British Paper: If White House Really Wanted to Cut Spending They’d Rein in Michelle Obama

$10 million worth of free advice.

From left to right: the first lady’s mother Marian Robinson, Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning Gloria Somolekae, Obama, nephew Avery Robinson, daughter Sasha, niece Leslie Robinson and daughter Malia in Botswana. (BET)

Nile Gardiner at The Telegraph offered the White House some advice today. If the Obama Administration really wanted to cut spending they could start by reining in on Michelle Obama.
The Telegraph reported:

With the United States facing a national debt of more than $14 trillion, the largest since World War Two, wouldn’t it make sense for the White House itself to start trimming its own spending? A good place to begin cutting would be Michelle Obama’s rather generous vacation programme. Keith Coffler, who edits the influential White House Dossier, notes that Michelle Obama spent no less than 42 days on vacation over the past year – that’s one in every nine days:

Her vacations, the cost of which are mostly borne by taxpayers, include trips to Panama City, Fla., Martha’s Vineyard, Hawaii, South Africa, Latin America, Vail, Colo., and her visit this week to her brother in Corvallis, Ore.

The total does not include a nine day sojourn in Martha’s Vineyard that the Obamas will enjoy this month. Nor does it include a trip she made to Ireland and Great Britain in May, which I’m counting as official travel.

As Coffler points out, there is a significant cost to the public purse:

Taxpayers pick up most of the cost of transporting the first lady and her extensive entourage – including Secret Service and her staff – to her various destinations. While she may in some cases pay some of the tab for her personal expenses and travel, the amount is dwarfed by the overall cost to the public.

It is unclear what the total cost to the taxpayer actually amounts to. According to one estimate provided by the Daily Mail, the First Lady stands accused by sources inside the White House of spending “$10 million of US taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year.” Judging by the amount of vacation time Michelle Obama has taken and the level of security and staffing that she has, this sounds like a plausible figure. It would be in the public interest to have the exact numbers provided by the White House so that Americans know precisely how much of their money is being spent on vacations.

There does appear to be an unhealthy sense of entitlement on the part of the First Lady, which seems in poor taste at a time when 14 million Americans are out of work, the housing market is collapsing, and the United States is facing the strong possibility of a double-dip recession.

Meanwhile, Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information request to obtain records related to Michelle Obama’s trip to South Africa and Botswana.
The Washington Examiner reported:

Judicial Watch is filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the United States Air Force to obtain records related to the June 21-27, 2011, trip taken by First Lady Michelle Obama, her family, and her staff to South Africa and Botswana.

Earlier reports suggested that the cost for air travel cost taxpayers $430,000, but Judicial Watch believes that additional Secret Service officers and White House staff security tallied further expenses.

“How much did the American people spend to send the First Lady on a family outing in Africa? That’s what we want to know,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “On the surface, the trip seems to have been totally unnecessary and was as much an excuse for the Obama family to go on a safari as it was a mission intended to advance the nation’s business in Africa.”

Doug Ross has more on Michelle O’s expensive tastes.

Source:  Gateway Pundit

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Team Obama Regulates Goat Herders' Workplaces… Morons?

What is the term, stupid is as stupid gets, or is it…   No matter, stupid is stupid and that is U.S. government.

Nanny State government at its worst.

I can't believe ANYONE would be stupid enough to create this kind of mess!

 

Team Obama Regulates Goat Herders' Workplaces

by  Audrey Hudson  -  08/24/2011

The Obama administration is setting new workplace regulations to assist foreign workers who fill goat herding positions in the U.S.  including employee-paid cell phones and comfy beds.

These new special procedures issued by the Labor Department must be followed by employers who want to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers to perform sheep herding or goat herding activities.  It describes strict rules for sleeping quarters, lighting, food storage, bathing, laundry, cooking and new rules for the counters where food is prepared.

“A separate sleeping unit shall be provided for each person, except in a family arrangement,” says the rules signed by Jane Oates, assistant secretary for employment and training administration at the Labor Department.

“Such a unit shall include a comfortable bed, cot or bunk, with a clean mattress,” the rules state.

Diane Katz, a research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation, unearthed the policy in the "Federal Register​," the massive daily journal of proposed regulations that Washington bureaucrats publish every day.

Under the Obama Administration, the nanny state has imposed 75 new major regulations with annual costs of $38 billion.
“This captures what is wrong with government,” Katz said.  “I could not have made this up.”

With unemployment holding steady at 9% and government regulations adding more burden to small businesses, such as those run by ranching families, Katz said, bureaucrats aren’t helping.
“Instead of remedying the problem, the regulations make it that much harder,” Katz insisted.  “We may need a whole set of regulations just to define what a comfortable bed is.  I imagine it’s not straw."

The new lighting standards say that in areas where it is not feasible to provide electrical service such as tents or mobile trailers, lanterns must be provided.  “Kerosene wick lights meet the definition of lantern,” the regulations say.

“When workers or their families are permitted or required to cook in their individual unit, a space shall be provided with adequate lighting and ventilation.”

“Wall surfaces next to all food preparation and cooking areas shall be of nonabsorbent, easy-to-clean material.  Wall surfaces next to cooking areas shall be of fire-resistant material,” the regulations say.

“It makes you wonder,” Katz said, “how they ever did this before the government got involved?”

“Who knew we needed all of this federal help for herding goats?” Katz quipped.

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Audrey Hudson, an award-winning investigative journalist, is a Congressional Correspondent for HUMAN EVENTS. A native of Kentucky, Mrs. Hudson has worked inside the Beltway for nearly two decades -- on Capitol Hill as a Senate and House spokeswoman, and most recently at The Washington Times covering Congress, Homeland Security, and the Supreme Court.

But Wait… Could this be related?:

Well over a year ago I sent Neil Cavuto at Fox News/Fox Business an e-mail asking him and his staff to do a background check on all our United States Representatives and Senators to see how many had a background or at least an education in economics/business. A couple of minutes ago I saw the following report on the Fox News website. As I highly suspected, very few would even know how to operate a curb side lemonade stand. This report was late in coming but maybe Neil remembered my e-mail.

Study: 80 Percent of Lawmakers Lack Academic Background in Business, Economics

Published August 25, 2011

AP The Capitol Dome is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington July 28.

Congress might want to find some consultants as it tries anew to tackle the country's deep deficits. A report from the Employment Policies Institute finds that only one in five members of Congress has an academic background in business or economics.

The organization looked at lawmakers' college degrees and found that most of them -- 55.5 percent -- majored in either a government-related field or "humanities." Just over 8 percent majored in economics, while almost 14 percent studied business or accounting.

The numbers raise questions about their ability  to tackle tough economic challenges when they return from break early next month. The Obama administration, as well as lawmakers touring their districts, are clamoring for a new approach to the jobs crisis. Meanwhile, a congressional "supercommittee" is set to get to work finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade.

But that supercommittee may have the same education deficit as the rest of Congress. Just four of the 12 members on that committee have an academic background in economics or finance -- Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas; Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.; Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.; and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

Others earned professional experience in the field. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., was an investment banker. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, was a lawyer who ran his own practice before being appointed U.S. trade representative and later becoming head of the White House budget office under the George W. Bush administration.

Aside from Portman, six others were attorneys in their private lives -- Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. (although his real occupation is marrying rich liberal progressive women whose money he can use); Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Baucus; Becerra; and Camp.

Two other committee members, Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., were educators. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., was a congressional aide.

EPI's Defeat the Debt project released the study on lawmakers' academic background.

"This research suggests that our elected representatives may want to dust off their Econ 101 textbook (if they have one) before trying to tackle the weighty questions about the impact of taxes, spending and debt on our economy and the labor market," the group wrote.

So we have a bunch of ignorant uneducated imbeciles who have been on the public dole all their lives and who probably can’t even balance their own check books or control their family finances while doing a horrible job running our country. And we have an imbecile in chief who also doesn’t have a clue about running our country. Absolutely Pathetic!!! No wonder we are where we are now. IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE and I’m not talking about what Obama envisions. WB

STUDY: Congress Filled with Morons

Posted on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011  -  By Frank Lake

CAMBRIDGE, MA – A groundbreaking study has determined that 83% of the members of Congress are certified morons!

The Kennedy School of Government did a longitudinal study over the last 30 years that looked at the average IQ of members of Congress – the Senate & House of Representatives.

The study found that, despite the many advanced degrees from prestigious universities, and despite the fact that many in Congress are millionaires, the average IQ of U.S. Representatives is 71.   The average IQ of U.S. Senators, is surprisingly, even lower at 68.

“We spent one hour a month with each member of Congress over the last thirty years.  We gave them a number of IQ tests – including math problems, verbal problems and analytic reasoning problems.  The results were consistent year-in-year out.  Members of Congress are morons,” said Professor Thomas Turley of Harvard.

So what is a moron?  A moron is a person whose IQ is less than 70 on a consistent basis.

The lowest IQs typically were the leaders of the two-parties.

In response to the study, Senator Harry Reid said, “Is that bacon?”

John Boehner said, “We will not back down and we will not give an inch and we will kill the cows when they come home.  Hand me a tissue.”

Nancy Pelosi said that she would have to read the study before she could make a comment on it.  But, before reading it, she said that she thought it was “stupid.” People who do studies at Harvard are stupid.  It’s just stupid to do studies about morons. Who funded this?”

Nancy Pelosi approved the funding of The Moron Study back in 2009.

83% is a large number of morons, but is it the same percentage in the general population?

“Only 7% of normal citizens are certified morons,” said John Murtaugh, the leader of the Harvard Study.  “Except in Hollywood.  The rate there is close to 49%, but that’s still nowhere near the level we find in Congress.”

So, why do Americans keep electing morons?  And why do we keep following them?

“Morons have one common strength: the ability to dupe intelligent people.”

Many are suggesting that potential candidates be given an IQ test BEFORE they are allowed to run for Congress… or any other elected office!!

But that idea was shot down by Congress.

Morons!  -  Any questions??

Panetta and R2P to Usher in the American Fall

By: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton  - The Noisy Room

Leon Panetta wasted no time once he became the US Defense Secretary advancing the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine and simultaneously moving forward with massive defense cuts meant to neuter our military defenses and leave America weak and vulnerable on the international battle field. He shares a vision with Barack Obama of our military morphing from a true defense force into more of an international police force under the United Nations through R2P. Our nuclear capabilities will be massively cut back in favor of stronger ground, air and naval forces.

From The US Department of Defense:

MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 23, 2011 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today called U.S. support for the NATO mission that’s helping opposition forces make progress against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime Libya an example of the international cooperation that will be critical in the future.

“It is a good indication of the kind of partnership and alliances that we need to have for the future if we are going to deal with the threats that we confront in today’s world,” Panetta told students during addresses at both the Naval Postgraduate School and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.

and…

The Arab Spring, the name given to recent revolutions for democracy throughout the Middle East, is bringing change and in many cases, turmoil to the region, Panetta said. But it also offers “a chance to make that part of the world a better region, one that enjoys some of the values and some of the reforms and some of the political opportunities that we have in this country,” he said.

Savor that last paragraph for a minute. The Arab Spring was something this administrationwanted. It was meant to begin a worldwide leveling of the political playing field so that a global government could assume the reins of power, with a chosen few at the helm.

Attacking Libya was unconstitutional, period. We attacked a country with no provocation, whose brutal reign pales in comparison with Iran’s evil empire and others in the Middle East. Libya was a military R2P testing ground and Obama and Panetta have found it very good indeed for their purposes. But as the US, NATO and the UN declare victory in Libya, the conflict is not over yet. The Rebels seem to be in control of Tripoli, but Qadhafi is still at large and there is the minor annoyance of WMDs floating around. But those are tiny details, right? I mean, it’s only the Middle East. Nothing bad ever happens there.

As I predicted some time ago, Libya is just the opening act for R2P. Enter Syria next. Which should be very interesting considering their ties with Iran. And Iran’s ties with Russia and China. War… What is it good for? Global chaos, wealth redistribution and power grabs. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. That’s if I’m still alive after they finish.

Suddenly, after watching thousands being slaughtered, our State Department is beginning to slap Syria’s hands. I doubt that they suddenly grew a conscience – more likely it’s the next step in a battle plan that totally drains our military in strength and finances forwarding the goal of bringing America to her knees.

But wait, there’s more! Yep, we are embroiled in another conflict in Yemen. What’s that you say? You hadn’t heard? What’s the media good for? Absolutely nothing!

From The Daily Bell:

The US is now involved in almost innumerable wars in the Middle East, but most have been reported in one way or another. This one has not been fully vetted as it continues to expand. Unconstitutional, secretive and expanding in scope and violence, it includes the massive, violent projection of US naval, air and Special Forces into parts of Yemen.

It is no skirmish but a coordinated, daily attack against hostile forces that supposedly include a number of “al Qaeda” (whatever they are) protected by local tribesman in the south of Yemen who have rebelled against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime. It involves considerable military effort and expenditure of what must be a US task force that includes sea, air and land power.

Despite the new war’s massive scope, the major media and Congress remain culpably silent on this latest war (is there any other word for it?) even though such a massive military campaign must be well known to top power players in the media, in politics, in the intelligence community and obviously in the Pentagon itself.

So, now you can add Yemen to the list of conflicts the US is up to its eyeballs in, along with Libya, Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria. Just how long do you think we can do this? And if I hear one more Keynesean economist wax poetic that all we need to do is print more money, I may rent permanent space on a brick wall to beat my head. Obama’s administration is a regulatory vampire that is greedily bleeding our military and economy dry. We are already near passing and slipping into the dark recesses of history. If we don’t remove these political leeches, they will kill us and dance on our corpses as they continue on their merry Marxist way raping the planet of all wealth and power. Not caring how many they destroy along the way. Hellishly good times for them.

And for dessert this Fall, Israel. If the UN gives Palestine its own state, and I believe they will, Obama will stand with the UN, for the good of the planet don’tcha know. Americans will not stand with their government on this. It’s obvious to me that Obama will use R2P to try and eradicate Israel. Israel will fight back – every American needs to decide, and now, where they stand on this. I stand with Israel.

The breadth and depth of Obama’s lawlessness is not only the height of arrogance, it is staggering in its evil scope. No one is stopping him. No voice is rising above his. If we don’t stop this soon, we will lose to a totalitarian regime and a new world order. Congress is toothless and the Constitution is being bypassed. As evil grows in America and around the globe, I keep wondering when will Americans stand up and say this must stop?

Make no mistake, Barack Obama and Leon Panetta are ushering in the American Fall and it promises to be just as chaotic and hellish as the Arab Spring – only much more ‘personal’ to Americans as we will be caught up in it. Better to fight evil and die a patriot, than to live under dark oppression. Never again will Americans meekly serve in evil bondage – will you stand for our freedoms? Or will you stand and watch the American Fall?

BECK SAYS CHAVEZ NOT HAPPY ABOUT PLANNED STOP IN VENEZUELA

On radio Thursday, Glenn Beck told his audience that while on his way to South Africa, there was a curious incident that occurred during a planned stopover in Egypt.* But what we didn’t know yesterday is why. Now we do: it’s partly because of Hugo Chavez.

Beck told the Chavez-related story on his show Friday, and said that Chavez raised questions about Beck’s planned stop in Venezuela, and those questions were relayed to Beck during his stop in Egypt.

“I am informed by [my chief of staff] Joe that Hugo Chavez wanted a detailed itinerary of what I was planning on doing in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, and Hugo didn’t like it, and he would not allow my plane to land in Venezuela,” he explained.

Beck is planning on visiting South America as part of a special leg of a global human rights campaign.

Despite the push back from Chavez, however, Beck may have gotten the last laugh. According to him, he has “found a way” to still get his message across in the dictator’s country: via technology.*

“Hugo believes that he is going to stop people like me from speaking out and speaking their mind,” Beck said.

Listen to beck tell the story below (HERE):

*We‘ve updated the story after getting some more details from Beck’s camp about the stop and the incident…

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From Glenn Beck Radio Show… Video:  The Gas Chambers Are Ready!

Congressman Allen West - Speaking the Truth. If you haven't watched or listened to his story please

Only two blacks were newly elected to congress this cycle, and both are Republican. LTC. Allen West is from southern Florida, a bastion of the Democratic Party.  He won in a walk.

It is worth the viewing.  This new Congressman was an extremely popular commander in Iraq.  He was forced to retire because during an intense combat action a few of his men were captured.  At the same time his men had captured one of the guys who were with the Iraqis who captured his men.

This is not my account of the happenings:

Knowing that time was crucial and his interrogators were not getting anywhere with the prisoner COL West took matters into his own hands.  He burst into the room and demanded thru an interpreter that the prisoner tell him where his men were being taken.  The prisoner refused so COL West took out his pistol and placed it into the prisoner's crotch and fired.  Then the COL told the prisoner that the next shot would not miss.  So the prisoner said he would show where the American service members were being taken.  The Americans were rescued.  Some one filed a report on incorrect handling of prisoners.  COL West was forced to retire.  COL West was just elected in November 2010 to Congress from Florida. During the elections he was part of a panel on how to handle or how to relate to Muslims.  You will see his answer here.

Here is one of the new congressmen from Florida explaining very definitively in just over a minute the truth about Islam. Please watch and if you agree; please forward it to your friends

Video:  Sura 9:5 says, "Slay the idolaters wherever you find them

Must View! Islamic Infiltration of the US Government

By: Trevor Loudon  -  New Zeal  -  Cross-posted at the NoisyRoom

From 2010, but still highly relevant.

Bill Whittle interviews “whistleblowers,” who have some chilling things to say on the extent of Islamic infiltration into the US government.

Shocking, to put it mildly.

Video:  The Islamic Infiltration, Part 1:  Inside our Government…

Video: The Islamic Infiltration, Part 2:  From Influence…

And then what about the Russians, Chinese and Cubans?

Hat Tip: Ironic Surrealism

Obama’s Social Security Number

Whether you read this entire document or not is not the issue. The issue is this- "Why does congress not pursue the illegality or legality of Obama's birth certificate or Social Security Number?"

Most obvious answer is that congress is complicit in Obama's illegality of holding office of the president of the United States of America. Obviously, congress shares Obama's views for the transition of the United States into a socialist nation… controlled by the globalists and United Nations.

How Did Obama Obtain a Social Security Number from Connecticut?

A BLOGGER’S PERSPECTIVE

by Dwight Kehoe, blogging at TPATH

(Aug. 24, 2011) — Susan Daniels, a private investigator with almost 2 decades of experience has come to a very compelling conclusion – President Obama is using a Social Security number, issued to someone else. This is, as is the forgery of public documents, a crime.

The SS number Obama is illegally using will not be posted here, but it can be found easily enough if one wishes to verify these facts.

From the age of 15 to 25, there is no record of Obama using any Social Security number. While in school in Hawaii he may well have been able to get by without one. However, once he moved to California and began university schooling in Occidental College, he would need to provide one.

Conveniently, all of his college records have been sealed, so there is no way of knowing, at least for now, what SS number he used at that time. It is possible that the number he used may be at the heart of why he needed a new one. Maybe he was issued a foreign student SS number along with monetary aid for schooling. Not knowing the real reason, this of course is just the speculation of this writer, me. At this point only Obama knows why.

What is known, is that the SS number Obama is now using, does not show up on any data base as being used by anyone, until 1986 even though Social Security records show it was issued in the last two weeks of March, 1977. The number was issued to a person born in 1890 who apparently applied for it at age 87.

In 1935 when the Social Security System began, many people never applied because it was voluntary. This person most likely needed to get one very late in life in order to get some benefit or other. The number never shows up in data bases, so the person must have passed on very shortly after being assigned the number. This would make this number, a perfect candidate for criminal activity relating to false ID’s.

Enter Bill Ayers, the communist, revolutionary, terrorist that Obama claimed was just some guy living in his neighborhood, who’s children went to school with his, even though Ayers’ children are a half generation older than Obama’s. Later it was discovered that Bill Ayers, more than likely, wrote much of Obama’s book,’ Dreams From My Father’, as well as holding one of the first Obama fundraisers in his home.

Ayers has said, and proudly so, that a lot of what they did as terrorist bombers and murderers, was producing and falsifying identifications for their criminal activities. The most effective method was through the use of fraudulent Social Security numbers. A minimally used SS number issued to an 87 year old would some how seem to be a great candidate for that illegal SS number file.

Even though Ayers was just a “guy in the neighborhood,” if Obama needed to dump his legal SS number, for whatever reason, Professor Ayers may have taken a break from indoctrinating our youth and reached into his false ID vault and issued him one.

A few final facts about Social Security numbers.
1. No SS number is ever reused, even after the death of the user.
2. SS numbers are issued by state location. One must live in the state where it is issued.
3. Obama’s natural father, adopted father, mother or grand parents never lived in Connecticut.
4. When the SS number Obama is using was issued by Connecticut, Obama was 15 and living in Hawaii.

The question here is obvious. Is there no one one in Congress or the media with the backbone to stand up and ask, – What the heck is going on in my country?

Of course, there may well be a very honest and reasonable explanation for this, the forged birth certificate and the very suspicious Selective Service documents.

Someone has “a lot of splainin’ to do.” Will our Congress and media ever step up to the plate and demand it?

It’s looking very doubtful.

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WHAT IS A MATRICULA CONSULAR CARD?

LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED CONGRESS!!! 

The Santa Ana, CA , Mexican Consulate set up a mobile Mexican Matricula Consular ID center on UNITED STATES PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY - Capistrano School District (one of the most conservative parts of California) at the Adult English Language Development Center located at 31351 Camino Real,  San Juan Capistrano , CA .

The fee is $27 per matricula consular application.

When the Minutemen arrived at  the Capistrano School District Adult School  there was a hub of activity.  A mobile  Mexican Consulate center was in full swing.

Legal resident Mexicans have U.S. issued green cards, for identification.

Mexican Consulate Mobile Matricula Consular Center

Mexican  Nationals in the U.S. ILLEGALLY do NOT have a  green card and therefore need a Mexican  matricula consular identification card -  matricula means: of a like group and consular  means: from a consulate.

Mexican government ID  transactions on U.S. public school  property

Box of matricula consular  application forms on US public school  property

One  Minuteman
After the Minutemen had  been onsite for about an hour and a half, the  mobile center was shut down - above  photo.
Once Minutemen began to observe and report, documenting and  photographing, the Mexican Nationals no longer ventured forth to the center and many, who had been in attendance, left the mobile center.

MEXICAN DIPLOMAT TELLS  MINUTEMEN - LEAVE!

The Mexican diplomat, above, would not give us her business card nor her name.

The Mexican diplomat, above,  approached the Minutemen as the Minutemen were  peacefully strolling about - on United States  public school property - observing and taking  photos of the event.

Minutewoman - peacefully  assembling on public school  property.
The Mexican diplomat  repeatedly said, "This a private event for Mexicans only…You cannot be  here…I am  telling you nicely as I do not want to call the  police . Please leave."

Minutemen assembled on U.S. school property

Minuteman Project  National Rally Spokesman Raymond Herrera said to the Mexican diplomat, "No, we will not leave. We are guaranteed freedom of assembly under OUR  Constitution."

I said to the diplomat, "The U.S. should adopt Mexico 's immigration  policy."

"Oh," she agreed. " Mexico has  a very good immigration  policy."

Mexican diplomat south side of  the mobile center
The Mexican  diplomat was particularly vexed by our photographing of the event.  " DO NOT TAKE  PHOTOS," she commanded repeatedly.

Minutemen stated that in the USA , we have the right to photograph in public.

"No, you cannot take photos," she insisted. Herrera and the diplomat  then entered into a lengthy discussion in  Spanish.
GANG MEMBER with application in hand .

The man, above photo, displayed gang hand signals and yelled out "THIS  IS OUR TERRITORY!" The Mexican diplomat  witnessed and seemingly approved of the gang  member at the "Mexican Only"  event.

He appeared to be filling out  an application - in his left hand above.    Many have informally been told that in the Hispanic community only gang members wear black shoes. Note in the photo above, the only man in black shoes is the self-professed gang member.

DIPLOMAT  ASSAULTS!

The Minutewoman, above, had been quietly photographing...

Mexican  Diplomat has a matricula consular card in her  hand
Suddenly the door above opened, and the Mexican diplomat, came out yelling. The photo above is just before she lashed out.

To our utter amazement, the diplomat started to strike out at the Minutewoman!  We were in a state of shock.  As she yelled, she struck across the Minutewoman's lower right jaw and lip, several  times.

The Minutewoman above, in her left hand, used her sign as a shield, while pulling her camera back from the assaulting Mexican diplomat
Ten minutes after the  assault the Minutewoman still had a "stinging" sensation on her lip and jaw  area.

POLICE  ARRIVE

Police arrived after the assault.

The police said they had  been called by the consulate as they had  reported that the Minutemen were inside the  building yelling and pushing about. We never  entered the building and had been quietly moving outside, on school property.

Herrera spoke with officers  then requested they interview the diplomat.

Per the officer's request,  the diplomat came forward.

"They must leave," she said to  the officer. But the officer replied, "No, this  is a public school and they can be here."

The diplomat then said that we must stop photographing them.
"Ma'am,"  the officer informed her, "You are in a public area and they can photograph."

The officer then asked her,  "Do you have the paperwork to use this  facility."

"Yes," she  replied.

"I would like to see it," the  officer said,

"I don't have the paperwork with me," she said back to him.

"I would like to see your identification," the officer  said.

"No, you can't," she said to  the officer. The officer at this point followed her inside of the building.

"I have no identification with me.  I did not drive, "she finally said as the officer pursued the issue.  At this point, the door shut and the officer remained inside of the  building.
OFFICER ON THE  PHONE

After the officer spoke with the diplomat, he returned to his vehicle and spoke on his cell phone for about 15 to 20  minutes.
After he hung up, he met with us. He said the consulate did not have paperwork but that he had spoken to the individual who had granted the use of the school. He said that we could continue to assemble on the school property.

He  appeared sympathetic about the Minutewoman assault, but said the Mexican Consulate staff  had diplomatic immunity.

CONSULAR  VEHICLE

Mexican consular vehicle

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Americans must know what is happening behind our backs, in our own country!!

What is a Matricula Consular  card?
http://www.theamericanresistance.com/issues/matricula_id_card.html

Matricula Consular cards are identification cards issued  by the Mexican government to mainly illegal  immigrants living in the United States. 

Currently, more than 350 financial institutions accept Matricula Consular cards as proof of identification thereby allowing thousands of illegal immigrants to have access to mainstream U.S. financial  services.

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What One Generation Tolerates, The Next Generation Embraces or Pays For!

BECK ISSUES CALL FOR ‘HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY’ MOVEMENT; DEPARTS JERUSALEM FOR SOUTH AFRICA; DEATH THREATS TO BECK AND EVENT PARTICIPANTS

BECK ISSUES CALL FOR ‘HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY’ MOVEMENT; DEPARTS JERUSALEM FOR SOUTH AFRICA

Scroll down for video and links to full text of Beck’s speech and Declaration of Rights & Responsibilities

The heat of the afternoon sun in Jerusalem could not match the fervor of Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Courage” call to follow a “pillar of fire” in pursuit of the truth and wisdom.

After months of preparation, the controversial event unfolded smoothly with Beck telling the large crowd, “I have been asked: What can you teach Israel about Courage?   My answer is simple.  Nothing.  Then they ask: Why are you coming to Israel? Because, I say: In Israel, you see courage.”

Beck described the world as “confused,” and pointed to flash points in Europe as signs of societies losing touch with philosophical moorings:

“In Europe, the great nations of the past – Greece, Italy, Spain, Britain – are falling into chaos and violence.

We have raised up a generation who cannot tell the difference between what they owe society and what society owes them.

They interviewed the rioters in England. Why, they were asked, are you stealing shoes or televisions. “Because,” the rioters said in response, “because we deserve them.”

We may think: Oh, how different are today’s youth! But the young merely imitate their parents. They have seen how the world reacts to evil – with indifference. They watch, they learn, they imitate. What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.”

Anti-Beck protests chanted from outside the Old City walls, but groups of pro-Beck Israelis countered with signs and songs of their own.

Beck challenged the live crowd and those watching on his new GBTV network to read what he is calling a Declaration of Rights & Responsibilities:

In order to continually experience life, liberty and happiness as promised, nature’s God demands obedience to His law to protect those rights.

This is where we have fallen short and therefore, in order not to lose the blessings of freedom, the people of the world must turn from the sole focus on rights, and recognize the inherent and required responsibilities that we have.

Among the responsibilities to which we must adhere to maintain our God given rights are honor, courage and vigilance.

Over time, we believe that these basic human responsibilities have been trampled, and replaced with degradation, fear and apathy.

Saying that “it didn’t take a prophet to see these things,” Beck described his growing concern that turbulent world affairs would bode ill for Israel:

“And so this year, when I saw Tunisia’s and Egypt’s rulers crack and fall and the world called it the Arab Spring, I said: Where could this be going? And behind these revolutions was a familiar force, a force that will place those nations under a new pharaoh. And that force, I said, would come up to the borders of Israel. And so it has.

We are not at the mercy of these events. We can alter the course of history. We can stand against the dangerous arc of this story.

But we need people who are willing to speak truth. We need inspiration. We need a model to follow.”

You can read the full declaration here.

For the full text of Beck’s speech and additional video clips click here.

Beck said that at the conclusion of his speech he would leave that instant for South Africa:

“Some people call Israel an apartheid state. I reject that. And so immediately following this program I will fly to South Africa, which is where apartheid actually existed. I will broadcast from Cape Town tomorrow morning to remind the world what the evil of apartheid really looked like.

And I will learn from the people who conquered the hatred, ignorance and bigotry and who chartered a peaceful course for a new South Africa.

Then on Friday I will fly to South America to plead the case of human responsibility to a group of nearly 5,000 local leaders from all over the continent and ask them to join me in standing in defense of Israel, the Jewish people and responsibility.

Finally on Sunday, I will speak to 5,000 Americans in Dallas, Texas.   I have chosen to end my week in the town where I will headquarter the charitable division of my company, Mercury One.  Dedicated to the idea that one man, inspired by one God, makes a difference. This trip will end where a global moment begins.”

While Glenn Beck’s Restoring Courage event in Israel appeared to go off without a hitch to those watching, he revealed on radio Thursday that he and his team were forced to make last-minute changes because several confirmed participants faced threats, including threats on their lives.

Beck said that the choir scheduled to perform canceled just days before the finale after they were called into a meeting last Friday and told they would be dismissed, and would probably never work again, if they contributed their talents. Despite being in full support of the program, they decided that the consequences were just too great.

The choir that performed, then, was “cobbled together” after the original choir canceled on Sunday.

Several others suffered similar threats, including death threats.

“I have to tell you some of the stories that I wasn’t able to tell you before and let’s start with this,” Beck explained while broadcasting from South Africa. “Yesterday, if you watched the broadcast on GBTV, if you watched the whole event that unfolded at the Temple Mount, what you may not know is how many people canceled at the last minute, and not because they were, you know, ‘I’m not going to stand with him,’ none of that. The reason why they canceled is because they were under death threat.”

In fact, Beck revealed that an Arab participant couldn’t even sing words when he took the stage. Instead, he could only utter melodic moans — anything else could have cost him his life.

“I don’t blame them for this at all,” Beck said regarding those who decided to pull out. You can listen to him explain the threats and the changes below:

Video:  Glenn Beck Radio From Cape Town South Africa

Which 2012 candidate 'STOOD WITH Israel'?
Only one of the announced GOP Presidential hopefuls made the trip to Glenn Beck's three-day "Restoring Courage" event in Israel. You can see who visited the Western Wall and attended the big event HERE.

 

It is Also the One Year Anniversary of Beck’s Restoring Honor Event in Washington D.C

Time to stand up and be counted!!  Link arms my friends… link arms!!

Muslim Brotherhood in Our White House and the Murder of SEAL Team Six

An investigation of President Obama and his administration must commence immediately.

Tarek Fatah, founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, author and self-described Liberal Democrat Marxist Muslim who campaigned for Barack Obama, revealed the identity of Obama’s White House appointees who have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood (see Muslim Brotherhood in our White House – Vetting Obama).

Obama’s appointees could access sensitive military and National Defense information while in our White House, to include military missions that were planned for SEAL Team Six. Important questions surround the murder of 30 U.S. special operations troops, which included 17 members of Navy SEAL Team Six.

Pentagon Changes It’s Story on death of SEAL Team 6, Number of SEALs Killed Changes From 22 To 17

An investigation is fully warranted, starting with the takedown of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team Six in May 2011, their subsequent murder on August 6, 2011 and the actions of Barack Obama and his appointees before, during and after these events.

Questions That Must Be Answered:

· Why did Obama release the identity of SEAL Team Six as the specific team that took out Osama bin Laden?

Never before has a sitting U.S. President done this. Releasing their identity puts a bulls-eye on their backs by providing Al Qaida, Hamas and the Taliban (terrorist groups created by the Muslim Brotherhood) with the information they need to target those specific soldiers. It also openly provided their identity to White House appointees who have alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Now all that was needed was the time and location of a future mission for SEAL Team Six in order to take them out and avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, which appears to have happened.

· Did Obama’s appointees know, in advance, that members of SEAL Team Six would be in that chopper at that location when it was taken down by terrorists?

If not, how is it that the terrorists were in that exact location at that exact time, fully equipped with the artillery needed to destroy the chopper and all who were on board?

· Why were the SEALs in a standard Chinook chopper instead of the Boeing MG-47E/G (the ‘Darkhorse’ which is a SPECOPS Chinook used by SEAL Teams)?

Through her devotion and acumen, Ann Barnhardt discovered that the chopper the SEALs and special operations (SPECOPS) troops used on that tragic day was a National Guard Chinook instead of their Darkhorse Chinook. Here is more fromAnn’s blog:

“GEN. BOYKIN: NATIONAL GUARD CHINOOK INADEQUATE
POSTED BY ANN BARNHARDT – AUGUST 10, AD 2011 12:46 PM MST

At BigPeace.com, Lt. Gen Jerry Boykin confirms that the National Guard Chinook was “inadequate” and “not designed for Special Operations missions.”

CITATION HERE. LISTEN TO THE AUDIO.“

· Who ordered the SEALs and SPECOPS troops to use the National Guard Chinook?

From President Obama to Leon Panetta to Hillary Clinton and on down the chain of command, an investigation must find the answer to this question to determine who ordered the troops to conduct their mission in a standard Chinook instead of the Darkhorse SPECOPS Chinook.

· After the SEALs and SPECOPS troops were murdered, why did Obama release that information to the public?

Never before has a sitting U.S. President done this. Informing America’s enemies that we have lost our most well trained elite force of SEAL Team Six soldiers and SPECOPS troops provides a direct signal of vulnerability and weakness in America’s military capabilities. It would be difficult to imagine that Obama would not realize the emboldening of America’s enemies that this would cause, to the direct endangerment of the precious lives of our armed forces.

And that is exactly what has happened – Al Qaida is emboldened. The Associated Press (AP) reported on Saturday:

“BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida in Iraq has vowed to carry out “100 attacks” across the country, starting in the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to exact revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden…

Monday marked the middle of Ramadan.

On that day, a wave of crushing attacks swept across Iraq — from the northern city of Mosul to the southern Shiite heartland. At least 70 people died in suicide bombings, roadside bombs and shootings in what was Iraq’s deadliest day this year.”

Obama’s Outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood:

Cozying up to known terrorist leaders who say they want to destroy America and doing their bidding by going against America’s closest allies because they are targets of these terrorists is dangerous. The Muslim Brotherhood has stated plainly that they seek to destroy “little Satan” (Israel) and “big Satan” (America). Obama’s actions with regard to the Muslim Brotherhood and those who have ties to these terrorists is beyond comprehension. In the article, “Palling Around with Terrorists,” the following was noted – with links that provide the details:

“Obama and Hillary Clinton are reaching out to the Muslim Brotherhood, a radical Islamic fundamentalist group committed to the destruction of America, Britain and Israel and identified as a terrorist organization by the U.S.

Obama puts Israel on a list of countries that support terrorism while he supports the Hamas-ruled region of Gaza.

Obama began talks with the Taliban to negotiate with these terrorists.”

Now we learn more…

· Obama cleanses Israel from the White House website.

· Obama sells tanks and weaponry to the Islamists in Egypt who want to suspend the treaty with Israel and annihilate them. They have formed a NAZI party that is gaining strength in Egypt today.

· Obama invites people to our White House during Ramadan who have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood; he omits their names on the Iftar guest list.

Other Facts Regarding Obama’s Perplexing Actions:

Obama called for Israel to return to the 1967 borders on May 19, 2011, knowing full well that Israel will be unable to protect their people from annihilation with those indefensible borders. Yet when he campaigned for the Presidency, Obama said on June 4, 2008, that he would stand with Israel if he were elected President.

Pro-Israel Highlights of Barack Obama Speech for AIPAC

Obama Calls On Israelis And Palestinians To Use 1967 Borders

Obama is bringing tens of thousands of Muslim illegals to America from Somalia (they are called “refugees”).

Beware, Muslims building more mosques in the Bible belt of America

Obama bowed to the Saudi King, something no U.S. President has ever done.

Obama Bows to Saudi King

Conclusion:

It must be determined whether Obama’s actions and the people with whom he surrounds himself compromised our SEAL Team Six and SPECOPS troops. The fact that Obama brings individuals into our White House who are allegedly associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, coupled with the other actions he has taken, screams for an investigation into the murder of our beloved Navy SEALs and SPECOPS troops.

The American people must demand it and Congress must carry out this investigation immediately.

Congressman Darrell Issa (CA) – contact information:

Washington DC Office
2347 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3906 • Fax: 202-225-3303

California District Office
1800 Thibodo Road, #310 • Vista, CA 92081
Phone: 760-599-5000 • Fax: 760-599-1178

Congressman Peter King (NY) – contract information:

Washington Office
339 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-7896 Fax: 202-226-2279

Massapequa Park
1003 Park Boulevard Massapequa Park, NY 11762
Phone: 516-541-4225 Fax: 516-541-6602

Suffolk County: 631-541-4225

Email: Pete.King@mail.house.gov

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Related:

· Original article: Muslim Brotherhood In Our White House – Vetting Obama

· Report–Obama quietly appoints Muslim Brotherhood to key posts (updates)

· Video: Muslim Infiltration in Obama Administration

· Obama’s Ramadan Dinner Guest List Hides Attendance of Stealth Jihadists Tied to Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood

· Video: Montage Footage of Barack Obama on His Muslim Faith

· The 5 Most Dangerous Muslim Brotherhood Front Groups Working to Destroy America from Within

· Video: SEAL TEAM 6 – INVESTIGATE THE WHITEHOUSE

· Video: Somali Muslims Changing Small Town – CBN.com

· New Warning About Muslim Brotherhood’s Influence on White House From…Liberal Marxist Muslim

Also:

The Tipping Point – Embracing the Muslim Brotherhood

Vetting Obama – “Palling Around with Terrorists”

Clinton Admits We Are Now Reaching Out to the Muslim Brotherhood

Anthony Weiner: Mother-in-Law a Member of Muslim Brotherhood

Weiner Fallout and the Muslim Connection

By: AJ of NoisyRoom.net & Arlen Williams
Contributors: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton & Ann Barnhardt 

Cross-Posted by ask Marion at Knowledge Creates Power and the Daily Thought Pad

FIRST PICTURES AND VIDEO FROM BECK‘S REHEARSAL FOR THE ’RESTORING COURAGE’ FINAL JERUSALEM EVENT

If you were about to host a three-hour radio show on hundreds of stations in the middle of an exhausting week, what would be the last thing you would want to do?

Well, if you are Glenn Beck you tell everyone to deploy to the Old City of Jerusalem for a full rehearsal of the opening to Wednesday’s Restoring Courage program.

And, if you are Glenn Beck, you decide to do this less than 60 minutes before your radio show begins!

But, of course, it turns out to go flawlessly and the powerful moments in the rehearsal trigger more than a few goose bump moments.

Two videos for you.

The first is a preview message from Beck direct from the site:

The second is part of Beck’s rehearsal with the orchestra which I captured on my handheld camera — so this is raw, unedited video direct from the site:

And here, in no particular order, are a few dozen pictures from the rehearsal:

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