NEWS AND VIEWS THAT IMPACT LIMITED CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty." - - - - John Adams
The IRS will confiscate any property, seize any bank account or attach any wages needed to fund the Marxist re-distribution of the wealth.
Calling Obamacare a TAX is not an accident. It gives the IRS nearly unlimited power to fuck anyone, anytime or anyplace to support the un-Constitutional Socialist Big Government State.
Texas Republican Congressman Kevin Brady warns that the IRS will hire up to 16,500 new enforcers in the coming months to go after citizens who do not pay the new Obamacare tax. The expansion is said to include criminal investigators who “make cases” in order to levy penalties on scofflaws.
Brady cites a recent analysis by the Joint Economic Committee and staff at the House Ways and Means Committee.
The report says the IRS will need a fresh crop of agents to examine and audit tax information mandated by Obama’s misnamed Affordable Care Act reports Infowars News.
Characterizing Obamacare as a tax under the purview of the IRS is not mistake. The near mythical authoritarian power of the IRS will be used to make sure Americans do not challenge Obamacare and unquestioningly submit to its unprecedented intrusion.
$500 Million Spent on new IRS Agents
“To even mention the name of this government institution can trigger waves of anxiety and stories of abuse and persecution that is unheard of for almost any other governmental body within this country,” writes Stock City News.
According to the noted polling service Rasmussen Reports, 43% of Americans fear the IRS more than the TSA. Only 20% feared the TSA more.
When most people think of health care reform they think of more doctors exams, not more IRS exams. Isn’t the federal government already intruding enough into our lives? We need thousands of new doctors and nurses in America, not thousands more IRS agents. (Infowars)
Irony - Big Brother cameras watch George Orwell's home.
The ever-watchful leader in the novel 1984, has popped up
all around George Orwell's former home in London. If you haven't had your daily dose of irony yet, here it is. Within 200 yards
of George Orwell's flat 27B overlooking Canonbury Square in Islington, North
London, there are thirty-two CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras.
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Orwell's view of the tree-filled gardens outside the flat is under 24-hour
surveillance from two cameras perched on traffic lights.
The flat's rear windows are constantly viewed from two more security cameras
outside a conference centre in Canonbury Place.
POLICE STATE - So-called "Conservatives" in Britain work to create a 1984 Orwellian nightmare world
The UK Conservative Party wants to record every phone, email, text messages, Skype and web-mail in Britain.
Now the Conservative Party wants to share that private data with foreign police
Don;t worry - it's all for your "protection"
The UK Conservative Party government announced that foreign police forces will be able to obtain
details of the British public’s Internet use, emails and text messages. In a controversial move, MPs were told that
officials in Europe and the US will be able to take advantage of the Home
Office’s proposed ‘snoopers’ charter’.
The information could be used for pursuing UK
citizens for crimes which allegedly took place while they were on holiday or
over the Internet.
Tory MP Dominic Raab said: ‘It is deeply
troubling that foreign authorities will be able to access all our phone, email,
text messages, Skype and web-mail data.
Tory MP Dominic Raab
attacks his own government.
‘The Government has a lousy track record of its
own in safeguarding this data. And if Whitehall can’t protect our privacy, what
chance when it is shovelled off to Warsaw?’ . Home Secretary Theresa May is braced for a
battle with civil liberties groups, backbench MPs and some Internet companies
over the Communications Capabilities Development Programme. It will force Internet service providers to
keep the data of every website visit, email, text message and visit to Facebook
or Skype for a minimum of 12 months. Police and other government agencies will not
be able to access the content of the emails or messages – but will know who was
contacted, when and by what method. The addresses of website visits – which build
up a full picture of a person’s interests – will also be
available.(UK Daily Mail)
Iran increases military in the oil rich Caspian Sea.
A senior Iranian naval commander announced that Iran has retrofitted its submarine fleet with "the best and most equipped systems existing in the world" and that some of these submarines had even been deployed to the inland Caspian Sea. .
Tehran plans to deploy “light submarines” to the Caspian Sea, Iranian Navy top brass has told Fars news agency. The Persian country appears to be gearing up its forces in the oil-rich waters, where shelf boundaries still remain somewhat vague reports RT News.
Caspian Sea Oil Production in Azerbaijan
Adm. Abbas Zamini says Iran is to dispatch light submarines to the Caspian Sea, reads the Saturday report by the semi-official Fars news agency. Zamini did not elaborate on how many subs would be deployed or what the nature of their missions would be. .
After Moscow, Tehran is the second power in the sea that adjoins Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. Iran’s Caspian force is estimated to be around 100 missile boats, two of which are equipped with anti-ship missiles. Tehran has also earlier announced it is building a destroyer, which will become the largest ship in its Caspian fleet. .
The collapse of the Soviet Union brought new players to the area rich with oil and natural gas fields, while shelf boundaries are yet to be defined. (RT News)
The Greatest Man in American History. My, my how petty and small the modern political hacks look in comparison to George Washington.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ofter sung by the Brits to mock limp-wristed "Dandy" Colonials (you get the idea):
Yankee Doodle came to town,
For to buy a firelock,
We will tar and feather him,
And so we will John Hancock.
But Americans were not about to let a catchy tune get away from them and adopted the song as their own.
The Ballad of the Green Mountain Boys
Ho--all to the borders! Vermonters, come down,
With your britches of deerskin and jackets of brown;
With your red woolen caps and your moccasins come,
To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum.
Come down with your rifle!
Let gray wolf and fox
Howl on in the shadow of primitive rocks;
Let bear feed securely from pig-pen and stall;
Here's two-legged game for your powder and ball.
Then cheer, cheer, the green mountaineer, then cheer, cheer the green mountaineer
On the south came the Hessians, our land to police;
And armed for the battle while canting of peace;
On our east came the British, the red coated band
To hang up our leaders and eat up our land.
Ho--all to the rescue! For Satan shall work
No gain for the legions of Hampshire and York!
They claim our possessions--the pitiful knaves--
The tribute we pay shall be prisons and graves!
Then cheer, cheer, the green mountaineer, then cheer, cheer the green mountaineer
We owe no allegiance, we bow to no throne,
Our ruler is law and the law is our own;
Our leaders themselves are our own fellow-men,
Who can handle the sword and the scythe and the pen
Hurrah for Vermont! For the land that we till
Must have sons to defend her from valley and hill
Our vow is recorded--our banner unfurled,
In the name of Vermont we defy all the world!
Then cheer, cheer, the green mountaineer, then cheer, cheer the green mountaineer
Yankee Privateer
Star Spangled Banner (1814)
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and
the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued
land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then
conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is
our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the
land of the free and the home of the brave! - - - The Star Spangled Banner (1814)
My Country Tis of Thee - (1831)
That's What's the Matter (1862)
By Stephen Foster
We live in hard and stirring times,
Too sad for mirth, too rough for rhymes;
For songs of peace have lost their chimes,
And that's what's the matter!
The men we held as brothers true,
Have turn'd into a rebel crew;
So now we have to put them thro',
And that's what's the matter!
Chorus: That's what's the matter,
The rebels have to scatter;
We'll make them flee,
By land and sea, And that's what's the matter!
Marching Through Georgia (1865)
So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train,
Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main;
Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain
While we were marching through Georgia.
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Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia.
I left my love a letter
I know this is not a period song, but it should have been.
Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861)
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
(Chorus)
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
While God is marching on.
We'll Fight for Uncle Sam (c. 1862)
I am a modern hairo: my name is Paddy Kearney;
Not long ago, I landed
from the bogs of sweet Killarney;
I used to cry out: SOAP FAT! bekase that
was my trade, sir,
Till I 'listed for a Soger-boy wid Corcoran's brigade,
sir.
Chorus: For to fight for Uncle Sam;
He'll lade us on to glory, O!
He'll lade us on to glory, O!
To save the Stripes and Stars.
Ora, once in regimentals, my mind it did bewildher.
I bid good-bye to
Biddy dear, and all the darling childher;
Whoo! says I, the Irish Volunteers
the divil a one afraid is,
Bekase we've got the soger bould, McClellan, for
to lade us.
Chorus: For to fight for Uncle Sam, &c.
We soon got into battle: we made a charge of bay'nets:
The Rebel
blaggards soon gave way: they fell as thick as paynuts.
Och hone! the
slaughter that we made, bedad, it was delighting!
For, the Irish lads in
action are the divil's boys for fighting.
Chorus: They'll fight for Uncle Sam, &c.
Och, sure, we never will give in, in any sort of manner,
Until the South
comes back agin, beneath the Starry-Banner;
And if John Bull should
interfere, he'd suffer for it truly;
For, soon the Irish Volunteers would
give him Ballyhooly.
Chorus: Oh! they'll fight for Uncle Sam, &c.
And! now, before I ind my song, this free advice I'll tender:
We soon
will use the Rebels up and make them all surrender,
And, once again, the
Stars and Stripes will to the breeze be swellin',
If Uncle Abe will give us
back our darling boy McClellan.
Chorus: Oh! we'll follow Little Mac, &c.
The Girl I left Behind Me (First printed text 1791, Dublin, Ireland)
Garryowen - 7th Cavalry Regiment March (1860s)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1863)
Rare footage of Civil War vets (1930s)
She wore a yellow ribbon
"Rough Riders" - Garryowen
Over There - World War One
A look back at World War One through the music of the patriotic anthem, "Over There", sung by early 20th Century pop sensation Billy Murray.
Metro Sacramento youth unemployment is nearly 300% higher than in 1950
There is a gradual impoverishment of society over time.
What is considered as "wealth" are jobs and businesses floating on a sea of Greek-style government debt and spending that has to come to an end at some point.
There has been a gradual increase in youth unemployment numbers from 1950 on in the People's Republic of California. In Metro Sacramento with 2.5 million people there has been a steady increase in unemployment and under-employment over the decades.
Thousands of new high school and college graduates will start their careers this summer in the Sacramento region. They'll enter a job market that, while slowly recovering, is much worse than the markets their grandparents and parents faced at the same age.
Nearly one in five local 18- to 29-year-olds not in school was unemployed in 2010, triple the rate from 1950, when their grandparents were that age. And it's 50 percent higher than the rate from 1980, when their parents started careers, the latest census figures show reports the Sacramento Bee.
The bleak picture for the young is drawn in other ways. Homeownership among young adults, for example, is down. Part-time employment is up. And nearly one in three local young adults, not in school, can look across the breakfast table and say, 'You had it better.' Because those 65,000 young adults still live with their parents.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/01/4602540/sacramento-area-youth-feel-the.html#storylink=cpy
Older workers with experience take many of the best jobs, forcing more young college graduates to find work in retail or food service – jobs normally held by workers without a degree. That leaves those with only a high school diploma in the cold, grabbing for leftovers historically reserved for dropouts.
Increasing Poverty and Unemployment - I am willing to bet the numbers below would apply to many regions of the U.S.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/01/4602540/sacramento-area-youth-feel-the.html#storylink=cpy
The reason for their struggles is, of course, the lackluster economy. The region's unemployment rate is 10.4 percent – and is much higher for young adults.
And, behind that, lie the cuts in government jobs, because Sacramento is still largely a government town. Many of the first government jobs eliminated were entry-level positions. And government layoffs generally are based on seniority, hitting young workers hard.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/01/4602540/sacramento-area-youth-feel-the.html#storylink=cpy
Nationwide, the unemployment rate among workers between 18 and 30 has fallen by about two percentage points in the last two years, but remains almost double what it was five years ago, U.S. Department of Labor data show. (The latest local figures broken down by age are from 2010.)
"I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life."
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi is the key to opposing Obamacare and the march of Socialism
The Republican Governor of Florida now says he will do nothing to enact Socialist Obamacare.
Big Government Socialist programs from the Washington Elite require states to pass laws to enforce it.
The States should simply REFUSE to pass any laws to support un-Constitutional Federal attacks on the Bill of Rights and the growth of Big Government.
Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott now says Florida will do nothing to comply with Comrade Barack Obama's Socialist health care overhaul and will not expand its Medicaid program. The announcement is a marked changed after the governor recently said he would follow the law if it were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid and we're not going to implement exchanges,'' Scott's spokesman Lane Wright told The Associated Press on Saturday. Wright stressed that the governor would work to make sure the law is repealed.
Scott told Fox News the Medicaid expansion would cost Florida taxpayers $1.9 billion a year reports NBC News Miami.
Moron Alert - The idiot Vice President of Iran says "the Jews" are behind everything
Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi of Iran delivered a baldly anti-Semitic speech at an international antidrug conference in Tehran, saying that the Talmud, a central text of Judaism, was responsible for the spread of illegal drugs around the world reports the New York Times.
European diplomats in attendance expressed shock. Even Iranian participants in the conference, co-sponsored by Iran and the United Nations, privately wondered at their government’s motive for allowing such a speech, even given its longstanding antagonism toward Israel. More than 25,000 Jews live in Iran, and they are recognized as a religious minority, with a representative in Parliament.
Rahimi said the Talmud teaches to “destroy everyone who opposes the Jews.”
Narcotics and drug-addiction throughout the world finds its roots in the erroneous teachings of the Talmud, 1 of the Jewish Holy books. "The book teaches them how to destroy non-Jews so as to protect an embryo in the womb of a Jewish mother," Rahimi stated.
The “Zionists” are in firm control of the illegal drug trade, Rahimi said, asking foreign dignitaries to research his claims.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will pay for anybody who can research and find one single Zionist who is an addict. They do not exist. This is the proof of their involvement in drugs trade.”
Rahimi told stories of gynecologists’ killing black babies on the orders of the Zionists and claimed that the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 was started by Jews, adding that mysteriously, no Jews died in that uprising.
He also said the Talmud teaches Jews to think that they are a superior race. “They think God has created the world so that all other nations can serve them,” he said. Halfway through his speech, Mr. Rahimi said there was a difference between Jews who “honestly follow the prophet Moses” and the Zionists, who are “the main elements of the international drugs trade.”
A European diplomat said afterward: “This was definitely one of the worst speeches I have heard in my life. My gut reaction was: why are we supporting any cooperation with these people?”
National Brotherhood Week
You know, people are assholes the world over. So when everything is going to Hell I think of Tom Lehrer's song and a smile comes to my lips.
Butchered while attending Church. Seven Muslim attackers hurled grenades inside a Catholic Church and the African Inland Church and then opened fire with guns. They struck the churches, which are two miles apart.
More Islamist terrorist attacks against helpless people attending church
Seventeen people have been killed and 45 wounded in simultaneous attacks on two churches in north-eastern Kenya near the Somali border, according to a police official.
Police commander Philip Ndolo said gunmen threw grenades during the attacks on Sunday.
The bloodiest attack was on the African Inland church in Garissa, a town 120 miles west of the Somali border. Attackers threw two grenades inside the church, one of which exploded, Ndolo said.
As the congregation attempted to escape, the gunmen opened fire. 17 people were killed, including two police officers guarding the church, and about 45 wounded (updated). Muslim militants from Somalia were immediately suspected reports CNN.
At a second Catholic church in Garissa another grenade was thrown, wounding three people.
Garissa is one of two major towns near the Somali border. It lies to the west of the Dadaab refugee camp, which houses nearly 500,000 Somali refugees.
On Friday armed attackers kidnapped four international aid workers with the Norwegian Refugee Council and are believed to have taken them to Somalia.
A policeman handles the bodies of worshippers killed during an attack inside the African Inland Church in Garissa. (Reuters)
Members of Kenya’s security forces inspect a crime scene, after gunmen killed two policemen guarding a church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the congregation with bullets and grenades, killing at least 17 people and wounding at least 45 at African Inland Church in Garissa, Kenya
For a change of pace this summer we will be doing a Sunday Concert series. I have always thought the Pet Shop Boys had one of the most interesting sounds in music.
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards.
One of the world's best-selling music artists, Pet Shop Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1986 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four number ones: "West End Girls", "It's a Sin", "Always on My Mind" and "Heart".
Phone and Internet News Censorship. Sri Lanka has imposed censorship on mobile phone messages. The defense ministry’s Media Center for National Security in a directive to media organizations said they must get prior approval to publish news alerts “related to national security and security forces.”
Blogger / Internet News Shut Down - Yet another attack on Internet freedom of information
Police closed two websites for carrying "false and vulgar" news reports.
Previously the defense ministry ordered that all mobile phone operators should clear any "security-related news" with the government first.
The attacks on a free Internet go on and on - country by country. Sri Lankan police Friday shut down opposition news websites, accusing them of carrying "false and vulgar reports", months after imposing censorship on news alerts issued by mobile phone companies.
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Seven media organisations, including the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association, condemned the closure of the Lanka Mirror and Lanka X News offices located within the same building in Colombo.
"A group of 25 officers from the police Criminal Investigation Department sealed the offices and nine employees were arrested," the media organisations said in a joint statement. "We condemn this deadly assault on media freedom."
Internet Censorship
The Sri Lankan defence ministry said the news organisations were shut down after officials obtained a court order to carry out searches and seize equipment.
Rights groups and employees said one website was the official news organ of the opposition United National Party (UNP), while the other website was also closely linked to the UNP.
"The CID sealed the offices of two websites carrying false and vulgar reports," the ministry said in a statement. "People responsible for feeding information to the Internet through this office are being investigated."
The sites have been highly critical of the government, which is already facing international censure over its human rights record and a string of unsolved murders of journalists and attacks on the independent media.
Pro-opposition websites have been blocked and media organisations opposing government views have been attacked, according to rights groups.
The latest police crackdown comes three months after the defence ministry ordered that all mobile phone operators should clear any security-related news reports before issuing them as SMS alerts.
Sri Lanka lifted a state of emergency last year, but media rights groups have said that journalists have been forced to self-censor their work amid fears of physical attacks.
