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Feb
04

flying pigWhen the president had lunch with television anchors at the White House the day of the speech, he minimized his political distress. Were the rate of unemployment two points lower, he’d be in fine shape, Obama suggested. That’s probably true.

And if pigs had wings they could fly.

Weekly Standard, The Idealogue

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Jan
23

You don't know who Ray Vivier is — or was, but here is a story of the best of us.

This 61-year-old ex-Marine was a homeless vet, passed by and ignored by hundreds as he lived in a shanty beneath a Cleveland bridge. He had struggled with alcoholism, but by November he had a welding job, friends and a place to stay at a boarding house. He was just getting his life together again.

He rescued five people from that house when arsonists set it on fire, but died in the heroic act. He and three others died, and two people have been charged in their deaths. Vivier's body, unclaimed and unidentified for weeks, seemed destined for an anonymous, modest burial.

However, Jody Fesco had met Vivier while she was volunteering at a soup kitchen and connacted a friend at AP to make sure Vivier wasn't forgotten. Sse found his family and arranged a proper funeral.

On Friday, Vivier's ashes were inurned at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

 

"You can see from what he did that he definitely had a good heart," said Mercedes Cruz, Vivier's ex-wife of 23 years, who attended the funeral with the couple's children. "No matter what our difficulties were in our marriage, I'm very proud of what's happened."

His grown children are trying to put together the pieces of their father whom they had not seen in 15 years. They know of his heroism now, but nothing of his struggles and turnaround.

"What I'm trying to get out of this is to have one good, concrete memory that I can have of him for what he did to save those people," said his oldest daughter, Elisha Vivier. "I'm proud of the man that he was becoming."

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Dec
29

Obama: Leading America into a Political and Constitutional House of Horrors

Barack Hussein Obama, a man of limited talents and unlimited ego, could be leading America into the political and constitutional equivalent of a House of Horrors.

He could be generating a level of governmental chaos unprecedented in the history of the world.

As various constitutional scholars have pointed out, if Obama is not eligible to be president, it would have monumental consequences.

For example, every action he’s taken as “president” – every appointment he’s made, every law he’s signed, every directive he’s issued, and every treaty he’s authorized – would be null and void.

More heads would roll in Washington than in 18th century Paris during the French Revolution.

But the fundamental point is this: We Americans ignore the Constitution at our peril. If we don’t have – and strictly observe – the Constitution, then we have no guarantee of our liberties.

Suppose that Obama is not eligible to be President. Or suppose his elusive birth certificate contains some damning fact.

Either of those situations could cripple Obama’s ability to govern.

Understand this: Barack Hussein Obama, who’s engaged mainly in trivial pursuits like “community organizing,” is a master of one thing: hiding unpleasant facts – inconvenient truths – that could derail his unlimited political ambitions.

The Obama most of the world thinks it knows – the brilliant thinker, the great orator, the talented writer – is a myth. Take away the TelePrompter and you have a man who’s tongue-tied.

Clearly, Obama has a serious problem when it comes to leveling with the American people. Also, he may have a similar problem distinguishing truth from fiction.

Sarah Palin is right when she says questions about Obama’s eligibility are “fair game.”

We need your help to uncover all the things that Barack Hussein Obama wants to keep hidden. With your help, we will ensure that Obama can’t continue to stiff-arm our nation.

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Western Journalism
 

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Dec
27

What About Obama’s (Implied) Claim That He’s Already Proven His Eligibility?

When WorldNetDaily’s Les Kinsolving, raised the issue, the ever-jovial, ever-evasive, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs treated the question as a joke. He smirked, “It’s on the Internet.”

No, it’s definitely not on the Internet. What’s there is a Certification-of-Live-Birth (COLB), a computer-generated document far different from the real – authentic – birth certificate.

Richard Blake, a Denver reporter, says this about the COLB: “Indeed to many it looks much more like a simple registration of birth that Obama's mother could have applied for according to Hawaiian law, regardless of where Obama was actually born.”

Here’s how the AmericanThinker.com sums up the situation:

“Under Hawaiian law, it is possible (both legally and illegally) for a person to have been born out of state, yet have a birth certificate on file in the [Hawaii] Department of Health. … Contrary to what you may have read, no document made available to the public, nor any statement by Hawaiian officials, evidences conclusively that Obama was born in Hawaii.”

We're not fueling the controversy… Barack Hussein Obama is fueling the controversy.

In fact, the Obama Campaign – one he apparently thinks will last forever – has reportedly spent up to 1.7 million dollars to shield Obama's vital records from the public. [why?]

Of course, Obama could have avoided those huge expenditures by making a simple phone call to Hawaii… he could have spent a paltry sum to avoid hatching the most disturbing political controversy since Watergate… but he didn't… he hasn't… he refuses to do so…. [why?]

Obama’s erection of a multitude of legal roadblocks makes no logical sense… unless he is hiding some very damaging facts.

Perhaps we need to modify Obama's “hope and change” mantra to something like: “We hope you’ll tell the truth . . . for a change.”

With your assistance, we will unearth the facts Obama wants to hide.

There’s a story that must be told.

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Western Journalism

 

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Dec
26

Conformity and Political Correctness Versus the Constitution

Palin’s questioning of Obama’s eligibility opened her up to the same vilification experienced by the Western Center for Journalism and other Americans raising legitimate questions about Obama.

Our political and media cultures value conformity and political correctness more than constitutional governance. Given that reality, we salute Sarah Palin for essentially saying, Emperor Obama has no clothes.

Why?  Because without Obama’s producing his valid birth certificate, we’re all in the dark about the details of Obama’s birth and citizenship.

What secret is Obama hiding from the American people? Why is he fighting tooth-and-nail – and spending millions in legal fees – to keep us from learning the truth?

And why on earth doesn’t Obama produce a valid birth certificate?

Viera in Newsandviews.com writes:

“Obama’s stubborn refusal to provide what he claims is ‘his own’ country [America] with conclusive proof [of his eligibility] compels the
presumption that he knows, or at least strongly suspects, that no sufficient evidence in his favor exists. After all, he is only [being] asked to provide the public with the original copy of some official record that establishes his citizenship. The vast majority of Americans could easily do so. Why will Obama not dispel the doubts about his eligibility—unless
he cannot?”

Let's make one thing clear… we did not create this constitutional crisis…. the American people did not create this constitutional crisis… Obama did.

It's our goal to educate our fellow Americans… that a possible usurper… Barack Hussein Obama… presently occupies the White House. With your generous support, we can help end this emerging national nightmare
that is Barack Hussein Obama.

There’s a growing awakening in our country that the American people must act to right a serious wrong… and to return to constitutional government. Please join us in that effort.

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Western Journalism

Use that link to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us. Your tax- deductible contribution will help us take this fight to Barack Hussein Obama's so that all Americans dedicated to our Constitution and the rule of law will know whether he is eligible to be President of the United States or whether he is a fraud and a usurper. Barack Hussein Obama must either produce a valid birth certificate or offer his resignation or be forced out of office.

Even if you can not join us in this effort right now, you can still help us expose Barack Hussein Obama by sending this post to at least 10 of your friends.
 

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Dec
25

If Barack Hussein Obama won't show us his birth certificate, then we must show him the door.

And this issue must be resolved because Obama's stonewalling is hurtling our nation headlong into a constitutional crisis that could lead to political chaos.

Harvard-trained constitutional scholar Edwin Viera asserts that Americans have not only the right… but also the obligation to demand that Obama tell the truth about his eligibility.

And former-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin recently brought this critical issue to a head. The (uber-liberal) Huffington Post describes her comments to radio host Rusty Humphries:

“Sarah Palin declared… that the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate is ‘rightfully’ an issue with the American public, and that it is ‘fair game’ for politicians to question Obama's citizenship.”

Quizzed on whether she would “make the birth certificate an issue” if she runs for president in 2012, Palin pulled no punches, saying: “I think that members of the electorate still want answers.”

Asked if the birth certificate was “a fair question,” Palin responded: “I think it's a fair question just like I think past associations and past voting records [are]. All of that is fair game.”

Palin’s statements signify that we are winning the tough fight to give Obama no alternative other than to tell the truth about his eligibility.

If Obama won’t show us the birth certificate, then we must show him the door.

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Western Journalism

Use this link to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us. Your tax- deductible contribution will help us take this fight to Barack Hussein Obama's so that all Americans dedicated to our Constitution and the rule of law will know whether he is eligible to be President of the United States or whether he is a fraud and a usurper. Barack Hussein Obama must either produce a valid birth certificate or offer his resignation or be forced out of office.

Even if you can not join us in this effort right now, you can still help us expose Barack Hussein Obama by sending this post to at least 10 of your friends.

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