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44% Prefer George W. Bush

Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama's declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying they'd rather have his predecessor.  Given the horrendous approval ratings Bush showed during his final term that's somewhat of a surprise and an indication that voters are increasingly placing the blame on Obama for the country's difficulties instead of giving him space because of the tough situation he inherited.  The closeness in the Obama/Bush numbers also has implications for the 2010 elections.  Using the Bush card may not be particularly effective for Democrats anymore, which is good news generally for Republicans and especially ones like Rob Portman who are running for office and have close ties to the former President. 

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ABC Obsessed with Alternative Sexual Lifestyles

By Colleen Raezler (Bio | Archive) July 29, 2009 - 08:36 ET Youngsters' curiosity about sex used to be sated by late night, soft-core flicks on premium cable channels. Now, they simply have to tune into ABC. ABC news programs have featured 76 segments about sexual activity in the last six months. The majority of these reports were related to political sex scandals or crime cases that contained a sexual element, but 11 promoted alternative sexual arrangements such as men who become women, Web sites dedicated to helping married people cheat on their spouses and even people who carry on romantic relationships with objects like F-15 fighter jets and the Eiffel Tower.

"World News Sunday" even considered the opening of a sex shop in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, worthy of a news segment.

In his March 29 report, correspondent David Wright didn't feature any residents upset about the controversial new business in the historic district, but he did feature store owner Bo Kenny. Kenny told ABC, "We have sold several cages. Our puppy cage is the most popular cage."

Neither Kenny nor Wright explained that people who assume the roles of master and pet use the cages as part of their sex play, but Wright concluded, "It turns out, Alexandria is home to a thriving community of fetishists."

Like Wright's report, many of these ABC segments lacked a critical voice. This refusal to provide balance in its reporting of such topics promoted acceptance of all types of proclivities, no matter how strange.

Pushing Boundaries
Pregnant "man" Thomas Beattie received more than an hour airtime courtesy of ABC in 2008. This year, the network has pushed the gender boundaries and even the boundaries of human love to the outer limits.

A July 21 "Primetime" special focused on the journey of the Prince family, who watched father and husband Ted transition into a "woman" named Chloe. Ted and his wife Rene have two sons, Logan, 7 ½, and Barry, 6.

Correspondent Juju Chang previewed the special on "Good Morning America" and contended, "Developmental psychologists will tell you that if you have honest, open, frank and age-appropriate conversations, the boys will be just fine. Now, Rene, their mom, tells us they are doing great socially." Neither the preview nor the full special featured an opposing opinion.

In fact, the only real critic of Prince's decision that Chang featured was Ted's father, who at first was upset. But he dutifully told Chang he would "try and understand this." Prince visited his former high school girlfriend, who claimed, "It doesn't affect me at all because you're still the same person, you know? And that, to me, is what really matters."

Chang also ignored Prince's utter selfishness in wanting his wife to (in effect) change her sexual orientation to engage in a physical relationship with him, or of expecting her and his sons to accept his decision.

Instead, viewers heard how "torturous" it was for Prince to see his wife recoil from him physically.

But for ABC, men turning into women is pretty hum-drum. "Good Morning America" went out and found a whole new sexual orientation on April 8 - people who love objects.

"Objectum sexuals," as defined by ABC's Kate Snow, are people whose "intimate life revolves around objects, not people." Snow focused her report on Erika Eiffel, a woman who changed her last name to Eiffel as a reflection of the commitment ceremony she had with the famous Parisian landmark.

Eiffel offered a deeper explanation of her condition. She said "we feel an innate connection with objects. It comes perfectly normal to us, to connect on various levels, emotional, spiritual, and also physical for some." Convinced she was born this way, Eiffel told Snow, "when other teenagers were dating each other, I was dating a bridge."

Snow redefined normal in the nearly five minute segment by only featuring a member of the medical community who equated "objectum sexual" relationships with fully human relationships. San Fransisco sexologist Amy Marsh told ABC:

[Objectum sexual relationships] are real. They are complex. And they are no less and no more of value than other romantic relationships. I can tell you that what I'm finding is not much history of sexual abuse. And actually not much in the way of psychiatric diagnosis, either. I'm also finding out that quite a few of them have a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome or autism but not everybody.

Host Diane Sawyer implied that "objectum sexuality" was strange when she said there was "a wide variety of reactions here among all of us watching it," but that wasn't enough to counter the deferential treatment Snow gave the topic during her report.

Nightline, the New Skini-max?
"Nightline," once a production of the driest sort, has in the past six months promoted the modernized version of "The Joy of Sex," sugar daddies, prostitution and adultery.

"Sections on foursomes and moresomes, becoming more socially easy to arrange, we were told. Sex on a moving motorcycle, which called for the wearing of a hard hat. The flanquette [a sexual position], unclear. A lot of it seems quite European and too shocking for some," was how correspondent Nick Watt described "The Joy of Sex" in his January 22 "Nightline" report.

As for the updates in "Joy of Sex," Watt stated, "There are 43 new sections on such modern phenomena as phone sex, Internet sex, sex in parking lots and sex toys." Sexologist Susan Quillam, who revised the manual, argued it "is about love and dedicated sex," but nothing was said if the book included updates about the sexually transmitted diseases rampant now that were not in 1972, when the manual was originally released.

Watt highlighted the titillating sexual details over one particularly radical update - that sex and love cannot be separated. Quillam wrote about love:

When this book was first written, the world was in the middle of the most radical rethinking of sexuality ever - and the subsequent rethinking of love. The prediction then was that sex and love could be divorced, and no-strings sex is certainly now more common. But most of us still require a connection before we can do any more than simply perform; love may not be all you need, but it's an essential for any except the most basic satisfaction.

According to "Nightline," sex could also solve an economic crisis.

Correspondent Neal Karlinsky's Febuary 6 report portrayed prostitution as the answer to Nevada's financial woes.

Democratic State Senator Bob Coffin proposed to decriminalize prostitution. Karlinsky reported that "the senator estimates the state could bring in an immediate $2 million a year from taxing the existing brothels. And up to an astonishing $200 million a year if the brothel business is allowed to expand into Vegas." Karlinsky later asked Coffin if he had ever "partaken of this industry." Coffin feigned memory loss.

Dennis Hof, owner of the infamous Bunny Ranch brothel, appeared in Karlinsky's report shopping for more property in case Coffin's proposal passed. Predictably, Hof defended the idea. "If they put prostitution into Las Vegas or Reno, it's going to be in certain areas, controlled," he said. "The signage is going to be certain sizes. It's not going to be in your face."

One of Hof's employees told Karlinsky "There's no way that you can establish a place like this and not make money and help the economy. It's impossible."

Three critics featured said they were concerned decriminalizing prostitution would negatively affect the state's chances of attracting families and corporations to Nevada, but nobody expressed moral concern about trading flesh for a sound economy.

Just a few years ago Vegas tried to portray itself as a family-friendly vacation destination. Decriminalizing prostitution would surely put Vegas back on the map as Sin City.

Bought Love
If "Nightline" didn't have a problem with actual prostitution, nobody can expect it would find fault with perceived prostitution. On the May 19 edition, host Martin Bashir explored the world of sugar daddies - those wealthy men who lavish gifts and money on attractive young women in exchange for their company.
Melissa, an out-of-work actress, and Kyle, a television producer "who makes around half a million dollars a year," discussed their relationship with Bashir. Melissa claimed, "It's nice to be able to have a partner that understands where you're going and helps support that." For Kyle, he couldn't understand why people would view his relationship with Melissa as prostitution, despite his spending nearly $10,000 for his third date with her.

Simone Cohen, CEO of EstablishedMen.com, a Web site that matches beautiful women with wealthy men, and where Melissa and Kyle found one another, also denied that this was a form of prostitution. But "relationship expert" Bridgette Lang told Bashir, "Without a doubt it is prostitution." Bashir accused Cohen of being "the CEO of a pimping Web site," but despite the inclusion of a critic, the segment ultimately presented sugar daddies as just another arrangement.

ABC's Diane Sawyer called these arrangements "interesting" during a January 29 "Good Morning America" segment. Four of the six women asked about sugar daddy/baby relationships insisted it is not prostitution. Author Alicia Dunams maintained, "This is just like dating. It's dating with perks."

Chris, a married "daddy" interviewed by correspondent Andrea Canning, claimed, despite not revealing his last name and changing his voice, that he and his sugar baby Melanie are "pretty upfront about what we're looking for." As for Melanie, she asserted that sugar daddies "want you to actually, like, achieve something and do something good."

Sawyer expressed concern over Chris's marriage, but Canning said Melanie "doesn't have too many concerns about that" and that Chris "said he wants to feel young again. He doesn't want the drama, he has millions to go around. So, they feel like for them, it's a, it's a good situation."

Nobody discussed the effects this would have on the people involved in these relationships during the two segments. Nor did anyone mention sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, the emotional ramifications and the self-worth of the women who allow themselves to enter into these relationships.

Illicit Love
For viewers unable to afford sugar babies, "Nightline" and "Good Morning America" turned the spotlight on new Web sites designed specifically to provide opportunities for married people to begin affairs.

"Life is short. Have an affair" is the tag line for one such site, AshleyMadison.com. The site also offers an "affair guarantee." Members will be refunded their $249 membership fee if they don't find someone within three months.

"Good Morning America" devoted a March 19 segment to cheating wives, one of which used AshleyMadison. Karen, a cheating wife, told ABC her affair "improved" her marriage. She stated, "I feel good about myself. I don't feel overweight. I don't feel unattractive. I feel like there's somebody out there that's very definitely interested in me sexually. And I don't argue about sex anymore."

Deanna, another cheating wife, told ABC, "I was shocked to see how many unhappy marriages are out there. It's sad, in a way. But it is what it is. And before the Internet, you know, people just struggled through their marriages."

Noel Biderman, CEO of AshleyMadison, claimed, "if you poll most people, they would still call it taboo or immoral to cheat. But if you step back for a second and put people under a different condition and say, now if you could cheat with no repercussions, a lot of people confess to wanting to do that or, or being open to doing that."

The May 19 "Nightline" broadcast also featured a report on cheating spouses. Bashir confronted Biderman about his role in potentially destroying families, but didn't challenge him when he responded, "I think if anything I've helped them preserve their family." Biderman also claimed that whether adultery is good or bad "depends on the circumstances." He continued, "I think there are some cases it's probably very destructive and in some places it's very constructive."

A woman who engaged in adultery with a married man after her husband cheated on her told Bashir she didn't feel at all bad about it until she saw her partner's wife. At that point, she admitted to feeling "uncomfortable."

Although psychologist Seth Meyers told "Good Morning America" that affairs do not work out well for relationships, nobody on the programs discussed the loss of trust or the implosion of the family unit that can result from an affair.

Patrick Schneman, a private investigator, was the only unequivocal defender of marriage to appear in either segment. "To me, there's nothing more important that that relationship between a husband and a wife. That's a sacred vow to me," he told Bashir.

Ratings Up, Morals Down
In the short term, ABC's preoccupation with sordid sexuality may be paying off. A July 26 New York Times articlereported that "Nightline's" viewership is "up 14 percent in the last six weeks compared with the same week a year ago." David Westin, the president of ABC News, told the Times, "The network is very pleased with what they are getting with "Nightline."

ABC executives must believe that covering abnormal sexuality can help "Good Morning America" too. The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism's State of the News Media report found GMA's audience decreased 8 percent between 2007 and 2008. But that's nothing a little perversion and a sprinkling of promiscuousness can't fix.

Since ABC is determined to present prostitution, objectum sexuality and transgenderism on its "news" programming, it would be nice if the network felt obligated to produce voices that question the healthiness and consequences of such behavior. Otherwise, ABC is just airing propaganda for progressive sexual mores, and abnormal sexual predilections and relationships.

—Colleen Raezler is a research assistant at the Culture and Media Institute

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American Minute - Dec. 25 - Presidential Christmas Messages

From: "American Minute" AmericanMinute.com Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009

President Hoover wrote in 1932:

"Your CHRISTMAS Service held each year at the foot of a living tree which was alive at the time of the birth of Christ...should be continued as a further symbol of the unbroken chain of life leading back to this great moment in the spiritual life of mankind."

President Eisenhower remarked in 1960:

"Through the ages men have felt the uplift of the spirit of CHRISTMAS. We commemorate the birth of the Christ Child by...giving expression to our gratitude for the great things that His coming has brought about in the world."

President Carter commented in 1977:

"CHRISTMAS has a special meaning for those of us who are Christians, those of us who believe in Christ, those of us who know that almost 2,000 years ago, the Son of Peace was born."

President Reagan stated in 1983:

"CHRISTMAS is a time...to open our hearts to...millions forbidden the freedom to worship a God who so loved the world that He gave us the birth of the Christ Child so that we might learn to love."

Reagan continued:

The message of Jesus is one of hope and joy. I know there are those who recognize CHRISTMAS DAY as the birthday of a wise teacher...then there are others of us who believe that he was the Son of God, that he was divine."

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Life and Death - Pro-Life Democrat Predicts Senate Health Bill Will Not Pass

From:  Patriot@FaxDC.com  Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009

PRO-LIFE DEMOCRAT PREDICTS SEN HEALTH BILL WILL NOT PASS

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Alert: The Senate health care bill is dead on arrival in the House of Representatives unless major changes are made, including removal of special carve outs for Medicaid funding for certain states and inclusion of language barring taxpayer-funded health plans that cover abortions, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) told CNSNews.com on Tuesday.

Faced with the possibility that House Democratic leaders and the White House will try to force the U.S. House to accept as is the health care bill that the Senate is poised to pass on Christmas Eve, the pro-life Democrat said the Senate bill differs too much from the version passed by the House to be accepted.

"If they expect the House to accept the Senate bill, it's going to go down in flames," Stupak told CNSNews.com in an interview.

CNSNews.com asked Stupak: "Are you prepared to vote for a bill that looks more like the Senate bill and Senator Nelson's language on abortion & than the House bill, with your language?"

"No, absolutely not," said the Democratic congressman, whose district encompasses all of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and roughly one-quarter of the territory in the remainder of Michigan.

"The Senate bill will not receive support in the House," Stupak said. "If they tell us we have to take that bill without changes, it will not survive the House. Regardless of the abortion language, there are just too many objectionable items in there that at least I see, and in talking with maybe a half-dozen other members, they sort of see the same thing."

Stupak, like many in Congress, takes strong exception to the fact that, under the Senate plan, certain states would receive special carve outs for increased funding for Medicare/Medicaid.

"That's not what it's all about," he said. "This is about health care, this is providing health care for all Americans it's not to see who can strike the best deal for their state. This is the wrong piece of legislation to try to do carve outs, or get an exception for your state and the rest of the country is supposed to pick up the tab. That's not what health care is all about. That's not the policy, that's not the principle behind the bill.

In exchange for their votes for the Senate bill, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) reportedly obtained $100 million in additional Medicaid benefits for Nebraska and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) obtained $300 million in additional aid for Louisiana.

In addition, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) managed to obtain a carve-out for 800,000 Floridians, who will keep their Medicare Advantage plans, while those in other parts of the country are slated to lose their Medicare Advantage plans under the bill's targeted cuts.

Stupak was incensed at the special deals.

"All the rest of us that live in states that did not receive that exception, why would we [be] inclined to give Nebraska or Florida or Louisiana a special break underneath the bill and expect the rest of us to pay for it?"

Beyond the carve-outs, Stupak pointed out that seniors take some cuts in the Senate bill that are not found in the House bill [that] members are not going to accept -- and that the bill would tax people who have decent health insurance programs.

"Aren't you really going to force more people off health insurance?" Stupak said.

He added: "If you just take a look at my three main constituencies Right to Life, labor unions, and senior citizens the Senate bill is contrary to all their interests," Stupak said.

"I'd have no real desire to vote for this bill the way its being outlined in the media," he said. "I know the bill's not finalized yet, but if that holds true, if they expect the House to accept the Senate bill, it's going to go down in flames."

Stupak, who succeeded last month in getting 64 House Democrats to join him in attaching his pro-life amendment to the House version of the health care bill, also firmly rejected language in the Senate bill regarding abortion.

The Stupak amendment, as his provision is known, would prohibit the federal government from allocating taxpayer money to pay for any part of any health insurance plan that covers abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is in danger.

But the abortion language in the Senate bill secured by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), which attempts to segregate taxpayer money from paying for health plans that provide abortion, does not contain an outright ban on taxpayer money going to fund abortion.

Stupak, however, added: "Even if they fixed the abortion language, if it's the Senate language, I have to vote for I'm not voting for it."

A transcript of CNSNews.com's interview of Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) follows below:

CNSNews.com: "Let's talk about the health care bill. Yesterday GOP chairman Michael Steele said, quote, 'The fix is in here. There won't be a legitimate conference. The House members are being told to accept whatever the Senate comes up with. Nancy Pelosi's going to capitulate on this and the House members are going to have to live with it. They are going to have to eat a whole lot of stuff in the Senate bill that they don't like and they don't want.' Endquote."

"So let me ask you about that. Are you prepared to vote for a bill that looks more like the Senate bill and Senator Nelson's language on abortion than the House bill, with your language?"

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.): "No, absolutely not. The Senate bill will not receive support in the House, if they tell us we have to take that bill without changes, it will not survive the House. Regardless of the abortion language, there are just too many abortion items that at least I see, and in talking with maybe a half-dozen other members, they sort of see the same thing."

Rep. Stupak: "I mean, you see certain states getting certain special carve-outs in this legislation that's not what its all about. This is about health care, this is providing health care for all Americans its not to see who can strike the best deal for their state. This is the wrong piece of legislation to try to do carve-outs, or get an exception for your state and the rest of the country is supposed to pick up the tab. That's not what health care is all about & that's not the policy, that's not the principal behind the bill. There's a lot of strong objections to the Senate bill and what's been done thus far."

CNSNews.com: "Okay, do you have or are you saying -- that you have the votes to stop it, if that's the case?"

Rep. Stupak: "Well, what I'm saying is, what you just read is that the House is going to have to accept the Senate bill and it would not be a true conference -- and we're just going to have to accept the Senate bill as is. Well, I'll tell you, it will not be accepted."

Rep. Stupak: "Number one, you have certain [states] and certain exceptions. All the rest of us that live in states that did not receive that exception, why would we incline to give Nebraska or Florida or Louisiana a special break underneath the bill and expect the rest of us to pay for it?"

Rep. Stupak: "Secondly, people who have decent health insurance programs we're going to tax them, aren't you really going to force more people off health insurance? Thirdly, the seniors take some cuts in the Senate bill that are not found in the House bill members are not going to accept. If you just take a look at my three main constituencies Right to Life, labor unions, and senior citizens the Senate bill is contrary to all their interests, so there'd be no I'd have no real desire to vote for this bill the way it's being outlined in the media. I know the bill's not finalized yet, but if that holds true, if they expect the House to accept the Senate bill, it's going to go down in flames. (CNSNEWS)


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Congress - Congressional Reform Act of 2010

From: burd Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009
Best suggestions I have heard in a very long time for the whole nation

Pretty hard to argue against any of these proposals, but I have no doubt, the crooked bunch that are in office now would defeat it should it come before the Congress.

A friend sent this along to me. I can't think of a reason to disagree.

I am sending this to my e-mail list and that includes conservatives, liberals, and everybody in between. Even though we disagree on a number of issues, I count all of you as friends. My friend and neighbor wants to promote a "Congressional Reform Act of 2010." It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

I know many of you will say, "this is impossible." Let me remind you, Congress has the lowest approval of any entity in Government, now is the time when Americans can join together to reform Congress - the entity that "represents" us.

We need to get a Senator to introduce this bill in the U.S. Senate and a Representative to introduce a similar bill in the U.S. House. These people will become American hero's.

Thanks,
A Fellow American

Congressional Reform Act of 2010

1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.

A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

2. No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately.

All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back to work.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/2011.

The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

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KWANZAA - The Creation of a Deranged Racist Felon

GG,

     Visit my page at http://harrold.org/rfhextra/ethnic.html and look around.   You'll find more Kwanza references and artifice-history.   It's hard to believe ... our government is even setting up a "Juneteenth Day!" ... Lord, they can't even spell right.  It's not about diversity and equality ... rather for the masses it's about separatism and reparations.   Pride apparently is reserved in our "politically correct" era only for "specially designated classes of peoples."  ... Unfortunately, when a government "goes south", often they get "special solutions" as the world learned from the Holocaust.  Luckily, a few speak against diversity, separatism,  reparations, and retribution.  About zero want repatriation though.    A. Lincoln discovered that early on. 
(related: http://www.civilwarhistory.com/_/lincoln/Abraham%20Lincoln%20on%20Race.htm )

.bob

P.S.  The page's title is from an occasion down in St. Thomas some years back.

From: gg  Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009  Subject: KWANZAA --- The Creation of a Deranged Racist Felon  

Some things to think about as we join our Black brothers and sisters in Holiday celebration! GG

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Reposted from AboveTopSecret.com - Executive Orders by POTUS

When I was stationed in D.C. working with Interpol was part of ordinary police & federal law enforcement operations.  The exchange of information between countries helped all agencies involved to the betterment of all.  I'm not sure that this is as nefarious as it might appear on 1st blush; however, "those who surround" POTUS are a strange lot indeed and bear watching closely.  -- rfh

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From: gg  Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 Subject: Executive Order -- Amending Executive Order 12425, page 1

Hi Bob, Merry Christmas!  A little fuel for the Christmas fire, doesn't it make you feel all warm and fuzzy? ;^)  GG

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread528628/pg1

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Quote from : Wikipedia : Executive Order

An executive order in the United States is an order issued by the President, the head of the executive branch of the federal government.

In other countries, similar edicts may be known as decrees, or orders-in-council.

Executive orders may also be issued at the state level by a state's Governor or at the local level by the city's Mayor.

U.S. Presidents have issued executive orders since 1789, usually to help direct the operation of executive officers.

Some orders do have the force of law when made in pursuance of certain Acts of Congress, when those acts give the President discretionary powers.

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 17, 2009
Executive Order -- Amending Executive Order 12425

EXECUTIVE ORDER
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AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425 DESIGNATING INTERPOL
AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO
ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the first sentence the words "except those provided by Section 2(c), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act" and the semicolon that immediately precedes them.

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 16, 2009.

 

Interpol's 4 presidents from 1938 to 1945 were from Nazi Germany.

(c) 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.

How do you go about setting up an international organization? Oh that's right- bypass, subvert, and undermine checked democratic processes.

 

Here's the text of 2(c), which this EO now has applying to INTERPOL:

(c) 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.

POTUS- the best show on television.

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An INTERPOL branch in the US now cannot be searched, it's files are not subject to legal subpoena nor discovery. If any branch of government wants to keep documents out of the hands of the court system, just hand them over to INTERPOL until the smoke clears. INTERPOL will now be able to maintain files on US citizens. By this EO, Obama has conferred diplomatic immunity upon INTERPOL, exemption from being subject to search and seizure by law enforcement, exemption from US taxes, and immunity from FOIA requests, etc. Obama just declared INTERPOL records immune from search and seizure -- "The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable."

National Emergency Act : Know Your Law, When Law Is Suspended, and You May Be Arrested This is in regards to Interpol. INTERPOL - Anti-Crime Propaganda I am speechless. Is he TRYING to rile up the people? Is he TRYING to force the hands of revolution? I believe that is quite clearly what "They" are attempting to do. I see no other reason. Liberty and Tyranny are going to clash - The sleepers will awaken It's just another step in handing over our Sovereignty to the NWO. Like the Copenhagen accords. What's next? Edit is: star and flag  How interesting that this Executive Order directly proceeds the order that he said he was going to issue regarding the declassification of documents. In that thread, found here: www.abovetopsecret.com... we were pretty much of the opinion that the documents would simply disappear rather than be available for public perusal. It seems to me that you, my friend, have found where they are going to be headed. As I've said before, what Obama seemingly gives with one hand, it takes back two-fold with the other. This is getting scary all..coming from a man who said on international tv...I want a transparent government* so much for the transparency part. I bet his ratings are dropping as we speak Jimmy - INTERPOL would become a "police force" within our own borders that "could not be challenged" PERIOD Excuse me INTERPOL just became...

Obama has proven to be an evil man whose actions are, if possible, even worse than George W. Bush.

Open revolution is building on so many fronts in the USA. Even the health bill from the Senate is going to put practicing Catholics in an untenable position vis-a-vis taxation and abortion provision.

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Direct confrontation almost always results in failure.....There are many other ways, but stay alert.....Those of us that are prepared will survive.....Develop non internet methods of connecting.....to separate ourselves from the insanity, maintain distance, communicate and figure out who you can trust......

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This is basically giving Interpol immunity from our laws.

I wonder if this is in connection with the World Health Organization being down on the Mexican/American Border?

Sure sounds like it to me.

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Welcome to ATS.....While I agree that bo is a figurehead, it does not mean we sit back and accept it.....We can change it, the first step is spreading the truth, the second is to devote huge energy to NOW campaigning agaisnt those in power (in Congress) NOW!!

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To bad he didn't ammend EX 11940. Now theres one everyone should learn about.

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I'm new to this site, so please forgive me for speaking out / jumping in. It's not Obama who is doing this, even though he is who people voted for; it's set up so you vote for who you want to hear this stuff from. Him putting a signature is as worthless as my opinion. (We really don't vote for a Leader) The direction this country is headed has long been in motion, they are just tying up loose ends now and making it all formal. When or rather "IF" people start getting vocal and upset, then we'll be handed a juicy affair, or some Clinton type of diversion while they steamroll on with the agenda. The rules of freedom are merely the illusion of... but not free. It all changed and in our faces, back in '63. Sad but true.

Well let me put it like this - Hitler didn't write about what he was going to do - he just did it. And I'm sorry to those of you who don't like the comparison but it is long since time to wake up and speak your mind - while you still can.

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I'm sure (I might be wrong, haven't checked) the media hasn't mentioned anything about this. How does this make any sense at all? I'm talking with a friend of mine who is going into intel, and he agrees completely with what Obama is doing. For some reason, he thinks it is the right choice. Me, on the other hand, I see a man who is desperate enough to cover up something. I understand some things need to be kept secret, but every single document that INTERPOL has? Some of them can't be released due to the FOIA? Maybe I'm not fully understand everything. That's my two cents.

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Life and Death - The Greatest Pro-Life Story Every Told

From: Steven Ertelt  Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009

The Greatest Pro-Life Story Ever Told

In what we at LifeNews.com plan to make an annual tradition, in lieu of any pro-life news, today, on Christmas, we present you with the best news. You might call the news of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, The Greatest Pro-Life Story Ever Told.

Nothing we ever write at LifeNews.com can ever compare to the beautiful story of the birth of Jesus.
The story has all of the elements of a crisis pregnancy situation that our friends at pregnancy centers see every day. A young mother, hopeful about her future but unsure what impact an unplanned pregnancy will have on it. A father who isn't quite ready to father and a couple who plan to marry but don't believe they have the resources or capacity to care for a child.

In this trying time for our nation and world -- with the promotion of abortion reaching historic proportions in both the health care debate in the United States and with places like Spain and Latin America pressured to legalize it -- the uplifting story of Jesus brings us real hope for the future and an assurance that it can truly be well with our soul.

Without further ado, please enjoy the Greatest Pro-Life Story Ever Told, as presented by one of the first internationally recognized pro-life doctors, St. Luke.

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David.  The virgin's name was Mary.  The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored!  The Lord is with you."

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.  But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.  You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.  The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."

"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

The angel answered, "The Holy  Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.  So the holy one to be born will be    For Nothing is impossible with God."  gg                 

Mary Visits Elizabeth
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!"

Mary's Song
And Mary said:
"My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.

From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.

He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever,
even as he said to our fathers."

Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

Luke 2 - The Birth of Jesus

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

The Shepherds and the Angels
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Thank you for your dedication to protecting God's unborn children this year and we look forward to working with you to protect them in 2010.

Have a truly blessed and Merry Christmas and may the joyous peace that passes understanding be with you and your family as you celebrate today.

Blessings,
Steven Ertelt, Editor
LifeNews.com

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Merry Christmas/Feliz Navidad - Animated Card

From: kneeknee Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009

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