Candidate Obama vs. President Obama

Well, "President" Obama, the video above shows what I, and 57 Million other Americans, already knew during your campaign. All your pretty speeches were nothing more than empty words and we DID NOT vote for you! You NEVER fooled us!

But being that you are the president, how about actually doing something that truly benefits the American people and the long-term success of our nation! Oh, and didn't you attack Bush ad nauseam about the war and declared that you were going to begin to withdraw the troops IMMEDIATELY after being elected! Yet now you are saying you will be keeping them there "indefinitely" and even sending more troops to Afghanistan. Didn't you promise a "transparent" government? I guess that doesn't include secret meetings with corrupt top banking officials. Well, maybe one day you will be the President you so eloquently promised to be! (yeah, right!) I guess right now you are just too busy robbing future generations of Americans, spreading the murder of unborn babies, tearing away at our National Sovereignty, and whittling away our individual freedoms!

Facing a crisis of Orwellian proportions

Expansion of power by fanning the flames

The monolithic goals of the military industrial complex

By: Scott Patrick Humphrey

President Obama unveiled his military objectives for Afghanistan this week and the whole world praised his anti-war policy, and commitment to bring the troops home as he campaigned he would. Oh wait a minute, that’s right; he is expanding the war. Huh?

First off I should state clearly that I too was a supporter of Barack Obama. I was glued to the tube for every speech, every soaring note of hope and change. I truly felt this man was special and would bring a much needed compassionate and discerning approach to the Presidency. This is not to say that he is none of those things; in fact he seems to be a genuinely good person. We all know that looks can be deceiving, yet it is harder to accept that this man would be following an agenda that goes contrary to all he has stated his values and ideals to be. It was only after I began to research history and the sources of the problems we face, rather than be caught up in concern for the symptoms, that I started to see systemic patterns emerging. The first being actions taken in the name of National Security that instigate and perpetuate war.

Since the creation of the Office of Strategic Services the intelligence community has been manipulating foreign affairs to inflame destabilization of countries that either had resources we needed or presented an opportunity for the military industrial complex to reap immense profits. In the case of Iraq and Afghanistan both of these elements are present. I am absolutely fascinated by the interchangeable relationship between big business and Government. Heads of major corporations move back and forth between their C.E.O. positions and high positions in Government. Usually these positions involve the ability to directly affect policy in their given area. For example: Dick Cheney was the C.E.O of Halliburton which is probably the largest oil related construction and project management corporation in the world. We all know about the billions in no bid contracts they have been awarded in Afghanistan and Iraq. Let’s not forget the producers and manufacturers of our military armaments, like Lockheed Martin who also reap billions from the advent of war. I can not forget to mention the largest profiteers in every war; the private central banks of the world that loan money to both sides of every conflict and grow rich through the destruction of humanity. The push for the war in Iraq was a careful manipulation of public opinion to attach some legitimacy to their cause. Even White house press secretary Scott McClellan stated this fact in his memoir. All of this to prevent the urgent threat posed to our National Security by Saddam Hussein. And to their credit, at the time, we bought it.

Now we stand at a unique moment in history, a moment where we can seize the opportunity for real change in American foreign and domestic policy. I had you going there for a minute didn’t I? The truth is President Obama has not changed any fundamental aspect of the policies President Bush had put in place. He campaigned as an anti-war candidate that would bring our troops home immediately, were he elected. He told us that he would end the cowboy mentality of military strikes without diplomacy and regain America’s integrity as a beacon of hope. Most importantly he vowed to eliminate lobbying interest in Washington so that policy would not be influenced by corporate ideology. I am sad to say that none of this has happened.

His policy towards our war efforts is to re-arrange the troop deployments, not to bring them home. Our presence in Afghanistan is not quelling fanatical sentiment, it is aggressively inciting it. News reports show increased attacks by the Taliban as well as increased numbers on their side. The common sentiment is that for these reasons we need to step up our efforts. What is happening is exactly what is needed to continue the war efforts. Our meddling in other countries affairs has always brought about disruption. It should also be noted that heroin production has increased five fold in Afghanistan since the initial invasion in 2001. How can there be more anti American violence and increased large scale criminal activity as a result of our presence there? It is simple, that is the objective. Since Obama has taken office he has increased bombings in Pakistan to a daily event, killing hundreds. This is a continuation of a policy enacted by President Bush. He does not intend to put in place a precise timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, in fact he does intend to leave thousands of troops there indefinitely in a so-called “training capacity”. The objectives of the military industrial complex are expanding, not contracting. Under the guise of National Security our Government can justify almost any action it chooses. I understand this is not a common or particularly easy pill to swallow, but it really does not matter who occupies the Oval Office, the outcomes will most certainly follow a similar path. As far as diplomacy being our foremost tactic when dealing with nations, this I am torn on. He has reached out to Iran in a respectful way to initiate talks, yet at the same time he keeps up the rhetoric claiming Iran to be a serious nuclear threat. This nothing more than confusing double speak that leaves open an enormous impetus for military engagement down the road. .

Last but certainly not least is the influence of lobbyists in Washington. The appointments to his administration are full of Wall St. insiders. All of our economic policies are to benefit them, which is evidenced by the current administrations careful allowance and back door implementation of A.I.G. bonuses via Chris Dodd’s enthusiastically encouraged amendment to the stimulus bill. This was then followed by the feigned outrage we all saw, as if they had no idea the bonuses were going to happen. I mean come on, do they really expect us to believe this crap? The fact that no administration even addresses the corrupt policy of the Federal Reserve has bypassed conspiracy theory and gone straight to conspiracy. He is doing all this while expanding Government control over all industries and institutions. This coupled with the degradation of our civil liberties can produce frightening results. President Obama voted to renew not repeal the Patriot Act which gives the President unprecedented power to surveil and detain American citizens in the name of National Security and prevention of domestic terrorism. Along with the Patriot Act President Bush issued Executive Order 51 which grants the President dictatorial powers under a continuity of Government plan in the case of a “National Emergency”. Of course if there was a wide spread biological attack this type of procedure could be considered necessary. The problem with this directive is that it says the President can order a State of Emergency regardless of the location of the incident as long as he or she deems it a threat to National Security. So in the event of an economic collapse people could take to the streets in protest and martial law could be implemented. President Obama is not seeking to repeal these unconstitutional measures, or other unconstitutional practices such as rendition; which allows the President to designate someone an “enemy combatant” and have them shipped off to a third party nation to be tortured. In fact the focus on domestic terrorism has quietly become a major focus of our Government. We are being wiretapped illegally; our civil organizations are being infiltrated by local law enforcement even though no suspicious activity occurs. New directives in Missouri have stated that people, who support Ron Paul, carry a pocket Constitution, display bumper stickers, own gold, or are Libertarians are considered part of a “militia movement” labeled as domestic terrorists. I find this to mind boggling. These are things that happen to a society that is closing. Fear is manipulated, threats to National Security are invoked, and civil liberties are restricted. It starts with local police and ends with military policing. I work with a Global Studies teacher who was asked to be searched in a New York City subway because he was carrying a camera. He asked if they had a warrant to search his bag or any probable cause to do so. They responded by putting him in handcuffs and saying he could be a threat to National Security; he spent the rest of the night in Central booking.

The next phase in the expansion of the military industrial complex is military policing of U.S. citizens. This is where things start to get scary. After the civil war this country enacted the Posse Comitatus Act which prevents the military from policing our neighborhoods. This is for good reason; it would turn us into a communist style police state. This is why we have community based civilian police forces. President Bush secretly enacted H.R. 5122 giving him the power to declare a “public emergency” and station troops anywhere in the United States without consent from the Governor or local authorities. In fact there are already thousands of troops stationed at NorthCom to assist in defense of the homeland. The most unbelievable violations of our Constitutional rights are in the testing or training phase at this point. They need to be introduced slowly to get us used to them. The most innocent example of this concept happens to citizens of New York City everyday. Over the loud speaker we hear: “Attention for your protection, the New York City police department can search your bag at any time.” Well not according to the fourth amendment of the Constitution. This is nothing compared to the obedience training happening in Arizona and California. If you go to youtube.com and type in Checkpoint U.S.A. you will see videos of the U.S.border patrol and homeland security operating checkpoints forty miles above the border to ask people of what country they are a citizen. In this country we are supposed to have the right to move freely unimpeded by Government entities like homeland security or U.S. border patrol. I mean lets be real here; why are the not at the border, instead they are harassing U.S. citizens. Without probable cause or valid suspicion of illicit acts no one has any authority to impede your travels. Period.

The bottom line is that given all of these elements of closure in our society coupled with vast Government expansion we are facing a crisis. When you add to this the fact that President Obama has said he will continue to pursue the Security & Prosperity Partnership Act with Mexico and Canada to form a North American Union it becomes evident that we are in fact facing a crisis of Orwellian proportions.

Proverbs, Character, and Obama! Oh my!

This morning, as I was reading proverbs, I read the following scripture:

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
but in his heart he harbors deceit.
Though his speech is charming, do not believe him,
for seven abominations fill his heart.
His malice may be concealed by deception,
but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Proverbs 26:24-26

Remind you of anyone? This scripture fits Obama perfectly, doesn't it?

I was once taught to read one chapter in Proverbs every day. There are 31 chapters in Proverbs. So everyday you read the chapter that corresponds to the day. For example, today is March 26 so I read Proverbs 26. Doing this every morning only takes a few minutes but it makes such a difference in my life. I actually enjoy it and look forward to it. Those of you who have made it a habit to read God's love letter to us (the Bible) every morning know what I mean. Those of you who don't, try it for a month and you will see what you have been missing. You don't have to read the whole Bible in one sitting, just 15 minutes or so. Try it.

Did you know that Proverbs was written by King Solomon? Solomon is undeniably, not only the wisest man who ever lived, but the richest man as well! There is a great book I HIGHLY recommend The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness written by an awesome man I have had the honor of meeting whose true life story involves getting fired from job after job after job for SIX years straight and then actually became a (famous) millionaire all due to him reading AND applying what he read in Proverbs. Click here if you want to learn more: Steven K. Scott

The Proverbs scripture above tells the story of a person who has "charisma" (charming speech, disguised lips) and lacks "character" (malice, evil heart, wickedness). This very scripture above, sadly yet accurately, reflects our present day president. One of the underlying reasons, I believe, Obama was elected is because in today's world people often mistake "Charisma" with "Character"! They are quite different, almost even opposite. Charisma is the fancy speeches and shiny packaging, but character is at the core of who we are deep inside, the "real" us. For example: Hitler had alot of charisma, but as history has proven, he undoubtedly lacked character. Sadly, Obama, like Hitler, has charisma galore, but one need only to study him and see the truth of his lack of character. Obama is like the nicely wrapped gift with the pretty bow at Christmas, that when unwrapped reveals a cheap, tacky gift. In the end, it doesn't matter how fancy the gift wrap is or how colorful the decorations are, it is still a cheap, tacky gift inside.

When all the parades and cheering fans have passed by, character (or lack therof) is what is left. In times of difficulty, it is character and integrity that sustains us. That helps us to do the right thing even when no one is looking. If we lack character, we are nothing but an empty shell.

Ultimately, it is up to us to learn and develop our character and then turn around and teach the younger generations, not so much with sermons and lectures but by example. The most powerful sermon is how you live your life: a life of honor, integrity, and CHARACTER!

Another great man I have had the honor of meeting is Jim Rohn. His books and CD's are read and listened to the world over, changing the lives of those who apply what they learn.

"Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming." ~Jim Rohn

How about developing YOUR character while driving in your car: Cultivating an Unshakeable Character

Have an Amazing Day! ~Marisela

The Second American Revolution

We The People Stimulus Package

America's Axis of Idiots

'The Axis of Idiots'

Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home, and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You're the runner-in-chief.

Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses to the U.S.S. Cole and the First Trade Center Bombing and Our Embassy Bombings emboldened the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately, they grew bolder, until 9/11/2001.

John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute. You lied about American Soldiers in Vietnam. Your military service, like your life, is more fiction than fact. You've accused our military of terrorizing women and children in Iraq. You called Iraq the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, the same words you used to describe Vietnam. You're a fake. You want to run from Iraq and abandon the Iraqis to murderers just as you did to the Vietnamese.I raq, like Vietnam, is another war that you were for, before you were against it.

John Murtha, you said our military was broken. You said we can't win militarily in Iraq. You accused United States Marines of cold-blooded murder without proof and said we should redeploy to Okinawa. Okinawa, John? And the Democrats call you their military expert! Are you sure you didn't suffer a traumatic brainin jury while you were off building your war hero resume? You're a sad, pitiable, corrupt and washed up politician. You're not a Marine, sir. You're a phony and a disgrace. Run away, John.

Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanamo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot, who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned Southeast Asia to the Communists. Now you want to abandon the Iraqis to the same fate. History was not a good teacher for you, was it? Lord help us! See Dick run.

Ted Kennedy, for days on end you held poster-sized pictures from Abu Ghraib in front of any available television camera. Al Jazeera quoted you saying that Iraqi's torture chambers were open under new management. Did you see the news, Teddy? The Islamic Nazis demonstrated another beheading for you. If you truly supported our troops, you'd show the world poster-sized pictures of that atrocity and demand the annihilation of it. Your legislation stripping support from the South Vietnamese led to a communist victory there. You're a bloated, drunken fool bent on repeating the same historical blunder that turned freedom-seeking people over to homicidal, genocidal maniacs.

Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Carl Levine, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Pat Leahy, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, the Hollywood Leftist morons: Every time you stand in front of television cameras and broadcast to the Islamic Nazis that we went to war because our President lied, that the war is wrong and our Soldiers are torturers, that we should leave Iraq , you give the Islamic butchers - the same ones that tortured and mutilated American Soldiers - cause to think that we'll run away again, and all they have to do is hang on a little longer. It is inevitable that we, the infidels, will have to defeat the Islamic jihadists. Better to do it now on their turf, than later on ours after they have gained both strength and momentum.

American news media, the New York Times particularly: Each time you publish stories about national defense secrets and our intelligence gathering methods, you become one united with the sub-human pieces of garbage that torture and mutilate the bodies of American Soldiers. You can't strike up the courage to publish cartoons, but you can help Al Qaeda destroy my country. Actually,you are more dangerous to us than Al Qaeda is. I am happy that your company is sinking like a greased cinder block and will probably be bankrupt by the middle of 2009. I'm not surprised, as no one wants to read the trash you publish. Think about that each time you face Mecca to admire your Pulitzer.

You are America 's'AXIS OF IDIOTS.' Your Collective Stupidity will destroy us. Self-serving politics and terrorist-abetting news scoops are more important to you than our national security or the lives of innocent civilians and Soldiers. It bothers you that defending ourselves gets in the way of your elitist sport of politics and your ignorant editorializing. There is as much blood on your hands as is on the hands of murdering terrorists. Don't ever doubt that. Your frolics will only serve to extend this war as they extended Vietnam. If you want our Soldiers home as you claim, knock off the crap and try supporting your country ahead of supporting your silly political aims and aiding our enemies. Yes, I'm questioning your patriotism. Your loyalty ends with self. I'm also questioning why you're stealing air that decent Americans could be breathing. You don't deserve the protection of our men and women in uniform. You need to run away from this war and this country. Leave the war to the people who have the will to see it through and the country to people who are willing to defend it. Our country has two enemies: Those who want to destroy us from the outside and those who attempt it from within.

The Obama Deception: The Mask Comes Off

If you fear 'Big Brother'....

Does anyone remember "Waldo"? I remember a series of books entitled, "Where's Waldo?" that came out when I was a kid! My mom had bought us several of the books in the collection. My sisters and brother and myself would have fun passing the time searching for Waldo in the pages of those books. Sometimes we'd challenge ourselves to see who could find Waldo first! Little did I know we were helping keep our young minds sharp! Now, I can help my own kids keep their minds sharp with those very same books. Can YOU find Waldo? http://whereswaldo.com

The technology available today that "Big Brother" is using (and often misusing) reminds me of Waldo only it's not fun and it's somewhat scary. When you first look at the photo below you can really only see a blob of people in the crowds but now you can literally zoom in with amazing detail. It's incredible! You can see EVERY single person no matter how far away in the crowd. You can literally find Waldo and Mark, and Kathy and Mary and ANYONE and EVERYONE that was there. I think I see my dad! ~Marisela


Click on this photo [in link below] taken of the vast crowd of people present at the Obama inauguration with a new “robotic camera.” Pick out any individual among the formless masses, and focus in upon him/her. This is the kind of surveillance technology that leaves no place to hide from the prying eyes of ‘Big Brother.’ There is no more getting lost in the crowd.

http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c

Medical Breakthroughs Worldwide!

A French doctor says, "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks."

A German doctor says, "That is nothing; we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks."

The Russian doctor says, "In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks."

An American doctor, not to be outdone, says, "You guys are way behind. We recently took a man with no brains out of Illinois, put him in the White House, and now have half the country looking for work."