A reader points out that President Obama's call with the rabbis today — as recorded in Rabbi Jack Moline's and other clerics' Twitter feeds — freights health care reform with a great deal of religious meaning, and veers into the blend of policy and faith that outraged liberals in the last administration.
"We are God's partners in matters of life and death," Obama said, according to Moline (paging Sarah Palin...), quoting from the Rosh Hashanah prayer that says that in the holiday period, it is decided "who shall live and who shall die."
The president ended the call by wishing the rabbis "shanah tovah," or happy new year — in reference to the High Holidays a month from now.
this is from the 1961 ‘Operation Coffee Cup Campaign’ when private citizen and hollywood actor ronald reagan spoke out against a proposed democratic plan for nation-wide socialized medicine. it’s awesome!
it’s not about reagan. it’s about the words and how incredibly applicable they are today.
Q: What Caused So Many of our G.I.'s to Loose their GI Homes?
A: our entire nation after 1944 that if they dared to purchase properties and began to prosper they would be protected by our amazing Bill of Rights that spoke about those protections.
“ We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Before Counter Culture Revolution: We were free to speak, own firearms, go to any church of our choice who did not pay taxes, supported our church with deductions from our taxes. We were free to own and protect our properties or real estate and the government helped protect us with local police forces who worked for the people.
A: the 4th Amendment guaranteed we are secure in any lawful enterprise we choose to purchase was safe from our government’s intrusion. Most of this generation of G.I.’s were forced to memorize the Bill of Rights before they could bet out of the 5th grade.
A: Seventh Amendment refers to a safe body of what the author called Common Law: This safe body of common law was meant to protect all of our Bill of Rights including the 4th amendment right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. Historically [until the counter culture revolution] this body of common law did a pretty good job of informing courts at all levels as well as state and local governments about our rights each citizen is to enjoy.
A: Eminent Domain:The power of governments to take private real or personal property has always existed in the United States, being a part of the common law inherited from England. This power reposes in the legislative branch of the government and may not be exercised unless the legislature has authorized its use by statutes that specify who may use it and for what purposes. The legislature may so delegate the power to private entities like public utilities or railroads, and even to individuals for the purpose of acquiring access to their landlocked land. Its use was limited by the Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1791, which reads, "...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation".
A: IRS seizures: The Internal Revenue Code provides for a federal tax lien in favor of the government against any person who fails to pay federal taxes. 26 U.S.C. § 6321. This lien attaches to "all property and rights to property, whether real or personal, belonging to such person."
A: Property Tax Seizures: In 1796 seven of the fifteen states levied uniform capitation taxes. In the United States, property tax on real estate is usually levied by local government, at the municipal or county level. Those who live in city limits face double property taxation, once by the city and once again by the county. Property taxes are imposed by counties, municipalities, and school districts, where the millage rate is usually determined by county commissioners, city council members, and school board members, respectively. The taxes fund budgets for schools, police, fire stations, hospitals, garbage disposal, sewers, road and sidewalk maintenance, parks, libraries, and miscellaneous expenditures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_tax 6/27/2009 11:58 AM.
A: Greed in Explosive Market Selling Seized Homes: Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Government Tax Foreclosure properties. More than 1 million total properties including For Sale by Owner, VA Foreclosures, HUD Homes, and Home Auctions! http://www.realtytrac.com/foreclosure/government/tax-foreclosure.html 6/27/2009 12:10 PM.
In Los Angeles today, numerous posters have popped up featuring President Barack Obama portrayed as Heath Ledger’s “Joker” character from the Dark Knight Batman movie.
Obama Joker
Under the picture of Obama as the Joker, there is a large caption stating “Socialism.” So far, no one has taken credit for the poster, and no one seems to have any idea who is behind them. The posters have been appearing in the Hollywood area in particular, though there have been sightings across Los Angeles.
There are unconfirmed rumors that this is a campaign by conservatives who are angry over Obama’s policies. So far, there is no evidence to indicate that is the case. There are also unconfirmed sightings in cities other than L.A.
I’m not sure I “get” the Joker imagery. The Heath Ledger Joker character seemed to be more of an anarchist than a socialist. Also, as to be expected, some are claiming that the comically large red lips are racist. I think that’s nonsense. There’s nothing racist about depicting Obama as a famous movie character. The poster equates him to a famous clown which had large red lips. If you think this is racist, I guess a black man can never dress up as a clown.
If I had to design the poster I would’ve turned Obama into Mao or Lenin. That would seem to make more sense, and get the “Socialism” message across loud and clear.
Being a Friend of Pres Obama's Not Worth Much in Cambridge?
Even after 7 months of his carefully staged ‘hopechangery’, it’s the unscripted, off the cuff moments when america sees who the real barack obama is. and frankly, it’s just not pretty. there were just sooo many moments in last night’s ‘lying‘ press conference, but this one seems to be resonating with the public and guess what? it didn’t have a thing to do with healthcare.
do you think The iOne knows he lost control of the message? i mean no one is mentioning or debating critically important healthcare issues very much today at all. we’re all salivating over barack obama v the cambridge, massachusettes police department - specifically sgt. james crowley and his arrest of the belligerent friend of obama, harvard prof henry louis gates jr. the story continues to evolve with everyone, from the police union to bill cosby, weighing in on the ’stupidity’ of The iOne’s comment:
“Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof he was in own home.” And then going on (and on) tying it to racism.
“What I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That’s just a fact.”
no doubt there has been racism shown in law enforcement actions across this country however there is absolutely none shown in this one.
here’s the police report.
and The iOne? he’s backpeddling because of the stupidity of his racist remarks on a non-racial issue. he didn’t have all the facts — he said so. he should have said something like “because I don’t have all of the facts in the case, no comment.” he should have displayed to the world that post-racial candidate that he claimed he was in the campaign.
but no. instead, the president of the united states pulled a jesse jackson.
update: well it seems The iOne is walking his ’stupidly’ comment backwards. after police unions blasted obama for sticking his nose into a law enforcement issue before he had all the facts, which include 911 and police tapes of the incident, obama said this:
“Because this has been ratcheting up and I helped contribute to ratcheting it up, I want to make clear that in my choice of words I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sgt. Crowley specifically and I could have calibrated those words differently.
“My sense is you’ve got two good people in a circumstance in which neither of them were able to resolve it the way the wanted to resolve it,” President Obama said.
but wait! the ‘it’s not about me’ president also said this:
“I continue to believe based on what I’ve heard that there was an overreaction in pulling Professor Gates out of his home.”
his attempts at defusing the situation, including invited sgt. crowley over to the wh for a beer with prof. gates, only resulted in ’stupidly’ mucking it up again.
Follow up Sgt. Crowley's Attorney Considering Legal Action Against Prof. Gates
Alan McDonald, who represents Crowley, the veteran cop who teaches a racial profiling class for rookie police officers told ABC News earlier that the sergeant had not ruled out filing a defamation of character or libel lawsuit against Gates.
"He is exploring all of his options,'' McDonald told ABC News.
Though charges were dropped, Gates has loudly asserted his arrest was a result of racial profiling.
The arrest and subsequent storm of racially charged comments has enveloped the White House after Obama said on Wednesday the Cambridge police acted "stupidly" in arresting the prominent black scholar.
In a press conference held by the Cambridge police unions and Massachusetts Municipal Police Officers Association to support Crowley, members said they hope Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Deval will apologize for their remarks. Crowley stood with them but remained silent.
McDonald argued that race "played no role in the decision making in this case," adding that it was "inappropriate" of Obama to use this case to talk about racial profiling.
Get Stoked Google docs: we need to recall a time when we still had a sense of humor. As this news is unfolding it reminded me of the great 1993 MGM comedy written and directed by : E. Max Frye Amos & Andrew with Samuel L. Jackson and Nicolas Cage. Check out the IMDB listing at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106266/
Truth Justice & the American Way? Does it Still Exist
Is Van Jones, Obama’s Green Jobs Czar a Communist? If you take him at his word he is. His official title is Special Advisor on Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for the White House Council on Environmental Equality. That’s a fancy way of saying Green Jobs Czar that only answers to President Obama.
Let’s take a look at Van Jones for a moment shall we? A young African-American, Yale Law School Graduate, advocate for the downtrodden and all around white knight for the misfortunate; sounds like a top notch guy to have as an advisor if you’re the President.
There was a little incident though back in 1992 that some of you may remember. The Rodney King beating and subsequent riot that took place after the police officers were acquitted. Van Jones happened to be one of those who was arrested during that awful period. From a 2005 interview with East Bay Express:
Jones had planned to move to Washington, DC, and had already landed a job and an apartment there. But in jail, he said, “I met all these young radical people of color — I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, ‘This is what I need to be a part of.’” Although he already had a plane ticket, he decided to stay in San Francisco. “I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary.” In the months that followed, he let go of any lingering thoughts that he might fit in with the status quo. “I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th,” he said. “By August, I was a communist.”
It gets better, Van Jones Green Jobs Czar Communist (self-proclaimed), founded an organization called Storm. From the same interview:
In 1994, the young activists formed a socialist collective, Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM, which held study groups on the theories of Marx and Lenin and dreamed of a multiracial socialist utopia.
One of Storms projects was the “Bay Area Police Watch”, basically a bunch of thugs keeping tabs on the police and reporting “abuses” by law enforcement.
I guess for Van Jones, the best thing about being Green Jobs Czar is that he didn’t have to sit in front of Congress and be confirmed. Nobody can ask him questions about his past and his proclivity for trouble. Of course given the make-up of Congress right now, it may not really matter.
Obama sure can pick em’, tax dodgers, communists, anarchists, liars and thieves. But I’m sure Obama has no idea about Van Jones checkered past. So the question remains; is Van Jones Green Jobs Czar a Communist? I suppose you’d have to ask him, problem is nobody will.
