U.S. May Have Terrorist “Hands Off” List

Here we go. Yet another Obama scandal waiting to erupt. Newly obtained emails from inside the Department of Homeland Security appear to indicate that the Obama administration operates a “hands off” list to shield certain individuals with terrorist connections. This is scary, but not surprising.

Judicial Watch

"The Obama administration appears to have a terrorist “hands off” list that permits individuals with extremist ties to enter the country, according to internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents obtained by a United States Senator.

It’s unimaginable that any government would do this, but it seems like the Obama administration is constantly breaking new ground. The disturbing details of this secret initiative were made public this week by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who has obtained DHS electronic mail discussing what could be a terrorist “hands off” list. The exchange includes a 2012 email chain between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) asking whether to admit an individual with ties to various terrorist groups. The individual had scheduled an upcoming flight into the U.S., according to an announcement issued by the senator.

The person was believed to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a close associate and supporter Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to the mail exchange obtained by Grassley’s office. 

It gets better. The DHS emails also reveal that this particular terrorism suspect has actually taken legal action against the U.S., presumably because authorities violated the hands off policy. The subject “has sued CBP twice in the past and that he’s one of the several hands off passengers nationwide,” according to the DHS emails obtained by Senator Grassley’s office. The documents go on to say that the terrorist’s records were removed and that the DHS Secretary (at the time Janet Napolitano) was involved in the matter."

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Why the Upcoming 2014 Elections Are So Crucial

 As the middle of 2014 is upon us, there are many questions the American people have about just exactly what is happening in our nation's capital. It seems that one side desperately wants answers and the other side isn't willing to give any. In fact, they are doing everything in their power to prevent the truth from being told.

Here is what we KNOW:

* The attack in Benghazi was NOT because of an anti-Islamic video. 

* Four people died as a result of that attack. 

* There was a failure of policy that lead to the inadequate security for one of our diplomats. 

* The White House knew in real-time what was happening and did nothing. 

* There was a false narrative put forth to the American people as to why the attack happened. 

* And now we find through emails from the White House, there was an effort to mislead the American people as to the cause of the attack. 

We KNOW:

* There was selective targeting of Conservative groups by the IRS under Lois Lerner.

* When asked by a Congressional Committee, Lois Lerner took the 5th twice.

* We know Ms. Lerner personally gave Malik Obama and the "Barack H. Obama Foundation," a shady charity headed by the president's half-brother that operated illegally for years, full tax exempt status within one month.

* We now know through emails that Congressional committee member Elijah Cummings colluded with the IRS to target conservative group True the vote.

* We know through a letter from Senate Democrats that they urged the IRS to investigate Tea Party Groups.

We KNOW that in 2014:

* The Top Income Tax bracket went from 35% to 39.6% 

* The Top Income Payroll Tax went from 37.4% to 52.2% 

* The Capital Gains Tax went from 15 % to 28% 

* The Dividend Tax went from 15% to 39.6 

* The Estate Tax went from 0% to 55% 

* These taxes were all passed under the affordable care act, otherwise known as Obamacare. 

* All these taxes were passed with only Democrat votes. Not one Republican voted for the Affordable Care Act. 

The ACA was passed with not one single democrat politician having even read the bill before affixing their signature on it (this fact alone should scare the hell out of you).

We know that the NSA is spying on the American people without their consent.

We know that the number of Americans are on some form of public assistance is at a record high during Barack H. Obama's presidency.

We see on almost a daily basis how Barack Obama is fermenting hatred between not only different social classes, but also between the different races and also sexual orientations of Americans. We are more divided as a nation now, than we were during the Civil War.

We know that almost all members of the DNC, without question, are labeling the many scandals and subsequent investigations as "phony." But if I may say, that those with nothing to hide do not fear the truth and those that tell the truth have nothing to hide.

And now we know for a fact that the Obama Administration lied about the effects and consequences of last year's Sequester.

It seems that this Administration is literally built on nothing but a house of lies.

I could go on, but I'm sure that you get the picture. America is in the grip of a president who has his political ideology and policies shaped by and steeped in Marxism and for better or worse, the entire Democratic Party is following suit.
 If you really want to know why the upcoming midterm elections are so crucial....just take a look around you.

(Freedom Outpost) 

How Dare They Dispute the King

Truth Revolt

A 24-year-old White House official monitors and flags tweets from reporters that the White House may disagree with, according to an article by Yahoo published Thursday.

 Jessica Allen is tasked with monitoring the social media platform for tweets that push a narrative contrary to the White House's agenda. Allen then flags the conflicting tweets, and sends them up the Communications office food chain to all of President Obama's top aides, including chief of staff Denis McDonough, White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, White House press secretary Jay Carney, and senior advisor and frequent media personality Dan Pfeiffer: 

“The result? Reporters who regularly cover Obama have become familiar with seemingly out-of-the-blue emails or telephone calls from officials taking issue with their tweets — often thoughtfully and constructively, sometimes with obscenity-laced yelps of outrage." 

Yahoo reports that many reporters who cover the White House hear regularly from White House officials who push back against the narrative of their stories.

CBS correspondent Mark Knoller says he has received "a few rockets" from Carney over his social media offerings, which occasionally cause him to edit the tweet, or the story itself.

Obama's 7 Million

"All the 7 million number the White House will be touting for months to come really achieves is an end to the 'website is broken' storyline which began unexpectedly last fall. Opponents of the law, who had expected all the other disruptions that Obamacare spawned (the substance story of people losing their plans, losing access to their doctors, the broad disruption to employers and employees), were given an additional process story in the broken exchange and bungled launch and collapsing state exchanges. That latter storyline overwhelmed people in both parties – it was such a public faceplant that it made things seem even worse. But it was also a story that was destined to end eventually – indeed, it’s surprising it lasted for a full six months! – and it has largely ended due to all the exemptions, waivers, loopholes, and extensions the Obama Administration has slapped all over this launch process, like using bumper stickers to hold a jalopy together.

"This is why talk of the 7 million figure as salvation from supporters of the law is completely bonkers: all you did was meet your lowered policy expectations." — Benjamin Domenech,  Publisher of The Federalist

Barack Obama: (Unintentional) Man of Liberty

Shades of Thomas Paine

Obama may not realize it, but he is doing more for the cause of liberty in the United States than any president in recent history. Uninspiring and ineffective, he hasn't lately been able to do much of anything to actually curtail liberty as much as he'd like. However, like a chained dog, growling and foaming at the mouth, biting isn't necessary to tell everyone just how risky the institution of government is with fascists at the helm wielding enormous power.

* Obama has ensured that stocks of guns and ammunition in the hands of Americans are at all-time highs. He has motivated millions of Americans to get their concealed carry permits. If they weren't allowed to in their state, many changed the laws so they could.

* Obama has demonstrated the frantic ineptitude of government more clearly with his signature Affordable Care Act than ten thousand pages of postulation by the Cato Institute ever could.

* Obama has drawn into sharp focus the real nature of US foreign policy: make it up as you go, hope no one notices. American support for foreign adventures is at a historic low.

* Obama has best revealed the nature of US crony-capitalism more starkly than any other president. While cronyism has been around since before President Grant, never have the people been so aware of the self-dealing Solyndras and CGI.  

*Obama has taught everyone a lesson in the dangers of fiat currency. Never before has the money printing of the Fed been so overt and so well publicized. Many are making the connection between prices, wages and the Fed that never had before.

* Obama helped highlight the link between the military and the police by placing thousands of conspicuous, otherwise useless MRAP armored vehicles at neighborhood police stations across the country. * By beating the dead climate-change horse all through the worst winter in living memory for many Americans, Obama helped demonstrate the enormous gulf between politician's interests and the interests of the people.

* We all got a lesson on the lesser-known amendments with the IRS scandal, Lois Lerner and Obamacare. Who was paying so much attention to the 5th, the 9th and 10th before all this?

* With numerous well-publicized golf outings and lavish vacations, Obama, with the help of Joe Biden has ensured that the American people are well aware of the plush life of politicians enjoyed at citizen's expense. No phony GW Bush photo ops showing Obama with a chainsaw clearing brush in Texas. This man is all "let them eat cake", and he's not about to hide it.

* Obama discredited the IRS, CIA and NSA more handily than any dissident ever could.

Can you name a guy who has pushed more people into action and outrage over the disgusting US political machine?  I can't.
Can you name a better promoter of the 1st, 2nd and 4th amendments? I can't.

Let's all take a moment to be glad we don't have a more capable president who can wear the mask and fool the people more effectively.  

Looking For A Clue.....

Nuking Politics

It was said that in about 400 BC Diogenes walked around the marketplace in Athens carrying a lamp, looking for an honest man. It was a complete waste of time, and I suppose he intended it as political commentary, but at least he didn't bother trying it in DC…. 

Obama has a very busy schedule. When he isn't golfing, vacationing, or attending A-list fundraisers, he's hard at work on foreign policy, the economy, or social inequality. At least that's what Jay Carney says. And somehow in the midst of it all, he finds time for late night comedy spots like the appalling example here.

Considering that his efforts in those areas are all colossal failures, what he needs to do is find some time to search, not for an honest man, but for a clue. Any clue. About anything.

The problem with that is this: Before someone sees the need to look for a clue, they must first acknowledge that they in fact need one. That would suggest that they already have one, because they're aware that something they're doing needs improvement. That kind of humility isn't something Mr Obama appears to be capable of.

Maybe if he ever finds one, he'll share it with his pals in DC, and with the people in the country who still support him.

The Situation Room Gazebo

"FORE!"

During a briefing aboard Air Force One on the way to Florida, Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest ostensibly was making the point that Obama can monitor and handle world events from his gazebo at the Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo. 

W.H. Dossier

"I think the point is that the President over the course of a very busy week has maintained his schedule and his ability to monitor ongoing events in Ukraine. I would anticipate that he’ll do the same thing this weekend. And the fact of the matter is what the President is doing this weekend in Florida is essentially what the President will be doing if he stayed back at the White House. It’s just that the weather will be a little warmer." - Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest

Netanyahu Schools Barack on Mideast Peace

  “What we want is peace – not a piece of paper”

The Jerusalem Post

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Monday, pushing back against pressure from the White House to swiftly cut a deal with the Palestinians as the president warned time was running out for peace.

“Israel has been doing its part, and I regret to say that the Palestinians haven’t,” Netanyahu said to Obama, in front of the press. “The people of Israel know that it’s the case.”

“What we want is peace – not a piece of paper,” he said.

Netanyahu called for a “real peace… based on mutual recognition,” and chided his Palestinian counterparts for promoting “incessant violence” against the Jewish state.

“Israel, the Jewish state, is the realization of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination,” Netanyahu said. “I think it’s about time they recognized a nation state for the Jewish people. The time frame that we have set up for completing these negotiations is coming near and some tough decisions are going to have to be made." 

"We’ve only been here for about 4,000 years.”  

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Putin Is The “Weak” One, Not Obama…

"A senior administration official took issue with a reporter’s suggestion Sunday that the Ukraine crisis has left President Obama with “a credibility problem around the world with other foreign leaders, and particularly very strong ones like [Russian President] Vladimir Putin.”

The official, one of three speaking during a background teleconference briefing, said on the contrary, Putin was the one looking weak after Obama rallied support to condemn his takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea region.

“The premise of your question is that [Putin] is strong and the president of the United States is weak, when, in fact, he is not acting from a position of strength right now,” the official told the reporter, Fox News’ James Rosen."

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"After my election I'll have more flexibility....."

Obama Serves as Face of ‘Fake’ Viagra in Pakistan

According to the Agence France-Press, the banned pills — illegal in the country — are smuggled across the country's border with Afghanistan. Fake pills have been found being sold in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Four tablets of the knockoff Viagra are sold for $1.

The package apparently calls Barack Obama “a symbol of power and virility” and “America superman.”

Clearly they've never seen him throw a baseball. 

(h/t Red Alert) 

Obama’s Worthless Threats

by Peter Wehner 

"Oh, my. According to press reports,

President Barack Obama had condemned the violence in Ukraine, saying that the U.S. holds the government “primarily responsible for ensuring they are handling protesters peacefully” and that “there will be consequences if people step over the line.”

“We expect the Ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to violence,” Obama said after arriving in Mexico for a brief trade summit. “We expect peaceful protesters to remain peaceful.”

Have more empty words ever been uttered by an American president?

"In the aftermath of Mr. Obama telling the Syrian regime that using chemical weapons would cross a “red line,” and then doing nothing serious in response to it, the president’s latest threat is probably evoking belly laughs in Kiev.

It’s clear that around the globe today, the person who is respected and feared and shaping world events is not Mr. Obama, who is seen as an impotent amateur, but the brutal Vladimir Putin, who is reasserting Russian dominance in Ukraine and the Middle East, among other places.

We all know Barack Obama is weak and essentially powerless; he simply makes things worse with his bluster. He’s a pushover, and the entire world–our adversaries and our allies–know it."

Prepare to Launch Led Balloon!!

"The New York Times tells us that Democrats have hit upon an exciting new strategy in the midterm elections: Talk about ObamaCare!

'Party leaders have decided on an aggressive new strategy to address the widespread unease with the health care law,' Ashley Parker reports, 'urging Democratic candidates to talk openly about the law’s problems while also offering their own prescriptions to fix them.'  

The late Ed Koch was once asked if he would consent to have his picture taken with a tiger. 'The mayor is not a coward — and the mayor is also not a schmuck,' he said. If Democratic candidates adopt this 'aggressive new strategy,' they won’t just be posing with a tiger, they’ll be putting their heads in the tiger’s mouth.

They will demonstrate that they’re not cowards. But they sure will be schmucks." - John Podhoretz

Abbott And Costello Do Unemployment

In a thread over at the Pirate’s Cove, a regular commenter by the name of “Trish Mac” posted this gem she says was forwarded to her by her brother-in-law. (She also said she wanted it to be shared.)
h/t Raised on Hoecakes

COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in the U.S.A.

ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It’s 7.8%.

COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?

ABBOTT: No, that’s 14.7%

COSTELLO: You just said 7.8%.

NY Post Has Proof Census ‘Faked’ 2012 Election Jobs Report

The Lid

When the jobs report came out the first week of October 2012 reporting a drop from 8.1 to 7.8%, many people thought it was bogus, in fact Jack Welch believed the report was bogus and it launched a major war between the former GE CEO and Time Warner (Fortune, CNN, Money) who went out of their way to dispute Welch's claim and went after him personally. Fortune.com ran a story detailing Welch's record as a job destroyer. 

Jack Welch was Right

Welch resigned from Time Warner and wrote an Op-Ed in the WSJ explaining his problem with the unemployment numbers and criticizing the sometimes vicious attacks he has received since his tweet.

According a just released story by the NY Post, Jack Welch was right, Time Warner was wrong, and the Obama administration lied.

According to the report that surprising .3% drop was based on manipulated numbers, and the Census Bureau, which does the unemployment survey, knew it.

"And a knowledgeable source says the deception went beyond that one employee — that it escalated at the time President Obama was seeking reelection in 2012 and continues today.

“He’s not the only one,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous for now but is willing to talk with the Labor Department and Congress if asked..."

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Straight from the Horse's.........Well One End of It.

The Media Protects the Democrat Brand at all cost

How bad has 2013 been for Barack Obama? Let us count the ways.

"In the first year of his second term, the president has failed on virtually every front. He put his prestige on the line to pass federal gun-control legislation–and lost. He made climate change a central part of his inaugural address–and nothing has happened. The president went head-to-head with Republicans on sequestration–and he failed. He’s been forced to delay implementation of the employer mandate, a key feature of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is more unpopular than ever, and it’s turning out to be a “train wreck” (to quote Democratic Senator Max Baucus) in practice. The recent jobs report are the worst in years, with the Obama recovery already qualifying as a historically weak one. Immigration reform is going nowhere. And then there’s Syria, which has turned out to be an epic disaster. (To be sure, Mr. Obama’s Middle East failures go well beyond Syria–but Syria is the most conspicuous failure right now)."

And even now, the frothing at the mouth investigative journalist of  not so long past remain virtually silent as scandal after scandal rises from the political swamp scum.

"In watching the Obama presidency dissolve before our eyes, there is a cautionary tale to be told. Every presidency falls short of the expectations that the candidate sets. But no man has ever promised more and delivered less than the current occupant of the Oval Office."

Note: 144 Golf outings and counting since taking office......

"All of the extravagant promises and claims–of “Yes We Can!” and “we’re the ones we’ve been waiting for;” of hope and change and slowing the rise of the oceans; of claiming his candidacy would “ring out across this land as a hymn that will heal this nation, repair this world, make this time different than all the rest”–lie in ruin. (I’d urge you to watch this short video clip from the 2008 campaign to more fully appreciate the crushing disappointment that results from what Mr. Obama said he would achieve versus what he’s been able to achieve.)"

"In all of this one is reminded of the wisdom of the Book of Proverbs, which warns that “pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” The president has been shown to be a man out of his depth time and again.  Mr. Obama’s failures have inflicted great and durable harm on the United States. This may be worth keeping in mind the next time an eloquent community organizer decides he’s ready to be commander in chief."

I believe history shall be kind to Barack Obama, remembering him fondly wowing the world with his teleprompter reading skills.... 

Obama to Attend Asia Summit and Attempt to not Further Embarrass Self on World Stage

The White House announced the President will be away from the White House duties Oct. 6-12 for a trip described as "part of his ongoing commitment to increase U.S. political, economic and security engagement with the Asia Pacific", or I hope I don't look like a mental midget standing in the middle of all these short guys summit. 

Politico:

"He'll start the trip in Bali, to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders meeting. He missed last year's summit in Russia, which came weeks before the presidential election. Depending on the status of Syria talks, the summit could include a showdown between Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who's also expected to attend. Obama will also hold a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono."

"Obama will then travel to Brunei for the U.S.-ASEAN Summit, the East Asia Summit (EAS) and a meeting with the Sultan of Brunei, who he hosted at the White House earlier this year. In Malaysia, Obama plans to meet with Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia and to deliver the keynote address to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an effort Obama launched in 2009 to help promote job creation through entrepreneurship.

In the Phillippines, he'll meet with President Benigno Aquino III "to reaffirm the strong economic, people-to-people, and security links between our two countries."  

Follow Alinsky: Call Obama’s bluff

By Neil W. McCabe

"In his famous primer, “Rules for Radicals,” Saul Alinsky made two points that help illuminate how President Barack Obama has chosen to lead America. The first point is that Alinsky instructed his acolytes to manufacture a crisis—any crisis—and to then use that any crisis to polarize the community for and against the community organizer."

"For the last five years, this has been how Obama has led the nation, crisis-to-crisis, and always leaving the middle ground for compromise like the no man’s land between the trenches.

Syria is the most recent example, but as the White House has matured in power, it has learned to layer crisis atop scandal atop cliff, creating the chaos and tumult that gives the president leverage as the eye of each storm.

The point of Alinsky’s that applies to the Obama White House is to always call the opponent’s bluff. By calling the opponent’s bluff, Alinsky said the opponent is more often than not forced to carry out an emotional threat he is not actually set up to execute or that is practical.

Obama betrayed his Alinsky training in the 2011 budget fight, when he blurted out to House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor (R.-Va.): “Eric, don’t call my bluff.”

This, of course was a bluff, and the subsequent Republican cave in gave us the Budget Control Act, and sequester—a device the president insisted on, apparently so he could blame it on Republicans.

Syria is the crisis and bluff event before us now......"

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Has Obama's Posturing Backfired??

The administration wants a strike at Dictator Bashar al-Assad for stepping over Obama’s red line. But he doesn't intend to topple Assad or specifically help the rebels, and Comander Zero clearly has cold feet about his previous promises to arm the rebels. If American credibility is on the line in Syria now that Assad has used chemical weapons, the administration is failing to adequately explain any military plan that would leave the dictator in place and with his armed forces largely intact.

Do they, or did they every have a workable plan?