by Chris Hedges
We will all swallow our cup of corporate poison. We can take it from nurse Romney, who will tell us not to whine and play the victim, or we can take it from nurse Obama, who will assure us that this hurts him even more than it hurts us, but one way or another the corporate hemlock will be shoved down our throats. [Read more…]
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“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes – and ships – and sealing-wax –
Of cabbages – and kings –
And why the sea is boiling hot –
And whether pigs have wings.”
The Walrus and The Carpenter – Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872) [Read more…]
Although a likely Republican voter, I do not anticipate casting a ballot in November 2012.
For today’s political elite, elections are not at all about representative government, but are instead ruthless contests to determine who will possess the power to allocate favors and redistribute wealth from ordinary Americans to a small group of political supporters and financiers.
Once elected and entrenched in office, self-serving Democrats and Republicans alike, often ignore the will of the people, sidestep the Constitution and violate the rule of law.
For example, on March 1, 2012, Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio presented evidence that Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate released by the White House on April 27, 2011 and his Selective Service registration are forgeries.
Add to that other evidence, which indicates that Obama is using a Social Security Number not issued to him.
Despite the enormous legal implications of such evidence, be assured that the Democrat and the Republican establishments will never willingly investigate that or similar allegations against high-ranking politicians because it would place in jeopardy their own positions of personal power and privilege.
His campaign and the mainstream media have gone to great lengths to conceal Obama’s personal history and have successfully created a narrative that defines any questions raised about it as racist or representing the deranged rants of “tin foil hat” conspiracy theorists.
The Republican establishment has accepted that narrative, not out of agreement, but stemming from fear or complicity.
Most Republicans deeply fear any ridicule or admonishment from the mainstream media.
Some Republicans are complicit in a conspiracy of silence involving Presidential eligibility or other violations of law.
Revelations about Obama’s personal history would certainly rock the American political system to its core. The Democrat and Republican establishments, therefore, prefer to maintain the status quo rather than address political corruption and institute the necessary reforms demanded by the American people.
A Big Lie has been perpetrated and the Big Stall is underway. It does not matter who wins in November because the political elite fully intends to bury any questions about Obama’s personal history. Both the Democrat and Republican establishments have too much to lose if the truth is ever told.
That is why Republican operatives insist that Obama be defeated “on the issues” and not using a tactic which would guarantee his removal from office – full vetting.
Leveraging their fear of a second Obama Administration, the Republican establishment is asking Americans to accept potential violations of the Constitution and the rule of law for the sake of winning an election.
Some might describe such an approach as blackmail and its consequence as national suicide.
Without the Constitution and the rule of law, no economic or any other policy can succeed. It is a recipe for chaos.
Despite the intransigence of the Republican establishment, potential Republican voters will require full vetting and Constitutional eligibility of all candidates for the office of President and Vice President.
A poll of 728 likely Republican primary voters in Georgia, 666 in Ohio, and 525 in Tennessee conducted March 3-4, 2012 showed that 58-67% do not believe or are not sure that Barack Obama was born in the United States.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is not the only intelligent and sober American who has questions about Obama’s personal history. Nor am I the only military veteran interested in vetting all of our candidates, that is, “Vets for Vetting.”
If the Republican establishment insists on surrendering to and complying with the deceptive Obama-media “tin foil hat” narrative that legitimate questions about certain candidates’ personal histories are off-limits, then, I plan to stay home on Election Day.
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Family Security Matters Contributing Editor Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. is a retired colonel with 29 years of service in the US Army Reserve and a veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq. Colonel Sellin is the author of “Afghanistan and the Culture of Military Leadership“ and “Political Establishments and the Culture of Dependency”. He receives email at lawrence.sellin@gmail.com.
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This is not an endorsement of any candidate, but it is an excellent video outing Newt for the serial hypocrite he is –
by Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
October 10, 2011
You have got to love Obama’s enablers. They have a web site called, “A Place to Get the REALLY Right Answers About Natural Born Citizenship,” accessed at http://birtherthinktank.wordpress.com/a-place-to-get-the-really-right-answers-about-natural-born-citizenship/. Clearly, the title of this web site refers this web site, “Natural Born Citizen – A Place to Ask Questions and Get the Right Answers,” accessed at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/ , which I created in December 2008.
Before I start, I must advise you of two things: first, you will rarely find an Obama enabler who will ever admit that he or she is a lawyer (most of those who admit it have been outed by citizen researchers). The reason for that is that operating under the blanket of anonymity, they get free reign to say whatever they want without any legal or ethical accountability. And they have said some pretty bad things in the past until many of them were outed and so now they are “perfect gentlemen.” Hence, the first thing the owner of this blog tells us that he or she is not a lawyer. Now it may be true that the owner of that blog is not a lawyer. But what about all the other enablers who feed at that blog under the cover of anonymity? So, we do need to ask ourselves whether these so-called “owners” are just straw owners who take on such tasks to provide cover for Obama’s enabler lawyers who operate in the background under the cloaking device of anonymity. [Read more…]
Joe Farrah speaks to Freedom Jamboree Tea Party in Washington DC highlights the success of his grassroots campaign to stop Republican’s from voting in favor to increase the debt ceiling from the current $14.3 trillion. He states the need to secure “218 votes to stop it cold.” He goes onto remind these newbies why they were sent to Washington last November and promises to hold them accountable if they vote in favor of increasing the debt ceiling aka QE3.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejUTFgRBbU
Editor’s Note – The following three columns and interviews are stunning and stand alone as voices from the left speaking their truth about Obama and his administration. Each speaks volumes starting with Obama’s personal betrayal of Dr. Cornel West and what light he now see’s Obama in; next the administrations chilling any negative coverage whatsoever of Obama and its affect on long time critic of all things political, Ted Rall, who has effectively been blacklisted by leftie news; and, finally what is becoming a weekly date w/Dr. Steve Pieczenik & Alex Jones who covers an array of national and geo political issues all related back to the Obama administration and its unwillingness to issue arrest warrants for the banksters – America’s greatest national security threat. The common thread that ties all three of these pieces together is the ever growing mantra – Country BEFORE Party! Enjoy.
By Chris Hedges
The moral philosopher Cornel West, if Barack Obama’s ascent to power was a morality play, would be the voice of conscience. Rahm Emanuel, a cynical product of the Chicago political machine, would be Satan. Emanuel in the first scene of the play would dangle power, privilege, fame and money before Obama. West would warn Obama that the quality of a life is defined by its moral commitment, that his legacy will be determined by his willingness to defy the cruel assault by the corporate state and the financial elite against the poor and working men and women, and that justice must never be sacrificed on the altar of power.
Perhaps there was never much of a struggle in Obama’s heart. Perhaps West only provided a moral veneer. Perhaps the dark heart of Emanuel was always the dark heart of Obama. Only Obama knows. But we know how the play ends. West is banished like honest Kent in “King Lear.” Emanuel and immoral mediocrities from Lawrence Summers to Timothy Geithner to Robert Gates—think of Goneril and Regan in the Shakespearean tragedy—take power. We lose. And Obama becomes an obedient servant of the corporate elite in exchange for the hollow trappings of authority. [Read more…]
The T-Room is appalled by this kind of “GOTCHA” reporting that not only Brietbart is guilty, but so many others in the communications industry. Whatever happened to just reporting the facts? Oh, that’s right, silly me, I almost forgot – today’s political paradigm is designed to polarize and make people distrust and hate each other. To hell with people’s reputations and their livelihoods in the meantime!