Obama Administration Overturns 18 Year Ban On Photos Of War Dead But Media Not Interested Now

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I do. It was a weak ass attempt to make George W. Bush and Dick Cheney look like war mongering maniacs who didn’t care about the body count as long as we were killin’ Iraqi civilians and getting free oil, at least according to the paid propagandists on the left that is.

usatoday.com–The Obama administration said Thursday it will lift an 18-year ban on coverage of the return of military members killed in war by allowing families of the fallen to decide whether the news media may photograph the flag-covered caskets.

“We should not presume to make the decision for the families,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. “We should actually let them make it.”

As President Bush’s Defense chief, Gates said, he had looked into lifting the ban on coffins at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base, where fallen troops arrive for transfer to their hometowns.

Back then, Gates said, he deferred to Pentagon advisers who said letting the news media take pictures might compel families to travel to Dover to be there to receive their loved ones’ remains rather than wait for them to arrive home. It was also to protect the privacy of grieving families, he was told.

“I was never comfortable” with the justification, Gates said Thursday. (SNIP)

Democrats tried to lift the ban that year but were rebuffed by the Republican-controlled Congress. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said at the time that the ban was an attempt to “conceal from the American people the true costs of this war”…..

Conceal from the American people the true cost of war huh? Is that what Obama is trying to do now that he owns that miserable deadly grinder in Afghanistan that leave many wondering just what the relevance of this war is to this country?

By the way, where are all the Code Pink moonbats? Where are all the MoveOn.org lunatics? Why isn’t that loopy Cindy Sheehan pitching a tent down the road from Obama’s house in Chicago? Coincidently all of these knuckleheads are funded by that America hating cretin George Soros. For those who haven’t figured it out yet our young men and women are being used by the George Soros, Maurice Strong, David Rockefeller cabal to run their little world manipulation game with the full cooperation of the Obama administration.
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Tuesday September 29th

Andy Williams accuses Barack Obama of following Marxist theory

Williams, a lifelong Republican whose hits include Moon River and Music To Watch Girls By, told the Radio Times he thought Mr Obama wanted to turn the US into a “socialist country”. The 81-year-old was a friend of the Kennedy family during the 1960s and was present at the Los Angeles rally where Robert F Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. “I was very close to Bobby and he asked me to be a delegate for him when he ran for president,” he said. “He knew about me being a Republican, but just laughed and said, ‘Sign yourself in as a Democrat and then change back afterwards’. Sadly, I never got to do that. “I was very close to Teddy Kennedy, too, and his death recently brought it all back. What a tragedy. Had he lived, I think Bobby would have been a great president.” But Williams had a less favourable opinion of the current president. “Don’t like him at all,” he said, “I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very Left-wing. One is registered as a Communist. [When you get to a certain age and you have a true appreciation for the opportunities this country has provided and are grateful for them you quickly recognize when someone comes along hell bent on tearing your homeland apart at the seams. Good for you Mr. Williams for speaking up. Now prepare for all of Hollyweird to come after you with a vengeance…ed]

Secret Service Probing Obama Assassination Poll on Facebook

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a “poll” posted on Facebook that asked users the most unsocial, unspeakable question: Should President Obama be assassinated? Edwin Donovan, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said the agency will take “appropriate investigative steps” in connection to the survey, which was posted on Saturday and was quickly removed when Facebook employees were alerted to its existence. (SNIP) Bob Beckel, a Democratic Party strategist and FOX News contributor, said the individual responsible for the poll should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. “This is the kind of garbage that’s generated from the extreme right against Obama, and it’s going way over the line,” Beckel told FOXNews.com. “It’s got to be stopped. Find him, prosecute him and put him in jail.” [There is little doubt that some left wing moonbat pulled this stunt specifically to give liberal loons like Bob Beckel some phony ammo to rail against conservatives. This filthy gutless trick is straight out of Saul Alinsky’s “Rules For Radicals”…ed]

Democratic Underground Posts Racist Comments on GOP Candidate

There they go again. Isaac Hayes (no, not that one, who, alas, has left us) is running for Congress in Chicago. Mr. Hayes is actually the Rev. Isaac Hayes, and you can learn more about him from his website. So a man runs for Congress, what’s the big deal? The big deal is the reaction to Rev. Hayes’ announcement from Democrats. Rev. Hayes, you see, is not just a Republican. No, no. Bad as that may be, Rev. Hayes is…gasp!…a black man! Yes! A black man, a Republican who is black! On top of which he has the audacity to challenge Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson. So what’s the big deal? Well, in the ongoing discussion of how Democrats race pimp on a perpetual basis, you have but to check in over with the Democratic Underground. [The left wing kooks pounce on the black Republican for wandering off the plantation. Typical behavior for the real racists in this country…ed]

Palin finishes memoir, ‘Going Rogue,’ out Nov. 17

That was fast. Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, her publisher said. “Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project,” said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper. “It’s her words, her life, and it’s all there in full and fascinating detail.” [Unlike Øbama who’s books were more likely really written by the domestic terrorist Bill Ayers who B. Hussein claimed he hardly knew, Palin sat down and did her own work and got the job done in record time. Good for her…ed]

IRS scam now world’s biggest e-mail virus problem

Criminals are waging a nasty online campaign right now, hoping that their victims’ fears of the tax collecter will lead them to inadvertently install malicious software. The spam campaign, entering its third week now, is showing no signs of slowing down, according to Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This one campaign accounts for about 10 percent of the spam e-mail that his group is presently tracking, he said. “This is the most prominent spam-delivered virus in the world right now,” he said. [For the life of me I can’t understand why people remain so gullible after years of being warned ad nauseam about scams like these…ed]

Passenger removed after going to restroom

Officials say there is no threat aboard a United Airlines aircraft that was cleared of passengers in Los Angeles after a man ran to the restroom just before takeoff. Los Angeles International Airport police say the passenger defied a flight attendant’s order to remain seated because he urgently needed to use the restroom. [This is merely another trial run by the Islamics hoping to see what kind of responses they’ll get to their actions. What was conspicuously missing from this story was the fact the two men were “of Middle Eastern descent”…ed]

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Ann Coulter: Leftists Indoctrinating Our Kids In School "A Pussy Thing To Do"

We all know how extremely shy Ann Coulter is when speaking about liberals so it was quite a shock to the senses when she come right out and stated that all this left wing propaganda shoved down the throats of our children during their school day is nothing more than “a pussy thing to do.”
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Revealed: Barack Hussein Obama Is Bipolar

Well this would certainly explain all of the flip-flopping and hypocrisy we have seen out of Mr. Øbama over at least the last two years since the former no name backbench rookie senator from Illinois sprang onto the political scene and subsequently into our White House.
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Monday September 28th

U.S. Commander of Afghanistan only talked to Obama once

The military general credited for capturing Saddam Hussein and killing the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq says he has only spoken to President Obama once since taking command of Afghanistan. “I’ve talked to the president, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC ,” General Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday. “You’ve talked to him once in 70 days?” Mr. Martin followed up. “That is correct,” the general replied. [Øbama’s directives were to bring our country to its knees economically which he has accomplished with amazing speed and now he will move on to decimating and humiliating our military in front of the world in Afghanistan with ridiculous rules of engagement and refusing to authorize the necessary troop levels to get the job done. Speaking to the commander of the forces on the ground only once in 70 days reinforces how he really feels about our men and woman serving in the military…ed]

The dead end kids

The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent — a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. — meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that their lifetime earning potential will be diminished and, combined with the predicted slow economic recovery, their transition into productive members of society could be put on hold for an extended period of time. And worse, without a clear economic recovery plan aimed at creating entry-level jobs, the odds of many of these young adults — aged 16 to 24, excluding students — getting a job and moving out of their parents’ houses are long. Young workers have been among the hardest hit during the current recession — in which a total of 9.5 million jobs have been lost. [The only jobs being “created” by Øbama are federal government positions and of course “people of color” will have priority for those lifelong-can-never-be-fired employment opportunities. This fraud could care less about the private sector which has traditionally provided the vast majority of the jobs Americans depend on to pay their bills…ed]

Obama to Denmark to Pitch for Olympics

A senior White House adviser says President Barack Obama has decided to travel to Copenhagen to lead the U.S. appeal for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago. Valerie Jarrett told The Associated Press Monday morning that the president will leave Thursday and will join his wife, Michelle, and others in his administration, in making the pitch. Obama would be the first U.S. president to take on such a direct role in lobbying for an Olympics event. [Imagine the howling from the left wing media and “news” shows if Bush had traveled overseas to push for the Olympics to be held in Texas in the midst of this rotten economy and the clusterphuck going on in Afghanistan…ed]

Report: Chicago Fox Station Ordered Not to Air Anti-Olympics Story

–From today’s Drudge Report:

A local TV station that reported on Chicagoans NOT wanting the Olympics has been told NOT to run the report again, insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT! The Chicago Olympic Committee told FOX Chicago that its broadcast “would harm Chicago’s chances” to be awarded the games. The station’s news director ordered staff to hold fire after the report aired once last Thursday morning, claims a source. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio are mounting strong bids for the honor to host in 2016. The International Olympic Committee makes its decision on Friday. President Obama will lead the in-person push. Developing… [When is the media gonna nut up and tell this administration to shove it up their collective asses when they try and tell them not to air certain stories?…ed]

New website can’t track paths of federal stimulus grants

The goal was to build a reporting system that allows the public to follow the zigzagging paths of dollars awarded under the $787 billion federal stimulus package. A financial GPS of sorts. But despite federal lawmakers’ pledge of transparency, the final stages of most money trails, along with key information about job impacts, will remain invisible to users of the Recovery.org website when it debuts next month. Only details of a stimulus grant’s passage through its first two stops after it leaves the federal government must be reported, according to guidance memos from the White House Office of Management and Budget. That means billions of dollars will be untrackable and thousands of recipients will be left unidentified through the database, officials acknowledge. [There’s the transparency you can believe in garbage Øbama has been spoon feeding the brain addled left in this country for some two years now. Those of us on the right saw right through this fraud, just like we did with the Clintons, from day one…ed]

Bank Pulls Back From Acorn Work

Already facing the loss of federal government funding, the community-organizing group Acorn also has run afoul of one of its big corporate partners, Bank of America Corp. In response to questions from The Wall Street Journal, a spokesman for the banking company said it has “suspended current commitments” to Acorn Housing, an affiliated group, and “will not enter into any further agreements with Acorn or any of its affiliates,” pending assessments by the bank of the organization’s operations. Acorn, officially the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has been under fire since the recent release of secretly recorded videos that showed Acorn employees offering advice on evading taxes, setting up brothels and smuggling illegal immigrants. [The American flag hating Bank of American cuts off it’s relationship with the America hating ACORN. Grab a chair and a bag of popcorn, this ACORN mess just might get interesting…ed]

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Reverend Wayne Perryman Schools America About Racism, Democrats And Mr. Obama

The Reverend Wayne Perryman takes a few moments to explain to the leftist dolts out there the true roots of racism and how the Democrat party fits into the historical perspective of the abdominal treatment of Blacks in this country. He also takes to task the bumbling old fool Jimmy Carter, who once referred to Øbama as a “black boy,” for declaring those opposed to his radical agenda must be doing so simply because they are racists.
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Sunday September 27th

Mr. Obama Punts . . .

THE OBAMA administration announced last week that it did not need and would not seek new legislation to govern indefinite detention of some terrorism suspects at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In so doing, the administration has chosen the politically expedient and intellectually dishonest route. (SNIP) The American Civil Liberties Union has consistently opposed any indefinite detention regime and pushed for detainees to be charged in federal or military courts or released. So we wouldn’t expect them to join us in criticizing Mr. Obama for failing to seek a new legal regime. But it is odd that the same policy which, when pursued by the Bush administration, constituted “thumbing its nose at the Constitution” and putting a “stain on America’s name at home and abroad” now elicits nothing but a few measured tsk-tsks. [The leftist whiners at the Washington Compost call MR. Øbama a liar and a coward. Again, Joe Wilson was right on the money…ed]

Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy

Bill Clinton says a vast, right-wing conspiracy that once targeted him is now focusing on President Barack Obama. The ex-president made the comment in a television interview when he was asked about one of the signature moments of the Monica Lewinsky affair over a decade ago. Back then, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton used the term “vast, right-wing conspiracy” to describe how her husband’s political enemies were out to destroy his presidency. Bill Clinton was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether the conspiracy is still there. He replied: “You bet. Sure it is. It’s not as strong as it was because America has changed demographically. But it’s as virulent as it was.” [The only thing that SAVED Clinton’s presidency was Republicans sweeping into power in Congress in 1994. As far as this “right wing conspiracy” crap, how does this serial philanderer explain the election of the most left wing president and Congress this country has ever seen?…ed]

General Motor’s return policy may not be worth the hassle

You fell in love with that $22,000 Chevy Malibu because of its color, style and price. After driving it home, you realize it’s not what you wanted. Maybe it’s the way it handles on the highway, the location of the cup holders or the shape of the seats. Don’t worry. Bring it back for a refund, no questions asked, says GM’s Chairman and new TV pitchman Edward Whitacre Jr. But is it really as easy as returning an ill-fitting shirt to Macy’s? [C’mon, what did you expect from the Øbama owned Government Motors, straight up honesty?…ed]

Well-Known New York Times Columnist William Safire Dead at 79

Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist, language expert and former White House speechwriter William Safire died Sunday, his assistant said. He was 79. Safire had been diagnosed with cancer and died a hospice in Maryland, said his assistant, Rosemary Shields. She declined to specify the type of cancer Safire had or say when he had been diagnosed. [Read a great many great William Safire columns over the years. R.I.P sir…ed]

Pope urges Europe to remember Christian heritage

Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that all of Europe — and not only this ex-communist country — must acknowledge its Christian heritage as it copes with rising immigration from other cultures and religions. The second day of Benedict’s pilgrimage to this highly secular country was marked by a joyous open-air Mass that drew tens of thousands of pilgrims and a sober message for the entire continent. “History has demonstrated the absurdities to which man descends when he excludes God from the horizon of his choices and actions,” Benedict said. [If only the Pope would be straight up about the dangers to the western world of the threat called Islam instead of going all wobbly whenever the subject arises…ed]

Deadly dithering

President Obama is said to be reviewing the situation in Afghanistan to help him settle on a US strategy there. Better late than never, we guess. Still, after two years of campaigning and eight months more in office — indeed, after already having sent 21,000 more troops there — the fact that the president still lacks a plan is beyond stunning. Commander-in-chief isn’t exactly a post for someone who needs this much on-the-job training. Just six months ago, in March (though well after he ordered the extra troops), Obama rolled out what was billed as his “comprehensive, new strategy” for Afghanistan. [Our boys and girls are dying in that armpit and Bambi has never had a cogent gameplan. This is what happens when an inexperienced radical leftist backbencher somehow winds up in the Oval Office…ed]

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Refuse To Buy Into ObamaCare Go Straight To Jail?

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This doesn’t happen often enough. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff C confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance. Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it “Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold.” The note was a follow-up to Ensign’s questioning at the markup….

It just keeps getting better and better doesn’t it? Please, pass me a pitchfork!

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Friday September 25th

Obama’s Policies Would Redistribute Nearly $1 Trillion in Wealth Every Year

By 2012, nearly $1 trillion from the top 30 percent of American families will be redistributed among the bottom 70 percent if Obama’s proposals on taxes, health care, and climate change become law, according to the Tax Foundation. “Even if none of Obama’s policies becomes law, the extent of income redistribution is remarkable,” Scott Hodge, president of the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, said. “The top-earning 40 percent of families will transfer $826 billion to the bottom 60 percent in 2012.” Under the Obama plan, 70 percent of American families as a group — those earning less than $109,460 — will receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes, Hodge said. “The majority of people below the 70 percent mark will get more back than they pay in taxes,” Hodge told CNSNews.com. [The future with Obama at the helm becomes clearer with each passing day…ed]

Reid blocks ACORN probe

ACORN — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — is stinking up Washington. And this is far more significant than if a suspiciously large number of operatives for a purely “private” outfit had been found systematically bending and breaking the law, because ACORN receives and spends taxpayer money — lots of it — and had carried the imprimatur of official partnerships with the IRS, the Census Bureau … the kind of “cred” that in the political world comes only from “who you know.” Yes, ACORN has friends in high places — friends who are still stonewalling attempts to trace where all that tax money went … perhaps because they know who still has cookie crumbs all over their hands. [Dingy Harry is in a desperate situation with reelection time right around the corner and he needs the assistance of this criminal enterprise to try and hold onto his power. Gee I wonder if that is why this useless jackass is standing in the way of a long overdue investigation of these ACORN crooks?…ed]

U.S. rethinks plans to give Libya $2.5 million in aid

The U.S. State Department said it is rethinking a decision to give $2.5 million in aid to Libya, including to foundations run by the Libyan leader’s sons, after lawmakers on Thursday asked it to cancel the plan. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, two U.S. lawmakers said they were unwilling to give the aid because of the warm reception Tripoli recently gave a Libyan official convicted of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. They also accused Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi of showing “flagrant disrespect” for the 270 victims of the bombing during his visit to New York this week to attend the U.N. General Assembly. [This Gaddafi clown admitted responsibility in the deaths of some 180 Americans in the Lockerbie Scotland PanAm airliner bombing and Obama was considering giving him $2.5 million dollars? WTF???…ed]

Translator collapsed during Khadafy’s rambling diatribe

After struggling to turn Khadafy’s insane ramblings at the UN into English for 75 minutes, the Libyan dictator’s personal interpreter got lost in translation. “I just can’t take it any more,” Khadafy’s interpreter shouted into the live microphone – in Arabic. At that point, the U.N.’s Arabic section chief, Rasha Ajalyaqeen, took over and translated the final 20 minutes of the speech. “His interpreter just collapsed – this is the first time I have seen this in 25 years,” another U.N. Arabic interpreter told The Post. Breaking with protocol, Khadafy brought his own interpreters from Tripoli for Wednesday’s speech rather than use one of the 25 Arabic translators supplied by the United Nations, staff interpreters said. [This twisted nutjob constantly refers to Øbama as “a son of Africa” and claims he knows he was born in Kenya. Just sayin’…ed]

Paterson under the bus

What do New York Gov. David Paterson and former Illinois State Assemblywoman Alice Palmer have in common? Aside from both being Democrats and African-American, both hold the distinction of being elbowed out of running for office by one Barack Obama. What do President Obama and David Paterson have in common? Both were forcefully urged to drop their bid for office to make way for another candidate.
Interestingly and hypocritically, Obama has been on both sides of this particular sword. Obama refused to drop out of a State Assembly race and Paterson — at least so far — is balking at the president’s insistence he drop his bid for election for governor of New York next year. [Welcome, David Paterson, to the greasy underside of the infamous Øbama bus…ed]

How YOU doin’? Obama doesn’t look too happy as ‘sex-addict’ Berlusconi eyes up First Lady Michelle

He is a notorious ladies’ man and has spent the summer battling a series of sex scandals. So when Silvio Berlusconi turned on the charm in the presence of Michelle Obama, it’s no surprise the US president was instantly on his guard. Attending a dinner for the wives of world leaders alone, the Italian prime minister looked thrilled as America’s First Lady entered the room. He threw his hands up in a delighted gesture, pulled a rather alarming expression and for several seconds, appeared to be contemplating taking Mrs Obama in a passionate embrace. But a handshake – and a filthy look from Obama – were all he got. [Ack! Can’t imagine ol Berly wantin’ to tap that even on a bad day…ed]

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Obama To Cut Number Of Agents Patrolling Mexican Border By Nearly 400 In 2010

As news reports of potential terrorist attacks in our country pour in almost daily the Obama administration has inexplicably decided to CUT the number of agents patrolling our southern border with Mexico by nearly 400 personnel in fiscal 2010 starting in just about a week. Many of these agents will be shifted to the Canadian border because as we all know the flow of illegal aliens and dangerous criminals from and through Canada into the U.S. is and always has been a real problem in this country for decades. Nevermind that Border Patrol authorities readily admit that nearly thirteen hundred miles of our border with Mexico is virtually unprotected now as it is.

If I didn’t know better I’d wonder if Øbama and his minions are hoping (naw, that can’t be…can it?) even more of these radical Islamics are able to easily sneak into the U.S. to resume their agenda of wreaking havoc, death and mayhem in our country which would conveniently assist the government in restricting even more of our rights, in direct conflict with our Constitution of course.
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