DC Mayor Refuses Citizens a Vote on Marriage

In a hearing today on “Greater Autonomy for the Nation’s Capital,” Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty stated he does not believe citizens in his city should have the right to vote on marriage.

Asked if he would be in favor of a vote on a referendum against same-sex “marriage” in the District of Columbia, he responded, “The short answer is ‘no.’”

Most states in the U.S. have held referenda on marriage, voted on by the citizens.

The question was posed by Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah,) who reminded Mayor Fenty that 31 states have already allowed citizens to vote on the definition of marriage. In every case, traditional marriage was preserved.

Mayor Fenty went on to say that the D.C. Council was capable of making a decision regarding same- sex “marriage” since the council was elected by the citizens of the District of Columbia.

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray, also on the panel of witnesses, echoed that sentiment.

Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America, said, “The D.C. Council reeks of rank hypocrisy. For years they have demanded that D.C. citizens should have the right to vote for congressional representation, which is in direct contradiction to the Constitution. Yet now they are denying D.C. citizens the right to vote on marriage, an institution so fundamental to America’s well-being that territories were not allowed to become states unless they kept marriage between one man and one woman.

“D.C. officials are proving, once again, why they need congressional oversight. They need to be reminded that citizens are not serfs.”

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Concerned Women for America is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization.

Obama’s Surrender

Bowing to foreign potentates is common for their subjects, but when the leader of another nation bows it is also a sign of surrender.

The United States of America is only in one formally declared armed conflict and that is the former “war on terror”. But there is another war we are fighting against socialism and that unfortunately appears to be a civil war. Obama has basically surrendered to the New World Order and the United Nations. He alienates our friends and makes back room deals with our enemies.

While in the Senate Barack Obama sponsored (not co-sponsored, he actually was responsible for the writing and introduction of) S.2433. (For those interested in research you can check which Bills Obama sponsored or co-sponsored at GovTrack) S.2433 was named the Global Poverty Act of 2007.

The stated purpose of this proposal is to “To require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $2 per day.”

It sounds innocuous until you read the Millennium Development goals. Basically the GPA is designed to rape American resources in order to raise the standard of living for everyone else. The GPA basically gives the United Nations control of the American economy and resources. It would make America subservient to the UN. It would require all Americans to pay a tax to the UN. The amount and method of taxation would be determined by the UN not the citizens of America.

Hidden within the GPA is the requiring of America to meet the Millennium Development Goals. One of those goals is the elimination of the manufacture and sale of small arms and ammunitions and the mandatory control of these. The GPA would in effect subjugate our Constitution to the UN, like many of Obama’s plans.

The GPA is also an open door to Shariah Law. The UN for some time has disapproved of our State based penal codes. They claim that there is a disparity between punishments. One country the Maldives have already rewritten their criminal code to correspond with the Koran.

Since action on the GPA has been moved down Obama’s priority list he is now attempting another run at the second amendment with a change in position the UN Arms Trade Treaty.

Obama does not like an armed populace. It appears that he will do anything to disarm America and Americans. Obama’s vision for America does not involve capitalism, freedom, the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

The position of President of the United States does not give the holder a unilateral ability to surrender, yet Obama is surrendering and apologizing to everyone, except the American peoples; them… he is selling down the river.

Wake Up America!

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Also see:

• Obama Bows Again!
• President O-bow-ma

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Dissidents’ Library and Conference Center in Dallas

The George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX will host several libraries, including the “Voices of Dissidents” Library. The video below shows former President and First Lady George and Laura Bush talking about this library. Laura Bush also shared with Greta Van Susteren on Friday that a conference featuring Cyber-Dissidents will be hosted at the library in the Spring of 2010. She explained:

There will be specific areas of human freedom. And one thing different about the archives here in the institute is that we’re going to have a freedom repository, and that is a collection of works by dissidents and political prisoners, current ones, or ones like Vaclav Havel, who will be one of our first contributors to the freedom collection, who led the revolution in Czechoslovakia. And he was jailed as a dissident in Czechoslovakia and then finally became president of the Czech Republic after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

So that is going to be very interesting. And our first fellow that we announced that will be part o f the human freedom part and the freedom collection part of the institute is Oscar Morales Guevara from Colombia. He’ll start here in January.

He will produce a conference on cyber dissidents. He’s an engineer in Colombia, but he started a Facebook movement “No Mas FARC” against the FARC in Colombia. So he will be able to bring into the whole idea of dissidents and political prisoners this idea of being able to reach out beyond the boundaries of a tyranny through the Internet.

And so we’ll have a cyber conference here next March or next spring to talk about ways we can increase the voices of people, let people who are shut behind the tyranny be able to reach out to the rest of the world through the Internet.

For updates, and conference details as they become available, regularly check the GeorgeWBushCenter.com Also see EDUCATION, GLOBAL HEALTH, HUMAN FREEDOM, ECONOMIC GROWTH TO BE INITIAL FOCUS OF BUSH INSTITUTE; PROGRAMS TO BEGIN IN 2010 (.pdf)

 

Laura Ingraham Blasts State-Run Media For “Teabagger” Double Standard

Laura Ingraham blasted the state-run media for feigning outrage that she said Pelosi did everything but sell her body to get nationalized health care legislation passed yet they daily ignore sexually offensive remarks about conservatives.

 

Fewer In U.S. See Health Coverage as Govt Responsibility

For the first time this decade, more Americans (50%) say providing healthcare for all is not the governments responsibility than say it is (47%).

Dobbs Excoriates Obama’s Double Standard

Lou Dobbs slams Barack Obama on his double standards.

 

Thanks…You’re Awesome!

Special thanks, today, to all of our military veterans and their families.

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Government Bans Church From Feeding Homeless

According to the Arizona Republic, the state government has banned churches from feeding the poor and homeless.

A Phoenix ordinance banning charity dining halls in residential neighborhoods withstood a challenge by a north-central Phoenix church.

Retired Arizona Supreme Court Justice
Robert Corcoran, serving as a hearing officer, ruled Monday that feeding the homeless at a place of worship can be banned by city ordinance. The decision affects all Phoenix churches with underlying residential zoning.

Over the summer, city officials maintained that CrossRoads United Methodist Church, 7901 N. Central Ave., violated Phoenix zoning code by feeding the poor and homeless on its property, a use that can only occur in commercial or industrial zones. City officials said the decision is effective immediately.

The church appealed the citation, saying it is a church and is not operating as a charity dining hall. Church officials maintained that its actions were protected by the First Amendment and the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

JibJab and OfficeMax are Back with ElfYourself 2009

To continue the tradition of making yourself look funny for the entertainment of your friends (or vice-versa), as well as creating combo-words by removing the the traditional spaces, “JibJab” has teamed up with “OfficeMax” again this year to produce “ElfYourself.”

So be a “WebWarrior” and go try it, at ElfYourself.com, or by clicking on “Get Started” on the image above.

If you’re not quite ready to celebrate Christmas, yet (for example, perhaps you want to celebrate Thanksgiving, first?), check out one of Oklahoma’s favorite (albeit politi-confused) country singers, Toby Keith, using this technology used in American Ride.

Toby Keith   More CMT Music   More CMT Music Videos

 

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Obama at Ft. Hood Memorial: No Mention of Terrorism or Jihad

America, the West, and Israel are all fighting back in a war that radical, jihadic Islamists, (not Muslims) have declared against us. The Islamist propagandists have managed to persuade western leftists, academics, politicians, heads of state, and the media that America and Israel are actually waging a war on Islam. It’s what Osama bin Laden thinks.

Nevertheless, today, a half hour ago at Ft Hood, President Obama did not pronounce the following words: “Jihad.” “Terrorism.” “Islamist terrorism” or “Islamic terrorism.” Early on, President Obama said that “this is a time of war,” (followed by many platitudes). Towards the end, he said something unscripted, something not contained in the speech transcript. Obama said that “these soldiers could not escape the horror of war even at home”– but he failed to name what that war might be and who might be fighting it…Continue reading on Chesler Chronicles >>

 

A Red-Ink Train Wreck: The Real Fiscal Cost of Government-Run Healthcare

This Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation video explains why healthcare proposals in Washington will result in bloated government and higher deficits. This mini-documentary exposes the pervasive inaccuracy of congressional forecasts and succinctly lists 12 reasons why Obamacare will be a budget buster.

 

NBC Discusses Fall of Berlin Wall and Never Mentions Reagan

NBC managed to discuss the anniversary of the Berlin wall and never mentioned Ronald Reagan. However, they managed to mention Hillary Clinton.

 

Fortune Telling

 

The events of the last week, as evidenced by reactions to the horrific mass murder at Fort Hood, give indicators where Obama and his minions want to take this Country.

Obama in his remarks at the Department of the Interior the day of the shootings disrespected the military in a couple of ways. First when he did a shout out to a man whom he claimed was a Medal of Honor recipient. The man actually was awarded a civilian medal of freedom. They are not even close to being the same. The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor against an  enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. A fact that seemed to not be in Obama’s vast knowledge base. In his speech he makes reference to the fact that he is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Services but his lack of empathy with the victims, their families and the military spoke louder than his tele-prompter reading. His ignorance about the Medal of Honor also speaks volume about his knowledge of military traditions and protocol.

Even after a few days with it, Obama still wants you to have sympathy for the … shooter. Obama wants to portray Hasan as a soldier (one who has never been to war)who simply snapped under the pressures of serving. He was a dedicated Officer in the US Army.

Obama in an interview with Jake Tapper of ABC News, implied that Hasan “cracked” under stress. Cracked? This is a man whom purchased an expensive weapon ($1200 to $2000) months before and practiced extensively.   This is a man whose own family can’t keep his story straight about when he entered the Military and why. This is a man who put his ethnicity and religion over his oath to this Country. This is a man who purchased additional high capacity magazines for one of his pistols to expedite reloading (He fired in excess of five full magazines; over 100 rounds, 20 rounds per magazine in less than four minutes, weapon new comes with only three magazines). His actions were not those of a person who snapped, they were planned and premeditated. They were thought out before hand and then executed. This is a man who took a medical oath to do no harm and violated it. This is a man who had business cards made up identifying himself as an “SOA” (Soldier of Allah) (ht Pamela Gellar). This is a man who on official paperwork claimed to be born in Virginia but who listed his nationality as Palestinian. This is a man who proselytized Islam, and either conned members of his mosque into believing he was a good and dedicated US Army soldier or they are all part of the plot and are lying.

After days of reflection (pouring over poll results) and news reports about the life of the latest attempt at Islamic martyrdom, Obama suggests that we try to understand the poor depressed shooter.

This was not an attack on the Great Satan’s Army as has been suggested by radical Muslims, this was an attack on America and Her heart. There is still much we do not know about Hasan’s motives but from his actions it is clear that he typifies the enemy and that we are in a war not only against terrorism but against radical Islam.

Surf by Youtube and watch the videos posted by the acolytes of radical Islam.  They openly malign and curse America. Why not? Even our POTUS apologizes for this Country every chance he gets. 

This is not the first attack on our military by another uniformed service member.  Hasan Karim Akbar (aka Mark Fidel Kools) tried to wipe out a command control group in Kuwait in 2003. Interesting that his mother originally named him after Castro. He was sentenced to death but his case is languishing in the Court of Military Appeals.

The timing couldn’t have better for this Administration. It pushed the unconstitutional acts of Congress from the front pages of America. It allowed this Administration to perform their slight of hand magic and thuggery to push this country down the doomed road to socialism.

Expect increased pressure by this Administration to allow shariah law to gain access to our court system. You can also expect a lot of Administration pressure on military authorities to “hide” information. Scapegoats will be found and “exposed”, all in an attempt to minimize any responsibility by Nidal Hasan.

Hasan didn’t slip under the radar he was given a “political correct” pass by people more interested in their own agendas than the needs, desires or tenets of America. But those people who gave him the “pass” will escape scrutiny for they have served their masters well in bringing America down.

Opening our borders to travelers and immigrants with AIDS and HIV; the Congress threatening to imprison anyone who object to their brand of socialism as demonstrated in the House Healthcare Bill; the “bribing” of elected Representatives with re-election funds; the appalling lack of emotion by Obama to the Fort Hood tragedy;  the victimization of the shooter and the implied condoning of his actions; the subjugation of American sovereignty to the UN; the indoctrination of school children into the “Cult of Personality”; the subjugation of free speech;  and the bankrupting of this Nation are not small steps they are giant leaps into the abyss.

Unless the American people wake up and start speaking up so loudly that it affects  the great one’s polling numbers expect more seditious behavior.

How much more will it take to wake YOU up?

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Liberty Counsel Launches the Seventh Annual ‘Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign’

From the Liberty Counsel:

Liberty Counsel has launched its seventh annual “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” pledging to be a “Friend” to those who recognize Christmas and a “Foe” to those who censor it. In Amelia Ohio, town officials caused an uproar when they attempted to change the name of a “Christmas parade” into a “holiday parade.” In response, the city council decided to cancel the parade after one person questioned whether the city could be sued for celebrating Christmas. Liberty Counsel has offered legal assistance to city officials.

Last year, Liberty Counsel defended an employee who was fired because she wanted to greet people with “Merry Christmas.” Liberty Counsel filed suit and the employer agreed to settle the case by paying damages to the fired employee. Liberty Counsel has handled numerous situations involving Christmas [download .pdf]. Liberty Counsel has worked on cases involving nativity scenes on public property, senior living centers that banned elderly residents from singing Christmas carols, a Massachusetts school which banned students from wearing red and green because they are Christmas colors, school officials who censored religious words from Christmas carols, and companies which renamed Christmas trees “holiday trees.”

On its web site, www.LC.org, Liberty Counsel offers a Help Save Christmas(tm) action pack, which includes educational legal memoranda to educate government officials, teachers, parents, students, private businesses, employees, and others that it is legal to celebrate Christmas. The action pack also includes an “I ♥ CHRISTmas^TM” button, an “I Helped Save Christmas” bumper sticker and button, and sample ads for use in local newspapers. The ads point out that celebrating Christmas is perfectly legal in schools, on public property and in private businesses and offer Liberty Counsel’s free assistance to those facing criticism for celebrating Christmas. Many churches have placed these ads in local newspapers. Thousands of public school teachers and administrators, who are members of Christian Educators Association International, have joined Liberty Counsel’s Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign.

As part of the annual Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign, Liberty Counsel publishes a “Naughty and Nice” list which catalogs retailers who either censor (”naughty”) or recognize (”nice”) Christmas. The list is compiled from information gathered by individual consumers and is updated whenever new information is received.

Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, remarked about the Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign: “Renaming a Christmas tree to a holiday tree, stopping students from wearing red and green, and censoring religious Christmas carols are absurd, but true, examples of the war against Christmas. Over the past few years the ‘Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign’ has successfully put the ‘grinches’ on the run. This year millions of Americans will join us to help save Christmas. If a government entity censors Christmas in violation of the Constitution, then we will first seek to educate but, if necessary, we will litigate. If retailers choose to profit from Christmas while pretending it does not exist, then we will patronize their competitors.”

 

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