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Fwd: [grendelreport] The First Black President

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It's hard to believe that Pryor did this video skit 32 years ago.
Better than brilliant!

Check this out! See the parallel between this skit and President
Obama, years later. This classic was filmed 32 years ago; little did
we know...

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=-_cdbByTeNE




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First Black President

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It's hard to believe that Pryor did this video skit 32 years ago.
Better than brilliant!

Check this out! See the parallel between this skit and President
Obama, years later. This classic was filmed 32 years ago; little did
we know...

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=-_cdbByTeNE




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this may get you into a gym

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I don't care about...

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Islam, Illegal ailiens, gay's getting married, rich pigs getting
taxed, or liberals taking away guns from white trash.....
I care about Rich pigs owning the government and creating a corporate
police state.With rich white racist pigs killing poor people! Welcome
to the Disney World Order!
WhEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Fw: The Argyle Sweater

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Second Amendment, and The Bill of Rights on the chopping block?

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Second Amendment, and The Bill of Rights on the chopping block?

Within the next month, Congress WILL BE TAKING actions that will impact our Second Amendment rights. Congress will consider legislation that:
* Will fund the anti-gun ObamaCare program … or will explicitly prohibit ObamaCare from being funded;
* Will fund ATF's illegal efforts to register multiple sales of long guns in the southwest … or will explicitly prohibit those activities from being funded;
* Will fund the Obama administration's illegal efforts to block the importation of shotguns and rifles … or will explicitly prohibit these bans from being funded; and
* Will fund negotiations at the United Nations to produce a small arms treaty that will license firearms, ban semi-autos, and ban tiny modifications of firearms … or will explicitly prohibit those negotiations.

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Men's age ~ HA `YEP` I SEE SOME ISSUES HERE, HA HA` HA`HA`

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Men's Age, as Determined by a Trip to Home Depot

You are in the middle of some kind of project around the house: mowing the lawn, putting in a new fence, painting the living room or whatever. You are hot and sweaty, covered in dust, lawn clippings, dirt or paint. You have your old work clothes on -- shorts with the hole in the crotch, old T-shirt with a stain from who-knows-what and an old pair of tennis shoes. 
 
Right in the middle of this great homeimprovement project you realize you need to run to Home Depot to get something to help complete the job. Depending on your age you might do the following:

 

 

In your 20's:

Stop what you are doing. Shave, take a shower, blow dry your hair, brush your teeth, floss and put on clean clothes. Check yourself in the mirror and flex. Add a dab of your favorite cologne because you never know, you just might meet some hot chick while standing in the checkout lane. And you went to school with the pretty girl running the register.

 

 

In your 30's:
 
Stop what you are doing, put on clean shorts and shirt. Change shoes. You married the hot chick so no need for much else. Wash your hands and comb your hair. Check yourself in the mirror. Still got it. Add a shot of your favorite cologne to cover the smell. The cute girl running the register is the kid sister to someone you went to school with.
 

 

In your 40's:
 
Stop what you are doing. Put on a sweatshirt that is long enough to cover the hole in the crotch of your shorts. Put on different shoes and a hat. Wash your hands. Your bottle of Brute Cologne is almost empty so you don't want to waste any of it on a trip to Home Depot. Check yourself in the mirror and do more sucking in than flexing. The hot young thing running the register is your daughter's age, and you feel weird thinking she is spicy..

In your 50's:
 
Stop what you are doing. Put a hat on, wipe the dirt off your hands onto your shirt. Change shoes because you don't want to get dog doo in your new sports car. Check yourself in the mirror and you swear not to wear that shirt anymore because it makes you look fat. The Cutie running the register smiles when she sees you coming and you think you still have it. Then you remember the hat you have on is from Bubba's Bait & Beer Bar and it says,

'I Got Worms .' 
 

 

In your 60's:
 
Stop what you are doing. No need for a hat anymore. Hose the dog doo off your shoes.. The mirror was shattered when you were in your 50's. You hope you have underwear on so nothing hangs out the hole in your pants. The girl running the register may be cute, but you don't have your glasses on so you are not sure.


In your 70's:

Stop what you are doing. Wait to go to Home Depot until the drug store has your prescriptions ready, too. Don't even notice the dog doo on your shoes. The young thing at the register smiles at you because you remind her of her grandfather.

 

In your 80's: 
 
Stop what you are doing. Start again. Then stop again. Now you remember you need to go to Home Depot. Go to Wal-Mart instead and wander around trying to think what it is you are looking for. Fart out loud and you think someone called out your name. You went to school with the old lady who greeted you at the front door.


 

In your 90's & beyond: 
 
What's a home deep hoe? Something for my garden? Where am I? Who am I? Why am I reading this? Did I send it? Did you? Who farted?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Fwd: [I-S] Hats off to Sherry Hackett

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Sherry Hackett, wife of the late Buddy Hackett, is a dyed-in-the-wool
Democrat. I would think that many other Democrats share her position...
This was written by …. Sherry Hackett, Buddy Hackett's widow

"WE NOTICED"… President Obama:

Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September 11 as
a National Service Day. …. Sir, it's time we had a talk.

During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our
tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance
was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not
honoring our tradition. …. YES, "We noticed."

During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you
intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America has
57 states…. YES, "We noticed."

 

When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a
flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto
the pile without leaning over….. YES, "We noticed."

Every time you apologized to other countries for America 's position on
an issue we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great
country.. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our

beliefs, you have not defended us. In fact, you insulted the British Crown
beyond belief. …. YES, "We noticed."

When your pastor of 20 years, "God-damned America " and said that
9/11 was " America 's chickens coming home to roost" and you denied
having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could
be. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright
because it was politically expedient to do so…. YES, "We noticed."

When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered
why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth.
Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, "if not for America and the people who built
her, you wouldn't be sitting in the White House now." Prior to your
election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from
Illinois and from what we can glean from the records available, not a
very remarkable one…. YES, "We noticed."

All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded
yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the
positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority
of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or
affection for this country and her traditions. …. YES, "We noticed."

You are 24 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans
wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working
Americans with a health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap
and trade, will bankrupt this nation. …YES, "We noticed."

We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not
in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled "un-American",
"racist", "mob". We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how
frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated
and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right to speak
out. …. YES, "We noticed."

On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only
Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever
way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.

And YES, "We noticed…"

There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help
unite this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy this nation
than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us. …. YES, "We noticed."

September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to
make 9/11 a "National Service Day". While we know that you don't share
our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as
what it is, a disgrace. …. YES, "We noticed."

You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold.
You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy.

…. YES, "We noticed."

We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans
come together again, it will be to remove you from office. Do Take notice.

If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not, I'm sorry.

 

 

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Fwd: [PAG] 'Cyber 9/11': Serious Risk Or Inflated Threat?

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_'Cyber 9/11': Serious Risk Or Inflated Threat?_
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Who Really Kept Us Safe After 9/11

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Who Really Kept Us Safe After 9/11
The truth about homeland security
 Steve Chapman | September 8, 2011

If there was any certainty in the weeks and months after the 9/11 attacks, it was that these were just the first in a campaign of terror on American soil. "You can just about bet on it," said Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee. New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said, "I anticipate another attack."

Gary Stubblefield, who directed the Naval Special Warfare Task Unit in the Pacific area, asserted that, as The Denver Post paraphrased, "the question is not if but when dozens of terrorist cells in the United States will unleash biological, chemical and perhaps nuclear weapons against U.S. cities." FBI Director Robert Mueller estimated the U.S. harbored "several hundred" extremists affiliated with Al Qaeda.

Americans had seen in Israel how a homegrown terrorist movement was able to kill hundreds of people with suicide bombings and other attacks. It seemed we could expect the same. A comment often heard was, "We are all Israelis now."

But the predictions have not come true. There have been very few attacks in this country by Islamic extremists­and nothing remotely on the scale of 9/11. The "sleeper cells" proved to be mostly nonexistent.

This surprising record has been attributed to excellent work by the FBI, CIA, and other law enforcement agencies, the war in Afghanistan, and the Bush administration's aggressive treatment of suspected terrorists. But on the list of those deserving credit, the first is a group hardly anyone would have predicted: American Muslims.

Millions of Muslims live in the United States. Had even a tiny percentage been radicalized enough to commit violence, they could have done immense damage. Despite all the efforts to upgrade security at a few crucial sites, it really wouldn't be hard for any group to kill lots of people.

A car bomb in a stadium parking lot, a couple of semi-automatic rifles in a shopping mall, a Molotov cocktail in a crowded bus, a bomb on a railroad track, a runaway pickup on a city sidewalk­there's an endless list of easy pickings.

There are too many targets to secure them all. It would have been a simple task for a handful of minimally trained volunteers to keep us in a constant state of fear.

But the volunteers, with rare exceptions, didn't come forward. Charles Kurzman, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, writes in Foreign Policy magazine that "approximately a dozen people in the country were convicted in the five years after 9/11 for having links with al-Qaida" and "fewer than 40 Muslim Americans planned or carried out acts of domestic terrorism."

That may sound like a lot, until you remember that there are 15,000 murders a year in this country. A report from the Rand Corp., a national security think tank, noted that of 83 terrorist attacks that took place between 9/11 and the end of 2009, only three "were clearly connected with the jihadist cause." Three!

We hear a lot of allegations of radical American imams preaching jihad. If so, they are not getting through. The simple fact is that most American Muslims don't sympathize with religious extremism and almost none are willing to practice it.

And why should they be? According to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, "They are overwhelmingly satisfied with the way things are going in their lives (82 percent) and continue to rate their communities very positively as places to live (79 percent excellent or good)."

Suicide bombers may proliferate in places where followers of Islam feel oppressed­as many living under Arab dictators do, as many living under Israeli control do. But worldwide, says Kurzman, global Islamic extremist organizations have been able to recruit "fewer than one out of every 100,000 Muslims since 9/11." Islam is not particularly fertile ground for growing terrorists.

That's especially true in the land of the free. Despite the suspicions they face from some of their fellow citizens, American Muslims clearly value what America offers them. They like living in a democracy that respects their rights. People with good lives are not inclined to throw them away in grisly acts of violence.

A decade ago, American Muslims were called by our enemies to rise up and slaughter their fellow citizens. Al Qaeda must be wondering why it never heard back.

http://reason.com/archives/2011/09/08/who-really-kept-us-safe-after

The Freedoms Defended Since 9/11

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The Freedoms Defended Since 9/11
by Anthony Gregory, September 9, 2011

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward," said George W. Bush on September 11, 2011. "And freedom will be defended."

President Obama apparently agrees that the U.S. government's response to 9/11 has been to defend freedom. This past Memorial Day he announced, "From Gettysburg to Kandahar, America's sons and daughters have served with honor and distinction, securing our liberties and laying a foundation for lasting peace."

We might wonder which freedoms the U.S. government, under both Bush and Obama, has defended since 9/11.

It doesn't appear to be the First Amendment's freedoms of speech and association. Otherwise it would be hard to explain the National Security Letters that forbid their recipients from telling anyone, even a lawyer or spouse, that the FBI is monitoring them. It would be difficult to understand the Bush administration's "free speech zones" that kept war protesters far from presidential appearances, or U.S. spying on peace activists under both administrations. It would be perplexing that Obama would detain Bradley Manning for the crime of releasing incriminating information about the U.S. warfare state, or that his administration's officials would hint that WikiLeaks's project of exposing government wrongdoing should be shut down.

Maybe the government has mostly been protecting Americans' right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Then again, it would be confusing that both Bush and Obama would stand by the USA PATRIOT Act, which has eroded the Fourth Amendment, forced businesses to spy on their customers and hand information over to the Justice Department, loosened restrictions for wiretapping, and empowered agents to conduct special searches without alerting Americans right away that their property had been searched. It would also be a mystery why both Bush and Obama have stood by the National Security Administation's power to spy on American telecommunications without a warrant. Then there is the whole question of the Transportation Security Administration, which summarily searches American airline passengers, their luggage, and their persons, forcing them to go through invasive pat-downs and potentially dangerous irradiating "porno-scanners."

Perhaps the freedom being defended is the long-celebrated right to due process and habeas corpus for those detained by the government. That would be hard to reconcile, however, with the Bush administration's roundup of hundreds of innocent aliens right after 9/11, the "material witness" doctrine that allowed for indefinite detention without charge, or the "enemy combatant" designation that, when pinned on someone by the president, even on a U.S. citizen, means there will be a total disregard for traditional due process. It would certainly make a puzzle out of Guantanamo, where some detainees have been determined innocent of all wrongdoing but are nevertheless kept detained; and it would be hard to make sense of the military commissions that deprive subjects of both the standard protections of criminal suspects or those of prisoners of war. The secret evidence used in many cases in the last ten years certainly seems to be in tension with the right to confront one's accuser and the evidence laid against one. And Obama's very concept of "prolonged detention" and his administration's fighting the courts on numerous habeas corpus cases are a little bit of an enigma if indeed the right to due process is what our leaders have in mind when they're waging these wars for our freedoms.

Maybe it's the right not to be subject to cruel and unusual punishment that Bush and Obama have been defending! Although that would seem to be in conflict with the mistreatment of whisteblower Bradley Manning, the abuse that continues at Guantanamo, the waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the psychological and sexual abuse that became a regular interrogation practice throughout Iraq and other U.S.-controlled areas at the height of the war on terror.

Other freedoms that haven't seemed to be enhanced, much less defended by the war on terrorism, include the right to travel, financial freedom, the right to bear arms, and the right to a fair civil proceeding against government agents who have violated one's liberties. Economic freedom hasn't exactly blossomed since 9/11. Come to think of it, most of the freedoms that have been held as sacred for so long in this country aren't exactly easy targets for terrorists to undermine in the first place; free speech, due process, privacy, and other such civil liberties are much easier for governments to compromise than for terrorists to take away.

But there is a class of people whose freedom has surely been strengthened since 9/11, as a direct consequence of the wars fought abroad. That would be people at the top of the executive branch, and especially presidents themselves.

The right of the president to wage war unilaterally has been defended against enemies, both foreign and domestic. The right of the president to order torture and get away with it and to cover up for those who perpetrated such acts of barbarism has been secured. The freedom of the president to declare someone an enemy of the United States, and thus be fit to be jailed without any semblance of judicial oversight, or even be killed by a predator drone strike, has been affirmed. The president is now at liberty to spy on people's communications without even the flimsy standards adopted in the 1978 FISA guidelines.

In short, Bush was right that freedom would be defended after 9/11, and Obama is right to thank soldiers for fighting for "our freedom." The only confusion comes in thinking these presidents were speaking on the behalf of the American people, when in fact they were speaking only about the small class of Americans known as U.S. presidents, and their freedom to wage war, detain, torture, spy, and execute without restriction.

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1109l.asp

Scam and Sham

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Scam and Sham
How the Media do that voodoo that's doo-doo
by Brian Wilson

Center stage for the "news media's" regularly scheduled kabuki: The Presidential Debates. These 60-90 minutes of low-grade drama and high-grade farce would have the viewer believe serious inquisition is going on here. In fact, all but the script is laid out in advance. Even the candidate placement is calculated to foment drama and entertainment, not a substantive "debate". The entire format is designed to embarrass, confuse, distract and entertain rather than provide honest, insightful answers to serious questions about governance and a vision for America's future. While serious formal debating always has a "timed" component, it is generally ample to allow serious presentation of position or fact. Not so much with these laughable Network Events. The "rules" require the candidates to force 10 lbs of You Know into a 5 lbs bag. Despite politicians' congenital desire to filibuster, it is ludicrous to expect conscientious voters to reach a well-founded decision on whom to support based on a 2 minute sound-bite response to dramatic, rhetorical, loaded "gotcha" questions, cleverly crafted to hog-tie the respondent. That's not an excuse for any candidate who steps in it with a poorly presented answer, but a level of awareness must prevail considering who asked what question of whom and how and what's heard in response.

Many have appropriately objected that Ron Paul is not asked substantive questions; that he is ignored in favor of anyone else on those rare occasions when serious issues are introduced. A large part of the explanation lies in the self-fulfilling fairy tale the MSM tells you: Polls show Romney, Perry and Bachman are the front-runners; voters, therefore, want to hear from them more than the Also-Rans. They conveniently leave out the part that those polls are of their own making. They pick and pay the polling company, pre-determine the response, dictate the questions, and see to it the methodology secures the desired results. They can then tell you with straight face: "This is what our polling data shows; this is why we ask more questions of the Front Runners."

The truth is Ron Paul's answers do not fit the Party Line. Every Paul position contains a reference to the United States Constitution, Constitutional authority, Constitutional principles. The unanswered question remains: what is so wrong with a Constitutionally obedient government that gives the other candidates hives? Put another way: what stands in place of a Constitutionally obedient government? The answer can be read in everyday's headlines. And, as noted in previous LRC scribbling, the Shooting Stars in the News Media Firmament can't handle such answers because they thoroughly debunk the currently approved and accepted narrative. They can't be trumped or demagogued without insulting the Rule of Law (which fortunately still has a serious fan base across the country). During the 2008 cycle of these "Presidential debates", Ron Paul was actively mocked and marginalized. This time, the media is pushing its patented "Ignore Button". To paraphrase the song lyric, "Ask him no questions/he'll just tell you truth". And we can't have truth and the Constitution mucking up a good ole media kabuki.

So the recent candidate staging of Romney-next-to-Perry wasn't for show and drama? Nooooo – it was just a natural consequence of independent polling (that we paid for). That they were also tossed the most contentious, red-meat questions was also justified by the polling (and we wanted some serious drama and smack-down action).

But wait! There's More Of The Same in the debates to come, regardless of the network sponsor.

Too often this skullduggery leads interested listeners and viewers to the unfortunate "Rejection! Candidate Not Perfect!" reaction. This seems curiously more prevalent in its application only to Ron Paul. Those familiar with Paul know the context of his references is consistently Constitutional. Due to the pervasive epidemic of Aggressive Ignorance coupled with the "debate's" limitations, it is difficult for a principled candidate to provide comprehensive answers. Yes it is easier for others because the narrative, composed of vacuous and glittering generalities, has been repeated so often, everyone knows it by heart; it is the anticipated response. When the sound bite contradicts it, the listener defaults back to the mythology of the narrative and leaps to a distorted, incorrect conclusion, rejecting the candidate on the basis of mis- and dis- information. The fatal result is the sacrifice of the Good for the Perfect. Since the Perfect doesn't exist, the voter clings to the familiar and ends up supporting precisely what he doesn't want simply because it's comfortable, easy and familiar. For the agenda-driven MSM: Mission Accomplished.

A listener wrote "After watching the debate, I have concluded Ron Paul, while perfect in the content of his answers, his manner keeps him from being taken seriously despite his superior knowledge of history, government and banking." With 14 months until November, it remains to be seen whether it "keeps him from being taken seriously" by the people who count: the voters. Meanwhile, look at the other candidates. If they are to be measured by the same standard, they all have serious baggage that should elimnate them from consideration immediately. Look at their records of Statism, pork and policy failures. Why aren't they summarily dismissed by an electorate demanding an end to "Washington's same old ways"? In part, because they don't have a Constitutional foundation that stymies "the Machine", so they are given the proverbial "pass". Every other candidate has skeletons, issues, other priorities. No other candidate has Ron Paul's spotless record and unrivaled fealty to the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land and cornerstone of our Republic. What more could a voter want – especially at this time in our history?

To the Media, Paul and the Constitution are the Anti-Christ. Combined, they contradict everything the Media-Government complex stands, works and speaks for. Look for them to work their hardest to destroy his candidacy because even with the limited exposure Paul gets, the more the essence of his message is heard by those looking for the only way to save the Republic and preserve Freedom.

Ron Paul may not be an easy sell – but then, Liberty never is.

http://lewrockwell.com/wilson-brian/wilson-brian28.1.html

Could the Presidential Election Turn On a Dime?

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Could the Presidential Election Turn On a Dime?
(Not if the WaPo Banksters Have Their Way)
by Bill Watkins

On Wednesday night during the debate among GOP Presidential candidates at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, some Establishment candidates were yammering on about the high price of gasoline under the Obama administration, and how they would rectify that situation if they were elected President.

And then it happened. A "game changer" moment that could transform the entire election, or perhaps American history, irrespective of the election results. Ron Paul had the impertinence to point out to a national audience that gasoline could actually be purchased RIGHT NOW for a mere ten cents per gallon!

Really? Now? Where? Congressman Paul explained that a SILVER dime is currently worth over $3.00, which is nearly enough to buy a gallon of petrol in the U.S. You remember those Mercury head dimes, don't you? What ever happened to those? And, come to think of it, why doesn't a dime minted in 2011 buy a gallon of gas?

Admittedly, it's a simple question. And that why it's so dangerous. This line of thinking simply can't be allowed to gain traction. It's crazy talk by Ron Paul who stubbornly clings to a bygone era of monetary policy (including relevant clauses of the Constitution) and who simply doesn't comprehend the modern wonders of "quantitative easing." Move along citizens, there's nothing here to see. Got it?

That's the thrust of an editorial written by Charles Lane and published in the WaPo on the morning immediately following the debate. Egad, the idea of SILVER currency is soooo "18th century" according to Lane. Never mind that dimes, quarters and half dollars minted by the U.S. government were comprised of at least 90% silver for the entire 19th century and for nearly 65 years of the 20th century too (i.e. until 1964). Mr. Lane apparently wasn't aware of such recent history.

Or was he? Of all the debate moments to critique, why did the WaPo deem it necessary to challenge this one particular point that was made so well by Ron Paul? Hmmm, let's see now. Why on earth would the WaPo attempt to ridicule anyone who poses a threat to the power structure that depends on the depredations of the FED? What animus could the WaPo possibly have against a 10 term Congressman who wrote a book entitled, End the Fed, and whose son was recently elected as a U.S. Senator?

Perhaps the WaPo editorial attack on Ron Paul can be explained by the following additional facts, which have previously been pointed out by Lew Rockwell, and which reveal the true agenda of the Establishment and their paymasters (the Banksters) who are terrified that the American public might actually begin to wonder who is responsible for the ongoing monetary devaluation that Ron Paul illustrated with such devastating effect during the debate:
  • The present publisher of The Post, Ms. Weymouth, is granddaughter of Katherine Graham (known as Katherine the Great), and great-granddaughter of Eugene Meyer, who bought The Post out of bankruptcy in 1933, and who was ….
    ….. wait for it …
    Chairman of the Federal Reserve and the first head of the World Bank.

    • Mr. Meyer was succeeded in this last post by John J. McCloy, later chairman of the Rockefeller's Chase Manhattan Bank, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Ford Foundation, and key member of the Warren Commission. He was widely regarded by wags in the know as "the Chairman of the Establishment."
    • Ms. Weymouth's grandfather, Philip Graham, succeeded her great grandfather, Mr. Meyer, as publisher of The Post in 1946, and was married to Mr. Meyer's daughter, Katherine. The Graham's used to put on famous Georgetown soirees for the Beltway elites in journalism, intelligence circles, and the upper ranks of the Washington Nomenclatura, described in Hugh Wilford's book The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America.
    • The term "the mighty Wurlitzer," coined by high level CIA official Frank Wisner, was used to describe the elaborate covert networks of propaganda, deception, and media manipulation sponsored by the Agency. A key player in this campaign of Cold War subterfuge and deceit was "the Golden Boy"­ Washington Post publisher Phil Graham (the husband of Katherine -- and Eugene Meyer's son-in-law), who later committed suicide (although some informed observers, such as the distinguished award-winning journalist and historian Sterling Seagrave, believe otherwise).
    With a pedigree like that, it begins to make sense why the WaPo simply couldn't allow Ron Paul to speak the truth about our ongoing money devaluation without being given the "treatment". Former WaPo writer, Carl Bernstein, in his famous Rolling Stone article, The CIA and the Media, gave a further glimpse into the pedigree behind the WaPo propaganda platform that Ms Weymouth inherited, which he described as follows:

    "When Newsweek was purchased by the Washington Post Company, publisher Philip L. Graham was informed by Agency officials that the CIA occasionally used the magazine for cover purposes, according to CIA sources. "It was widely known that Phil Graham was somebody you could get help from," said a former deputy director of the Agency. "Frank Wisner dealt with him." Wisner, deputy director of the CIA from 1950 until shortly before his suicide in 1965, was the Agency's premier orchestrator of "black" operations, including many in which journalists were involved. Wisner liked to boast of his "mighty Wurlitzer," a wondrous propaganda instrument he built, and played, with help from the press.) Phil Graham was probably Wisner's closest friend. But Graham, who committed suicide in 1963, apparently knew little of the specifics of any cover arrangements with Newsweek, CIA sources said.

    None of this is conspiracy theory. Just plain old history. But, just for fun, consider that Katherine Graham's 1997 autobiography says that her husband (WaPo publisher, Philip Graham) was instrumental in getting Lyndon Johnson to be the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 1960. And, consider also that her father handed the reigns of the fledgling World Bank to Mr. Establishment (McCloy), who later became a member of the Warren Commission, which certainly tried its best to make sure that nobody would ponder the motives or means of anyone (beyond Oswald) or any organization that might be interested in seeing a certain V.P. become the POTUS.

    And it's also interesting to reflect for a moment on the last 3 words of the excerpt from Bernstein's article which is quoted above. Bernstein is smart enough to "consider the source," but he doesn't appear to question the assertion of his CIA source in any way. Of course, if Mr. Graham didn't know too much about the CIA arrangements with Newsweek (owned by the WaPo) as the "CIA source said", there wouldn't be any need for his suicide to be arranged, would there? But, the same can't necessarily be said for Mr. Wisner, the deputy director of the CIA in 1965, who was the best friend of Mr. Graham, and who also apparently carried a heavy burden that ended in his subsequent suicide a mere two years later.

    JFK was the last President who presided over coinage of 90% silver money that Mr. Lane at the WaPo holds in such contempt. In 1971, a mere 8 years after JFK was assassinated, President Nixon severed all ties between the U.S. dollar and gold, and the ensuing 30 years have witnessed the dramatic loss of purchasing power that was beautifully illustrated by Ron Paul's reference to one thin dime.

    After the demise of the gold standard under Nixon, another GOP President was elected after serving as CIA Director. This President was descended from an executive of the investment banking firm, Brown Brothers Harriman, which according to at least one description, "is particularly notable because of the large number of influential American politicians, government appointees, and central bankers who have worked at the company since its foundation…" (To be fair, on the Democrat side of things, Obama's extensive ties to the Goldman Sachs investment banking firm demonstrates that both parties are beholden to the Banksters).

    Ron Paul is not singing from the same monetary hymnal used by Richard Nixon, G.H.W.B. or Barry Goldman Obama. He dares to remind folks about what has been happening to our money since the days of JFK (and even before that). Perhaps Ron Paul should consider himself lucky that he has only suffered (so far) the indignation of the WaPo for speaking and writing about the depredations of the Fed and by running for the Presidency. His courage in doing so is remarkable in light of the recent history (post 18th century) that Mr. Lane would like to ignore, including the sorry history of the WaPo.

    http://lewrockwell.com/orig9/watkins-b2.1.1.html

The PATRIOT Act Was Sold As Being About Stopping Terrorism

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The PATRIOT Act Was Sold As Being About Stopping Terrorism
Bob Bauman (September 9, 2011)

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The PATRIOT Act was all about stopping terrorism, right? We were told that special provisions that ate away at our civil liberties were needed specifically to catch dangerous terrorists ­ and that the reason for such an abdication of our rights had nothing to do with simply giving the government more useful surveillance powers.

Aaron DeOliveira points us to a fascinating chart that shows how often law enforcement has been using "sneak-and-peek" warrants. These warrants let officials search private property without letting the target of the investigation know. Again, we were told that these expanded powers were needed to stop terrorism. So what have they been used for? Take a look:

Yup. They're all pretty much being used in drug cases. Now some might make the argument that it's important to go after drug dealers ­ but that's not how the PATRIOT Act was supposed to be used.

http://sovereign-investor.com/2011/09/09/the-patriot-act-was-sold-as-being-about-stopping-terrorism-but%E2%80%A6/

Ten Years Later… We’re Still Paying the Price

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Ten Years Later… We're Still Paying the Price
by Bob Bauman

What to say, on this tenth anniversary, about the horrible events that occurred on that beautiful, sunny autumn morning of September 11, 2001 – "9/11? as it is now universally known?

Listen to Edmund Burke, speaking in 1715: "No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."

Our second President, John Adams, warned: "Fear is the foundation of governments."

Yes, of course – most rational human beings want to feel safe and be secure. But with bipartisan agreement among the politicians, our fears have been exploited, dumping hundreds of billions of tax dollars into the bureaucratic maw under the banner of "homeland security."

What has 9/11 wrought?

Over the past decade a new and alarming system of government mass surveillance has been erected, and we know very little about it.

The massive Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an unnecessary conglomeration of 22 agencies and nearly 200,000 employees, together with an out of control FBI and CIA, engage in massive surveillance of all of us, not just suspected terrorists or criminals.

Our phone calls, our emails and website visits, our financial records, our travel itineraries, and our digital images captured on powerful surveillance cameras are adding to the mountains of data being mined for suspicious patterns and associations.

Osama Bin Laden Is Dead… But in Too Many Ways He Died Victorious

When Osama bin Laden caused those airplanes to kill civilians 10 years ago, he took a lot more from the United States of America than the lives of more than 3,000 of our fellow citizens and residents.

Within a matter of days, if not hours, eager American politicians adopted fear as their continuing motif, justifying the sacrifice of our constitutional rights and liberties as the price of alleged safety.

The centerpiece of their opportunistic politics is the grotesquely named PATRIOT Act that has destroyed personal and financial privacy in America, rendering meaningless much of the hard won Bill of Rights we had honored for the last 220 years.

Yet most Americans have been all too willing to purchase that illusive security without regard for its cost in terms of lost personal freedom and liberties.

In an interview on the National Geographic Channel last week, George W. Bush says his most painful memory of that day was seeing the horror of people falling or jumping to their deaths from the Twin Towers and knowing there was nothing he could do to help them.

It would be useless for an interviewer to ask Mr. Bush what he thinks about what he and his successor in the White House, the constitutional law professor, Barack Obama, have done to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In pursuit of both terrorists and common criminals, Obama has perpetuated so many of the Bush administration's wrongful policies that their policies are indistinguishable in the destruction of civil liberties.

The inimitable Oscar Wilde wrote:

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."

As we observe the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this Sunday, the people of the United States have every reason to question whether their "leaders" really have learned anything from those thousands of needless deaths and the events of ensuing years.

Yet our leaders have sacrificed the very principles that they claimed to be defending.

I was one of the millions of horrified Americans watching television when United Airlines flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:02:59 a.m., on 9/11/2001.

After my sensations of horror, disbelief, anger, sorrow for the victims, my friend and former House colleague, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, spoke for me in expressing my troubled thoughts:
"Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions… Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during a crisis, hoping to gain some measure of security. Yet nothing would please terrorists more than if we willingly gave up our cherished liberties because of their actions."

Sad to say, Ron Paul's prediction has come to pass in too many ways. A short six weeks after the 9/11 attacks, a panicked U.S. Congress adopted the so-called "USA PATRIOT Act."

In my view, that "law" is the single most egregious example of an unconstitutional law ever enacted by Congress. I have spent 10 years chronicling the offenses that have been committed by U.S. government agents in its name.

So Who Is Winning – Freedom or Terrorism?

This raises the question… just how far are Americans willing to go in surrendering their liberty and their privacy? How much are we willing to pay for this promised, illusory defense? Are we willing to become Fortress America with Big Brother watching and listening to all that we say and do?

Americans had better put aside politically inspired fears, and start asking and answering that question – before we enjoy neither safety nor liberty.

More than one million Americans have died in all our wars. To observe that so many have sacrificed down through the centuries only accentuates the meaning and importance of the greater cause for which they died.

They died before their time, their promise unrealized, in the service of the country.

Ten years removed from 9/11, while thinking of the thousands of souls who died, we should consider President Abraham Lincoln's advice in closing his Gettysburg Address: "… that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

9/11 truly was, and continues to be, America's moment of truth. Whether we pass or fail this crucial test is yet to be determined.

Failure is what we should truly fear.

This 10th anniversary of 9/11 is a good time to ask questions and demand answers. We need concrete proof that those in power, and those who aspire to power, realize what America has lost and whether they are willing to restore our constitutional rights and liberties.

http://sovereign-investor.com/2011/09/06/ten-years-later-were-still-paying-the-price/
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