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To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 5:08:30 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Respond to of 1587104

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's done waiting for House Republicans to act on immigration. He says he now plans to act on his own.Obama announced his intention Monday to take executive action. Obama says there are enough Republicans and Democrats in the House to pass an immigration bill today, and says he would sign it. But Obama says he's waited for more than a year to give House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) space to act. He says Boehner informed him last week that the House won't vote on immigration this year. Obama says the thousands of unaccompanied children showing up on the border underscore the need to drop the politics and act on immigration.

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 6:30:10 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Recommended By J_F_Shepard Respond to of 1587104

Boehner Tells Obama: Immigration Reform Is Over... LOL! When did it ever start, fubbie?

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 9:04:37 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1587104

The American people don't trust Obama to enforce the law

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 9:48:10 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1587104

Cochran Campaign Manager Busted in Illegal Vote Buying Operation (BREAKING) Democrat black reverend, who brought "hundreds" to the polls for promise of payment, exposes alleged massive voter fraud, vote buying operation by Cochran campaign. A black reverend stiffed by the Cochran campaign has exposed an alleged criminal conspiracy by Cochran staffers to commit massive voter fraud ahead of Tuesday's controversial U.S. Senate Republican runoff election in Mississippi. Reverend Stevie Fielder, associate pastor at historic First Union Missionary Baptist Church and former official at Meridian's redevelopment agency, says he delivered "hundreds or even thousands," of blacks to the polls after being offer money and being assured by a Cochran campaign operative that Chris McDaniel was a racist. "They [the Cochran campaign] told me to offer blacks fifteen dollars each and to vote for Thad." It is illegal under several provisions of Mississippi law and federal law for campaign officials to bribe voters with cash and punishable up to five years in jail. (MS Code 97-13-1; MS Code 97-13-3 (2013) (Federal Code 18 U.S.C. 597, U.S.C. 1973i(c)) Voter fraud schemes are not unusual for Mississippi. In 1999 Mississippi's attorney general reported massive voter fraud allegations throughout the Palmetto state. In 2011, a Mississippi NAACP leader was sent to prison for voter fraud, according to the Daily Caller. It would seem that laws were broken here, too. At the direction of the Cochran campaign, Reverend Fielder went "door to door, different places, mostly impoverished neighborhoods, to the housing authorities and stuff like that," telling fellow blacks that McDaniel was a racist and promising them $15 per vote. "They sold me on the fact that he was a racist and that the right thing to do was to keep him out of office," Fielder says. Text messages released to Got News and a recorded interview with Reverend Fielder confirmed that Saleem Baird, a staffer with the Cochran campaign and current legislative aide to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, and Cochran campaign manager, Kirk Sims, were involved in a $15 per vote cash bribery scheme to target members of the black community. "They said they needed black votes," said the Reverend Fielder on the phone. He says Baird told him to put "give the fifteen dollars in each envelope to people as they go in and vote. You know, not right outside of the polling place but he would actually recruit people with the $15 dollars and they would go in and vote." Fielder said he received thousands of dollars in envelopes from Baird and distributed them accordingly. Fielder also says he went to the campaign office on another occasion to pick up $300 in cash and was among a room full of people who were doing the same thing he was. Fielder said that Saleem Baird was doing the same thing with people all over the state. Fielder believes that the racism charge against McDaniel and the promise of $15 a vote motivated 'thousands' of black Democrats like him to vote for Cochran in the runoff. When asked if Fielder would have been more suspicious of Baird's promises had he been white, Fielder replied, "Yes, definitely." For his efforts, Fielder says the Cochran campaign and Baird promised him $16,000 for paying black voters $15 a vote, but Baird wound up stiffing him. Baird even asked him to delete all texts between the two of them. In addition to Baird, Fielder says he spoke with Kirk Sims, the Cochran campaign manager, and a woman named "Amanda" with the campaign, most likely Amanda Shook, director of operations to re-elect Thad Cochran. All refused to pay him the agreed upon amount of $16,000. Baird realized he had been lied to when he "took a good look at the campaign ads" and realized "McDaniel was not a racist...me and other people were misguided and misled." Fielder confronted Saleem the weekend before the election and asked about whether or not McDaniel was actually a racist and Baird confirmed it. Baird 'personally confirmed that McDaniel was a racist." Baird 'manipulated me to manipulate many other people," says Fielder. Baird did not disclose that he worked as a paid legislative staffer for Senator Roger Wicker. Fielder also says he spoke with campaign manager Kirk Sims about getting paid and about the ethnical complaints he had. Fielder is a Democrat but said he has voted for Republicans in the past. And though Fielder is being paid for his story by Got News, he says he'd come forward anyways. 'I thought what I did was wrong.' Fielder said he was motived mostly by concerns that McDaniels was a racist, not money. As to what should happen next, 'definitely the election should not be allowed to stand," says Fielder, who says he'll support McDaniel in event of a special election. 'He's been done wrong. He's not what they said that he is.' Got News tried calling both Baird and Sims with Fielder on the line. We got through to Sims but Sims insisted that there was a bad connection when Fielder asked about the racist smear campaign against Chris McDaniel and hung up. Were Baird found to have violated any laws in this matter, this would not be his first time he had a brush with the wrong side of the law. In 2011, Baird, who is a legislative staffer with U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, was allowed to keep his job with the senator after being arrested on charges of running an illegal strip joint in Jackson. Fully aware that we have helped reveal the Cochran campaign may be involved in a criminal conspiracy, Got News will turn over any and all evidence to law enforcement.

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 9:56:53 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1587104

Obama finally gets off golf course, urges Israel not to retaliate, forgets how to say 'Hamas' and Israel Matzav \| 6/30/14 \| Carl in Jeruslaem President Hussein Obama has left the golf course long enough to urge Israel not to retaliate against the 'Palestinians' for the murder of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer, and Naftali Frenkel '– who held Israeli and American citizenship.' (I wonder whether Jen Psaki gave him the name). This is from the first link. US President Barack Obama expressed his condolences Monday evening to the three bereaved families: "On behalf of the American people I extend my deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer, and Naftali Frenkel – who held Israeli and American citizenship. As a father, I cannot imagine the indescribable pain that the parents of these teenage boys are experiencing." He added: "The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this senseless act of terror against innocent youth. I also urge all parties to refrain from steps that could further destabilize the situation. As the Israeli people deal with this tragedy, they have the full support and friendship of the United States." Who committed 'this senseless act of terror' Mr. President? Why aren't you condemning Hamas for committing it? Why aren't you condemning the 'Palestinian Authority' for celebrating it, thereby encouraging the next such act? Why did your State Department earlier today commend Abu Bluff for his 'help'? Why don't you even apologize for the fact that the two prime suspects were both released from Israeli prisons as part of the terrorists for Gilad trade?

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 10:01:00 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1587104

Obama Urges Israel Not to ‘Destabilize Situation’ after Hamas Murdered Teens .......................................................................................................................................... By Joel Gehrke June 30, 2014 http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/381613/obama-urges-israel-not-destabilize-situation-after-hamas-murdered-teens-joel-gehrke President Obama urged Israeli leaders not to “destabilize the situation” following the discovery of the bodies of three teenagers, including one American citizen, who were kidnapped by Hamas, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “As a father, I cannot imagine the indescribable pain that the parents of these teenage boys are experiencing,” Obama said in a prepared statement. ”From the outset, I have offered our full support to Israel and the Palestinian Authority to find the perpetrators of this crime and bring them to justice, and I encourage Israel and the Palestinian Authority to continue working together in that effort. I also urge all parties to refrain from steps that could further destabilize the situation. As the Israeli people deal with this tragedy, they have the full support and friendship of the United States.” Netanyahu vowed retribution for Hamas, whom he blamed for the murders. ”Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay,” Netanyahu said, per Haaretz. A Hamas leader praised the kidnappers last week but would “neither confirm nor deny” that his organization was responsible. “Blessed be the hands that captured them,” Hamas’ Khalad Mashaal said, per Times of Israel. “This is a Palestinian duty, the responsibility of the Palestinian people. Our prisoners must be freed; not Hamas’s prisoners — the prisoners of the Palestinian people.” PA president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the kidnapping, but Netanyahu faulted him for not breaking his alliance with Hamas. “f he is truly committed to peace and to fighting terrorism, then logic and common sense mandate that he break his pact with Hamas,” Netanyahu said. “There can be no alliance with the kidnappers of children.”

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 10:04:23 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1587104

It is obvious where Obama's sympathies lie. Three Israeli teenagers are murdered, quite obviously by Hamas, and Obama says the Israelis "must not destabilize the situation."

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 10:07:42 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB steve harris Respond to of 1587104

When Jews are killed it is a big yawner to Mr. and Mrs. O and they don't care very much about dead Christians, either.

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 10:08:35 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1587104

Not one word of condemnation of Hamas by Obama. As for his promise to "find the perpetrators of this crime and bring them to justice" -- Israel, take a number and wait your turn.

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 10:10:13 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587104

"President Obama urged Israeli leaders not to “destabilize the situation” following the discovery of the bodies of three teenagers..." This demented comment represents the umpteenth confirmation that Obama considers Muslims murdering infidels to represent "stability". He supported the Muslim Brotherhood even as it was literally crucifying Copts in the streets of Cairo. He has yet to speak out against ISIS for doing the same to Syrian Christians. He was noticeably AWOL when Sudan was about to murder a woman for converting to Christianity. And he has responded to every homicidal Palestinian terror attack against Israelis by urging the Jews to "show restraint".

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 10:11:06 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1587104

Three dead Israeli kids is stability in the Obama household.

To: FJB who wrote (792701)	6/30/2014 10:14:25 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1587104

IRS Admits Leaking Personal Information In Prop 8 Debate Two years after activists for same-sex marriage obtained the confidential tax return and donor list of a national group opposed to redefining marriage, the Internal Revenue Service has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to settle the resulting lawsuit. The Daily Signal has learned that, under a consent judgment today, the IRS agreed to pay $50,000 in damages to the National Organization for Marriage as a result of the unlawful release of the confidential information to a gay rights group, the Human Rights Campaign, that is NOM’s chief political rival. “Congress made the disclosure of confidential tax return information a serious matter for a reason,” NOM Chairman John D. Eastman told The Daily Signal. “We’re delighted that the IRS has now been held accountable for the illegal disclosure of our list of major donors from our tax return.” This admission by the IRS goes back to the vicious fight over the Prop 8 vote in California where HRC and its allies resorted to releasing donation information of individuals and harassing those traditional marriage supporters at their homes and businesses. In February 2012, the Human Rights Campaign posted on its web site NOM’s 2008 tax return and the names and contact information of the marriage group’s major donors, including soon-to-be Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. That information then was published by the Huffington Post and other liberal-leaning news sites. HRC’s president at the time, Joe Solmonese, was tapped that same month as a national co-chairman of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Eastman said an investigation in the civil lawsuit determined that someone gave NOM’s tax return and list of major donors to Boston-based gay rights activist Matthew Meisel. Email correspondence from Meisel revealed that he told a colleague of “a conduit” to obtain the marriage group’s confidential information. No matter what one’s stance is on same-sex marriage, everyone should be appalled at the blatant disregard of privacy protection and free speech rights shown in this case by the IRS and gay rights groups.