Updated 7:02 p.m.
By Garance Franke-Ruta, Washington Post
President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is ... stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft... questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day.
Read it all here.
After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings.
Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.
Posted on Sunday, October 07, 2001 10:14:26 PM by GuillermoX
THE WISDOM OF KNOWING YOUR ENEMY
"In the years preceding World War I, General Pershing was commander of the American forces in the Philippines. The small Moslem community on the island nation began to wreak havoc against the Philippine government and American forces. The American troops captured a large group of these terrorists. During the interrogation by the Military Court, the fanatics were heard to repeatedly shout, 'Allah Achbar! Allah Achbar! Jihad! The Philippines are the lands of Islam!'
"Pershing ordered the Amalekites executed one by one in the presence of the whole group. (The author is referring to the prophecy in the Bible that the Amalekites would be a very vicious and war‑like people down through history.) Moslems will not eat pork believing that no one could enter Paradise if there is even the smallest amount of swine flesh in their bodies. Knowing this, the General first ordered the firing squad to shoot large hogs. After they skinned the swine, the executioners rolled their bullets in pork fat and passed fat through the barrels of their rifles while the condemned watched. As each condemned terrorist was executed, his corpse was wrapped in hog's skin and buried on the spot. The entrails of the swine were dumped over the corpse before the grave was covered. Three of the convicted Amalekites were released to take the news back to their Islamic Communities. That ended the Islamic Jihad in the Philippines. Terrorist incidents from Islamic Fundamentalists were unheard of until a decade ago when the U.S. State Department recognized the PLO as legitimate 'Freedom Fighters' " (Vendyl Jones, RESEARCHER [Arlington, Texas: Vendyl Jones Research Institutes, January 2001]: 20).
Today, Freedom Watch began an investigation of the Obama White House's reported excessive partying at The White House, with the likes of Stevie Wonder and other high priced entertainment stars. In what in recent weeks has become more like a "high priced night club," Barack and Michelle Obama have been throwing taxpayer funded parties nearly every night with their "friends" and supporters, with Michelle Obama even exhorting them not to "break" White House property.
TODAY, FREEDOM WATCH FILED REQUESTS WITH THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING USED FOR THESE "SOIREES," AS FINANCIAL MARKETS COLLAPSE, HOMES ARE FORECLOSED-UPON AND AS "ROME BURNS."
Larry Klayman, founder, Chairman and General Counsel of Freedom Watch issued the following statement:
"This party atmosphere sends the wrong message to the American people. As the Obama-Clinton crowd party on, the American people are suffering greatly. It was right to criticize corporate execs for using taxpayer bailout money on bonuses and corporate junkets. In the face of this criticism, it is an outrage for Barack and Michelle Obama to party on, as Rome burns. It's like throwing a party at a funeral."
But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.
Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.
A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy".
$2.2 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in upstate New York.
$143,000 for Manhattan's American Ballet Theatre "for educational activities".
$214,000 for Stony Brook University "to teach scientists how to effectively communicate with the public and the press".
$950,000 for a Poughkeepsie pedestrian bridge.
$500,000 for a Senate "pilot program" to defray the cost of mass-mail postcards notifying constituents of town-hall meetings.
What utter Bullshit!
I am sooo glad that my children and their children will have their futures mortgaged to pay for these Essential Expenditures.
