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Friday, October 18, 2013
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One Citizen Speaking...DOES OBAMA EVER STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: FROM BENGHAZI TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:04 PM PDT There is little or no doubt in my mind that the government shutdown as well as the sequestration plan was conceived and orchestrated by the Liar-in-Chief Barack Obama. And, even worse, he and his administration decided to stick it to the American people in order to blame the Republicans. Even to the extent of attacking fallen soldiers whose families were denied their death and funeral expenses. This man is no leader. In my mind, he is a corrupt and toxic socialist ideologue. Calling out President Barack Obama’s bullshit …
What utter bullshit! 1. “And now that the government is reopened, and this threat to our economy is removed …” Until the next time when deadlines are well-known by both parties well in advance and one party, namely the progressive socialist democrats, refuse to accept bill amendments and/or negotiate with the opposition. There are a number of significant deadlines looming in the near future, not to mention significant and controversial legislation over comprehensive immigration on the horizon. There is no credible belief that the progressive socialist democrats will act in a responsible way to strengthen our borders, insure that our existing laws are applied, that illegal aliens are forced to register without precondition as required by the law, enumerate the number of illegal aliens registering, assess the financial, political, social, and employment impacts – and then set about creating legislation. But that will never happen because it is in both party’s best interests to complicate the issue, engage in conflict that results in fundraising opportunities, and keep representing the special interests. 2. “… need to stop focusing on the lobbyists and the bloggers and the talking heads on radio and the professional activists who profit from conflict …” Excuse me! President Obama has stood before the American public and lied. Claiming he would not hire lobbyists for his administration and then turned around and hired a boatload of special interest lobbyists. As for the bloggers and the talking heads, has Obama not seen any number of his acolytes writing blog entries or appearing with the so-called media “talking heads?” This is pure demagoguery. 3. As for maintaining a “focus on what the majority of Americans sent us here to do, and that’s grow this economy; create good jobs …” Has this fool not noticed that Obamacare, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other Administration agencies have killed more jobs with their administrative rules and regulations than any other factor? 4. “ … strengthen the middle class …” Unbelievable. The Obama Administration is destroying the middle class. Look at Obamacare. The premiums for a single individual may run between $4,000 – $6,000 with a deductible of $5000.00. How is this not destroying the middle class? Small business owners are being screwed royally – how is this not destroying the middle class? 5. “… educate our kids …” How can any President or Administration look at the failure of union-dominated education with failing grades, dumbing down of test levels to hide the growing number of functional illiterates, and teaching community activism rather than reading, writing, and arithmetic and claim to be educating our kids? How does he explain minorities bullying minority students who dress conventionally, use proper English, and excel in their studies? 6. “… get our fiscal house in order for the long haul ...” This President has presided over spending that dwarfs all of the spending by all of the previous Presidents, from President George Washington to President George Bush, and claim he and his administration are attempting to get our fiscal house in order? The budget process is a joke as the real dollar spending goes up, up, and away. Bottom line … There is no polite way to say this. Our President is either a radical progressive socialist democrat or is being controlled by one. He is a stone-faced liar who reads words written by others off his TelePrompTer and calls that leadership. It is time to throw the progressive socialist democrats and their RINO republican counterparts out of office in 2014 or suffer the consequences of Obama’s radical transformation of our nation into another European socialist third-world nation. Nero may have fiddled while Rome burned, but President Obama lit the match!
-- steve
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OBAMA'S UNSUITABLE CHOICE FOR THE HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY? Posted: 17 Oct 2013 03:34 PM PDT It appears that President Barack Obama has selected Jeh (Jay) Johnson as his nominee to replace the wildly inept and politically-corrupt Janet Napolitano at the Department of Homeland Security. Not that Johnson doesn’t have impeccable credentials as a LAWYER, but he appears to lack the leadership and subject matter credentials (intelligence, security, and administration) credentials to administer an overgrown, out-of-control bureaucratic nightmare; a dysfunctional agency that was created post-911 to insure that the various branches of federal intelligence agencies and law enforcement could adopt a coordinated response to terror threats, immigration, law enforcement, and natural disasters. This this the agency that illegally, unconstitutionally, and selectively enforced the immigration laws; in essence, officially aiding and abetting further breaches of our border and national sovereignty – as a matter of Administration policy. His credentials as a fundraiser and democrat party operative also call into question his loyalty: will he support, defend, and protect the Constitution of the United States and faithfully administer the duties of his office, or will he be another one of Barack Obama’s messengers – delivering more of Obama’s “transformational” policies that is dragging America towards international socialism? The revolving door …
Issue advocacy during a time of immigration reform?
The Valerie Jarrett stamp of approval?
In my opinion, the Obama Administration is falsely and misleadingly portraying Johnson as a highly qualified and respected national security leaders. Which assumes “facts not in evidence.” Being a lawyer and serving real leaders does not make you a leader – anymore than the Vice President’s Assistant makes them suitable for becoming the Vice President. A functionary that serves the leadership does not assume the credentials of those he serves, because ultimately the greatest ability of a leader is decision-making, not analysis. Serving as a lawyer on any military or security mission is, in my opinion, not a leadership qualification as it is often the lawyers that screw up critical missions and disadvantage our fighting men and women with their political and nonsensical “rules of engagement.” Why any on-ground military commander needs to have his fire support mission vetted and approved by a frickin lawyer is beyond me. But that’s what happens in the military and the DHS. A question of loyalty …
Best qualified or is “black, loyal, and malleable” the primary job qualification?
I don’t care about your skin color or politics as much as I do about your integrity, subject matter knowledge, and leadership abilities. It is time for COMPETENCE in an incompetent ideological, and highly-politicized environment. Bottom line … Johnson, whatever his politics, is a lawyer, a naysayer, and one who parses words and finds interpretations to support his clients. In this case I wonder if his client is “We the People” or Valerie Jarrett and her production puppet, President Barack Hussein Obama? With Eric Holder as the Attorney General, it is unlikely that the Administration will be held accountable for their violation of Constitutional, criminal, or civil law. Thus making the appointment of a knowledgeable, competent, and patriotic individual to head the Department of Homeland Security an absolute priority. I fear for our America and fear those who are destroying it from within with their progressive socialist democrat agenda. I hope that the Senate – dominated as it is by progressive socialist democrats and RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) – will adequately vet and ultimately reject this nominee for someone that has the requisite leadership and subject matter skills to lead this out-of-control behemoth we call the Department of Homeland Security. -- steve |
The Mexican Cartel Drug War...
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- CJNG Uses "Grenade-Walker" Against Police- 2 Years After Being Smuggled for CDS
- M-12, Brother of "El Mayito" Arrested in a Safehouse in Juarez
- Narcoleaks: How can seized and destroyed cocaine exceed what is produced?
CJNG Uses "Grenade-Walker" Against Police- 2 Years After Being Smuggled for CDS Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:53 PM PDT Borderland Beat  Backstory: The following is from WSJ report of September 2011: Mexican authorities on Tuesday confirmed the capture of Jean Baptiste Kingery, an American citizen accused of smuggling grenades across the border to help arm drug cartels. U.S. officials said earlier that Mr. Kingery had been arrested in late August at his home in Mazatlan, in the Pacific-coast state of Sinaloa, but Mexican police only confirmed the arrest Tuesday. Mr. Kingery, from Arizona, allegedly purchased components to make hand grenades and other weapons in the U.S. and smuggled them across the border for use by the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's major drug-smuggling outfits, Mexican officials said in a news release.  U.S. officials briefly had Mr. Kingery (at left) in custody in June 2010 but let him go after just a few hours, fueling an ongoing battle between prosecutors and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. That followed a failed plan to use Mr. Kingery in a sting operation in early 2010. The Justice Department and Congress are investigating the series of missteps in the case, which is similar to the botched "Fast and Furious" program that allowed suspected smugglers to buy thousands of U.S. firearms. The mistakes made in the Kingery case helped force the ouster last week of Kenneth Melson, the acting director of the ATF, and Dennis Burke, the U.S. attorney in Arizona, U.S. officials said. Mexican officials said Mr. Kingery's arrest came after they broke up another grenade-smuggling ring in Baja California in April, which eventually led federal police to Mr. Kingery's hideout. The following was reported today, this from CBS: CBS News has learned of a shocking link between a deadly drug cartel shootout with Mexican police last week and a controversial case in the U.S. The link is one of the grenades used in the violent fight, which killed three policemen and four cartel members and was captured on video by residents in the area. According to a Justice Department Significant Incident Report (see as image below) filed Tuesday and obtained by CBS News, evidence connects one of the grenades to Jean Baptiste Kingery, an alleged firearms trafficker U.S. officials allowed to operate for years without arresting despite significant evidence that he was moving massive amounts of grenade parts and ammunition to Mexico's ruthless drug cartels. "Grenade-walking" part of "Gunwalking" scandal New evidence in ATF's mysterious grenade smuggler case Complete coverage of the gunwalking scandal The gun battle took place last week in Guadalajara. Authorities say five members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel used at least nine firearms and ten hand grenades against Mexican police. If one of the grenades was supplied with the help of Kingery, as believed, it adds to the toll of lives taken with weapons trafficked by suspects U.S. officials watched but did not stop. The Kingery case was overseen by the same Arizona U.S. Attorney and ATF office that let suspects traffic thousands of weapons to Mexican drug cartels in the operation dubbed Fast and Furious. The strategy was to try to get to the cartel kingpins, but it was halted after CBS News reported that Fast and Furious weapons were used by cartel thugs in the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry on December 15, 2010. Weapons trafficked by other ATF suspects under surveillance were used two months later in the cartel murder of Immigration and Customs Agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico on February 15, 2011.
On Wednesday, ATF told CBS News it has "no information" about the Kingery connection to last week's gun battle in Mexico. As CBS News previously reported, documents showATF began watching Kingery in "2004 related to AK47 purchases" he was believed to be trafficking to Mexico. In 2009, ATF also learned Kingery was dealing in grenades; weapons of choice for Mexico's killer cartels. Documents show they developed a secret plan to let him smuggle parts to Mexico in early 2010 and follow him to his factory. Some ATF agents vehemently objected, worried that Kingery would disappear once he crossed the border into Mexico. That's exactly what happened. Kingery resurfaced several months later in 2010, trying to smuggle a stash of grenade bodies and ammunition into Mexico, but was again let go when prosecutors allegedly said they couldn't build a good case. In 2011, Mexican authorities finally raided Kingery's factory and arrested him -- they say he confessed to teaching cartel members how to build grenades and convert semi-automatic weapons to automatic. The Justice Department has not provided an update on whether it's trying to extradite Kingery to the U.S., and an ATF spokesman said on Wednesday that he doesn't know the status of his case. Sources:WSJ-CBS-DOJ  | ||
M-12, Brother of "El Mayito" Arrested in a Safehouse in Juarez Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:28 PM PDT Borderland Beat Jose Fidel Núñez Meza is identified as the brother of Mario Nuñez Meza, M-10, "El Mayito" and brother of Amado, 'M-11.' All are members of the same cartel, but M-10 was arrested a few months ago inside a hotel room, while the second is still at large. The authorities indicated during the presentation of the M-12 today that he was in the command structure of the Sinaloa Cartel.   An article in Milenio online said Jose Fidel Núñez Meza was the plaza boss in ciudad Juarez and also that the alleged drug dealer was part of a group called "The emes", nicknamed "the M-12", although initially identified him as "the M-11", who is actually Amado Nuñez Meza and is a fugitive.  Jose Fidel Núñez Meza, is the brother of Mario Nuñez Meza, alias 'El M-10' or 'El Mayito', an alleged local leader of the cartel Sinaloa and was arrested just over a month ago on the border, in a hotel of the La Avenida Tecnológico. "El Mayito" is being investigated for the 23 narcofosas in Durango where at least 350 bodies were found. The brothers Mario, José Fidel, and Amado (the latter a fugitive) are the ringleaders of a cell for the Sinaloa cartel that operates in the northern states of the country and they are accused of killing 300 people. Diario, Rednoticias, Mexirojo, Milenio,  | ||
Narcoleaks: How can seized and destroyed cocaine exceed what is produced? Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:42 AM PDT Borderland Beat  ‘Obama’s lies about the international cocaine trade’ October 16, 2013 – In 2011, a small group of journalists and researchers from Italy, led by journalist Giovanni Augello and researcher Sandro Donati, author of studies on cocaine production and trafficking for the association Libera, monitored the global seizures of cocaine. The rest of the team consisted of Ilaria Roberta Sesana, Monica Caboi, Lorenzo Bagnoli and Christian Giorgio. 365 days, over 100 different sources.The monitoring was carried out daily, from January 1 to December 31, 2011. Information on cocaine seizures was collected from over 100 different sources. Media coverage was compared with official data issued by government agencies of countries most affected by trafficking. Throughout 2011, the team worked tirelessly, collecting data on more than 5,000 major drug operations that had led to significant cocaine seizures. The record year of cocaine seizures. Analyzing the data, we estimated that cocaine seizures of high purity had totaled over 774 metric tons in 2011. After the record year of 2005, when 769 metric tons of cocaine were seized (according to UNODC data), seizures had kept a constantly lower level. In recent years, however, seizures started to steadily rise again: 708.782 metric tons in 2007, 727.174 in 2008, while the cocaine seized in 2009 amounted to 738.937 metric tons. In addition to the 774 metric tons of cocaine seized in 2011, Narcoleaks also kept track of the drug sunk at sea or destroyed by narcos (about 21 metric tons); of coca leaves ready to be processed that had been discovered and destroyed by the police forces in clandestine drug laboratories in Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru (equivalent to 25-30 metric tons of cocaine) and, finally, of the amount of cocaine estimated by investigators performing judicial inquiries completed during the year in various countries and referable to 2011 (over 400 metric tons).
Methodology. Throughout 2011 we gathered information on cocaine seizures from news articles and official press releases. We only took into account the cocaine seizures above 10 kilograms. All dubious cases were discarded. Every single detail was checked (e.g. name, age, and origin of suspects arrested by the police forces; license plate, model, color of vehicles used in crime, etc.). We catalogued information on seizures that took place on ships, submarines, at airports and in many other different ways, without ever taking into account seizures of small quantities. In numerous cases, the dispatch confirmed the high purity of the cocaine seized. On many occasions, it was even possible to distinguish the sealed packages. We also contacted several experts to ask for their opinion. Disagreement with official data. On December 7, 2011 our team published a press releaseto announce that the quantity of cocaine seized had surpassed the amount of cocaine produced. Our research showed, in fact, that data on the quantity of cocaine confiscated by police forces worldwide exceeded the U.S. and UN official estimates of cocaine production. This can only mean that cocaine production is underestimated by the international bodies. ByDecember 31, in fact, cocaine seized during the year had exceeded 774 metric tons. The official reports by the U.S. State Department, instead, estimate the annual production to be about 700 metric tons. How can seized and destroyed cocaine exceed what is produced? Where is the mistake? In the press release, Narcoleaks also pointed out the existence of other inconsistencies in official data, and asked the U.S. President Barack Obama several questions, that the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) publicly answered on its website. However, we were not persuaded by these official replies, and with another press release we refuted each and every point. No response came after our reply. Obama’s responsibility. The first press release by Narcoleaks was titled ‘Obama’s lies about the international cocaine trade’. We don’t think that President Barack Obama has direct responsibility for managing the data, but we believe that he has the responsibility to control them and to make sure that they are true. Moreover, President Obama, as a member of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (SFRC), addressed in detail, in December 2005, the issue of counter drug trafficking, working to produce the official document ‘Plan Colombia: Elements for success’. President Obama knows what we are talking about, but despite everything he has continued to sign documents that tell a truth that has already been proved false by the collected data. The objective of Narcoleaks. Since the beginning we knew that this was going to be an extraordinary challenge. We worked without retribution to prove a point: that governments worldwide are not doing enough to tackle the criminal economy. But also that, above all, they don’t want to do enough. We did this in a somehow original way. Cocaine is the illegal substance that generates the highest returns for worldwide mafias. It can be easily monitored, since its production is geographically circumscribed, and it has an enviable global market. The discovery of this inconsistency in the official data had the sole objective of contributing to truth about international drug trafficking. We don’t have financial sponsors. We didn’t take any position on the possibility of legalizing drugs. Ours was only a journalistic work.  Effects of our study.During the days when we released the results of our research, there was little attention from the media, despite the interest aroused in the White House offices. Some local media have covered the topic, but the combination of drug and mathematics has originated some sort of mental disconnect. However, since we have continued to work on the issue, we have noticed that the following annual reports released by the U.S. Department of State and by UNODC have undergone some changes that have made them hard to compare with those from previous years. Data on estimated production has essentially disappeared, or is difficult to calculate relying only on data provided by the reports. No secrets. We didn’t break any rule, nor we did leak any classified document. To conduct our research, we didn’t look for any whistleblower. We only used our head and documents that are available to anyone. Nothing else. We haven’t received any award, or pat on the back, or compliment. Most of the journalists from big media outlets who contacted us vanished after asking their editor for permission. Nobody wants to set foot on this minefield, although we have always left the door open to anyone who was curious. We don’t rule out the possibility that our data can be wrong or not correct. However, to this day no one has proved us the opposite of what we showed. But moving this project forward has proved to be too onerous for young journalists like us. This is why we have decided, for the time being, to suspend the activities, until when we have the necessary strength to take up this matter again. Silence is the hardest weapon to defuse. Giovanni Augello October 16, 2013 Rome, Italy |
The Presidential X-Orders. MUST READ!
This is so surreal. Who thought that this could happen in the U.S.A.? If you think this is important and a danger to all of us, then forward it. If you think it is nothing to worry about then go back to sleep and hope that others will carry the ball against this abuse.
These Executive Orders will directly affect ALL AMERICANS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS and beyond.
FOR THE SHOCK OF YOUR LIFE, PLEASE READ BELOW, and take a minute to comprehend what you are reading!
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED by U.S. Presidents in the recent 100 Years+:
• Teddy Roosevelt ......................3
• All Presidents - until FDR....... 0
• FDR............................................ 11 in16 year
• Truman ..................................... 5 in 7 years
• Ike ............................................... 2 in 8 years
• Kennedy ......................................4 in 3 years
• LBJ............................................... 4 in 5 years
• Nixon........................................... 1 in 6 years
• Ford............................................. 3 in 2 years
• Carter........................................... 3 in 4 years
• Reagan........................................ 5 in 8 years
• Bush............................................ 3 in 4 years
• Clinton......................................... 15 in 8 years
• George W. Bush......................... 62 in 8 years
• Obama.............................. 923 in 3 1/2 years!
If you don't get the implications you're not paying attention. During Americans' lifetime, all Presidents have issued Executive Orders. For various reasons, some have issued more than others. Barack Obama - 923 Executive Orders in 40 Months! That’s more than all the Presidents listed above in over 100 years!!!
YES, THERE IS A REASON THAT THE PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED TO TAKE CONTROL AWAY FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. Even some Democrats in the House have turned on him, plus a very small number of Democrat Senators have questioned him. Rightfully so -
WHAT IS OBAMA REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?
Remember what he told Russia 's President: "I'll be more flexible after I'm re-elected".
Is he trying to implement “Martial Law in the USA”???
WHAT HAS CONGRESS ACCOMPLISHED?
The House of Representatives? - considerable.-
The Senate -
almost nothing, (not even a Budget or allow any House Bill to be considered.)
NOW LOOK AT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER’S:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the Government to take over all modes of Transportation and control of Highways and Seaports
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the Government to seize and control the communication Media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the Government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the Government to take over all 'food' resources and Farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the Government to mobilize Civilians into 'work brigades' under Government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the Government to take over all Health, Education and Welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the registration of all Persons. Postmaster General to operate a National registration.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the Government to take over all Airports and Aircrafts, including Commercial Aircrafts.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate Communities, build new housing with Public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new Locations for Populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the Government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to Federal Departments and Agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased International tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish Judicial and Legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional Institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. FInancial Institution in any undefined National Emergency. It also provides that when a 'state of emergency' is declared by the President,Congress cannot review the action for six months.
Feel free to verify the Eexecutive Orders at will.... and these are just the major ones. I'm sure you've all heard the tale of the "Frog in the Pot"….. Watch Obama's actions, not his words! By his actions he will show you where America is headed. Just this week, Obama has issued a new Executive Order that seeks to 'harmonize' U.S. Economic Regulations with the rest of the World. This new Executive Order is yet another incremental step that is pushing USA closer to a North American Union and a one World Economic System.
Unfortunately, most Americans have absolutely no idea what is happening. The American People need to understand that Barack Obama is constantly looking for ways to integrate the United States more deeply with the rest of the World.
The Globalization of the World economy has accelerated under Obama, and this latest Executive Order represents a fundamental change in U.S. Economic Policy. Now Federal Regulators will be required to 'harmonize' their work with the International community.
IF THIS IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE...
THEN PROVE IT YOURSELF – – –
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