? Well, it turns out Franklin Graham really believes in Christ and holds that Christ really is “they way and the truth and the life.”

Consequently, Franklin Graham has spoken out about Islam — the only religion to see its followers carry out violent terrorist attacks on the United States in the name of that religion — and its violent ways.

The Council on Islamic-American Relations and other Islamic groups got upset with Franklin Graham pointing out the truth.

So the Obama Administration caved.

Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins confirmed today, that at the Army’s request, the Pentagon Chaplain’s Office had contacted Graham to withdraw the invitation extended to him to be the main speaker at the Pentagon’s observance of the National Day of Prayer.

You’ll note it says Army. True, but it was Obama appointees who made the call. Let’s not obfuscate whose responsibility it is.

In the meantime, Franklin Graham marches on >>>

This from the Samaritan’s Purse

National Day of Prayer Under Attack

Franklin Graham challenges pastors and churches to intercede for America

As honorary chairman for the National Day of Prayer Task Force, Franklin Graham is challenging pastors and churches over the next two Sundays to intercede for America.

“Only one Sunday remains before the National Day of Prayer, an event under attack like never before,” Graham said. “I am calling on pastors to ask their congregations to stand with us as we pray for our president, our leaders, our men and women in the military, and our nation as a whole. We need churches everywhere to stand with us on May 6 as we join in prayer as one nation, under God.”

VIDEO: Franklin Graham speaks with CBN News about the Army’s decision to rescind an invitation to speak at the Pentagon.

Graham will be in Washington May 6 to lead a prayer service for the nation at the Cannon House Office Building. He was also scheduled to speak at the Pentagon until the U.S. Army rescinded his invitation.

“I want to express my strong support for the United States military and all our troops,” said Graham, whose youngest son serves in the Army. “I will continue to pray that God will give them guidance, wisdom, and protection, as they serve this great country.”

Graham joins a task force led by Mrs. Shirley Dobson whose mission is to mobilize the Christian community to intercede for America and its leadership in the seven centers of power: Government, Military, Media, Business, Education, Church, and Family.

VIDEO: Franklin Graham responds to a judge’s ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional .

Millions will unite in prayer at thousands of events from coast to coast. This year’s theme is “Prayer for Such a Time as This” and is based on Nahum 1:7: “ The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him.”

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

The day has become a national observance, with events held across the nation and in Washington, D.C. Last year, local, state and federal observances were held from sunrise in Maine to sunset in Hawaii, uniting Americans from all socio-economic, political, and ethnic backgrounds in prayer for our nation. It is estimated that more than two million people attended more than 40,000 observances organized by tens of thousands of volunteers. At state capitols, county court houses, on the steps of city halls, and in schools, businesses, churches, and homes, people stopped their activities and gathered for prayer.

The National Day of Prayer transcends differences, bringing together citizens from all backgrounds.

“We have lost many of our freedoms in America because we have been asleep,” said Mrs. Dobson, chairman of the task force. “I feel if we do not become involved and support the annual National Day of Prayer, we could end up forfeiting this freedom, too.”

For more information, visit the National Day of Prayer web site.

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REMEMBER REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT’S GOD-DAMN AMERICA? OBAMA IS DOING IT FOR HIM

This article was published April 14, 2010 in Human Events. I think it should be printed every day until Obama is out of office.

Obama to the World: Damn America, Full Speed Ahead

by  Ben Shapiro 04/14/2010

In February 1945, three world leaders — FDR, Stalin and Churchill — gathered in Yalta, in Crimea, to discuss the fate of post-war Europe. At that conference, FDR signed away half of Germany, all of Poland, enslavement of the German population to the Soviet Union. While the conference suggested that liberated countries would be granted free elections, no enforcement mechanism was put in place, so the Soviets effectively annexed every piece of land they occupied.

FDR insisted he had not been duped. “Poor Neville Chamberlain believed he could trust Hitler,” FDR said days after the conference. “He was wrong. But I don’t think I’m wrong about Stalin.” FDR was wrong about Stalin, of course. But he had reason to be wrong — he had been misinformed by his own supposed allies. Soviet agent Alger Hiss worked as part of the American delegation at Yalta; communist superspy Kim Philby and the rest of the so-called “Cambridge Five” funneled papers from the British and the Americans regarding their positions on Poland.

So it’s fair to let FDR off the hook, at least minimally, for Yalta.

Not so with President Obama. He is busily Yalta-ing the United States and her allies knowing full well that the free world will suffer for it.

Take, for example, President Obama’s recent nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. Obama championed it in order to set an example for the rest of the world: “With this agreement, the United States and Russia … send a clear signal that we intend to lead,” he said. “By upholding our own commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, we strengthen our global efforts to stop the spread of these weapons, and to ensure that other nations meet their own responsibilities.” How will we ensure that other nations meet their own responsibilities? He does not say (shades of Yalta).

What’s worse, though, is the fact that Russia gained more than the United States did in this treaty deal — the United States effectively revoked her right to create any sort of missile defense shield for Europe. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, front man for Vladimir Putin, told George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that if the U.S. pursued missile defense, Russia would pull out of the treaty forthwith. You can bet that President Obama will shelve missile defense as soon as possible based on the Russians’ baseless objections.

Even as President Obama hailed the deal as some sort of breakthrough for world relations, Russia maintained that it would not support heavy sanctions against Iran. Russia’s position completely undermines Obama’s credibility — it’s difficult to claim that arms reduction agreement somehow creates a united front against Iran’s nuclear development when Russia refuses to stand up against Iranian nuclear development.

And that still wasn’t the worst of it — the very same week Obama signed the arms reduction deal, Russia backed a coup in Kyrgyzstan. One of Russia’s conditions for supporting the coup? The new government’s destruction of the American air base in Manas, a crucial U.S. strategic asset used heavily in the Afghanistan war.

Notably, the Obama administration has yet to take a position on the Kyrgyzstan situation, allowing the Russian-backed revolution to continue gaining ground. The Obama administration was not nearly as shy with regard to the fully constitutional change of power in Honduras — that was an outrage, a coup!

That’s no surprise, of course. President Obama only backs policies that hurt the United States and her allies. He seeks self-flagellation of America before the world; absolution for American imperialism can only be found in purposeful self-subversion. Obama feels that America and its allies must be whittled down to its proper size as quickly as possible.

In that spirit, Obama is hosting the Nuclear Security Summit this week. He already opened it by bowing to Chinese President Hu Jintao, hugging socialist Brazilian president Luiz Lula, and pointing his finger angrily at Canadian Prime Minister and pro-Israel advocate Stephen Harper. He has alienated Israel to the point where they wouldn’t even show up — they suspect Obama will sandbag them rather than focusing on Iran. Obama has barred the media from all major meetings — no doubt he doesn’t want Americans to hear what he’s telling foreign leaders about us behind closed doors.

It would be comforting to say that President Obama is a victim of his own naivete and ego. There’s no doubt he loves hearing from human refuse like Medvedev that he is “a thinker,” unlike “other people” (read: George W. Bush). But there’s more to it than simple ego appeasement. There is a disturbing anti-Americanism that animates Obama and his policies. Rev. Jeremiah Wright famously said, “God damn America.” God doesn’t have to. Obama’s doing it for him.

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Mr. Shapiro is a student at Harvard Law School. He is the author of author of “Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House”, “Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future”“Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctinate America’s Youth” (Regnery, a Human Events sister company and Thomas Nelson).

OBAMA DECEIVES WEST VIRGINIA FAMILIES AT MEMORIAL OF THEIR LOVED ONES

From Gateway Pundit

On Sunday April 25, 2010, President Barack Obama praised the coal industry during the memorial service in West Virginia for the 29 miners who perished in the nation’s worst mining disaster in 25 years earlier this month.

“Five miles into a mountain. The only light, the lamp on their caps. Day after day they would burrow into the coal. The fruits of their labor that so often we take for granted. The electricity that lights up a convention center; that lights up our church or our home our school our office. The energy that powers our country. The energy that powers the world.“

President Obama praised the coal industry at the miner memorial service.

But, the president forgot to mention a thing or two.

Less than one month ago his adminstration enforced new rules that will cost the mining companies hundreds of jobs. His administration has even been coordinating protests against the coal mining industry from the White House.
The Prowler reported:

The White House and some Obama Administration staffers at the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have been coordinating with left-wing environmental groups to launch protests in West Virginia over such techniques as “mountaintop removal mining.” This enabled the EPA to cite such protests as support for their new rulemaking. Earlier this month, the agency imposed rules sharply curtailing that form of strip mining in such states as West Virginia. The rules may end up costing several hundred West Virginians their jobs.

Now the Obama Administration is looking for ways to reward those groups they coordinated with. According to sources inside the EPA, the agency is attempting to find ways to get funding to several organizations it worked with on the mountaintop mining and other efforts, including Appalachian Voices and Coal River Mountain Watch. Meanwhile, the administration is attempting to identify ways to fund a much more influential “pass through” organization, the Appalachian Community Fund, an organization run out of Knoxville, Tennessee.

“Appalachian Community Fund is like the ACORN of West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee,” says a Commerce Department political employee.  “If we can get it just a few hundred thousand dollars, it can organize for us down there in ways to help us politically, and it’s done great things for us with the EPA and other entities.”

He is shameless.

WHAT? THIS WAS ON CNN?

This is Jack Cafferty, folks >>>

WE WILL SEE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE UNDER OBAMA

Last Friday Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a new immigration bill that makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requires police to enforce the country’s federal immigration law.

Brewer said she signed the bill in response to “the crisis the federal goEvevernment has refused to fix.”

Before Gov. Brewer had even signed the bill President Obama made this inappropriate statement –

On April 9, 2010, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin said this about the illegal alien crisis in our country –

Mark Levin was right and we all know that Obama and the left-wing nuts are craving for some type of civil disobedience from the Tea Party Movement.  If this were to happen Obama, without doubt, would initiate martial law.  Fortunately, we have had no such incident from Tea Partiers

On the other hand, reacting to the new immigration law in Arizona there were some displays of civil disobedience around the country by opponents of the new bill ….

Gateway Pundit had these reports-

Immigration Protesters Threaten Police at Arizona Rally… Media Silent

Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, April 26, 2010, 4:47 PM

Pro-illegal immigration protesters threaten police in Arizona.
Bang-Bang

Protesters interact with police during a demonstration outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona April 23, 2010 in protest of an immigration law signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. Brewer on Friday signed into effect the toughest immigration law in the United States, which President Barack Obama singled out as a “misguided” effort that showed the need for national reform. (REUTERS/Laura Segall)

Here’s another photo of the illegal immigrant protesters “interacting” with police.

Protesters interact with police during a demonstration outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, April 23, 2010 in protest of an immigration law signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. (REUTERS/Laura Segall)

Don’t expect these violent acts to get much press.
After all, they’re not conservative and they’re not at a tea party rally.

It Has Begun… Vandals Smear Refried Bean Swastikas on Arizona State Capitol

Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, April 26, 2010, 3:51 PM

Pro-illegal immigration protesters vandalized the state capitol building this weekend.
The vandals smeared refried bean swastikas on the building windows.
AZ Central reported, via Michelle Malkin:

The conflict over a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration in Arizona intensified Monday as vandals smeared refried beans in the shape of swastikas on the state Capitol’s windows.

More protests were planned Monday after thousands gathered this weekend to demonstrate against a bill that will make it a state crime to be an illegal immigrant in Arizona.

Opponents say the law will lead to rampant racial profiling and turn Arizona into a police state with provisions that require police to question people about their immigrant status if they suspect they are here illegally. Day laborers can be arrested for soliciting work if they are in the U.S. illegally, and police departments can be sued if they don’t carry out the law.

But supporters of the law, set to take effect in late July or August, say it is necessary to protect Arizonans from a litany of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Arizona is home to an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants.

Verum Serum has more swastika pictures from the rallies.

Photographer Assaulted By Leftist Immigration Protest Organizer in Arizona (Video)

Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, April 25, 2010, 6:40 PM

The violent left is at it again.
A protest organizer smacked a photographer in the head at a pro-illegal immigrant rally in Arizona:

From the video: I was taking pictures at a couple of the recent protests against SB 1070 at the Arizona State Capitol when I was threatened and intimidated by some of the protest organizers. I was able to record some of this as they attempted to prevent me from exercising my rights. I had initially planned to take a few pictures and then leave. However, some of the organizers started to threaten me and exhibit suspicious behavior. That is when I decided to stay and document what they were doing.

This is a clip showing one of the organizers assaulting me for taking pictures.

70% of Arizona voters agree with new immigration legislation signed into law on Friday.
But, not Al Sharpton or Barack Obama.

To prove how reckless Obama is – he and the socialist democrats released this video over the week-end to further alienate everyone –

Did you get that?  He specifically named ‘young people’, ‘African-Americans’, ‘Latinos’, and ‘women’.  This is outrageous and unacceptable!!  What about all of the other Americans?  Do they not  count?  Is he not the president of all the people whether they voted for him or not?

This is an appeal to the Hispanic community at this time of crisis with illegal immigration.  Another Saul Alinsky move >>> ‘never let a crisis go to waste’.

And good ole ‘ambulance chaser’ Al Sharpton could not resist this opportunity to stir the pot-

this from Right Coast Girl

As usual, Clarence, of Another Black Conservative has it right on the nose.

When it comes to the left, nothing can be what it’s about. Arizona’s newly passed law can’t be about illegal immigration and solutions to that issue that is causing terrible problems for the state, Nooooooo, it’s about RACISM, of course just as the oposition to the “health care” boondoggle wasn’t really opposition to the federal take over of peoples lives, it was RACISM!! Who better then to stir the racial hatred more in this country bur Mr. Al-people-voted-for-socialism-when-they-voted-for Obama Sharpton. That’s credibility right there.

Where ever race and politics intersect, you are sure to find Al Sharpton. With the recent passage of Arizona’s new immigration law, Al Sharpton has decided to join forces with Lillian Rodriguez Lopez from the Hispanic Federation in New York City to commit civil disobedience in Arizona.

The Washington Post: NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton says he’s ready to travel to Arizona and march in the streets to protest the state’s new immigration law.

Sharpton joined Lillian Rodriguez Lopez from the Hispanic Federation in New York City on Sunday to speak out against the law. They say activists are prepared to commit civil disobedience to fight it.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill Friday. It requires police to question people about their immigration status – including asking for identification – if they suspect someone is in the country illegally.

The law will take effect in late July or early August.

President Barack Obama has called the new law “misguided” and has instructed the Justice Department to examine it to see if it’s legal.

On illegal immigration, Democrats are going to stir the racial pot big time. Without their filibuster proof majority in the Senate, getting amnesty passed this year will be difficult. The next best thing for the Democrats would be to create a very ugly racial ruckus over illegal immigration, in hopes to boost Hispanic support for the party.

When it comes to creating an ugly racial ruckus >>> who better than Al (ambulance chaser) Sharpton?

A GLORIOUS CHRIST-FILLED MEMORIAL FOR 29 COAL MINERS

Posted by Rightthingtodo Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 3:30 pm

Today, the whole world watched as 29 souls were eulogized and remembered the old fashioned West Virginia way.  The name of Jesus Christ was lifted on high because in West Virginia not only do the people cling to their guns and bibles but they truly love the Lord.  From the opening to the closing of the service, 2 things were clear about the these precious 29 lives – they loved their God and their Country.  It was an inspiring experience.  President Obama got an ear full of God and country today.

The Program:

• Family Tribute: First Lady Gayle C. Manchin
• Posting of the Colors
• National Anthem
• Opening Prayer (Rev. Mike Pollard was powerful – it was as though he put Jesus right in Obama’s face)
• Welcome: Gov. Joe Manchin III
• Greeting
• Musical Selection
• Scripture Reading
• Remarks: West Virginia’s Congressional Delegation
• Musical Selection
• Gospel
• Meditation (Another powerful speaker, WVA State Police, Rev. James Mitchell, who did not bite his tongue about Jesus Christ and love our our country)
• Remarks: Vice President Joe Biden
• Eulogy: President Barack Obama
• Musical Selection
• Benediction: Gov. Joe Manchin III
• Closing

To watch the service click below

Memorial Service For West Virginia Coal Miners

GRAHAM WITHDRAWS HIS SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE BILL OVER IMMIGRATION DISPUTE

FOX News reports >>>

WASHINGTON — Long-awaited climate change legislation was put on hold by its authors Saturday when a dispute over immigration politics and Senate priorities threatened to unravel a bipartisan effort that took months of work.

Voicing regrets, Sen. John Kerry said Saturday he is postponing the much anticipated unveiling of comprehensive energy and climate change legislation scheduled for Monday. The Massachusetts Democrat made his announcement after a key partner in drafting the bill, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, threatened to withhold support if Senate Democratic leaders push ahead first with an immigration bill.

Graham is angry that Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is considering that. Legislation to overhaul immigration laws and grant legal status to millions of long term immigrants unlawfully in the country could create problems for Republicans in the midterm elections. It’s a top priority for Hispanic voters — and most Republicans are opposed. Reid’s idea amounts to a “cynical political ploy,” Graham asserted.

Kerry tried to assure environmentalists and other backers of the climate bill that the delay will be short. The legislation aims to cut emissions of pollution-causing greenhouse gases 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. It also likely will expand domestic production of oil, natural gas and nuclear power.

“We all believe that this year is our best and perhaps last chance for Congress to pass a comprehensive approach,” Kerry said in a statement. “Regrettably, external issues have arisen that force us to postpone only temporarily.”

Could there be more than meets the eye here?  hmmm – Stay tuned.

SENATE DEMOCRATS MEET TO CHANGE RULES TO ELIMINATE THE FILIBUSTER

This is posted on The Gateway Pundit Blog  Thursday, April 22, 2010  12:07 pm

The radicals in Washington are giving the Marxists in Venezuela a run for their money.
Senate Democrats have gathered in the Rules Committee to eliminate the filibuster.
Republican.Senate.Gov reported:

THEN-SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL): “What [The American People] Do Not Expect Is For One Party, Be It Republican Or Democrat, To Change The Rules In The Middle Of The Game So They Can Make All The Decisions While The Other Party Is Told To Sit Down And Keep Quiet.” “What they do not expect is for one party, be it Republican or Democrat, to change the rules in the middle of the game so they can make all the decisions while the other party is told to sit down and keep quiet. The American people want less partisanship in this town, but everyone in this Chamber knows that if the majority chooses to end the filibuster, if they choose to change the rules and put an end to democratic debate, then the fighting, the bitterness, and the gridlock will only get worse.” (Sen. Obama, Congressional Record, S.3512, 4/13/05)

THEN-SEN. JOE BIDEN (D-DE): “I Pray God When The Democrats Take Back Control, We Don’t Make The Kind Of Naked Power Grab You Are Doing.” (Sen. Biden, Congressional Record, S.5737, 5/23/05)

SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV): “The Need To Muster 60 Votes In Order To Terminate Senate Debate Naturally Frustrates The Majority And Oftentimes The Minority. I Am Sure It Will Frustrate Me When I Assume The Office Of Majority Leader In A Few Weeks. But I Recognize This Requirement Is A Tool That Serves The Long-Term Interest Of The Senate And The American People And Our Country.” (Sen. Reid, Congressional Record, S.11591, 12/8/06)

•    REID: “Mr. President, The Filibuster Is Not A ‘Procedural Gimmick.’ The Filibuster Is An Important Check On Executive Power And Part Of Every Senator’s Right To Free Speech In The United States Senate.” (Sen. Harry Reid, “Reid Floor Statement On Nuclear Option,” Press Release, 5/17/05)

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY) On Any Threat To The Filibuster: “The Basic Makeup Of Our Senate Is At Stake. The Checks And Balances That Americans Prize Are At Stake. The Idea Of Bipartisanship, Where You Have To Come Together And Can’t Just Ram Everything Through Because You Have A Narrow Majority, Is At Stake. The Very Things We Treasure And Love About This Grand Republic Are At Stake.” (Sen. Schumer, Congressional Record, S.4801, 5/10/05)

•    SCHUMER: “We Are On The Precipice Of A Crisis, A Constitutional Crisis. The Checks And Balances Which Have Been At The Core Of This Republic Are About To Be Evaporated By The Nuclear Option. The checks and balances which say that if you get 51% of the vote you don’t get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing it’s almost a temper tantrum by those on the hard right. They want their way every single time, and they will change the rules, break the rules, misread the Constitution so they will get their way.” (Sen. Schumer, Congressional Record, S.5208, 5/16/05)

SEN. ROBERT BYRD (D-WV): “I Believe That Efforts To Change Or Reinterpret The Rules In Order To Facilitate Expeditious Action By A Simple Majority, While Popular, Are Grossly Misguided.” (“Sen. Byrd Calls Proposed Democratic Changes To Filibuster Rules ‘Misguided,’” The Hill, 2/24/10)

SEN. CHRIS DODD (D-CT): “‘I Totally Oppose The Idea Of Changing Filibuster Rules,’ Dodd Said During An Appearance On MSNBC. ‘That’s Foolish, In My View.’” (“Dodd: Changing Filibuster Rules Would Be ‘Foolish,’” The Hill, 2/17/10)

SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA): “Blinded By Political Passion, Some Are Willing To Unravel Our Government’s Fundamental Principle Of Checks And Balances To Break The Rules And Discard Senate Precedent. The nuclear option, if successful, will turn the Senate into a body that could have its rules broken at any time by a majority of Senators unhappy with any position taken by the minority. It begins with judicial nominations. Next will be executive appointments, and then legislation.” (Sen. Feinstein, Congressional Record, S.5398, 5/18/05)

SEN. RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL): “Those Who Would Attack And Destroy The Institution Of The Filibuster Are Attacking The Very Force Within The Senate That Creates Compromise And Bipartisanship.” (Sen. Richard Durbin, Congressional Record, 4/15/05, p.S3763)

•    DURBIN: The Filibuster Is “[One] Of The Most Treasured And Cherished Traditions Of The United States Senate.” “Many of us in the Senate feel that this agreement tonight means that some of the most treasured and cherished traditions of the United States Senate will be preserved, will not be attacked and will not be destroyed.” (Sen. Durbin, “Statement of Sen. Dick Durbin Regarding the Agreement on Judicial Nominations in the Senate,” Press Release, 5/23/05)

SEN. BEN NELSON (D-NE): “Filibusters … Give Small States Such As Nebraska An Important Tool To Protect Itself From The Will Of The Larger States.” “Filibusters also give small States such as Nebraska an important tool to protect itself from the will of the larger States.” (Sen. Nelson, Congressional Record, S.5917, 5/25/05)

SEN. MARK PRYOR (D-AR): “I Was Very Concerned That When You Looked At The Nuclear Option, If That Trigger Was Pulled, You Had A Nuclear Winter That Would Follow.” “But in a broader sense, I did this agreement for them because I was very concerned that when you looked at the nuclear option, if that trigger was pulled, you had a nuclear winter that would follow.” (Sen. Pryor, Congressional Record, S.6000, 5/26/05)

OBAMA RESPONDS TO AND MAKES PROMISES TO GAY HECKLERS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS PREPARED SPEECH

Finally, the American public is seeing the real Barack ‘Onion Skin’ Obama.  We, in Chicago, knew it would just be a matter of time before ‘Onion Skin’ would lose his cool.

He attended a fund raiser in California for Barbara Boxer this past Monday night.   Just watch as the President is heckled over and over again about, ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, until he finally goes off camera to say something to (maybe seek help??) from Boxer.

The most hilarious thing is she appears to want nothing to do with this?? LOL

He actually yells out to the hecklers, “We’re going to do that”

He was not a happy camper!

NETANYAHU’S SPEECH AT THE HOLOCAUST MARTYRS’ AND HEROES’ REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY

PM Netanyahu’s Speech at the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day Ceremony (April, 11th, 2010)

Tonight, the eve of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, we remember our brothers and sisters who were murdered in the death camps, in the forests and in the killing fields.  We listen to the voices of the survivors who serve as the voice of the millions who died.

Before their deaths, many of the murdered begged, “Do not forget us.  Tell our story – tell the world, tell the following generations – how great our suffering was, how terrible the horror was, how great our sacrifice was.”

We owe the survivors a tremendous debt for their courage to return to life, to establish families, to contribute to building the country, and for their courage to speak out and tell their stories.  It is only during the past several years that we have been doing more to help and make things easier for the survivors in their twilight years, and we will continue to do so.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

Distinguished guests,

Several months ago, I headed the Israeli delegation to the ceremony marking 65 years since the liberation of the death camps Auschwitz and Birkenau.  The candle-lighting ceremony took place outside in front of the monument.  It was 15 degrees celsius below zero, but it was still warmer than the terrible winter of 1944-1945 when temperatures ranged from 30 to 35 degrees below zero.  We stood for about 30 minutes during the ceremony, well-dressed for the weather, but nevertheless we were freezing.  Suddenly I understood a simple, chilling truth about millions of my brothers and sisters who ended up in that cursed place: those who didn’t burn, froze; and those who didn’t freeze were burned.

Several months prior, I had visited the Wannsee Villa in Berlin.  When I was there, I saw the original invitation for the meeting of high-level Nazi officials, during which they decided on the destruction of the Jewish people.  On the invitation that was sent by the Deputy Head of the SS was written: “The chief of the Reich main security office, Reinhard Heydrich, cordially invites you to a discussion about the Final Solution to the Jewish problem.  Breakfast will be served at 09:00”.

This is how, in an elegant villa on the shore of a pastoral lake, over breakfast and glasses of cognac, 15 men sat and decided how to destroy our people. No one batted an eyelid; no one expressed any doubt regarding the mission, either its necessity or its justness.  Immediately after the meal, they began their work to erase the seed of Abraham from the Earth.

As I was walking through the villa, moving from document to document, I felt myself becoming filled with helpless rage, and the feeling continued to grow until it became a flood.  At the end of the tour, my German host asked me to write something in the guest book.  I sat in the chair and the sadness and the anger rose up and started to overflow.  And because of the storm of emotions I wrote three words: Am Israel Chai [the People of Israel live].

Tonight at Mount Herzl, I say it again: Am Israel Chai.  The people of Israel will continue to live.  It re-established its country, gathered its exiles, built its army, settled its homeland and reunited its capital, Jerusalem.  “The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people.”  That is how David Ben-Gurion opened the Declaration of Independence.  The State of Israel was born out of the ruins and the ashes, and today it impresses the entire world with the force of its creativity and innovation, with its advanced research and knowledge, with the momentum of its economy and with its free and democratic society.

Within several decades, the State of Israel has become one of the most advanced countries in the world: Israeli products help cure illnesses and feed millions of people; Israeli developments help irrigate fields and orchards on every continent; and Israeli ideas help save energy in every corner of the globe.  Israel is a rich source of innovation for the world and is looking to the future.

Nevertheless, today we must ask the question: have the lessons of the Holocaust been learned?  I believe that there are three lessons: fortify your strength, teach good deeds and fight evil.

The first lesson – fortify your strength – relates first and foremost to us, the people of Israel who were abandoned and defenseless when faced with waves of murderous hatred that rose against us time after time.

“In every generation there are those who stand against us.”  And in this generation we must fortify our strength and independence so that we will be able to prevent the current enemy from carrying out its plan.

Fortifying our strength is the first condition for our existence.

At the end of the day, it is also a necessary condition to expanding the circle of peace with those neighbors who accept our existence.

The second lesson – teach good deeds – means accepting or rather teaching to accept the other and differing opinions.  This is the recognition that is the foundation for the Jewish perspective that every man is created in G-d’s image and that every man has full rights to freedom, to life and to choosing his own path.

This is the essence of a free society.  This is the basis that would prevent the growth of a Nazi ideology or any other fanatic ideology that preaches genocide and carries it out.

This is what we teach the children of Israel, which is a magnificent country, a beacon of tolerance in a dark and fanatical region.

But, ladies and gentlemen, this teaching of good deeds has a complementary side, and that is the third lesson of the Holocaust: fight evil.  It is not enough to simply do good and be tolerant.  A free society must ask itself what it will do when faced with the destructive forces of evil that seek to destroy and trample man and his rights.

There is no tolerance without boundaries and the boundary of tolerance must be outlined.  And that is the answer that all free countries must define for themselves.

The historic failure of the free societies when faced with the Nazi animal  was that they did not stand up against it in time, while there was still a chance to stop it.

And here we are today again witnesses to the fire of the new-old hatred, the hatred of the Jews, that is expressed by organizations and regimes associated with radical Islam, headed by Iran and its proxies.

Iran’s leaders race to develop nuclear weapons and they openly state their desire to destroy Israel.  But in the face of these repeated statements to wipe the Jewish state off the face of the Earth, in the best case we hear a weak protest which is also fading away.

The required firm protest is not heard – not a sharp condemnation, not a cry of warning.

The world continues on as usual and there are even those who direct their criticism at us, against Israel.

Today, 65 years after the Holocaust, we must say in all honesty that what is so upsetting is the lack of any kind of opposition.  The world gradually accepts Iran’s statements of destruction against Israel and we still do not see the necessary international determination to stop Iran from arming itself.

But if we learned anything from the lessons of the Holocaust it is that we must not remain silent and be deterred in the face of evil.

I call on all enlightened countries to rise up and forcefully and firmly condemn Iran’s destructive intentions and to act with genuine determination to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons.

These are the three lessons of the Holocaust: fight evil, teach good deeds and fortify your strength.

My friends, where does our strength come from?  From our unity, from our heritage, from our common past and future.  We treasure our past and forge the path to our future.

We are not here by chance.  We returned to this land because it is our land; we returned to Zion because it is our city.  We are paving roads north and south, and transforming a barren land into a flourishing garden.  This is our answer to those who seek our destruction.

As the prophet Isaiah said:

“Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

‘NERO FIDDLED WHILE ROME BURNED’

Remember this scene?

President Bush Attending National Day Of Prayer Service

Yes, President Bush, we greatly miss you.

This from Faith and Freedom Network blog posted April 16, 2010

Judge Barbara Crab ruled yesterday that the law specifying the annual establishment of a national day of prayer, “goes beyond ‘mere’ acknowledgment of religion because it’s sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function.”

As you know, the 2010 National Day of Prayer is scheduled in May. Certainly people of faith do not need a Presidential proclamation in order to pray, however this speaks much about the forces that seek to destroy this country from within.

Traditionally, our country has turned to national prayer in times of difficulty, as lately as September 11, 2001. At a time when our country is facing difficulties on many fronts, one would hope we would have the wisdom to once again turn to a national expression of prayer.

I am reminded that it has been said that ” NERO fiddled while Rome burned.”

While it has also been said that Nero fiddling while Rome burned was merely folklore, Suetonius and Cassius Dio said that Nero actually sang, “Sack of IIium” in stage costume while the city burned.

“Sack of IIium” is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature which told the story of the Trojan War in epic verse. The work begins with the Trojans discussing what to do with the wooden Trojan Horse that was left behind after the massacre.

Patrick Henry once said, “When people forget God, tyrants forge their chains.”

First, President Obama canceled the National Prayer Breakfast started by President George W. Bush and now Judge Crab follows suit by ruling National Day of Prayer unconstitutional.  These are not coincidences.  There are forces who want to destroy our country from within.

WE NEED SPIRITUAL REBIRTH IN AMERICA!
God help us

LIU UNDER FIRE FROM GOP SENATE JUDICIARY CMTE MEMBERS

The Los Angeles Times reports

Obama judicial nominee Goodwin Liu comes under GOP fire

Republican senators assail Liu’s record during a hearing on his nomination for an appeals court. The dispute portends a tough fight to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.

By James Oliphant April 16, 2010 | 4:35 p.m.

Reporting from Washington

In a portent of the potential battle this summer over the Supreme Court vacancy, Goodwin Liu, President Obama’s choice for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, faced a fusillade of criticism Friday from Senate Republicans who questioned his fitness for the bench.

Liu, 39, a law professor at UC Berkeley, is considered among the most liberal of Obama’s judicial nominees. Republicans appear poised to oppose him, but they are also using his nomination to telegraph their concerns about the president’s impending pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called Liu “the very vanguard of what I would call an intellectual judicial activist.”

The GOP views Liu’s nomination as part of a larger struggle over the future direction of the federal judiciary, and senators Friday repeatedly suggested that Liu would create new rights under the Constitution or apply the law in a biased manner. Their arguments echoed many of the criticisms directed at Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation hearing last year.

Republicans also pointed to Liu’s lack of judicial experience. He has never been a judge and has argued few cases in court. Democrats praised Liu as a nominee whose credentials and background are unassailable — and pointed out that two dozen George W. Bush administration nominees had also never been judges.

Liu is a former Rhodes scholar with an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a law degree from Yale Law School. He sits on Stanford’s Board of Trustees.

Like Sotomayor last year, Liu portrayed himself as bound by judicial precedent — court rulings in previous cases — and said there was no room for a judge to insert personal views into a case.

“I would approach every case with an open mind,” he told the panel. “The role of a judge is to faithfully follow the law as it is written.”

Liu struggled to reconcile some of his writings with that role. He has criticized conservative legal doctrine, written that the interpretation of the Constitution must evolve and adapt to a changing society, and theorized that people may have a constitutional right to “welfare” benefits, such as education and shelter, if those things are bestowed on them by legislative action.

“Whatever I may have written in books or in articles would have no bearing on my role as a judge,” Liu said.

“How can you say that?” Sessions interjected.

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) unleashed the most vitriolic attack on Liu in addressing the nominee’s criticism of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Liu testified before the committee in 2006 in opposition to Alito’s confirmation. “Judge Alito’s record envisions an America where police may shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a stolen purse . . . where a black man may be sentenced to death by an all-white jury for killing a white man,” Liu said then. “I humbly submit that this is not the America we know. Nor is it the America we aspire to be.”

Kyl called Liu’s remarks “vicious, emotionally and racially charged, very intemperate,” and said they called into question Liu’s capacity for fairness.

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the committee, in turn called Kyl’s criticism “outrageous.”

Liu responded that he had used “unnecessarily colorful language” in his testimony.

The hearing was dominated by Republicans, but they ultimately hold little sway on a committee on which Democrats outnumber them 12 to seven. That means Liu is likely to receive the panel’s stamp of approval as early as next month.

But Democrats would probably need 60 votes to move Liu’s nomination to a floor vote, and the conflict could consume substantial time on an already crowded Senate calendar.

FUNNY MAN TRACY MORGAN ON THE JIMMY FALLON SHOW

This is from Jimmy Fallon’s show tonight, April 17, 2010.  It’s just a funny piece and God knows we just need to lol!

SARAH ROCKS BOSTON TEA PARTY AND THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

http://www.viddler.com/explore/rightscoop/videos/24/

Sarah and the Boston Tea Party are a match made in heaven!

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She was also the keynote speaker at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference this past week.  Here’s that speech >>>

http://www.viddler.com/explore/rightscoop/videos/15/

Palin: Brings Conservatives to Their Feet at SRLC

From http://www.townhall.com:

Palin didn’t hint at her 2012 plans in her keynote address to SRLC, but she did provide some meaty thoughts on energy policy, possibly her most important campaign issue if she does decide to run.

“Republicans need to hit the road in 2010, and show America what an all-of-the-above energy policy looks like,” she said.

Alaska is a leading producer of crude oil, and Palin has been an outspoken opponent of Obama’s cap-and-trade proposals, which have been a stalled agenda item for his administration. But Republicans have the opportunity to steal that issue away from him, said Palin. More

PALIN-ROMNEY OR ROMNEY-PALIN 2012? SOUNDS AND LOOKS PRETTY GOOD

Freedom Lighthouse is reporting >>>

At today’s Tea Party Express rally in Boston, Gov. Sarah Palin told the Boston Herald that she “has a lot of respect” for Mitt Romney, and said she would be willing to run on a Presidential ticket with him:

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin opened the door today to joining forces with Mitt Romney for a 2012 White House run – a hot ticket that has some Republicans licking their chops at the prospect of unseating President Obama.

“Sounds pretty good,” Palin declared at today’s Tea Party Express rally on the Common when asked about pairing up with the former Bay State governor – giving the idea a big thumbs-up as she left the stage after her headline speech.

Earlier tonight, as Palin stopped for cannoli at Mike’s Pastry in the North End, she said she was “serious” about the idea.

“I have a lot of respect for Mitt,” she told the Herald.

Asked who would be on top of the ticket, Palin roared, “Ha! I haven’t even thought that far ahead yet.” Indeed, Palin said she hasn’t decided whether she’ll run in 2012 – with or without Romney. . . . MORE

ARMY SURGEON REFUSES ORDERS TO AFGHANISTAN UNTIL PRESIDENT SHOWS BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Army Surgeon Lt. Col. Terry Lakin

March 31, 2010

Family Security Matters had this story >>>

Exclusive: Highly Decorated Army Surgeon Lt. Col. Terry Lakin Refuses All Military Orders Until Obama Proves He Is a Natural Born Citizen

Margaret Hemenway

A decorated active duty Army medical officer, Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lakin (selected for promotion to Colonel), is calling upon his chain of command and his Congressional

delegation to force President Obama to release his original birth certificate.  He is the highest ranking officer to go public over this controversy and in late February, was notified that he is subject to near-term deployment to Afghanistan.

His military orders include a requirement that he provide “copies of his birth certificate.” LTC Lakin is prepared to provide a certified copy of his certification of vital record that lists his birth hospital, physician’s name and other key information.  He has provided this document for many other required processes, such as his commissioning into the military as an officer, and his marriage license.

Lakin has earned the distinction of taking care of many Admirals and Generals since working at the Pentagon, where he serves as Chief of Primary Care and Flight Surgeon for the DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic and is the lead Flight Surgeon charged with caring for Army Chief of Staff General Casey’s pilots and air crew.  LTC Lakin’s numerous awards and decorations include the Army Flight Surgeon Badge, Combat Medical Badge, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, the Armed Forces Expedition Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon sixth award and the NATO service medal. He has served previously in Honduras, Bosnia, Korea, and Afghanistan.

LTC Lakin, a native of Colorado whose residency is Tennessee, has explained to his superiors that he cannot understand how his Oath of Office to protect and defend the Constitution does not allow military officers to pursue proof of eligibility from the Commander-in-Chief.  In fact, efforts on his part to seek affirmation of the President’s constitutional eligibility have been met with legal evasions.  Yet in an open and free society, and especially given Obama’s governmental “transparency” initiative, many American citizens are demanding to know the truth. So when the White House launched its transparency initiative online last year, and the website was instantly swamped with emails demanding release of Obama’s original birth certificate, it was significant that the website’s assurance to answer any question was quickly removed.

LTC Lakin’s refusal to obey orders (including his deployment orders) puts him at risk of court-martial. A website, SafeguardourConstitution.com, outlines his efforts to seek the truth and prepare for his legal defense. It would be wrong for an officer to be punished for asking a straightforward question merely because no one in the military hierarchy or on Capitol Hill is willing to provide a substantive answer (members of Congress have the obligation of representing constituents and also are sworn to uphold the Constitution). At least one Tennessee Congressional office (Congressman Zach Wamp) forwarded LTC Lakin’s inquiry to the Department of Defense; the Army responded by letter to Rep. Wamp indicating that LTC Lakin’s Article 138 complaint (a legal avenue for redress allowed service members for grievances against commanding officers) was deficient and that “the President as Commander-in-Chief is not a commanding officer for the purposes of Article 138 and therefore, no complaint against him may be addressed through this procedure.”   Yet another representative from the Volunteer State (Tennessee) Marsha Blackburn, co-sponsored legislation

introduced by Congressman Bill Posey to require candidates to fix the problem of the lack of a formal process for vetting candidates for “natural born” eligibility.

The Western Journalism Center released an authoritative explanation of the Obama birth controversy that helps to explain the confusion on Capitol Hill which revolves mostly around Obama’s online Certification of Live Birth (COLB):

“The Certification of Live Birth is not a copy of the original birth certificate. It is a computer-generated document that the state of Hawaii issues on request to indicate that a birth certificate of some type is ‘on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.’ And there is the problem. Given the statutes in force in 1961, the Certification of Live Birth proves nothing unless we know what is on the original birth certificate. There are several legal areas (involving ethnic quotas and subsidy) for which the state of Hawaii up until June 2009 did not accept its computer-generated Certification of Live Birth as sufficient proof of birth – or parentage – in Hawaii. Why should the citizens of the United States be content with lower standards for ascertaining the qualifications of their President?”

The Obama campaign is to a large degree responsible for the birthplace controversy by at first claiming that Obama was born at Queens Hospital and, at another time, claiming that he was born at Kapioliani Hospital.  These conflicting assertions, combined with reports of his paternal grandmother’s insistence to an interviewer that he was born in Kenya; and the break-in to the Obama passport file at the State Department (at least one news report alleged the file was cauterized) by an employee of The Analysis Corp., a firm headed by one of Obama’s top advisers (John Brennan) have all contributed to escalating demands for Obama to document his “natural born” citizenship status.

Additionally, the Ambassador to the US from Kenya (Peter Ogego) asserted in a radio interview in November 2008 that the President was born in Kenya.  A Kenyan Anabaptist minister also provided an affidavit, attesting to a conversation with a civil employee of the Kenyan Government, a Principal Registrar, who confirmed Obama’s birth in Kenya on August 4, 1961, but said his file was classified.

Obama should release his original birth certificate and put an end to relentless speculation over whether he meets the Constitutional fitness test for the nation’s highest office.  Original documentation for 1961 from the hospital or Department of Health can resolve this point without in any way compromising Obama’s privacy or subjecting him to the danger of identity theft.

Patriotic citizens serving in uniform preparing to go into harm’s way deserve to be treated with respect and forthrightness – and they need to know whether the Commander in Chief is lawfully entitled to serve in this capacity, or not.

FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Margaret Calhoun Hemenway spent 15 years on Capitol Hill, in the House and Senate, and five years as a White House appointee serving President Bush at both DoD and NASA. For further information, contact: Margaret Hemenway at (202) 448-9015