Open Thread

There is a lot going on in the world today. Since the Democrats took over Congress and Obama became president the world has become more volatile. Everything they do is making things more volatile not less. Feel free to bring up anything you want. Today the comments are the posts. Why is this video not being shown in the media? It clearly proves that Israel was defending herself. As well as the video of the Jihadist on the ship.The Obama administration finds itself in the middle of its first genuine Washington scandal. And the White House’s ham-fisted effort to sweep the budding scandal under the rug—failing to heed the lesson of Watergate—is largely to blame.White House Counsel Robert Bauer’s memo detailing the White House’s version of events in the case of Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee Joe Sestak raises far more questions than it answers. Released last Friday, at the beginning of both a three-day holiday weekend and a weeklong Congressional recess, the memo was intended to be the Obama administration’s last word on the matter. But the memo’s self-serving explanation and lack of detail have turned a minor annoyance for the administration into a full fledged Washington scandal, virtually guaranteeing that there will be much more written and said about Sestak, the administration’s interference in the Pennsylvania Senate primary, and what looks to be a politically motivated cover up.In February, Rep. Joe Sestak was asked a seemingly innocuous question by local Philadelphia television host Larry Kane: “Were you ever offered a job to get out of this race?” Sestak’s answer, and the unflinching manner in which he delivered it, are now infamous. “Yes,” he said, swift and surely. Kane pressed. “So you were offered a job by someone in the White House?” “Yes,” the answer came again. What Sestak was describing is a felony—18 USC 600 makes it a crime for anyone to offer a federal job, position, or appointment in exchange for a political act.Bauer’s memo admits that a conversation took place between Sestak and former president Bill Clinton at the behest of the administration; and admits that Clinton and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had discussed the possibility of finding a place for Sestak on a presidential advisory board in return for his agreement not to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary. But the memo excuses the offer as legal because the advisory role the administration envisioned for the congressman would have been uncompensated. The law makes no such distinction, and the memo’s reliance on this erroneous interpretation only heightens the contradictions between what Sestak has been saying for months, and what the Obama administration has refused to discuss until now.Since the original interview, Sestak has been asked on numerous occasions about his claim that the White House essentially tried to buy him out of the primary. He has never challenged the characterization that he was offered a job to bow out. Beyond that, Sestak has refused to reveal any details about what he was offered or with whom he spoke. Sestak never endeavored to correct the record and explain that he was offered a relatively low-ranking spot on a voluntary advisory board. He was apparently comfortable with the perception that the administration was so afraid of either losing him as a congressman, or losing Specter as the nominee, that it would offer Sestak a high-level administration position. On Friday, Sestak dutifully recounted the conversation described in the White House memo, saying that he spoke with President Clinton just once last July about keeping out of the primary, and only for 30-60 seconds.The Watergate scandal was famously framed by a question from Republican Senator Howard Baker: “What did the President know and when did he know it?” The White House memo in Offer-gate makes that question more relevant today, not less. Did President Obama know of Emanuel’s outreach to Clinton? Did he approve it? Did Obama authorize a role for Sestak in the administration if he agreed to stay out of the primary? So far the White House isn’t saying. And what of the reports that Colorado Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff was similarly offered an administration post in return for declining to challenge incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet in the primary? The White House is attempting to spin its way out of the Romanoff allegations now.Despite the White House effort to close the book on the Sestak affair, the Obama administration has given the next Woodward and Bernstein plenty of answers to chase. Perhaps somewhere in the administration, there is a Deep Throat with a story to tell. Like Watergate, Offer-gate will likely compound itself now growing bigger with each passing day that the administration refuses to provide answers to the questions its explanation has raised. And for the administration, there can be no assurance that it will not bust.

Take A Good Look At What These Flotilla's Did To The Troops First

Israeli PM Said It Best. "What Would You Do?"

What would you do if you were attacked at every turn? Listen to the way this other anti-Israel spokesman on the news in the EU talks about our only democratic friend in the Middle East. What would you do if bombs were hitting your house? What would you do if terrorism was a way of life in your country? Would you protect yourself? These people were nothing less then terrorist sympathisers and anti-Israel. I would have bombed those POS into till there was nothing to clean up. At some point in time you have to say enough is enough and protect yourselves. We must protect Israel. And President Obama and Congress need to speak out loud and with conviction on standing with Israel. And they need to do the same thing with North Korea or we will see WWIII start just because we may have a weak leadership. And if Israel snapped could we blame them? Obama and the Democrats need to stand tough with our friends and hold fast their relationship with us. Our enemies see the reaction of our leaders and they smell blood. And we are finding out the university theories don't always work out the way they planed when people are involved. Sometimes the best thing to do is bitch slap these anti-American/Israel nations. Lets see if these "Allah Akbar" screaming loons try that Trojan horse again. I'd like to know what you all think about this most explosive event? Thanks

Why Do The Democrats Hate Americans?

These are some of the thousands of Americans killed by illegal immigrants. My question is why does the Democratic party care more about the criminal illegal immigrants then they do about Americans. There are thousands of Americans that have been killed,raped and sold as sex slaves to Mexico and the left care more about the "feelings" of someone that is in this country illegally. What about Americans feelings? There is a dead boy in LA because an illegal immigrant killed him less then 24 hours after he was released from jail. If the Arizona law was in effect in LA that young boy would still be alive. And so would these people. Some of these kids may sill be alive in Mexico as slaves. Think about that the next time you think it's immoral to ask for ID and if they are illegal they must get out of our country.
•   Thirteen-year-old Laura Ayala went missing in March 2002, taken just a few feet from in her home in Houston. At this writing, there is no child and no body, although blood identified as being hers was identified in 2002 in the car of men believed to be connected with her abduction. Because of some evidence that she had been taken to Mexico, part of the search has been there. One complication was Houston's policy of "sanctuary" which disallows police from investigating a person's citizenship status. Illegal alien Walter Alexander Sorto was in police hands for traffic tickets but could not be deported because of the sanctuary policy: he is believed to be connected in Laura Ayala's disappearance which occurred several months after the ticket problem. Houston police office John Nickell testified before Congress (2/27/02) about how sanctuary laws inhibit the effectiveness of beat cops to deal with criminals and prevent crime.

•   Dana Pevia was kidnapped from her North Carolina school bus stop in 1999 when she was only 11. In March, 2003, she was able to escape her captivity in Mexico and visit the American Consulate in Guadalahara. The officials there contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and through them reached Dana's mother Wanda was contacted. Dana returned home a few days later with her two children. The apparent kidnapper Hector Frausto, a "Mexican construction worker," was arrested in North Carolina on March 27. Dana was evidently forcibly kept captive by his family in Mexico for much of that time. She was only able to get away because she had the help of a sympathetic neighbor. The unasked question is why the obvious suspect's family in Mexico was not investigated four years ago. Was the unhelpful Mexican legal system being obstructionist yet again?
•   Maria Suarez was only 16 and living in Los Angeles when she was sold for $200 to a 68-year-old man, Anselmo Covarrubias, who presented himself in the neighborhood as a brujo, a magician. He raped and abused her, utilizing brainwashing where he said he had powers from the devil, as he had done to many Mexican girls held in virtual slavery before her. A neighbor bludgeoned Covarrubias to death, and Suarez hid the weapon but was not directly involved in the killing. Still, she served 22 years in prison, and is slated to be released within a year.
    Update, 12/16/03: Maria Suarez is about to be paroled after serving just slightly less than her sentence (25 years to life) and will reportedly be deported at that time.
•   Phoenix Police Officer Robert Sitek was shot four times 4/12/03 during a traffic stop altercation with an illegal alien that became violent. Sitek and his partner David Thwing were on routine patrol when a red truck cut off their squad car, and when the officers stopped the truck the driver began shooting. Officer Sitek was in cardiac arrest by the time he reached the hospital and lost a considerable amount of blood. Shooter Francisco A. Gallardo was a "Mexican citizen who had recently completed a seven-year prison term for aggravated assault." He had been deported after his release but had returned to Arizona. Gallardo was shot and killed as he tried to escape by Officer Thwing.
    Medical Update, June 5, 2003: Officer Rob Sitek has had a slow but gradually successful recovery from injuries that surely would have been fatal to most. At nearly two months after the shooting, he has pulled out of a three-week coma, is still unable to walk but is determined to do so and eventually return to work.
•   Nine-year-old Jennette Tamayo was kidnapped from her San Jose house on June 6 after her arrival at around 4 pm. A surveilance video revealed that the kidnapper waited outside in his car for the girl to enter the house. The girl's mother and 15-year-old brother arrived half a few minutes later and couldn't open the garage door to enter. When the brother ducked underneath the door he was attacked and choked by the intruder. The mother got in and tried to fight off the man, but he managed to escape with Jennette in his car. An Amber Alert was put into effect soon after. Police were concerned the Latino man who kidnapped Jennette was headed for Mexico, where he would be safe from American prosecution which is known to deal harshly with child kidnappers.
    Update: Jennette walked into an east Palo Alto convenience store a couple days after her abduction. Her detailed description enabled police to arrest the suspect just a few hours later, also not far from her home. After some reports that the man used at least three aliases, mainly Enrique Alvarez, writer Michelle Malkin confirmed that the kidnapper is indeed an illegal alien.
•   Victoria Hen was a victim of terrorism in America. She was shot and killed as she sat at her desk by Hesham Mohamed Hadayet on July 4, 2002, at the El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport. She was born in Israel and emigrated with her family to the US in 1990. Particularly sad is the fact that her family had planned a surprise party for her the next day where her boyfriend intended to propose. To add to the unimaginable tragedy for the family, Victoria's 18-year-old brother Nim was killed just four months later in a traffic accident with a hit-and-run driver. The LAX shooter was born in Egypt and lived here for a time as an illegal alien and was even considered for deportation until he got lucky when his wife won the Diversity Lottery. Even though Hadayet went to LAX armed to the teeth, expressed anti-American and anti-Israeli views and shot six people before he was killed by security, it took nine months for the FBI to call the crime an act of terrorism. In addition, it was reported just a few days after the shooting that Hadayet was connected with Egyptian Islamic Jihad and al Qaeda.                    I hope this changes the lefts perspective on who is the victim in harboring illegal immigrants and not protecting the boarders. It's high time the left start acting like Americans and caring about Americans. Let them come in the front door but kick them out if they didn't do it right. Every country in the world protects their own. How about we start doing it. When I lived in Japan I had to show my green card all the time. I never left home without it. And when I went to Korea for vacation they took it from me and I had to reapply. And I never felt safer in my life as I did in Japan. What do you think?

PETA Boycotting Procter & Gamble: Buy DAWN Dish Soap

This one boils my blood. I was on the PETA sit when I saw an article by Heather Moore a PETA writer. I wanted to see what PETA,a far left wing organization with ties to domestic terrorist, was doing to help out the wildlife harmed by the Gulf Oil spill. The hunters and fisher people have been very active in protecting and cleaning up the oil and saving wildlife. Dawn dish soap is given by the company Procter & Gamble to help clean up the animals and people. Every time you or I buy Dawn, P&G donates their soap and money to help save the wildlife. It is a great thing what they are doing and we should all buy Dawn. Now back to PETA. Heather Moore,a PETA writer, asks everyone to stop buying and P&G Dawn dish soap. Why you may ask? It's because they do some tests on animals. These people are willing to do more harm to prove a point. Are they friken nuts on the PETA left? This disaster is out of control and millions of animals are dieing and they are more upset with animal testing. Now I have to go back to try and finds some left wing organizations that are helping the situation instead of hurting it. And going around and blaming BP is doing nothing. Do you beat the only ones doing anything about the disaster? And if you see a PETA member throw oil on them and see how they like it. Don't forget to give them a bottle of Dawn to wash it out.

Is Falsifying Military Records In With Politicians?

Apparently falsifying military records is the new political infidelity. News broke today that Rep. Mark Kirk, who is running for President Obama’s former Senate seat in Illinois, claimed in his official bio that he had received the U.S. Navy’s Intelligence Officer of the Year award for his service during NATO’s conflict with Serbia in the late 1990s. He "misspoke". This man needs to be taken out of the race. If we can't trust his words then we have nothing. We must not be like the Democrats when it comes to our politicians lie,cheat or steal. They just write it off when their party does it. But we must hold our reps to a higher standard. We must hold all politicians to a higher standard. If they lie they must go. We must be able to trust our political representatives.                                                                                            And here is the new version of “I misspoke”:

In a message on his blog, Kirk wrote that “upon a recent review of my records, I found that an award listed in my official biography was misidentified” and that the award he had intended to list was given to his unit, not to him individually.

Socialist Racist At SB1070

The socialist supremacists in this video is more proof that racism runs strong with the left wing. Listen as these white supremacists say that they are left wing socialists. Is it no surprise that they would show up to voice their opinions at this event? What is suprising is that the left wing are trying to say that they are from the right. How funny is that?

Forced Abortion And Womens Civil Rights

Lost in the politics and rhetoric is the surprising, seldom-reported evidence that MOST, not some, abortions are unwanted or coerced. Many are deceptively informed or even forced. Coercion can escalate to violence. The threats are real. Homicide is the #1 killer of pregnant women.

Coercion can involve professional negligence, deceptive counseling or false information presented by licensed professionals or trusted authorities as fact. It may involve job or housing discrimination, such as the threat of being fired or evicted for refusing to abort.

One mother was turned away from a homeless shelter unless she would have an abortion. In other cases, it is an abuser who seeks abortion to cover up his crimes or parents who force their daughters to abort. Published research exposes the synergy of coercion that is, for many, just the tip of the iceberg:

Before abortion:

"There were about 100 women in the waiting room and no one was talking."
"We were herded like cattle."

"I had so many questions. The doctor told me to be quiet."

"Every Tuesday a scheduled bus took students to the clinic. It was all so organized."

"The school counselor said, 'One day you'll back on this and laugh."

• 52% felt rushed, 54% uncertain,
• 64% feel pressured to abort, yet
• 67% had NO counseling beforehand,
• 79% were not told of available alternatives¹
• 84% were not given enough information to make an informed choice.¹
• Coercion can escalate to violence (see Forced Abortion in America report)

After abortion:

"My sister was crying as she entered the clinic, she cried throughout the procedure, and she was crying as she left. Three children are growing up without their Mom because nobody wanted to ask questions." - sister of post-abortion suicide victim
 

"She typed her last words on a synthesizer: 'Get in touch with my Dad. Tell him I love him." - Susanne, was paralyzed by and eventually died from abortion complications 
 

"Many, many girls and women have wound up in the emergency room of hospitals bleeding uncontrollably or deathly sick from infection because the doctors botched their abortions. Many, many of these girls and women have had to undergo hysterectomies. Quite a number have died. - Kevin Sherlock in The Scarlet Survey

• 65% suffer symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome
• 31% suffered health complications, some of which are life-threatening
• 65% higher risk of clinical depression
• Death rates from all causes are 4.5 times higher
• Suicide rates are 6 times higher

Bill Maher Is A Typical Left Wing Racist

HBO's Bill Maher said: "I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black president. You know, this [BP oil spill] is where I want a real black president. I want him in a meeting with the BP CEOs, you know, where he lifts up his shirt where you can see the gun in his pants. That's -- (in black man voice) 'we've got a mothers**ing problem here?' Shoot somebody in the foot."

Is it OK for Bill Maher to act like all blacks have guns in their pants? Are blacks thugs? Why is it OK for someone from the left to group people together like they always do? I was afraid the left wing would blame Obama's color rather then blame his progressive ideology. The left wing see everyone as a color. They see the color of ones skin as a disability. This is as offencive as anyone can be. Just because many blacks choose to be more violent doesn't mean all blacks are more violent. When will the left wing realize that color means nothing in the whole sceem of things? And why does the left wing think that this is humor? Nothing is funny about stereo typing people. It's no different then when Maher called Tea Partiers racist.