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Posted February 06, 2012By Nathan A. Barton © 2012 Monday, January 30, 2012 Crash of 2009 2012 State Business Tax Climate Index (Tax Foundation) Wyoming topped the state business tax rankings as the state with the best tax environment for corporations, followed by South Dakota... Well, I can’t help but feel good about this - hope for the future for the Northern Plains and Mountains. And compared to CO, NM, IA, NE, and other nearby states - and the horror stories I hear from the Coasts and down South, we are VERY fortunate to see this - but IT COULD BE BETTER with less (or no) Federal government. Mama's Note: Not sure some of the big mineral and energy extraction companies would agree with this, but the general climate for other business still seems good. Crash of 2009 Rent-to-Own, the Feds and the Housing Sector (The American) The Federal Reserve suggests that there will be potentially 1 million more foreclosures in 2012 and 2013, which will further expand properties where mortgage lenders have taken ownership after default... Did I hear (again!) someone saying that the depression is over (or “recession” or “downturn” or whatever)? Of course. Let me see how this could work: the mortgage holders (banks) take over ownership; the government takes over the banks, and voila! The government owns millions and millions of residential properties, together with the parks and forests and military bases and “empty land” and wetlands and waters of the US: the Tranzi dream!!! Crash of 2009 Why Are Interest Rates So Low? (Real Clear Markets) The United States, though briefly optimistic about the 3 percent growth posted in the final quarter of 2011, is still expected to maintain 2 percent growth for 2012... This “3 percent” growth is a myth, fueled in part by inflation, in part by the fears of people in Europe over the Euro, and in part by people so desperate that they are doing really stupid things to make a living. And even this chimera is just a temporary spike - and more headache to come. Of course, to those in trouble, the interest rates are higher than ever: people behind on credit cards are paying - get this - 26% per year. TWENTY-SIX!!! Stupid local government - Welfare state City in Penalty Box over Team Finances (Wall Street Journal) In exchange for the ability to keep the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team, Glendale promised the National Hockey League it would absorb up to $25 million of the team's losses in both 2011 and 2012... I guess this is another of those “essential government services” which has to be provided lest we all collapse into barbarism. So Glendale steals (or borrows THEN steals) from the many tens of thousands of poor people who inhabit it, and the businesses which are barely hanging on, so that sports “stars” can make millions and team owners and a few connected fat-cat service providers can make out like bandits. Without the stupidity of this city council in providing this welfare, this would NOT be happening - and Phoenix area hockey fans would have to - gasp - watch CANADIAN hockey on television! Mama's Note: I'm having a very hard time even imagining a hockey game in Phoenix... that WAS Phoenix, Arizona, right? They don't have enough ice for a cold drink without billions in subsidized electricity. What in the world do they want with hockey? Nanny state tyranny Proposed Federal Rules Would Limit Kids' Work on Farms (USA Today) Children will be limited from working on neighbors' and relatives' farm plots because of burdensome new regulations announced by the Labor Department... The miracle is apparently over - this could easily be the last straw for the family farm. The corporations will have won and before you know it, we’ll be a net importer of food. I wonder if this is viewed by the imbeciles in DC as being a way of “creating” new jobs - since the kids can’t work, they figure farmers and ranchers will go out and hire - who? Border jumpers? Ghetto layabouts? Wonderful - and turning the farm kids into the same sort of lazy louts that too many urban and suburban kids are. Mama's Note: Going to be interesting to see how they plan to enforce it. What's next? Laws against kids taking out the trash or setting the table? No babysitting until they are 21? Wait, that's already true a few places, I think. Politics 2012 Election Day? 34 Percent of Likely Florida GOP Primary Voters Have Already Cast Ballots (CNSNews. com) Enough still available to vote and make a difference - if there IS any difference between at least three of the four. Politics 2012 Romney Says the Campaign in Florida 'Has Been About Leadership' (CNSNews. com) In other words, “character” - something that neither Romney nor Gingrich has much of. Politicians make me puke. Culture wars - Stupid people Starbucks: Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage ‘Is Core to Who We Are and What We Value’ (CNSNews. com) Funny - I thought that they sold coffee and valued their customers (and their customers’ money) so that they could make a profit. Wow, was I wrong! Mama's Note: Starbucks has been in the news a lot over the last year or so with the gun rights controversy, now with anti-gun organizations trying to pressure them to prohibit armed customers. It's beginning to look more like clever advertising than political or social conviction. First Citizen - Stupid government - Theft by government Obama Administration Is Stretching the Family and Medical Leave Act to Cover Service Members (CNSNews. com) Once more, pointing out that this is apparently nothing but a bribe. “Sorry, I can’t report for deployment to the Mexican border that day, my wife is having a baby. Can we reschedule for two weeks later?” And of course, what does this do to Defense spending? Stupid government - Theft by government Panetta: Obama's Cuts Create ‘Risks’ in Military’s ‘Capability to Respond’ (CNSNews. com) Considering things like the above, you do have to ask if we can afford still more risks. Of course, as long as the military allows Congress to define risks and NOT abide by the Constitution, this claim of “risks” is pretty much a joke. First Citizen Obama Tuition Proposal Would Have Only Tiny Impact on College Inflation, Critic Says (CNSNews. com) Yet ANOTHER bribe - or something that pretends to be one. Actually, the critic is wrong: the First Citizen’s proposal will INCREASE college inflation rates. East Asian front - Stupid Ami government tricks State Dept. Cites UN Declaration in Explaining US Concerns for Human Rights in China (CNSNews. com) Very selective, aren’t they? How many thousands of UN resolution (cry sheets) are there? How many do we pay such attention to? Islamic wars: Canaanite front Rep. Smith: Kids’ Textbooks in Palestinian Refugee Camps ‘Explosively Anti-Semitic, Anti-American and Anti-Israeli' (CNSNews. com) Sounds like they are imitating American colleges in their curriculum. People can claim (perhaps with some truth) that the Israelis and the US are planning for another major war: Syria, Iran, whatever. But it is obvious that the Arab Islamists, especially in Canaan and vicinity, are planning for GENERATIONS more of war. Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Europe’s Collapse (2 stories) Germany resists calls to give more to $657 billion eurozone bailout (USA Today) "As European leaders meet today in Brussels to forge a closer fiscal union as a way to ease the European debt crisis, doubts are growing over the measure pushed by Europe's largest economy, Germany, along with France, to save the eurozone. Many EU nations say they want Germany to do more to bolster an emergency fund to back bailouts of heavy debtor nations such as Greece, Italy and Spain." (01/29/12) The situation has been pushed back and back and back, and they are nearly out of time and opportunity, but won’t bite the bullet. EU summit: UK, Czech Republic refuse to join fiscal agreement (BBC News [UK]) "Twenty-five of the EU's 27 member states have agreed to join a fiscal treaty to enforce budget discipline. The Czech Republic and the UK refused to sign up. UK Prime Minister David Cameron said his government would act if the treaty threatened UK interests. ... The Czechs cited 'constitutional reasons' for their refusal, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said." (01/30/12) Together, these stories show us two more steps in the fall of the Euro and collapse of Europe: it isn’t going as fast as some expected, but fast enough. Culture wars: government attacks on religion - Killing babies Bishop: Obama Administration Is Telling Catholics ‘To Hell With You’ (CNSNews.com) Bold words, but literally true: the First Citizen’s rules would force Catholics to commit sins that would condemn them to Hell - unless they rebel and refuse to comply. Sadly, I don’t think there are many potential martyrs in the American Catholic population. Popular culture - Stupid people Poll: Nearly One-in-Five Adults Would Miss the Birth of their Own Baby to Go to the Super Bowl (CNSNews.com) ONLY one in five women? I’d think it would be more like 95% of women: avoid all that pain and mess to go watch a football game? I mean, we are talking fantasy here, so why not? Islamic war: Arab street revolt - Stupid Ami government tricks ‘We Stand With You,’ Clinton Tells Syrian People Ahead of Security Council Meeting (CNSNews.com) Wow, what a comfort that must be to the Syrians - look how well it has worked for Libyans, Egyptians, “Palestinians,” Afghans, “Iraqis,” and American Catholics. The only people that this administration seems to really “stand with” are perverts. Politics 2012 Gingrich: Choosing Conservative GOP Candidate Is Only Way to Beat Obama (CNSNews.com) Which leaves a choice of Santorum (if you like statist conservatives) or Paul (if you like constitutional and much more freedom-oriented conservatives). Or two 24-caret phonies. Politics 2012 - First Citizen Romney: Obama Has a ‘Groundhog Day Presidency’ (CNSNews.com) Not bad imagery at all - not that Romney’s would be any better. Even SOROS says that Romney would be just like Obama and Clinton and Bush II... Politics 2012 Democrat Hysterics? 'The Middle Class Will Be History' (CNSNews.com) BOTH sides use this kind of fearmongering. But in elections, the Dems seem to do a better job of propaganda. But we are going to hear a LOT more of it in the next 10 months. American front Report: Four in 10 Illegal Aliens Caught by Border Patrol Did Not Face ‘Enforcement With Consequences’ in 2010 (CNSNews.com) Cheerful thought, what? Home front Police Take No Action to Enforce No-Camping Rule at Occupy D.C. Location (CNSNews.com) Situational justice and policing establishes a new milestone. Islamic wars: Mesopotamian front - Stupid Ami government tricks U.S. Military Archbishop: Far Fewer Christians in Iraq Since U.S. 2003 Invasion (CNSNews.com) I honestly think this is truly an unintended consequence, but it is no less bad for that: there are three possibilities: (1) emigration, (2) death, or (3) apostasy - with perhaps a fourth: going underground even more than they are. Politics 2012 - Abominable Act Romney Plan for Replacing ObamaCare Light on Details (CNSNews.com) Just like ObummerCare to begin with - but we can look at Massachusetts to see some idea. It is, of course, absolutely the wrong approach: government needs to be driven out of health care with whips and water hoses and flamethrowers, not just tweak its role. Islamic war: South Asian/Persian fronts India Joins China in Defying Sanctions; Won't Cut Iran Oil Imports (CNSNews.com) Why should they? They would gain nothing and it would cost them millions if not billions. It is insanely stupid for NATO and the US to push this, since they cannot offer these nations an alternative... Home front - Local tyranny Angry Landowners Fight Eminent Domain in Pa. Gas Field (CNSNews.com) Many of the complaining landowners say they favor natural gas drilling and some have leased land to gas drillers. What rankles them is that FERC has invested CNYOG with the power of eminent domain, taking away their bargaining power. "Once the government becomes involved, this is what happens. Because you lose that leverage," said Amy Gardner, who, with her husband, faces condemnation of part of their 175-acre parcel in Sullivan County. The problem in fighting government (with companies as de facto allies) is that, all too often, the companies are almost as bad as government. The companies grab everything government gives them and makes it worse on other people and companies. In a free market, these people and the CNYOG could have come to a win-win agreement; government has ruined that chance. This is very similar (on a much larger scale) to what a company tried almost a decade ago in SW Colorado: it was costly but the company (and its governmentally-provided powers) WAS defeated. Wednesday, February 01, 2012 First Citizen - Culture wars: government attacks on religion - Killing babies WH:‘No Constitutional Rights Issue’ in Forcing Catholics to Act Against Their Faith (CNSNews.com) Theft by government CBO: Obama’s Policies to Increase National Debt 47 Percent to $21.7 Trillion by 2022 (CNSNews.com) Imagine that we were so foolish back in the 1980s and 1990s to think that government spending was out of control. We had NO idea. This is, of course, not JUST the First Citizen’s fault, but virtually EVERY member of Congress from about 1960 on - stupidity multiplied by stupidity, greed, ambition, blindness, shortsightedness - and too much of that is the fault of the IDIOTS that elected them! Stupid Ami government tricks State Dep’t Official Discusses Promotion of ‘Human Rights for LGBT People’ Around the World (CNSNews.com) For decades, Iran and other members of the Ummah - the Dar al-Islam - have condemned the US for its incredible immorality and decadence, its promotion of immorality around the world, and its evil lifestyle. Apparently, we were just getting started - but it will be excused when the Islamists attack the US more and more as being “our freedom” that they envy. Freedom to do what? Liberty REQUIRES responsibility, and clearly, we have such no more. Congress in action Sen. Johanns to Cordray: ‘I Can’t Imagine How Anyone Can Maintain Your Service Is Valid’ (CNSNews.com) Funny, I’d say the same thing about the Representatives and Senators. Theft by government CBO: Taxes Will ‘Shoot Up by More Than 30 Percent’ Over Next 2 Years (CNSNews.com) Oh? I thought it was tax REVENUES but apparently we are not talking about a recovery, but about MORE theft by government: higher rates and more things taxed and more fines and fees and such as that: NOT increased income because of a better economy and better salaries and wages. What happens if we just don’t have the money to pay? Or if we must choose between a roof over our heads, food for our family, or paying the thieves that call themselves governments? Politics 2012 Romney's Aggression, Money, Organization Helped Him Bury Gingrich in Fla. (CNSNews.com) Frankly, the demographics also tell the story: Gingrich’s tactics did not carry him in FL the way they did in SC. Notice that NO ONE is talking about Santorum or Paul. Except libertarians, maybe. And Australians: Florida: Romney wins GOP primary with 47% (Melbourne Herald Sun [Australia]) "Mitt Romney has won the Republican primary in Florida .... Returns from nearly half of Florida's precincts showed Mr Romney with 47 per cent of the vote, to Mr Gingrich's 31 per cent. ... Two other candidates, former senator Rick Santorum and congressman Ron Paul, remain in the race, but they conceded Florida to their rivals and remain longshots for the nomination. Mr Santorum had 13 per cent and Mr Paul 7 per cent." (02/01/12) Yes, I understand that Paul had long ago decided NOT to fight in Florida, hoarding resources to use in a wide variety of states in upcoming caucuses and Super Tuesday. Is this wise? Yes. For the next month, the two “front runners” will have hundreds of opportunities to crash and burn. While either would be as palatable to the Mainstream Media as Bush I or Bush II, we’ll see which of them gets nipped at more by the running media dogs of the Tranzis. Stupid Ami government tricks - Islamic war: Arab street front Clinton Accuses Assad of Setting Syrian Minorities Against Each Other (CNSNews.com) As if American presidents haven’t done the same thing time and again? As if ANY dictator does not use this tactic? I recall being told by National-Socialist survivors in Germany of the way the Reich used the Jehovah’s Witnesses as Judas-goats for Jews and Gypsies and even the mentally-deficient and some Protestant groups - then rounded up the JWs and shipped them to the same camps and ovens. Politics 2012 - Theft by candidates Corzine on List of Top Obama 2012 Campaign Bundlers (CNSNews.com) It just makes sense, does it not? This corrupt, venal, in-your-face, hypocritical, thieving (more than most) regime sinks lower and lower: is there ANY hope that we can get rid of it? Congress in action - Theft by government Bipartisan Call for Senate to Move Quickly on Insider-Trading Bill (CNSNews.com) Don’t worry, it will have PLENTY of loopholes, and probably they have figured out better ways to rake in the loot. They will continue to rob us blind in multiple ways. Culture wars: government attacks on religion Forest Service Says WWII Statue of Jesus Can Stay; Atheists Plan to File Suit (CNSNews.com) Well, what a surprise: the USFS part, NOT the Atheists’ part. But never fear, the fight isn’t over yet. Islamic war: South Asian and Afghan fronts NATO report: Pakistan is helping Afghan Taliban (BBC News [UK]) "The Taliban in Afghanistan are being directly assisted by Pakistani security services, according to a secret Nato report seen by the BBC. The leaked report, derived from thousands of interrogations, claims the Taliban remain defiant and have wide support among the Afghan people. It alleges that Pakistan knows the locations of senior Taliban leaders." (01/31/12) If true, this seems to come as no surprise to a great many observers, including a lot of troops on the ground in Afghanistan. It is consistent with Pakistan’s actions and political stand - and desires. But it does seem to conflict with the next story: Islamic war: South Asian and Afghan fronts Pakistan: More than 60 killed in fighting between military and Taliban (Guardian [UK]) "Fighting between soldiers and Taliban militants over a strategic mountaintop in north-western Pakistan has killed more than 60 people, according to a government official. ... Elsewhere in Pakistan, at least 10 people have been gunned down in the past 24 hours in the southern city of Karachi, said Sharfuddin Memon, a security adviser for the government of Sindh province, where Karachi is the capital." (01/31/12) The current situation makes me wonder if this battle even really happened, or if the fighting did include Taliban, or just some tribal group that the government hates. Self-defense New York City: Teen mugger shot, killed (Wall Street Journal) "In the third fatal shooting involving New York City police this month, an off-duty officer shot and killed a teenager who allegedly tried to rob him on a Brooklyn street, authorities said. The 50-year- old officer, whose name wasn't released, was walking to the subway on his way to work just before midnight Sunday when he was accosted by two teens on the Bushwick street, police said." (01/31/12) This hardly should be considered a “police shooting” since the guy was off-duty and attacked, not as a cop but as a typical NYC victim-in-waiting. Of course, since few EXCEPT police can carry (concealed - don’t even start on open carry!) in the NYC police state (literally), 99% of the residents of NYC would have just been robbed, mugged, or killed. Stupid cop tricks - Federal cop tyranny California: Unidentified badged thug assaults dog-walker (San Francisco Chronicle) "A Montara man walking two lapdogs off leash was hit with an electric-shock gun by a National Park Service ranger after allegedly giving afalse name and trying to walk away, authorities said Monday. ... 'It was really scary,' said Michelle Babcock, who said she had seen the incident .... Babcock said Hesterberg had repeatedly asked the ranger why he was being detained. She didn't answer him, Babcock said. 'He just tried to walk away. She never gave him a reason, Babcock said. The ranger shot Hesterberg in the back with her shock weapon as he walked off, Babcock said." (01/31/12) Well, I for one am certainly grateful that this NPS thugette was there to protect our wonderful national parks and the visitors there from this crime - such crimes MUST be stopped. We can no longer afford to have people allowing these vicious and dangerous little animals to run loose, chasing down and killing the natural flora and fauna of the areas: deer and elk and bears and mountain lions must be protected! To say nothing of the tourists who are hounded and run down and eaten alive. No wonder Ms. Babcock thought it was so scary; this NPS ranger needs a medal! Isn’t it wonderful that National Park Rangers are just another form of police force today? War on Some Drugs - Mexican Civil War Mexico: American Missionaries Killed (MSNBC) An American missionary couple has been found slain in their home near the violence-plagued industrial city of Monterrey, the U.S. Embassy and family members said Wednesday. ...John Casias was a Baptist preacher and the couple ran the First Fundamentalist Independent Baptist Church in Santiago, she said. They also had ties to the Bible Baptist Church in Taylorsville, Utah... So, more and more Gringos are being slaughtered in the civil war that is called a war on drugs. What next? Can we occupy Mexico as well as most of the rest of the world, so that the cartels are killing American military instead of American missionaries? Islamic war: Afghan front - Panetta: US combat in Afghanistan to end next year (Fremont Tribune) "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out the administration's most explicit portrayal of the U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan expect to end their combat role in 2013 and continue a training and advisory role with Afghan forces through 2014." (02/01/12) Promises, promises, promises. There will be pie in the sky by and by. Of course, now the Taliban and others just have to wait the US and NATO out. Ala Vietnam, “Iraq” and elsewhere. Thursday, February 2, 2012 Self-defense South Carolina: Authorities: Greer man died in shootout with woman who attempted to rob him (Up State) The investigation revealed that the homeowner answered the door at his residence, and the suspect asked for some money. When the victim refused to give her any money, she pulled a gun and he (then) pulled a gun,” according to a written statement from the Greer Police Department. Mama's Note: So sad, and so unnecessary really. Yet I can see how it can happen. How many women go around mugging people? It is so easy to do... just answer the door without thinking. This lady was a lot smarter, and lucky. Too bad she didn't have the gun on her - but she did have the doors locked and didn't open them: South Carolina: Boiling Springs woman goes for gun when man threatens home invasion (Up State) The victim said she ran to get her handgun, called 911 and her son. When she returned to the door, the man was gone. Spartanburg District was settled in the 1660s, and still remains a dangerous frontier type locale, in which the quick and the dead are easily separated: though people seem to pretend that isn’t the case. ANY place, rural or urban, suburban or frontier, demands that we pay attention and plan for defense at any time. The more coarse society becomes (and we are definitely on the downswing side of the cycle), the more we must be prepared. Politics 2012 - Mainstream media For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider (Washington Post) RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage. But Mitt Romney and Ron Paul haven’t laid a hand on each other. This is an interesting comment, but is it germane? I just wonder. Politics 2012 Mitt Romney relying heavily on small group of super-rich donors (CNSNews.com) One of Mitt Romney’s strongest assets as the GOP presidential front-runner is also a potentially serious liability in the race: his heavy reliance on a small group of millionaires and billionaires for financial support. This, on the other hand, is a meme showing up in DOZENS of places: which makes me think it is being pushed by someone. This is portrayed as evil - and the protests 2 weekends ago nationwide were supposedly against this and “corporate personhood.” Never mind that the First Citizen rakes in the money like this as well. Friday, February 3, 2012 TSA Thuggery Does Homeland Security Know Difference Between a Terrorist and a Tourist? (Godfather Politics) However America’s intelligence agents were too stupid to even check out the British expression or the quote and the couple was eventually hauled to downtown Los Angeles and jailed in the common lockup area. Prior to this, neither of them had a criminal record or did anything to warrant police attention. Twelve hours after being detained by the authorities, Leigh and Emily found themselves on a plane back to the United Kingdom where they now have a black mark next to their names that could prevent them from every visiting the US or taking their dream vacation. Stupid thugs - reminds me of the Gestapo as portrayed in Hogan’s Heroes. So much for tourism reviving our economy! Politics 2012 Tennessee: DJ calls GOP congressional candidate "token negro" (VisiontoAmerica.com) In a profanity-laced tirade, a Memphis DJ last week used an on-air interview to berate a local Republican congressional candidate — calling her a “token negro” who is doing the bidding of “white folk.” DJ Thaddeus Matthews called Charlotte Bergmann, who is black, “stupid.” He referred to her as a “curly-haired nigga.” When she walked out of the interview, he refused to shake her hand, saying he didn’t want to get her “whiteness” on him. I don’t know this woman from Eve, and she may be all these things, and the worse neo-Con to come from Tennessee since the Reconstruction, but this is so typical an example of the hatred and demagoguery that Tranzis and the “black establishment” love to pour into the airwaves that it deserves special condemnation. You DON’T treat women like that, and you DON’T treat your political adversaries like that. This is America 2012: sliding from the gutter into the cesspool. The next story is yet another example of the propaganda spewing from all levels of government. Politics 2012 Richmond Mayor Claims: Americans Want Voter ID ‘Because There Is a Brother in the White House’ (VisiontoAmerica.com) Polls show that about 80% of Americans support photo voter identification laws. A majority of whites, blacks, Hispanics, Democrats, and Republicans support voter ID. Why do so many people want voter ID laws? According to Richmond, Virginia, Mayor Dwight Jones, “because there is a brother in the White House.” According to him, then, “blacks” are too stupid or lazy or uneducated to get an ID card and use it to vote - together with all their brown brothers - and this is something I know to be totally false and bogus: I’ve served with, under, and in command of black (and “hispanic” and “asian” and AmerInd) men and women for more than 35 years now, and worshipped with such even longer. Yes, there are some people (regardless of the color of their skin) who grew up in barrios or ghettos or “lily-white” neighborhoods that ARE dumb as rocks and unwilling to do a day’s work – third- or fourth- generation welfare bums. But most people, regardless of color are not YET like that: we haven’t spent 400 years breeding them the way Rome did. YET. Politics 2012 Minnesota: Ron Paul preaches against more government (VisiontoAmerica.com) Hoping to ride the shoulders of passionate Minnesota fans Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul packed events in the state Saturday, speaking of liberty over government and rights over entitlement. “There is reason to be optimistic that now the people are thinking correctly….We don’t need more government,” Paul told a standing room only crowd in a Rochester high school Saturday. Sorry, but he is preaching to the wrong crowd in the wrong state: I expect them to pretty much pass him up at the polls. Minnesotans, even the GOP types (at least the ones I’ve known) are like East German “conservatives” - still far to the left of the mainstream. That is because Minnesota, like all the other Scandinavian states, is a socialist, “communitarian” country in which human freedom takes second-chair to staying warm and happy (and having someone to kill the mosquitoes when they land on your back). They will, I expect, go for the showy Gingrich and buy his faux-conservatism. Congress in action – Culture wars: government attacking religion/killing babies Pelosi Vows to Stand With Obama Against Catholic Church; Says Decision Forcing Catholics to Act Against Faith Was ‘Very Courageous’ (CNSNews.com) Gee, as if THIS is a shocker. She has long ago given up ANY faith in the Living Son of God and traded it in for a faith in “humanity” and the faux “Messiah” who resides in 1600 PA Ave. He is showing the same courage as she is – a courage akin to Nero ordering the Praetorians to round up and light the christians on fire. Islamic war: American front Former DEA Chief: Hezbollah Eyeing Southwest Border, ‘Hell to Pay in the Not Too Distant Future’ (CNSNews.com) About what you would expect out of a DEA thug – more fearmongering. But this IS a definite possibility – and with our “defense forces” scattered among 200 or so countries in occupation, instead of being here to protect against foreign invasion, what do we expect? First Citizen’s minions – Islamic war: American front Holder Admits ‘National Security Crisis Along Our Southwest Border’ (CNSNews.com) Fine, so he admits it – but it clearly is NOT a priority for him, his boss, or his boss’ other minions. If it were, they’d be having daily meetings of a war cabinet with DoD, DHS, DOJ, and the four states that have that border. Holder is, as usual, speaking GARBAGE. Congress in action – Theft by government GOP Freshmen Congressmen Want to Donate $1.5M in Unused Office Funds to Pay Down Debt (CNSNews.com) Real life “Mr Smith Goes To Washington,” eh? Such naïve, and such breast-beating. Seems to me that this is an all-but-empty gesture. What is $1.5 million – about 1/1000 of 1% of 15 TRILLION +. If these people were interested in more than a meaningless token effort, they’d cut their own budgets and salaries by 50-60% to start. AND DO THAT TO EVERY EXECUTIVE BRANCH DEPARTMENT! But they are scumbags who are little but parasites off the body politic – as long as that body is still able to breathe in and out a bit. First Citizen’s minions Holder Denies He’s Lost Public’s Confidence, Rejects Resignation Calls (CNSNews.com) Let him deny it – he really doesn’t care: the only confidence that means anything to him is that of his boss and his boss’ puppetmasters. But Congress and others are wasting their time with “calls for resignation.” What is needed is impeachment, then trial by jury on charges of conspiracy to violate rights, conspiracy to murder, perjury, and probably treason, followed (hopefully) by a short walk to a thick brick wall. Congress in action – Theft by government Rep. Huizenga: ‘The Last Time the Senate Passed a Budget, the iPad Didn’t Exist’ (CNSNews.com) And the last time Congress passed a BALANCED budget, I think I was still in diapers. So? As I said, scum – worthless, parasitical, scum, killing their host – now that the Constitution is dead, the people and society are next. And finally, in the next story, someone OTHER than Ron Paul is close to admitting it. Politics 2012 Santorum Warns Voters of Country's Likely Demise; 'We Cannot Listen to the Siren Song' (CNSNews.com) Sorry, Senator, that already happened. The ship of state is broken up on the rocks, the waves finishing the work. You doubt me? You and the rest of Congress, past and present, have all been turned into pigs by Circe. If YOU and your ilk had tried to do something 20 years ago, there was then a faint, fleeting hope that something could have been salvaged. Now? The darkness falls. Islamic wars: Afghan front NATO Mulls Paying for Afghan Forces After 2014 (CNSNews.com) This is known by the ancients: it is called paying TRIBUTE to keep the barbarians from attacking you, and instead having them attack other barbarians. How appropriate! First Citizen’s minions – Abominable act Sebelius Touts Medicare Advantage, Despite Obamacare Stripping Billions of Dollars from Successful Private Insurance Plans (CNSNews.com) They just can’t get their lies straight anymore. But they don’t need to, based on the polls and the sentiment in the nation: there are too few of us to try and resist and succeed. **************** Your comments and feedback are welcome! Now PoL has its own forum at The Mental Militia! Check it out Nathan Barton Written from the Four Corners, a land and community which has some (but not much) freedom left, but where even that liberty hangs by a thread. Nathan is a christian, a free-market anarchist, military officer, engineer, and writer. Feel free to contact him through The Price of Liberty. Special Feature! Add your signature to the NEW Declaration of Independence By Robert Greenslade To Read previous Commentaries, go to the archives page and click onto the link for the week. The commentaries are linked from the weekly front pages. Please note: Information about readers is never given or sold to anyone for any purpose. 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