Saturday, March 23, 2013

Adam Lanza opens fire on elementary school.



sandy Adam Lanza a 20 yr. old opened fire today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn. Recent reports say up to 27 people were killed and 18-20 of those victims were children. Ryan Lanza was found dead at the scene. Reports indicate that Ryan’s mother worked at the school as a kindergarten teacher and was one of the victims found dead. Ryan’s younger brother is being held by authorities in connection with the shooting.

Don’t blame me when you are eating out of dumpsters



Obama Wins :(

AMERICANS CAN NOW DETERMINE WHERE TO SHOP AND SPEND THEIR MONEY



 Election Cycle political donations, as reported by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Shopping
Price Club/Costco donated $225K, 99% went to Democrats
Rite Aid donated $517K, 60% went to Democrats
Magla Products ( Stanley tools, Mr. Clean) donated $22K, 100% went to Democrats
Warnaco (undergarments) donated $55K, 73% went to Democrats
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia donated $153K, 99% went to Democrats
Estee Lauder donated $448K, 95% went to Democrats
Guess, Inc. donated $145K, 98% went to Democrats
Calvin Klein donated $78K, 100% went to Democrats
Liz Claiborne, Inc. donated $34K, 97% went to Democrats
Levi Straus donated $26K, 97% went to Democrats
Olan Mills donated $175K, 99% went to Democrats
WalMart donated $467K, 97% went to Republicans
K-Mart donated $524K, 86% went to Republicans
Home Depot donated $298K, 89% went to Republicans
Target donated $226K, 70% went to Republicans
Circuit City Stores donated $261K, 95% went to Republicans
3M Co. donated $281K, 87% went to Republicans
Hallmark Cards donated $319K, 92% went to Republicans
Amway donated $391K, 100% Republicans
Kohler Co. (plumbing fixtures) donated $283K, 100% Republicans
B.F. Goodrich (tires) donated $215K, 97% went to Republicans
Proctor & Gamble donated $243K, 79% went to Republicans
Spirits
Southern Wine & Spirits donated $213K, 73% went to Democrats
Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons (incl. beverage Business and considerable media interests) donated $2M+, 67% went to Democrats
Gallo Winery donated $337K, 95% went to Democrats
Coors & Budweiser donated $174K, 92% went to Republicans
Brown-Forman Corp. (Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, Bushmills, Korbel Wines, Lenox China , Dansk and Gorham Silver)donated $644 K — 80% went to Republicans
Dining
Sonic Corporation donated $83K, 98% went to Democrats
Triarc Companies (Arby’s, T.J. Cinnamon’s, Pasta Connections) donated $112K, 96% went to Democrats
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (chicken) donated $366K, 100% went to Republicans
Outback Steakhouse donated $641K, 95% went to Republicans
Tricon Global Restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell) donated $133K, 87% went to Republicans
Brinker International (Maggiano’s, Brinker Cafe, Chili’s, On the Border, Macaroni Grill, Crazymel’s, Corner Baker, EatZis) donated $242K, 83% went to Republicans
Waffle House donated $279K, 100% went to Republicans
McDonald’s Corp. donated $197K, 86% went to Republicans
Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, Bahama Breeze) donated $121K, 89% went to Republicans
Heinz Republicans $64,000 Democrats $21,300!!!!! John Kerry’s wife’s company!!!
Traveling and/or dining
Hyatt Corporation donated $187K of which 80% went to Democrats
Marriott International $323K, 81% went to Republicans
Holiday Inns donated $38K, 71% went to Republicans

“Am I Debating the President’s Campaign?”



The former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani did not dance around when he called out CNN’s Soledad O’Brien for defending Obama and Biden.
“Can I finish?,” Giuliani asked. “Can I finish my statement before you get all upset? I mean, the reality is he said we didn’t know they were asking for more security. Where the heck was he? I mean, they were demanding more security. They were begging for more security. Susan Rice goes on television four days later… I was on CNN with her that morning… and says it was a spontaneous demonstration. I knew it wasn’t. I knew it wasn’t; I’m not part of the administration. I knew it wasn’t the day after. And she had to know it wasn’t. They were saying it wasn’t. The National Security adviser said it was a terrorist plot.”
“He actually didn’t say that,” O’Brien hastily cut in. “The actual verbatim of what he said, he did not say it was something other than that. But it was mentioned, but he did not specifically say this was due to a movie.” She then offered to pull the transcripts to prove it.
Giuliani looked around incredulously. “Man, the defensive… Am I debating with the President’s campaign?” he chuckled. “I mean, the defense of the President is overwhelming.”
See video below:

Obama Phone Lady in new Tea Party Ad



The Tea Party has released a new ad that takes a clip from the “Obama phone lady” to illustrate how bad the economy is. The ad starts out saying “Have Barack Obama’s policies empowered or enslaved Americans?”
It then cuts to the “Obama phone lady” saying “Keep Obama in president, you know. He gave us a phone, he gonna do more”
The ad shows Obama’s record:
• 1 in 7 Americans on food stamps
• $16 trillion in debt
• Millions of jobs lost
It then continues: “Can we afford four more years of Barack Obama?” I will answer that, No We Can’t!
See ad below:

Land of Dreams at Risk



Allen West gives a fantastic speech in Temecula California. He talks about how the government is growing too big and that the government believes it is the supreme author of our destiny and direction. If this continues, he argues that private business will stop and America will fail. He urges us to watch Atlas Shrugged that demonstrates what happens when a government grows too big. See the great speech below.

Are stricter Gun Control Laws around the Corner?



Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Sunday that the Second Amendment will need to be decided at the courts. We will need to look at what limitations where within the understanding of the society at the time the Second Amendment was created and apply that to modern times. He also said that we do not have a right to privacy according to the constitution and it’s simply left to democratic choice to decide some of these things.
See interview below at foxnews.com


Obama Regime getting ready for civil unrest.



The DHS (Department of Homeland Security) has purchased a huge quantity of riot gear. This gear is used for domestic riots and disturbances. The total amount ordered is about 150 sets of helmets, groin, thigh protectors, shin guards and other gear. This gear will be used by Federal Protective Service agents. Along with this gear the government has hired hundreds of new security guards and bullet proof booths to protect government infrastructure. With all the camera’s and FPS agents running around, I’m starting to feel like King Obama does not trust us. Hmm, maybe he is getting ready to say I’m not stepping down, go ahead and try to make me.

NYPD is watching you



Even in my home state of Arizona, we have cameras on every street corner watching your every move. Well New York City has decided to step this up a notch and include facial tracking software that will catalog everyone that passes in the cameras view. My guess is that this software will watch your body language and pick out any misstep and run your image against a database. If anyone has more knowledge of this system and how it works, please leave a comment explaining it.

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Daily Poll – Mitt Romney’s Faith



Will Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith prevent you from voting for him?

Microsoft Surface Tablet



Taking a note from Apple, Microsoft has decided to produce its own tablet called the “Surface”. It will run their new operating systems Windows 8 and Windows RT. The announcement has left us wanting to know more about the device. We do not have specs at this time but from the picture you can tell that it will have a kick stand, attachable keyboard with a track pad and will be available in multiple colors.
I am a diehard Microsoft fan. I have spent over 15 years either using a PC or programming on them. It’s frustrating to watch Apple produce these beautiful devices over the years and I’m left wondering why can’t Microsoft hire some graphic artist and redesign windows and the hardware to be beautiful like Apple? I’m not sure if “Surface” is the answer but I hope for the sake of Microsoft that it is. I have been waiting for a long time for some eye candy from Microsoft and from the looks of it I may be waiting even longer but it looks very cool, see the video below.

Tense moment between Putin and Obama



CBS reported that Obama and Vladimir Putin do not see eye to eye on the issues surrounding Syria. In an update we have learned that the Iranian news agency Fars News has reported that 90,000 troops, 400 aircraft and 1,000 tanks from Russia, China and Iran are planning a massive joint maneuvers, which are to take place along the Syrian coast within a month.
The report also states that Russian “atomic submarines and warships, aircraft carriers and mine-clearing destroyers as well as Iranian battleships and submarines will also arrive in Syria” and that Egypt has agreed to let 12 Chinese warships cross the Suez Canal for the exercises.
It’s all an act, with China, Russia and Iran getting together they all have one common goal “Communism”. If you don’t think Obama is in on this you are crazy.

Obama Bows to Mexican President



United States President Barack Obama humbly bows before Mexican President Felipe Calderon before the G20 leaders summit in Los Cabos, Baja California. This comes on the heels of Obama’s amnesty program. Obama hopes to capture the majority of the Mexican vote.

Obama’s fake social security number.



The first three digits of Obama’s SSN are 042. Those beginning numbers are the range for someone living in Connecticut. Obama has never lived in Connecticut. So we have a fake social security number with a fake birth certificate, hmm.
If you don’t have Adobe Illustrator, you can download the free trial and take a look at his birth certificate for yourself. It’s a fake. His social security number, it’s a fake his selective service card, it’s a fake.
Video showing Obama’s birth certificate is a fake: You can follow these steps for yourself.

More on the SSN issue:

Obama to surrender America after Re-election



A live microphone caught President Obama telling Russian President Dmitri Medvedev that he would yield to Russian demands about missile defense after his re-election. Dmitri said he understood and would transmit this information to Vladimir.

Black Panthers Offer 1 million for the capture of zimmerman



The New Black Panthers have given “White America” 400 years to get it right. Time’s up. See video below.

Great, Romney wins New Hampshire



***Update, i’m not a big fan of Romney but we need to get Obama out of office. So with that being said, i’m throwing my full support behind Romney.
Well GOP, It looks like we have our nominee. He is just a lighter version of Obama or Obamney as I like to call him. He was able to win the New Hampshire race with 39% of the votes.
“President Obama wants to put free enterprise on trial, and the last few days we’ve seen some desperate Republicans join forces with him,” Romney said at his victory party in Manchester. “This is such a mistake for our party.”
I do agree with line that this is such a mistake. Obamney is a mistake for America.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/10/new-hampshire-republican-primary/#ixzz1jAGEeFfv
Just an FYI: not all Mormons want Romney for President and that’s a fact.

“angry black woman” Said Michelle Obama



In an interview with CBS This Morning the first lady said she was tired of being called the “angry black woman”. In response to a new book written about the Obamas called “The Obamas”.
Read the story here or watch the clip below:

“Women. They are a complete mystery.” – Stephen Hawking



When New Scientist magazine asked A Brief History of Time author Stephen Hawking what he thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor renowned for unravelling some of the most complex questions in modern physics answered: “Women. They are a complete mystery.”
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Women+mystery+Stephen+Hawking/5955335/story.html#ixzz1ihdVEYKQ

“more and more people have come to believe that America is becoming a deadbeat nation.”



Senator Marco Rubio wrote a letter to Obama saying that America is becoming a deadbeat nation. He pledged that he would challenge any increase in the debt limit. Click here for full story
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Israeli rabbi says Obama is a ‘king of our time,’ worthy of special blessings



Those of Jewish faith and heritage have a religious duty to personally visit with President Obama during his trip to Israel, says one notable rabbi. He is, after all, a “kind of king in our time,” Rabbi Ovadia Yosef says, in statements translated and reported by the Blaze.
Rabbi Yosef’s statements come in context to a reply he gave students who wanted to know how they should act during Mr. Obama’s visit to the nation, the Blaze says. The rabbi called it a “mitzvah,” or good deed and religious duty, to try to personally attend one of Mr. Obama’s stops.


He also said via a Maariv report translated by the Blaze: The president is regarded as a king in our time who “can declare war on an enemy state” and who “has the authority to pardon those sentenced to death.” Those lucky enough to be able to visit with the president should say a specific blessing of thanks, called “Gives dignity to flesh and blood.” The rabbi said that blessing should only be said by those who visit Mr. Obama in person — and not by those who see him on television.
The rabbi also said, via the translation from the Blaze, that the special blessings also apply to first lady Michelle Obama. Anyone who visits with her in person should also give the special thanks, he said, as the Blaze reported.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/20/israeli-rabbi-says-obama-king-our-time-worthy-spec/#ixzz2OQSQ0ZLD
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Government tyranny: Illinois Department of Agriculture secretly destroys beekeeper's bees and 15 years of research proving Monsanto's Poison kills bees.  

An Illinois beekeeper with more than a decade's worth of expertise about how to successfully raise organic, chemical-free bees is the latest victim of flagrant government tyranny. According to the Prairie Advocate, Terrence "Terry" Ingram of Apple River, Ill., owner of Apple Creek Apiaries, recently had his bees and beehives stolen from him by the Illinois Department of Agriculture (ID of A), as well as more than 15 years' worth of research proving Monsanto's Roundup to be the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) destroyed.

It began last summer when Ingram, who teaches children about natural beekeeping, gave a sample of his honeycomb to IDofA inspector Susan Kivikko (http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectors.html) at a beekeeper's picnic. Ingram explained that his bees would not touch the comb, and asked Kivikko if it could be tested for chemical contamination.

Kivikko told him that IDofA does not test for chemicals, presumably because its policy is to actively promote them, and instead took the comb and had it tested for "foulbrood," a disease that Ingram says is greatly overblown. When the test allegedly came back positive, Kivikko proceeded to get the ball rolling on a witch hunt that would eventually lead to the illegal seizure and destruction of Ingram's personal property.

Not only did Kivikko, as well as her colleague Eleanor Balson and superior Steven D. Chard, break the law by trespassing Ingram's property on numerous occasions without a warrant, but they also committed numerous crimes by stealing his hives and equipment and destroying pertinent evidence before a hearing, which Ingram believes may have ultimately been rooted in a deliberate conspiracy by the state to hide the truth about Roundup, and subsequently steal his most vibrant bees.

Of particular interest was Ingram's extensive research on Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, which began several years ago when hundreds of Ingram's hives had died. He later determined that Roundup sprayings near his property were to blame, which prompted him to actively research the subject and closely monitor his hives in conjunction with this research from that point onward.

What he gathered, and subsequently taught to others, was concrete evidence that Roundup kills bees. He also used this information and his many years of experience to develop and refine ways of growing strong, chemical-free bees in spite of Roundup sprayings, a move that apparently upset ID of A, which operates primarily to serve the interests of chemical companies rather than the interests of the people.

"Is Illinois becoming a police state, where citizens do not have rights?" asked Ingram, who has been deliberately denied his rights, to the Prairie Advocate. "Knowing that Monsanto and the Department of Agriculture are in bed together, one has to wonder if Monsanto was behind the theft to ruin my research that may prove Roundup was, and is, killing honeybees."

This  link below explains their claim as to why the Government did it. It's a PDF from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
 www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/beerules.pdf

Be sure to read the full Prairie  Advocate story about Terry Ingram, which includes a video interview, here:
http://www.pacc-news.com/5-2-12/heart_ingram5_2_12.html

Please don't forget to email these folks and express your opinions on the current state of bees: http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectors.html
Government tyranny: Illinois Department of Agriculture secretly destroys beekeeper's bees and 15 years of research proving Monsanto's Poison kills bees.

An Illinois beekeeper with more than a decade's worth of expertise about how to successfully raise organic, chemical-free bees is the latest victim of flagrant government tyranny. According to the Prairie Advocate, Terrence "Terry" Ingram of Apple River, Ill., owner of Apple Creek Apiaries, recently had his bees and beehives stolen from him by the Illinois Department of Agriculture (ID of A), as well as more than 15 years' worth of research proving Monsanto's Roundup to be the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) destroyed.

It began last summer when Ingram, who teaches children about natural beekeeping, gave a sample of his honeycomb to IDofA inspector Susan Kivikko (http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectors.html ) at a beekeeper's picnic. Ingram explained that his bees would not touch the comb, and asked Kivikko if it could be tested for chemical contamination.

Kivikko told him that IDofA does not test for chemicals, presumably because its policy is to actively promote them, and instead took the comb and had it tested for "foulbrood," a disease that Ingram says is greatly overblown. When the test allegedly came back positive, Kivikko proceeded to get the ball rolling on a witch hunt that would eventually lead to the illegal seizure and destruction of Ingram's personal property.

Not only did Kivikko, as well as her colleague Eleanor Balson and superior Steven D. Chard, break the law by trespassing Ingram's property on numerous occasions without a warrant, but they also committed numerous crimes by stealing his hives and equipment and destroying pertinent evidence before a hearing, which Ingram believes may have ultimately been rooted in a deliberate conspiracy by the state to hide the truth about Roundup, and subsequently steal his most vibrant bees.

Of particular interest was Ingram's extensive research on Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, which began several years ago when hundreds of Ingram's hives had died. He later determined that Roundup sprayings near his property were to blame, which prompted him to actively research the subject and closely monitor his hives in conjunction with this research from that point onward.

What he gathered, and subsequently taught to others, was concrete evidence that Roundup kills bees. He also used this information and his many years of experience to develop and refine ways of growing strong, chemical-free bees in spite of Roundup sprayings, a move that apparently upset ID of A, which operates primarily to serve the interests of chemical companies rather than the interests of the people.

"Is Illinois becoming a police state, where citizens do not have rights?" asked Ingram, who has been deliberately denied his rights, to the Prairie Advocate. "Knowing that Monsanto and the Department of Agriculture are in bed together, one has to wonder if Monsanto was behind the theft to ruin my research that may prove Roundup was, and is, killing honeybees."

This link below explains their claim as to why the Government did it. It's a PDF from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/beerules.pdf

Be sure to read the full Prairie Advocate story about Terry Ingram, which includes a video interview, here:
http://www.pacc-news.com/5-2-12/heart_ingram5_2_12.html

Please don't forget to email these folks and express your opinions on the current state of bees: http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectors.html

Obama’s favorite gun control lawyer bumped off ‘fast-track’ to Supreme Court

March 23, 2013 | 10:37 pm
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Former New York Solicitor General Caitlin Halligan withdrew her nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the face of Republican opposition, thereby surrendering her spot on the “fast-track” to the Supreme Court.
“I am deeply disappointed that even after nearly two and a half years, a minority of Senators continued to block a simple up-or-down vote on her nomination,” President Obama said in a statement on Halligan’s withdrawal yesterday. “The D.C. Circuit is considered the Nation’s second-highest court, but it now has more vacancies than any other circuit court.  This is unacceptable.”
The prominence of the D.C. Circuit stoked Republican opposition to Halligan’s nomination. “Everybody that’s appointed to D.C. circuit is on a fast track to the Supreme Court, so you always have to do a double-scrutiny,” a Senate Republican aide told The Washington Examiner. The withdrawal comes about two weeks after Republicans blocked a vote on her nomination, for the last time.
The GOP’s top attorney-turned-senators argued that Halligan would be a liberal activist on the bench. “She is a skilled litigator with a distinguished career, but she has repeatedly advanced extreme legal theories inconsistent with judicial restraint,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said in a March 6 statement explaining why he voted against cloture (which thus set a 60-vote threshold for Halligan’s nomination). “Whether on guns, marriage, or the legal standards applicable to alien terrorists, Ms. Halligan’s aggressive and consistent litigation agenda shows that she is not a suitable choice to serve on the critically important D.C. Circuit court.”
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, focused on Halligan’s record on gun control. “In 2003, while serving as Solicitor General of New York, Ms. Halligan approved and signed a legal brief arguing that handgun manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers should be held liable for criminal actions that individuals commit with the guns,” Lee said on the Senate floor.  “Three years later in 2006, Ms. Halligan filed another brief arguing that handgun manufacturers were guilty of creating a public nuisance.”
“Such arguments amount to an invitation for courts to engage in sweeping judicial activism; and the positions she took are both bewildering and flatly inconsistent with the original understanding of the Second Amendment rights that all Americans enjoy,” he concluded.
Democrats denied that Halligan is a radical. “First of all, it is not fair to attribute to [Halligan] positions that she was asked to take as a lawyer, in an office where she represented the state of New York and the attorney general, namely me, and the substantive judgments I had to make,” former Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, D-N.Y., said in 2011. “But second, the positions she took were mainstream, reasoned opinions and for the Republicans to filibuster her based upon them is simply wrong.”
The Democratic Policy and Communications Center, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., noted that “prominent Republican lawyers including Miguel Estrada and Carter Phillips wrote that she is a ‘first-rate lawyer and advocate’ who is ‘well respected and highly regarded as a leader of the legal profession.’”
Another Republican aide suggested that their success in thwarting Halligan’s nomination moves the goal posts to the right with respect to President Obama’s next nominee to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, conservatives retain a 5-4 majority on the D.C. Circuit

U.S. placed under international police-state


U.S. placed under international police-state

In the dead of night on December 17, 2009, President Barack Hussein Obama placed the United States of America under the authority of the international police organization known as INTERPOL, granting the organization full immunity to operate within the United States.
(AP Photo/Peter Dejong).

According to Threatswatch:
Last Thursday, December 17, 2009, The White House released an Executive Order "Amending Executive Order 12425." It grants INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) a new level of full diplomatic immunity afforded to foreign embassies and select other "International Organizations" as set forth in the United States International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945.
By removing language from President Reagan's 1983 Executive Order 12425, this international law enforcement body now operates - now operates - on American soil beyond the reach of our own top law enforcement arm, the FBI, and is immune from Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
What, exactly does this mean?  It means that INTERPOL now has the full authority to conduct investigations and other law enforcement activities on U.S. soil, with full immunity from U.S. laws such as the Freedom of Information Act and with complete independence from oversight from the FBI.
In short, a global law enforcement entity now has full law-enforcement authority in the U.S. without any check on its power afforded by U.S. law and U.S. law enforcement agencies.
A bit of background is in order here, and Hot Air provides it:
During his presidency, Ronald Reagan granted the global police agency Interpol the status of diplomatic personnel in order to engage more constructively on international law enforcement.  In Executive Order 12425, Reagan made two exceptions to that status.  The first had to do with taxation, but the second was to make sure that Interpol had the same accountability for its actions as American law enforcement — namely, they had to produce records when demanded by courts and could not have immunity for their actions.
Barack Obama unexpectedly revoked those exceptions in a change to EO 12425 last (week)...
Thus, Interpol now can conduct its operations on U.S. soil with ZERO accountability to anyone in this country.
And you beginning to understand now just what the 'end game' is on the part of those who are currently running the U.S. Government?
Let's go a step further in fleshing out exactly what this means in practical terms.  It gets ugly...and scary.  Again, from ThreatsWatch:
Section 2c of the United States International Organizations Immunities Act is the crucial piece.
Property and assets of international organizations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, unless such immunity be expressly waived, and from confiscation. The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable. (Emphasis added.)
Inviolable archives means INTERPOL records are beyond US citizens' Freedom of Information Act requests and from American legal or investigative discovery ("unless such immunity be expressly waived.")
Property and assets being immune from search and confiscation means precisely that. Wherever they may be in the United States. This could conceivably include human assets - Americans arrested on our soil by INTERPOL officers.
Why would INTERPOL be arresting American citizens on our own soil, without oversight from our own law enforcement agencies?  And remember, citizens who are thusly arrested would have no legal authority to demand full documentation from the International Police concerning the charges brought against them.
Andy McCarthy at National Review asks these crucial, sobering questions of the secretive Obama order:
Why would we elevate an international police force above American law? Why would we immunize an international police force from the limitations that constrain the FBI and other American law-enforcement agencies? Why is it suddenly necessary to have, within the Justice Department, a repository for stashing government files which, therefore, will be beyond the ability of Congress, American law-enforcement, the media, and the American people to scrutinize?
At least one answer to these questions is very clear.  A coup is underway in the United States of America, the goal of which is to establish complete, unquestioned authority over the citizens--a 'fundamental change' to the United States where citizens have no legal recourse against an authoritarian central government.
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