CHICAGO POLICE MISCONDUCT: RAHM EMANUEL PULLS AN OBAMA TO SAVE A CLOSE RE-ELECTION BID ...

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CHICAGO POLICE MISCONDUCT: RAHM EMANUEL PULLS AN OBAMA TO SAVE A CLOSE RE-ELECTION BID ... Posted: 10 Dec 2015 12:09 AM PST A policeman, now under a suspicious last-minute indictment for murder, shoots a black teenage suspect allegedly wielding a knife – 16 times and mostly in the back after the suspect is down – while the suspect is walking away from the officer. The police department puts out a false and misleading narrative and hides the police dash-cam video for a year. When the video surfaces, due to a persistent journalist and an intrepid judge, it appears that the police officer, not immediately in danger, simply unloads his weapon into a barely-alive suspect that is already on the ground and presenting no threat to the officer or his companions. No other officer fires their weapons. And, there is a significant delay in providing prompt medical attention to the suspect. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT! So why did the administration immediately pay $5 million of the taxpayer’s money to the family without any formal complaint or lawsuit?  So why did the administration demand a non-disclosure agreement?  So why did the administration go to court to fight against releasing the dash-cam video?  Was it because the video of the outrageous video would ignite the town in the same way black activists blew up Ferguson, Missouri? OR WAS IT THAT RAHM EMANUEL PULLED AN OBAMA: FACING A TIGHT RE-ELECTION RACE, HE BURIED THE TRUTH LEST IT DISRUPT HIS CAMPAIGN MUCH IN THE SAME MANNER THAT BARACK OBAMA BURIED THE TRUTH ABOUT BENGHAZI BEING A TERRORIST ATTACK? There is little doubt that Chicago, and Cook County, are the gold-standard for political corruption … Chicago mayor apologizes, protesters urge he resign Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under heavy criticism for his handling of a police shooting that resulted in the death of a black teen, gave an emotional apology on Wednesday hours before angry crowds closed city streets while demanding his resignation. In a special address to the City Council, the mayor said "I'm sorry" and promised "complete and total reform of the system." Among the systemic problems with police, Emanuel aimed particular criticism at the "code of silence" that keeps police officers from reporting misconduct by fellow officers. He also has criticized the agency that investigates police misconduct for finding almost all police shootings justified. "We have a trust problem," said Emanuel, who stated last week that he had no plans to resign. Source: Chicago mayor apologizes, protesters urge he resign The pattern of the Chicago progressive socialist democrats is crystal clear: delay, obfuscate, throw someone under the bus, promise an investigation and reform, and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a snake in the grass until the crisis passes and you can answer media inquiries with the comment “that’s old news, move on.” We do have a trust problem … Simply put, we cannot trust our elected officials to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Everything is seen through the lens of self-serving politics, the public be damned. It is all about power, money, and staying in office as long as possible to maximize the perks, privileges, and profits. Chicago is the hub of corrupt party-machine politics. It has given us a host of corrupt individuals, among them President Barack Obama and his puppet-master Valerie Jarrett. It is home to black thuggery, outrageous slaughter of innocents, and racism as typified by Obama’s neighbor Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam – you know, the purveyors of the peace-loving religion.  So Rahm where’s the money? Rahm Speech to City Council On Laquan Case: 'I'm Sorry' "One young man asked me a simple question that gets to the core of what we're talking about. He said, 'Do you think the police would ever treat you the way they treat me?'  "And the answer is no," Emanuel said. "And that is wrong. And that has to change in this city. That has to come to an end now. No citizen is a second-class citizen in the city of Chicago." <Source> Instead of the left’s use of personal stories and questions that seem to materialize just in time for a speech, perhaps the young man should have asked where the billions of taxpayer’s dollars meant to improve conditions in the inner cities go? Why police unions were allowed to hide institutionalized police brutality for decades? Why Chicago’s teachers’ unions have destroyed education? Why Chicago is one of the most historically politically corrupt city in the nation? Why Chicago’s politicians appear to be part of an organized crime crime family plundering the city? No apology is necessary, just resign and allow a conservative to start the repair process. Bottom line … Enough is enough. We need to purge the progressive socialist democrats and their “coalition of hate” before they fundamentally transform America into crapistan – a nation led by corrupt oligarchs and corrupt unions. -- steve

IS SAUDI ARABIA DECLARING ECONOMIC WAR ON AMERICA? Posted: 08 Dec 2015 09:00 PM PST There is little or no doubt in my mind that the Saudis are not our friends. In fact, they may be complicit in the 9/11terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and if not for the efforts of President Bush to keep the evidence hidden, the chances are that the American public would have demanded retribution for Saudi Arabia’s treachery. 9/11 -- an act of war?  Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress set up a joint committee to investigate.  After nearly 6 months, the joint committee released its report – but the Bush administration redacted 28 pages of the report, citing the damage the information could do to our relationships with foreign governments. Why the secrecy?  It's believed that the 28 pages detail the assistance by Saudi nationals given to the terrorists.  Speculation has centered on some members of the House of Saud who may have given cash and other aid to the terrorists, and a faction in Saudi intelligence that may have also helped the attackers. The people who may be "protected" by keeping the information classified could include President Bush himself, who authorized several flights immediately after 9/11 of Saudi nationals – including, reportedly, members of the bin Laden family.  It's possible that some of the names that show up in those 28 missing pages were on one or more of those flights out of the country. Some of those names must be real eye-openers – people very close to the throne.  Releasing the names may destabilize the Saudi government at a time when they are coming under attack from ISIS and al-Qaeda.  It is definitely not in the interest of the U.S. to cause the fall of the House of Saud – not when even more radical Islamists are waiting in the wings. <Source There is little doubt that Saudi Arabia also finances and administers radical mosques worldwide using their “petrodollars” … For more than two centuries, Wahhabism has been Saudi Arabia's dominant faith. It is an austere form of Islam that insists on a literal interpretation of the Koran. Strict Wahhabis believe that all those who don't practice their form of Islam are heathens and enemies. Critics say that Wahhabism's rigidity has led it to misinterpret and distort Islam, pointing to extremists such as Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. Wahhabism's explosive growth began in the 1970s when Saudi charities started funding Wahhabi schools (madrassas) and mosques from Islamabad to Culver City, California. <Source> It would be troublesome but perhaps acceptable for the House of Saud to promote the intolerant and extremist Wahhabi creed just domestically. But, unfortunately, for decades the Saudis have also lavishly financed its propagation abroad. Exact numbers are not known, but it is thought that more than $100 billion have been spent on exporting fanatical Wahhabism to various much poorer Muslim nations worldwide over the past three decades. It might well be twice that number. By comparison, the Soviets spent about $7 billion spreading communism worldwide in the 70 years from 1921 and 1991. <Source> And now we find that Saudi Arabia appears to be waging an economic war on America and trying to reduce our growing energy independence …   OPEC bid to kill off US shale sends oil price down to 2009 low  Oil falls by $2 a barrel with energy shares as OPEC refusal to stop flooding the market with cheap oil and likely US rate hike sends Brent crude tumbling   Oil prices have slumped by 5% after the latest attempt by Saudi Arabia to kill off the threat from the US shale industry sent crude to its lowest level since the depths of the global recession almost seven years ago. Signs of disarray in the OPEC oil cartel prompted fears of a global glut of oil, wiping $2 off the price of a barrel of crude on Monday and leading to speculation that energy costs could continue tumbling over the coming weeks. Shares in energy companies lost ground as the impact of the drop in oil prices rippled through European stock markets. Prices of other commodities also weakened following disappointment among traders that OPEC had decided late last week to keep flooding the global market with cheap oil. <Source> Donald Trump had it right … Like Donald Trump has said, it was stupid to free Iraq, Kuwait, and Libya and then simply return the oil to the rulers without exacting a toll for liberating their country and expending billions in assisting to rebuild critical infrastructure with American dollars. Paying for our grievously wounded soldiers with their oil revenues and reimbursing our Treasury for our costs – plus a profit. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that former President George W. Bush should have “kept the oil” after invading Iraq. “And, I said, keep the oil,” Trump said during the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night. “And we should have kept the oil, believe me. We should have kept the oil.” <Source> Bottom line … The Saudis are not our “friends” and it is time that we pursued all avenues (oil, gas, coal, and nuclear) to make the United States energy independent and a net exporter of oil to Europe and other places now held in thrall by their energy demands. But most of all, we must eliminate or curtail the type of political corruption that sees a Clinton, Bush, or Obama making decisions on behalf of themselves and their cronies – the special interests who fund their foundations and employ their friends and relatives. Enough is enough. -- steve