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siboham was in my opinion the worst.
Jmo
Now that is cool!!!!
TAX DAY!! Tea party's going on today all around the country. Please attend the one closest to you....
Ya know we are all racist because we don't agree with Zero then why aren't they all sexist for not agreeing with Palin? Same same.........
TAX DAY!! Tea party's going on today all around the country. Please attend the one closest to you....
Ya know we are all racist because we don't agree with Zero then why aren't they all sexist for not agreeing with Palin? Same same.........
Thanks otterman for the effort. You summed it up nicely I thought.....
Bid .16 ask .25 up 175%
I watched the video several times. Looked to me like they had a RPG and some guns. If you listen there was a truck showed up gathering the dead and I bet the guns.
The way you and the rest of the far left think is why this country is in such danger now! When you and the rest of the far left wakeup it will be too late!
Exactly right!
And what do you take from this?
Gaffney: Obama Nuclear Plan Takes 'Dangerous' Risks with U.S. Security
Tuesday, 06 Apr 2010 07:48 PM Article Font Size
By: Jim Meyers
Leading national security expert Frank Gaffney has a few choice words for President Barack Obama’s policies on the production and use of nuclear weapons — “reckless,” “dangerous,” “irresponsible,” “ill-advised,” “very risky” and “catastrophic.”
Gaffney, founder and president of the Center for Security Policy, also tells Newsmax that Obama is taking “considerable risks” with Americans’ security, and his policies could ultimately lead to the “disarmament” of the U.S.
Editor's Note: See the full interview with defense expert Frank Gaffney below
And he says the policies raise questions about the president’s judgment “and his faithful execution of his constitutional responsibilities for the common defense.”
Gaffney was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in April 1987 to become assistant secretary of defense for International Security Policy, the senior position in the Defense Department with responsibility for policies involving nuclear forces, arms control and U.S.-European defense relations.
He also served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy.
The Obama administration is altering the country’s decades-old nuclear weapons policy to reduce the role and number of such weapons, with the target of a nuclear-free world, according to a newly released document called a nuclear posture review.
Obama would renounce the development of any new nuclear weapons, and commit the U.S. not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty — even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons.
He is also about to sign a "New START" [Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty] with Russia reducing long-range nuclear weapons.
In his exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Gaffney says: “Both the new nuclear posture review and the START treaty reflect the president’s overarching ambition, something that’s been a fixation of his going back to 1983 when he was a young radical at Columbia University, and that is with the idea of disarming the world.
“But as a practical matter the only country he can disarm is the United States, and I think both of these are steps in that direction.
“He is foreclosing any modernization of our nuclear deterrent. He is saying we’re not going to modernize our forces. The practical effect of the president’s decision not to modernize our nuclear deterrent is to condemn it to obsolescence, and [to lead] ultimately to the disarmament of the United States.”
Congress could reject the decisions Obama has made on the use of nuclear weapons and the modernization of our arsenal, and could opt not to ratify START, Gaffney says.
But “whether under a Democrat-controlled Congress dominated by leftists, who probably see more or less along the same lines as the president on the virtues of nuclear disarmament, it’s not clear that is going to happen,” he adds.
“But I hope there is going to be a response from the American people to some of these very risky ideas that I think most people are going to find defy common sense, and certainly are not prudent in a world in which countries like North Korea, Iran, China, Russia are [developing] nuclear threats, and perhaps other capabilities as well, in a way that will be very dangerous to us in the future . . .
“The American people are being confronted with a president who believes that he can take considerable risks with their safety and security. I think they probably won’t see it that way, and they’ll let their elected representatives know they don’t.”
Asked if Secretary of Defense Robert Gates opposed the new policies, Gaffney responds:
“We know for sure that during the last administration, when he was also the secretary of defense, he spoke very vociferously about the necessity of modernizing our nuclear forces . . .
“Anybody in a position of real responsibility who appreciates that it is and will remain vital to the security of the United States to have a credible, safe, reliable nuclear deterrent, will tell you you need to modernize the ones we have — because they’re increasingly not safe, increasingly not reliable, and certainly ever less effective.”
Obama has said he is now convinced the course Iran is on will provide them with nuclear weapons capabilities. Gaffney was asked if he is alarmed that the administration is not taking a more aggressive approach with Iran.
“It alarms me that at the very moment the president is acknowledging that he is, essentially, just going to get used to [a nuclear-armed Iran] — that one of the most dangerous countries on the planet, the Islamic Republic of Iran, is getting nuclear weapons — he is saying we’re going to permit the increasing devaluation, in fact disarmament, of this country.
“I just think that the juxtaposition of these two realities further raises questions about President Obama’s judgment and his faithful execution of his constitutional responsibilities for the common defense.”
The START pact Obama has agreed to sign limits the U.S. and Russia to 1,550 operationally deployed nuclear warheads. Asked if that will be enough to preserve our defense, Gaffney says:
“I don’t know what the right number is and I’m very leery of people who tell you they do know.
“The Russians are busily modernizing their forces. They have fewer numbers but they are going to have very modern nuclear weapons. Communist China is busily expanding both the number and the quality of the nuclear weapons in its inventory.
“At the same time every other nuclear power is modernizing its nuclear arsenal. Some of them are friends of ours, some of them are not necessarily. Then there’s the rogue states North Korea and Iran.
“When you put all this together, I’m not sure whether it is advisable for the United States to have fewer nuclear weapons than it has had. But it is catastrophic not to have whatever number we wind up with be as modern, as safe, and as reliable as we know how to make them. And President Obama has explicitly foreclosed that option.
“The only nuclear power in the world, actual or incipient, that will not be able to produce any nuclear weapons will be the United States of America. I think that is wrong. I think it is irresponsible. And I’m fearful it will prove reckless.
“Then there’s a whole class of weapons of which [the Russians] have thousands, unmatched by us, called tactical nuclear weapons, that aren’t counted in this treaty at all. Some of them are off the coast of the United States today, weapons the size of the weapon that devastated Hiroshima pointed at our cities. And they don’t count at all.”
Ronald Reagan had stated that his ultimate goal was the elimination of nuclear weapons. Newsmax asked Gaffney what he thinks Reagan would say about Obama’s policies.
“Having worked for him in the nuclear weapons policy business, I can tell you that President Reagan was committed to assuring the effectiveness of our nuclear deterrent. Most of the nuclear weapons that we have still in the inventory today were deployed during his time in office.
“So while he had an aspiration, I think he was very clear that in the interval he was determined to maintain effective deterrent forces . . .
“I think he would be appalled by what is going on today, and probably most appalled by those who are using his sentiments about nuclear weapons to justify this reckless and ill-advised denuclearization of the United States that is going on under the Obama administration today.”
Asked if Obama would use nuclear weapons if he faced a crisis, Gaffney responds: “I think any president would be very, very reluctant to use nuclear weapons. This president, by virtue of everything he has said and done to date, I think would be exceedingly unlikely to do it.
“Here’s the rub: Most of our enemies — and we do have enemies in the world — probably have figured that out as well and may be emboldened by it.
“Even if he is persuaded that the circumstances require the use of nuclear weapons for the safety and security of the American people, and even if he were willing to use them, if this present practice persists of allowing our nuclear deterrent to atrophy, it’s not clear they’ll work when they should. And that I’m afraid would be a very, very dark day for America.”
http://newsmax.com/Headline/obama-gaffney-nuclear-policy/2010/04/06/id/354946
0 is telling the world what they can use to kill us!!!!
IDIOTS! !!!!
I say if any country uses chemical or biological weapons against us we NUKE EM!!!!!
When you take away the threat of nuclear retaliation you take away Americana's safety! With past presidents they had no doubt that if they used Chemical or biological weapons against us they would get the full wrath of the US military. Not now!!! This dip is going to tell them what they can used to kill us!!!!
God help us!!!!!
Black Tea Party Activists Called 'Traitors'
AP
Black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement — and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation's first black president.
Feb. 10: Fox News political analyst Angela McGlowan announces at the Tupelo, Miss., City Hall, that she is running for the 1st Congressional District as a Republican.
ALBANY, N.Y. – They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement — and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation's first black president.
"I've been told I hate myself. I've been called an Uncle Tom. I've been told I'm a spook at the door," said Timothy F. Johnson, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a group of black conservatives who support free market principles and limited government.
"Black Republicans find themselves always having to prove who they are. Because the assumption is the Republican Party is for whites and the Democratic Party is for blacks," he said.
Johnson and other black conservatives say they were drawn to the tea party movement because of what they consider its commonsense fiscal values of controlled spending, less taxes and smaller government. The fact that they're black — or that most tea partyers are white — should have nothing to do with it, they say.
"You have to be honest and true to yourself. What am I supposed to do, vote Democratic just to be popular? Just to fit in?" asked Clifton Bazar, a 45-year-old New Jersey freelance photographer and conservative blogger.
Opponents have branded the tea party as a group of racists hiding behind economic concerns — and reports that some tea partyers were lobbing racist slurs at black congressmen during last month's heated health care vote give them ammunition.
But these black conservatives don't consider racism representative of the movement as a whole — or race a reason to support it.
Angela McGlowan, a black congressional candidate from Mississippi, said her tea party involvement is "not about a black or white issue."
"It's not even about Republican or Democrat, from my standpoint," she told The Associated Press. "All of us are taxed too much."
Still, she's in the minority. As a nascent grassroots movement with no registration or formal structure, there are no racial demographics available for the tea party movement; it's believed to include only a small number of blacks and Hispanics.
Some black conservatives credit President Barack Obama's election — and their distaste for his policies — with inspiring them and motivating dozens of black Republicans to plan political runs in November.
For black candidates like McGlowan, tea party events are a way to reach out to voters of all races with her conservative message.
"I'm so proud to be a part of this movement! I want to tell you that a lot of people underestimate you guys," the former national political commentator for Fox News told the cheering crowd at a tea party rally in Nashville, Tenn., in February.
Tea party voters represent a new model for these black conservatives — away from the black, liberal Democratic base located primarily in cities, and toward a black and white conservative base that extends into the suburbs.
Black voters have overwhelmingly backed Democratic candidates, support that has only grown in recent years. In 2004, presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry won 88 percent of the black vote; four years later, 95 percent of black voters cast ballots for Obama.
Black conservatives don't want to have to apologize for their divergent views.
"I've gotten the statement, 'How can you not support the brother?'" said David Webb, an organizer of New York City's Tea Party 365, Inc. movement and a conservative radio personality.
Since Obama's election, Webb said some black conservatives have even resorted to hiding their political views.
"I know of people who would play the (liberal) role publicly, but have their private opinions," he said. "They don't agree with the policy but they have to work, live and exist in the community ... Why can't we speak openly and honestly if we disagree?"
Among the 37 black Republicans running for U.S. House and Senate seats in November is Charles Lollar of Maryland's 5th District.
A tea party supporter running against House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Lollar says he's finding support in unexpected places.
The 38-year-old U.S. Marine Corps reservist recently walked into a bar in southern Maryland decorated with a Confederate flag. It gave his wife Rosha pause.
"I said, 'You know what, honey? Many, many of our Southern citizens came together under that flag for the purpose of keeping their family and their state together,'" Lollar recalled. "The flag is not what you're to fear. It's the stupidity behind the flag that is a problem. I don't think we'll find that in here. Let's go ahead in."
Once inside, they were treated to a pig roast, a motorcycle rally — and presented with $5,000 in contributions for his campaign.
McGlowan, one of three GOP candidates in north Mississippi's 1st District primary, seeks a seat held since 2008 by The National Republican Congressional Committee has supported Alan Nunnelee, chairman of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, who is also pursuing tea party voters.
McGlowan believes the tea party movement has been unfairly portrayed as monolithically white, male and middle-aged, though she acknowledged blacks and Hispanics are a minority at most events.
Racist protest signs at some tea party rallies and recent reports by U.S. Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Barney Frank, D-Mass., that tea partyers shouted racial and anti-gay slurs at them have raised allegations of racism in the tea party movement.
Black members of the movement say it is not inherently racist, and some question the reported slurs. "You would think — something that offensive — you would think someone got video of it," Bazar, the conservative blogger, said.
"Just because you have one nut case, it doesn't automatically equate that you've got an organization that espouses (racism) as a sane belief," Johnson said.
Hilary Shelton, director of the Washington bureau of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, suggested a bit of caution.
"I'm sure the reason that (black conservatives) are involved is that from an ideological perspective, they agree," said Shelton. "But when those kinds of things happen, it is very important to be careful of the company that you keep."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/06/black-tea-party-activists-called-traitors/
I can't believe how fast 0 is tearing this country apart.
Michelle Admits His Home Country Is Kenya! Lets buy him a one way ticket home!
I bet its Bush's fault!
0 sucks!
He is giving our enemy's a green light to kill us using chemical or biological warfare without full retaliation guaranteed! This man is trying to hurt this country IMO!
I am speechless to the pure and deliberate assassination of this once great country!!!!!
With obummers help the United States of America will be a second rate world power!! He is inviting countries and terrorists to use chemical and biological warfare against us! Now we have said we won't nuke you if you kill millions!!!!!! GOD I AM PISSED!!!!!!!
I agree Krystal and Lee are the top 2.
My dvr stopped recording before her song was over. I take it the judges didn't save her
I hope that Siobhan stops her screams. I can't stand them!
Oh yes I do understand totally! I get so pissed every time I see them!!!! They are killing this once great country!
Why didn't the A holes work more on the economy and jobs rather then obummercare! And they wonder why people are pissed! But don't forget if you disagree with obummer you are a racist!
I can't stand him!
Wow that SUCKS! Oh buy we passed obummercare!
Obama Slams Tea Party 'Core' as Fringe Radicals, Birthers
Tuesday, 30 Mar 2010 12:42 PM
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he believes the tea party is built around a "core group" of people who question whether he is a U.S. citizen and believe he is a socialist.
But beyond that, Obama tells NBC he recognizes the movement involves "folks who have legitimate concerns" about the national debt and whether the government is taking on too many difficult issues simultaneously.
During an interview broadcast Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, Obama said he feels "there's still going to be a group at their core that question my legitimacy." But he said he didn't want to paint tea party activists "in broad brushes" and he hopes to win over members who have "mainstream, legitimate concerns."
Obama told NBC’s Matt Lauer that "there's some folks who just weren't sure whether I was born in the United States, whether I was a socialist, right?
“There is a broader circle around that core group, of people who are legitimately concerned about the deficit, who are legitimately concerned that the federal government may be taking on too much."
Obama said he hopes to allay these fears as time moves on.
And those core tea partyers? "That group we're probably not going to convince," Obama said.
Today's political divisions, including death threats against Democrats who backed the healthcare bill, are part of a "pattern of polarization" that stretches back to the presidency of Bill Clinton and continued through the Bush administration, Obama said. He called it an environment fostered to some extent by the modern news media.
"Frankly, it gets spun up in part because of how the media covers politics, in the 24/7 news cycle, cable chatter, and talk radio, and the Internet, and the blogs, all of which try to feed the most extreme sides of any issue instead of trying to narrow differences and solve problems," Obama said.
The comments come as the debate over Obama’s healthcare overhaul continues to anger a sizable majority of the American public.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll reveals that the tea party movement is resonating with U.S. voters. This is despite attempts on the part of many mainstream and left-leaning media to label the tea party as a fringe group.
The poll specifically asked voters to express their opinions about the tea party compared with Congress. Among the findings:
* 47% reported that their own views are closer to the tea party than to Congress
* 26% said their views are aligned more closely with Congress
* 46% reported that the average tea partyer is more ethical than the average member of Congress
* 27% believe that members of Congress are more ethical
* 52% reported that the average tea partyer has a better understanding of the issues facing America than the average member of Congress
* 30% believe that members of Congress have a better understanding of the issues
The Tea Party Express tour is on a 44-city nationwide tour culminating in an event on April 15 in Washington, D.C. Many of those scheduled stops are in key battleground states where Democrats are fending off serious challengers in the midterm elections.
http://newsmax.com/Headline/obama-tea-party-nbc/2010/03/30/id/354244
I wonder if ol Ulfie lost his job along with the doors closing @ firefly?
Hope so!
Republicans 0% that voted for this crap!
true!
I stopped by and was talking to a good friend of mine today about this obamacare crap. My friend is black and he is so mad at the way they keep bringing up the race crap. He sat there and said "I hope when they are done shoving this race crap down everyone's throats and obama is gone that people don't come after me. I didn't even vote for obama" He is sick of them using the race card all the time. I agree!
I called MT's attorney general's office today and asked if MT was going to join the other states that were filling a law suite against the unconstitutional obamacare that was just signed by the prez. They said NO! I said I would remember that come election time!
He made it into the history books. He will now be known as the first black prez and the prez that made health care government controlled against the will of the people That was his goal. But IMO it assures that he will be a one term prez!
More Chicago ways that don't set well with me....
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/03/10/chicago-blackhawks-fans-cheering-during-the-national-anthem-offensive/
I see they are loading up the SHORT bus with brain dead dems to watch the signing of the unconstitutional bill!
I am shocked that 11% of the people polled like her????
Not but getting closer......
I didn't talk to anyone today that like what happened yesterday with obamacare! Well I did talk to one person on the obama board
that was very happy but he banned me from the board. Thats OK I told him I would never post there again anyway. LOL
Nice!!!! I'm in!!!
That is what is happening around the nation. people getting trip to the hospital after looking at pelosi. You would think that being she is so concerned with health care she would save all that expense and resign. That would help mine. LOL
Well it makes sense. The penalty was like 1200 bucks and the insurance was like 4000 so if you get sick they can't deny coverage. Big savings!!! Why not????