Please join us in DC to lobby our congressmen to VOTE NO on Obamacare 2.0. Join us Tuesday, March 16th, beginning at 9:00am outside the Cannon House Office Building (Independence Ave. SE and New Jersey SE). We will be storming the three House Office Buildings: Cannon, Longworth and Rayburn. Our message is simple: VOTE NO on Obamacare 2.0.

FreedomWorks will be joining Tea Party groups and all other organizations that are fighting to defeat Obamacare 2.0. Please meet us in front of the Cannon House Office Building to pick up an area map, office locations, talking points and lobbying tips. For more information please contact Kahryn Rombach at 202-942-7616 or krombach@freedomworks.org.

You can also contact Diana Reimer at (267) 446-7124 to find out more. Diana recommends bringing a hand-written letter for your congressman.

We are planning to go up on Tuesday. If you are interested, please reply here or go to the Facebook site.

Buses can drop off passengers at Maryland Ave. and 3rd Street SW. Click here for more information about bus permits and parking in DC.

If you can't make it to DC for this important event, please visit the local office of your congressman. You can find the office location by visiting http://house.gov

Senator Richard Burr (R- NC) 202-224-3154

City Hall, Room 222
181 South Street
Gastonia, NC 28052
Voice: 704-833-0854
FAX: 704-833-1467

201 North Front Street, Suite 809
Wilmington, NC 28401
Voice: 888-848-1833
FAX: 910-251-7975

100 Coast Line Street, Room 210
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Voice: 252-977-9522
FAX: 252-977-7902

2000 West First Street, Suite 508
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Voice: 800-685-8916
FAX: 336-725-4493

Federal Building, Suite 204
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
Voice: 828-350-2437
FAX: 828-350-2439

http://burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Senator Kay Hagan (D- NC) 202-224-6342

1520 South Boulevard, Suite 205
Charlotte, NC 28203
Voice: 704-334-2448
FAX: 704-334-2405

701 Green Valley Road, Suite 201
Greensboro, NC 27408
Voice: 336-333-5311
FAX: 336-333-5331

310 New Bern Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27601
Voice: 919-856-4630
FAX: 919-856-4053

82 Patton Avenue, Suite 635
Asheville, NC 28801
Voice: 828-257-6510
FAX: 828-257-6514

http://hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact

Representative G. K. Butterfield, Jr. (D - 01) 202-225-3101

309 West 3nd Street
Weldon, NC 27890
Voice: 252-538-4123
FAX: 252-538-6516

216 West Nash Street, Suite B
Wilson, NC 27893
Voice: 252-237-9816
FAX: 252-291-0356

http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=68§iontree=368

Representative Bob Etheridge (D - 02) 202-225-4531

333 Fayetteville Street, Suite 505
Raleigh, NC 27601
Voice: 888-262-6202
FAX: 919-829-9883

609 First Street, PO Box 1059
Lillington, NC 27546
Voice: 910-814-0335
FAX: 910-814-2264

http://etheridge.house.gov/Contact/

Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R - 03) 202-225-3415

1105-C Corporate Drive
Greenville, NC 27858-4211
Voice: 800-351-1697
FAX: 252-931-1002

http://jones.house.gov/contact_form_email.cfm

Representative David Price (D - 04) 202-225-1784

88 Vilcom Center, Suite 140
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Voice: 919-967-7924
FAX: 919-967-8324

NC Mutual Building, 6th Floor
411 West Chapel Hill Street
Durham, NC 27701
Voice: 919-688-3004
FAX: 919-688-0940

5400 Trinity Road, Suite 205
Raleigh, NC 27607
Voice: 919-859-5999
FAX: 919-859-5998

http://price.house.gov/contact/contact_form.shtml

Representative Virginia Foxx (R - 05) 202-225-2071

6000 Meadowbrook Mall, Suite 3
Clemmons, NC 27012
Voice: 336-778-0211
FAX: 336-778-2290

240 Highway 105 Extension, Suite 200
Boone, NC 28607
Voice: 828-265-0240
FAX: 828-265-0390

http://www.house.gov/formfoxx/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm

Representative Howard Coble (R - 06) 202-225-3065

1634 North Main Street, Suite 101
High Point, NC 27262-2644
Voice: 336-886-5106
FAX: 336-886-8740

222 Sunset Avenue, Suite 101
Asheboro, NC 27203-5610
Voice: 336-626-3060
FAX: 336-629-7819

124 Elm Street, PO Box 812
Graham, NC 27253-0812
Voice: 336-229-0159
FAX: 336-228-7974

Granite Knitwear Building, PO Box 807
805 South Salisbury Avenue
Granite Quarry, NC 28072-0807
Voice: 704-209-0426
FAX: 704-209-0428

2102 North Elm Street, Suite B
Greensboro, NC 27408-5100
Voice: 336-333-5005
FAX: 336-333-5048

http://coble.house.gov/Contact/ZipCheck.htm

Representative Mike McIntyre (D - 07) 202-225-2731

310 Government Center Drive NE, Building S Unit 1
Bolivia, NC 28422
Voice: 910-253-0158
FAX: 910-253-0159

500 North Cedar Street
Lumberton, NC 28358
Voice: 910-735-0610
FAX: 910-739-5085

301 Green Street, Suite 218
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Voice: 910-323-0260
FAX: 910-323-0069

201 North Front Street, Suite 410
Wilmington, NC 28401
Voice: 910-815-4959
FAX: 910-815-4543

http://www.house.gov/mcintyre/issue.shtml

Representative Larry Kissell (D - 08) 202-225-3715

230 East Franklin Street
Rockingham, NC 28379
Voice: 910-997-2070
FAX: 910-997-7987

6257 Raeford Road, Suite 2
Fayetteville, NC 28304
Voice: 910-920-2070
FAX: 910-920-2069

325 McGill Avenue, Suite 500
Concord, NC 28027
Voice: 704-786-1612
FAX: 704-782-1004

https://forms.house.gov/kissell/contact-form.shtml

Representative Sue Myrick (R - 09) 202-225-1976

6525 Morrison Boulevard, Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28211
Voice: 704-362-1060
FAX: 704-367-0852

197 West Main Avenue
Gastonia, NC 28052
Voice: 704-861-1976
FAX: 704-864-2445

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Representative Patrick McHenry (R - 10) 202-225-2576

Spruce Pine Town Hall, PO Box 175
138 Highland Avenue
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Voice: 828-765-2729
FAX: 828-765-2701

87 4th Street NW Suite A, PO Box 1830
Hickory, NC 28603
Voice: 828-327-6100
FAX: 828-327-8311

311 East Marion StreetSuite 119, PO Box 732
Shelby, NC 28151
Voice: 704-481-0578
FAX: 704-481-0757

http://mchenry.house.gov/zipauth.htm

Representative Heath Shuler (D - 11) 202-225-6401

75 Peachtree Street, Suite 100
Murphy, NC 28906
Voice: 828-835-4981
FAX: Not Currently Available

356 Biltmore Avenue, Suite 400
Asheville, NC 28801
Voice: 828-252-1651
FAX: 828-252-8734

125 Bonnie Lane
Sylva, NC 28779
Voice: 828-586-1962
FAX: Not Currently Available

https://shulerforms.house.gov/contact/

Representative Mel Watt (D - 12) 202-225-1510

301 South Green Street, Suite 210
Greensboro, NC 27401-2615
Voice: 336-275-9950
FAX: 336-379-9951

1230 West Morehead Street, Suite 306
Charlotte, NC 28208-5214
Voice: 704-344-9950
FAX: 704-344-9971

http://www.house.gov/formwatt/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm

Representative Brad Miller (D - 13) 202-225-3032

1300 St. Mary's Street, Suite 504
Raleigh, NC 27605
Voice: 919-836-1313
FAX: 919-836-1314 125

South Elm Street, Suite 504
Greensboro, NC 27401
Voice: 336-574-2909
FAX: 336-574-0607

http://bradmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=17§iontree=917

There are a million stories of government incompetence. This one was sent via email by one of our own local patriots.

I've edited it to keep it brief and am publishing it, with his permission:

"...My Mother passed away on 4th February 2010.
She had been in pain and suffering and battling COPD for many years... She is in a far better place and is no longer in pain. At least she will not have to deal with the "Obama Health Care Plan" that we're about to have thrust down our throats.

As I said she died on the 4th of February, we received the Death Certificates on the 16th so we could start putting her affairs in order.
The first stop was the Social Security Office in Raleigh.
After a 93 minute wait, we were seen and the person took the information for Mother and then took Dad's information.

[snip]

Today my dad received in the mail a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs addressed to my mother ...!!!
It was notifying Mom they were sorry to hear of "my FATHER'S Passing".... and the standard "If you need assistance" ... Yadda yadda yadda..."

[snip]

Dad got on the phone and tried to find out from Social Security what was going on. It was 3:55 in the afternoon. At 3:58 they hung up on him... turned on the standard "Press 1 for English" and "our hours are from..."

He made several other calls into other time zones and found out Social Security had

1)declared him dead
2)cut off his military retirement pay
3)DOD Civil Service
4)Medicare
5)Tri-Care medical benefits and
6)notified IRS to Freeze his bank accounts

We don't know all the rest of the damage done, at least not yet!

Now we have to go back to Social Security office and have those "People" declare him "Not Dead" and they will have to notify all the rest of the folks He is not dead.

This Is a warning ... If you have to file the notice at the Social Security Office, make sure you get a copy of the notifications they are going to send out to approve prior to the notices being mailed... Just to make sure you are not declared "Dead".

[snip]

The way these people run the offices it's no wonder the dead are still voting and drawing their Social Security!

[snip]

Take care out there and never trust any one from the Government...

Greensboro, North Carolina
April 24, 2010

The 113th Sustainment Brigade, N.C. Army Nation Guard is sponsoring.

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On Saturday, February 20, 2010, the Triangle Region of NC Freedom will be presenting a town hall at the Raleigh Convention Center. The list of confirmed speakers includes:
Dr. Tim Johnson – Vice Chairman NC GOP

Dr. Ada Fisher

Ron Woodard – NC Listen

Gina Dye

Russell Pope

David DeGerolamo

The main focus in this town hall will be to provide education on voting practices and regulations in the state.

Topics include:

•What percentage of the 2008 election was fraudulent?
•How you can become a poll watcher.
•What are the qualifications for a poll judge?
•Practical information to improve voter education.
•Can North Carolina implement a voter ID card?
•Is Universal Voter Legislation coming from Congress this year?
The town hall will start at 1:00 PM in Room 306B at the new Raleigh Convention Center.

500 South Salisbury Street

Raleigh, NC 27601

Room 306B

The doors will open at 12:30 PM but the seating will be limited to 350 people.

Media requests for this event can be directed to Media@NCFreedom.us. You can download a PDF flyer for this event to hand out.

for more info, go to www.ncfreedom.us

At the same location, same day, at 7:00 pm there will be a GOOOH presentation. It stands for "Get Out Of Our House" and is a system to remove the sitting congressmen and a way to get excessive money out of the politics of governing.

7:00 pm on Saturday night at the Civic Center in Raleigh---no charge, but donations accepted.

go to www.goooh.com for more info

Dear Fellow Tea Party Patriots,

There is much talk of the formation of a third political party based on the tea party movement. In Florida, a Democratic operative with absolutely no connection to the tea party movement has filed papers to form a third party called the Florida Tea Party. He has issued legal threats against local tea parties demanding that they cease using the name "Florida Tea Party."

Tea Party Patriots is issuing this statement in order to make it clear that we are not associated with this, or any attempts to form a third party. Additionally, we believe that such efforts are unproductive and unwise at this time. The history of third party movements in this country is one of division and defeat. We believe that it is instead time for all Americans to rise up and demand appropriate reform within their own parties. The mechanisms exist for citizens to participate in their parties, and to drive their parties in the right direction.

The Tea Party Patriots encourage all citizens to get involved in the party process, and to reshape their parties into something in which they may once again believe. This country does not belong to any one party, nor does it belong to the career politicians. This country belongs to the citizens. As Benjamin Franklin once said, "We have given you a republic madam, if you can keep it." The founders knew that it would be our sacred obligation as citizens to get involved, and to work hard to hold on to this great nation. We have much work to do, and future generations will look back in judgment. We hope you will join us in preserving the republic.

You are the heart and soul of the Tea Party Movement. Thank you for promoting the causes of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets with us!

Your Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator Team,
Debbie Dooley, Mike Gaske, Kellen Giuda, Ryan Hecker, Jenny Beth Martin, Mark Meckler, Sally Oljar, Diana Reimer, Billie Tucker, and Dawn Wildman

Jenny Beth Martin (jennybethm@gmail.com, 770-878-1550)
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re-posted with permission from www.hotair.com

Did Obama exempt Interpol from same legal constraints as American law-enforcement?
posted at 2:55 pm on December 23, 2009 by Ed Morrissey

During his presidency, Ronald Reagan granted the global police agency Interpol the status of diplomatic personnel in order to engage more constructively on international law enforcement. In Executive Order 12425, Reagan made two exceptions to that status. The first had to do with taxation, but the second was to make sure that Interpol had the same accountability for its actions as American law enforcement — namely, they had to produce records when demanded by courts and could not have immunity for their actions.

Barack Obama unexpectedly revoked those exceptions in a change to EO 12425 last month, as Threats Watch reports:

Last Thursday, December 17, 2009, The White House released an Executive Order “Amending Executive Order 12425.” It grants INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) a new level of full diplomatic immunity afforded to foreign embassies and select other “International Organizations” as set forth in the United States International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945.

By removing language from President Reagan’s 1983 Executive Order 12425, this international law enforcement body now operates – now operates – on American soil beyond the reach of our own top law enforcement arm, the FBI, and is immune from Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests. …

After initial review and discussions between the writers of this analysis, the context was spelled out plainly.

Through EO 12425, President Reagan extended to INTERPOL recognition as an “International Organization.” In short, the privileges and immunities afforded foreign diplomats was extended to INTERPOL. Two sets of important privileges and immunities were withheld: Section 2© and the remaining sections cited (all of which deal with differing taxes).

And then comes December 17, 2009, and President Obama. The exemptions in EO 12425 were removed.

Section 2c of the United States International Organizations Immunities Act is the crucial piece.

Property and assets of international organizations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, unless such immunity be expressly waived, and from confiscation. The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable. (Emphasis added.)

Inviolable archives means INTERPOL records are beyond US citizens’ Freedom of Information Act requests and from American legal or investigative discovery (“unless such immunity be expressly waived.”)
Property and assets being immune from search and confiscation means precisely that. Wherever they may be in the United States. This could conceivably include human assets – Americans arrested on our soil by INTERPOL officers.

Actually, that last argument overreaches. American law does not consider people as “assets.” It does mean, though, that Interpol officers would have diplomatic immunity for any lawbreaking conducted in the US at a time when Interpol nations (like Italy) have attempted to try American intelligence agents for their work in the war on terror, a rather interesting double standard.

It also appears to mean that Americans who get arrested on the basis of Interpol work cannot get the type of documentation one normally would get in the discovery process, which is a remarkable reversal from Obama’s declared efforts to gain “due process” for terrorists detained at Gitmo. Does the White House intend to treat Americans worse than the terrorists we’ve captured during wartime?

Andy McCarthy wonders the same thing:

Interpol’s property and assets are no longer subject to search and confiscation, and its archives are now considered inviolable. This international police force (whose U.S. headquarters is in the Justice Department in Washington) will be unrestrained by the U.S. Constitution and American law while it operates in the United States and affects both Americans and American interests outside the United States.

Interpol works closely with international tribunals (such as the International Criminal Court — which the United States has refused to join because of its sovereignty surrendering provisions, though top Obama officials want us in it). It also works closely with foreign courts and law-enforcement authorities (such as those in Europe that are investigating former Bush administration officials for purported war crimes — i.e., for actions taken in America’s defense).

Why would we elevate an international police force above American law? Why would we immunize an international police force from the limitations that constrain the FBI and other American law-enforcement agencies? Why is it suddenly necessary to have, within the Justice Department, a repository for stashing government files which, therefore, will be beyond the ability of Congress, American law-enforcement, the media, and the American people to scrutinize?

I seem to recall the Left getting hysterical over the Patriot Act extensions that Obama finally backed. This gives Interpol a much wider operational latitude than anything contemplated in the Patriot Act, and with no accountability at all.

Copenhagen, Denmark
U.N. Summit on Climate Change

Now that the circus is over and the roadies are packing up the tent, the clowns are on their way home and we all have some time to review what was said, done and demonstrated; we realize that amongst all the liars, scam artists and preening celebrities, there were some in attendance that were totally honest and truthful about what the whole 'climate crisis' thing is about.

Obama was not one of those. His ten minute speech was the predictable mind-numbing recital of catch phrases, lies and buzz words. (Yes, I watched and listened to whole thing and I'll never get back that wasted time.) His carbon-pumping plane ride trip was nothing more than a another "Hay yaw, look at me" stunt.

No, the honesty was delivered by Hugo Chavez. He made it perfectly clear in his speech why he was there, and it wasn't about Global Warming. It was about advancing Communism by destroying Capitalism. That's not just my interpretation of his words, that was his message plainly spoken with no hidden meanings.

TheStar.com reports:

... Chavez painted capitalism as the enemy of the earth — not to mention the cause of AIDS, poverty and war — in a speech to the UN Summit on Climate Change ...
"The cause of all this disastrous situation is the destructive capitalist system," the Venezuelan socialist leader told delegates Wednesday.

"Capitalism is the road to hell."

"I would exhort the government and the people of the earth ... to say that if the destructive nature of capitalism exists, let's fight against it and make it obey us," he said. "If capitalism resists, then we have to give battle against capitalism and open our way to save mankind."

If the putrid Chavez was the only one spouting the commie mantra, it would be of no portent. I wouldn't be spending my Saturday evening typing about it. But I am typing and you are reading, so there must have been others? Oh, you betcha. The building was slam full of commies.

Lenore Taylor, reporting for TheAustralian.com:

When he said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, but isn’t that the reality of our world, the world is really and imperial dictatorship…down with imperial dictatorships” he got a rousing round of applause.

When he said there was a “silent and terrible ghost in the room” and that ghost was called capitalism, the applause was deafening.

But then he wound up to his grand conclusion – 20 minutes after his 5 minute speaking time was supposed to have ended and after quoting everyone from Karl Marx to Jesus Christ - “our revolution seeks to help all people…socialism, the other ghost that is probably wandering around this room, that’s the way to save the planet, capitalism is the road to hell....let’s fight against capitalism and make it obey us.” He won a standing ovation.

Eh? what? Did you really believe that all the foot stomping and fist shaking of the warmies was about saving dear mother earth from the bad co2? You foolish child.
Those ingrates in Copenhagen cheered at the call for the death of Capitalism - and that is what it's all about.

Even more honesty was on display outside. Have a look at the following video.

For emphasis on my theme, here's some screen caps from the video.






Ya see that? They carry a banner with the famous Che image overlaying a map of South America. Gone are the days in which the leftists wore that image and claimed ignorance of the evil that was Che G. Because, as shown in the photo, they put his name on it. That means they know who Che was, and what Che was - and they are Oki Doki with that. They want their communism and don't care if another sadistic serial murderer (or two)(or a hundred) rises up to lead them and their hammer-sickle banners.
Crying for mother earth? Worried about Global Warming? Scared of carbon dioxide? Bullshit.



Manmade Climate Change & Global Warming; it is and always has been about redistributing the wealth of those that create it to those that waste it.

A song dedicated to soldiers and veterans is turning the third grade at Colonial Heights' Tussing Elementary School into an Internet sensation.
The response from around the world has surprised music teacher Michael Souders, who co-wrote the song "Thank You Soldiers" with his wife, Angela, and posted the video on multiple video-hosting Web sites, including You Tube.
The third-graders gave a school performance after Veterans Day, and Souders wanted to write a song for the students to sing that was not just about the soldiers, but to them.
"I wanted to write one that would be very sweet from [the students'] hearts, from them singing directly to the veterans and soldiers," he said.
The three-minute video has the lyrics to the song displayed over photographs of soldiers past and present. The song opens by celebrating the ability to sleep peacefully at night while soldiers protect America's shores "in the air and oceans, too / Defending freedom at all cost."

While Souders never served in the military, he has a deep appreciation for those who do. "Not having served, I feel indebted more," he said.
Souders said the students received certificates from the Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America and Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A. for the performance. The class also is receiving notes and e-mails from all over the world, from active-duty soldiers to veterans to their families.
Since being uploaded to You Tube and other Web sites early last month, the video has been viewed more than 15,000 times. The song has been played on various radio stations throughout the Richmond area.
"The real, real desire for that video [was] the more soldiers that get a thank-you, the better," Souders said. "It's almost become a class project, to see how many soldiers we can thank."
One thing is certain, Souders said: "They are going to remember; it's not something they'll soon forget."

I received this via an email with the same title of this post.

Aisne-Marne, France 2,289 American Military Dead




Ardennes, Belgium 5,329 American Military Dead




Brittany, France 4,410 American Military Dead




Brookwood, England 468 American Military Dead




Cambridge, England 3,812 American Military Dead




Epinal, France 5,525 American Military Dead




Flanders Field, Belgium 368 American Military Dead




Florence, Italy 4,402 American Military Dead




Henri-Chapelle, Belgium 7,792 American Military Dead




Lorraine, France 10,489 American Military Dead




Luxembourg 5,076 American Military Dead




Meuse-Argonne 14,246 American Military Dead




Netherlands 8,301 American Military Dead




Normandy, France 9,387 American Military Dead




Oise-Aisne, France 6,012 American Military Dead




Rhone, France 861 American Military Dead




Sicily 7,861 American Military Dead




Somme, France 1,844 American Military Dead




St. Mihiel, France 4,153 American Military Dead




Suresnes, France 1,541 American Military Dead

While the American President Obama was touring all of Europe, apologizing for American arrogance, how many French, Dutch, Italian, Belgian and British soldiers rested on American soil - having died defending the U.S.A. from our enemies?

As stated at the top, this all came to me via email - thanks to Dale Smith.

PA State Legislator Attacked By Soros/MoveOn.Org-Connected VoteVets.Org

Note to Republican Party: You can learn alot from Metcalfe. So pull up a chair, sit down, shut up and take notes.

Last year, Vets for Freedom brought hundreds of veterans to Capitol Hill to support General Petraeus and the Iraq Surge. The result, our commanders and troops on the battlefield got the resources they needed, and we're winning the war in Iraq.

This is another call to action. Vets for Freedom is asking every Afghanistan veteran, and other veterans, who believe in defeating America's enemies to converge on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, November 5. It's time for the warfighters to tell their representatives--face to face--to give the Commanders what they need.

Click here to go to their website and sign up!

Article by Jeannie DeAngelis
at AmericanThinker.com

What a thrill to be invited to Latin Music night at the White House. Every Latino who mattered was there from J.Lo, to Eva Longoria-Parker, to Sonia Sotomayor. Unfortunately, Spc. Jesus O. Flores Jr. of La Mirada, California was not in attendance -- he was busy dodging the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Though irresolute on some issues Barack Obama has been right on schedule when it comes to supporting music and culture. According to one account, amidst the sober reality of wartime, "The Obama's are demonstrating a commitment to use the White House to promote the arts in a huge way."

Since day one, Obama hasn't missed a beat when it comes to drawing all kinds of celebrities and music groups to his monthly installments of music night. For Noche Latina, "Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J.Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house."

And while Shelia E. was "shaking the house" with that Latino beat, four soldiers in Kandahar province Afghanistan were being shaken on all sides by mortar fire as they patiently waited for the President to make a decision about sending troop reinforcements, which to date he has failed to do. Obama might as well be playing 3 on 3 with the guys, while a toddler stands in the street in the wake of an on-coming bus. His behavior is on par with swooshing a few more shots into the hoop before removing an endangered child from the path of a bus.

In an interview, Latino performer Romeo Santos averred that the President's support is a powerful tool in giving Latino music "mainstream respect." Obama has such a busy schedule garnering public support for Latino music he can't squeeze in time to meet with his Secretary of Defense and war commander General Stanley McChrystal?

According to Robert Gates, "It's just a matter now of getting the time with the president, when we can sort through these options and then tee them up for him to make a decision."

Twenty-eight soldiers from Fort Carson have died in the last two weeks alone. Generals in Afghanistan continue to lose soldiers as Obama drags his Mexican nortego dancing feet trying to make a decision about troop reinforcement. One can't help but wonder why gaining respect for Latino music is even on the President's roster.

Adventura lead singer Santo, scheduled to perform at Fiesta Latina, ecstatically said, "A lot of times minorities get treated like second-class citizens...it doesn't feel that way today." No need to worry Romeo, Spc. Jesus O. Flores Jr., and the rest of those serving in Afghanistan have been unofficially awarded the title of "second-class citizen" from the Commander-in-Chief, Barack Obama.

One has to wonder, if Obama was as indecisive about picking finger foods and dessert options for Fiesta night as he is about accepting the recommendation to send 40,000 troops from his commanding Generals in the field? American soldiers' lives hang in the balance while Obama, in an effort to foster culture and diversity at the White House, munches on Fresh Corn Polenta with Roasted Bacon in a Guajilio-Ancho Adobo with Jose Feliciano.

Regardless of his ethnicity, Flores likely would have preferred Obama spend his night concentrating on making a quick decision about a troop surge. Instead, the President chose to spend precious time delighting guests while making sure to not step on Thalia's toes "...who lured him onto the dance floor."

On Latin music night, Obama, extolling the virtues of diversity said, "...it is the same thing that's always made America great: the unique ability to celebrate our differences, while creating something new; to realize that although we may come from different backgrounds and different cultures, what unites us will always be stronger that what divides us." Obviously, Obama is so busy enjoying himself he failed to notice the diverse makeup of the US Military.

The U.S. Armed Forces are a reflection of America -- virtually every possible ethnic and religious group is represented. The military is a team of men and women from all over the United States working together with a single purpose: to protect our Nation and fight for freedom...where each service member is judged by his or her performance -- never by race, color, religion or gender. It has been said that if society as a whole were more like the military in this regard, the U.S. would be a better place.

Barack Obama could learn a thing or two from our Armed Forces.

The day after Fiesta Latina, Obama cooled his tired Salsa-heels, while the tents were disassembled, the white folding chairs were collapsed and the candied cacao swept from beneath the tables. At the same time, thousands of miles from the White House, Flores, part of diverse band of brothers, was fatally wounded when a Taliban planted bomb struck the vehicle he rode in.

According to deputy social secretary in charge of the White House music series, the President and First Lady, "...made it clear early on that they wanted to use their new home as a platform for the best and the brightest that America has to offer." It appears as if that elite group consists of people like Los Lobos, Tito "El Bambino" and Latino guest chef Maricel Presilla. Nowhere on the guest list were the names of Staff Sgt. Glen H. Stivison Jr., Spc. Daniel C. Lawson, and Pfc. Brandon M. Styer, all of whom died alongside, Jesus O. Flores Jr. waiting for Obama to send reinforcements.

If all goes well for the Obama's cultural music series, hopefully the four flag draped coffins arrive home before their deaths hamper the party atmosphere of Classical Music Night.

A couple of videos of the Constitutional Townhall held in Garner, NC October 15.
Organized by NCFreedom.us

While our troops are engaged in a war against murderers and sub-humans that do not recognize nor abide by any conventions or decency, under the harshest environments imaginable - they are made keenly aware that only they seem to take the battle seriously.

Ever since the current theater of battle was opened, our troops have been under assault from enemies they cannot fight, adversaries they are not allowed to recognize. Within the last decade the defenders of our freedom and our constitution have endured the ridicule, disrespect and outright hostility of an insurgency that attacks them from the rear, from within the ranks of the people they sacrifice to protect.

Even their commander in chief demonstrates no consideration or desire for victory.

Perspective.
Right now, federal prosecutors and NC state officials are debating the release of over 20 murderers and rapists from state prisons. Convicts with life sentences are to be released, only one will be required to endure parole. Yet, the finest among us serve - voluntarily - in conditions and circumstances far, far worse than our prisons. They do so not as punishment, not as a sentence but - to them - an honor and duty.
While rapists and murderers are freed, our troops continue to endure worse conditions and worse treatment.

This is not acceptable. This is travesty. This is unjust. This is shameful.

Several groups of North Carolinians are making plans to try - in a small way - to grant some respect, admiration and gratitude to the men and women of our military. This saturday, October 24, in Fayetteville, NC - they will spend four hours to hold a troop-support rally and 'rolling tea party' to honor those that serve at Fort Bragg.

Will you come, please? Will you join us in saying simply - thank you.

Will you miss that ballgame to serve a nobler purpose? There will be another game, probably the next day.
Will you give up a few holes of golf? The grounds keepers will still be preening the green next weekend.
Will you pass up the state fair? It's the same rides, bad food and displays that were there last year and will be there next year.
Will you postpone washing the car, painting the bathroom, watching that movie, lighting the grill or whatever routine entertainment it is that can wait.

Take a day off from enjoying your American blessings to say thanks to those that protect those blessings.

Goto one of these websites for details and directions
Gathering of Eagles NC
Rolling Tea Party

I hope to see you there.
Bubba

Roundup of A Nation-Wide protest against the Ex-Media.

Here in Raleigh the protest was at WRAL CBS affiliate.
Covered first at RandysRight blog

‘Can You Hear Us Now?’: Top 18 Videos From Nationwide Media Protests

TEA PARTY MOVEMENT DENOUNCES MEDIA CORRUPTION

More than 100 protesters gather outside St. Petersburg Times

In Phoenix

In St. Louis: Two Days, Two Rallies.

Atlanta demonstrators decry 'bias'

Denver ABC NBC Affiliates

Following is reproduced from National Review Online

Drill
Petroleum is a major part of America’s energy picture. Shall we get it here or abroad?

By Sarah Palin

Given that we’re spending billions of stimulus dollars to rebuild our highways, it makes sense to think about what we’ll be driving on them. For years to come, most of what we drive will be powered, at least in part, by diesel fuel or gasoline. To fuel that driving, we need access to oil. The less use we make of our own reserves, the more we will have to import, which leads to a number of harmful consequences. That means we need to drill here and drill now.

We rely on petroleum for much more than just powering our vehicles: It is essential in everything from jet fuel to petrochemicals, plastics to fertilizers, pesticides to pharmaceuticals. Ac­cord­ing to the Energy Information Ad­min­is­tra­tion, our total domestic petroleum consumption last year was 19.5 million barrels per day (bpd). Motor gasoline and diesel fuel accounted for less than 13 million bpd of that. Meanwhile, we produced only 4.95 million bpd of domestic crude. In other words, even if we ran all our vehicles on something else (which won’t happen anytime soon), we would still have to depend on imported oil. And we’ll continue that dependence until we develop our own oil resources to their fullest extent.

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Judi McLeod, remembering 9/12
from CanadaFreePress

Click the link, read the rest.

On October 10, Raleigh N.C. will witness a new type of Tea Party. We call it a Rolling Tea Party.

The Rolling Tea Party will be hundreds of people slowly driving their automobiles along a pre-designed route, advertising the RollingTeaParty.com website. Each car will have the website URL written on windows and signs, with American flags and Gadsden flags attached to draw attention. As the general public sees these cars and reads the signs, it is our hope they will look up this website to see what's going on.

The website will be altered on October 10 and thereafter to deliver the tea party message to people that come to see what all the cars were about.

The idea of a rolling tea party is to take the people that attend the 'standard' tea party/townhall/protest and spread them throughout the city.

Of the tea parties that were held in Raleigh, NC, the smallest attendance was about 1,000. The impact on the general population during the event was minimal; only people in the immediate area knew about it. Outside that four block area, thousands of people went about their business and lives completely unaware of the tea party.

A Rolling Tea Party will disperse the message across the city, exposing thousands to a spectacle that they may not understand at first, but they will remember. They will ask questions, they will go to the website.

Make your plans to participate, put aside a few hours on Saturday for civic duty.
Go to RollingTeaParty.com for more details, and help make this one as successfull as previous tea parties in North Carolina.

So, what exactly is the basis of the Cap-n-Trade scam?

The following is reproduced in full from Doug Ross Journal

10. Doctors who treat the oldest patients will be fined by the government: The government will create a "hit list" of doctors who are in the top 10% of Medicare costs per patient nationwide. Those doctors on the list automatically lose 5 percent of their total Medicare reimbursements, which are already abysmally low. Because the most aged patients are the most costly to treat, doctors will shy away from treating the oldest segment of the population for fear it will relegate them to the hit list. Put simply, this stricture will dramatically reduce access to health care for our most vulnerable seniors.

9. Democrats have combined free health care for illegal immigrants with measures to increase the number of illegals in this country: All GOP efforts to amend the health care bills to require a photo ID, a Social Security number and similar measures have been defeated on party lines. This is consistent with a June report ("If the American people found out...") that "[pro-illegal immigration group] La Raza said if they get this, they don't even care about amnesty, because they've fixed it so that one family member can apply for all extended family members."

8: Seniors will receive hefty tax hikes for care: Medical devices are taxed by the Baucus bill in order to raise about $4 billion annually. So much for the promises that the middle class won't see their taxes raised. These newly taxed devices include pacemakers, hip joint replacements, gastrointestinal tubes, artificial hearts, hearing aids, heart defibrillators, powered wheelchairs, etc. In other words, the taxes will hit seniors hardest, make procedures less affordable, and punish the device manufacturing sector.

7: Choose to self-insure? You'll face a year in prison: Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold [confirmed] 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.

6: Taxes for everyone with health care insurance will increase: To pay for the $1 trillion cost of the bill, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wants either an income surtax on the wealthy or higher taxes on "Cadillac" health plans (e.g., most comprehensive plans, including those of union members). Again -- so much for the promises that the middle class won't see their taxes raised.

5: Nearly half of all doctors would consider quitting if ObamaCare becomes law: Two out of three doctors oppose the bills under consideration in Washington. And hundreds of thousands of doctors would take an early retirement or shut down their practices if the bills become law. Lastly, "72% of the doctors polled disagree with the administration's claim that the government can cover 47 million more people with better-quality care at lower cost."

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The following column by Selwyn Duke is reproduced in full from
AmericanThinker.com

Contrary to what my title indicates, I probably judge Barack Obama more harshly than most reading this page. I don't think he is just a misguided ideologue or merely a creature of expediency. I believe, practically speaking, he is an evil man. That is to say, while he is largely ignorant like so many others, he has developed an affinity for evil. He mistakes it for good.

Yet, to be blunt, Obama doesn't alarm me as much as the average American. To explain why, I'll present something Roman philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero said 2000 years ago when lamenting Julius Caesar's rise to dictator:

Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions . . . . Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome's, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.' Julius was always an ambitious villain, but he is only one man.

Barack Obama is only one man. A bad man, yes, but he is a symptom more than a cause. Without millions of fawning Americans, he would just be a community agitator, vainly preaching Alinsky principles from a soapbox. Of course, he is a symptom that exacerbates the underlying problem, and symptomatic treatment -- to ease immediate pain and hardship -- is certainly in order. But it is only the worst of physicians who focuses only on symptoms while ignoring the cancer eating away at the patient's midst.

Some of us lament the presence of self-professed communists such as Van Jones -- and other assorted intellectual mutants, such as Cass Sunstein and John Holdren -- in government, and how we elected a man who broke bread with self-professed communists such as Bill Ayers. But why complain now? We've had self-professed communists such as Bill Ayers -- and other assorted intellectual mutants, such as Ward Churchill, Cass Sunstein and John Holdren -- in academia for many decades. And good Americans still donated money to universities and still sent their most precious possessions, their children, to them. So, should it be any surprise that millions of these children would, knowing nothing and feeling all the wrongs things, flock to the polls and cast votes for people just like their teachers and professors? You may say that their parents knew nothing of these universities' true nature. But it was their place to find out. And Obama did not create the modern academy. He is more a creation of it.

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In a recent video release of the David Manning Interview, Manning stated that Obama's power is in the press. The mainstream media made Obama's presidency possible, gave him the power that he arrogantly over-estimates.

The media abandoned mere bias to become an active and integral partner in the Obama campaign. The freedom of the press, protected by the first amendment, was abused to hide the scandals of their candidate, to downplay the questionable associations of their candidate, to canonize their candidate in sainthood, to attack their candidate's opponents with lies, mockery and smears.

The media has enjoyed a free pass for decades to support liberal and leftist agendas. That era ends ... now.

Stephanie Avery writes at Examiner.com: Nationwide 'march on media' is organizing in Raleigh saying

Operation: Can You Hear Us Now is a grassroots effort to bring attention to the media bias exhibited by mainstream media outlets such as CBS, NBC and ABC. The lack of coverage of newsworthy and important happenings, most recently ACORN and Washington DC Tea Party, has not gone unnoticed. And people are angry.

Organizers state "We are protesting to defend our liberties and speak out against the complicity of the media given the scope of its influence." They ask attendees to make signs strictly about media, and not about Obama, health care, taxes or any other hot issue. The goal is to stay on topic and not give the already bias media ammunition to disregard this event as well.

So far approximately 100 cities around the country have confirmed participation. Raleigh's rally will be held at WRAL-TV studios on 2619 Western Blvd. The march begins at 12noon, Saturday October 17th.

More information can be found at Triangle Patriots website or to find other cities in the NC area participating, visit NC Freedom

"Don't be afraid to see what you see"...Ronald Reagan

That particular article concentrates on Raleigh, NC. But the protest against the media, organized by Operation: Can You Hear Us Now, is nationwide. In North Carolina, the protests will be wide-spread and sponsored by many different organizations.

AshevilleTeaParty is making the arrangements for the spanking of ABC affiliates WLOS.

First – Saturday, October 17th, noon to 2:00 pm, a public protest at our local ABC affiliate, WLOS.

Second – ongoing – to begin on October 17th, a two part campaign to send a message to the television networks and cable news networks that we will not tolerate their abdication of their duty.

We will commit to tuning out all programming on ABC, CBS, and NBC, to include news and entertainment. No one will watching anything on any of these three channels.

We will also commit to writing letters to the major advertisers with MSNBC and CNN, promising to cease from buying their products so long as they continue spending their advertising dollars with these two cable news networks.

The liberal media will hear from Wilmington, NC via Cape Fear Tea Party Patriots

In Winston-Salem, NBC news is the target. Facebook announcement Here

Join in on the Charlotte protest on NBC affiliate WCNC. Get the scoop at the Hickory 9/12 Project.

See if you can find a protest in your city/town here. If not, then organize one.

The following was written by J. K. McGowan, published at AmericanThinker.com

The Making of a Right-Winger
J. K. McGowan

Thank-you, President Obama. I think of my favorite hymn, Amazing Grace - "I once was blind and now I see".

I have lived a mostly apolitical life. Oh, I mourned the end of Camelot with the assassination of JFK, abhorred the arrogance of Richard Nixon, suffered the gas lines under Carter's reign, listened with hope to Ronald Reagan's speeches and despised the amorality of the Clintons. But still embraced no political ideology.

In 2000 I voted for George simply because I admired Barbara and he is her son. Newly retired, I then had time to closely follow the coverage of the "stolen election". "Count all the votes", the big Democrat lie, was the impetus for me to change my party affiliation to Republican. Eight years later, not proudly, I voted for John McCain.

Almost a year after the election, with Obama's relentless attacks on our Constitution, I am a rabid, "hate mongering", "lying", "racist", "violence inciting", on the terrorist watch list right winger. I have discovered Levin, Stehn, Rush, Beck, David Horowitz, The American Thinker, Imprimus, the Heritage Foundation and so much more. My "seasoned citizen" brain is overflowing with knowledge of czars, White House and congressional corruption, communism and radicalism in America and, most importantly, the founding principles of our great nation. Being informed isn't easy. I email and phone Congress and I worry about our future. Ignorance cannot be reclaimed. I once was an "in the closet" proud American. I am now a loud, "you will not destroy our country", flag waving, "save our Constitution" PROUD AMERICAN.

Thank you, President Obama.

via TheSilentMajority blog

Manning's sit-down, two hour meeting with concerned citizens in eleven excerpts.

David Manning understands Obama.