Monday, March 5, 2012

Random Shots! Gitmo Soccer Classic, Big Reward, Israel Suspicious, and more Aliens?

First Shot!

No Word Yet On The First Annual Gitmo Soccer Classic
 In January, President Obama offered a new Pentagon strategy that cuts billions of dollars for defense over the next decade and will "turn the page on a decade of war."

Obama said that America's military will be reshaped over time, saying, the reality of the U.S. economy is forcing the Defense Department to look at its strategy in an all-new way, even as he insisted that strategy will determine the force structure, "not the other way around."

On Jan. 5, 2011: President Obama announced cuts to the growth in the defense budget in a rare appearance by a president at the Pentagon briefing room.

"We have to renew our economic strength here at home, which is the foundation of our strength in the world. That includes putting our fiscal house in order," the president said.

Calling the "very serious debt and deficit problem here at home" a national security risk, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking after the president, said curbing the growth in the defense budget from its expected $487 billion in increases over the next decade doesn't mean choosing between national and fiscal responsibilities.

Panetta said, "The president has made clear, and I've made clear, that the savings that we've been mandated to achieve must be driven by strategy and must be driven by analysis, and must not be driven by numbers alone."

The U.S. will change its investments, he said, noting that the new structure will be presented to Congress in the president's budget to be presented in the coming weeks.

Among the changes, Panetta announced, would be the size of some branches of the Armed Services.

"The Army and Marines Corps will no longer need to be sized to support the kind of large-scale, long-term military operations that have dominated military priorities and force generations over the past decades," Panetta said, adding that forces will have to become more flexible and adaptable to conflicts around the globe.

Panetta said the U.S. will focus its security more on challenges from the Asia-Pacific and Middle-East and it must manage the rising cost of health care for military families even as the Pentagon pledges to uphold its commitment to troops.

Panetta said, in some cases, investment may increase in special operations forces; in new technologies, like unmanned systems; in space and cyberspace capabilities; and on quick mobilization techniques.

Obama rejected assertions that the U.S. will be forced into retreat. He added that the budget will still be growing, even if more slowly.


"We have global responsibilities that demand our leadership. In fact, the defense budget will still be larger than it was toward the end of the Bush administration. And I firmly believe, and I think the American people understand, that we can keep our military strong -- and our nation secure --with a defense budget that continues to be larger than roughly the next 10 countries combined."

That's not really a truth figure, especially when you consider the huge military build up in countries like China who is building a fleet of 11 Aircraft Carriers and 200 additional warships at last report, Russia who has just started resurrecting its military, and North Korea who building and sell nukes to anyone who will buy their technology - like say Iran. But then I guess, Obama and the left always seems to conveniently leave those facts out when they are cutting the American military.

Panetta did say that there will be trade-offs, and they will be tough for some, but some of it has to be done to avoid "sequestration," the automatic cuts scheduled for 2013 that resulted after "super committee" lawmakers couldn't agree on a plan to reduce the deficit over the next 10 years by $1.2 trillion.

Of course, since January when this all came out, Americans have found out that one priority for the Defense Department that Secretary Leon Panetta didn't report was the spending of the equivalent of 1/3 of the funds allocated for military family housing on a new Soccer Field for the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.

Since all of the cuts were outlined in January, why did they keep building the Soccer Field throughout both January and February?

And no, there is no word yet on when the First Gitmo Soccer Classic will be held. But yes, I really do think that President Obama and Secretary Panetta should be there at the Grand Opening of Gitmo's New Soccer Field.

Hell, the damn thing cost $744,000 of American Taxpayer dollars!



A Big Reward Is Being Offered For Information On Arsonists

In January, a so-called "Animal Rights group," who destroyed 14 big rig trucks valued at $2 Million. The fire took place at the Harris Ranch feedlot in Coalinga, California.

Please understand, these Jerkweeds are Domestic Terrorist.

Immediately following the fire an "anonymous" Amimal Rights group issued a statement. These were the Jerkweeds who torched the trucks.

They said that they were Animal Rights "activists," and they described their terroist attack in detail. Tey gave detailed information as to just how they carried out the crime. It was information that the Fresno County Sheriff's Office did not disclose to the public.

Now a $100,000 Reward is being offered by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office for information leading to the arrest of those terrorists responsible for the January fire.

Right now, the scumbags who did the fire are only arsonist. But if, if someone was asleep in one of the sleeper compartments - then the scumbags would be wanted for murder.

It is a sick mind that starts fires. It just proves that the Liberal Left Animal Rights nutcases are just sick!

Third Shot!

Israel Suspicious of Obama?

If they are, then thank God Israel has common sense!

It was reported that the Israelis don't plan to notify the Obama Administration if a decision is made to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

From what I've read, Israeli officials said that if they do decide that a strike is necessary, they would keep the White House in the dark to decrease the likelihood that the U.S. would be "held responsible for failing to stop Israel's potential attack."

But no, I don't believe it.

Supposedly the Obama Administration has been working with the Israelis for months to persuade them that an attack would be only a temporary setback to Iran's nuclear program.

The problem, as I see it, is that Iran has had absolutely no setbacks at all since starting on the road to gain a Nuclear Weapon. So to me, if the Israelis do this - well, then at least something is being done to stop it from happening.

Israel doing something about this problem, really doing something about the problem instead of just paying it lip service, is 100% better than the do nothing attitude of the Obama Administration.

This reminds me of a situation that occurred during World War II with the Nazi use of the V1 Flying Bombs.

The V-1 flying bomb, which was also known as the Buzz Bomb or Doodlebug, was in fact an early pulse-jet-powered predecessor of today's Cruise Missiles.

Because of their threat, America and Great Britain teamed up to put them out of business. They realized that that time was not on their side. Something needed to be done before the Nazi war machine would arm this weapon with bigger bombs and more accurate target location devices.

Our leaders during World War II knew that they needed to knock them out to buy more time. Buying time in that maybe the war would be over by the time the Nazis rebuilt, or maybe there would be a coup and sane people would be installed as leaders of Germany.

Operation Crossbow was created to do just that and take out the launching sites. It was the code name of the World War II campaign against all phases of the German long-range weapons program.

It specifically targeted research and development sites, manufacturing, transportation, and their launch sites. It also targeted missiles in flight.

Besides the V1, V-2 facilities were also bombed. This was including smaller facilities such as V-2 storage depots and fuel plants. Like the Nazi V-1, the best defence against the V-2 was to destroy it's infrastructure.

The Germans would never be able to rebuild because of the damage made to that weapon's infrastructure. It would have taken Germany too much time to rebuild and complete another program of long range weapons.

At the time, America was a different place. We had a desire to win and overthrow dictatorships bent on slaughtering thousands - if not millions. We had elected people in our government not afraid of the consequence of doing what is right for our people and the world.

In those days, the White House worked hand in hand with the British government. We understood that without question, Great Britain was our greatest ally in war and in peace. We had shared goals and cooperation was usually worked out.

Today, the White House has demonstrated a policy of selling out friends like Great Britain. It does not surprise me that Israel would not notify the Obama administration. Like Operation Crossbow in World War II, we must hit the enemy so hard that it takes him years to redevelop, rebuild, and reestablish an infrastructure for such a program of say launching nuclear weapons.

If I were a Jew, I wouldn't trust the Obama administration not to alert the Iranians of the pending attack. Maybe I'm too cynical when it comes to this administration, but I really believe that they would sell out anyone for their own gain.

Maybe it is the fact that the Obama administration turned over Great Britain's secrets - including its nuclear capabilities - to Russia in order to secure a New START Treaty. Maybe it's that that makes me think that

Israel is better off not notifying the Obama White House if it plans to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, the Israelis might find themselves in the same position as Great Britain - betrayed by someone thought to be a friend.

Last Shot!


OK, the Aliens are here!

Yes, on the History Channel, on an episode of their show Ancient Aliens entitled "Aliens and Mega Disasters," their staff found a way to link the US military, something called "Environmental Warfare Technology," and supposed "Alien Technology."

Since I don't usually watch this junk at all, I was surprised at what I found out. According to what the show is trying to "imply," the U.S. military posses "Alien Technology."

And no, I don't mean the kind of Alien Technology that it takes to dig tunnels under the U.S.-Mexican border completely unseen by Federal Agents. Yes, that's where the Federal Agents all look the other way until it is finished.

No, this is about something called "Alien Technology" from the little green men type of spacemen. Now, what this so-called "technology" is supposed to be is completely unknown - and unproven - but the show infers that the U.S. military has it! Whatever it is!

I'm willing to bet the farm that that is a great surprise to all of the Military Research and Development Labs across the country, but then again it is TV isn't it!

What's bad is that someone out there is really going to believe this BS. Someone out there is probably going to swallow what the show implies as the "truth'.

The show infers that the U.S. military actually created the 2010 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, and implies that they did the same thing in 2011 to create the 9.9 quake that wrecked havoc in Japan.

I personally love the way they say that they have "evidence." Oh, give me a break!

Everyone knows that Aliens are real! They're just not from Outer Space!



Story by Tom Correa

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Guantanamo Detainees Get $744,000 Soccer Field

Can you imagine this?

I was absolutely shocked when I read that our Department of Defense spent $744,000 to build a new Soccer Field for the Terrorist detainees in Guantanamo Bay.

The first word of this BS came out on Tuesday, February 28th, and I was absolutely floored! This is just insane! Everyone should be writing their Congressman or women screaming for answers! 

The news story said that "at a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches - at a cost of $750,000 to Taxpayers."

Well, the Soccer Field cost $744,000 of Taxpayer money - not $750,000 as first reported. This is an important detail. And yes, you will not be happy when you find out why.

Believe it or not, the Defense Department made the new Soccer Field the highlight of a tour of the detention camp for Reporters. The reporters, just so happened, were at the facility covering the arraignment in a Military Court of Majid Khan, a detainee at Guantanamo.

Building the Soccer Field began in April 2011, and is due to finish this spring. The detainees will now have 3 Recreation Facilities at Camp 6.

In addition to an Indoor Recreation Field and the existing Outdoor Recreation Field, the new Soccer Field is half the size of an American Football Field.

It was built by the Department of Defense because Soccer is such a popular sport with the Detainees.

Amazing way of thinking huh? And here I was under the impression that Guantanamo Bay Prison Facilities were really Prison Facilities.

What a bunch of BS. This isn't Hard Time. This is the epitome of Federal Correction Facilities known as Club Feds. 

The new Soccer Field was specially constructed so that the detainees "have maximum access" to it. That means that they can have access to it about 20 hours a day without being bothered by pesky guards.

That's right, special passageways were designed into the construction of the new Soccer Field to allow the detainees an ability to pass into the new recreation yard without being escorted. I guess the guards in Gitmo have better things to do, then to just monitor and escort prisoners -- Oops! I mean detainees!

Also according to the report, on the tour, a Military Police representative who asked not to be identified by name said allowing high levels of activity outdoors helped reduce behavioral problems at the Camps, and it also limited the amount of interaction between detainees and the guards.

I find this absolutely incredible! Here I thought that we were making life rough on those terrorist Jerkweeds so that we'd get information from them regarding future attacks and such.

I really believe that with the way that these detainees are living in Gitmo, I can't see why they'd bother giving anyone any information at all. They don't have to turn over information, they are living well!

And if you don't think so, then please compare their Communal Setting with Recreation Areas and no guards annoying them to how they would be living if they were in their own country's custody.

So now fast forward to today, March 3rd.

Fox News reports that at least four House members and one staffer from the Senate appropriations committee have pushed the Department of Defense for answers on the new Soccer Field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay.

Fox News first reported on the $750,000 controversial project on Tuesday.

And please remember that the correct amount is $744,000 - that is a very important detail to this story. And yes, who'll find out why in a minute.

And no, you won't be happy to hear about why it is so important.

So Congressman Dennis A. Ross, R-Fla., is now introducing a bill called the "NO FIELD ACT" that would penalize the Department of Defense and cut the 2013 budget by $744,000 - which is the real price tag for the Camp 6 Soccer Field.

"This may be the poster child for this election as to what's wrong with this country," Ross told Fox News in an interview from Tampa.

"We're talking about a significant amount of money spent for Terrorist detainees at a camp that we are told is supposed to be closed," he said.

Remember that President Obama made a Campaign Promise to his minion that he would close the detention centers at Guantanamo Bay. But after hearing about this, his supporters might not want that Club Fed closed.

Then Congressman Ross said that the message from voters was clear. "I have heard from my constituents, 'please tell us this is not true,' you're asking us to contribute and is this the fair share the President is talking about?"

On the House floor this week, Congressman Ted Poe, R-Tx., underscored, what he portrayed, as the lunacy of the project.

"While American soldiers are killed in Afghanistan," Poe said, "the U.S. government is getting ready for its grand opening of the Soccer Field."

"A swanky high-dollar soccer field for criminal Terrorist detainees at Gitmo. And of course, Americans are picking up the $750,000 tab for the recreation facilities for these criminals," he said.

Then went on to say, "These radicals should be doing Hard Time, not Soccer Time. Our government has no business building this tropical Caribbean recreation facility for terrorists. It is disrespectful and insulting to all who are victims of these killers. What's next at this terrorist playground? A tiki hut and bar on the beach?"

As I stated earlier, the Guantanamo Bay Camp 6 new Soccer Field is about half the size of an American Football Field. It has special passages that allow detainees to go from the detention center to the outdoors - without guards or military escorts of any sort.

The 28,000-square-foot field includes a Soft Walking Track, and it is scheduled to be open for Terrorist detainees to use after bathrooms and goal posts are added.

OK, now here comes the time when a career politician is asked if he knew that his department is spending $744,000 on a Soccer Field for Terrorist detainees"?

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was asked about the project at this week's House budget hearing.

Congressman Huelskamp, R-Kan., asked him, "I had a constituent that contacted me today about a News item. Did you know that apparently our federal taxpayers are paying for a $750,000 Soccer Field at Gitmo? Is that something that Department of Defense knew about?"

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, having heard the question twice, said he was not familiar with the project.

Well guess what! Someone must have known about it! The thing didn't get authorized on its own!


In an absolutely strange statement on the reason for the new $744,000 Soccer Field, Rear Admiral David Woods, who is the Navy's Commander at Guantanamo, who oversees the camps, actually had the nerve to blame "the high cost of the Soccer Field on the need to ship equipment and materials to the remote Navy base."

I don't know if it's on purpose or by mistake, but somehow Admiral Woods seems to be missing the point all together. 

Especially when he added that "their mission is to keep the detainees under safe conditions that provide socialization. Outdoor recreation has encouraged good behavior from detainees which improves the working conditions for the guards."

It amazes me that an Admiral in the United States Navy does not see a problem with furnishing a state of the art Soccer Field to Terrorists.

It bothers me that the Navy feels that they need to "provide socialization" for Terrorists and criminals. And yes, I'm really surprised that the Navy is concerned with using an incentive program for Terrorist in the form of Outdoor Recreation.

These are supposed to be detainees, prisoners, Terrorists. Why is there a need to provide them with luxury items as a "reward" while they are being held.  Where did this insane concept come from of providing socialization and outdoor recreation to "encourage" good behavior ?

On a tour of the camps, Navy Commander Tamsen Reese said that most of the detainees were now housed in Camp 6 and they were used to communal living in an open air camp because they followed the rules.

"What the commander here is trying to do is make sure that we continue to maintain the same standard that we've had here and recognizing again that when the detainees moved from 4 to 6 this was one of, and again this was the first Communal Camp, this was one of the things the detainees enjoyed the most was the large Recreation Area," Reese told reporters.

Yes, unless I'm very wrong here, I believe the Navy Commander was actually trying to say that the reason for the $744,000 Soccer Field is because "this was one of the things the detainees enjoyed."

Now does that sound as crazy to you as it does me?

As far as I'm concerned, who cares what those Jerkweeds enjoy?

Since when is it the Mission of the Defense Department and the United States Navy to provide Terrorist detainees with perks and things they "enjoy"?

I simply can't imagine where that sort of thinking comes from!

I don't understand or agree with either Rear Admiral Woods or Commander Tamsen Reese.  I simply don't understand their way of thinking.  I don't agree with rewarding Terrorist detainees for following the rules.

The concept goes way over the top. I simply don't agree with providing Terrorist with luxury items like a new Soccer Field because they will "enjoy" it. 

To me, that whole concept is nuts!

Now, regarding the amount of $744,000 of Taxpayer money. The price tag of $744,000 is significant.

Why is that figure so vital to this story? Well, it's because if that amount was any higher - it couldn't have been hidden out of view!

Yes, as a Pentagon spokesman said, anything over $749,000 needs Congressional approval. By them making sure it was under that amount, they could hide the project from any sort of scrutiny.

So by the Navy and the Department of Defense making sure that their project to build the Terrorist detainees a new Soccer Field comes in under that $749,000 mark - they will be able to get away with it - without anyone ever knowing about it!

Not one Conservative, who I know personally, talk with, or get e-mail from, wants to cut the Defense Budget. A few, who I know, talk about wanting to cut the waste in the Defense Budget.

Well friends, this is waste! And because those in charge knew that it would come under investigation if they spent more than $744,000 - to me, if it ain't out and out criminal - then it is most definitely skirting the law.

What makes me angry about this is that whenever Congress or the President starts talking about cuts to the Defense Department's Budget - the Defense Department reacts with threats of cuts to troop strength, doing away with whole units, and getting rid of successful weapon's systems.

According to Wikipedia, "The military budget is that portion of the United States discretionary federal budget that is allocated to the Department of Defense, or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any defense-related expenditures.

This military budget pays the salaries, training, and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel, maintains arms, equipment and facilities, funds operations, and develops and buys new equipment. The budget funds all branches of the U.S. military: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps."

In the 2010 United States Federal Budget, the Department of Defense was allocated a base budget of $533.7 billion.  The new Soccer Field in Gitmo cost almost $1million. That is a big figure when we're in the economic pinch that we're in. 

But friends, three quarters of $1 million taken out of a $533 billion budget is a big figure anytime. And yes, it becomes even bigger when we consider that the Department of Defense only spent about $3 billion on all of the Family Housing for all of the married personnel in all of our services combined in 2010.

Essentially, someone in the Defense Department took about a huge bite out of the budget for Family Housing - and used it to build a Soccer Field for Terrorist prisoners who want to kill us.

This is not only irresponsible wasteful spending, but this is blatant dishonesty because of the way they worked this just to keep their spending on the project a secret from anyone who might have a say so on whether it is waste or not. 

It's all very crooked! Slick dealing by underhanded people is what it all amounts to!

They, meaning the people who built this $744,000 Soccer Field, knew that they needed to keep it below the $749,000 spending mark to get away with it.

That's how criminal minds think! They know full well that they are breaking the law, and are very aware of how to get around being caught.

And they would have - if it weren't stumbled on merely by accident. I don't think the person giving the tour to those reporters actually realized the impact of his showing off their new Soccer Field to those Reports. I think he thought it was all above board.

Because of this, I say cut the Defense Department of those needed funds that they spent so frivolously - and yes, fire those responsible for having this built.

After that, I say we take a hard look at the kinds of luxuries that we the American Taxpayer are affording Terrorist detainees.  We need to evaluate what we are doing in Gitmo!

If its just a Communal Setting with multiple Recreation Areas and a New Soccer Field - then we ought to close that Club Fed facility and ship those Jerkweeds to civilian facilities where they well not be treated as wonderfully by bleeding hearts who want them to "enjoy" themselves.

Maybe we should ship them back to their native countries and pay for their incarceration in their prisons? I can promise you that these Jerkweeds would not be cuddled and pampered with Soccer Fields and no contact with the guards!

Lastly, according to reports, it not surprising, but so far Democrats have been silent on the issue.

And believe it or not, the ACLU, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, who advocate for detainee rights, had no comment.

I'm thinking that that's probably because the American public is now getting a better idea of what the Federal government considers detention centers and prisons for Terrorists who have made it their mission to kill us.


THIS COST ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS $$$
 Story by Tom Correa

Friday, March 2, 2012

Random Shots! Gas Prices, IRS Threats, Forced To Join Union, and More!



First Shot!

Obama Secretary Doing Nothing To Lower Gas Prices

Yes, that's according to the Energy Secretary himself!

President Barack Obama's Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu admitted that the Administration doesn't find a problem with High Gas Prices. In fact, he admitted that the Obama Administration is doing nothing to lower gas prices. 

Think I'm kidding, well I wish I were. 

On Tuesday, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu sat in front of Congress explaining what the Obama Administration is actually doing to help Americans survive the huge spike at the pumps. The explanation amounted to admitting that they are doing nothing about it!

Mississippi Republican Rep. Alan Nunnelee asked if the Department of Energy is actively trying to lower fuel costs. "Is the overall goal to get our price of gasoline down?" Nunnelee asked.

"No, the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy," Secretary Chu responded - without hesitation.

The first time Secretary Chu stepped on Republican toes was when he told the Wall Street Journal in 2008 that, "Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe."

That is the dream of the Liberal Left that the Democrat Party. Why? Well because they believe that if Americans are forced to pay $5 to $8 or more per gallon, that those prices would "encourage Americans to get serious" about using alternatives instead of oil and gas.

However, that logic leaves Republicans like Sen. John Thune from South Dakota scratching their heads.

"When you are doubling, literally doubling the price per gallon of gasoline, how does that strengthen your economy?" Thune said.

Their answer is silence, because they have no answer to that question. Fact is that $5 or more for a gallon of gallon is going to have a horrifying effect on our economy.

But they don't see a  problem, instead they see high gas prices as an incentive for alternate energy technology to take off.

The Heritage Foundation points out that hammering the American consumer with high gas prices to make electric and hybrid cars more appealing is consistent with Obama administration policy and Chu's philosophy. That explains the refusal to allow the building of the Keystone XL pipeline and to allow drilling in wide areas of the U.S. and offshore areas.

But wait, Secretary Chu wasn't done yet. I believed he returned today with a whole different outlook on things.

No surprise about that, I was pretty sure that after talking with the White House about his performance in front of Congress that he'd return with different answers.

I don't fault Secretary Chu for saying what he did. The man was only telling the truth. The truth is that the Obama Administration does not care about lowering prices for Americans.

Secretary Chu has not been tasked with bringing down gas or oil prices, but instead is tasked with the job of pushing alternative energy. After all, that is the basket that Obama has stuck all of his eggs when it comes to his energy policy.  And that, that is that truth!

Sort of tunnel vision if you ask me, but then again that's Washington D.C.!

Second Shot!

We're Paying For Obama Propaganda

Two senators have launched an investigation into "taxpayer-funded spin" by the Obama administration, following reports that the administration is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to promote Obama Care and other policies.

Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., on Wednesday blasted out letters to 11 Federal agencies asking for detailed information about public relations and advertising contracts over the past three years.

Portman said the probe is "not a partisan exercise." Instead, he said the senators want to bring "to the light of day" how much money the administration is spending to promote its own policies.

The concern here goes to the question of how much money is being spent on spinning their policies around to make them look good and subsequently making the message inappropriate propaganda and lies?

Among the many recipients of the senators' letters was the Department of Health and Human Services. A Portman aide, who said the "major document request" was aimed at probing publicly funded "spin," cited a report last summer by watchdog group Judicial Watch that flagged millions of dollars spent on promotion of the federal health care overhaul.

That report detailed documents that showed federal health officials discussing their campaign with the public relations firm The Ogilvy Group. The officials discussed ways to draw Americans to the health care website to inform them about provisions in the law.

The conversations reflected  a strategy of targeting women and minorities. One 2010 email from an Ogilvy executive noted that officials wanted to use the "bulk" of paid media efforts "on media that reaches African Americans and Hispanics."

At the time of the report, HHS confirmed that $3.5 million was spent promoting the site, but argued that the campaign was not out of the ordinary. According to HHS, it was a "critical" way to make sure people are aware of their "rights, protections and benefits" under the health care law.

But that begs the question, what other Federal Program spends Millions of Taxpayer Dollars advising people of their "rights, protections, and benefits"?

And what other Federal Program spends Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on targeting Blacks and Hispanic citizens?

The Portman and McCaskill investigation is going way beyond the Health and Services Department. The Senators also sent requests to the Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense, National Labor Relations Board, and other agencies.

The Senators are asking for the names of contractors, the amount of money spent, descriptions of the work and other details. These two Senators are the top lawmakers on the contracting oversight subcommittee within the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - and now they want answers.

One of Senator Portman's aide, in explaining the broad request, pointed to a 2010 report by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that claimed that "ordinary Americans have financed and been exposed to an unprecedented number of public relations and propaganda efforts"  - since the start of the Obama administration.

"The Obama administration frequently used federal resources to promote the President's agenda," the report said. "The President's right to sell his policy recommendations to Congress and the public is not disputed; however, using the resources of the federal government to activate a sophisticated propaganda and lobbying campaign is an abuse of office and a betrayal of the president's pledge to create 'an unprecedented level of openness in government'."

I said it when this gang in the White House first got put in business, they came with Chicago politics and a Nazi know-how when it came to using their propaganda machine. Frrom what I say in 2008, the Liberal Media Machine was all but salivating over Obama's arrival - that made them ripe for manipulation, cooperation, and complicity.

The Left in America has been using propaganda for years, mainly to demonize Conservatives and others who don't agree with their Socialist agenda. Liberals use Propaganda Techniques started ages ago, but were used during the Russian Revolution - and honed to a science during the regien of Nazi Germany. 

Third Shot!

Forced To Join A Union

This American was forced to join a Union against her own free will because she was caring for a family member in her home. She was forced to join a Union because the law said they had to.

Yes, the law made her bow to their wishes - not because of some safety rule, but because of politicians and Socialist Ideology!

Sally Coomer takes care of her disabled adult daughter in Duvall, Washington. The State of Washington considers her a "Home-Care Worker". And yes, under current law, she is forced to become a member of the SEIU (Service Employees International Union).  

To me, what the State and the Union are doing is a case of Complicity and Extortion.

How? Well, by being forced by the State to join the SEIU - she becomes a Union member. As a Union member of the SEIU, she is forced to pay Union Dues!

So now, because of the State forcing her to join the SEIU, $95 a month is taken from Sally Coomer for Union dues - which of course also goes to fund causes she does not support.

As for that $95 that the State and the Union is forcing her to pay, well that $95 could provide an additional 9 to 10 hours of care for her daughter. But that is no concern for both the State of Washington and the SEIU.

As long as the Union gets their money, the Liberal politicians in Washington State can still get their Union Contributions. It is quite the arangement.




I can't understand how this is legal?

This is disturbing in so many ways. I can't understand how this is legal?

The State ordering you to do something because you are caring for a family member, that's one part of this that isn't right. Making you join a Labor Union when you don't want to, that's a horrible step for Americans to let by without being addressed.

What more can the State of Federal governments ORDER you to do against you will?

And yes, as far as I'm concerned, this is just more proof that the government is overstepping its authority - and it needs to be addressed.

Another Shot!

IRS Threats - How The IRS Wants Information From Tea Party Chapters? 

Talk about overstepping your authority, this is an interesting twist of history.

It seems that the Sons of Liberty of 1765 are being resurrected all over again.

It was in Boston, Massachusetts, in early summer of 1765, when a group of Shopkeepers, Artisans got together to protest unfair laws and taxes placed upon them what they saw as a tyrannical government. 

They called themselves The Loyal Nine. As the group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty. Frustration with the government was so bad that by the end of 1765, the Sons of Liberty existed in every American colony.

Knowing the ways of the world, they were not so naive to think that the government would not seek reprisals to their protests. Because of this, the Sons of Liberty met in secret out of fear of retribution from the government.

After the British government passed the Tea Act, American colonists viewed it as another example of "taxation without representation."

The American colonists were angry and helpless. They wanted to do something to let the British government know about the unhappiness that the Tea Act was causing.

As a way to protest the Tea Act, colonists in Philadelphia and New York turned the tea ships back to Britain. In Charleston the cargo was left to rot on the docks. In Boston, the Royal Governor was stubborn and kept the ships in port - but the colonists dock workers would not allow them to unload. Cargoes of tea filled the Boston harbor, as the British ships weren't moving either way.

The Sons of Liberty discussed how best to get their message across to Great Britain, that the American colonies wanted more of a role in governing themselves.

The year was 1773 and Christmas was approaching. The American Colonists faced another year of unopposed and unrepresentative taxes. The Sons of Liberty decided to take action - it would later be called "The Boston Tea Party."

The Boston Tea Party was a symbolic act. It was meant to be an example of how far Americans were willing to speak out for their freedom. But the Sons of Liberty were not fools, they knew that they must remain a secret organization. If not, then they'd be open to harsh reprisals and imprisonment from their government.

Now fast forward to 2012.

Unlike the Sons of Liberty, Americans who joined in on the Tea Party rallies in 2009 never thought that they would be subject to reprisals and retribution from the United States government.

But now, now its happening!

Tea Party chapters around the nation are blasting the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) after the Federal agency sent them letters demanding information about their politics, contributors, and even family members.

In letters sent from IRS offices in Cincinnati earlier this month, chapters including the Waco, Texas, Tea Party and the Ohio Liberty Council were asked to provide a list of donors, identify volunteers, financial support for and relationships with political candidates and parties, and even printed copies of their Facebook pages.

The chapters that received requests were registering for nonprofit status as a 501(c)4 organizations. The classification mainly differs from 501(c)3 groups in that donors cannot deduct their contributions from their taxable income.

The tax code places fewer restrictions on 501(c)4 groups, allowing them to lobby in furtherance of their organizations' mission. They are also permitted to engage in political activity like endorsing candidates and donating money and time to specific campaigns, though it cannot be their primary activity.

Tea Party leaders said that they were particularly offended by demands that they name donors and volunteers, which is required by law, but were also asked to list any political ambitions of board members or their relatives.

Colleen Owens, spokeswoman for the Richmond, Virginia, Tea Party, claims that her chapter had a similar letter sent to them just two weeks before they were to hold a local convention in which they were asked to provide nearly 500 pages in documents.

They were required to return the requested documents two days before the start of the convention.

"Most of these groups are not wealthy and they've had their applications for 501(c)4 status since 2010," Owens said. "We only had two weeks to gather everything. The timing was suspicious."

"When determining whether an organization is eligible for tax-exempt status, including 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, all the facts and circumstances of that specific organization must be considered to determine whether it is eligible for tax-exempt status. To be tax-exempt as a social welfare organization, they must be primarily engaged in the promotion of social welfare. Career civil servants make all decisions on exemption applications in a fair, impartial manner and do so without regard to political party affiliation or ideology," said a spokesman for the IRS.

But if that's so, then why ask questions about the political ambitions of board members or their relatives? If this is just an innocent inquiry, then why demand information about their politics, contributors, and even family members?

If this is so routine, I can't help but wonder why would they ask for to provide a list of donors, identify volunteers, financial support for and relationships with political candidates and parties, and even printed copies of their Facebook pages?


Tom Zawistowski, of the Ohio Liberty Council, a Tea Party chapter, called the questions about the names of donors, volunteers and members' relatives as "intelligence gathering."

"This has nothing to do with tax status," Zawistowski said. “It has to do with political affiliation. The questions are too close to home."

I agree with Colleen Owens, who is the spokeswoman for the Richmond, Virginia, Tea Party, when she said, "It's very intimidating and people are scared."

Last Shot!

Caterpillar Bypasses Illinois for Georgia

So let's see if my heart can take this news. An American company that relocated to China is coming back.

The only hiccup is that its not going back to the place it left which was Illinois. By why not Illinois?

Well, there is a short and simple reason that the construction-equipment manufacturer moved its factory from China to Georgia bypassing Illinois. The answer is that Illinois is not exactly known as a business friendly State.

Even in the days when I was going to Illinois on jobs, it was pretty well known that the workers there are hard working folks - but the State has a way, just like here in California, to place to many demands on a business, over-regulate them, and drive them out of the State.

States that are not business friendly are finding out that business are either moving out or simple avoiding building there at all.  It has to make people wonder when exactly will some States, like California, finally admit to being the problem and not the solution.


Story by Tom Correa

Monday, February 27, 2012

Random Shots! Cruise Ship Passengers Robbed, Obama Not Welcome, and More!

First Shot!

President Obama Not Welcome In Southern California?

It seems that President Obama is not as welcome across the country as he thinks he is.

One report says hundreds, while another puts the number at a few thousand, protesters lined the Pacific Coast Highway to give Obama at least a little of what they think is going on. 

Unlike at violent liberal protests, such as the Occupy protests, there were no signs of hate or racism. This was all business. Yes, business!

Business, you ask?  Well, a peaceful protest is like a simple non-confrontational discussion between and Employer and an Employee. And yes, contrary to what the Politicians think, they are not "Royalty" but instead are simply employees.

Whether its in our Nation's capitol in Washington D.C., or for us out here California' state capitol in Sacramento, the Politicians who work there are supposed to be working for us. 

I know it seems odd. The employer, us, having to hold rallies and carry signs to get them to notice what we are not happy with - might seem odd. And of course adding to the scene is our employee, in this case the President, rolling by in his bullet proof Limo - and that also might seem odd.

But really, he works for us! And although I know it doesn't look like it, I believe that that rich guy in the Limo really does work for us. Well OK, so maybe I'm wrong? But I sure hope not!

I'm angry that at a time when gasoline prices are at record highs, and yes, today I paid $4.29 a gallon to get home from town - the President is off raising Campaign money instead of doing his job!

You would think the Jerkweeds that we have in Office would be hard at work figuring how to give the American people some relief at the pumps!  Instead the President plays golf, raises money, and sings with BB King! And yes, the Congress sits on their ass doing nothing because its split between Democrat and Republican control.

So the result is that the Actor & Chief does nothing and laughs about it, the Congress remains on its ass, and we suffer having to make the choice between food and gas, or work and gas, or the mortgage and gas, or simply not being able to hold a job because you can't get there because you can't afford to buy gas.

Second Shot! 

Fund Raisers! Why Are There So Many Wealthy Liberals?

This has a lot to do with Obama, His Royal Self, at another Fund Raiser. This time in Newport Beach.  

Total monies raised from the fundraising stop in Southern California were not released, but a ticket to hear Obama read his teleprompter costs a lot of money. Those tickets ranged from $2,500 to a whopping $38,500!

Imagine that! So answer me this, where are all of these Rich Liberals getting their money from? The media is always talking about "Wealthy Republicans," but the fact is that it seems that the Liberal Left is the real Wealthy in this country!

It's true, it is statistically a proven fact. Yes, the majority of rich people in the United States are not Republicans or Conservative - but instead are Liberal far-left Democrats.

I'm sorry to say that that Red & Blue State Map shows more than just Democrats and Republicans. Those Blue States are places like New York and Hollywood and San Francisco and Chicago and Silicon Valley. And friends, that's not what I'd call Conservative areas of the country.

Fact is that most of the richest Congressional Districts in America are represented by Democrats. And yes, from everything that I've read, most of the richest people in the United States Congress are Liberals.

Don't believe me? Well, ask yourself this, who are the Conservative equivalent to Liberal Millionaires and Billionaires like George Soros, Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Arthur Blank, Warren Buffett, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, David Geffen, Charles Gifford, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Norman Lear, John Kerry and his wife, Ted Turner, Penny Pritzker, Steven Spielberg, or even Oprah Winfrey?  No one!

Liberals in America are the Super Rich. But why do they have the money to throw at politicians? Why can't Conservatives match their wealth?

And honestly, I'd really like to know why there are so many extremely rich Liberals? Especially when they're always talking about helping people in need, yet they don't. 

How come the majority of the money given to relief victims in national emergencies, like to who were affected in Hurricane Katrina, come from Conservative Americans and not extremely wealthy Liberals?

How come they support things like the Occupy protest riots? And really, how come there are so many filthy rich Liberals across the nation who can afford $38,000.00 for breakfast with the President?

I'm sorry, but their hypocrisy stinks!

Third Shot!

Cruise Ship Passengers Robbed.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that hooded bandits robbed 22 Carnival Splendor Cruise Ship passengers at gunpoint.

The robbery happened several days into their cruise while the passengers took part in one of the excursions from the ship when it pulled into Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The passengers, who departed Long Beach, California, on February 19th and returned Sunday, were traveling on a bus after going on a nature hike Friday when the bandits struck near the Mexican port city.

The gunmen, armed with fully automatic weapons, stole the passengers' valuables which included their cameras and money. No one was reported to have been hurt during the robbery.

"Carnival sincerely apologizes to its guests for this very unfortunate and disturbing event and is providing its full support and assistance," the Miami-based company said in a statement.

"Carnival is working with guests to reimburse them for lost valuables and assist with lost passports or other forms of identification."

The company has suspended the nature trail tour from its list of activities for cruise passengers.

For me, this is too close to home!

You see, many years ago, I took the opportunity to take an excursion that was offered as an activity when I was in a foreign port - and something very similar happened.

It was when I was a young Marine. The ship that I was on pulled into port in Subic Bay in the Philippines. It was an American base so it was OK on base. Outside of the gates was another story. In those days the Philippines were under Martial Law, and the local police had way too much power.

As something to do, a friend and I signed up for a bus trip up to Bagio City. It was going to be my second trip to Bagio.

We had to take the Liberty Bus to travel up there from Olongapo.

If you have ever seen the movie "Romancing the Stone" and saw the bus that Kathleen Turner was on in Colombia. The wrong bus she took to Cartagena. Well the Liberty Bus was a lot like that. It was a mix of local folks who also had with them their chickens and pigs and produce.

The locals were pretty understanding of us tourist. The year was 1975. 

Along the way, the bus stopped at a Police Check Point. The Police in the Philippines are called the Constabulary. They were all armed with fully automatic weapons had ordered everyone to get off the bus.

They separated the men from the women, and moved the women around the back of the bus. For my friend and I, along with two other Americans, we and the other men were told to kneel with our hands behind our head. We did so without resistance.

The Philippine Constabulary is part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. I knew there reputation to shoot first and ask questions later, so I did as I was ordered and knelt there with my hands behind my head.

One Constabulary officer, who was positioned behind us, kept walking back and fourth behind us. He would laugh and tell us that he was going to shoot us. He would now and then put his rifle's muzzle to the back of my head and tap my head forward.

I can still remember keeping my head up and looking forward. I can still remember feeling like a Prisoner of War (POW).

They took our money, rings, watches, and some of our clothing. In those days, I traveled with my ID in my socks and only carried a my money in my front pocket - so all in all they got my money but not my ID.

For a moment when the Constabulary was arguing behind us, I have to say that I really thought that they were going to kill us Americans. Once they drove off, we all got back into the bus and headed up the road to another small village. Since we had no money, we went back to Subic.

I've always found it interesting that the things that happen to us - always stay with us. I remember being stopped once for a speeding ticket by a California Highway Patrol years later.

He ordered me to kneel and place my hands behind my head. But I refused and told him that he could cuff me and take me in to be booked - something that I've never had done to me yet - but I told him that I do not kneel like that.

I am not a POW!

I think he was sort of shocked because I was cold sober and refused to be treated like a POW. Instead of pushing the issue, which I'm sure he could have very easily, the Officer gave me a warning for speeding and let me go. 

Last Shot!

Scientist Now Think They Know What Caused The Collapse Of The Mayan Civilization.

Bottom line, they still don't know. Its all conjecture. Fact is that there is no universally accepted theory to explain their collapse.

Personally, I think they screwed up their calender the same way they screwed up their civilization. Their downfall came in 900AD, but they did not disappear.

But wait, if you listen to the so-called scientist - they give you the idea that the Mayans are gone. Well, they're not.

After the human sacrifices stopped and the Spanish came in to take over, they simply blended into the culture that followed theirs.

Fact is that the Maya peoples never disappeared, neither at the time of the Classic period decline or with the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors or with the subsequent Spanish colonization of the Americas.

Today, the Maya and their descendants form sizable populations throughout the Maya area and maintain a distinctive set of traditions and beliefs that are the result of the merger of pre-Columbian and post-Conquest ideas and cultures.

Believe it or not, many Mayan languages continue to be spoken as primary languages today.

Pretty enlightening stuff huh! Have a great day!

Story by Tom Correa