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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (89864)8/25/2010 3:54:14 PM
From: tonto1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224705
 
I am not sure that Obama will raise taxes by doing nothing...at this moment. We would have to see major improvements in the economy and right now that seems very improbable.



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (89864)8/25/2010 4:01:28 PM
From: longnshort1 Recommendation  Respond to of 224705
 
DNC CHAIR CAN’T NAME OWN PARTY’S CANDIDATE IN ALASKA SENATE RACE
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (89864)8/25/2010 4:17:19 PM
From: lorne3 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224705
 
Documented: Grounds for impeachment
'This is the beginning of the end for the United States unless ... '
August 23, 2010
By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
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Lying, bribing, subverting election laws, payoffs, aiding the nation's enemies, seeking the abrogation of the U.S. Constitution – which of these does not fall under the "high crimes and misdemeanors" required in the nation's founding documents for the removal of a sitting president, asks a new special report.

"This is the beginning of the end for the United States unless the people exercise their precious remaining liberties and stand and demand that their elected representatives impeach this president before further mortal damage is inflicted upon America," the report concludes.

The author explains that the Founding Fathers enshrined the impeachment clause into the United States Constitution because they feared that a president intent on subverting the very principles upon which the American experiment was built would someday rise to power.

"Despite all the checks and balances and obstacles they put in place, the Founders knew a determined cabal could still gain control of all three branches of government and wield this consolidation of power to dismantle our cherished constitutional principles, and eradicate the freedoms that generations of Americans sacri?ced their lives to preserve," he writes.

"Make no mistake: That day is now upon us."

In "The Case for Impeachment," Baldwin, a senior research fellow at the Western Journalism Center, says the issue of impeachment "is no longer a laughing matter."

"With the economy continuing to implode, the coming collapse of the dollar, high unemployment rates, the government takeover of entire industries, the administration's weak and naive response to the worldwide jihadist threat, and the ongoing frontal assault on our Judeo-Christian heritage, the impeachment option is one that can no longer be ignored," he finds.

Impeachment, after all, is based on "high crimes and misdemeanors," an "old English common law phrase which, in the 1600s, meant negligence, abuse of power, and abuse of trust," the report says.

"Not only has the Obama administration promoted dangerous and unsustainable policies, but it has also engaged in corrupt and illegal activities such as bribery, a crime the Founders specifically cited as an impeachable offense. Moreover, this report details numerous instances of Obama lying to the American people, a pattern which clearly indicates a character defect that in itself endangers America. Given this, we believe impeachment is necessary for the future survival of America," says the report.

Among the factors Americans should consider:

Obama's violations of federal campaign and ethics laws, including the offers from his administration to Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who reported he was offered a high-ranking government job to drop his opposition in the Pennsylvania Senate primary to sitting Sen. Arlen Specter.

Obama's effort "to persuade the [Illinois] governor to fill the vacated Senate seat with his longtime adviser Valerie Jarrett."

Suggestions from Obama's own Federal Election Commission documentation that he got at least $33.8 million for his campaign from disallowed foreign contributions, including 520 contributions from interests in Iran as well as $30,000 from the Hamas-controlled Gaza area.

Obama's administration decision to drop a case that prosecutors already had won against "black nationalist thugs" who were seen on video apparently intimidating voters during the 2008 election.

Obama fired an inspector general, Gerald Walpin, after he exposed corruption linked to one of Obama's buddies, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.

The president's system of rewarding supporters has come under question. The report confirms more than 70 individuals who raised $50,000 or more for Obama "have been rewarded with ambassadorships or high ranking jobs."
The report documents how Obama's actions even may have endangered Americans by "treating the war on terrorism as a criminal matter and downplaying the war on terrorism."

"This attitude has manifested itself in a number of ways: Obama's casual attitude may have encouraged domestic terrorist attacks, such as the November 5, 2009, Ft. Hood shooting by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan that left thirteen American military personnel dead."

His Department of Homeland Security also has "described veterans and other law-abiding Americans [as] 'rightwing extremists,'" the report says.

Further, the report explains how the U.S. State Department gave a grant to the Al-Quds television network, owned by the terrorist group Hamas, and invited them to the U.S. to produce a propaganda film.

Samantha Power, who once referred to the U.S. presence in Iraq as an "occupation" even as she favored sending troops to Israel to forcibly impose a Palestinian state, was appointed by Obama to the National Security Council, the report says.

And the report reveals how rapper Jay-Z and Beyonce were photographed sitting around the "Situation Room" – the confidential White House location filled with top secret communications equipment that allows the tracking of terror threats worldwide.

Access to the room normally requires a high security clearance level.

"Many of Obama's actions, if they do not flat-out violate the Constitution, certainly undermine the spirit and intent of the Constitution as envisioned by our Founding Fathers," the report explains.

And his fiscal policies "are causing unprecedented damage to America's financial health and to our reputation abroad."

The president even has changed history to remove Christian references, the report explains.

"In his 2010 Easter greeting message, Obama quoted from a sermon given by a military pastor on Iwo Jima in 1945. However, he removed passages dealing with Christian doctrine – like Christ's resurrection – in order to make the quote appealing to all religions, even though Easter is NOT a multicultural event; it's a Christian event. Obama altered a great historical quote in order to serve his multicultural worldview. Apparently he is embarrassed by America’s Christian heritage."

The report also has extensive sections on Democrats' new health-care law and what it means, as well as immigration.

"President Barack Obama has proven to be incompetent, reckless, deceitful, and naive when it comes to making economic decisions and protecting America’s security interests. His history of corruption, power-grabbing, and misleading the American people have created a pattern we believe jeopardizes America," the report says.

"This report reveals a pattern that demonstrates Obama is constantly engaging in actions that reflect a hard-left ideology antithetical to America's founding principles. … Obama is clearly dismissive of America’s constitutional principles and obviously dislikes the role America plays in the world. He dislikes our Judeo-Christian heritage and detests America's historical allies.

"Less than halfway through his first term, Obama has done more damage to America than any previous president in history. Some of the damage can be repaired; some can't. Some of his policies will haunt generations to come," the report says. "It's time for the American people to rise up and demand Congress impeach him."



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (89864)8/26/2010 1:35:44 AM
From: Fiscally Conservative  Respond to of 224705
 
Payback is a bitch! Maybe in the end this will be a good thing...?



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (89864)8/28/2010 10:27:09 AM
From: chartseer  Respond to of 224705
 
"alarmed by evidence that the recovery is losing steam and fearful of wounding conservative Dumasrats in a tough election year a growing cadre of Dumasrats - are advocating a plan that would permanently extend tax cuts benefiting the middle class while renewing breaks for the wealthy through 2011, senior Dumasratic aides said."

I told you piven would advise Barry Soetoro to not let the Bush tax cuts expire under the cover story it would hurt the nation's declining economy. Mean while it hastens the coward-piven strategy along with the increased spending.

the hopeless stupid comrade chartseer in the new era of fundamental transformation



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (89864)8/28/2010 11:30:08 AM
From: TideGlider  Respond to of 224705
 
Energy Update
61% Say Finding New Energy Sources More Important Than Conservation
Saturday, August 28, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement
Sixty-one percent (61%) of U.S. Voters feel finding new sources of energy is more important now than reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume. That's a slight drop from last month but consistent with findings since the beginning of 2009.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 31% believe reducing energy consumption is more important.

It's important to note, however, that the question does not specify what form these new sources of energy take. However, 65% of voters think investing in renewable energy sources like wind and solar is a better long-term investment for America than investing in fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal. Twenty-four percent (24%) feel fossil fuels are the better long-term investment. There has been little change in these numbers since the first of the year.

With conflicting news reports continuing about the extent of damage caused by the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, support for offshore oil drilling has tied its highest level of support since the Gulf oil leak began. Similarly, support for deepwater drilling like that which caused the incident in the Gulf is up to 55%.

Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters believe there is a conflict between economic growth and environmental protection, the lowest finding since early September. Thirty-two percent (32%) disagree, while 29% are not sure.

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The survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on August 25-26, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Most voters (62%) continue to regard global warming as a serious issue, but that number has trended down slightly since last November when the Climategate scandal broke, raising questions about the research and methodology of many pro-global warming scientists. Thirty-four percent (34%) do not share the concern about global warming.

Forty-five percent (45%) say global warming is primarily caused by long-term planetary trends. Forty percent (40%) feel human activity is the main contributor. Seven percent (7%) think some other reason is chiefly to blame. Voters have been shifting away for well over a year from the idea that human activity is the primary cause of global warming.

Voters continue to think President Obama’s views abut global warming differ from their own. Fifty-one percent (51%) say Obama thinks global warming is primarily caused by human activity. Just 18% believe Obama thinks it is caused by long-term planetary trends.

But voters give the president slightly better marks for his handling of energy-related issues. Forty percent (40%) rate his handling of such issues as good or excellent, up from a month ago.

Just as many voters (40%) give him a poor rating, though, for how he has handled energy issues.

Nearly two weeks after British Petroleum (BP) sealed the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, voters were a bit less critical of the company and the president for their response to the disaster.

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