Obama Lectured........ On Race!

Pat Buchanan, conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician, and broadcaster, is one to speak his mind. Here he takes President Obama to the woodshed on race.

BUCHANAN TO OBAMA  By Patrick J. Buchanan

... Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America .. Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation.. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to.... This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them are these: 

First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and

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prosperity blacks have ever known.. Jeremiah Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.

Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the '60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream. Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks -- with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants. Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated their time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.
We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude??

Barack talks about new 'ladders of opportunity' for blacks. Let him go to Altoona  and Johnstown, and ask the white kids in Catholic schools how many were visited lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out scholarships for 'deserving' white kids...? Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America ? Is it really white America 's fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent? Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?

As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence. Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?
Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse? 

We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena . And all turned out to be hoaxes. But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites that are real, we hear nothing.

Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before, about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago. This needs to be passed around because, this is a message everyone needs to hear!!!

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Hillary For President!!! Roll Out The Puff Pieces.

Hillary in the White House! Yep...and NBC, an apologist for anything Democratic, is pushing that idea. And they're pushing it big time. In production is a four part mini-series on the life (sort of) of Hillary Rodham Clinton. This, to be sure, will be a fluff and puff piece designed to make you gush all

over the woman who would be president. And to be sure you see it with the idea of casting your vote for Hillary, NBC is going to run it just before the 2016 presidential election. Sound fishy? It is. Of course, you will hear NBC big wigs say there is no specific intent to the timing. Uh Huh.  

Knowing how these things work when the media pushes their favorite candidates, the mini-series undoubtedly will not show the negatives in Hillary's life and career, and there are many. Read More: NBC To Stay Away From Hillary Negatives In Mini-Series

Hillary Clinton has a habit of not answering tough questions. But she has a lot to answer for if she wants to step in to the Oval office as it's next occupant. Most notably the scandals surrounding the State Department under her watch as Secretary, especially being complicit in the attack on the

U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya last year. Her testimony before Congress was lacking in information and some say untruthful. Congress continues to investigate the incident in which four Americans died, including our ambassador to Libya, and if it's found Mrs. Clinton lied to Congress under oath she will have perjured herself. We have enough lies spouted by our current president. We don't need to follow him with another.



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Another Presidential Untruth and Bowing To The King

Another lie in a long list of lies out of the mouth of our president. It's not surprising and the Republicans got duped again. You'd think that after 40 plus years of lies by the Democrats that John Boehner and company would learn. Guess not.

Here's the lie: If I recall (correct me if I'm wrong) that part of the fiscal cliff deal of last December was if the Republicans agreed to tax increases on the rich, Obama would agree to cuts in spending. The Republicans bit, only to have Obama say 'let's due the tax thing now and we'll get to the cuts

down the road.' The GOP should have backed out of the deal right then, but they didn't. What made them think that the president, especially THIS president, was going to keep his word? The budget battle is looming and the Republicans expect spending cuts to be part of any final deal as the president promised. HA! You've been 'took' again! Read More: Another Presidential Untruth

Barack Obama has no intention of dealing with the Republicans on this. As always, it's his way or no way. The Senate, under the inept leadership of Harry Reid, has snubbed its nose at the Constitution and not crafted a federal budget in over four years. Instead we have been operating under what is known as a "continuing resolution." In other words let's just keep on like we've been doing. The only problem with that is with no budget to adhere to (not that the federal government ever paid attention to a budget anyway) the government can do as it wishes. Obama has taken that to heart as he has spent this country into oblivion and is determined to spend more. 

The President also wants the debt ceiling raised again. This is something he screamed against back in 2006:

"America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit."
-- Sen. Barack Obama, March 16, 2006

Then there was the flip flop in 2011:

"Nobody likes to be tagged as having increased the debt limit for the United States by a trillion dollars. As president, you start realizing, you know what, we can't play around with this stuff. . . . (Raising the limit is) important for the country."
-- President Barack Obama, April 15, 2011

Unless the Republicans cower in a corner as they are known to do and bow down to Obama's demands a battle will be fought in September when the current continuing resolution expires. If no agreement is reached the government will shut down and the Democrats will blame the Republicans as they have in the past. Obama will have toddler tantrum because he can't blow the taxpayers money on the same failed policies of the past four years.

Actually, Boehner and company have an ace in the hole as they control the purse strings. The major issue they say that will further break the bank is Obama's socialist train wreck known as Obamacare. The House of Representatives could, and it's a big could, not fund Obamacare. Unfortunately the House is spineless. And the Senate would have to go along with it. But there is an effort to stop Obamacare in it's tracks. Watch the video:

However, Senate and House Republicans would be accused of taking health care away from the poor and the illegal aliens. So, they will find an excuse to fund Obamacare and bow to the king. It's unfortunate.



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Phony Scandals??

Four American lives, Mr. Obama, you left behind. There isn't a damn thing phony about that. Come clean. There is blood on your hands!

Not surprisingly, the boneheads in the national media, those who are complicit in the tripe Obama and the Democrats spew out every day, are buying in to the "phony scandal" nonsense. Read More: Media Buying In To Phony Scandal Scam. Appalling that these people seem to have no respect for the dead. The media has no interest in the truth about what happened in Benghazi. They're only objective is to ignore it as well as the cover-up orchestrated by the president and his administration.



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Remember Obama's Promise of Hope and Change...?

 Hope and change means a bad economy, racial division, and more garbage out of Washington 

         

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Relations Among The Races Decline Under Obama

There's a lot of discussion these days about race relations in this country. This issue pops up after some event involving blacks and whites. Unfortunately it seems to rear its head when something negative impacts the black community and they cry foul. What sparked the issue this time was the 'not

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guilty' verdict White/Hispanic George Zimmerman received in the shooting death of black teen Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was acquitted by the jury saying the shooting of Martin was in self defense. The black community says Zimmerman profiled the teen and aggressively pursued him when he could have backed away. 

Everyone from civil rights activist Al Sharpton to the Reverend Jessie Jackson, other black leaders and even the president have weighed in on the issue seemingly fueling the flames. African Americans always seem to feel they get a raw deal when things don't go their way. The cries of racism can be heard from coast to coast. Given the history of African Americans in this country, one can sympathize. But you don't see the white community take to the streets when the shoe

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is on the other foot. The O.J. Simpson 'not guilty' verdict in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend comes to mind. The white community didn't like the verdict to be sure. But there were no organized street marches and calls to change laws. 

Race relations have improved over the years.  I readily recall the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which dramatically changed the climate between the races in this country. Before that we saw such sordid things as "Whites Only" and "Blacks Only" signs on restroom doors, "No Blacks Allowed" signs at lunch counters and blacks relegated to the backs of buses. Sports in this country was not immune to this way of thinking either. Black

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baseball players such as Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson, in many cases, were not allowed to stay in the same hotels with their teammates or eat in the same dining rooms. Instead they were put in "blacks only" hotels or the basements of the hotels their team was staying in. As late as 1974 Hank Aaron received numerous death threats as he approached breaking Babe Ruth's home run record that year. 

People generally don't think of the relations between the races on a daily basis anymore because things have improved greatly. One could argue that blacks think about it more than whites and they might even say that we've taken a step backwards.....and they might be right. Read More:  Race Relations Tank Under Obama

This administration, and liberals in general, has a habit of playing the race card when they deem it necessary. President Obama, the first African American president, had the opportunity to unite this country that no other president has had...and he has squandered it. While he touts "raising

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the middle class" and giving more people the opportunity to join the middle class, his policies have taken us in the opposite direction. High taxes and jobs lost under his watch have hurt the middle class, both white and black and have forced those of both races that are less fortunate to be even more so. The president has said it's time for Washington to end partisan fighting. You need to look in the mirror, Mr. President. There you will see the face of the leader of what is partisan in Washington. Yes, both parties are at fault. But you are the president. You need to put on your big boy president pants and lead, not only in governing the country, but in bringing the races together as well. You set the tone for what is to be, and the divisive comments you made about the Zimmerman case was not the right tone.


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Another Drole, Nothing New, Boring Speech on the Economy

President Obama officially kicked of the mid-term election campaign with what he does best...he gave a campaign speech. The president spoke on the economy in what was billed as an "historic" speech, but the only thing historic was how many speeches on the economy he's given. A record ump-teenth something.

As expected, there was nothing new. It was the same old song and dance from Mr. Obama. Tax and spend and blame others (the Republicans) for why we are in the mess we are in. actually, according to the president the Republicans really agree with him. Really? Hmmm.  Click the video:

This speech had nothing new in it as far as fixing the economy goes. If anything, the president's same-as-before proposals will further damage it. That is another $800 billion in new taxes against those who create jobs and more domestic spending.

Lest you forget, Mr. Obama, in his first four years, increased the national debt by more than $6 trillion dollars. That's more than all the presidents combined. And we are quickly barreling toward $17 trillion in the hole with $20 trillion estimated by the time Obama leaves office 3.5 years from now. Click the clock: National Debt Clock

The unemployment rate is still at a dismal 7.6 percent. Millions upon millions of people are out of work (yours truly included). Obama says the job picture is improving. Not so. The fact is because of Obamacare many American's wages have been cut because their hours been cut. Less money means less spending which doesn't bode well for the economy. A lot of people have seen their full time jobs cut to part-time. As a matter of fact, only 57 percent of working adults have full time jobs. 

Worse still is the fact that families have less income. Since Obama took office in 2009 the median family income has fallen 7.2 percent.

Obama blames the Republicans in the House for not going along with his economic policies. Good thing. The GOP has no stomach for more of the same failed policies the president keeps putting forth. If the president had his chance to get  all he wanted in the first two years of his presidency when the Democrats had control of both the House and Senate. Instead he opted to spend that time shoving the (un)Affordable Healthcare Act, now known as the Obamacare train wreck, down our throats. Now that the Republicans have control of the House the president has  toddler tantrums because they won't bow down to his out-of-control spending sprees and tax hikes.

In truth, President Obama has no real interest in improving the economy. If he did he would have found a way to meet the Republicans half way. He says he's willing to work with his rivals. That's code for "only if they do it my way." There is no compromising with this man. He knows not the meaning of the word. Instead he looks to remain divisive and blame others for the country's ills.

So why the 'who-knows-how-many' speech on the economy with more to follow? He's trying to change the conversation and take the emphasis off what he terms as "phony" scandals. The wheels are coming of his non-transparent, incompetent administration. He has three plus years to start turning this economy around. After four plus years he's taken it into the tank. Don't look for it to get much better.

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Bill O'Reilly Takes The President To Task On Race

The George Zimmerman trial has, as these things always do, fueled the flames of race in this country. Once again, the Al Sharptons' and Jessie Jacksons' of the world are whipping the black community into a frenzy yelling about injustice because Zimmerman was found not guilty in the shooting death of teen Trayvon Martin. 

Strange, isn't it, that these people throw a hissy fit when a black is killed by a white. But remain silent when blacks kill blacks. The fact is over 90% of black males killed in this country are killed by their fellow blacks. That, too, is a tragedy, just as the Trayvon Martin killing was. But no black leader is raising hell  with the black community about black on black killings. Why not? Good Question.

President Obama decided recently to throw himself into the Zimmerman. George Zimmerman was found not guilty (self defense) by way of a "stand your ground" law in Florida. The president and others are calling for repeal of the Florida law and similar ones in some 30 plus States. 

Bill O'Reilly, on his "The O'Reilly Factor" program seen on the Fox News Channel, challenges the president and others to get serious about the race problem. His take on the issue has created a lot of conversation in this country. Click the video: 

                                Do you agree or disagree with Bill O' Reilly? I agree.




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The Government and Your Privacy

The recent news of the National Security Agency (NSA) constructing a huge building out West for the purpose of compiling and storing your phone records, emails etc. has a lot of Americans screaming about an invasion of privacy. 

News Flash: There is no such thing as privacy, and hasn't been for quite some time.

And, it's about to get worse. Have you heard about this thing called Obamacare, the socialist program that will control your health care? In a further attempt to invade the privacy you no longer have, Obamacare is building a massive database to steal your most private information concerning your health care. Should you be worried? In an article recently posted on Rare , author James S. Robbins says yes:

"The massive, centralized database will include comprehensive personal information such as income and financial data, family size, citizenship and immigration status, incarceration status, social security numbers, and private health information. It will compile dossiers based on information obtained from the IRS, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Veterans Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the Social Security Administration, state Medicaid databases, and for some reason the Peace Corps. The Data Hub will provide web-based, one-stop shopping for prying into people’s personal affairs." 

Want more? Click the link to read the entire article by Mr. Robbins: Obamacare: Invading Your Privacy

Obamcare: Brought to you by President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party - Here's to your good health. (well, it's the thought that counts)

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Obamacare Has Doctors On Edge -

It seems like eons ago, but it was only four and a half years ago when we heard President Obama say this: (Click the video)

Yes, the president, in pushing passage of what we know know is Obamacare, said, "if you like your doctor or your insurance plan, you can keep it." That was 2009. We now know that what he said is not necessarily true. Besides, you may be able to keep your doctor, but will your doctor keep you? Read More: Doctors Bailing Out

So, many doctors may un-hang their shingles. Is yours one of them? Might not be a bad idea the next time you see your doctor for an ailment that you ask him what ails him about Obamacare and is he going to be around in a year or two. 

If your doctor hangs up the "Gone Fishin' " sign you will have to doctor shop which may be a problem. There are

some 800,000 physicians in this country. Over half of them are over the age of 50. They will be the ones considering bailing out of the profession. This on top of the fact that we are already about 20K doctors short. Read More: Doctors Wanted:Condition Critical

Obamacare is becoming more and more of the train wreck many predicted it would be, as we find out more about it and how it affects us. More than 50% of Americans find the law unfavorable.  The president is trying to change their minds. Read More: Obama Still Trying to Convince Us Obamacare is a Good Thing

Obamacare took a big blow recently when several big unions said the law has to be changed. Among early supporters of the law, they now don't like it. Bad news for the Democrats as unions have always been a strong part of their base.

Because of its complexity the federal government is having a hard time meeting implementation deadlines. If they can't get their act together on getting this thing going, can you imagine how well they will run it? Has the government ever run anything well? Just askin.' Doctor's planning on bolting already know the answer.


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Obama Jumps Feet First Into The Zimmerman Fray

President Obama, for whatever reason, can't seem to pass up a photo op, nor keep quiet about the Zimmerman case.

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Read More: Obama Speaks Out


The question many have on their mind? Would the president be this front and center about the issue had Trayvon Martin, the teen killed by George Zimmerman in self-defense, been white??  Hmmm...Just askin'.


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Going After Zimmerman All in The Name of Politics

It's amazing how bad the Obama administration wants to get George Zimmerman despite being acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin. After the verdict, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the feds were going to pursue civil rights

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violations against Mr. Zimmerman. These guys are just really pissed off that the jury came up with the RIGHT verdict in the case. Along with a total disregard for the Constitution, the president and his administration are showing the same for the justice system in this country.

Under Florida law, where the case was tried, George Zimmerman is to get back the personal affects confiscated as evidence. This includes the gun he used in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin. Not so fast, whines Holder: Read More: Holder Holds on Zimmerman's Gun

This whole idea of going after Zimmerman is  ridiculous and in keeping with Obamanomics, it will be a waste of a lot of the taxpayers money as well. 

I find it ironic that the president went on television Thursday to tout his failing health care initiative known as Obamacare,

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and as usual he couldn't help to chide the Republicans. Obama noted that for the 40th time (or so), the House of voted on Obamacare, this time to delay its mandates. The president lamented that there are more important things that the House should be working on...blah, blah, blah.  

Excuse me, Mr. President. There are more important things you and Mr. Holder SHOULD be working on rather than wasting the government's time and taxpayer's money on something as frivolous as going after a man judged innocent by a jury of his peers just to satisfy your political base. You're four and a half years into what has been a failed presidency. It's time you started righting the sinking ship.





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Racism in America - Who's Really Responsible?

Every time an incident occurs in this country involving Black vs. White, cries of racism rears it's ugly head. It usually comes from the left side of the political spectrum. Liberals and Democrats are quick to pull out the race card and flash

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it for all to see. The left-leaning news media runs the subject into the ground. The NAACP and other minority groups are quick to call foul, and the Reverends Jessie Jacksons and Al sharptons of the world are out ramping up the crowds, calling for protests.

The latest incident to bring up racism is the recent not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case. Zimmerman's defense was based on self-defense against a physical attack by 17 year old Trayvon Martin who was shot to death by Zimmerman. The jury found for Zimmerman based on Florida's "stand your ground" self defense law, in effect in more than 30 states. 

Jackson, Sharpton and Attorney General Eric Holder excited the NAACP convention crowd this week in calling for repeal of stand your ground laws. Click the video: 

Would these people be jumping up and down about these laws if it was Zimmerman who died and Trayvon Martin was found not guilty for defending himself? Of course not. In fact, they would be applauding the fact that these laws are on the books. Zimmerman is a White Hispanic. They aren't going to come to his defense saying the laws are right.

These people claim to be for ALL the people when talking about civil rights. Actually they are for ALL the black people. ALL others need not apply. 

And when it comes to racism in this country they are quick to blame conservatives, Republicans and whites.

Truth is, America, and it's difficult for our liberal minded friends to accept, but the GOP and conservatives have been in the forefront for years on trying to wipe out racism. 

                                             History backs that up

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The Idiocy of the "Bomb Throwers" Over the Zimmerman Verdict

There are a lot of stupid people out there and they are showing their true colors (stupidity) in their reaction to the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case.

Click the links to read what these "Bomb Throwers" are up to:

Rev. Sharpton to March on U.S. Cities

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NAACP: "Modern Day Lynching"

NAACP Pres. Ben Jealous

Blacks Beat Hispanic Man "For Trayvon"

Stevie Wonder Boycotts Florida Over Verdict

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Protesters Beat on cars - Storm Walmart

Zimmerman's Parents in Hiding: Threats


Amazing! Stupidity Reigns Supreme!



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Harry Reid Going Nuclear

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, (D) NV., no stranger to rough and tumble politics has earned the nickname, in some circles, "Dirty Harry." Senator Reid has threatened to play "Dirty" with a dirty political trick known as the "Nuclear Option."

I received the following in an e-mail from Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) regarding Senator Reid's proposed actions:

"Last week, Harry Reid moved one step closer to executing the "nuclear option" in the U.S. Senate - an unprecedented step that would erode a key check on President Obama's liberal agenda. Unable to ram the President's nominees through the Senate unabated, Reid is looking to change the rules as it suits him. 

This will effectively end Senate Republican's right to filibuster any or all of these presidential selections--a move that President Obama and Vice President Biden support! 

It seems that Obama, Reid, and Biden all have short-term memories. It was not too long ago that all three opposed the nuclear option. Now that the Democrats are back in control of the Senate, they are fine with this form of flagrant disregard for the traditions of the Senate and divided government. 

As we learned with Obamacare, this Administration and its liberal allies are more than willing to throw precedent out the window to get what they want. We cannot stand idly by while Harry Reid and President Obama unilaterally force their liberal agenda on the American people."

Mr. Priebus asks for your help in stopping Senator Reid from initiating the Nuclear Option. Click the link to sign a petition to help the RNC hold Senator Reid and President Obama accountable. Senator Reid Threatens The Nuclear Option




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Do We Have Racists At The Top? And Other Assorted Questions.

This will be short and to the point.

Fact 1: George Zimmerman was found not guilty of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin.

Fact 2: Case closed

Apparently the Obama administration didn't get the message as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced his

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department will pursue civil rights violation charges against Zimmerman. This despite the nation's premier law enforcement agency saying Zimmerman did not profile Trayvon Martin. Read More: FBI: Zimmerman No Racist

So, what's going on here? What does Holder expect to accomplish? He is not going to find any additional evidence that either the FBI or investigators in Florida have not

already brought to light. The FBI says Zimmerman is no racist, so why is the administration playing the race card? 

With the FBI report, Holder will face obstacles in pursuing this. Read More: This Won't Be Easy For The DOJ

The DOJ stuck their nose in this case at the beginning, but backed off until the end of the trial. I'm confused. What were they doing there in the first place? Murder is a state crime,

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not federal unless there are extenuating circumstances, such as the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Where is Holder in Terry's case? He's hiding under his desk.

Brian Terry was killed as part of the DOJ's botched Fast & Furious gun running fiasco. Terry's family and the country deserves answers but Holder and the administration are stonewalling.

I asked in yesterday's blog, if Zimmerman had died and Trayvon had been found not guilty would the DOJ be looking into whether or not Zimmerman's civil rights had been violated?

If Zimmerman had been found guilty would Holder still go after or would Holder think he got his man and leave it alone? Just askin'.

Or are we looking at something more here? President Obama is black. Eric Holder is black. Trayvon Martin was black. Let's hope to hell there is no hidden agenda for this decision.



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Feds May Go After George Zimmerman

Maybe you spent the weekend in a cave and don't know that George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin. It was the right call considering the evidence and a

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law in Florida which says you can use deadly force if you fear for your life as George apparently did. The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. We all grieve for his parents, as no parent should have to lose a child. But in this case the law as written is on the side of George Zimmerman.

So, Zimmerman goes free and gets on with his life, right? Wrong! Here comes the NAACP claiming injustice for

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Trayvon, who was black. They whine to Eric Holder and the Department of Justice asking the DOJ to continue to investigate Mr. Zimmerman. Read More: DOJ To Go After Zimmerman


Politics got thrown into the mix when Barack Obama jumped into the fray way back when, when he said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon." Click the video:

 Sorry, Mr. President. It not only wasn't your place to prejudice the case with that kind of statement, it was out of line. Just as it's now out of line for the DOJ to go after Zimmerman on possible civil rights violations. If the situation were reversed and Zimmerman was killed by Trayvon Martin, would the DOJ be questioning if Zimmerman's civil rights were violated? I think not. Somehow it never seems to work that way. 
After the verdict, the president issued the following statement:

“The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin.”
This president CANNOT make a statement without politicizing it! Despite Mr. Zimmerman resorting to using a gun to defend his life, Obama has to bring the gun control issue up. Despicable! He would have been better off just keeping quiet.

But back to the DOJ and George Zimmerman.......

The NAACP seems to forget that, while overwhelming evidence to the contrary, O.J. Simpson was found not guilty in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. I don't remember an

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outcry then that Ms. Simpson's and Mr. Goldman's civil rights were violated. If their had been, and Mr. Holder was sitting in his lofty chair at DOJ, I doubt he would have tried to nail O.J. on a civil rights violation. Goodness gracious, the NAACP would have cried foul! 



Mr. Zimmerman needs to be left alone.




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Sun Sets On Another Week

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Obama's Latest Spending SNAFU's

Nothing surprises us anymore with this Obama led government. E V E R D A Y there is something new, something more that shows we have an out of control and incompetent bunch of people at the helm of this ship. From the Chief Executive on down there is no leadership, decisions made that are ludicrous bordering on stupidity and not in the best interest of the American people. 

President Obama, earlier this year, invoked sequester (the automatic budget cuts) saying we have no money because

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he and Congress could not come together on what to cut and how much. We saw such ridiculous things as White House tours shelved, government workers furloughed and military pilots stopped from taking much needed and necessary training flights.

No money, says the administration. It's because you waste it, Mr. President. Case in point: this week it was learned that a $34 million military facility built in Afghanistan has never been occupied or in any way utilized and it will be torn down. Incompetence comes in to play here because (1) even though the military said it

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was not needed, it was built anyway and (2) when Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about it at the daily press briefing, he claimed to know nothing about it, despite it being all over the national news. Read More: Carney Not Up To Speed

Of course, one has to wonder which news accounts Carney was watching, if any. If it was the so-called main streamers they probably downplayed the issue, if they ran it at all, so as not to embarrass their beloved president. 

But there is more waste spent in the Middle East, as reported at rt.com :

"The US military recently spent $45 million on a facility to repair armored vehicles in Kandahar province, which is now being used as a location to sort through equipment being shipped out of the country, the Post reported. Last year, the State Department also abandoned plans to turn a large building into a consulate - after spending more than $80 million on a 10-year lease.
The wasteful spending on extravagant structures in Afghanistan closely mirrors US spending in Iraq. The US spent $60 billion to rebuild Iraq, but a final report from Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen concluded that more than $9 billion was wasted."

These, of course, are not the only incidents of blown taxpayer dollars. This administration is ripe with it, from the "green" industry to agencies such as the IRS and GSA (Government Services Administration) spending millions on lavish conferences, to the train wreck known as Obamacare and need we not forget the president's own over-blown vacations, most recently the $100 million spent on a jaunt to Africa. Waste in government can be found in the halls of every government building.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. is a bulldog when it comes to wasteful government spending. A lot of it you won't believe. Read More: Coburn tags Govt. Waste

The sad part of all this is, as the national debt barrels toward $17 trillion this president and this government doesn't seem to care.



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Obamacare: The Pill That's Hard To Swallow

When Barack Obama took office what seems like a 100 years ago on January 20, 2009, we were mired deep in unemployment, the housing market was in the toilet,

spending was a run-away freight train and Americans drank the kool aid known as "Hope and Change." It would appear the new president had his work cut out for him. Right? Wrong! The nation's ills were of no concern to Obama. Instead he ram roded socialized medicine down our throats on the promise of lower costs and health insurance for all. "Obamacare" was to be the signature program of his presidency.So far it's been a flop. Sixty per cent of the country don't want it, it's costing Americans more, not less in health care, not everyone will get coverage and opponents of the plan are doing all they can to railroad it.  

A key component of Obamacare, the employer mandate, was to take effect in January, 2013. This is where employers with more than 50 full time employees were to give their workers health insurance or pay a fine. Many are opting for the fine saying it would cost them less than the insurance premiums. Others are cutting employees back to thirty hours a week, thus making them part time to avoid having to give the insurance. Not what Obama had in mind. So, he has delayed the employer mandate for another year, using the lame excuse that companies asked for more time to adjust to the plan. 

The real reason was politics. Obama knows it's a bad law and doesn't want Democrats up for re-election in 2014 to have to go out and defend it. The problem is a delay doesn't

make it go away. Companies know they will still have to face the music down the road. Republicans have a problem with the president changing the rules of the law (Obamacare is the law of the land), saying Congress passed the law as written and it can't be changed without Congressional approval. Read More: GOP Says Obama Can't Change Law's Timetable.

As we all know, the IRS is slated to oversee Obamacare once the law is fully implemented. The IRS, the agency riddled with scandal is to oversee our health care. It would be funny if it wasn't so scary. Read More: IRS Wrong Agency To Oversee Obamacare

On second thought, the IRS is an agency out of control, run by incompetent bureaucrats is to oversee a train wreck of a health care system. Sounds about right.



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